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Pro EU, detest the Tories & the damage to the UK in the last 14 years, hate Johnson Truss Farage & Trump. #FBPE #Rejoin now, ashamed of the damage we’ve done to Planet Earth. Time to reverse #ClimateCrisis
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Can OpenAI keep pace with industry’s soaring costs?

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Can OpenAI keep pace with industry’s soaring costs?
As investor jitters grow, the loss-making ChatGPT firm’s vast spending commitments test the limits of Silicon Valley optimism
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November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds

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Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds
Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wife
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?

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‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell eyeing commutation, whistleblower tells House Democrats

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Ghislaine Maxwell eyeing commutation, whistleblower tells House Democrats
Epstein associate is also receiving special treatment in prison, Democrats say, according to whistleblower
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon

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Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
The corporation is under attack after admitting an ‘error of judgment’ in the way Panorama edited a Donald Trump speech
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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The BBC under siege: Britain must defend its own truth

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The Guardian view on the BBC under siege: Britain must defend its own truth | Editorial
Editorial: With Donald Trump circling and Labour ministers wavering, defending the corporation’s independence is now a test of national will
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work

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Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work | Philippe Lazzarini
With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini
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November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve

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The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
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November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Lavrov’s absence sparks speculation he has fallen from favour with Putin

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Lavrov’s absence sparks speculation he has fallen from favour with Putin
Veteran foreign minister missed key Kremlin meeting, and is not part of Russia’s G20 delegation
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities

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MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities
Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosures
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November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The temperature at Cop30: Trump’s absence better than a US wrecking ball

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The temperature at Cop30: Trump’s absence better than a US wrecking ball
After bully-like behavior last month over a small emissions levy, diplomats will be relieved if the US stays away from climate talks
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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
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November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget

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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders

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BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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BBC chair apologises for Trump speech edit but defends corporation against bias claims

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BBC chair apologises for Trump speech edit but defends corporation against bias claims
Samir Shah says BBC ‘must champion impartiality’, as Ed Davey warns UK must ‘defend our democracy from foreign interference’
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November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Trump threatens BBC with $1bn legal action over edit of speech in documentary | from the Master of fake news .. the irony!

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Trump threatens BBC with $1bn legal action over edit of speech in documentary
Leaked BBC report said film had ‘completely misled’ viewers by splicing two parts of January 6 speech together
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November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections

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In New York, Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections | Nesrine Malik
New York’s newly elected mayor rooted his campaign in the personal while, ironically, exemplifying the tradition of the American ‘melting pot’, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Maybe the BBC can learn a thing or two about fake news from Trump

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Maybe the BBC can learn a thing or two about fake news from Trump | John Crace
The broadcaster didn’t make a very good job of its untruth – possibly because it hasn’t had as much practice
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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end

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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board

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The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
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November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy

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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Donald Trump 'corrupt' BBC claim rejected by Keir Starmer in latest twist

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Donald Trump 'corrupt' BBC claim rejected by Keir Starmer in latest twist
Downing Street threw its weight behind the BBC and rejected allegations that the broadcasting service is 'institutionally biased' after a major row over Donald Trump's speech
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November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Defend the BBC's independence from
Trump's interference

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Petition: Defend BBC independence from Trump’s interference
Stop Trump Coalition
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.

Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.

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The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM