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Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownershipThe majority of Great Britain’s major rail operators are now in public ownership, as the Labour government continues its efforts to make the railways “more reliable, affordable and accessible”.The nationalisation of West Midlands Trains on 1 February represents the tenth major passenger service to be brought back into public ownership, leaving six to […]

The countries have come closer to agreeing on some issues, according to Russia, but there are some complex differencesMeanwhile, we are getting a news line from the Kremlin, saying that Russia and Ukraine have narrowed their differences on some issues but not on other more complex issues.Make of that what you will.“Those who say that we need a European army … maybe those people haven’t really thought this through practically […]

Samia Alatrash recalls life before the war with her sister Samar and her two girls, and the night she lost her family.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

China has executed four people for causing the deaths of six people and running Myanmar-based scam and gambling operations worth more than $4bn, authorities said.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

The peer said he resigned his membership of the party to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’Good morning. Peter Mandelson’s career in politics appears to be over. To be fair, journalists have written this at least four times before. But this time it may actually turn out to be true.It was my former Guardian colleague David Hencke who first wrote a story in 1998 about a career-ending Mandelson scandal. It involved […]

Exclusive: Andy George, who has been subject to several investigations, believes there is an effort to marginalise the views of those he represents“I tell you now, there is an attempt by some of the longer serving chief constables to get rid of me,” says Ch Insp Andy George. “I can guarantee I know exactly what they think of me: that I’m a wee upstart, so I am, that doesn’t know […]

Nationals leader met with Liberal counterpart less than two weeks after spectacularly blowing up the CoalitionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberals and Nationals are set to sit apart when federal parliament returns on Tuesday after Sussan Ley and David Littleproud couldn’t land a deal to immediately reform the fractured Coalition.The two leaders held face-to-face talks on […]