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• Army investigates fatal shooting of drill sergeant in Texas

  03-01-2021 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jessica Mitchell found in car by firefighters after reports of crash
  
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• Seven children and two adults killed in fiery New Year’s Day car crash

  03-01-2021 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Seven young victims were aged between six and 15 but have not yet been named
  
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• One dead and three wounded in Texas church shooting

  03-01-2021 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pastor dead and gunman among the injured after shooting at Methodist church
  
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• Pregnant woman and six babies among 265 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

  03-01-2021 21:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Expectant mother pulled from sea is nine months pregnant
  
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• 1 dead and 3 injured after shooting at Texas church

  03-01-2021 21:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pastor dead and gunman among the injured after shooting at Methodist church
  
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• Florida official demands Mar-a-Lago be closed down for parties breaching Covid rules

  03-01-2021 19:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Social media posts from inside Mar-a-Lago New Year’s party show dancefloor brimming with maskless people, including Donald Trump Jr
  
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• Veteran reporter John Pilger says if Julian Assange extradited to US ‘no journalist who challenges power will be safe’

  03-01-2021 17:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  British justice itself on trial, celebrated writer and filmmaker tells ‘The Independent’
  
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• Covid: Outrage as local mayors neglected from Trump’s long-awaited relief bill

  03-01-2021 17:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The latest coronavirus bill for $892 billion in aid left a bad taste in some mayors' mouths
  
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• Covid: Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee lockdowns

  03-01-2021 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  He implored people to show greater awareness of the suffering of others
  
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• Sahel conflict: Two French soldiers killed in Mali

  03-01-2021 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It brings the number of French troops killed in the Sahel conflict against Islamist militants to 50.
  
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• Norway landslide: Sixth body found as rescuers continue search

  03-01-2021 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six bodies have now been recovered after a landslide that destroyed homes in Ask village, near Oslo.
  
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• Coronavirus: India approves vaccines from Bharat Biotech and Oxford/AstraZeneca

  03-01-2021 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It aims to inoculate some 300m people this year in one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns.
  
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• Policeman buys family food instead of arresting them for shoplifting

  03-01-2021 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The officer paid for the needy women's food instead of charging them for shoplifting.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell's homes vandalised

  03-01-2021 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vandals spray-paint House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's homes.
  
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• Biden election: Mike Pence 'welcomes' senators' bid to derail result

  03-01-2021 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US vice-president appears to endorse a last-ditch effort to refuse to certify Joe Biden's victory.
  
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• The race to replace Bill de Blasio: Who will be New York City's next mayor?

  03-01-2021 09:00
  
  The new mayor will inherit a city reeling from Covid, high unemployment, surging gun violence and an exodus of residentsOn New Year’s Day 2014, the New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, entered office promising to end the “tale of two cities” with a progressive agenda that he said would address the economic and social inequalities that “threaten to unravel the city we love”.But seven years and a global pandemic later, campaigning to decide the Democrat’s succes
  
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• Russell T Davies: ‘I looked away for years. Finally, I have put Aids at the centre of a drama’

  03-01-2021 09:00
  
  The acclaimed screenwriter recalls his life during the 1980s Aids crisis, and reveals why it is only now, with his new TV series It’s a Sin, that he feels able to tell a story that has haunted him for decadesThere are things I can’t say here. Men I dare not name. The first man I ever had sex with. A man I loved for three months in 1988. That hilarious friend I spent a mad week with in Glasgow. All of them dead, now. And they all died of Aids.But I can’t say their names because
  
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• Iran steps up nuclear plans as tensions rise on anniversary of Suleimani’s killing

  03-01-2021 09:00
  
  As Tehran moves on uranium enrichment, Washington braces for retaliation a year after the Quds Force commander’s assassinationIran has announced plans to enrich uranium up to 20% purity, just a step away from weapons-grade levels, as tensions with the US ratchet up during the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed it had been notified of Iran’s decision to increase enrichment at the Fordow facility, buried in a mountainsi
  
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• Do we have to age?

