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<p>The Metropolitan Police has been forced to apologise again for a “victim blaming” apology that was issued earlier over an officer’s use of the term “openly Jewish” to an antisemitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest near a pro-Palestine march</p>

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<p>Former president Donald Trump watches jury selection commence in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday </p>

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<p>Taylor Swift in artwork for ‘The Black Dog edition’ of her 11th studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department'</p>

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<p>The openly sexist article, and the lack of retraction from author or publication, reveals just how deeply set the culture of misogyny is </p>

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<p>Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, 30 March 2023</p>

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Flowered Up were brilliant – but they were headed for tragedy

The 18-minute film accompanying their classic single ‘Weekender’ has been called a ‘mini-masterpiece’. Craig McLean salutes a double re-release of the band’s music and traces their story

<p>No country for gold men: Margaret Nolan and Sean Connery in ‘Goldfinger’</p>

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<p>Passengers would be able to transform the glass from transparent to frosted at the push of a button </p>

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<p>Edwards and Thompson in ‘The Ballad of Hattie and James’</p>

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The Ballad of Hattie and James spins a story from a St Pancras piano

India

Millions to vote as world’s biggest election kicks off in India

<p>Peter Murrell has been charged in an investigation into the SNP’s finances (Jane Barlow/PA)</p>

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<p>Many people are starting to dabble in the science of detoxing </p>

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Total body detoxes, many of which are deeply rooted in ancient medicine techniques like ayurveda, are all the rage right now. But, what happens when a spa-pampered Westerner tries it out? A shock to the system and exploding bowels, that’s what, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor…

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A-listers have ayurvedic healers, but this takes detox to a new level

Total body detoxes, many of which are deeply rooted in ancient medicine techniques like ayurveda, are all the rage right now. But, what happens when a spa-pampered Westerner tries it out? A shock to the system and exploding bowels, that’s what, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor…

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<p>Jack Callahan, 22, is accused of drowning in his father in an apparent exorcism </p>

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<p>Attendees at the Climate Reality Project event in New York City on Friday. The project was started 20 years ago by Al Gore who opened this past weekend’s event </p>

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<p>The employee had worked at the supermarket since 2003 (file image) </p>

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Sainsbury’s worker sacked after not paying for 30p bags for life

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Sainsbury’s worker sacked after not paying for 30p bags for life

<p>The UAE was hit by a year’s worth of rainfall in 12 hours </p>

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<p>Nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan died after she was strapped face down to a bean bag on the afternoon of 9 May 2022 at the Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, a court heard</p>

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<p>A woman in Tehran walks past a mural depicting missiles being launched </p>

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For the West it’s a nuclear nightmare, but the Israel-Iran conflict is helping their leaders cling to power

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For the West it’s a nuclear nightmare, but the Israel-Iran conflict is helping their leaders cling to power

Jack Straw was the first foreign secretary to visit Iran after the 1979 revolution and is used to negotiating with its leaders – even, on one occasion, from a train loo. Here, he explains why Netanyahu and Khamenei are throwing each other a lifeline to stay in power, and warns we could all pay the price...

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<p>F1 returns to the Shanghai International Circuit this weekend for the first time in five years </p>

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What F1 tells us about President Xi Jinping’s plans for China to become a sporting superpower

<p>Oceans of ink have already been spilt in pursuit of whatever Rayner did or didn’t pay, in terms of capital gains tax or otherwise, on a modest property in Stockport</p>

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Even Jamie Oliver’s ridiculous new show can’t kill off the air fryer trend

<p>Lily-Rose Depp’s choice of cigarettes over vapes is becoming more typical of Generation Z </p>

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<p>Winehouse was so much more than the chaos that swirled around her</p>

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Thousands of Russian soldiers fleeing Putin’s war have nowhere to go

<p>Odin, 32, a commander in the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade who lost his right lower leg in late 2022</p>

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Ukrainian amputees are returning to war. The army needs them

<p>Ola Kozak, 11, right, and her younger brother Julian Kozak, 9, sit at the table where they used to do their homework</p>

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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘10 films’ rule will ultimately damage his legacy

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Ed Sheeran’s favourite restaurants show how out of touch he really is

On hype restaurant hub TopJaw, the singer said he once ate fish semen in Japan, his favourite restaurant is a £310 sushi bar in Mayfair and he pops into three-Michelin-star Core by Clare Smyth for a pint. Is Britain’s most streamed artist now too famous for his fans or is he more relatable than ever, asks Hannah Twiggs

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I don’t like kids – but banning them from pubs is completely unhinged

<p>The actor found several famous women agreeing with her sentiment </p>

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<p>Shonda Rhimes says imposter syndrome ‘doesn’t make sense’ to her </p>

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Victoria Beckham ‘demands frocks back’ from Matches after collapse

<p>Cavalli, who founded his eponymous label in 1970, has died aged 83 </p>

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Victoria Beckham leads tributes to fashion designer Roberto Cavalli

<p>Eleanor Coppola, director who raised family of filmmakers, has died aged 87 </p>

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Eleanor Coppola, ‘Hearts of Darkness’ director, dies at 87

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Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce divorce

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Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce divorce

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BBC presenter says she was ‘really selfish’ to have baby at 41

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Raducanu’s run at Stuttgart Open ended by world number one Iga Swiatek

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<p>Arsenal were beaten by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals</p>

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Pep Guardiola’s side could still win the double, but they are not the all-conquering force they were 12 months ago after being knocked out of the Champions League on penalties