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Dame Antonia will be the first woman to hold the post and replaces Sir Chris Wormald as the UK's top civil servant.

Investigators reveal how they were able to identify a missing animal using a database of lions in Zimbabwe.

The president’s calls for peace and willingness to exert military power can at times feel like competing impulses.

The initial investigation was closed in 2019 but prosecutors say that new revelations "warrant further examination".