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‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo

Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity

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Gregg Wallace accused of inappropriate behaviour in letter sent to BBC in 2022

Woman who complained about MasterChef presenter says lack of action shows there is ‘no satisfactory means of reporting sexual harassment and bullying within the TV industry’

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Wavering supporters of assisted dying bill ‘are not certain to vote it into law’

Sponsors of legislation for England and Wales warned that vote was close and many MPs will seek further reassurances on matters of concern

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Parties, cabinet and families split – and assisted dying bill still has a long way to go

The granular detail of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for England and Wales is yet to be agreed, and some MPs want reassurances before finally backing it

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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources

Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes

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Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire

Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK

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Don’t be naive about the ceasefire in Lebanon. It may mean more horror and death in Gaza

Netanyahu can redeploy his troops or abandon the peace deal at any time. It doesn’t bind his hands, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

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‘I am nothing if not persistent’: Lesley Imgart, winner of our graphic short story prize 2024

It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witch

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Liz Kendall says young people who won’t take up work will lose benefits

Work and pensions secretary says she will transform opportunities as Starmer bemoans ‘bulging benefits bill’

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Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT

Santa has a new little helper. But can an AI-powered shopping assistant really master the subtle art of gift giving?

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Tory MP Danny Kruger investigated by standards watchdog over assisted dying funds

High-profile campaigner against new law facing questions over parliamentary group financed by Christian right

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Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

Unintelligible as it is, new book is part of a ‘manifesting’ trend offering the young and spiritually lost an illusion of control

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UK jobcentres not fit for purpose, says Liz Kendall ahead of major reforms

The work and pensions secretary is to overhaul benefits system, pushing young people into work or education

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Row over who will pay $1tn climate fund drags Cop29 talks past the deadline

Rich countries resist increasing their contributions to poor countries that are bearing the brunt of global heating

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UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote

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‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher

Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in French

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Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

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Guardian journalists to strike over planned sale of Observer newspaper

Members of the NUJ will stage two 48-hour walkouts next month

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Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford prize and questions sponsor’s fossil fuel ties

Australian author says he will not accept £50,000 prize money until fund manager reduces its fossil fuel investments

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Joe Biden’s last-gasp missile decision is momentous for Ukraine – but Putin will retaliate

Zelenskyy must now show that missiles will change this war, and his European allies must unify ahead of the Trump presidency, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

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UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs

At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls

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Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups

Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers

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Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business

Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country

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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

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Tory donor Lord Bamford funds helicopter flight for Nigel Farage

Ally of Boris Johnson gave Reform UK leader a £8,000 trip to tour his JCB site, raising eyebrows among Conservatives

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