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• US arrests wife of El Chapo for drug trafficking

  22-02-2021 23:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Her husband was convicted in 2019 for leading the Sinaloa Cartel
  
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• As America reaches unimaginable toll of 500,000 deaths, families count the loss in their homes

  22-02-2021 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Many of these lives were lost without loved ones having the opportunity to say goodbye or hold a normal funeral service, writes Danielle Zoellner
  
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• US hits 500,000 coronavirus deaths

  22-02-2021 22:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 28 million cases of Covid-19 have also been recorded
  
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• America's half a million Covid deaths a stark reminder of challenges for Biden

  22-02-2021 22:42
  
  Analysis: the president has ambitious plans to halt a public health crisis his predecessor wrongly claimed would simply disappearExactly one year after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in the United States, Joe Biden was sworn in as president, inheriting the worst public health disaster since the flu pandemic of 1918. In the days that followed, Biden pledged a “full-scale, wartime” effort to combat the virus, even as he braced a disease-weary nation for its darkest chapter ye
  
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• Hayley Arceneaux: Cancer survivor joins first all-civilian space mission

  22-02-2021 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The SpaceX mission will make Hayley Arceneaux the first person with a prosthesis to visit space.
  
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• Canada votes to recognize China’s treatment of Uighur population as genocide

  22-02-2021 22:27
  
  Parliament’s move was not supported by Trudeau and likely to raise diplomatic tensions between the two nationsCanada has become the second country in the world to describe China’s treatment of its Uighur minority as a genocide, following a contentious parliamentary vote which is likely to further raise diplomatic tensions between the two nations.Lawmakers approved the non-binding motion, brought forward by opposition Conservatives, to recognize China’s actions in the north-west
  
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• PM promises 'incomparably better' summer in England after lockdown

  22-02-2021 21:47
  
  Four-stage plan could pave the way for nightclubs to reopen, sports fans to fill stadiums and holidays in UK to returnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson promised spring and summer would be “incomparably better” than life in lockdown as he set out a four-stage plan for England that could pave the way for nightclubs to reopen, sports fans to fill stadiums once again and domestic tourism to return.But announcing a cautious phased easing of cu
  
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• New York movie theatres to reopen at reduced capacity

  22-02-2021 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York movie theatres will reopen at 25 per cent capacity on 5 March, Governor Andrew Cuomo says
  
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• Italy 'misled WHO on pandemic readiness' weeks before Covid outbreak

  22-02-2021 21:22
  
  Preparations not reviewed since 2006 but self-reporting in February 2020 claimed they were at highest levelCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageItaly allegedly misled the World Health Organization (WHO) on its readiness to face a pandemic less than three weeks before the country’s first locally transmitted coronavirus case was confirmed.Each year, countries bound by the International Health Regulations (IHR) – an international treaty to combat the global
  
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• Nasa releases video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars

  22-02-2021 21:21
  
  Space agency also reveals audio recorded by Perseverance on surface of red planetNasa has unveiled a first-of-its-kind video of its car-sized rover Perseverance making its sensational landing on Mars, and released the first audio recorded on the surface of the red planet.The American space agency shared the footage on Monday, days after the spacecraft made its dramatic descent to the Martian surface. Continue reading...
  
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• Greece: Dozens arrested in clashes over campus security law

  22-02-2021 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police in Greece have clashed with protesters and arrested 31 people in the country's second-largest city during a demonstration against a new campus security law
  
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• More support needed as England exits lockdown, say business leaders

  22-02-2021 21:01
  
  Trade bodies say many firms and workers face uncertain future, with 10 days to go until budgetBusiness leaders have told Boris Johnson that his roadmap for exiting the third Covid lockdown in England remains incomplete without fresh financial support for companies and workers hardest hit by the pandemic.The prime minister promised the government would “not pull the rug out” from under struggling firms and workers while restrictions remain in place during the phased relaxation of lock
  
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• Chris Froome: 'There’s nothing holding me back from a fifth Tour win'

  22-02-2021 21:00
  
  Exclusive: Cyclist on his career-threatening crash, doping in cycling and the hunger for a fifth Tour de France title with his new team, Israel Start-Up NationIt is almost 11pm when Chris Froome leans closer to the screen in his hotel room in Abu Dhabi. We have been talking for 40 minutes and while he has sometimes looked tired and vulnerable Froome has been cheerful and friendly. Of course there has been some difficulty when addressing doping in cycling and sobering memories of the accident tha
  
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• Police and paramedics made 'critical errors' leading to Elijah McClain's death, independent report finds

  22-02-2021 20:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  First responders gave the 23-year-old far too much ketamine for his size
  
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• Boris Johnson sets out four-step plan to ease lockdown in England – video

  22-02-2021 20:06
  
  The prime minister has announced that schools will reopen from 8 March, while non-essential retail outlets and outdoor service in pubs and restaurants could be back by 12 April, with indoor service earmarked for 17 May at the earliest. No 10 stresses that after the first step, the subsequent stages could be subject to delay and would be guided by ‘data rather than dates’ Continue reading...
  
