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Why Harris isnโ€™t talking about Bidenโ€™s accomplishments

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The Democratic nominee isnโ€™t campaigning much on the Biden administrationโ€™s bigger, slower-moving policies

Zelenskyy and Starmer hold talks at Downing Street โ€“ video

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on Thursday for talks with Keir Starmer and the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte. No 10 is hosting the Ukrainian president, who has been pressing western governments for more military support and the green light to fire lo…

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be next leader of Britainโ€™s Tories

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Party members will now cast their ballots after centrist James Cleverly’s surprise elimination.

The City of London is left out of Brexit discussions. Again.

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Despite Labour’s bid to “reset” Brexit relations, the UK’s most globally important industry is once again not part of the conversation.

Orbรกn: The European mainstream is surrounded by a ring of protest

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Hungary’s prime minister says Europe is “failing” and people are turning against centrist parties.

James Cleverly leads Tory pack jostling for worst job in UK politics

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Surge in leadership contest backing for former home secretary comes as defeated party eyes route back to power.

AI doomsayer wins Nobel Prize for key research

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Geoffrey Hinton previously worked at Google but left to publicly speak out about the technology’s risks.

Keir Starmerโ€™s reset shows his premiership is already in crisis

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Less than 100 days after taking office, the prime minister has already been forced to shake up his team.

โ€˜Doesnโ€™t feel fairโ€™: young Britons lament losing right to work in EU since Brexit

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Once seen as a rite of passage, seasonal jobs in the rest of Europe are off limits for many โ€“ but some still make it workGrowing up near the Peak District in Glossop, Derbyshire, gave 18-year-old Seb Kinsey a passion for geography, geology and the outd…

How Bidenโ€™s week from hell ended on a high

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The president went from mired in crisis on Monday to an unexpected Friday victory lap.

The Labour-linked lobbying firm boasting invite-only access to the UK Treasury

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Arden Strategies have gained a reputation as a power player in the new U.K. regime.

Harris, Trump take an America First tone on dockworkersโ€™ strike

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Foreign shipping companies that dominate seaborne trade draw bipartisan criticism as U.S. ports grind to a halt.

Vatican bank fires man and woman who flouted staff marriage ban

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Newlyweds nicknamed โ€˜Romeo and Julietโ€™ by Italian media had both refused to resign so other could keep jobA man and woman have been fired from their jobs at the Vatican bank because they flouted a ban on marriage between employees.The young couple, nic…

Jobs controversy causes first rift in von der Leyenโ€™s majority

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A fight over key positions in the European Parliamentโ€™s research panel and working groups has sparked a major spat between influential lawmakers from the centre-right EPP and the Greens.

Waste scandal haunts Cyprusโ€™ EU pick as he heads to Brussels

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A decade-old environmental dispute in Limassol, Cyprus, is raising questions over Costas Kadis’ run for EU commissioner.

Trial of Le Pen and far-right allies over EU embezzlement enters its first day

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The trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 26 other senior members of the National Front, accused of using fake jobs to embezzle EU funds from the European Parliament, began in a packed courtroom on Monday, with a sea of cameras waiting for the fa…

Biden needs to be the last Irish-American US president

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In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.

Brussels yawns as Europeโ€™s populists notch yet another win

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How many far-right governments need to be elected before the EU admits it has a problem?

How the Trump-Vance platform could win or lose

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Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโ€™s campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโ€™s riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ€” amid [โ€ฆ]

Marine Le Pen and other RN party figures go on trial over EU fake jobs allegations

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Far-right French presidential hopeful, who will go on trial on Monday, allegedly embezzled money from EUThe French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and a slew of fellow National Rally (RN) chiefs will go on trial on Monday over allegations …

Costas Kadis: A bookish technocrat to handle oceans and fisheries

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A conservation biologist by training, Kadis has held several ministerial posts over the past 25 years.

Austriaโ€™s Cosa Nostra

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My quip on a TV show gave me an insider view of how the dominant People’s Party exerts its influence throughout the country.

Tech policy: 20 people to meet at Tory conference

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We break down the 20 figures shaping the Conservativesโ€™ tech policy in opposition.

Apple mega-bucks give Ireland a โ‚ฌ14 billion dilemma

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More billions are on the way from the tech giant as the Irish hoover up multinational taxes at a breakneck pace โ€” but struggle to build what this booming nation needs.

Facing Republican attacks, Zelenskyy looks to sell White House on victory

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Republicans are sharply criticizing his Sunday visit to a Pennsylvania munitions factory.

Ed Miliband is Britainโ€™s minister for good vibes

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Amid much Labour doom and gloom, the energy secretary appeared to be having the time of his life.

Trump promises to โ€˜take other countriesโ€™ jobsโ€™ with โ€˜lowest taxesโ€™

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Trump previewed a sprawling manufacturing overhaul aimed at โ€œrelocating entire industriesโ€ into the U.S.

