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The Liberal Democrats have said they will use their autumn conference to “fire the starting pistol” for their general election campaign to ‘smash down the blue wall’ (PA)

1p tax on every new clothing item to tackle fast fashion among Lib Dem proposals

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations of Sikh killing

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, centre, attends a Politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader sets steps to boost Russia ties amid warnings

NatWest has resolved a technical issue affecting its cash deposit machines (Matt Crossick/PA)

NatWest says ‘no customer will be left out of pocket’ after cash deposit glitch

A general view of Diagon Alley at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden (David Parry/PA)

Warner Bros Studios Leavesden to undergo significant expansion

The King and Queen in Versailles (Daniel Leal/PA)

King and Queen travel to Bordeaux for last day of state visit to France

A satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a potential tropical cyclone forming off the southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone

Aditi Shankar, eight, with Professor Stephen Marks at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London (Aaron Chown/PA)

Eight-year-old gets UK-first kidney transplant without need for life-long drugs

Sadiq Khan has announced his London Policing Board to help scrutinise the Met Police (Yui Mok/PA)

Sadiq Khan announces London Policing Board to help scrutinise the Met

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak previously criticised a ‘cultural sense that it’s OK to be bad at maths’ (Danny Lawson/PA)

Rishi Sunak ‘planning A-level reform to establish British Baccalaureate’

What the papers say (PA)

What the papers say – September 22

Think tank Policy Exchange has made recommendations to the Government on guidance for schools over religious clothing (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Ministers need to prevent dress code imposition on Muslim women, says think tank

The Liberal Democrats are to kick off their general election campaign during their autumn conference this weekend (PA)

Lib Dems set to fire starting gun of election campaign to ‘smash blue wall’

Staple foods like rice, spaghetti, baked beans and tea bags can cost more than three times as much if budget versions are unavailable, according to a study (PA)

Staple foods can cost three times as much if budget options unavailable – Which?

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is leading the UK delegation at the UN General Assembly in Rishi Sunak’s absence (Lucy North/PA)

AI advances outstripping global regulation, Oliver Dowden to warn at UN

Matt Hancock appears in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (Jeff Overs/PA)

‘Losing wasn’t an option’: Jermaine Pennant on fighting Matt Hancock on SAS show

Researchers involved with DecodeME revealed in August that women are more likely to have more symptoms (PA)

Major study hopes to tackle ME stigma

Consumer confidence continues to rise amid cost-of-living woes

Liz Truss’s mini-budget sparked economic turmoil (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Labour vows legal change to avert another Truss-style budget ‘disaster’

Detective Chief Superintendent John Caldwell was shot in February (Brian Lawless/PA)

Man released after questioning on claim of responsibility over shot detective

The woman was reportedly left ‘shocked and disgusted’ by the incident which allegedly took place in the BBC’s Los Angeles office (John Stillwell/PA)

BBC looking at claim Brand exposed himself to woman and laughed about it on air

President Joe Biden meets Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office (Evan Vucci/AP)

Zelensky seeks more US support during whirlwind visit to Washington

All the shortlisted writers received £2,500 and a bespoke bound edition of their book (Booker Prize Foundation/PA)

Half of authors on newly revealed Booker Prize 2023 shortlist called Paul

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The King addresses parliamentarians in the Senate Chamber, at Luxembourg Palace in Paris (Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA)

King calls for courage over tackling climate change in wake of Sunak’s slowdown

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, pictured in The Hague, has been speaking at an international summit of ‘progressive’ politicians in Canada (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

‘We don’t want to diverge’ from EU rules, Starmer says

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School strikes will go ahead next week, Unison said (PA)

Union describes final pay offer to school staff as ‘too little, too late’

Research has shown that a plant’s natural defence mechanism can be activated by using light (John Walton/PA)

Can we give plants advance warning of dangers by ‘talking’ to them?

