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Ex-senior director for Europe and Russia on national security council, and David Holmes, state department aide in Kyiv, testify -
Attorney general announces charges as crisis deepens for longest-serving leader
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‘Investment blitz’ promised as experts taken aback by scale of Labour’s tax and spend plans
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Civilians killed and dozens more injured after missile attack near Qah, Idlib province
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When member of the public questioned value of the monarchy on ITV leaders’ debate, Buckingham Palace had to act
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David Duckenfield’s answers at 2015 inquests taken ‘out of context’, argues defence at trial -
President summons Russian ambassador over secret cash payout filmed and uploaded to YouTube -
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Peace campaigner’s car struck by stray bullet while passing airport, security officials say -
Key manifesto pledge includes ending investment in fossil fuel projects and supporting ‘green transitions’ abroad -
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A surging Pete Buttigieg avoided major criticism while Tulsi Gabbard reinforced her outsider status in Atlanta debate -
Even Republicans are predicting impeachment is looming for Trump as Sondland admits: ‘We followed the president’s orders’ -
New revelations about party funding are a stain on the country’s reputation for transparency
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A former White House official has criticised politicians for advancing discredited conspiracy theories about Ukraine during impeachment hearings
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The video, uploaded anonymously to YouTube, purportedly shows a Russian spy handing over a bag of cash to an unnamed Serbian official
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The deputy assistant secretary of defence told lawmakers that her staff had received an email on 25 July from the state department saying that Ukraine’s embassy and the House foreign affairs committee were asking about military aid
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Biden listed 'the only black African-American woman who had ever been elected to the United States Senate' as one of his endorsements, at which candidate and senator Kamala Harris threw her hands in the air, laughing: 'Nope. That's not true. The other one is here.'
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Day four of impeachment hearings saw the most explosive testimony so far as Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, claimed Donald Trump had directed a quid-pro-quo with Ukraine through his personal lawyer Rudi Giuliani
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The debate came hours after a senior US diplomat gave explosive testimony during impeachment hearings that directly implicated Donald Trump in a quid pro quo deal with Ukraine
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