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Sunday 2 June 2024

UK care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers caught in debt traps

Exclusive: Experts raise alarm over ‘national scandal’ that has hallmarks of trafficking and modern slavery
Zelenskiy: Trump risks being ‘loser president’ if he imposes bad deal on Ukraine
PM must face questions about hedge fund at heart of financial crash, says Labour

Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar

Exclusive: level at highest in more than 30 years, say campaigners, who want ‘rapid and effective’ relief scheme
China’s Chang’e-6 probe lands on far side of the moon

Spacecraft to collect samples from rarely explored area after landing heralded as ‘enormous technical achievement’
This direction: Cheshire village launches Harry Styles tour for pop star’s fans

Guided walks around Holmes Chapel take in the bakery where the singer used to work and a viaduct featured in a One Direction documentary
Tories will allow bars on trans women, says Kemi Badenoch

Conservatives would change law so trans people could be excluded from single-sex spaces, if party wins election

Why Labour staffers and MPs don’t say no to ‘power behind the throne’ Sue Gray

Starmer’s chief of staff came with a reputation as an inquisitor and is not one to work in the shadows
For Labour, the Gaza crisis is a foreign policy tightrope in waiting

Starmer’s belief in international law and the rise of Labour Friends of Israel offer clues to potential stance on Palestinian statehood
Police reviewing Tory candidate Robert Largan’s campaign material

Complaints made over slogans ‘Labour for Largan’ and ‘Reform for Robert’ and use of other parties’ colours
Diane Abbott says she intends to ‘run and win’ as Labour candidate

Party veteran says she has never been offered Lords seat and would not accept if offered

Final results in seismic South Africa election confirm ANC has lost majority

ANC says demands that President Cyril Ramaphosa must step down is ‘no-go area’ as rival Jacob Zuma stokes fears of violence
Revealed: Russian legal foundation linked to Kremlin activities in Europe

Exclusive: Leaked internal documents show Pravfond has spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns
Franz Kakfa letter shows author’s anguished struggle with writer’s block

Letter to friend and publisher Albert Ehrenstein, to be auctioned in June, details struggle to write at time of tuberculosis diagnosis
Modi’s alliance to win easily in India election, exit polls project

Prime minister claims victory but opposition dismisses poll results as fixed and unscientific

Starwatch: get to know the Great Diamond asterism

Composed of four of the brightest stars, the asterism is great for finding your way around the night sky