Energy minister Graham Stuart announced the £160 million in climate funding at a UN summit in New York (Victoria Jones/PA)

UK gives £160m to global net zero efforts as domestic pledges curbed

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Two men will appear in court in connection to an incident at a Superdrug in Chichester in March this year (PA)

Two men to appear in court over battery of teenage boy in Superdrug store

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said HS2’s costs were overrunning (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Hunt suggests HS2 costs ‘out of control’ but says no decision made on cuts

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Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan was responding to an urgent question (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Scottish Government ‘urgently’ assessing impact of climate climbdowns – minister

Former Nato secretary general Lord Robertson (David Jones/PA)

‘Need to breed’ fear of Nato conflict risk among Russian military, peers told

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Flora White said she was angry after her chemotherapy treatment was delayed by over a week (Flora White/PA)

Cancer patient ‘upset and angry’ after chemo session delayed due to NHS strikes

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Borrowing costs ‘might have peaked’ as Bank holds rates steady

Ashley Dale was shot in her back garden last summer (Family handout/PA)

Man admits manslaughter of council worker shot dead in home but denies murder

Great Britain’s Bianca Williams after competing in Budapest (Martin Rickett/PA)

Sprinter said he was stopped for ‘driving while black’, misconduct panel told

Rupert Murdoch (John Stillwell/PA)

Rupert Murdoch praised as ‘visionary leader’ and ‘greatest media entrepreneur’

Rupert Murdoch (John Stillwell/PA)

Rupert Murdoch built a media empire that spanned the globe

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Anne meets employees during a tour of the Jaguar Land Rover factory in Halewood, Liverpool (James Speakman/PA)

Anne told about car plant’s plan to go fully electric after Sunak’s eco rollback

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Members of the Garda Public Order Unit watch protesters outside Leinster House (Brian Lawless/PA)

Gallows protest at Leinster House a ‘vile and vicious attack on democracy’

Co-op said its food business lost £33 million to costs including shoplifting this year (Alamy/PA)

Co-op urges action after taking £33m hit as shoplifting cases hit record high

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Eleven people are currently on trial at the High Court in Glasgow (PA)

Alleged victim of child abuse ring ‘just crying’ after rape, court told

The memorial to organ and tissue donors was unveiled on Friday (NHS Blood and Transplant/PA)

Permanent memorial unveiled to remember thousands of organ and tissue donors

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Emma Whitfield, 32, is calling for a “Jack Lis Law”, named after her son who died in November 2021 in Pentwyn, Penyrheol, near Caerphilly, South Wales, after the attack by an XL bully dog (family handout/PA)

Mother calls on Government to go much further on XL bully ban

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net zero commitments (Justin Tallis/PA)

Sunak’s claim UK can hit net zero despite rollback branded ‘wishful thinking’

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Daniel Khalife at a previous court hearing (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth

The House of Lords at Westminster (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

SNP MP’s report calls for House of Lords to be abolished

The site is part of the Ministry of Defence (PA)

Union urges MoD to resolve row with striking workers after forklift incident

The political careers of Anniken Huitfeldt and Erna Solberg, two of Norway’s most powerful women, are under threat after it emerged that their husbands had been dealing shares behind their backs (Hannah McKay/Pool/AP)

Two of Norway’s top female politicians facing consequences of husbands’ misdeeds

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Nearly seven in 10 people are concerned about their personal finances and ability to cover the essentials, the poll shows (PA)

32% of people ‘have £100 or less left in their account at end of each month’

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The former Tory leader gave the anti-corruption watchdog 30 minutes’ notice ahead of a public announcement in June that he was taking up the new role (Victoria Jones/PA)

No sanction for Boris Johnson after Daily Mail column rule breach – Dowden

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Members of the Garda and the Garda Public Order Unit outside Leinster House, Dublin, as the Dail resumes after summer recess. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Gallows protest at Leinster House marks ‘very grave day for democracy’

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Chelsea and England star Raheem Sterling (John Walton/PA)

Trial date set for man accused of burglary of home of England’s Raheem Sterling

India’s visa processing centre in Canada has suspended its services as a rift between the countries widens (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP)

India suspends visa services in Canada as rift widens over killing

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