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• Republicans want to use campaign funds for personal security amid rising political tensions

  31-01-2021 23:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The letter mentions the recent Capitol attack and other dangerous incidents from past years
  
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• ‘You simply don’t have the range’: Lincoln Project responds after Marjorie Taylor Greene calls group ‘traitors’ in Trump-style tweet

  31-01-2021 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s the latest spat involving the bomb-throwing congresswoman
  
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• 2 arrests in attack on famed San Francisco private eye

  31-01-2021 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police say two men have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery that left famed San Francisco private investigator Jack Palladino on life support
  
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• Astrazeneca to supply nine million more Covid vaccine doses to EU, Von der Leyen says

  31-01-2021 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  European Commission president says pharmaceutical giant will expand its manufacturing capacity in bloc
  
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• Russian police arrest protesters demanding Navalny's release – video

  31-01-2021 21:23
  
  More than 4,000 people, including Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, were detained at rallies across Russia as supporters of the Kremlin critic took to the streets to protest against his imprisonment. Security measures, riot police and national guards troops shut down metro stations in Moscow and blocked off streets to prevent a repeat of last week’s record protests, some of the largest since 2012 Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as police detain thousands Contin
  
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• NYC suspends vaccinations as snowstorm that could dump 17-inches on city edges closer

  31-01-2021 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The storm has been traveling across the country for days
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: GOP offers alternative COVID-19 relief plan

  31-01-2021 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A group of 10 Senate Republicans have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling for him to meet with them to negotiate over his proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package
  
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• Lincoln Project leaders ‘disgusted and outraged’ after 21 men accused co-founder of sexual harassment

  31-01-2021 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  John Weaver previously advised prominent Republicans like John McCain and John Kasich
  
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• ‘Wipeout’ contestant who collapsed during obstacle course died of heart attack, coroner’s office says

  31-01-2021 18:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  He died of natural causes, coroner’s office says 
  
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• Russia protests: More than 4,500 Navalny supporters detained in fresh demonstrations over Putin critic’s arrest

  31-01-2021 18:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Bird flu kills more than 250 pelicans in Mauritania, says ministry

  31-01-2021 18:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  In response to the outbreak, the authorities have closed the park and suspended all tourism activities in the area
  
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• Perth to go into lockdown after one new positive case of coronavirus

  31-01-2021 17:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials have said the man may have become infected with the UK strain of the virus. 
  
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• British tourists among 96 foreigners caught breaching lockdown rules at Austrian ski resort

  31-01-2021 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Skiers falsely claimed they were looking for work, says mayor of St Anton am Arlberg
  
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• Covid: 'Lessons to be learnt' from NI vaccine row - Irish PM

  31-01-2021 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We need to "calm down" after the EU reverses a plan to put checks on the Irish border, Micheál Martin says.
  
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• Russia protests: Thousands of Navalny supporters detained as Kremlin clamps down

  31-01-2021 17:04 via independent.co.uk
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• Virus in paradise: France ends mass tourism to Caribbean bolthole

  31-01-2021 17:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tourists have been jetting into the tropical idyll where the BBC hit ‘Death in Paradise’ is filmed . But the good times are about to end, Rory Mulholland reports from Guadeloupe.
  
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• Navalny: Thousands join fresh protests across Russia

  31-01-2021 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 4,000 people are reportedly arrested amid demonstrations for the jailed opposition leader.
  
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• Russia protests - live: Thousands of Navalny supporters detained as Kremlin clamps down

  31-01-2021 16:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates as demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Messi's €555 ($674m) Barca contract leaked

  31-01-2021 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona say they will take "appropriate legal action" against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details of forward Lionel Messi's £492m contract.
  
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• Covid: Thousands attend Israel funeral for orthodox rabbi

  31-01-2021 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Benny Gantz has criticised "unequal enforcement" of rules over the gathering.
  
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• Hungarian restaurant workers protest lockdown restrictions

  31-01-2021 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protesters have gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest demanding a rethinking of the country's coronavirus lockdown restrictions
  
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• Tigray crisis: 'Genocidal war' waged in Ethiopia region, says ex-leader

  31-01-2021 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tigray's ousted leader accuses Ethiopian and Eritrean forces of committing atrocities.
  
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• Covid: Israel to transfer 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinians

  31-01-2021 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the first such transfer, amid disagreement over who is responsible for inoculations.
  
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• Mount Etna erupts with series of explosions in stunning footage

  31-01-2021 15:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, erupted with lava several times on Saturday night. As the volcanic activity was largely expected, the site was properly secured, and there were no reported injuries or deaths.
  
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• Lockdown, dogs and truncheons: The Kremlin’s heavy-handed response to Navalny protestors

  31-01-2021 15:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police had arrested more than 3,000 protestors by mid-afternoon
  
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• Russia protests: More than 3,000 Navalny supporters detained in fresh demonstrations over Putin critic’s arrest

  31-01-2021 14:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Russia protests - live: Navalny’s wife amongst 3,000 supporters detained as police close central Moscow

  31-01-2021 14:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates as demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Russia protests - live: Navalny’s wife amongst 2,000 supporters detained as police close central Moscow

  31-01-2021 13:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates as demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Swedish Covid nurse to watch entire film festival alone in lighthouse

  31-01-2021 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swedish nurse Lisa Enroth will spend a week living alone in a lighthouse watching 60 movies.
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize: Trump, Navalny, Thunberg and WHO among candidates as nominations close

  31-01-2021 13:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Climate activist, Russian opposition leader and global health body backed by Norwegian MPs, who have track record of nominating winner
  
