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Lib Dem activist arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at Glee Club event

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Private security staff escorted a man from Brighton’s Grand Hotel in the early hours on Tuesday.

Even Britain’s left-wing government seeks lessons from Giorgia Meloni

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Keir Starmer wants to ape Italy on tackling irregular migration. He should brace for controversy.

Giorgia Meloni: Starmer showed great interest in our Albania migration deal

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Britain promises to send £4m to back Italian crackdown on irregular migrationKeir Starmer has shown “great interest” in the Italy-Albania migration deal, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said, as the UK vowed to send £4m to support her c…

UK’s post-Brexit checks on fruit and vegetables delayed for a third time

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Move comes amid concerns from suppliers that checks on goods coming from EU could lead to higher pricesPlanned post-Brexit checks on fruit and vegetables brought into Britain from the EU have been delayed for the third time, amid concerns from supplier…

UK’s Starmer heaps praise on ‘remarkable’ Meloni

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Britain’s new center-left prime minister touts far-right Italian leader’s progress on irregular migration.

Starmer ‘very interested’ in Italy’s plan to offshore asylum applications in Albania, says Meloni – as it happened

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UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announcesHere are some pictures from Keir Starmer’s meeting with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, at the Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome. They seem to be geting on pretty well.Rach…

Iran’s president to attend BRICS summit in Russia

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The planned visit comes on the back of intensifying military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

As Biden deliberates, Ukraine’s nuclear plants are increasingly at risk

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The risk of Ukraine losing the war this winter has pushed Washington and London to reconsider how Kyiv uses Western-supplied long-range missiles, but the U.S. remains fearful of escalation.

US officials question if easing Ukraine weapons restrictions would pay off

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As the US and Britain discuss allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike deep within Russia, some US officials are deeply skeptical that doing so would make a significant difference in Kyiv’s battle against Russian invaders.

Germany’s defense minister on Putin’s war threat: Yawn

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Berlin hasn’t provided Ukraine with long-range missiles, citing the risk of war, but suggested it would be fine for the U.S. and U.K. to do so.

What Keir Starmer’s Advisers Told Democrats in Washington

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Two advisers to the British Labour Party pushed Kamala Harris allies to focus squarely on immigration and the cost of living.

What Keir Starmer’s advisers told Democrats in Washington

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Two advisers to the British Labour Party pushed Kamala Harris allies to focus squarely on immigration and the cost of living.

Zelenskyy’s consolidation of power weakens Ukraine’s resilience

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The war has done nothing to still the president’s populist impatience with the complexities of governing, and it’s playing against the country’s strengths.

Putin threatens war as Western allies near deal on missile strikes in Russia

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White House summit on Friday could grant Ukraine new powers to strike Russia’s military bases.

Elon Musk roasted by Meta’s Nick Clegg

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The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk.

Moscow importing western aircraft tyres despite ban, says Ukraine agency

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Exclusive: Michelin, Dunlop, Goodyear and Bridgestone products have found way to Russia via intermediariesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesMore than $30m (£23m) worth of aircraft tyres made by western manufacturers including the French firm Mich…

Brussels questions whether Starmer really wants a Brexit reset

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EU officials and diplomats say when push comes to shove, the new PM’s position is so far so similar to his Tory predecessor’s.

PMQs: Sunak wins by exploiting Labour’s winter fuel divisions

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Keir Starmer was pressed about taking payments from pensioners this winter — but ducked the details.

Building a shared finance and security vision between Britain and Europe

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Against a geopolitical backdrop that’s unrecognizable from just a few years ago, there’s a strong case for developing a cross-Channel finance and security partnership.

The UK is backing away from oil

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Britain has been drilling off the Scottish coast for generations. But the new Labour government has greener plans.

The brave four who think they can save Britain’s terminal Tory party

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Meet the leadership hopefuls vying to bring the U.K’s Conservatives back from the brink.

The tragedy of Liz Truss 

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The former prime minister faces an up hill struggle to rehabilitate her battered reputation.

Radical left and radical right have become indistinguishable

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For as long as the center fails to make its case in a way that galvanizes, there will be many more like Sahra Wagenknecht.

