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• Lawyer gets stuck with cat filter during virtual court case

  09-02-2021 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Texas lawyer discovered his face had been replaced by a cat video filter during a court session on Zoom
  
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• KKK member sentenced for driving into crowd of protesters

  09-02-2021 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Virginia man who acknowledged being a Ku Klux Klan member has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison on charges he drove his pickup truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters
  
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• Lawyer assures judge he isn’t a cat after Zoom filter faux pas

  09-02-2021 23:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Texas lawyer was forced to assure a judge “I’m here live, I’m not a cat” following an unfortunate mishap with a Zoom filter during a virtual hearing.
  
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• Myanmar coup: Police use force as protesters defy ban

  09-02-2021 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One woman is in a critical condition, as doctors say her wounds are consistent with live ammunition.
  
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• Lawyer’s Zoom settings stuck on kitten filter during awkward court appearance

  09-02-2021 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  'I don't know how to remove it, I got my assistant here, she's trying to,' attorney Rod Ponton said whilemouth and eyes of cat moved along with his words and movements
  
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• ‘British dentistry, is it?’: A trip to an American dentist shattered my confidence

  09-02-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s a stereotype that British people have terrible teeth but since I’ve moved to New York I’ve never felt more self-conscious, writes Holly Baxter
  
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• Congressman Raskin breaks down recounting Capitol breach – video

  09-02-2021 22:27
  
  Jamie Raskin, the Democratic congressman, lead impeachment manager and constitutional law professor, fought back tears as he recounted his experience of the Capitol breach which happened the day after the death of his son. 'This cannot be our future': Raskin's 24-year-old daughter and his son-in-law were hiding in his office during the attack.Trump second impeachment: live updates Continue reading...
  
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• Trump Org partner Vornado reportedly considering ditching jointly owned office towers

  09-02-2021 22:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  It's the latest business considering distance from the former president
  
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• Analysis: Democrats use Trump impeachment to show sometimes symbolism is the point

  09-02-2021 21:45
  
  Analysis: faith in the US has been shaken and the impeachment trial is a test of accountability before a global audienceThe Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin stood at the lectern, faced 100 senators and removed his black face mask to begin the historic second impeachment trial of former president Donald John Trump. Continue reading...
  
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• Minnesota mass shooting: Man arrested after opening fire and bombing health center

  09-02-2021 21:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emergency dispatch reports say four homemade bombs went off after gunfire erupted at the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo
  
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• Kobe Bryant crash: Pilot 'likely disorientated amid fog'

  09-02-2021 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investigators say he may have felt "pressure" to complete the NBA star's ill-fated flight in 2020.
  
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• Dominion say they were forced to chase Sidney Powell across state lines to serve her with $1.3bn lawsuit

  09-02-2021 21:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Company revealed struggle to serve Ms Powell in reply to request for extension on response to suit
  
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• Five wounded in mass shooting and bombing of Minnesota health clinic

  09-02-2021 21:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emergency dispatch reports say four homemade bombs went off after gunfire erupted at the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo
  
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• Trump supporter arrested after threatening Mitch McConnell’s grandkids on Parler

  09-02-2021 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Houck accused of posting numerous threatening messages on Parler in lead up to and after Capitol riot on 6 January
  
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• Trump's impeachment trial starts with graphic Capitol assault footage – video

  09-02-2021 21:12
  
  Donald Trump's second impeachment trial opened in the Senate with graphic video of the attack on the Capitol on 6 January and his comments that spurred a rally crowd to become a mob.The lead House prosecutor told senators the case would present 'cold, hard facts' against Trump, who is charged with inciting the siege of the Capitol to overturn the election he lost to Joe BidenTrump second impeachment: live updates Continue reading...
  
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• 1 in 10 Americans have now received Covid vaccine

  09-02-2021 21:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least one in every 10 Americans have now received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, based on data tracked by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  
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• Inuit hunters blockade iron mine in freezing temperatures over expansion

  09-02-2021 21:10
  
  Standoff exposes tensions between large Inuit organizations with power to approve permits and residents of small communitiesA group of Inuit hunters have braved nearly a week of freezing temperatures to blockade a remote iron mine in northern Canada, in protest over an expansion plan they say will harm local wildlife.The blockade, which has prompted solidarity rallies in other Nunavut communities, has also exposed growing tensions between large Inuit organizations with the power to approve devel
  
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• Man discovers he has swallowed $129 AirPod in his sleep - with no idea how

  09-02-2021 20:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Brad Gauthier under went an emergency endoscopy after x-rays showed he had swallowed an AirPod in his sleep
  
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• Minnesota mass shooting injuries up to five after bombing of health clinic

  09-02-2021 20:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emergency dispatch reports say four homemade bombs went off after gunfire erupted at the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo
  
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• Kobe Bryant crash: Everything we know and the unanswered questions

  09-02-2021 20:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The pilot of the helicopter flew into low visibility conditions just before the crash
  
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• Experts urge Colombia to cull drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s hippos

  09-02-2021 20:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Local love for legacy of drug kingpin's private zoo risks wiping out native species, scientists warn
  
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• Former Nazi guard, age 100, charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder

  09-02-2021 20:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin
  
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• Covid: WHO says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from lab in China

  09-02-2021 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A team of international and Chinese experts say more work is needed to find the source of the virus.
  