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• Russia protests - live: More than 1,500 Navalny supporters detained as police close central Moscow

  31-01-2021 12:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates as demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Russia protests: More than 1,500 Navalny supporters detained in fresh demonstrations over Putin critic’s arrest

  31-01-2021 12:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Hundreds of protesters descend on Romania’s health ministry after deadly fire engulfs Covid hospital

  31-01-2021 12:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protest organised by new right-wing political party 
  
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• Crushing costs of Covid care leave grieving Mexican families facing ruin

  31-01-2021 12:00
  
  As the death toll mounts, even for those with health insurance medical bills can run into tens of thousands of dollars For more than 50 years, Pedro Martínez would drive his truck through the mountains of Jalisco state, carrying stock for clothing business in the week, and taking his family on excursions at the weekend.Martínez, 90, was long retired when he was admitted to hospital in early October with coronavirus-linked complications. His family prayed he would soon recover and r
  
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• Ethiopia says Tigray back to normal after conflict but witnesses disagree

  31-01-2021 11:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Administrators in Tigray have estimated that more than 4.5 million people, or close to the region's entire population, need emergency food aid and some people have begun dying of starvation.
  
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• Watch live: Navalny protesters in Moscow rally in support of Russian opposition leader

  31-01-2021 11:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Russian capital Moscow, and across the country, to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the wave of nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.
  
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• Navalny protests: ‘Hundreds detained’ in fresh demonstrations over Kremlin critic’s arrest

  31-01-2021 11:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators take to streets for second weekend in row
  
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• Students arrested in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags

  31-01-2021 11:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted that "LGBT perverts" had been detained for 'disrespecting the Great Kaaba.'
  
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• India’s PM Modi breaks silence on months-long farmer protests

  31-01-2021 11:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Farm leaders say they were not responsible for violence
  
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• ‘Putin palace’ is mine, says Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg

  31-01-2021 10:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I have managed to strike a deal with creditors a few years ago,’ says billionaire
  
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• Thousands rally in Russia to demand Alexei Navalny’s release

  31-01-2021 10:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the wave of nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin
  
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• Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site

  31-01-2021 10:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Please refrain from wearing Trump/MAGA attire as we want our statement to resonate with the sheeple’,  a social media post for the planned demonstration said
  
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• Paris protesters blasted with water canons by French police

  31-01-2021 09:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Paris protesters blasted with water canons by French police
  
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• Covid: Australian city of Perth goes into snap lockdown after guard tests positive

  31-01-2021 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools, bars and gyms close in the Australian city after a guard at a quarantine hotel tests positive.
  
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• Coronavirus live news: WA premier announces five-day lockdown of Perth and South West after locally acquired Covid case

  31-01-2021 08:03
  
  Germany delivers stark warning to vaccine companies; Australia-New Zealand flights to resume on Sunday; WHO team visits Baishazhou wet market in WuhanMuch of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variantAustralian state of New South Wales marks 14 days with no casesScores of foreigners breach lockdown rules at Austrian ski resortFrom lockdowns to pool parties: how Covid rules vary around the worldSee all our coronavirus coverage 7.03am GMT Her
  
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• 'It's endemic': state-level Republican groups lead party's drift to extremism

  31-01-2021 08:00
  
  Despite national failures at the ballot box, radicalised state parties are fighting for Trump’s election lies and defending QAnon followersIn Arizona and Oregon, they rebuked opponents of Donald Trump’s assault on democracy. In Hawaii, they defended followers of the QAnon conspiracy movement. And in Texas, they adopted a slogan with dark historical connotations: “We are the storm.”To understand the future of the Republican party, start with the army of increasingly radica
  
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• Muslim boy, 4, was referred to Prevent over game of Fortnite

  31-01-2021 07:45
  
  More than 600 children under six flagged by anti-extremism schemeA four-year-old boy’s referral to the government’s anti-extremism Prevent strategy after talking about the popular Fortnite video game at his after-school club has prompted fresh calls to abolish the controversial scheme. The boy, who is from the West Midlands and is a Muslim, was referred to Prevent in September 2019 after saying that his father had “guns and bombs in his shed”.However, transcripts of a con
  
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• What a great shot! Vaccination selfies become the latest social media hit

  31-01-2021 07:15
  
  A new trend has emerged – public figures posting ‘vaxxies’ showing the moment they received their jabCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe latest social media trend involves no ice buckets, no filters and certainly no sea shanties. Now celebrities and politicians around the world are vying to post the best “vaxxies” – selfies of the moment they receive their Covid-19 vaccination.While vaxxies send out a strong message that the v
  
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• Joe Biden talks tough on putting the world to rights. But can he deliver?

  31-01-2021 07:15
  
  The new US president faces a series of intractable foreign policy problems that won’t be solved by signing executive ordersThose who remember Joe Biden as a senator who preferred compromise to confrontation may have been surprised by his first hectic days as president. Biden offered a stiff finger to the leaders of China and Russia, kicked the stool from under cosy Trump-era relationships in the Gulf, fired a shot across Israel’s bows, and propelled the international climate crisis t
  
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• Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant

  31-01-2021 07:14
  
  Restrictions imposed in Perth, Peel and South West, with schools suspended and residents only allowed to leave home for essential reasons• Follow the global coronavirus liveblog• Western Australia hotspots
  • NSW hotspotsWestern Australia has imposed a five-day lockdown in metropolitan Perth, the Peel region and the state’s South West amid fears a hotel quarantine worker who has tested positive to Covid-19 has contracted the highly contagious UK variant.The state premier, Mar
  
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