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French PM faces fraught budget talks after surviving no-confidence votes – Reuters
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American tourist stabbed to death in Portugal after man ‘tries to grab his friend’s hat’ in the street – The Independent
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Brain surgeon accused of letting 12-year-old daughter drill man’s skull in horrifying trial – thetab.com
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MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions still to be asked’
MPs will hold an inquiry into the collapse of a trial of two men accused of spying for China, after No 10 published key evidence in an attempt to draw a line under the row.
Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of the joint committee on the national security strategy (JCNSS), told the House of Commons there are “a lot of questions yet to be asked” and announced a formal inquiry.
Continue reading...Joint committee on national security strategy to hold inquiry into collapse of China spy trial, MPs told – UK politics live
Chairs of home affairs, foreign affairs and justice committees to be among those involved in inquiry
Ward says that “no minister or special adviser played any role in the provision of evidence” under this government. He says he cannot say if that was the case under the last government.
There is a lot of jeering at this. The Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, reprimands Tom Tugendhat for his interruption.
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First Thing: JD Vance brushes off racist texts in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
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JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions.
How old are the people who exchanged the messages? Mother Jones reports that public records indicate that eight of the 11 Republican operatives who took part in the offensive chat appear to range in age from 24 to 35.
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Continue reading...A former security guard at the US Embassy in Norway is convicted of spying for Russia and Iran – AP News
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