UK population hits record 69.3 million as immigration drives growth
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ONS data show a 755,254-person rise in the year to mid-2024; regional variation and revised historic estimates accompany the latest figures
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Video shows thieves loading alcohol into Deliveroo bags at London Waitrose; staff say they are told not to intervene
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Shoppers watch as two men in hooded clothing steal at least 13 bottles in 45 seconds; staff say they are barred from stopping them, amid broader debate over crime and sentencing reforms.
Charles’s diplomacy cited in Zelensky aide’s claim of Trump Ukraine shift
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Zelensky’s chief of staff says King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer helped persuade Donald Trump to back Ukraine as the U.S. president signaled a policy reversal after their Windsor meeting and a UN appearance.
King Charles’s town-building ideas shape next wave of new towns in England
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Government plans for 12 walkable, environmentally conscious towns echo the monarch’s traditional design principles
Iran's president calls UN sanctions snapback unfair, illegal
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Iranian leader denounces expected UN penalties reimposition in New York remarks
Sara Jane Moore, 1975 Ford assassination attempt, dies at 95
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Former counterculture figure and one-time FBI informant dies in Tennessee after decades in prison
London borough expands facial recognition, AI surveillance and drones to curb fly-tipping
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Hammersmith & Fulham to retrofit 500 cameras for retrospective monitoring and deploy live facial recognition at priority sites; critics warn of privacy risk and potential overreach
Families mark 11th anniversary of Ayotzinapa disappearances with renewed call for truth and justice
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Protests in Mexico City highlight ongoing demands for accountability as authorities pursue new leads and families await answers
Assata Shakur, fugitive Black liberation activist, dies in Cuba at 78
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Cuban government says health conditions and age led to death; decades-long extradition dispute with the United States endures