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The BBC News homepage features leading stories from the UK and around the world. The UK government has approved the Jackdaw gas field, with production expected to begin this month; it says the project will heat millions of homes and protect hundreds of jobs, while Green Party leader Zack Polanski calls it “climate vandalism.” Other headlines include UK inflation rising to 3.5%, a BBC investigation into a lawyer offering to make an illegal-worker fine go away, and a US envoy arriving in Russia ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin.

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