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UK PM contenders squabble over tax as campaign kicks off
UK PM contenders squabble over tax as campaign kicks off
by  AFP

Liz Truss, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, on Thursday criticised rival Rishi Sunak over his tax policies while finance minister, as the pair kicked off six weeks of campaigning. The pair will lobby members face-to-face for the first time on Thursday, before a dozen hustings across the country over the next few weeks.

BBC pays 'substantial' damages to royal nanny over Diana interview
BBC pays 'substantial' damages to royal nanny over Diana interview
by  AFP

Princes William and Harry's former nanny on Thursday received substantial damages from the BBC over "false and malicious" claims about her used to obtain a 1995 interview with Princess Diana. But she said it was likely that the "false and malicious allegations arose as a result and in the context of BBC Panorama's efforts to procure an exclusive interview with Diana, Princess of Wales".

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