UK general election 2024 live: Campaign kicks off after Sunak announces 4 July poll
UK general election 2024: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer begin campaigns – politics live
By Andrew Sparrow
Inside the cabinet debate where election decision was made
By Steven Swinford, Oliver Wright and Chris Smyth
Rishi's speech showed his tactical strengths. Starmer will be deeply worried
By Janet Daley
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Why a July election plays into Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan
By Becky Johnson
No Rwanda flights before election, says Rishi Sunak
By Paul Seddon
General election 2024 - live: Sunak's July vote branded 'kamikaze'
By Salma Ouaguira
Rwanda flights will not take off before general election, says Sunak
By Jessica Elgot
General election 2024: Rwanda flights won't take off before July 4, says Sunak
By Jack Maidment
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One person dies in North Yorkshire mudslide
By Emily Johnson
Severe flood warnings with more heavy rain to come
By Kathryn Armstrong
'Danger of life' and travel chaos warning as rain batters much of UK
By Lydia Chantler-hicks
Person dies in mudslide in North Yorkshire
Rain chaos grips UK: Trains disrupted and sandbags delivered to homes as heavy downpours spark deluges - with
By Mark Duell
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China kicks off 'punishment' drills around Taiwan
By Kathrin Hille
China holds military drills around Taiwan as 'punishment' days after new president sworn in
By Joel Guinto and Aparna Alluri
China launches ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan after inauguration of new president
By Helen Davidson
‘Strong punishment’: China starts two days of military drills around Taiwan
'Strong punishment': China conducts biggest ‘blockade’ drills around Taiwan
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Singapore Airlines live: Turbulence leaves 20 still in intensive care as Brit who died named as Geoffrey Kitchen
By Simon Calder
What is it like to fly a plane during turbulence?
By Charlotte Edwards
'Everything happened really in a flash': How one man stayed safe amid extreme turbulence on SIA flight SQ321
By Jalelah Abu Baker
Six Brits on Singapore Airlines flight still fighting for their lives in hospital
By Alex Ross
World's most turbulent flights are revealed - and list includes TWO short-haul journeys in Europe...
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