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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he was focused on “economic stability” after one of his party’s mayors said he had been privately encouraged to launch a leadership challenge following criticism of the government’s record. Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester in northern England, said Starmer …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Thursday sought to block the co-founder of pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action from bringing a legal challenge over the banning of the group under anti-terrorism laws. Palestine Action has increasingly targeted Israel-linked companies in Britain, often spraying red paint, blocking entrances or damaging equipment. It accuses Britain’s government of …

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BELFAST (Reuters) -The judge in the trial of the sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers ruled on Wednesday that key military statements could be entered as evidence by prosecutors. Judge Patrick Lynch said the hearsay statements that the prosecution case was “totally …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Tuesday lost its attempt to overturn a temporary block on the removal of an asylum seeker under Britain’s “one in, one out” deal with France. A 25-year-old Eritrean man, who arrived in Britain on a small boat on August 12, last week won an interim injunction preventing his removal …

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(Reuters) -Retired international cricket umpire Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird, who officiated in three World Cup finals, has died aged 92, his former clubs Yorkshire and Leicestershire said on Tuesday. Former first-class English cricketer Bird officiated his first test match in 1973, and went on to umpire 66 tests and 76 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in men’s …

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