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• Coronavirus live: Portugal U-turns on allowing travel to Spain; Bangladesh imposes week-long lockdown

  04-04-2021 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Portugal extends restrictions on travel via land and sea to Spain; non-essential retail and transport services shut will also shut in BangladeshEngland to launch nine ‘vaccine passport’ pilots from mid-AprilPope Francis says crisis remains severe, especially for the poorBoris Johnson to give go-ahead for trials of Covid passportsSee all our coronavirus coverage 10.51pm BST David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters look at why deaths in England and Wales during the week ending on 19 Mar
  
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• Two-week old baby dies after pram hit by car on pavement

  04-04-2021 23:45 via theguardian.com
  
  BMW is understood to have been involved in a collision with another car in Brownhills, West MidlandsA two-week-old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car on the pavement.West Midlands police said they believed a BMW had been in a collision with another car in Brownhills area before hitting the pram at about 4pm on Easter Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Four people critically injured in Hawkesbury River boat explosion

  04-04-2021 23:41 via theguardian.com
  
  At least eight people were on the vessel north of Sydney when it caught fire on Sunday afternoonA boat has exploded on the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, leaving four people fighting for life with critical burns.Eight people suffered burns and smoke inhalation in the explosion at Brooklyn near Danger Island on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour calls for changes to lobbying law after Greensill row

  04-04-2021 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Party says rules should be widened to include ‘in-house’ roles such as that carried out by David CameronThe law must be changed to prevent the type of lobbying undertaken by David Cameron on behalf of the financier Lex Greensill, Labour has argued, after more details emerged about the extent of Greensill’s influence inside Cameron’s government.Only external lobbyists who deal with the government are required to be on a formal industry register, and not so-called “in
  
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• Florida faces 'imminent' pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pond

  04-04-2021 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Millions of gallons of toxic wastewater pumped into Tampa BayGovernor DeSantis at scene as ‘20ft wall of water’ is fearedWork crews were pumping millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater into an ecologically sensitive Florida bay on Sunday, as they tried to prevent the “imminent” collapse of a storage reservoir at an old phosphate mine.Officials in Manatee county extended an evacuation zone overnight and warned that up to 340m gallons could engulf the area in “
  
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• Biden news: Trump blasts ‘crazies’ in Easter message, as president’s son accuses him of ‘smears’

  04-04-2021 23:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  White House officials push sweeping infrastructure plan as Covid-19 vaccinations spike to 4 million daily jabs
  
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• Biden gives Johnson & Johnson control of factory that ruined 15 million vaccine doses

  04-04-2021 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  A contractor called Emergent BioSolutions had previously run the facility
  
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• Former police officer who texted ‘we stormed the Capitol’ arrested

  04-04-2021 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Lee Hardin of Salt Lake City texted photo of himself smiling next to Abraham Lincoln statue, Justice Department records show
  
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• Ethiopia is fighting 'difficult and tiresome' guerrilla war in Tigray, says PM

  04-04-2021 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Abiy Ahmed had previously declared operations against insurgents a rapid and decisive successEthiopian military forces are now fighting a “difficult and tiresome” guerrilla war in the northern Tigray region, prime minister Abiy Ahmed has admitted.His comments mark a sharp break with previous insistence that military operations launched in November had been a rapid and decisive success. Continue reading...
  
