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Jordan: 3 arrested over deadly church attack Three men have been arrested in Jordan in connection with an attack on a Greek Orthodox church last week. The arrests took place following a dawn shootout with security forces during which the suspects were wounded.
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Drive reindustrialisation from No 10 North or risk failure, MPs tell Burnham <p>Ninety-plus Labour MPs warn civil service lacks skills to drive growth where it is needed and plan should be steered by Louis Haigh from Manchester</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/26/ai-cloud-computing-companies-guppy-level-death-elon-musk-stock-markets-dollar-oil-bond-yieds-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p><p></p></li></ul><p>Andy Burnham’s pledge to reindustrialise Britain is doomed to fail unless it is driven decisively from his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/29/andy-burnham-no-10-north-nerve-centre-rewired-britain">new No 10 North</a> outpost in Manchester, a group of more than 90 backbench Labour MPs is warning.</p><p>The PM has suggested that rebuilding the UK’s industrial capacity will be central to meeting his pledge to bring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/19/andy-burnham-economy-defence-housing-and-living-costs">“good growth in every postcode”</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/26/drive-reindustrialisation-from-no-10-north-labour-mps-tell-burnham">Continue reading...</a>
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Brexit deal is not good enough for British public, says Andy Burnham <p>EU exit has damaged economy and failed to bring promised benefits, says PM, but he rules out big pre-election changes</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/26/andy-burnham-labour-brexit-eu-homelessness-immigration-budget-rosebank-reform-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/26/serbia-vucic-elections-students-bulgaria-france-urkaine-russia-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p><p></p></li></ul><p>Brexit has not “played out” like it was promised to the public, has weakened the economy and the current deal is not good enough, Andy Burnham has said, but he ruled out major changes in the current parliament.</p><p>The prime minister said Britain had ended up with a “harder Brexit than was proposed in the referendum campaign” and it had not helped to control the small boats crisis. Backing the home secretary’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/energy-secretary-appears-to-u-turn-on-opposition-to-tougher-migration-rules">tougher immigration rules</a>, he said Brexit had weakened the UK’s ability to control its borders as it could no longer send people back to Europe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/26/brexit-deal-not-good-enough-andy-burnham">Continue reading...</a>
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