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• Black Walmart worker arrested after being stopped for walking in the snow in Texas

  22-02-2021 19:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rodney Reese says that since George Floyd killing, he gets nervous when interacting with law enforcement officials
  
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• Barack Obama opens up about absent father in trailer for new podcast with Bruce Springsteen

  22-02-2021 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  In the trailer for his new podcast, Barack Obama opens up to Bruce Springsteen about the difficulties of his early relationship with his father.
  
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• Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies in attack on UN convoy

  22-02-2021 19:37
  
  Luca Attanasio and two others killed in attempted kidnapping north of Goma in eastern DRCItaly’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two other people have been killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the restive east of the central African country. The convoy from the World Food Programme (WFP) was attacked at about 10.30am local time (0830 GMT) during an attempted kidnapping near the town of Kanyamahoro, about 10 miles north of the regional capital, Goma, a sp
  
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• Clear-up of Israel's coastline after oil spill continues

  22-02-2021 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Volunteers are working to clean up what officials say is Israel's worst environmental disaster in recent years.
  
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• 'It'll take decades to clean': oil spill ravages east Mediterranean

  22-02-2021 19:16
  
  Israel is reeling from a disastrous tar slick, while oily sand has been found in southern LebanonAt first sight there are few obvious signs of the oil spill on the Mediterranean beach. Wooden parasols stand solitary in the sand, while a few runners make their way along the waterline, enjoying the winter sun.“The beach looks OK, but it’s all underneath,” says a volunteer, sitting at a water station on the boardwalk. “It’ll take decades to clean.” Continue readi
  
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• EU FURY: German party turns on Brussels over vaccine farce - ‘Undermines trust!’

  22-02-2021 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE European Union has come under attack from one of Germany's leading political parties the CSU, who have lashed out at the late orders of Covid vaccines and slow payments of aid from the coronavirus recovery fund.
  
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• Israel oil spill one of ‘worst ecological disasters’ to hit country

  22-02-2021 19:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is believed oil came from a passing ship
  
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• Iran warns it could dramatically increase uranium enrichment

  22-02-2021 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran’s Supreme Leader says country could enrich plutonium up to 60 per cent purity
  
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• ‘Ideology on a plate’: Row after French city takes meat off menu for schoolchildren

  22-02-2021 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lyon mayor insists meat-free menu only implemented amid coronavirus crisis
  
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• Virginia lawmakers approve bill to end use of death penalty in state with the most executions in US history

  22-02-2021 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The governor of Virginia was expected to sign a bill that will end the use of the death penalty after state lawmakers gave the legislation their final approval on Monday.
  
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• Tiffany's ends $7m per year lease with Trump Organisation

  22-02-2021 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The five story space at the foot of Trump Tower is known for its previous tenant, Nike
  
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• US under attack: Rockets fired in Iraq sparking war fears – 'outlaw group' blamed

  22-02-2021 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE US Embassy in Baghdad has come under attack with rockets fired in Iraq's capital, it has emerged this evening
  
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• Michelle Obama taken in by George W Bush's twins during 'abnormal' White House stay

  22-02-2021 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MICHELLE OBAMA was "taken under the wing of George W Bush's twins" as she and her young family adjusted to the "abnormal conditions" afforded to those staying in the White House.
  
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• The rehabilitation of Iron Felix: Russia to vote on restoring statue of once dreaded KGB founder

  22-02-2021 18:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Toppled by protestors after the 1991 attempted coup, the statue of the man who founded the Soviet secret police could soon be restored, reports Oliver Carroll in Moscow
  
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• Narcotic detector dog sniffs out cocaine covered cornflakes in Ohio

  22-02-2021 18:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘That’s not Frosted Flakes,’customs authorities joked
  
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• Australia’s oldest rock painting is 17,000-year-old picture of jumping kangaroo

  22-02-2021 17:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Radiocarbon dating of wasp nests reveals ancient origins of image
  
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• What is the science behind plans to relax England's lockdown?

  22-02-2021 17:44
  
  A quick guide to the scientific underpinnings, advice and evidence behind the roadmap for relaxing Covid restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWith the government announcing a roadmap for lifting coronavirus restrictions in England, we look at the scientific underpinnings, advice and evidence behind the changes. Continue reading...
  
