Interceptor drones and operators deployed to Middle East after ‘requests for help from 11 countries neighbouring Iran’

Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted

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Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’

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MPs criticise 10-year deal struck in ‘blind panic’ to rent Dartmoor prison, where high levels of radon had been detected

Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK

Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

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Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2