Section: News
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‘Where should I go?’: staff at London’s Afghan embassy face uncertain future as it shuts its doors
Diplomats and consular staff must apply for asylum or risk their lives returning to Afghanistan, while Afghans in the UK could be left without passports and other documents when mission shuts on Thursday
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Pro-Palestine heckler at Labour conference ‘still in shock’ at force used against him
Man, 24, interrupted chancellor Rachel Reeves’s speech to challenge her on Britain’s sale of arms to Israel before being dragged outside
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Streeting’s NHS reforms could leave Black and Asian people behind again, researchers warn
Key 133-page report on state of NHS contained just three paragraphs on ethnic disparities that see minority groups dying younger and waiting longer for treatment
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Revealed: Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine faced homelessness in UK last year
Afghan photographer who fled the Taliban was among those left with nowhere to stay after being kicked out of hotel accommodation
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UK government quietly backs away from Islamophobia definition
Labour adopted cross-party definition while in opposition but is now refusing to commit despite rising hate crime
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Afghan women want to be heard, not pitied
The Taliban has imposed a draconian ban on female voices outside the home, but many still refuse to suffer in silence
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Marieha Hussain: Palestine protester not guilty of public order offence over ‘coconuts’ placard
Sign depicting Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak went viral on social media — but court finds it was not racist
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Marieha Hussain: protester goes on trial for placard calling Sunak and Braverman ‘coconuts’
Police sought advice over sign at pro-Palestine protest and were told it was not racist — but charged woman anyway
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‘We feel suffocated’: the homes that are becoming uninhabitable in heat
Muslim and minority communities are likely to be most affected by rising temperatures as extreme heat exposes failings in the UK’s housing stock
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Sickle Cell Awareness Month brings vital attention to an often overlooked disease
Recent advances in treatment have made headlines, but lack of funds for research and widespread misconceptions still create obstacles for patients
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Far right eyes Austrian electoral success after historic win in Germany
Following AfD victory in east Germany, Austria’s Freedom Party — which proposes to ban political Islam — is polling at 30% ahead of general election