  03-01-2021 09:00
  
  The biologist Andrew Steele thinks ageing is a disease that can be treated. But if we had a cure for getting old, what would that mean for us?When the biologist Andrew Steele tells people his thoughts on ageing – that we might one day cure it as if it were any other disease – they are often incredulous and sometimes hostile. Once, at a friend’s wedding, he left a group of guests mildly incensed for suggesting that near-future humans might live well into their 100s. A similar th
  
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• ‘This is a referendum’: US Senate on a knife-edge as Georgia runoffs loom

  03-01-2021 08:30
  
  Balance of power in 100-member US Senate at stake as two radically different visions of US collide“Georgia, Georgia,” sings musician John Legend, before Barack Obama’s narration takes over. “When the moment came to reject fear and division and send a message for change, Georgia stepped up,” says the former US president, referring to Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the state. “Now, America is counting on you again.” Related: Georgia Senate
  
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• Lethal airstrikes in Yemen ‘left off’ confidential UK record

  03-01-2021 08:30
  
  Ministers under pressure to say why attacks involving civilian casualties have been excluded from log of alleged humanitarian breachesThe government is under pressure to explain why a series of air strikes in Yemen, many involving civilian casualties, have not been recorded in its confidential log of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL).The existence of the database, which has been kept by the Ministry of Defence since 2015, emerged only when the government became embroiled i
  
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• The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?

  03-01-2021 08:15
  
  Fall or rise in coronavirus cases will not initially be a good measure of efficacy, say scientists devising ways to audit progress
  Why is Britain delaying second doses of vaccine?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople in Britain are set to get their first shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, with millions of doses being given over the next few months. The mass vaccination of the UK’s population should bring an end to the country’s Covid
  
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• I’ve taken up outdoor swimming. I just thought you should know | Fiona Maddocks

  03-01-2021 08:00
  
  OK, I only started last month and I don’t know how long I’ll manage it, but for now it’s making me glowWe all eat our words. “No way” sneakily turns into “OK, maybe”, then “yes”. You vow never, ever, to wear Crocs, then you see your smart friend in a yellow pair and British Vogue has named them the It-shoe of the winter season (true) and suddenly you’re weakening. My volte face is more extreme. I’ve joined the thousands who’
  
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• Australian women’s rights activist faces charges in Tanzania

  03-01-2021 07:48
  
  Supporters says charges against Zara Kay, who has had her passport confiscated, are ‘politically motivated’An Australian ex-Muslim women’s rights activist faces “politically motivated” charges in Tanzania, including for a tweet allegedly critical of the country’s president, according to her supporters.The Australian government is providing consular assistance to Zara Kay, 28, the founder of Faithless Hijabi, a group set up two years ago to support women who ar
  
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• A wing and a prayer: how birds are coping with the climate crisis

  03-01-2021 07:45
  
  Some of our best-loved species are changing their breeding cycles and heading north in their fight for survival in a warmer worldLockdown has sparked a renewed interest in our garden birds, with millions of us enjoying watching them from our windows. But could some species – including the common and familiar great tit – vanish from Britain’s gardens by the end of the century?Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, working with the University of Oxfo
  
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• The Observer view on how the west should deal with rising China | Observer editorial

  03-01-2021 07:00
  
  Xi Jinping’s expansionist policies abroad and dictatorship at home make pressing the need for new geopolitical strategyHow to deal with China is the biggest geopolitical challenge facing Britain and the western democracies in 2021 – and one to which they have, as yet, supplied no coherent answer. China’s influence is growing rapidly around the world. It is predicted to overtake the US as the biggest economy by 2028. Its politicians, diplomats and military chiefs exhibit the bul
  
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• Reparations row MP adds plantation to his register of members’ interests

  03-01-2021 07:00
  
  Tory Richard Drax, who represents South Dorset, has corrected a number of ‘errors and omissions’ in his parliamentary listThe Conservative MP Richard Drax has now added the plantation he has inherited in Barbados to the parliamentary register of members’ interests after the Observer revealed omissions and errors in his declaration.Three weeks ago, the Observer revealed that Drax, the MP for South Dorset since 2010, had taken control of the 250-hectacre Drax Hall Plantation, whe
  
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• Liverpool's acting mayor calls for national coronavirus lockdown

  03-01-2021 07:00
  
  Wendy Simon says ‘alarming levels’ of new more transmissible variant means action is needed urgentlyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe acting mayor of Liverpool has called for a national lockdown amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in the UK.Wendy Simon and the city council’s cabinet say the speed of the rise in coronavirus cases and a new more transmissible variant mean action is needed to save lives and stop hospitals being overwhelmed. Sh
  
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• I’ve retired and my sex drive has fallen. I’m letting my wife down | Dear Mariella

  03-01-2021 07:00
  
  Don’t equate your self-worth with your business success, says Mariella Frostrup. Rediscover your lust for life and your libido will returnThe dilemma My wife and I have had a good marriage, share interests and have wonderful children. I am 18 years older than her and recently retired from a successful career.We both had a high sexual drive, but for some years have been sleeping apart because I snore. Our sex life never really recovered and – to make matters worse – my desire ha
  
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• Suspected Islamists kill dozens in attacks on two Niger villages

  03-01-2021 06:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government said soldiers had been sent to protect the area, close to Niger's border with Mali.
  