Keir Starmerโ€™s Labour conference speech: 7 things we learned

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PM forgoes ‘easy answers that may move a crowd’ but bungles a statement on Gaza.

Whoโ€™s the real health commissioner?

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SNEAK PEEK โ€” EU health policy is now split across multiple departments, and MEPs arenโ€™t happy. โ€” Sort your own house out first: MEPs question Hungarian health secretary over presidency plans and countryโ€™s health commissioner role. โ€” Spend less on defense and more on health, WHO chief Tedros told world leaders at the United Nations [โ€ฆ]

Keir Starmerโ€™s victory party turns sour

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Britain’s new prime minister has suffered a turbulent start to his premiership.

Rachel Reevesโ€™ 7 reasons to be cheerful

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Britain’s strait-laced chancellor was sent out to cheer up the nation โ€” and insist there’s more to Labour than penny-pinching.

Battery maker Northvolt to cut 1,600 jobs in restructuring

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Move comes amid reports of urgent financial problems at company as electric car market slowsBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesThe Swedish battery maker Northvolt is to cut 1,600 jobs in restructuring, in response to โ€œheadwindsโ€ blowing through the electric…

Europeโ€™s battery champion slashes jobs amid slowing EV sales

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“Tough” decisions needed to safeguard Northvolt’s future, said company CEO.

Von der Leyenโ€™s first 100 days: What sheโ€™s promised, what it means and what sheโ€™ll really deliver

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The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?

Gucciโ€™s โ€˜casual grandeurโ€™ rules the runway at Milan fashion week

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Sabato De Sarno takes inspiration from Jackie Kennedy Onassisโ€™ holiday style with a dash of Tom Ford slinkA year after he took on one of the biggest jobs in fashion, the designer Sabato De Sarno has a formula for his new Gucci: โ€œcasual grandeurโ€.De Sar…

Undercover as a home care worker in France: โ€˜I have to cope alone and I receive no trainingโ€™ | Saลกa Uhlovรก

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In Marseille, I find agency bosses desperate to fill shifts, families desperate to secure care for loved ones and a system that places no value on the workWho keeps Europeโ€™s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east โ€“ and I went u…

How to speak von der Leyen

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POLITICO’s guide to understanding what the European Commission president says vs. what she means.

FS policy: 20 people to meet at Labourโ€™s conference

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Looking to influence financial services policy but unsure who to meet at Labourโ€™s inaugural party conference in Liverpool this weekend? Politicians, advisers or policy wonks: Weโ€™ve got the ultimate list of who holds the power in and around the first Labour Party conference in 14 years โ€” and who to have a chinwag with on [โ€ฆ]

Kamala Harris hat ein Industrie-Problem

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US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” HARRIS UND DIE INDUSTRIE: Die Demokratin kรถnnte in Swing States, die stark industrialisiert sind, Wรคhler verlieren, befรผrchten ihre Parteifreunde.ย  โ€” NEUE UMFRAGEN: Trump fรผhrt in Georgia, Harris in Pennsylvania. โ€” [โ€ฆ]

Germanyโ€™s rude economic awakeningย 

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After a spate of bad news involving giants like Volkswagen and Intel, the mood in Germany has turned gloomy.

The Brief โ€“ Everyone gets a share

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has neatly shared out top jobs among the political camps in the next EU executive, in an effort to give the European Parliament as few reasons as possible to meddle in her plan.

Who keeps Europe’s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east โ€“ and I went undercover to find them | Saลกa Uhlovรก

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I took on three of the jobs shunned by western workers. Our mini-series reveals the hidden lives of those with no choiceUndercover as a farm worker in Germany: โ€˜My hands are numb. No one knows when the shift will endโ€™Migration statistics donโ€™t tell us …

Former Poland PM: โ€˜Weโ€™re living under the illusion of environmentalismโ€™

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We arenโ€™t reducing global emissions, just depriving ourselves of jobs, profits, raw material sovereignty and, therefore, security.

How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels

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Spainโ€™s climate expert is poised to become the EUโ€™s competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ€” all in one.

Britain and France plan new military agreement

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New U.K. government launches charm offensive โ€” including a reboot of the Lancaster House Agreement.

5 takeaways on Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s new Commission

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As the dust settles after weeks of wrangling, here are the key things you need to know.

Meet the commissioners: Class of 2024

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Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.

Von der Leyen unveils EU Commission top jobs, with some surprisesย 

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday (17 September) unveiled her plan to divide responsibilities among the European Unionโ€™s next crop of commissioners.ย 

Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s new European Commission

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Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.

Denmarkโ€™s Jรธrgensen tapped for top EU energy and housing job

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He has been a prominent negotiator at the annual United Nations COP climate summits.

The Red Sea: Time for Indiaโ€™s Modi to step in

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Nothing the West says or does will convince the Houthis to halt their campaign. But the Indian prime minister is perfectly suited to the task.

