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Labour urged to plug predicted £400m shortfall in overseas aid funding in 2027
PoliticsLabour urged to plug predicted £400m shortfall in overseas aid funding in 2027

Official forecast indicates shortfall below 0.3% of national income in promised official development assistance

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader announces her return
WorldExiled Venezuelan opposition leader announces her return

Nobel laureate María Corina Machado’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Portuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps
WorldPortuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps

More than 30 people arrested as officers clear at least 100 tents in central Lisbon and about 50 in Porto

Ashifa Kassam and agencies
Demand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada
WorldDemand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada

Police closed case of Andrew Frederick despite autopsy report ruling his death a homicide

Natricia Duncan
Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro
WorldBrazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro

Incumbent president lost in first round to senator and son of convicted ex-president

Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
Andy Burnham says he wants ‘honest discussion’ about freedom of movement with EU
PoliticsAndy Burnham says he wants ‘honest discussion’ about freedom of movement with EU

Prime minister is considering different options for new relationship with Brussels ahead of summit in November

Patrick Daly
Tens of thousands of Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff
WorldTens of thousands of Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff

Nearly 159 million people to head to polls on Sunday in battle between leftwing incumbent and Flávio Bolsonaro

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and Tiago Rogero in Belo Horizonte
Hundreds of thousands march across France in protests over schools and policing
WorldHundreds of thousands march across France in protests over schools and policing

Government estimates at least 400,000 people took part, but trade unions say the number is double that

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
British woman dies trying to save sons on Bahamas snorkelling trip
WorldBritish woman dies trying to save sons on Bahamas snorkelling trip

The 36-year-old died after two boys reportedly swept away by strong current near Bimini, police say

Harry Taylor
Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China
WorldKim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

Visit by train over New Yalu River Bridge marks North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year

Raphael Rashid in Seoul
Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79
CultureDónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79

Founding member of Planxty, Lunny went on to play for bands such as Moving Hearts, the Bothy Band and Coolfin

Press Association
Blaze engulfs Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria
WorldBlaze engulfs Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria

About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle the blaze at former Nazi retreat in a remote part of southern Germany

Agence France-Presse
‘It’s part of our history’: can the menú del día survive Spain’s changing eating habits?
World‘It’s part of our history’: can the menú del día survive Spain’s changing eating habits?

Established under the Franco dictatorship, the lunchtime ritual is in decline but all is not lost

Sam Jones in Madrid
Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China
WorldTyphoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China

Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled

Reuters
Macron condemns racism after one killed in terrorist shooting near Paris
WorldMacron condemns racism after one killed in terrorist shooting near Paris

Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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