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The UK foreign secretary welcomes Israel's ceasefire declaration in Gaza and calls on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks.

An insurance scheme for UK banks to underwrite bad loans is to be announced by the Treasury, the BBC has learned.

Police forces are leaking information to the media "too frequently" and should put more "on the record", MPs say.


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