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• Ted Cruz and other Republican senators oppose certifying election results

  03-01-2021 05:11
  
  Republicans say they will reject presidential electors from states where Trump campaign contested results unless audit completedTed Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and nine other Republican US senators or senators-elect said on Saturday they will reject presidential electors from states where Donald Trump has contested his defeat by Joe Biden, “unless and until [an] emergency 10-day audit” of such results is completed. Related: Republican plan to challenge election signals &l
  
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• California crash: seven children killed in head-on collision

  03-01-2021 04:56
  
  Two adult drivers also died when vehicle swerved into path of Ford carrying the children, authorities saidSeven children and two adult drivers were killed in a head-on collision between an SUV and a pickup truck in central California on New Year’s Day, authorities have said.The children, who were between six and 15 years old, were part of two related families travelling in a 2007 Ford F-150 pickup when it was hit by a Dodge Journey on State Route 33 between Avenal and Coalinga around 8pm o
  
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• Britons living in Spain barred from Madrid flight in post-Brexit travel row

  03-01-2021 02:45
  
  British embassy says ‘this should not be happening’ after airline staff claim pre-Brexit ID documents are invalidBritish residents flying home to Spain were prevented from boarding a joint BA/Iberia flight to Madrid on Saturday night after airline staff said their pre-Brexit residency papers were no longer valid.A total of nine people weren’t allowed to board at Heathrow, among them journalist and photographer Max Duncan, who was told his green residency paper was no longer val
  
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• Ryan Garcia stops Luke Campbell after surviving knockdown in Dallas

  03-01-2021 02:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mexican-American Ryan Garcia gets up from the canvas to stop Britain's Luke Campbell with a body shot in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• Veteran US broadcaster Larry King 'in hospital with Covid'

  03-01-2021 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 87-year-old reporter has been in a Los Angeles hospital for over a week, US media report.
  
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• Larry King, TV chatshow veteran, in hospital with coronavirus – reports

  03-01-2021 02:09
  
  The 87-year-old is reportedly being treated at the Cedar-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles after contracting coronavirus See all our coronavirus coverageVeteran talk show host Larry King, 87, is being treated at a Los Angeles hospital for Covid-19, according to multiple US reports. CNN, his employer for many years, said he had been in hospital for a week.“Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he’s a champ,” ABC News
  
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• ‘My husband’s ashes are still unscattered, but we're doing OK’

  03-01-2021 01:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophie Townsend lost her husband - and father of her children - to cancer. But in time their lives returned to an even(ish) keel.
  
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• Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga

  03-01-2021 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A border dispute has led to armed clashes, deepening fears about insecurity in the region.
  
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• Richest 1% have almost a quarter of UK wealth, study claims

  03-01-2021 01:02
  
  Official figures have missed £800bn of private assets, says thinktank, amid calls for wealth tax to fund Covid recoveryAlmost a quarter of all household wealth in the UK is held by the richest 1% of the population, according to alarming new research that reveals a historic underestimation of inequality in the country.The study found that the top 1% had almost £800bn more wealth than suggested by official statistics, meaning that inequality has been far higher than previously thought.
  
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• Racism in ballet: Black dancer's 'humiliation' at racist comments

  03-01-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chloé Lopes Gomes says she has faced humiliating racial harassment while being a ballet dancer in Berlin.
  
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• Covid-19: How will the pandemic affect global health in 2021?

  03-01-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Covid-19 to measles, Smitha Mundasad looks at the health issues facing the world this year.
  
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• Covid-19: Impact on Israel

  03-01-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Tom Bateman spent 2020 following the lives of Israelis affected by the pandemic.
  
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• Covid: How the war on the virus attacked freedom in Asia

  03-01-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdowns and harsh laws meant to fight the virus have also seen governments quash dissent.
  
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• Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi homes vandalised in Covid protests

  03-01-2021 00:18
  
  Republican Senate leader blocked relief payment increaseKentucky protest unites progressives and pro-Trump crowdRepublican senators oppose certifying election resultsThe Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, decried what he called a “radical tantrum” on Saturday after his home in Kentucky was vandalised with messages apparently protesting against his refusal to increase Covid aid payments from $600 to $2,000.The attack followed a similar one on the home of Nancy Pelosi, the Demo
  
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