Author: The Guardian

Conservative plans to slash aid budget by 90% to ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say

Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’Conservative plans to slash the aid budget by 90% would leave the UK unable to cover existing contributions to the UN...

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UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats after closing of East Jerusalem consulate

Tit-for-tat expulsions expected after relations deteriorate as a result of UK ban on goods from illegal settlementsThe UK has threatened to expel one Israeli diplomat for every British diplomat forced to leave Israel as a result...

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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose

‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’I read an article about a curious book that...

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