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22 March 2023
PHOEBE DAVIS AND JESS WINCH

- Boris Johnson and Liz Truss said they would vote against Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal.
- Ugandan MPs passed a law imposing the death penalty for homosexuality.
- The White House put a “Believe” sign over the entrance to the Oval Office for a visit from the cast of Ted Lasso.
London’s Metropolitan police force is failing women and children. It is not able to police itself, has pulled back from neighbourhood policing and is guilty of institutional racism, sexism and homophobia.