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‘It was like your worst nightmare’ – Ellie and Natasia on mums, music … and failing to make Bob Mortimer smile
They spoofed mothers … and now they are mothers. The comedians talk about moving with the times for the return of their scalpel-sharp BBC sketch show
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Thousands protest across Poland over abortion rights despite parliament’s reform votes
Demonstrators accused Donald Tusk’s government of failing to deliver promised changes. Two bills passed parliament this week, but President Karol Nawrocki is expected to veto them.
Serbian critics report beatings and spyware targeting before 25 October election
Reuters documented accounts of police violence, threats to journalists and alleged spyware targeting as a student movement challenges Aleksandar Vučić’s party.
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