Northern Ireland secretary says he hopes measures will give answers to victims on both sides of political divide

The Northern Ireland secretary has said new measures aiming to deal with crimes committed during the Troubles will address the “unfinished business” of the peace agreement struck 27 years ago.

Hilary Benn said the “significant reforms” would replace the controversial Legacy Act 2023 brought in by the Conservative government, which he said had failed to confront the past, partly because it had been “rejected” by all five main political parties and victims’ families.

Special committee to address concerns over funding and implementation as legislation passes first stage in Lords

Peers have agreed to undertake more expert scrutiny of the assisted dying bill, as the legislation passed its first stage in the House of Lords.

The House of Lords approved the bill at its second reading without a vote, meaning it will go through for further scrutiny later this autumn.

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Ministers are a step closer to abandoning the two-child benefit cap after Downing Street’s preferred candidate to be Labour’s deputy leader said the policy was “spiteful” and had “punished and pushed children into hardship”.

Bridget Phillipson said the cap’s abolition was “on the table” – the clearest sign yet that Downing Street is preparing to scrap the controversial policy.

Reported incursion by three fighter jets over Gulf of Finland comes amid increased tension on Nato’s eastern border

Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets have violated Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, the Nato member said.

The alleged incursion over the Gulf of Finland on Friday comes amid increased tension on Nato’s eastern border, after Poland last week complained that about 20 Russian drones flew over its territory. Moscow denied targeting Poland.

Court fines publisher after Milo Rau falsely claimed that far-right former chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache sang a song ridiculing the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis

A Swiss theatre director known for re-enacting landmark trials has been told by a judge in Vienna that his publisher must withdraw a book in which he alleged that a far-right Austrian politician sang a song mocking the victims of the Holocaust.

On Thursday, Vienna’s regional court fined independent German publishing house Verbrecher Verlag €1,500 (£1,300) for publishing a book in which Milo Rau alleged that Heinz-Christian Strache, the former leader of the Freedom party (FPÖ), once sang a song with the line: “We’ll manage the seventh million”, a reference to the approximately 6 million European Jews murdered at the hands of the Nazi regime.