Conservative party chair Richard Holden says Labour leader ‘doesn’t have courage or conviction to stick to a single pledge’

Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, is up now. He highlights the energy pledge.

4) Set up Great British Energy a publicly-owned clean power company, to cut bills for good and boost energy security, paid for by a windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

Zoraya ter Beek, who has has chronic depression, anxiety, trauma and unspecified personality disorder, expected to end her life soon

• Europe’s slowly shifting attitudes towards assisted dying

A 29-year-old Dutch woman who has been granted her request for assisted dying on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering is expected to end her life in the coming weeks, fuelling a debate across Europe over the issue.

Zoraya ter Beek received the final approval last week for assisted dying after a three and a half year process under a law passed in the Netherlands in 2002.

Hospital director says Slovakia PM has stabilised but remains in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Wednesday

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The former president Dmitry Medvedev praised Robert Fico today, writing that there were few politicians like him in Europe and that he had “reasonable” positions regarding Russia, Reuters reported.

Child thought to have fallen from upper floor of block in Plaistow shortly before 6am

A six-year-old boy has died after falling from the upper floor of a tower block in east London.

The child is said to have fallen from a height at New City Road, Plaistow, shortly before 6am on Thursday.

Company’s social media platforms, which also include Instagram, may have addictive effects, says European Commission

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The European Commission has opened an investigation into the owner of Facebook and Instagram over concerns that the platforms are creating addictive behaviour among children and damaging mental health.

The EU executive said Meta may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark law passed by the bloc last summer that makes digital companies large and small liable for disinformation, shopping scams, child abuse and other online harms.

Exclusive: Labour mayor argues only ‘fundamental rewiring’ of political system can prevent more ‘colossal’ state failures

The final report of the infected blood inquiry must not only deliver justice but act as a catalyst to prevent such “colossal” state failures happening again, Andy Burnham has said.

The mayor of Greater Manchester, a long-time advocate for victims of the scandal, said a “fundamental rewiring of the political system” was needed as too many people were being harmed and then waiting decades for justice.

Ukrainian military says its has forced Russia to reduce tempo of offensive; Russian president thanks Xi Jinping for ‘trying to solve Ukraine crisis’

• Full report: Putin arrives in China

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia-China cooperation is not directed against any other power and is a stabilising factor for the world, during his meeting with Xi Jinping.

It is of crucial significance that relations between Russia and China are not opportunistic and are not directed against anyone. Our cooperation in world affairs today acts as one of the main stabilising factors in the international arena.”

In our new journey we intend to remain good neighbours, trusted friends and reliable partners, consistently strengthening the relationship between our two nations … defending international equality.”

Manuel Guerrero Aviña thought he was meeting a date, but was confronted by police who charged him for drug possession

The family of a gay man who was arrested in Qatar say that he was “trapped” by a fake Grindr account and that he urgently needs access to HIV medicine or his health could collapse.

Manuel Guerrero Aviña, who has dual Mexican-British citizenship, was arrested in February after arranging to meet a man named “Gio” on the dating app. When he showed up to the meeting in his apartment lobby, Aviña was instead confronted by police officers.

Education secretary says new guidance will not stop schools teaching children about gender-reassignment surgery

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Children will be allowed to learn about trans people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery but not “gender ideology”, the education secretary has said.

Gillian Keegan said government guidance on sex education was aimed at stopping “gender ideology” that was “ignoring biological sex” being used in some schools.

The singer, who is the first non-binary person to triumph at the contest, has called for a meeting with the justice minister

Nemo Mettler’s operatic, drum’n’bass-propelled entry won Eurovision for Switzerland last weekend, turning the singer into the first person who identifies as non-binary to triumph at the song contest.

Now the performer has their sights set on another milestone: convincing the Swiss authorities to allow non-binary designations on official documents.