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• Female polar bear killed during breeding at Detroit Zoo

  09-02-2021 19:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  'This was completely unexpected,' officials say
  
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• Europe’s oldest person survives Covid and set to celebrate 117th birthday

  09-02-2021 19:18
  
  French nun Sister Andrée tested positive in her retirement home in Toulon but had no symptomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA French nun who is Europe’s oldest person has recovered from Covid-19 after it swept through a nursing home in the south of France, and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week.Sister Andrée, born Lucile Randon in 1904, tested positive for the coronavirus last month at the Sainte-Catherine Labouré home near T
  
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• Supremes co-founder and singer Mary Wilson dies aged 76

  09-02-2021 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Motown trio were known for hits such as Baby Love and You Can't Hurry Love.
  
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• Watch Trump’s second impeachment trial live

  09-02-2021 18:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins
  
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• Out of this world: Why the UAE’s mission to Mars is a geopolitical triumph

  09-02-2021 18:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The flight heralds a modern space race between new powers, writes Diplomatic Editor, Kim Sengupta
  
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• What does impeachment mean for Trump? - OLD

  09-02-2021 18:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump is the first president to be impeached twice
  
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• Japan: Submarine crew phone for help after crash

  09-02-2021 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The submarine collided with a commercial ship as it attempted to surface off Japan's Pacific coast.
  
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• The man who took on Putin: Who is Alexei Navalny?

  09-02-2021 18:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  It has been an eventful year for Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Poisoned aboard a flight to Moscow, placed into a medically-induced coma in Berlin before returning to Russia to face arrest.
  
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• Navalny team calls for courtyard protests as Russia hits out at ‘NATO agents’

  09-02-2021 17:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  New tactic comes in bid to avoid further arrests
  
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• France Mila affair: Five held for death threats over video critical of Islam

  09-02-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mila, 17, says she has been getting 30 hate messages a minute after posting videos critical of Islam.
  
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• Florida governor DeSantis defends not wearing a mask at Super Bowl

  09-02-2021 17:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tampa's mayor says maskless 'bad actors' will be identified and handled by police
  
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• Bezos and Bloomberg among top 50 US charity donors for 2020

  09-02-2021 17:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  America’s 50 top donors in 2020 channeled big sums to food banks, COVID-19 relief and racial justice efforts
  
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• South Africa in shock after AstraZeneca vaccine rollout halted

  09-02-2021 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of the vaccine's efficacy against the South Africa variant shows "disappointing" results.
  
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• Top EU diplomat to propose new sanctions against Russia

  09-02-2021 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is proposing that the bloc take a firm stance in its future relations with Russia including through the use of new sanctions, in the wake of the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny
  
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• New Washington state wealth tax would cost Bezos $2 billion a year

  09-02-2021 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Legislators have proposed taxing wealth over $1bn to reduce inequality
  
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• Polish court tells two Holocaust historians to apologise

  09-02-2021 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The niece of a Polish village's wartime mayor sued over claims he had betrayed Jews to the Nazis.
  
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• Trump impeachment process: Who are the key players?

  09-02-2021 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These are the lawmakers with a big influence on the impeachment process against the former president.
  
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• Labrador stranded alone on Irish mountain for two weeks rescued by walkers

  09-02-2021 16:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ageing dog was carried five miles through snow and ice by rescue pair
  
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• Blood-red flood swamps village in Indonesia

  09-02-2021 16:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some people said the water reminded them of blood
  
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• EU warned future hangs in balance as Greece 'more bankrupt than it has ever been'

  09-02-2021 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  YANIS Varoufakis has issued a warning to European leaders amid concerns Greece's mounting debt crisis could threaten the future of the bloc.
  
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• Driver survives after truck crashes off 70ft flyover

  09-02-2021 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sheriff's office said 'vehicle travelled up snowbank, proceeded over barrier wall, and descended 70 feet down onto westbound I-94 distress lane'
  
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• China exposed: Huge ‘military fortress' uncovered by satellites at end of Great Wall 

  09-02-2021 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHINA's ancient history was exposed after experts uncovered a huge "military fortress" at the end of the Great Wall thanks to help from satellite images.
  
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• Driver survives after truck crashes off 70-foot flyover

  09-02-2021 15:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sheriff's office said 'vehicle travelled up snowbank, proceeded over barrier wall, and descended 70 feet down onto westbound I-94 distress lane'
  
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• Germany CRISIS: Economy meltdown with biggest export plunge since 2009 financial crash

  09-02-2021 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GERMAN exports of goods plummeted by 9.3 percent last year - the biggest slump since the devastating financial crisis more than a decade ago - as the country desperately battled against the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• EU shamed by chart showing staggering vaccine failure - UK storms ahead with 12m jabs

  09-02-2021 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE European Union has been shamed by a new chart which lays bare the massive gulf between the bloc and the United Kingdom on Covid vaccine distribution, as it continues to trail behind its former member.
  
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• Myanmar coup: Police fire rubber bullets at protesters

  09-02-2021 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands continue to defy a ban on protests following a coup that removed the elected government last week.
  
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• Myanmar protests: woman shot in head as police response escalates

  09-02-2021 15:39
  
  Teargas and water cannon also deployed on fourth day of protests against last week’s coupPolice in Myanmar have responded with increasing violence to protests against last week’s military coup, using water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition in a crackdown that left a woman in a critical condition on Tuesday.Tens of thousands of people marched in towns and cities across the country in defiance of a ban on gatherings in some areas to voice their opposition to the military take
  
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