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• Tottenham fans react to Mourinho appointment

  20-11-2019 15:46 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Tottenham fans react to the news that Jose Mourinho has been made the new Spurs manager after Mauricio Pochettino was fired from the position.
  
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• ITV election debate figures: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn head-to-head watched by more than six million

  20-11-2019 15:40 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  More than six million people watched the first live leaders’ debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV.The pair’s appearance drew an average audience of 6.7 million viewers when it aired between 8pm and 9pm on Tuesday, according to overnight ratings.
  
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• Is it time to restrict nude scenes to the over 50s?

  20-11-2019 15:40 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Is it time to restrict nude scenes to the over 50s?Emilia Clarke’s experience on Game of Thrones highlights how young actors can feel exploited, so only showing wrinkly bodies might redress the balanceEmilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, Photograph: HBO
  
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• Lizzo dominates as women lead Grammy Award nominations

  20-11-2019 15:38 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Women lead the way in this year's Grammy nominations, with the best pop solo performance category boasting an all-female lineup.Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Lizzo and Taylor Swift will all go head-to-head at next year's ceremony.Grammy CEO Deborah Dugan and Grammy chair of the board of trustees Harvey Mason Jr announced the nominees, alongside fifteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys and two-time Grammy winning singer Bebe Rexha.
  
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• Bolivian lawmakers seek election breakthrough as death toll hits 30

  20-11-2019 15:35 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Bolivian lawmakers meet later on Wednesday to try and agree a path to new elections and defuse street violence that has killed 30 people since a disputed October vote.The South American country's two chambers of congress are to discuss annulling the Oct. 20 poll and appointing a new electoral board, paving the way to a new vote after long-term leftist leader Evo Morales resigned under pressure this month.Currently led by a caretaker government, Bolivia is grappling to mend stark divisions betwee
  
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• Dominic Raab defends Government's decision to seek legal costs from Harry Dunn's family

  20-11-2019 15:33 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Dominic Raab has defended the Government's move to seek legal costs from the family of a teenager who was killed in a crash outside an RAF base.
  
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• Teeside residents protests against Boris Johnson

  20-11-2019 15:32 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Protesters demonstrate at a Teeside factory on Boris Johnson's campaign trail. The protesters claimed they are residents of the area and held a sign saying "stop lying Boris".
  
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• Hitler's birthplace to be turned into police station

  20-11-2019 15:32 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Austria plans to turn the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station, the interior ministry has announced.The house in Braunau am Inn, a town near the German border, will be redesigned following an EU-wide architectural competition.
  
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• Trump impeachment hearing: Key witness says he followed president's orders on Ukraine

  20-11-2019 15:31 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  A US diplomat who is a key witness in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump said on Wednesday he worked with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues on "the President's orders."
  
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• Don’t dismiss the ‘other’ political parties: they might be the future

  20-11-2019 15:31 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Don’t dismiss the ‘other’ political parties: they might be the futureGroups that existed on the fringe of British politics a generation ago have recently become key players Candidates await the result of the Glasgow East constituency at the 2017 general election. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
  
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• Film-maker who sparked Egypt protests launches opposition movement

  20-11-2019 15:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Film-maker who sparked Egypt protests launches opposition movementMohamed Ali, whose videos revealed corruption, is to coordinate efforts to force President Sisi outMohamed Ali in Spain, 5 November 2019.Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
  
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• Grammy 2020 nominations see Lizzo lead female-dominated shortlist

  20-11-2019 15:24 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  As awards season draws closer once again, nominations for the 2020 Grammy Awards have been announced.The shortlist, revealed on Wednesday, is dominated by female stars including Lizzo, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.
  
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• The Liberal Democrats' bold ambitions won't take them far in this two-party stitch up

  20-11-2019 15:22 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The derisive laughter from the studio audience towards both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in last night’s ITV leaders’ debate was proof that Jo Swinson should have been there. It would have been very different, and all the better for a wider choice.Johnson and Corbyn did not want to risk being outshone by the fresh face in the middle, as Gordon Brown and David Cameron were by Nick Clegg in the UK’s first leaders’ debates in 2010, but Swinson is also a victim of her part
  
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• ‘Wide-scale’ Israeli strikes hit targets in Syria

  20-11-2019 15:21 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Israeli warplanes carried out a "wide-scale" attack against Iranian forces and Syrian army targets in Syria, the Israeli military revealed Wednesday. The strikes killed at least 11 fighters, including seven foreigners, according to a British-based monitoring group. In a rare confirmation of their operations in Syria, the Israeli army said it had carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds Force and the Syrian military, in response to four rockets fired at Israel a day
  
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• Johnson: I have never seen evidence of Russian interference

  20-11-2019 15:20 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he had never seen any evidence of Russian interference in any British democracy."There's absolutely no evidence that I've ever seen of any Russian interference in UK democratic processes," Johnson said when asked about the decision not to publish a parliamentary report on alleged Russian meddling.
  
