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• Storm Filomena: Spain races to clear snow before temperatures drop

  10-01-2021 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says it has taken extra measures to ensure Covid vaccines get distributed as planned.
  
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• Police officer crushed in doorway by rioters during Capitol breach – video

  10-01-2021 20:24
  
  This is the moment a police officer was crushed in a doorway after rioters stormed the US Capitol building. The clip captures the moment a large group of rioters heaved against police trying to prevent them from entering the Capitol building. Police have confirmed that more charges against rioters have been made. By Saturday, prosecutors had filed 17 cases in federal district court and 40 in District of Columbia superior court for offences ranging from assaulting police officers to entering rest
  
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• Six rangers killed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park

  10-01-2021 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mai-Mai militia group is being blamed for the ambush at a famous park where endangered gorillas live.
  
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• Indonesia Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 'black boxes' located

  10-01-2021 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Signals are detected which officials think show the location of the Boeing 737's flight recorders.
  
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• Hospital staff trek 20km to work through heavy snow in Spain as emergency convoys deliver vaccines and food

  10-01-2021 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Storm Filomena leaves four people dead and thousands stranded in Madrid region
  
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• Indonesia landslide: Rescuers buried as they help victims

  10-01-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.
  
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• Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

  10-01-2021 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years
  
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• ‘Négresse’ neighbourhood chains Biarritz to France’s colonial past

  10-01-2021 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The N-word is alive and well-loved in Biarritz, reports Rory Mulholland from the south of France
  
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• Indonesia Sriwijaya Air crash: Distraught relatives await news

  10-01-2021 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Information is emerging about those on board the Sriwijaya Air flight that crashed off Indonesia.
  
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• Olympics: 80 per cent of Japanese want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed

  10-01-2021 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Poll comes as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares state of emergency in Tokyo region
  
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• New law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption

  10-01-2021 15:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A watershed reform of U.S. money laundering laws could allow investigators to uncover the proceeds of foreign bribery, drug trafficking and terrorism in just a few keystrokes
  
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• Horned Capitol rioter is ‘failed actor and QAnon conspiracy theorist who lives with his mother’ — report

  10-01-2021 15:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jacob Angeli Chansley seen at pro-Trump rallies and spread disproved QAnon theories
  
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• ICYMI: A ‘singing’ lake and a lava fountain

  10-01-2021 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From some chilled out phenomena to feeling the heat in our weekly video round up: In Case You Missed It.
  
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• Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' tweet

  10-01-2021 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China had claimed its birth control policies - widely seen as a crackdown - gave women more freedom.
  
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• Pope Francis calls opposition to Covid vaccine ‘suicidal denial’ and says he will get jab

  10-01-2021 13:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pontiff says he feels ‘ethically everyone should receive’ coronavirus protection 
  
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• All UK adults will be offered Covid vaccine by autumn, says Matt Hancock – video

  10-01-2021 13:24
  
  The health secretary promised vaccines would be offered to every adult in the UK 'by the autumn'. Speaking on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, Hancock said it was 'very, very important' that as many people as possible get a vaccine. More than 200,000 people are now being vaccinated each day, he addedMatt Hancock does not rule out further toughening of lockdown rules Continue reading...
  
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• India allege racist abuse in third Australia Test

  10-01-2021 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket Australia apologises to India and investigates claims visiting players were subjected to racist abuse from fans during the third Test.
  
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• Chinese state media blast latest Pompeo move on Taiwan

  10-01-2021 12:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  China’s state media lashed out at the latest move on Taiwan by the departing Trump administration
  
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• Indonesia plane crash: Divers find Boeing 737 wreckage with dozens presumed dead

  10-01-2021 11:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers locate Sriwijaya Air flight’s ‘black boxes’, as suspected body parts and pieces of fuselage also pulled from water
  
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• Covid sleuth shames Brazil's party people as deaths pass 200,000

  10-01-2021 11:00
  
  Anonymous activist says he’s no ‘moral watchdog’ but vows to continue effort in hope of persuading revellers to stay homeFuelled by black coffee, yellow-tipped cigarettes and white, incandescent rage, the faceless sleuth lurks on social media poised to unmask his next target.“It’s outrageous, bizarre, it’s horrifying – a collective genocide,” fumed the twentysomething activist who burns the midnight oil scouring the internet for footage of parties
  
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• Covid seemed like a crisis far away from Cornwall. Not now

  10-01-2021 11:00
  
  We still have our beaches and fresh air, but the county isn’t so well served by healthcare facilitiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFirst we thought Covid would come in July, when restrictions were lifted and tourists and second home owners escaped the confines of their cities and headed down the M5 for fresh air at the coast. Then we thought it would come in September, when tourists and second home owners headed back up the motorway, leaving the virus be
  
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• Trump is being pelted in the stocks now – but don’t bet against him wriggling free

  10-01-2021 08:30
  
  The chances of seeing the outgoing president in an orange jumpsuit are low – even as the potential charges mount up fastLock him up! Echoing Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chant against Hillary Clinton, many Americans appear keen on jailing their president after his criminally reckless incitement of last week’s mob-driven, amateur-hour insurrection in Washington.His harshest critics would despatch him forthwith to a federal penitentiary or mental institution. Yet despite fears th
  
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• Pompeo: US to lift restrictions on contacts with Taiwan

  10-01-2021 08:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be "shackled".
  
