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Kremlin forcing big firms to join ‘witch-hunt’ against internet rebels, claims report
Major Russian companies have been conscripted into a “witch-hunt” against users trying to circumvent online controls, researchers have said, as the Kremlin continues trying to cut its citizens off...
Middle East crisis live: Iran claims it has ‘new cards for battlefield’, and weighs talks in Pakistan
Iran will respond decisively to any renewed hostile action, senior commander warnsIran’s armed forces are ready to deliver an “immediate and decisive response” to any renewed hostile action by...
Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms
The Home Office could face legal action from hundreds of asylum-seeking families stuck in single rooms in hotels after a judge criticised the “extraordinarily stressful” conditions in which they...
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Hundreds of previously redacted records reveal how Amazon has pressured independent sellers using its platform into raising their prices on the sites of competitors like Walmart and Target, so...
Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iran war is ‘close to over’ after hinting at return to talks in Pakistan
Trumps says Iran war is 'close to over'The Sky News interview is one of several Donald Trump has given in the past 24 hours, in which he has indicated...
Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live
Good morning. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As Andrew Gregory reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been...
Hegseth right to mock Royal Navy, says ex-army chief as he backs claims over military underfunding – UK politics live
Hegseth right to mock Royal Navy, says ex-army chief as he backs claims over military underfundingGood morning. When Keir Starmer gave evidence to the Commons liaison committee before the...
Sexual abuse claims have dragged the international criminal court into crisis – but what happens now?
Behind the closed doors of a large room at the international criminal court’s fortress-like headquarters in The Hague, senior diplomats who oversee the court have been gathering each week...
JD Vance’s claims about Orbán, the EU and Hungary fact-checked
During his recent visit to Budapest, where he heaped praise on the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, days before the country’s decisive election, the US vice-president, JD Vance, claimed...
Polanski claims Labour has offered just ‘toxic combination of chaos and cowardice’ – UK politics live
Polanski claims Labour government has just offered 'toxic combination of chaos and cowardice'Polanski says the national Labour government has let people down. double quotation markWhat we have seen is...