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03/06/2025 23:01 The Guardian

ORR criticises ‘inconsistent outcomes’ across Britain’s network with some passengers punished for honest errorsSome train operators have excessively prosecuted alleged fare dodgers, according to the rail regulator, which has called for clearer tickets and a fairer system to avoid penalising mistakes.A report by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said passengers who boarded trains without a valid ticket faced “inconsistent treatment and outcomes” across the network, with “disproportionate action” sometimes taken over small errors. Continue reading...

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Rubio sanctions international criminal court judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel

US secretary of state cites ‘illegitimate actions’ of court that issued arrest warrants against Israeli officialsThe United States is sanctioning four judges from the international criminal court (ICC) for what it has called its “illegitimate actions” targeting the United States and Israel.T...

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Trump threatens to ‘terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts’ as feud with Musk escalates – live

Trump claims he asked Musk to leave administration and suggests cutting Musk’s governmental contracts would achieve Doge’s mission of saving US moneyTrump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in MuskPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close p...

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Departure of Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf is latest in a long line of Farage fallings-out

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Democrats denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ and ‘discriminatory’ travel ban

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Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine like ‘children fighting in a park’ in White House meeting with Friedrich Merz – as it happened

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Judge threatens to remove Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from court over facial gestures

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Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’

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Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families

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Rapid snowmelt and Trump cuts compound wildfire fears in US west

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ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in effort to bolster flagging eurozone growth

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‘Flying blind’: Florida weatherman tells viewers Trump cuts will harm forecasts

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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to reopen two distribution centres intended to supply aid – as it happened

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Venezuela says being in US is ‘great risk’ as countries respond to Trump travel ban

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Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links

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Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review

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05/06/2025 10:51 The Guardian

IDF recovers bodies of two Israeli-American hostages from 7 October attack

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Charity hopes to raise nearly £3m to keep Barbara Hepworth sculpture in UK

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Brittany Higgins warns of #MeToo backlash and urges Labor to ‘transform’ how Australia handles sexual assault

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Thursday briefing: How Geert Wilders’ exit from Dutch coalition might set up his own comeback

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Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies

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AFP should take over NT police investigation into Kumanjayi White’s death, Labor MP says

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Kremlin and Trump aides raise nuclear war fears after Ukraine drone strike

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Hungary postpones vote on law to curb foreign-funded organisations

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