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Mississippi just elected its first Black Senator in 150 years - and for so many reasons, that’s remarkable. Here’s why.
Putin ‘imitating he wants peace’ says former Russian prime minister
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‘No-one in charge’ – what’s going wrong with England’s social care system?
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Jonathan Ross ‘horrified’ after Walliams allegations and Brand conviction
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Ed Miliband rejects calls to shut down North Sea oil and gas industry
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UN gives climate warning – world on path to ‘mutually assured destruction’
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Inside Kyiv: life in a city bombarded by Russian missiles and drones
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Zelenskyy’s plea to Europe as US-led Russia peace talks stall
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The first cold snap of the autumn is imminent.
@liamdutton has the latest weather forecast.
At COP13, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband MP said he supports a managed transition in the North Sea, rejecting calls both to end all drilling and to extract every last drop.
The policy aims to balance the shift towards cleaner energy with protecting workers and creating new employment opportunities.
Two 15-year-old best friends were killed when a Russian missile struck the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. Yana was a gymnast. Maria loved to dance. Both were walking through the city when the missile hit.
As Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s infrastructure, families are struggling with power cuts, disrupted water supplies and the challenge of keeping their children warm and fed.
With another winter of war approaching, Lindsey Hilsum reports from Chernihiv, where families are trying to carry on with everyday life despite the constant threat of Russian attacks.
The Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband MP, has condemned Russell Brand’s actions as ‘horrifying’ and expressed sympathy for his victims, saying he would never have agreed to Brand interviewing him had he known what has since come to light.
Reform Wales’ leader, Helen Jenner, has backed one of the party’s Members of the Senedd who was barred from speaking in the chamber following claims that white British people were being “replaced” in the UK.
Joe Martin was told he could not speak until he apologised for his remarks, which the Senedd’s Presiding Officer described as “unnecessarily provocative and deliberately offensive”.
Jenner said politicians should not be “silenced” over their views, arguing that freedom of speech should apply to all opinions.
Reform said it would withdraw from most of Wednesday’s proceedings before returning to vote in the parliament later in the evening.
Why the working class is being shut out of the arts
As new figures show a drop in working class representation in the arts since 2021, award-winning director Shane Meadows tells Frances Read the industry wants ‘stories that aren’t gritty.’
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Almost a fortnight ago, two 15-year-old girls, best friends Yana Pieshkova and Mariia Mozhova, were killed by a Russian cruise missile.
It hit the centre of the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, as people were on their way to school and work.
Channel 4 News’ International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, spoke to the girls’ headteacher, Olha Shelest, about how the school is coping with war.
As part of their tribute to Yana and Mariia, the school used AI to create the portraits of the girls featured.
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In Mexico’s cartel-dominated Juárez, children are being drawn into drug addiction before joining the criminal underworld.
Desperate families are turning to unregulated rehab clinics to save them from a lifetime of addiction and crime.
Around 6,300 schools across Italy received bomb threats, triggering evacuations and sending parents rushing to collect their children.
Similar threats were reported in Ireland and Scotland.