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Labour’s nationalisation price tag would start at £196bn, CBI says

Business /

Image copyright PA Image caption Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said Labour’s nationalisation plans would be cost-neutral Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost at least £196bn, according to the Confederation of British Industry. The employers’ group said the up-front cost of taking control of the water and energy utilities, train firms and Royal Mail was equivalent […]

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Sexual violence in South Africa: ‘Our cops are supposed to protect us’

World /

Gender based violence has been described as a national crisis in South Africa. Rape survivor Norma Ka Mbele shares her story, following protests over the high rates of sexual violence in South Africa. The country has one of the highest femicide rates in the world and recent high-profile murders have sparked outrage. Some activists are

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Get to Know the Politics Reporters Covering the 2020 Election for The Times

Politics /

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Over the past year, The Times’s Politics desk has been gearing up for the 2020 election — adding more reporters, chasing candidates around the country and covering the issues on voters’ minds. To introduce readers

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The Latest: Partial results see gains for Hungary opposition

Finance /

The Latest on local elections in Hungary (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Partial results are showing significant gains for opposition candidates over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in nationwide local elections. The voting is projected to have one of the highest voter turnouts in local elections since Hungary’s 1990 return to democracy. In Budapest,

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The Kurds’ Prisons and Detention Camps for ISIS Members, Explained

Politics /

WASHINGTON — The escalating chaos in northern Syria as Turkey presses forward with its attack on the United States’ erstwhile Kurdish allies is raising fears about the fate of thousands of Islamic State detainees that the Kurds have been holding in makeshift wartime prisons. When announcing that he had cleared the way for the Turkish

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U.K. Says Immunity of U.S. Diplomat’s Wife ‘No Longer Relevant’

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LONDON — The diplomatic immunity of Anne Sacoolas, the American woman who is a suspect in a road crash that killed Harry Dunn, a British teenager, is “no longer relevant” in the case, Britain’s foreign secretary has said. Ms. Sacoolas, the 42-year-old wife of a diplomat, fled Britain using diplomatic immunity after the police in

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