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First babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people

U.K.’s first babies were created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases

The Hindu

Coronation a triumph of pomp and pride in Britain, says Dowden

The Deputy Prime Minister praised the organisation of the event.

The Independent UK

Britain moves first to supply Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles

Britain on Thursday became the first country to start supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supply dumps deep behind the front lines.

Reuters

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DNA test is 'definitive PROOF' huge black panthers are prowling UK countryside

Documentary-makers, who had been investigating sightings across the country, said a recent DNA test has confirmed the existence of black panthers and other big cats living in the UK

Daily Mirror

Britain urges accountability at UN for rights abuses in Sudan

Britain urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to push for accountability over violence in Sudan at an emergency meeting in Geneva on Thursday but Sudan pushed back, saying the events unfolding there were an "internal affair".

Reuters

Project launched to triple area of UK’s temperate rainforest

A veteran of the war in Afghanistan who owns one of the remaining tracts of temperate rainforest in Britain has set up a charity to support the unique and biodiverse habitat. The Thousand Year Trust will work with landowners, farmers and charities to triple the area of temperate rainforest growing…

The Week

Son of jailed Hong Kong activist, U.S. congressman slam UK, Vatican over rights weakness

The British son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and a leading Catholic U.S. congressman criticized Britain and the Vatican on Wednesday for failing to speak out strongly against the crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory.

Reuters

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Britain ditches commitment to remove all EU laws by the end of 2023

The British government no longer intends to remove all European Union laws by the end of this year, a flagship policy for hardline Brexiteers that sparked warnings from business and the opposition about legal uncertainty and bureaucratic chaos.

Reuters

Perhaps it’s time to admit it: drinking at work is an ugly hangover from the past

Booze still runs deep in Britain’s workplace culture. At last bosses are being urged to think hard about its role, says the writer Stefan Stern

The Guardian - UK

Israel at 75: how inept British intelligence failed to contain Jewish independence groups

Before they were Israeli, the Jewish community of Palestine – the Yishuv – had been Britain’s close junior partner. A dispute over Britain’s restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside during the struggle to defeat Hitler.

The Conversation

How the British press covered the establishment of Israel – I looked into the newspaper archives to find out

On the evening of May 14 1948, the People’s Council of the Jewish Community in Tel Aviv did not wait for the midnight expiry of Britain’s League of Nations mandate in Palestine. The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the…

The Conversation

From rampaging teens to female assassins: why has East German culture become so cool?

Is Britain’s sudden appetite for the GDR an unhealthy obsession? Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wall, examines the new wave of books and shows about life under the Stasi in the vanished state

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Britain and the Royals have both lost out from Harry and Meghan’s exile

The Coronation brought a mixed bag of emotions. I spent most of it next to a very soggy Buckingham Palace broadcasting with American network CBS. The makeshift media village was so muddy it was like that other great British institution, Glastonbury, with slightly better loos.

Evening Standard

Britain: 1st babies born in country using DNA from 3 people

Britain’s fertility regulator has confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people

The Independent UK

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Daniel Morgan: Met Police forced to apologise after lost documents ‘found in locked cabinet’

Met assisstant commissioner says force is ‘working to understand what has taken place’

France 24

France opens war crime probe into journalist's death in Ukraine

The French judiciary has launched a war crime investigation into the death of AFP journalist Arman Soldin, who was killed in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, prosecutors said Wednesday. The reporter's death comes as a senior Ukrainian military official said Russian forces had pulled back from some areas near the battleground…

The Guardian - UK

Consider the coronation arrests – and witness Britain’s slide towards authoritarianism

The Public Order Act shows how this Tory government is hollowing out our democracy. Here’s how we must defend it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Wales Online

Warning new post-Brexit EU checks will lead to more empty supermarket shelves

Some exporters 'won't bother' to send products to Britain because of export requirements, one food chief has said

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John Lewis boss Sharon White wins staff confidence vote; US inflation slows to 4.9% – as it happened

Staff criticise retail performance, as John Lewis boss pledges group will always remain employee-owned

Daily Record

Food workers are integral part of economy and deserve a pay rise

Record View says it is a damning indictment of Tory Britain that so many food workers do not have enough money to feed themselves

The Guardian - UK

UK poised to label Wagner group terrorists as France urges EU to act

Paris calls on bloc to take action as report says Britain will blacklist mercenaries

Reuters

Britain set to ban Russia's Wagner Group - The Times

Britain is set to formally classify Russian mercenary force Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation as a way of increasing pressure on Russia, The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

US, UK oppose Syria's re-admission to Arab League

The United States and Britain are voicing dissatisfaction with the weekend decision by the Arab League to re-instate Syria as a member

The National (Scotland)

Scots most likely in Britain to have ignored coronation coverage, new survey shows

SCOTS were the most likely in Britain not to watch any of the live coronation coverage, according to a new poll.

The Independent UK

What to know as UK hosts Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine

The Eurovision Song Contest is returning to the U.K. for the first time in 25 years, but its heart will be in Ukraine

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