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• LA shooting: Police launch hunt for gunman after one killed and two injured in rampage

  10-01-2021 07:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE are hunting a gunman after at least one person was killed and two others injured in a shooting in the US city of Los Angeles.
  
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• Jill Biden to spend '$1.2 million on bathroom' in White House revamp amid Melania backlash

  10-01-2021 05:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JILL BIDEN, the wife of US President elect Joe Biden, is set to spend $1.2million on new bathrooms for the White House as part of her upcoming role as First Lady according to federal document papers.
  
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• WW3 fears SURGE as Pompeo bolsters US-Taiwan ties in surprise move - China fury imminent

  10-01-2021 04:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE US has scrapped restrictions on diplomatic contacts between Washington and Taiwan, in a move to forge closer ties against China as President Donald Trump prepares to leave office.
  
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• China vs India concerns erupt as captured PLA soldier risks explosion of border tensions

  10-01-2021 03:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INDIA has been urged by China to return a captured PLA soldier who allegedly strayed into Indian territory amid ongoing military tensions in the Ladakh region.
  
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• Melania Trump’s embarrassing wardrobe malfunction goes VIRAL – 'Knew what she was doing!'

  10-01-2021 03:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MELANIA TRUMP suffered an awkward wardrobe malfunction that sparked a frenzy on Twitter.
  
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• South China Sea: World War 3 fears EXPLODE as US expand forces to destroy Beijing threat

  10-01-2021 02:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE US plans to bolster its forces in a move set to spark fury from Beijing as the two nations battle over territory in South China Sea.
  
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• Richard Dawkins fury in bizarre rant comparing Trump to 'psychopaths' Hitler and Mussolini

  10-01-2021 02:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RICHARD Dawkins has compared Donald Trump to historical dictators Hitler and Mussolini as the US reels from pro-Trump protests this week.
  
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• Ivanka Trump heartbreak: First Daughter ‘hurt’ after in-law SHAMED her over riots tweet

  10-01-2021 02:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IVANKA TRUMP is said to be "surprised and hurt" after her sister-in-law Karlie Kloss attacked the First Daughter over her tweet calling the Washington DC protesters "American Patriots".
  
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• China cover-up claims explode as leaked files expose coronavirus mystery

  10-01-2021 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CORONAVIRUS may have broken out in Wuhan three months earlier than currently believed, according to a leaked report.
  
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• Melania Trump panic as FLOTUS vanishes following Trump supporter Capitol riots

  10-01-2021 01:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MELANIA TRUMP has not been seen in public since January 1 leading to speculations regarding her whereabouts, especially following Wednesday's Capitol Hill riots.
  
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• Uganda elections 2021: How ex-rebel Yoweri Museveni has stayed in power for 35 years

  10-01-2021 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is running for a sixth elected term in office, against 10 challengers.
  
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• Singapore: Why these defiant 'nail house' owners refuse to sell

  10-01-2021 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A block of luxury flats in Singapore is being built around two homes whose owners refuse to move.
  
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• Can onboard rollercoasters save the cruise industry?

  10-01-2021 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Mardi Gras is going overboard with new features to lure back passengers including a micro-brewery.
  
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• Albania races to rescue children from jihadist camp

  10-01-2021 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why Albania wants to repatriate dozens of youngsters from al-Hol in northern Syria.
  
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• Viewpoint: What the Capitol riot means for US foreign policy

  10-01-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President-elect Joe Biden needs to unite his nation to fix US policy abroad, Jonathan Marcus writes.
  
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• How South African police are tackling pangolin smugglers

  10-01-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.
  
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• When driving a tuk-tuk pays more than making art

  10-01-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Papier mache artisans in Kashmir are giving up the dying craft for more lucrative jobs.
  
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• The secret artists creating miniature buildings for street mice

  10-01-2021 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From record stores to pharmacies, secret artist group AnonyMouse have been creating little places for mice.
  
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• AP News Digest 6:15 p.m.

  10-01-2021 00:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All Times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom ap.org.
  
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