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• Rewilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement

  04-04-2021 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buildings covered in plants do more than just make the cityscape attractive – they contribute to human wellbeing and action on climate changeOur cities are dominated by glass-faced edifices that overheat like greenhouses then guzzle energy to cool down. Instead, we could have buildings that are intimately connected to the living systems that have evolved with us, that celebrate the human-nature connection that is central to our wellbeing.As more of us in Australia live in urban areas and o
  
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• Re-wilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement

  04-04-2021 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buildings covered in plants do more than just make the cityscape attractive – they contribute to human wellbeing, biodiversity, and action on climate changeOur cities are dominated by glass-faced edifices that overheat like greenhouses then guzzle energy to cool down. Instead, we could have buildings that are intimately connected to the living systems that have evolved with us, that celebrate the human-nature connection that is central to our wellbeing.As more of us in Australia live in ur
  
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• ‘Character assassination’: George Floyd’s brother dismisses Derek Chauvin defence’s focus on drugs

  04-04-2021 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Derek Chauvin put an overdose of his knee on his neck for nine minutes,’ Philonise Floyd says
  
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• Ilhan Omar voices support for MLB’s Georgia protest: ‘Apartheid ended in South Africa because of boycotts’

  04-04-2021 20:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We know that boycotts have allowed for justice to be delivered in many spaces’
  
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• Who needs Twitter? Trump wishes happy Easter to 'radical left crazies'

  04-04-2021 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-president marks holy day with brief, abusive statementTrump ‘money bomb’ raised millions from unwitting donorsDonald Trump is reportedly working on a social media platform of his own, after being banned from Twitter and Facebook for inciting the Capitol riot. Related: Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump's empire of disinformation?Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Pipes are infrastructure’: Pete Buttigieg hits back at pro-Trump governor’s criticism of Biden plan

  04-04-2021 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You need water to live, and too many families now live with the threat of lead poisoning’
  
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• Bubble or boom? Why ultra-low interest rates mean house prices may never bust

  04-04-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New Zealand may have moved to curb rising prices but could cheap money have permanently rewritten the rules?It’s hard to disagree with the New Zealand government’s recent assessment that the country’s runaway housing market has moved from mere boom to a bubble that endangers the whole economy. Prices rose a staggering 23% over the past year, putting home ownership way beyond most people not already on the fabled ladder – younger, first-time buyers especially. If it walks
  
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• Bernard Tapie: Former French minister and Adidas tycoon tied up and beaten in violent burglary

  04-04-2021 19:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Break-in comes weeks before years-long legal battle over €400m payout resumes
  
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• Covid certificates on the cards for use in England since December

  04-04-2021 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Report shows government was considering plan months before ministers went publicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA government-commissioned report in December examined how Covid certificates could be used to decide whether people should be allowed into sports events, pubs and other crowded spaces, months before ministers publicly confirmed the plan.A document prepared for NHS test and trace and seen by the Guardian shows that the research also looked into whether
  
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• Republicans claim Biden $2tn infrastructure plan a partisan tax hike

  04-04-2021 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  President proposes environmental measures and tax risesMississippi governor cites Green New Deal, a GOP bogeyRepublicans opposed to Joe Biden’s proposed $2tn infrastructure bill claimed on Sunday that it was effectively a partisan tax hike that allocated too much money to electric vehicles and other environmental initiatives. Related: Florida faces 'imminent' pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pondContinue reading...
  
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• Jill Biden pranks staff on Air Force One as FLOTUS disguised herself as a waitress

  04-04-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JILL BIDEN pranked staff and journalists on Air Force One in mysterious disguise during a flight from California to Washington.
  
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• Jordan accuses Prince Hamzah of plot to destabilise kingdom

  04-04-2021 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The king's half-brother sought to mobilise tribal leaders against the government, the deputy PM says.
  
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• The Guardian view on Podemos: desperately seeking lost momentum | Editorial

  04-04-2021 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Ten years after the indignados took to the streets, the fortunes of their political heirs are flaggingSpain’s regional elections in May 2011 were a lively affair, to say the least. As post-crash austerity led to soaring unemployment and abject poverty for millions, the indignados movement was born, filling Madrid and other cities with protesters night after night. It was out of this ferment of discontent and anti-capitalist idealism that the Podemos party was born, quickly rivalling and br
  
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• Taiwan train crash: Lorry boss offers 'deep remorse'

  04-04-2021 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some 50 people died in Friday's crash, which was caused by a vehicle slipping onto the tracks.
  
