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Jun 9
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Three-quarters of pensioners to get wint...

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More than three-quarters of pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a major U-turn. We look at the new policy and the politics of the decision.

Who are the Palestinian gunmen shooting at those trying to collect aid parcels in Gaza?

And best-selling author Lee Child pays tribute to The Day of the Jackal author Frederick "Freddie" Forsyth, who has died aged 86.

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