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Gulf states sustain economic momentum amid regional tensions

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Western sahara dispute intensifies as Morocco gains diplomatic backing

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Western sahara dispute intensifies as Morocco gains diplomatic backing

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Iran gulf tensions escalate amid covert strikes and shipping disruptions

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Iran gulf tensions escalate amid covert strikes and shipping disruptions

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Lebanon and Israel sign withdrawal agreement amid regional tensions in 1983

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Putin to visit China, days after Trump’s Beijing trip

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Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open strait, China says war shouldn't have started

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Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open strait, China says war shouldn't have started

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Venezuela expels Maduro ally Alex Saab to US for second time in major political shift

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Exeter top-four hopes hit by superb Quins comeback

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Brecht’s anti-war play can be daunting – but this staging is a gripping triumph

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President Nechirvan Barzani receives Vatican envoy, pledges support

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President Nechirvan Barzani receives Vatican envoy, pledges support

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Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon hours after extension of ceasefire

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Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon hours after extension of ceasefire

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Why Norwegian flags will be paraded through heart of Kirkwall this weekend

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Former Aberdeen record transfer scoops league and cup double ahead of World Cup

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Former Aberdeen record transfer scoops league and cup double ahead of World Cup

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North Africa balances stability and strategic ambition

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North Africa migration and security pressures intensify...

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Putin to visit China, days after Trump’s Beijing trip

Putin to visit China, days after Trump’s Beijing trip

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Venezuela expels Maduro ally Alex Saab to US for second time in major political shift

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Trump-Xi accord on Iran elusive as US president’s China trip winds down

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Burnham launches bid for No 10

Burnham launches bid for No 10

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Stephen Flynn officially resigns from Aberdeen South and triggers another election

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Miliband vows permanent shutdown of the North Sea

Miliband vows permanent shutdown of the North Sea

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Trump and Xi meet in Beijing for key summit, with trade, the Iran war and AI set to dominate talks

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Miliband and Streeting to fight Starmer for No 10

Miliband and Streeting to fight Starmer for No 10

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The story of May Day in Russia and the Soviet Union

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The paradox of power: between shadow and public view

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Mrs Thatcher elected prime minister: 4 May 1979

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May Day in the UK

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The importance of journalism

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Holyrood 2026: The State of the Polls in Scotland

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The High Cost of Strength: America’s Strategic Dilemma

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Youth

Crawley is gone but Kent lookalike Dawkins may be England’s next big thing

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Private schools spent years chasing foreign students. Now they’re bribing the British to come back

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Faced with rising costs and a lack of jobs, many young Indians are turning an on...

Crown Prince of Pahang to lead Mahkota Borneo Expedition, climb Mount Kinabalu

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Time limits, curfews or a full ban: how UK may restrict social media for under-16s

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Sports

Exeter top-four hopes hit by superb Quins comeback

Exeter top-four hopes hit by superb Quins comeback

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Former Aberdeen record transfer scoops league and cup double ahead of World Cup

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Former Aberdeen youth academy graduate Scott McKenna, who has been linked with a...

Aberdeen boss Stephen Robinson delivers contract update on Alfie Stewart and Alfie Bavidge

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‘Disgusting’: Hearts see off Falkirk but McInnes fumes as late Celtic penalty tilts title race

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Hinshelwood executes Hurzeler's team talk perfectly

Hinshelwood executes Hurzeler's team talk perfectly

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NGC 188: Old cluster in the New General Catalogue

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Hebridean oystercatcher

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Thistles in Torry

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Buff-tailed bumblebee

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Dawn at Aberdeen Beach

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Prominences and filaments on the active Sun

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Markarian's Chain

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Seven-spot ladybird

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Crinan Wood, Argyll, Scotland

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Mystic mountain monster being destroyed

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UGC 1810: Wildly interacting galaxy from Hubble

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Sex, slaves... and scholars. Welcome to the real Babylon

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Why everyone should read the brilliant Douglas Adams novel that left fans baffled

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Amandaland remains the BBC’s best sitcom by a country mile

Amandaland remains the BBC’s best sitcom by a country mile

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