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    German Chancellor: 'Disastrous' state elections

    2026/09/20 | 16 mins.
    The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says he takes full responsibility for what he's called a disastrous showing for his party in state elections.
    Ukraine has targeted Moscow with hundreds of drones - in what Russian officials described as the biggest such attack on the city so far in the war.
    The Liberal Democrats have urged the government to cut fuel duty by ten pence a litre until December - to help people with the cost of living.
    (Image: Reuters)
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    President Trump's Greenland security deal welcomed

    2026/09/19 | 16 mins.
    A new deal over Greenland's security announced by President Trump has been welcomed by Danish and Greenlandic leaders after months of tension over the Arctic territory.
    Liberal democrats have been told they have a "moral responsibility" to stop Reform gaining power by their leader - Sir Ed Davey.
    There have been protests in South Africa after nine young women were killed in the last two months.
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    Earl Spencer defends claims about King Charles

    2026/09/18 | 30 mins.
    Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, has insisted he is "telling the truth" about a phone call with King Charles in the days after his sister's death. Also MI5 has accepted that it lied to three courts, to try to stop a BBC investigation into a violent neo-Nazi agent. And Nash the golden retriever goes viral, after a security camera captures him bringing an intruder a series of toys. (Image:BBC)
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    Charles 'giddily elated' after Diana died, her brother claims

    2026/09/17 | 31 mins.
    The Daily Mail has published more extracts from Earl Spencer's upcoming book about his sister, Princess Diana. On the day of her death, he claims, the then Prince Charles sounded 'giddily elated, like a lottery winner'. Buckingham Palace has yet to comment. Also: King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands. And Bournemouth football club ventures onto European soil for the first time in its history. (Image: PA)
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    Schools in England get extra funding for teachers' pay

    2026/09/16 | 30 mins.
    Schools in England are to be given an extra £500 million in funding towards the cost of a pay award for teachers this academic year. Also: Andy Burnham has rejected criticism from one of his former advisers on his public spending plans. And scientists create mice which have human brain cells. (Image: PA)
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