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‘Moment of truth’ for Lammy on Scot detained in India, says brother

The Foreign Secretary will meet with Jagtar Singh Johal’s family next week as more than 100 parliamentarians signed a letter calling for urgency.

Evening Standard

Voters head to the polls to vote in England’s local elections – as it happened

Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabs

The Guardian - UK

Church acknowledges priest's daughter after DNA first

Linda Kelly-Lawless has been campaigning for more than six years for the Catholic Church to recognise that she is the daughter of an Australian priest.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves under investigation by standards watchdog over free National Theatre tickets

Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year

Evening Standard

As Australia votes, a housing affordability crisis is top of voters’ minds

Australia’s sky-high property prices are a top issue in an election race dominated by cost-of-living concerns.

Al Jazeera

Early Liberal win after voting centre sign clash ruling

The Liberal Party is permitted to erect multiple signs outside an early voting centre after a judge ruled the council could not limit it to one.

AAP

First major ballot box test for Labour as polls open in English local elections

All eyes on Reform as 24 councils, six mayoralties and a parliamentary byelection are contested

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US-Ukraine minerals deal text revealed as Donald Trump makes key concession

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt describe the agreement as a ‘first of its kind, historic’ partnership, which will ensure the ‘long-term economic success of Ukraine’

Evening Standard

Last-minute election arts boost with gallery pledge

There has been little talk of the arts on the federal election trail, but Labor has produced a multimillion-dollar commitment for a major new gallery.

AAP

Matt Wrack plans to stay in post as teaching union’s general secretary

Wrack, whose appointment as NASUWT chief faced legal challenge, condemns ‘ludicrous’ efforts to undermine him

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine, US Sign Minerals Deal, Tying Trump To Kyiv

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.

International Business Times

US Senate rejects bid to block Trump’s tariffs

Three Republican senators join Democrats in voting for resolution to oppose US president’s trade policy.

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Washington Outsider Report Podcast Interview on the Trump Tariff Litigation

I was interviewed by attorney/podcaster Irina Tsukerman.

Reason

Local elections 2025: Guide to every council and mayoral contest

The Conservatives currently control 19 of the 23 local authorities holding elections on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Local elections 2025: Hour-by-hour guide to results

The first results are likely around 2am on Friday May 2.

Evening Standard

Veteran card is now accepted as photo ID at polling stations

Voter ID rules were first enforced in England in 2023 and across Britain at the 2024 general election.

Salon

Dems can't block deportation of citizens

In a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrats tried to bar ICE deportations of US citizens

Evening Standard

UK ‘welcomes’ economic deal between US and Ukraine – Lammy

US President Donald Trump previously said he wants access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as a condition of further support.

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Sogavare defends government walkout in Solomon Islands

Manasseh Sogavare may return for a fifth stint as Solomon Islands prime minister but the 70-year-old says ambition did not prompt him to leave the government.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan confident of US support under Trump, minister says

In interview, Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs says Chinese President Xi is stoking ‘fanatic nationalism’.

Evening Standard

Labour faces first electoral test since taking power as voters head to polls

Kemi Badenoch has conceded the scale of the Conservative victory when these councils were last up for election in 2021 means losses are likely.

The Guardian - UK

One in four patients in England find errors in medical records, watchdog says

Healthwatch England says mistakes mean some patients are refused care or given drugs they do not need

Evening Standard

‘Let UK-wide smacking ban be murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s legacy’

Smacking is illegal in Wales and Scotland but there remains a legal defence in England and Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard

Schools should deliver more ‘relationship violence prevention lessons’ – charity

One in eight secondary school teachers report that a pupil committed sexual assault against another child in the past term, poll suggests.

Reason

Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy

Today's decision by Judge Geoffrey Crawford (D. Vt.) in Mahdawi v. Trump allows a legal permanent resident to be bailed… The post Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy appeared first on Reason.com.

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