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French pupils resume school blockades as country braces for more protests
Minister warns weeks without lessons are putting exams at risk as unions plan nationwide strike on Thursday
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MP Carla Lockhart quits DUP in Drumcree row
Lockhart had called for the DUP to remove First Minister Michelle O'Neill from office.
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Reform council leader quits after staff comments leaked
Dan Harrison was recorded as saying 76 council solicitors he branded "incompetent" would be made redundant.
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Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee sets out where it is cutting ties with the Greens.
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International
Levelling up projects require long-term commitment
Letter: Dr Rob Richardson and Dr Olivier Sykes argue that urban regeneration takes time to plan and deliver, over periods that extend beyond one parliamentary term
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A diplomatic incident in Ealing over Kim Jong-un’s haircut
Brief letters: North Korean embassy | Reform UK newspaper | Wholemeal bread | Tarred and feathered | Lincolnshire’s actor-manager
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Iran engages US in 'intensive' negotiations to avert fresh war outbreak
Tehran on Monday said that the country was holding "intensive" indirect talks with Washington to avoid a fresh round of US attacks on Iran ahead of the US midterm elections this week. Foreign ministry…
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International
What are the races to watch in the US midterm elections and why do they matter?
US voters will decide whether Republicans will retain control of Congress or whether Democrats will rise up to stymie Trump’s agenda
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Judge tosses case against two officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden
The two FBI agents were charged with making false statements to Congress while testifying about the bureau’s role in investigating Biden’s laptop
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International
John Taylor obituary
Other lives: Transport consultant determined to help people gain access to necessary services
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Politics
A decade of magical thinking since Brexit has taught me that it’s always OK to hope for better | Zoe Williams
The world has changed enormously since 2016, yet the pro-Brexiters believe remainers like me have no chance of achieving a closer relationship with the EU. I’m choosing to ignore them However sunny your disposition, it wears you down, 10 straight years of being asked to accept facts about Brexit that aren’t true: 52% as an “overwhelming majority”; a flaky, half-baked referendum as the endpoint of purest democracy; the severance of a complicated trading and geopolitical relationship that took decades to build as the dawn of a new prosperity. All such nonsense, all delivered with such conviction
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International
Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?
Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposal
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