Reform UK has made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in early council election results overnight....
Labour sources have told the BBC the party's century-long winning run is expected to come to an end....
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Japan's largest anti-war protests in decades highlight a population divided over changes to its pacifist constitution....
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Trump's deadline to the European Union came as a trade court ruled his global tariff policy violated US law....
Chi Leung "Peter" Wai used the main immigration database to track Hong Kong dissidents in the UK....
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