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Half of the UK population say there are no circumstances in which they would go to war for Britain, a poll suggests.

The UK's leading hospitality businesses have committed to hiring 100,000 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), it has been announced.

Severe drought has been declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex, the government has said.

A Cornell University professor has said she hopes that conversations after an alleged campus gang rape could mark the start of "a movement for true change".

New York City is to end horse carriage rides through Central Park following the "tragic and preventable" death of a teenager earlier this year.

Author Sally Rooney has said she can no longer sell her books in the UK because of her support for the banned protest group Palestine Action.

More than 7,000 children were identified as potential victims of trafficking and modern slavery last year, a rise of 17%, the UK's anti-slavery commissioner has said.

A mother who was murdered along with four of her children in a petrol-bomb attack was visited by police from a safeguarding unit before the fatal incident, an inquest heard.

A British soldier who made explosives and a "homemade cannon" while promoting extreme right-wing views and talking of raising a militia has been jailed.

Palantir and London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office ‌have settled Palantir's lawsuit over a decision to block a £50m ($66m) contract with the Metropolitan Police.

The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, according to archaeologists.

Pope Leo has thanked wellwishers for their prayers after his cancer operation.

Footballer Antoine Semenyo "froze" after he was allegedly racially abused by a fan during a Premier League match last year, a court has heard.

A former supply teacher has been jailed for six years after admitting taking upskirting photos of pupils.

The family of a grandmother found fatally injured near Bristol say they "remain in complete shock" after a man was charged with her murder.

Two children who died in an arson attack at a home in Ireland have been named as Callum and Jayden, as their family and police urge anyone with information to come forward.

The trial has begun of a Ukrainian man accused of leading an elaborate plot to blow up an undersea pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany.

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of 18 historical child sex offences.

More explosions have been heard in the Saudi capital, with suspicions once again falling on the Houthi rebels from Yemen.

Katie Zacharia has held her first media briefing as the new White House press secretary - but commentators are wondering whether she can last longer in the role than some of her predecessors.