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• EU warns France against overspending in 2020 budget

  20-11-2019 15:17 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The European Union has listed France among eight countries at risk of breaching the bloc’s public spending rules next year. In Paris’ case, the warning has less to do with a shrinking deficit than a growing public debt.According to EU fiscal rules for the 19 countries using the euro currency, eight member states were reporting draft budgets looking to exceed deficit limits of 3 percent of GDP and overall debt limits of 60 percent.“For Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Sl
  
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• Widow of ex-KGB agent backs legal action for release of UK's Russia report

  20-11-2019 15:14 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The widow of a Russian dissident murdered in London has backed a legal challenge to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government to publish a report on alleged Russian meddling in British politics.The report by parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was cleared by Britain's security services but Johnson's office has not yet released it, meaning it will not be published before the Dec. 12 election as parliament has shut to allow for campaigning.Marina Litvinenko, whose husband
  
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• How Do We Stop The Tories' Twitter Stunt Happening Again? Here Are Three Ideas

  20-11-2019 15:14 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Conservative party's tactics in the first election debate show the need for greater scrutiny, writes Tania Hardcastle from the ASA.
  
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• U.S. activists set aside day to remember transgender victims of violence

  20-11-2019 15:13 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Layleen Cubilette-Polanco had experienced some rough patches in her 27 years but had tried to change course, seeking to switch out of previous jobs as a go-go dancer and sex worker for employment in places like McDonald's and Walgreens, her sister said.Cubilette-Polanco died in June of complications from epilepsy in New York's notorious Rikers Island jail where she spent her final two months, unable to make $500 bail.On Wednesday, transgender advocates across the country will pause to commemorat
  
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• How much Tottenham paid to sack Mauricio Pochettino and his coaching staff

  20-11-2019 15:13 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Tottenham "reluctantly" sacked Mauricio Pochettino and his coaching staff on Tuesday evening after a disappointing start to the Premier League campaign.After painstaking consideration, the decision was made, with a statement from chairman Daniel Levy confirming: "Regrettably domestic results at the end of last season and beginning of this season have been extremely disappointing.
  
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• Hall was not given any option but to accept licence fee deal, says BBC chairman

  20-11-2019 15:13 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Sir David Clementi spoke during the Voice Of The Listener And Viewer’s autumn conference in London.
  
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• Gunmen in Mexico try to steal fuel convoy

  20-11-2019 15:13 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Armed thieves tried to abduct an entire convoy of fuel tanker trucks in northern Mexico, but security forces fought off the gang in a shootout.Mexico began moving fuel in tanker trucks this year to combat thefts from government pipelines.Prosecutors in the northern border state of Sonora said Tuesday that two police officers noticed several fuel tanker trucks pulled over on the side of a highway.
  
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• Prince Andrew: Duke 'wants to do another interview on Jeffrey Epstein to show remorse'

  20-11-2019 15:12 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Prince Andrew is said to be considering another interview about his ties to the billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.The Duke of York is reportedly eager to be given another chance to explain his friendship with the disgraced financier following the fallout from his Newsnight appearance.
  
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• 'OK boomer!' The insult of the year is about to become a TV show

  20-11-2019 15:12 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  'OK boomer!' The insult of the year is about to become a TV showFox TV is trying to trademark the ultimate putdown to use as the title of a new show. But what sort of programme could they possibly be making?‘How you doing fellow kids?’ ... the OK boomer putdown, coming soon to a screen near you.Photograph: NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
  
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• Woman walks into wildfire to save badly burnt koala

  20-11-2019 15:11 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Rescuer Toni Doherty said it was her 'natural instinct' to pull the animal from the burning trees.
  