Starmer’s warmth is welcome – but Ireland’s appetite for shifting to British whims has waned | Diarmaid Ferriter

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Brexit poisoned the well of UK-Ireland relations. But the Irish consciousness is not as consumed by Britain as it once wasSipping pints of Guinness, swapping football shirts and purring about respect and new dawns, the British and Irish prime ministers…

The Tories used to be the party of business. Now they’re a joke.

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Normally a hotbed of business schmoozing, the Conservative conference is generating shrugs among industry chiefs.

What the mutual admiration between Keir Starmer and Michel Barnier could mean for Brexit | Tom Baldwin

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Interviews with both prime minsters show there’s a narrow path towards a better EU-UK relationshipA curious feature of Brexiter psychology is how the ruinous outcome they once actively sought for Britain is now blamed on tricksy European negotiators, l…

World order ‘under threat,’ US and UK spy chiefs warn

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MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said in an op-ed in the Financial Times that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.

US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine for ‘audacious’ Russia incursion

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The heads of the CIA and Britain’s spy service said in an op-ed on Saturday that “staying the course” in backing Ukraine’s fight against Russia was more important than ever as they warned that the world order was “under threat in a way we haven’t seen…

US pushes back against Ukraine pleas to lift weapon restrictions

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“There’s no one capability that will, in and of itself, be decisive in this campaign,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.

Meet the new ‘Mr Ukraine’ at the head of Britain’s military

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British Defense Secretary John Healey told POLITICO the new Labour government would increase military spending.

‘No friend of the UK’: Brexiteers aghast at return of old foe Michel Barnier

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Shock nomination as Emmanuel Macron’s prime minister has riled up Nigel Farage and fellow Eurosceptics.

Oasis fiasco prompts UK Ticketmaster probe

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Competition and Markets Authority looks back in anger after “dynamic pricing” row.

Don’t abolish us, cry Britain’s aristocratic lawmakers

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Tory peer slams “high-handed, shoddy” decision to remove Britain’s remaining legislators who inherit their places. But Labour says it’s sorting unfinished business.

FBI dossier reveals Putin’s secret psy-ops in Europe

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Russian psychological warriors identified Germany as a particularly vulnerable target for Moscow’s influence, U.S. law enforcement says.

UK arms-sale ban won’t make any difference to war, says former Israeli PM

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Ehud Olmert tells POLITICO’s Power Play podcast that Israel’s allies should instead focus on lack “of any political horizon or end game strategy” from Benjamin Netanyahu.

David Cameron’s barefoot warrior bids for glory in California

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Britain’s disrupter-in-chief and Trump admirer now has his eye on the Golden State’s governor’s mansion.

PMQs scorecard: Sunak punches Starmer over pensioners and Israel

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The PM was probed on issues where he faces rumbling discontent from his backbenchers.

Grenfell Tower report: UK government was ‘complacent and dismissive’ before deadly blaze

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Report slams ‘decades of failure’ in the run-up to the 2017 blaze that killed 72 people.

EU leaders may envy Starmer’s stable majority – Brexit’s part in it less so | Rafael Behr

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Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calmTwo summers ago, when the Conservatives had just defenestrated Boris Johnson and were rallying around Liz Truss as his successor, there w…

Eurogroup president hails ‘new footing’ in UK-EU relations

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Britain and the European Union must turn their “first steps” to rebuild trust into a “steady walk” as they confront common challenges, the president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers said on Tuesday (3 September) .

UK braces for damning report into 2017 Grenfell Tower blaze

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Keir Starmer will address parliament as report on 2017 blaze that killed 72 — and exposed deep divisions in the U.K. capital — is published.

The Metsola exception: The European Parliament president and her lobbyist husband

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The chamber’s new conflict-of-interest rules don’t apply to its most powerful member.

Netanyahu blasts ‘shameful’ UK ban on Israel arms exports

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Israeli PM vows: “With or without British arms, Israel will win this war and secure our common future.”

Boris Johnson accuses UK Labour of ‘abandoning Israel’

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Former prime minister asks if the British government “want Hamas to win” after it partially suspends arms sales to Israel.

