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• Intruder at Air Force One base sparks global security review

  05-02-2021 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man was able to access the US president's air base and board an aircraft.
  
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• ICC rules it has jurisdiction over West Bank and Gaza 'abuses'

  05-02-2021 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The international court rules it has jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes in the West Bank and Gaza.
  
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• Donald Trump returns to social media with Gab post calling impeachment a ‘public relations stunt’

  05-02-2021 23:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has dusted off his old Gab account for a social media comeback in the wake of his purge by Silicon Valley tech giants.
  
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• The woman set to make WTO history

  05-02-2021 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Nigerian finance minister will be the first woman, and the first African, head of the WTO.
  
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• Biden ends deadlock over first African and first woman to lead WTO

  05-02-2021 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had been frontrunner for the role but was opposed by the Trump administration.
  
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• Russia expels European diplomats over Navalny protests

  05-02-2021 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moscow say the diplomats attended weekend protests in support of Putin critic Alexei Navalny.
  
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• Rittenhouse fires lawyer who helped fundraise millions for him

  05-02-2021 22:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles attorney John Pierce helped raise money from conservatives for Mr Rittenhouse's $2m bail which was posted in November
  
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• ‘Chilling’ resurgence of killings and kidnappings of people with albinism in Malawi, Amnesty warns

  05-02-2021 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Body parts and bonesturned into lucky charms and potions by witchdoctors
  
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• Reopening debate testing Biden's ties with teachers unions

  05-02-2021 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The school reopening debate is presenting an early test of President Joe Biden's allegiance with powerful teachers unions
  
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• Covid vaccine rollout: When might life in US return to normal?

  05-02-2021 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  January was the deadliest month of the pandemic for the US, but cases are down and vaccinations are up.
  
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• ICC clears way for probe into war crimes committed in the Palestinian Territories

  05-02-2021 21:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Court proves it is a political body, says angry Israeli PM
  
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• Diehard QAnon followers think Trump is secretly still president and carrying out executions at White House

  05-02-2021 21:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Image touted as evidence shows 2013 execution in Kuwait
  
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• Socially distanced dining in a bubble above Seattle

  05-02-2021 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The city's famous Ferris wheel is offering socially distanced four-course meals.
  
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• Military investigating intruder who ‘gained access’ to Air Force One military facility

  05-02-2021 20:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  'An unauthorised individual gained access to Joint Base Andrews,' says a spokesperson
  
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• Air Force investigating intruder who ‘gained access’ to Air Force One military facility

  05-02-2021 20:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  'An unauthorised individual gained access to Joint Base Andrews,' says a spokesperson
  
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• Things to Know: Pentagon lends military aid to vaccine push

  05-02-2021 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19
  
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• Myanmar coup: Teachers join protests against military

  05-02-2021 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teachers and students in the city of Yangon join growing protests against Monday's military coup.
  
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• World’s ‘smallest reptile’ discovered in Madagascar and may already be endangered

  05-02-2021 19:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Scientists want mini-chameleon to be assessed red list of threatened species as soon as possible
  
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• Romania baptisms: Six-week-old baby's death sparks calls for change

  05-02-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The death of a six-week-old baby after a ceremony prompts a key archbishop to back reforms.
  
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• ‘This is me. Unashamed, unabashedly me’: Former WWE wrestler Gabbi Tuft comes out as transgender

  05-02-2021 19:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  'I promise to always be transparent and truthful with my journey'
  
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• Adam Schiff: Republican Party has ‘essentially become a cult’

  05-02-2021 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conspiracy theories are a disaster for both Republican Party and country says Schiff
  
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• Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish state's death penalty

  05-02-2021 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is set to become the first southern US state to end executions as a punishment.
  
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• Trudeau tries to reassure Canadians vaccines are coming

  05-02-2021 19:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Justin is trying reassure Canadians his plan to vaccinate them is working despite what he calls are short term delays and criticism his government is not moving fast enough
  
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• Coronavirus cases drop at US homes for elderly and infirm

  05-02-2021 19:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks
  
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• Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained at her home, says lawyer

  05-02-2021 18:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  'We want unconditional release as they have not broken the law,' says Khin Maung Zaw
  
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• Denmark to build world’s first wind energy island in the North Sea to power millions of homes

  05-02-2021 18:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Giant hub will also supply industry and transport, cutting greenhouse gas emissions
  
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• Pentagon approves deployment of 1,000 active duty troops to assist in Covid vaccine distribution

  05-02-2021 18:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  The troops will assist at vaccination sites created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
  
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• New Zealand's Māori tribes deserve recognition for their part in vanquishing Covid-19 | Morgan Godfery

  05-02-2021 18:00
  
  Māori memories of past epidemics meant iwi were instrumental in forcing Jacinda Ardern’s government to act quicklyIn the space of a few days in 2017 New Zealand’s Labour caucus made Jacinda Ardern their leader. In the space of a month the country made her their prime minister, and in the space of a few years the rest of the English-speaking world would turn to her as a global leader. That might sound cliché, and in a small sense it is, but it captures the adoration and es
  
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• After floods swell French rivers, government promises help

  05-02-2021 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rivers across France broke their banks this week amid heavy flooding
  
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• Kamala Harris uses casting vote to pass Covid relief budget resolution – video

  05-02-2021 16:25
  
  The US Senate has passed a budget resolution that allows for the passage of Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) Covid-19 relief package in the coming weeks without Republican support.The vice-president, Kamala Harris, broke a 50-50 tie by casting a vote in favour of the Democratic measure, which sends it to the House of Representatives for final approval. It marked the first time Harris, in her role as president of the Senate, had cast a tie-breaking vote after being sworn in
  
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• Russia to expel German, Swedish and Polish diplomats accused of taking part in Navalny protests

  05-02-2021 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia has announced the expulsion of diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany for taking part in a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
  
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• Vaccine hunters and skipping line - can America’s Covid vaccination ‘cheats’ be stopped?