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• China’s ‘Sexy Tea Shop’ recalls offensive merchandise that referred to women as ‘bargains’

  22-02-2021 17:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The tea store earlier used image of a tadpole alongside theslogan ‘Master, I want you’
  
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• Trophy hunter poses with ‘Valentine’s gift’ giraffe heart during shooting trip

  22-02-2021 17:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’m absolutely over the moon with my BIG present,’ says South African farm owner
  
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• Sixth night of violence in Barcelona amid protests over arrest of rapper

  22-02-2021 17:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 95 people arrested across Spain since Tuesday, police say
  
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• Merkel crisis: Fury as 100 CDU officials meet indoors with no masks - 'Double standards!'

  22-02-2021 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANGELA MERKEL and her CDU party are under fire after members flocked to a regional congress meeting where they were photographed without facemasks and failing to observe social distancing measures.
  
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• Women in Saudi Arabia allowed to join military

  22-02-2021 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military jobs previously open only to men will now be made available to women, said Saudi’s defence ministry
  
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• World Champion skateboarder facing charges for hosting possible Covid super-spreader party

  22-02-2021 17:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Four other people face similar charges, reportedly for secret New Years Eve Party and repeated gatherings at Fairfax establishment with covered windows
  
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• EU's 'nuclear option’ against Poland and Hungary dismissed as 'dead-end mechanism'

  22-02-2021 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE EUROPEAN UNION's "nuclear option" against Poland and Hungary has been dismissed as a "dead-end mechanism" as, since it was triggered, there have not been any serious consequences.
  
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• World Champion skateboarder facing charges for hosting possible Covid superspreader party

  22-02-2021 16:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Four other people face similar charges, reportedly for secret New Years Eve Party and repeated gatherings at Fairfax establishment with covered windows
  
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• Daft Punk, French electronic music duo, split up after 28 years

  22-02-2021 16:30
  
  Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo do not explain end of collaboration that produced hits including Get Lucky and One More TimeDaft Punk, the French duo whose sci-fi aesthetic and euphoric sense of pop transformed electronic music, have split up.They announced the split with a YouTube video featuring a clip from their film Electroma, featuring an intertitle with the dates 1993-2021. Their publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the split to Pitchfork, but did not elaborate. Continue re
  
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• DISPATCH: Covering loss, even as it comes to your own door

  22-02-2021 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a wrenching coincidence that seemed made for 2020, one journalist lost both her grandmothers in four months last year
  
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• Fake snow? Conspiracy theory claims Texas weather ‘government-generated’

  22-02-2021 16:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  TikTok users attempt to prove recent snowfall ‘synthetic’ and part of sinister state plot
  
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• Spanish police rescue migrants hidden in waste containers – video

  22-02-2021 15:52
  
  Spanish authorities have rescued several people who had been hiding in recycling containers in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the tip of Morocco, where each year thousands of migrants attempt to reach the Spanish mainland from northern Africa. Footage released by Spain's Guardia Civil shows individuals partially buried in a container of glass bottles and another inside a bag of toxic ashPeople hide among broken glass and toxic ash in attempt to reach EuropeContinue reading...
  
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• Man rescues 500 people on icy Texas roads amid historic freeze

  22-02-2021 15:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘At 434 cars, I stopped counting. So many people are still stranded’
  
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• Marine Le Pen's advisor lifts lid on Brexit talks as he claims fishing 'not on EU agenda'

  22-02-2021 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  MARINE LE PEN's special adviser has told Express.co.uk French interests were not safeguarded during the Brexit talks, particularly when it came to fishing - an issue, which despite receiving a lot of attention in the press, was "not high" on the EU's agenda.
  
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• Amanda Seyfried is not taking this moment for granted

  22-02-2021 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amanda Seyfried has been working for two decades, getting leading roles in enormously successful films like “Mamma Mia!”
  
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• ‘I screamed their names’: Mother describes losing three children in fire during Texas freeze

  22-02-2021 14:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The children’s grandmother also died in the fire
  
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• Vatican civil war: Benedict silenced as Cardinal dubbed 'thorn in side to Francis' resigns

  22-02-2021 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Vatican could be plunged into a row after one of Benedict's leading supporters, Cardinal Robert Sarah, saw his resignation from the church accepted by Pope Francis after once being described as a "thorn" in the Argentine's side.
  
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• China claims Tibet and Xinjiang are ‘shining examples’ of human rights ‘progress’

  22-02-2021 14:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  China said that the country is always committed to protecting and promoting human rights
  
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