Tuesday briefing: Why the far right’s success in German state elections can’t be written off as a local phenomenon any more

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In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. For the first time since …

Don’t expect Britain to copy EU and American tariffs on Chinese cars

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The UK is mulling an alternative strategy to its allies that could lead to a surge of imports of Chinese EVs.

UK suspends some arms sales to Israel

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British review finds real risk weapons could be used in violation of international humanitarian law — but stops short of calling for blanket ban.

Want babies? Don’t start vaping, Putin warns schoolkids.

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Russian president tells pupils: Think you’re cool? Think again.

Keir Starmer channels JFK for his climate ‘moonshot’

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Are Labour’s ambitions for delivering clean energy an inspired example of ‘mission thinking’ — or one more doomed big idea?

The German problem? It’s an analogue country in a digital world | Larry Elliott

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Germany was once an economic model to emulate but its reliance on industries past their sell-by date is costing it dearSir Keir Starmer is not the first Labour leader to hanker after a closer relationship between Britain and Germany. Jim Callaghan snu…

Is Sir Keir Starmer’s cautious ‘reset’ with Europe enough to undo the damage done by Brexit? | Andrew Rawnsley

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Moving in small steps risks aggravating both Europhiles and Europhobes while doing little to help lift the economyEvery prime minister has their verbal tell-tales. “Reset” is a favourite Starmerism. When he visited Berlin last week to pave the way to a…

‘Not our tradition’: calls in Sweden to ban fathers walking brides down the aisle

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Popularised by Hollywood and the wedding of the crown princess, the patriarchal ‘handover’ is catching on. Now Lutherans want to stop itFrom equal parental leave and an almost gender-balanced parliament to pole position in the EU’s gender equality inde…

How politics killed brat summer 

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From Kamala Harris to Boris Johnson, the undefinable brat summer never had a chance once the politicians waded in.

Starmer took down Thatcher’s portrait! Here’s what he could hang in its place

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New U.K. PM found old U.K. PM’s portrait “unsettling” and asked for it to be taken down.

Tory fury as UK’s Starmer moves Thatcher portrait

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New British PM’s biographer says he found the portrait “unsettling” — and Conservatives are fuming.

How Britain took its eye off the far right

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In the wake of this summer’s riots, Keir Starmer’s new Labour government is seeking answers.

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer in Europe: a visit about more than Brexit | Editorial

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The prime minister’s talks in Berlin and Paris will help to reset relations. But the most urgent challenge is to combat populism together The likelihood that Sir Keir Starmer would make early prime ministerial visits to Berlin and Paris could have been…

Nigel Farage threatens to stop going to the pub

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The Reform UK leader’s protest comes as Britain mulls a ban on smoking outside pubs.

A warning from the No 10 garden and an EU olive branch. We are finally seeing Starmerism in action | Martin Kettle

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In terms of problems at home and abroad, the PM’s aims are ambitious, social democratic and long-term. But he will need continual public assentOn Tuesday, in the Downing Street garden, Keir Starmer delivered a grim, generation-defining warning that “th…

UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns

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Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.

UK’s Starmer urges European left to confront far-right ‘snake oil’

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British PM tells European progressives to focus on “delivery and honesty” or risk defeat by the far right.

UK’s Starmer lovebombs Scholz — but no going back on Brexit

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Joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows Britain’s new leader working to heal Brexit wounds — while walking a fine line back home.

There’s a lesson for the EU from Britain’s riots: do more to prevent hatred and division – or violence follows | Shada Islam

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With the far right making gains in elections, Europe must improve on its dismal record of tackling racism, Islamophobia and hate towards migrantsEuropean Union officials watched from the sidelines as racist violence fuelled by the far right spread acro…

UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme

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A government spokesperson says the U.K. has ‘no plans’ to rejoin European program.

Keir Starmer learns how not to lead from Olaf Scholz

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On a visit to Berlin, the new U.K. prime minister may look at his German counterpart as a cautionary tale.