  05-02-2021 16:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  SoulCycle instructors and wealthy hospital donors have found loopholes to skip the line at a time when vaccine doses are in limited supply, writes Danielle Zoellner
  
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• India suggests 300 million may have been infected with coronavirus amid signs of ‘herd immunity’

  05-02-2021 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  India has second highest number of cases of coronavirus in the world
  
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• Has Delhi Police opened a criminal case against Greta Thunberg for her farmer protest tweets?

  05-02-2021 15:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Posters of Greta Thunberg were burnt in protest by Modi government supporters as police open probe into content of tweets shared by activist
  
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• Gao Liu: Top Chinese actor shares story of ‘nightmare’ nose surgery

  05-02-2021 14:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Actor Gao Liu underwent nose surgery last year
  
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• James Blunt gets treasured possessions back after Ibiza home break-in

  05-02-2021 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The raid on the singer's home was one of several which targeted the wealthy on the Spanish island
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell blames her arrest on Jeffrey Epstein’s death

  05-02-2021 14:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former socialite's lawyers argue that prosecutors wanted to 'feed the' media 'frenzy and substitute Ms Maxwell for Epstein'
  
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• New era, old problems: Russia rebukes Biden for ‘aggressive, unconstructive’ comments

  05-02-2021 14:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  US president declared Washington was done with 'rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive actions'
  
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• Myanmar military tightens grip with arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi aide

  05-02-2021 14:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Another senior member of ousted government arrested as protests continue 
  
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• Women found drugged in ‘sexual servitude’ in Brisbane homes

  05-02-2021 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Victims, aged between 17 and 24, allegedly branded with tattoos marking them as suspect's property
  
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• Meet the couples leading the battle to legalise same sex marriage in India

  05-02-2021 13:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  With gay sex only decriminalised in India in 2018, campaigners say marriage equality is the logical next step, as Namita Singh reports from Delhi
  
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• UN chief reappoints billionaire Bloomberg as climate envoy

  05-02-2021 13:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The United Nations says American billionaire Michael Bloomberg has been reappointed as a special envoy to engage governments and businesses in tackling the threat of global warming
  
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• 'Our souls are dead': how I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs – podcast

  05-02-2021 13:00
  
  After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanised, humiliated and brainwashed. By Gulbahar Haitiwaji with Rozenn Morgat Continue reading...
  
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• Huddersfield University Bahrain degree 'providing torture hub with legitimacy'

  05-02-2021 13:00
  
  Forty MPs sign letter urging closure of police master’s course run in building where dissidents say they were torturedForty cross-party MPs and peers have urged the University of Huddersfield to close a master’s course it runs at the Royal Academy of Policing in Bahrain, after allegations that political dissidents were being tortured in the same building.The MPs, led by Ian Blackford, the Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party, has written to Huddersfield’s vice-chan
  
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• About America’s water crisis

  05-02-2021 13:00
  
  This project aims to explore the challenges many in the US face getting access to safe, clean, affordable water, and the injustices to those most at riskThis content is supported in part through philanthropic funding from theguardian.org by the Water Foundation, which is a public foundation that focuses on securing clean, reliable water for people and nature. All content is editorially independent and overseen by Guardian editors.All our journalism follows GNM’s published editorial code. T
  
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• Baby dies of heart attack following baptism in Romania

  05-02-2021 12:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  'The boy was crying but the priest submerged him three times in water and he inhaled water,' says father
  
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• 'Pandemic burnout' on rise as latest Covid lockdowns take toll

  05-02-2021 12:54
  
  Increasing number of people report feeling worn out and unable to cope due to period of sustained stress‘Be kind to yourself’: tips on coping with lockdown stressCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePsychologists are reporting a rise in “pandemic burnout” as many people find the current phase of lockdowns harder, with an increasing number feeling worn out and unable to cope.They warn that many are finding the latest lockdown more difficult due
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Israel to ease lockdown; Von der Leyen compares UK vaccine 'speedboat' to EU 'tanker'

  05-02-2021 12:53
  
  Israel to keep borders closed; EU commission president says EU should have thought more of vaccine production challengesVon der Leyen: UK is Covid vaccine ‘speedboat’ while EU is ‘tanker’UK minister defends quarantine hotel delayIsrael: vaccinated grandparents play with grandchildren again UK coronavirus updates - live
  See all our coronavirus coverage11.49am GMT Nine Britons could face jail in Singapore after being charged earlier today with breaking coronavirus rules ove
  
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• 'Read the standing orders!': chaotic parish council Zoom meeting goes viral – video

  05-02-2021 12:41
  
  A town council meeting that descended into chaos – with councillors trading insults and ultimately getting booted off the Zoom call – has become an internet sensation and a metaphor for the UK’s woes under lockdown.Footage of the extraordinary exchanges of the Handforth council meeting in Cheshire – described by one participant as ‘a very good example of bullying within Cheshire east and the environs’ – has been shared thousands of times on Twitter. The
  
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• Trump resigns from Screen Actors Guild before they can expel him

  05-02-2021 12:39
  
  Home Alone 2 star cites his contribution to ‘cable news’ in letter to Screen Actors Guild with disciplinary hearing imminentDonald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild (Sag-Aftra), the union for US performers on film and TV, as the union’s leadership began moves to expel him.In a letter dated 4 February 2020 addressed to Gabrielle Carteris, the union’s national president, Trump said: “I write to you today regarding the so-called Disciplinary Committee hea
  
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