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‘Talking tough not same as effective action’ – extracts from letter from Labour MPs calling for ‘refresh’ on migration policy Here are more extracts from the letter to Andy Burnham signed by nearly 80 Labour MPs urging him to adopt a more liberal stance on immigration. (See 9.24am.) double quotation markImmigration and asylum is a…

She is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months. “The thing I’m the most worried about is we run somebody and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing fingers at whose fault that was,” she said. In…

Now-former Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at his primary election night event on June 9 in Blue Hill, Maine. Platner officially dropped out of the race July 10 following rape allegations from a former romantic partner that he denies. CJ Gunther/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CJ Gunther/Getty Images Graham Platner, Maine’s Democratic nominee…

Tuareg separatists from the Azawad Liberation Front and their jihadist allies attacked a convoy of Russian soldiers and Malian troops Thursday as they were en route to reinforce a military camp in the northern town of Anefis. 

Albanese to miss Garma festival for first time as PM Tom McIlroy Anthony Albanese won’t attend this month’s Garma festival in East Arnhem Land, the first time he has missed the major Indigenous event since becoming prime minister. A group of about half a dozen Labor ministers are set to attend, including the foreign affairs…