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Why Europe’s Muslims are braced for France’s stint running the EU presidency
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France has taken over the rotating EU presidency for the next six months, an opportunity the president, Emmanuel Macron, will no doubt use to nudge Europe towards his goal of greater “strategic autonomy” in the world....
Food, beer, toys, medical kit. Why is Britain running out of everything?
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Gaps on supermarket shelves. Fast food outlets pulling milkshakes and bottled drinks from their menus. Restaurants running out of chicken and closing. Empty vending machines. Online grocery orders full of substitution...
Not even published, already damned – why are people running scared of Prince Harry’s memoir?
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Not since criminals were barred from profiting in this way can a publisher’s announcement of a memoir have united the British press in such disgust. Before that, even the gangster turned memoirist, “Mad” Frankie Frase...
Time running out for LGBTQ+ Afghans hiding from Taliban, warn charities
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Calls for the government to speed up the evacuation of gay, lesbian and transgender Afghans intensified on Saturday after the first LGBTQ+ group arrived safely in Britain but left many behind to face an uncertain fate...
German leader to head to Moscow amid fears time is running out
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Olaf Scholz will use his trip to Moscow on Tuesday to press home the economic cost of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, German government sources have said in what some European leaders fear could be a last opportunity t...
Time running out to reach Iran nuclear deal, warn experts
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Leading former diplomats including seven ex-UK foreign and defence ministers have warned the Iran nuclear talks are heading to “corrosive stalemate devolving into a cycle of increased nuclear tension” and urged Tehran...
‘No running water’: foreign workers criticise UK farm labour scheme
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Seasonal workers in the UK on a post-Brexit pilot scheme to harvest fruit and vegetables were subjected to “unacceptable” welfare conditions, according to a government review. Issues cited by workers included a lack o...
Running Against the Wind review – lure of athletics proves strong in Ethiopian drama
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Opening with the impressionistic image of a young man sprinting across the desert, his figure blurred by the sandy blast of a dust devil, Jan Philipp Weyl’s film ruminates on life’s unexpected whirlwinds that can eith...
‘Time is running out’: your messages for world leaders at Cop26
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World leaders must commit to actions rather than promises, renewable energy rather than fossil fuels, and future security rather than present consumption, according to hundreds of messages from Guardian readers and su...
Running around Waimapihi Reserve in the dark my headtorch revealed hidden treasures
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I’m scared of getting lost in the bush. This is unusual for an essayist. Most of us like to go for a walk in disorienting landscapes and get completely lost so that we can write about it. Rebecca Solnit wrote that ge...
Jamie Vardy sinks Wolves to get Leicester up and running
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Not everything changes with the seasons. Leicester’s biggest signing this summer is a potential replacement for Jamie Vardy but the veteran striker proved he is unwilling to surrender his throne just yet. While the ne...
UK running low on anti-tank weapons, defence secretary tells Russian hoaxers
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The UK is running out of anti-tank weapons to send to Ukraine, the defence secretary appeared to tell Russian impostors posing as the Ukrainian prime minister, according to the latest video released by the pair. Downi...
We are running out of time to reach deal to save natural world, says UN talks chair
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The world is running out of time to reach an ambitious deal to stem the destruction of the natural world, the co-chair of negotiations for a crucial UN wildlife summit has warned, amid fears of a third delay to the ta...
Outrage at French mayor convicted of rape still running town from cell
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Feminist groups have expressed outrage that a French mayor jailed for rape is still being allowed to run his town south of Paris from his prison cell. Georges Tron, who once served as a junior minister under Nicolas S...
UK recovery ‘running out of steam’ as retail sales fall again – business live
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
‘My adolescence in Hollywood is a running joke’ – Penn Badgley on teen crushes and terrifying low self-esteem
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Even when he’s laid up in bed with Covid, Penn Badgley looks far too good for ordinary humans to relate to. “I’m pleading with people to believe that I’m like them,” he deadpans from under a duvet, fully aware of his ...