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🚨 REMINDER: Kemi Badenoch joins us in Westminster on Monday 6 July for our next In 'Conversation' event

She'll discuss a wide range of topics and take part in an audience Q&A

Tickets are selling fast - book from £11 here: https://t.co/QgfMsiXoJL

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England fans also face the prospect of being ejected from US stadiums should they make anti-Starmer chants throughout the tournament

Story: https://t.co/hjndxHCzpx

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🚨 NEW: FIFA has reminded England fans that political flags are not allowed at the 2026 World Cup

It comes after the FA was made aware of flags in Orlando calling Keir Starmer a "nonce"

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Farage disclosed his concerns about the threat posed by Lowe’s Restore Britain in remarks to donors last month at Arundel

Reform denied firing any social media staff and said it was hiring more

Story: https://t.co/4dbn9dWW2O

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🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has privately ordered an overhaul of his Facebook team as Rupert Lowe is "outperforming" his reach

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🚨 BREAKING: Moscow confirms a Russian warship fired warning shots at a British yacht in the English Channel

"Today, June 16 at 12:45, the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the English Channel discovered the civilian sailing yacht Bright Future, flying the British flag, which was following a dangerous course under engines to approach the ship.

"In accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the frigate's crew made several attempts to contact the civilian vessel on the international radio channel. There was no change in the yacht's course or response to the international radio channel requests.

"To attract the attention of the yacht's crew, flares were fired and sound signals were sounded. Despite these measures, the vessel continued its dangerous approach.

"After closing the distance to 150 meters, the frigate's commander decided to fire pre-emptively at the vessel's course with small arms. The British-flagged yacht then immediately changed course and continued moving away from the Russian warship.

"The crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich acted in strict accordance with international shipping regulations and took all necessary measures to prevent the incident"

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🚨 BREAKING: A Russian frigate has reportedly fired warning shots at a British yacht in the English Channel

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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has announced the UK-EU "reset" summit will take place on Wednesday 22 July

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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says he spent two hours "chatting" with Donald Trump over dinner last night

"We get on really well"

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🚨 PICTURED: Keir Starmer takes his seat next to Donald Trump at the G7 summit

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🚨 NEW: Buckingham Palace has announced Prince George will attend Eton College from September

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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has called for all Brits to stand against "hatred and division" as he marks the 10 year anniversary of Jo Cox's assassination

"The best way to honour her memory is to stand firmly against hatred and division, to bring communities together, and to show, through both big acts and small, the compassion, decency and solidarity that define our nation at its best"

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@Telegraph The move will be announced by Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp tomorrow

Story:
https://t.co/kANWpFrsho

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🚨 NEW: The Tories have pledged to strip judges of the power to stop migrants being deported

All appeals will instead be heard by the Home Office

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Age checks would happen at the point that a user sets up their new phone rather than when they create an account with a social media company

Government officials prefer it as it removes the need to repeat checks

Story: https://t.co/YKgfMjSDvN

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🚨 NEW: The UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users

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Labour said: “Nigel Farage has spent years arguing women don’t need the protections and rights we fought for. From their leader praising Andrew Tate, to running a self-professed sexist as a candidate, Reform prove time and again they have a problem with women"

Policy document: https://t.co/KD979wLILF

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🚨 NEW: Reform UK says it would introduce a "Women and Motherhood Protection Act" that would:

- Introduce explicit breastfeeding rights

- Create new leave rights for miscarriage and stillbirth

- Extend the deadline for pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims from 3 to 12 months

- Keep equal pay laws

- Maintain protections against sex discrimination

- Strengthen protections during pregnancy and maternity leave

- Add protections for women undergoing fertility treatment

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There are some replies claiming Bluesky is exempt from Australia’s social media ban - that's not correct: https://t.co/08Qu3R9jdR

The Government has also confirmed to Politics UK that Bluesky will fall under the UK's social media ban

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🚨 NEW: Bluesky will be included in the UK's social media ban for under-16s as it is "user to user"

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The Government said: "The Government plans to use the same model for a social media ban as Australia. This would capture user-to-user platforms, whose purpose is to enable social interaction and which allow users to post material, alongside algorithms"