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The online fashion retailer Boohoo is to rename itself Debenhams, the department store brand it bought out of administration four years ago, after sales from its young fashion labels sank more than a fifth amid heavy competition from the likes of Shein. Dan Finley, the chief executive of the online fashion specialist, said sales for … Read more

David Leonard Wood. Jessie Hoffman. Aaron Gunches. Wendell Grissom. Edward Thomas James. Moises Sandoval Mendoza. So many names. So many dead men walking. Ten days, five states, six death row prisoners scheduled for execution. For a decade now, capital punishment in the US has been on the wane. Last year, for the 10th year running, … Read more

Armed militants are holding hundreds of train passengers hostage in a siege claimed by a separatist group behind rising violence in south-western Pakistan. The militants wounded the driver as they took control of the train on Tuesday in a remote, mountainous area of Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran. “Over 450 passengers onboard are … Read more

Senior US and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia for crunch talks focused on ending the war with Russia, aiming to build confidence despite a personal crisis between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Although the two presidents will be absent, Zelenskyy has sent his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, while Trump dispatched his secretary … Read more

Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin. The footage of Alusine Kanneh being handed a present by Johannes Leijdekkers – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – was published by the … Read more

NFL star Odell Beckham Jr has denied any wrongdoing after saying he was named in a lawsuit that alleges Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs initiated a gang-rape against a woman in California. In an initial lawsuit filed in October, Ashley Parham claims she was lured to an apartment in Orinda, California, and assaulted by multiple men. She … Read more

Syria’s government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that controls the north-east of the country to integrate the group into the national army and achieve a nationwide ceasefire. The agreement will place the north-east under Syrian government control for the first time since the Kurdish-led authority gained autonomy of the … Read more

Watch: Why are Southern States resisting Hindi more than others | Video Credit: Thamodharan B The latest exchanges between Tamil Nadu and the Centre over Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds have reignited the long-standing language debate. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has reaffirmed the State’s opposition to Hindi imposition and reiterated its commitment to … Read more

Ben Quinn Ben Quinn is reporting from Cambridge Crown Court Kyle Clifford has refused to be present in court via video link for his sentencing, those gathered have been told by Mr Justice Joel Bennathan. There had been discussion about putting into restraints and bringing to the court remotely but the judge said he had … Read more

Peter Dutton did not personally attend a federal police briefing one day after the Dural caravan plot was publicly revealed, but he has denied claims he “deliberately” kept himself in the dark on key details indicating it was a “fake terrorism plot” orchestrated by organised crime. In a stern rebuke on Tuesday, the opposition leader … Read more