UK’s Starmer wants to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’

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Britain’s new leader heads to Berlin and Paris to talk up a fresh pact with Germany — and closer ties with Europe.

Liz Truss considered charging UK cancer patients, new book claims

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Britain’s shortest serving prime minister explored ending NHS cancer treatment to find savings to stave off economic turmoil.

Keir Starmer blames the Tories for Labour’s own cronyism scandal

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The prime minister says the Tories “dragged our country down” as he denies any wrongdoing on civil service appointments.

UK Labour faces a scandal of its own making

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Keir Starmer promised to clean up Whitehall. He’s already engulfed in a cronyism scandal.

Talk of peace deals in the Levant, Ukraine is for the birds

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Exhaustion and want — the two key ingredients for successful peace talks — are as absent in Kyiv as they are in the Middle East.

German far right tries to seize on deadly knife attack ahead of crucial state elections

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The AfD accuses the ruling coalition and the moderate center-right opposition of shortcomings on security.

Starmer pledges UK support to Ukraine amid anniversary of independence

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PM sends message of solidarity as Ukrainians celebrate anniversary of exit from USSRKeir Starmer has told Ukrainians that the UK will back them “today and always” as Kyiv marks 33 years since it declared independence from the Soviet Union.The prime min…

UK police drop investigation into election betting scandal

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But the Gambling Commission’s own criminal probe into bets on timing of election continues.

‘I’ve never seen a vessel this size go down so quickly’: why did the Bayesian sink in 60 seconds?

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As all seven bodies are recovered from the yacht, including that of British tycoon Mike Lynch, Italian authorities begin to look at how the tragedy unfolded, and who is responsibleIn the photograph, the luxury yacht Bayesian is peacefully anchored in t…

Sex, drugs and… paperwork: Brexit steals spotlight from British bands

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A diminishing number of grassroots U.K. musicians are performing at the continent’s festivals.

French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mélenchon

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France’s centrist socialists are eyeing Britain’s experience of how to purge the hard left.

Can Britain’s Labour Party teach Kamala Harris how to win?

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From immigration to housing and confronting the left, new U.K. PM Keir Starmer appears to offer a playbook for victory to the Democrats in the U.S.

UK faces legal action over new North Sea oil and gas licences

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Britain’s decision to issue dozens of new oil and gas exploration licences is being challenged in court by a marine conservation organisation, which argues ministers unlawfully failed to consider the impact on marine life.

Nigel Farage could be the real winner if Labour lets teens vote

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The Reform UK leader is wooing young people just as Labour wants to lower the voting age.

Together With Lorenza Mazzetti review – compelling final testament from overlooked director

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The Italian director, whose film Together made a key contribution to the Free Cinema movement in the UK, died in 2020 but this interview is a fitting tributeLorenza Mazzetti was the Italian artist, writer and film-maker whose short film Together made a…

The last of the Lords

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Britain’s new leader Keir Starmer is determined to reform the archaic House of Lords — but it could come with a hidden price.

5 global trends that will shape the US election

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Tumultuous overseas events like Brexit are often harbingers of U.S. elections. What will be this year’s?

9 times politicians reached for Ozempic — or more trad diets

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From Ozempic to “bulletproof” coffee, politicians are just like the rest of us when it comes to seeking a shortcut to slim.

9 times politicians reached for Ozempic — or more trad diets

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From Ozempic to “bulletproof” coffee, politicians are just like the rest of us when it comes to seeking a shortcut to slim.

Keir Starmer’s plan to tackle the far right? Fill some potholes.

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Labour wants to show government can work after a wave of social unrest.

Putin is paralyzed in crisis – again

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As Ukraine awaits a response to its Kursk invasion, the Russian leader is once again demonstrating he has an adversity problem.

Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech boss missing in superyacht sinking?

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Entrepreneur who sold his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard was cleared in June of 15 counts of fraudMike Lynch missing in superyacht sinkingMike Lynch, the software millionaire missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, is on…

Tony Blair’s AI mania sweeps Britain’s new government

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The former PM sees artificial intelligence as a silver bullet for ailing public services, government inefficiency and a stagnant economy. Is he right?

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