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• Another Israeli election looms as deadline to form government nears with no accord reached

  20-11-2019 15:11 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Israel moved closer towards a new election on Wednesday after kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman declined to back either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Benny Gantz with a deadline on building a government about to expire.Neither Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing Likud party, nor ex-general Gantz of the centrist Blue and White secured a ruling majority in parliament in elections in April and September.Gantz was handed the task by President Reuven Rivlin next buthis 28 days to form a g
  
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• Greece to shutdown major migrant camps in islands near Turkey

  20-11-2019 15:10 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Greece says it will overhaul its overcrowded migrant camps on islands facing Turkey and ensure borders are sealed against a feared surge of asylum-seekers.On Wednesday, Athens announced its plan to decongest the islands. Alikivaiadis Stefanis, defence minister and special government coordinator for migration, said it was a priority. Speaking at news conference, he stressed the move is designed "to show our determination in dealing with the migrant refugee crisis”.The government says i
  
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• Rick & Morty: Prepare to be Morty-fied! Millennial mainstay fires up the portal gun again

  20-11-2019 15:09 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  You can’t keep a good cartoon down. Nor can you easily kill off a bad one.The plights of The Simpsons, now on series 31 and counting, and Family Guy, slouching towards 18, are ample proof that an animated shelf-life is simply another fiction if it defies a sell-by date and simply opts to rot. Merch money keeps on rolling. On the other hand, Netflix’s excellent BoJack Horseman has decided to cap things at an even six.
  
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• Prince Andrew Considers the Nuclear Option: Another TV Interview

  20-11-2019 15:09 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Dan KitwoodPrince Andrew may be considering taking part in another sit-down TV interview as he fights to retain a meaningful position in public life in the aftermath of his spectacularly misjudged BBC interview.However, Andrew’s hopes of rehabilitation appeared vanishingly small after he sustained even more blows to his reputation Wednesday. He was sacked by more charities and youth organizations, told by sponsors to stand aside from his flagship program—Pitch at the Palace—or
  
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• I'm dreaming of a green Christmas: UK firm urges clampdown on waste

  20-11-2019 15:07 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  British families should wrap their Christmas presents in recycleable brown paper and make their own Christmas crackers using old toilet rolls this year to help ensure a more sustainable festive season, a leading waste company said.Business Waste said its survey of customer habits showed "horrifying" levels of non-recycleable plastic waste being thrown out at Christmas time and urged people to use humbler, home-made substitutes."Even most gift-wrapping paper contains some plastic to give it the b
  
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• When is the general election 2019? When will we have a new UK Prime Minister? All the key dates

  20-11-2019 15:02 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The UK is fully in general election mode with manifestos being launched and politicians hitting the campaign trail.In Britain's first winter election in almost a century, the public will have the chance to decide which political party leads this country forward amid Brexit and other key issues.
  
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• What Jose Mourinho needs to do at Tottenham from convincing Harry Kane to stay to sorting the defence

  20-11-2019 15:01 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Jose Mourinho has plenty in his in-tray as he begins a new chapter in his career at Tottenham.Ther Portuguese has been named Mauricio Pochettino's successor in north London and will lead the side in training for the first time on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Walnut cake with crème fraîche recipe

  20-11-2019 15:01 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  A classic walnut cake is always a welcome treat as an afternoon snack with a cup of tea, or as a delicious dessert. Serve with some crème fraîche or cream.
  
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• Kim-Joy’s recipe for lion cake pops

  20-11-2019 14:59 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Kim-Joy’s recipe for lion cake pops. A dessert you can take pride in
  
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• Cuba accuses US diplomat of supporting illegal actions

  20-11-2019 14:59 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Cuban government has made its first extensive comment on the detention of dissident José Daniel Ferrer.It accuses the top U.S. diplomat in the country of directly supporting illegal actions by Ferrer, head of one of the country’s largest opposition groups.It says that since the detention, the United States has used the case in a campaign to discredit Cuba.
  
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• Ralf Little's Twitter Is Suspended After Rebranding To 'Conservative Press Office'

  20-11-2019 14:57 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Royle Family actor changed his Twitter name after the Tories were heavily criticised over their rebranding stunt.
  
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• Sweet spot: Norwegians cut sugar intake to lowest level in 44 years

  20-11-2019 14:56 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Sweet spot: Norwegians cut sugar intake to lowest level in 44 yearsNation, leading on sugar tax and advertising regulation, considering unhealthy food tollAverage annual consumption of sugar in Norway plummeted from 43kg to 24kg per person between 2000 and 2018. Photograph: Tim Gainey / Alamy/Alamy
  
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• Black Friday beauty deals 2019: The BEST deals on makeup, skincare, perfume and hair tools from all the top beauty brands

  20-11-2019 14:55 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The biggest sales day in the shopping calendar is fast approaching and we are taking the opportunity to stock up on our favourite beauty products.In honour of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there will be major discounts on all things skincare, makeup, haircare, self-tanning and tools to name but a few as well as exclusive products or bundles just in time for Christmas.
  
