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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
Economy‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises

Heather Stewart
Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
TechnologyWhy Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear

Dan Milmo and Aisha Down
Attorneys for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drop music mogul, alleging unpaid legal bills
CultureAttorneys for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drop music mogul, alleging unpaid legal bills

The musician is serving a 50-month federal prison term for prostitution-related offenses

Richard Luscombe
Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election
WorldBrazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election

Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s elections

Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party
PoliticsPolanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Survivor recounts panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died
WorldSurvivor recounts panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died

Police fire teargas as protests break out in the city of Minna after the deaths of the suspected illegal goldminers

Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan and agencies
Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84
CultureStephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84

Cole, described as an ‘extraordinary talent’, also appeared in Waiting for God, Tenko and had an extensive theatre career

PA Media
Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
WorldFlight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error

Error first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says report

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
M&S marks 100 years of selling fashion with LFW catwalk show
EconomyM&S marks 100 years of selling fashion with LFW catwalk show

Debut runway show with affordable pieces reflects resurgent style confidence at retailer after hit releases

Jess Cartner-Morley
Duncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56
CultureDuncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56

The musician, who went from 90s altpop hits to Tony-winning Broadway success, died of organ failure

Adrian Horton
Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying
PoliticsReform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying

Judge said Nina Power and her friend’s social media posts had ‘the whiff of threat and antisemitism’

Rowena Mason and Juliette Garside
Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia
TechnologySwedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia

Eighteen-year-old known as Chai was active in networks notorious for their sadistic exploitation of young people

Ariel Bogle
Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist
ScienceTech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist

Exclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lectures

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Record fuel prices across EU prompt calls for bloc-wide windfall tax on firms
WorldRecord fuel prices across EU prompt calls for bloc-wide windfall tax on firms

German minister says companies are ‘exploiting situation’ in Middle East, as sky-high prices become major domestic issue for leaders

Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces launch inquest into sudden military collapse
WorldYemen’s anti-Houthi forces launch inquest into sudden military collapse

Rout raises questions about coordination and morale as some politicians claim billions of dollars were offered to persuade forces to abandon position

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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