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Special reportUK seeks AI sovereignty while US tech companies expand in London

Tech secretary Liz Kendall moves to back British start-ups first and collaborate with 'middle powers' on AI

CommentMandelson's requiem a mere overture to Starmer's dramas

UK summons Iranian ambassador over 'inflammatory' post

Sacked chief of staff backs Starmer over Mandelson affair

Arson attack on memorial wall to victims of Iran regime

Zelenskyy criticises Israel over purchase of 'stolen' grain

Teen kart racer extradited from UAE charged with killing Airbnb host in London

Austrian man admits plotting foiled attack on Taylor Swift's Vienna concert

He is accused along with a Slovak national of also planning attacks in the Middle East

Runner sets world record for fastest marathon wearing a kandura

Twinning boosts links between Palestinian and UK cities

Iran's IRGC faces proscription by UK government after 'deal'

How the Nile slowed to help an ancient empire thrive for centuries

Kinahan crime family feared ‘bloodline wipeout’ in attack

Hormuz crisis haunts UN vote on carbon tax for shipping

How the Nile slowed to help an ancient empire thrive for centuries

Changing characteristics of vast river helped Kushite dynasty in what is now Sudan rise to power and society to develop

Kinahan crime family feared ‘bloodline wipeout’ in attack

Hormuz crisis haunts UN vote on carbon tax for shipping

UK's Keir Starmer fights for survival by blocking inquiry

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