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• Black Friday beauty deals 2019: The BEST deals on luxury makeup, skincare, perfume and hair tools from all the top beauty brands

  20-11-2019 14:55 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The biggest sales day in the shopping calendar is fast approaching and we are taking the opportunity to stock up on our favourite beauty products.In honour of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there will be major discounts on all things skincare, makeup, haircare, self-tanning and tools to name but a few as well as exclusive products or bundles just in time for Christmas.
  
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• General election news: More than six million watched Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn go head-to-head on ITV

  20-11-2019 14:54 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  More than six million people watched the first live leaders’ debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV.The pair’s appearance drew an average audience of 6.7 million viewers when it aired between 8pm and 9pm on Tuesday, according to overnight ratings.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protest: Met accused of 521 abuses of power

  20-11-2019 14:50 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Extinction Rebellion protest: Met accused of 521 abuses of power. Network for Police Monitoring collated reports by XR protesters who took part in ‘autumn rebellion’
  
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• Tuktuk, newspaper of Iraq's uprising, aspires to be vehicle for change

  20-11-2019 14:49 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - "If you kill us all, who will you rule over?" says the latest issue of Tuktuk newspaper, produced, printed and distributed by Iraqi anti-government activists to thousands of protesters camped out in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.The newspaper, named after the three-wheeled motorcycles that have become a symbol of Iraq's protests for ferrying wounded demonstrators to makeshift medical tents, is less than a month old.Tuktuk started as an attempt to circumvent an information blackout
  
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• Harry Dunn: Teenager's parents 'livid' at Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab

  20-11-2019 14:49 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Harry Dunn's parents are "livid" at Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab after he defended the government's decision to seek legal costs from them.The family of the 19-year-old, who died in a crash outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August, are taking legal action against Mr Raab.Ms Sacoolas is accused of driving the car that collided with Mr Dunn's motorbike in the fatal crash.
  
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• Andy Murray admits he 'deserved to lose' Davis Cup opener after miracle fightback

  20-11-2019 14:47 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Andy Murray conjured up another miracle comeback to beat Holland number two Tallon Griekspoor and give Great Britain a winning start to their Davis Cup opener in Madrid.The former world number one is playing in the competition for the first time since 2016 and his return to form and fitness had been seen as a major boost to Britain's hopes of challenging for the trophy at the inaugural finals week.
  
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• The Latest: Lizzo leads Grammy nominations with 8

  20-11-2019 14:44 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Grammys are screaming “Cuz I Love You” to Lizzo: the breakthrough singer-rapper scored a whopping eight nominations, including bids for the top four awards, making her the show’s top-nominated act.Lizzo picked up nominations for album of the year with her major-label debut, “Cuz I Love You”; song and record of the year with her anthemic No. 1 hit, “Truth Hurts”; and best new artist.Like Lizzo, other new artists dominated with Grammy nominations on We
  
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• What Mauricio Pochettino said about managing Arsenal... and it's not pretty

  20-11-2019 14:43 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Mauricio Pochettino is no longer Tottenham manager... but don't expect him in charge of another certain north London club any time soon.With Spurs sensationally sacking Pochettino on Tuesday evening and replacing him with Jose Mourinho on Wednesday morning, the Argentine's five-and-a-half year spell at the club has come to an end.
  
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• Outrage as man spotted brushing teeth on Tube platform before spitting it out

  20-11-2019 14:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  London commuters were shocked when a passenger started brushing his teeth at Euston station this morning before spitting it out on the platform.While he was waiting for the Tube, the man was caught on camera cleaning his teeth on the packed Northern line platform.
  
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• More than a million faulty condoms recalled in Uganda

  20-11-2019 14:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  More than a million faulty condoms recalled in UgandaCharity takes action after holes are discovered in two batches of Life Guard condoms A pharmacist displays a pack of Life Guard condoms at a store in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Photograph: Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images
  
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• China's appetite for coal power returns despite climate pledge

  20-11-2019 14:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  China's appetite for coal power returns despite climate pledge. Capacity rose by 42.9GW in 18 months, far outpacing global efforts to cut use of fossil fuel
  
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• China's appetite for coal power returns despite climate pledge

  20-11-2019 14:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  China's appetite for coal power returns despite climate pledgeCapacity rose by 42.9GW in 18 months, far outpacing global efforts to cut use of fossil fuelA man rides his scooter near the a coal power plant in Shanghai. Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
  
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