Ursula von der Leyen tightens grip before unveiling her team

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Thierry Breton is out of the way, ridding the European Commission chief of her fiercest internal critic.

Despite holdups, von der Leyen expected to unveil Commission jobs Tuesday

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to press on with unveiling her plan to distribute jobs among her next cohort of commissioners on Tuesday (17 September), despite a hold-up preventing the formal nomination of one candidate.

Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner

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Henna Virkkunen is well placed to nab a key European Commission post on tech or innovation.

Trudeau digs in as his party ponders his ability to win

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Whatever the prime minister is selling after almost nine years in power, Canadians are no longer buying.

Why more and more French teachers are walking away from their jobs

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French teachers are quitting in record numbers, overwhelmed by low pay, crowded classrooms and increasing demands. Despite successive reforms by previous governments, staffing shortages persist. And leaving the profession is often a difficult process….

‘The far right is always provoking the situation’: Belgium’s former PM Elio Di Rupo

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Socialist veteran Elio Di Rupo has an unusual CV. He was an MEP back in 1989; he then held many high-level jobs in Belgium, including that of prime minister from 2011 to 2014, before returning to the European Parliament in this new five-year mandate. …

Slovenia holdup threatens more EU Commission delays

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s unveiling of how she intends to distribute jobs to the next team of EU commissioners could be delayed yet again, due to political gridlock in Slovenia.

The job no one wants: EU health commissioner

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Health policy is looking like the poor cousin and is likely to be downgraded this mandate.

Zelenskyyโ€™s consolidation of power weakens Ukraineโ€™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.

ย โ€˜Weโ€™re the only plane in the sky:โ€™ 9/11 on board Air Force One

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Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.

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 Britainโ€™s terminal Tory party

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

Von der Leyen delays unveiling of new European Commission until next week

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Commission president was supposed to reveal the portfolios for nominees on Wednesday but that is now not happening.

Europeโ€™s new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it

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German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โ€˜slow agony.โ€™

Scooters, bikes, cars and trucks: Polish ex-MEP faces charges over fraudulent travel claims

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Ryszard Czarnecki calls the allegations “lies and complete nonsense.”

The men with their mouths sewn shut magnify Georgiaโ€™s โ€˜existentialโ€™ election

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Floundering opposition parties struggle to balance foreign policy and domestic concerns as they seek to topple Russia-friendly government.ย 

The great Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio

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Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโ€™s POLITICOโ€™s version of the next Commission.

After court appearance, Trump rails against legal cases, his lawyers and the election

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โ€œIโ€™m disappointed in my legal talent,โ€ he told reporters.

VW slams production into reverse as industry faces battles on all sides

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Plan to cut German factories is politically fraught but makes sense economicallyVW considers German plant closures to save billions in costsWhen Bernd Pischetsrieder attempted to cut jobs at Volkswagen in the early 2000s, he was forced out. When Herber…

FBI enttarnt russische Einmischung

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US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” RUSSISCHE EINMISCHUNG: Die US-Regierung hat eine russische Kampagne zur Beeinflussung der US-Wahl enthรผllt. Die Kreml-Kampagne zielte aber auch auf Deutschland ab, wie ein FBI-Dossier zeigt. โ€” EXPORTMEISTER: Zumindest Amerikaner kaufen [โ€ฆ]

Harris departs from Biden on capital gains tax boost

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The Democratic presidential candidate is proposing a smaller hike in the tax that mostly hits the wealthy than the one pushed by President Joe Biden.

The Brief โ€“ Von der Leyenโ€™s balancing act

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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has a delicate political balance to strike in her picks for the most important jobs in the EU’s executive, in addition to the one-on-one back-room talks with the national leaders who nominate commissioners, she…

Green jobs set to find home away from Europe, head of largest industrial union warns

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While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.

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

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The chamberโ€™s new conflict-of-interest rules donโ€™t apply to its most powerful member.

Von der Leyen pressures EU countries to swap women in as commissioner picks

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European Commission presidentโ€™s drive for gender equality looks to fall short.

Meloni will continue play to the center โ€” for now

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The Italian leader isnโ€™t too eager to hang her hat with the Euroskeptic far right โ€” at least not just yet.

How Trump could make good on his universal tariff threat

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The International Emergency Economic Powers Act gives the president sweeping authority to control economic transactions.

How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America

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This summerโ€™s conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future โ€” and the present.

Italy nominates Raffaele Fitto to European Commission

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Rome is targeting a portfolio overseeing regional funding and the bloc’s post-pandemic cash.

Shell to cut hundreds of jobs in oil and gas exploration operations

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Reduction of about a fifth of workforce in two subdivisions part of plan to slash up to $3bn in costs by end of 2025Shell is to cut hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration operation in the latest move by the chief executive, Wael Sawan, to sl…

European politicians, take a leaf out of Trumpโ€™s book and sell off your old clothes

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Why oh why can’t you buy a piece of one of Ursula von der Leyen’s suits?

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