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Manston’s migrant processing center is now understaffed after it suffered severe overcrowding earlier this month. The Home Office site in Kent, which has taken thousands of migrants who have arrived in small boats since it opened in February, currently has zero people. Manston, a former military base, has been at the center of controversy in …

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Army veteran says he confronted a gunman in Colorado Springs Sign up for our free US newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every weekday morning Sign up for our free US Morning email newsletter Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich faces at least five counts of murder along with five counts of committing a …

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Among the 268 dead after an earthquake devastated a city in Indonesia, there are children killed when their schools collapsed. More than 1,000 people were injured and 58,000 displaced after the 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the mountains of West Java on Monday, causing significant damage to the city of Cianjur and burying at least one village …

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UK households to suffer highest inflation in G7 – latest updates The Telegraph OECD forecast: High rates and inflation to slow global growth The Independent UK to be second worst performing of world’s major economies next year – OECD The Guardian UK economy to suffer biggest impact from energy crisis among G7 nations, Evening Standard …

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Michal Stelmach, senior economist at KPMG, said borrowing in October “was largely driven by the household energy price cap that came into force in October and the permits that ended a year ago, making the year-to-year comparison less favorable.”

Buildings were damaged and widespread power outages were reported in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, after two earthquakes struck the southwest coast on Tuesday. The first 7.0-magnitude earthquake briefly prompted a tsunami warning from the United States Geological Survey, but that warning was withdrawn soon after. A second earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.0, occurred …

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Energy suppliers must do more to help vulnerable customers this winter, the industry regulator has said, with “serious weaknesses” found in the practice of five suppliers. Ofgem said failings included customers missing out on free gas safety checks, vulnerable customers not being offered the support they need and ensuring pre-paid meters are identified and supported …

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The United States, China and Japan are also advanced in the race to develop space-based solar power and are expected to announce their own plans shortly. Apart from the ESA proposal, a company, Space Solar, has been set up in the UK. It aims to demonstrate the power of radiation from space in six years …

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It was a pleasure to watch England play, a relaxing experience and how often has that been written about them in the heat of a big men’s tournament? It had been billed as a likely war of attrition against Carlos Queiroz and his compact and committed Iran side, but it was nothing of the sort …

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Dominic Raab behaved so badly at a meeting with the Home Office during his first spell as justice secretary that his department’s top official later had to personally apologize to his counterparts, it has been claimed in the Guardian Whitehall sources said the deputy prime minister, who faces two official complaints over alleged bullying, had …

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