Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte impeached over allegations including plot to kill president

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Move likely to deepen political rift between Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr

Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte has been impeached on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China’s aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea.

Wednesday’s move by legislators in the House of Representatives, many of them allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, deepens a bitter political rift between the two highest leaders of one of Asia’s most rambunctious democracies.

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Live Updates: Trump Officials Try to Walk Back Gaza Takeover Plan – The New York Times

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  1. Live Updates: Trump Officials Try to Walk Back Gaza Takeover Plan  The New York Times
  2. Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements  Reuters
  3. 'Angry', 'numb' - Palestinian Americans on Trump's Gaza comments  BBC.com
  4. Middle East leaders condemn Trump’s idea to remove Palestinians and take control of Gaza  PBS NewsHour
  5. Trump latest: US president signs order to ban transgender athletes from women's sport - after 'massive row back' on Gaza plan  Sky News
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Sweden mourns after deadliest shooting as gunman details emerge – BBC.com

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  1. Sweden mourns after deadliest shooting as gunman details emerge  BBC.com
  2. Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here’s what we know  CNN
  3. News Wrap: Swedish authorities trying to find motive of gunman who killed 10  PBS NewsHour
  4. Witnesses describe chaos and bloodshed in Sweden’s worst mass shooting  The Associated Press
  5. 11 dead in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history, authorities say  ABC News
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Badenoch to push for doubling of time before foreign workers can settle in UK

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Tory leader wants Labour immigration bill to include 10-year residence before granting of indefinite leave to remain

Foreign workers will have to live in the UK for 10 years without claiming any kind of benefit before being allowed indefinite leave to remain under plans announced by the Conservatives on Wednesday.

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said she would push for changes to the government’s immigration bill to double the length of time it takes to qualify for settled status, as part of her party’s latest promise to crack down on immigration.

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Evelyn de Rothschild left bank in 2004 after sexual misconduct complaint

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Rothschild & Co investigated complaint against the late financier in 2003 and he left shortly afterwards

The financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild left the bank that bears his family name in 2004 after an investigation into a sexual misconduct complaint, it has emerged.

Staff at Rothschild & Co were told on Wednesday that the late banker, who was a financial adviser to Queen Elizabeth II, left in March 2004 after the complaint in late 2003.

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Bangladeshi protesters destroy ex-PM’s family home symbolising independence

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Property from which Sheikh Hasina’s father declared break from Pakistan attacked due to link with authoritarianism

Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have taken out their anger at exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolise the country’s independence – and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she stood for.

The attack was sparked by a speech that Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighbouring India, where she fled last year during a deadly student-led uprising against her 15-year rule. Critics had accused her of suppressing dissent.

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Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died, ‘to be demolished’, families are told

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Angela Rayner meets bereaved to tell them west London block will ‘be carefully deconstructed’

Bereaved families of the Grenfell fire are understood to have been told the tower block will be demolished.

The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, who is also housing secretary, met with relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening.

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