ConnexionUK to build new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester two years after HS2 scrapped
Plans expected to be set out alongside new Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals as Labour tries to woo voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform
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Trump-Iran latest: Americans urged to leave Iran after US President threatens ‘very strong action’ if protesters are hanged
US president urged ‘Iranian patriots’ to ‘keep protesting and take over your institutions’
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Labour MP urges colleagues to quit ‘cesspit’ X after Grok AI scandal
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Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately
Kerry McCarthy said X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children
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