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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • Tax rises, benefits and minimum wage. What could be in today's Budget? - Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.
  • Trump's envoy to have Ukraine peace plan talks at Kremlin next week - Russia confirms the US president's close aide will travel to Russia, hours after Trump tasked him with meeting Putin.
  • Ex-BBC board member criticised chair's handling of bias crisis in resignation letter - Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday citing "governance issues" but the full reasons were not known until now.
  • Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban - They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
  • Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
  • Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime - The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
  • Chris Mason: Reeves will be hoping the Budget buys her some time - Deep unpopularity in the country and jittery Labour MPs is the prism through which both the countdown to this Budget and its aftermath should be seen.
  • 'I'm on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students' - BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they want to see in the Budget.
  • Over 21s to get £12.71 an hour as minimum wage increased - The move has been welcomed, but some experts say it will not cover the current cost of living.
  • Palestinian-US teen held by Israel for nine months without charge due in court - Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, from Florida, was detained by Israeli soldiers while on holiday in the occupied West Bank.
  • 'I would love to be doing this in my 60s' - the debate over selling sex in Scotland - Porcelain Victoria is concerned that a potential change in law in Scotland could drive sex workers into poverty.
  • Sir Richard Branson 'heartbroken' as wife, Joan, dies aged 80 - Sir Richard said she was "the most wonderful mum and grandmum our kids and grandkids could have ever wished for".
  • Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot - The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
  • Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction - Hundreds of children remain missing following other recent abductions in Nigeria.
  • Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali - BBC speaks to eyewitnesses - Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.
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