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Ukraine and Russia to hold peace talks on Wednesday

Ukraine and Russia to hold peace talks on Wednesday

Russia and Ukraine will hold a new round of peace talks in Istanbul on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “Today, I discussed with (Ukrainian Security Council chief) Rustem Umerov the preparations for a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side,” Zelensky said in his daily address on Monday. “Umerov

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First sanctions against people-smuggling gangs to be announced

First sanctions against people-smuggling gangs to be announced

Gang leaders, corrupt officials and companies selling small boat equipment will be named this week as the first targets of new government sanctions against people-smuggling. The financial action – which the government says is a world-first – is aimed at tackling illegal immigration to the UK and is central to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s

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Government makes major changes to infected blood compensation

Government makes major changes to infected blood compensation

The government has said it is making “substantial changes” to the compensation scheme for thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal. The announcement was made in Parliament two weeks after a heavily critical report into the payment scheme by the chair of the public inquiry into the disaster. Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said

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OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services

OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services

OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has signed a deal to use artificial intelligence to increase productivity in the UK’s public services, the government has announced. The agreement signed by the firm and the science department could give OpenAI access to government data and see its software used in education, defence, security, and the justice system.

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Nick Cave donates 2,000 books to Oxfam charity shop in Brighton

Nick Cave donates 2,000 books to Oxfam charity shop in Brighton

Cash Murphy BBC News, South East Juliette Parkin/BBC Deputy manager Maggie Rea says Nick Cave’s publicist contacted the Oxfam bookshop to ask if it wanted the donation Nick Cave fans took some of his favourite books into their arms after the singer donated 2,000 from his personal collection to a charity shop in Hove. Cave

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Epstein accuser urges release of case files if there is ‘nothing to hide’

Epstein accuser urges release of case files if there is ‘nothing to hide’

One of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers and a key witness in his associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial is calling for the government to release information related to him, especially if there is “nothing to hide.” Annie Farmer has watched US President Donald Trump’s recent handling of the case and the ensuing backlash from the MAGA

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