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• Florida declares state of emergency over toxic wastewater leak

  04-04-2021 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 300 homes in the Tampa Bay area have been ordered to be evacuated.
  
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• Iran spy TV show ignites controversy for 2nd season

  04-04-2021 19:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  A controversial Iranian TV spy thriller is once again generating buzz in the Islamic Republic
  
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• Hunter Biden says MAGA harassment stemmed from Trump’s fear he’d lose re-election

  04-04-2021 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  In his new memoir, president’s son says Republicans stalked him and his family at their home and sent a threatening text to his daughter
  
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• Jordan's government accuses Prince Hamzah of plot to destabilise country

  04-04-2021 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Deputy PM says authorities intercepted communications between prince and foreign partiesA senior Jordanian official has claimed authorities foiled a “malicious plot” at the “zero hour”, as a new round of arrests reached the closest aide to Prince Hamzah, the royal alleged to have unsuccessfully conspired to oust his half-brother, King Abdullah, in a weekend coup.The foreign minister and deputy prime minister, Ayman Safadi, said on Sunday that the country’s intellige
  
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• Bleak future for Crawley a year after first Covid lockdown

  04-04-2021 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  The town in the shadow of Gatwick airport hopes the worst of the pandemic is over but fears for its jobsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe differences with the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic are stark in Crawley. Plenty of people are milling around Queens Square in the town centre, enjoying the early spring sun, even though most of the shops remain closed; some permanently.In the West Sussex town close to Gatwick airport, hopes are rising that the worst d
  
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• Minneapolis ‘on edge’ over outcome of Derek Chauvin trial, Ilhan Omar says

  04-04-2021 17:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Omar: ‘We are all eagerly awaiting to see how trial shakes out’Chauvin trial, week one: vivid testimony and focus on forceAs the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd headed into its second week, the Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar said residents remain “on edge” about the outcome. Related: George Floyd's girlfriend shared his opioids pain – Derek Chauvin refused to see itContinue reading...
  
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• French tycoon Bernard Tapie tied up and beaten in burglary

  04-04-2021 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Former owner of Adidas and his wife attacked during raid in Combs-la-Ville near ParisThe former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, once the owner of Adidas, was attacked along with his wife during a night-time burglary of their home, police have said.The couple were asleep when four men broke into the house in Combs-la-Ville near Paris around 12.30am local time on Sunday, beat them and tied them up with electrical cords before making off with stolen goods. Continue reading.
  
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• EU on brink: Sweden told to grasp 'golden opportunity' and curtail bloc ties for UK deal

  04-04-2021 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE EUROPEAN UNION was under threat after a panel of politicians and academics demanded the likes of Sweden and Denmark "curtail" their links to Brussels, and grasp the "golden opportunity" to create their own "custom-made" agreement with partners like the UK.
  
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• Bernie Sanders pushes Biden to go big on infrastructure as White House tells GOP to ‘come to the table’

  04-04-2021 17:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Now chairman of influential Senate Budget Committee, progressive senator argues Biden’s $2 trillion plan must invest in ‘human infrastructure’
  
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• Trump accidentally sanctioned Italian restaurant instead of Venezuelan oil firm during final days in office

  04-04-2021 17:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘When you move that fast, you tend to make mistakes’
  
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• India Covid: Maharashtra state to see curfew and weekend lockdown

  04-04-2021 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On Sunday the state recorded more than half of India's 93,249 new cases.
  
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• Biden news –live: Trump blasts ‘crazies’ in Easter message, as president’s son accuses him of ‘smears’

  04-04-2021 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Man allegedly steals police patrol car with hands cuffed behind his back

  04-04-2021 16:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suspect reportedly drove car until he ran out of gas an hour later
  
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• Dubai police arrest group over ‘lewd’ video of naked women

  04-04-2021 16:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Public indecency in UAE is punishable with prison time and fine of up to Dh5,000 (£985)
  
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• Officer injured in Capitol attack released from hospital to cheers as lawmakers debate security measures

  04-04-2021 16:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  US Capitol Police officer Kenny Shaver was released from hospital to cheers from supporters on 3 April after a suspect rammed a car into a police barricade outside the US Capitol.
  
