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Jane Austen’s will to go on show at Love Letters exhibition

The National Archives’ display will also include Lord Alfred Douglas’s petition to Queen Victoria pleading for the release of his lover Oscar Wilde.

Evening Standard

Obama’s ‘monolith’ presidential center in Chicago gets an opening timetable

The sprawling campus, located in Chicago, has faced years of delays and legal setbacks

The Independent UK

Former Prince Andrew’s biographer predicts ‘lots more to come’, after years charting his vices

Andrew Lownie is a lucky author. He spent many years researching the story of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, speaking to 300 people with intimate knowledge of the couple – far more refused – and accessing files from the National Archives for which he needed a court order. Last week,…

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Rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence to be displayed in London

Dunlap prints were the first official printings of the Declaration of Independence and it is believed only around 200 copies were ever made.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein while he was prime minister, new documents reveal

Lord Mandelson described Epstein, then 49, as ‘vibrant and young’ and ‘safe’ according to emails released by the National Archives

The Independent UK

Shutdown fight hits New Jersey governor’s race - Roll Call

The debate over the federal government shutdown has extended to the New Jersey governor's race, where Mikie Sherrill faces Jack Ciattarelli.

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Investigation launched into how Republican New Jersey governor hopeful got Democratic opponent’s military records

Sherrill says she was not allowed to walk at her 1994 Naval Academy graduation because she refused to ‘turn in’ her classmates implicated in a cheating scandal

The Independent UK

Jeffries demands "criminal investigation" into release of Rep. Mikie Sherrill's records

"It's outrageous that Donald Trump and his administration and political hacks connected to them continue to violate the law," Jeffries said.

Axios

Records of deadly 1934 pit explosion in Wrexham to be displayed near site

Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-up

The Guardian - UK

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

Document from 1642 made by husband of Shakespeare’s granddaughter found in unlabelled box at National Archives

The Guardian - UK

Historian finds 17th century will which sparked Shakespeare family row

The document was drawn up by Thomas Nash on August 25 1642.

Evening Standard

Ghislaine Maxwell may testify before Congress. A look at other criminals who have also done so

The U.S. Congress is preparing to subpoena testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell

The Independent UK

Tony Blair government lobbied by Australia not to meet Indigenous ‘troublemakers’, archives reveal

Newly-released files reveal how Australia lobbied hard to block a meeting with Patrick Dodson-led Indigenous delegation

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Why the Stone of Destiny return to Scotland sparked fears from the Tory government

THE return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland sparked mass restitution fears as civil servants criticised the then prime minister John Major for…

The Conversation

Remembering Frederick Forsyth: my encounters with the spy who stayed out in the cold

One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974).

The Conversation

From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history

President Donald Trump’s second term as president will surely go down in history, though of course, just six months into his four-year term, much of this story has yet to be written.

The Independent UK

Churchill documents reveal D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ from America

The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944

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Evening Standard

D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ to Britain, archives reveal

Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation for the Normandy landings.

The Guardian - UK

Edward II’s coronation roll goes on display alongside King Charles’s

Oldest surviving version from 1308 is dwarfed in size by 21-metre roll produced more than 700 years later

The Guardian - UK

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them

The Independent UK

Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time

The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

The Guardian - AU

Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work

In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature

The Guardian - UK

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

The Independent UK

A dump of JFK-related records reveals past CIA secrets but also some personal data

History buffs have uncovered revelations about U.S. espionage in the 1960s in thousands of pages of newly released government records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

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