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Wednesday 24 April 2024

Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’

Exclusive: Dmytro Kuleba hails US aid package but says allies need to increase arms production to help fight RussiaUkraine war – live updates
Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power

Party pledges to bring all passenger rail – but not rolling stock – into public ownership as contracts with train operators expire

Great Britain has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds

Study by World Health Organization shows more than half of children had drunk alcohol by age 13
Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained

Teaching unions share family’s disappointment after government says system has ‘significant benefits’
This Turner prize shortlist is one in the eye for petty nationalists

This year’s globally inclusive lineup is part of a much deeper and longer conversation about what culture is – and who has a voice
Claudette Johnson’s art for Cotton Capital nominated for Turner prize

Guardian-commissioned portrait of abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond among works competing for £25,000 prize

Labour’s plans for Great British Railways all but set up by Tory government

Renationalisation announced by shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, comes as most network contracts near expiry
Tributes paid to Frank Field, former Labour minister, who has died aged 81

Long-serving MP dedicated Westminster career to tackling social issues including child poverty and modern slavery
Down, down, deeper and Dowden: how can Rishi’s stand-in be so useless?

The two deputies had another chance to trade blows but it was a one-sided contest, as Angela Rayner went in for the kill
Inquest finds gross failings in care of woman who drank too much water

Staff at private mental health hospital near Weston-super-Mare missed chances to prevent Lily Lucas’s death, jury finds

Germany to resume funding of Unrwa aid operations in Gaza

Berlin restores ties with UN agency after review says Israel has provided no evidence of terrorist links
Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown

Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girls
Boston police arrest 100 as crackdown on campus Palestine protests ramps up

At least 93 students detained at USC and 34 arrested in Austin while House speaker faced jeers at Columbia University
Spanish PM considers resigning, blaming political ‘harassment’ of wife

Pedro Sánchez halts public duties, hitting out at opponents after court launches inquiry into alleged corruption by Begoña Gómez

UK competition watchdog steps up scrutiny of big tech’s role in AI startups

Microsoft and Amazon asked to comment on tie-ups, a move that paves way for formal investigation
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis
Designer brands owed millions after Matchesfashion collapse

Some customers of the online fashion site, which owed more than £210m when it collapsed in March, are also unable to get refunds
Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires

Finance chiefs say higher taxes for the super-rich are key to battling global inequality and climate crisis

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Repeated periods of heat and drought causing some trees to die – study

Researchers in the Netherlands find climate change is increasing vulnerability of some species