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• Jordan’s Prince Hamza plotted with ‘foreign parties’ to destabilise country, says deputy PM

  04-04-2021 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  It comes after Hamza’s mother, Queen Noor, claimed the allegations were ‘wicked slander’
  
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• If you like salmon, don't read this: the art duo exposing a booming £1bn market

  04-04-2021 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Farmed salmon can end up deformed, blind, riddled with sea lice and driven to eat each other. Eco art activists Cooking Sections are highlighting their plight – and getting Tate to change its menusA few months back, a book arrived in the post – tiny, not much larger than a bank card. Though the cover was grey, its pages were a riot of pinks, from deepest persimmon to pale rose. Printed on them were dense, technical essays referencing everything from fish farming to Adam Smith’s
  
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• Out of the shadows: UAE’s Jewish community thrives after political agreement

  04-04-2021 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The normalisation of relations between UAE and Israel is having a marked impact on the lives of ordinary people, reports Bel Trew in Dubai
  
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• Andrew Neil eviscerates Macron over claims he is 'seething Brexit didn't collapse UK'

  04-04-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANDREW NEIL has torn into Emmanuel Macron and backed up claims the under-fire French President is "seething at Britain not collapsing after Brexit".
  
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• Plea to ease Covid maternity rules as women continue to get bad news alone

  04-04-2021 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  But Not Maternity Alliance says postcode lottery remains despite guidance issued in DecemberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe majority of women who have received bad news about their pregnancy since December were on their own at the time, despite the NHS ordering trusts to allow partners to be present throughout scans, labour and birth, the Guardian can reveal.An alliance of pregnancy rights campaigners have written to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, urgin
  
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• Trump rants at ‘crazies’ and repeats false election claims in bizarre Easter message

  04-04-2021 15:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The final sentence reads: ‘Happy Easter!’
  
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• Turkey: Ex-admirals derided for statement on straits treaty

  04-04-2021 15:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  A group of more than 100 retired Turkish admirals have come under fire over a statement that government officials tied to past military coups in Turkey
  
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• Tutankhamun's warning IGNORED as 22 mummies moved in Cairo - concern over curse

  04-04-2021 14:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EGYPT has moved 22 pharaohs to a new home in a bizarre multi-million dollar ceremony - which could be cursed.
  
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• More than 420,000 Irish passports issued in Britain since Brexit vote, official figures show

  04-04-2021 14:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fewer than 50,000 were issued in 2015
  
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• Back in black: Spanish region summons Goya home to stem decline

  04-04-2021 14:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Area around Fuendetodos will recreate artists’ Black Paintings venue as it marks his 275th birthdayTwo hundred years after he covered the walls of his house near Madrid with febrile visions of Saturn devouring his son, a witches’ sabbath and a slowly drowning dog, Francisco de Goya has been summoned home to help reverse the fortunes of the poor, remote and underpopulated Spanish region where he was born in 1746.The painter, printmaker and fascinated, appalled chronicler of war, cruel
  
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• Russia v Ukraine: Crisis looms as Kiev teams up with NATO for drills - Putin sent warning

  04-04-2021 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UKRAINE's armed forces have said joint military drills with NATO troops would begin in a few months' time in a move which is likely to infuriate Russia's President Vladimir Putin and stoke already heightened tensions with Moscow, which has expressed its opposition to the idea.
  
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• New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan

  04-04-2021 13:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two months into his job, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is forging a fresh path for his Cabinet role and in his life that could bridge gaps with Republicans when it comes to President Joe Biden’s agenda
  
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