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Muslim women have spoken about how wearing the hijab is empowering in the face of a new poll that has revealed almost half of Britons believe that women are pressured into putting it on.

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Reproductive health advocates decried the US decision on Friday, saying that Washington is incinerating life-saving contraceptives rather than handing them to aid groups to distribute them in poorer countries.

Nine people have been charged following last week's protests outside an Essex hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. Protests began peacefully but escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage.

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Pressure is growing on Rachel Reeves to find new ways to boost the ailing economy after government borrowing reached the second-highest June figure since 1993 last month.

Striking doctors must feel the pain of taking industrial action to prevent the spread of walkouts in other public sectors, Wes Streeting has warned.

From Friday, so-called risky sites and apps will be expected to use highly effective age checks to identify which users are children and subsequently prevent them from accessing pornography, as well as other harmful content including self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and extreme violence.

The Planned Parenthood defund will be felt in every corner of the state and will disproportionately impact people who have low incomes, rely on Medicaid programs, or have no other options for health care.

The last minute request for police support was only received last week, leading to the redeployment of 1,500 police officers for Donald Trump's private visit to his golf resorts in Scotland.

Angela Rayner has given a major TV interview three times asserting she does not want to be prime minister, but her rejections have been met with skepticism. The intervention during the final cabinet meeting before summer recess highlighted a summer of riots linked to economic struggles and migration control failures.

The defence secretary will call for a 50-day drive to arm Ukraine when he chairs a meeting of Kyiv's allies on Monday, aiming to boost military support for Ukraine.

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Rogan referred to Texas's abortion restrictions as very creepy, highlighting how insensitive they are towards women who suffer miscarriages and travel for personal reasons.

Justice Collins Rice emphasized that the accounts of the domestic abuse faced by the women were chilling and highlighted their vulnerability as young mothers caught in controlling relationships.

The catastrophic Afghan data leak, made by a Ministry of Defence official in February 2022, exposed details of Afghans seeking escape to the UK due to links with British forces.

A former defence minister has claimed he was misled over the rights of hundreds of Afghan special forces soldiers to be brought to safety in the UK, as revealed by The Independent.

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Labour's Jess Phillips acknowledged the disappointing rise in unemployment, stating, 'The issue of the unemployment figures today is something that every government should be absolutely firmly focused on.'