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• Priyanka Dewan: The roller-skating star who beat disability stigma

  24-02-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Since taking up skating at the age of eight, Priyanka Dewan has become an international champion.
  
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• Pope Francis arrives in Iraq and calls for an end to divisions, amid huge security operation

  05-03-2021 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Francis says trip is an ‘act of love’ for Iraq’s Christian population decimated by militant attacks and the Isis takeover of much of the country
  
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• No winners: UK waits for Harry, Meghan take on royal split

  05-03-2021 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The timing couldn’t be worse for Harry and Meghan
  
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• Dr. Fauci calls relaxation of Covid rules in Texas and Mississippi ‘inexplicable’

  05-03-2021 16:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  “I don’t know why they’re doing it, but it certainly from a public health standpoint is ill advised,” a visibly dejected Dr. Fauci says
  
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• Biden says Indian-Americans ‘taking over’ US on call with Nasa project chief

  05-03-2021 16:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Indian-American scientist, Dr Swati Mohan, was the guidance and controls operations lead on the mission which successfully landed the newest rover, Perseverance
  
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• Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have barely spoken since leaving the White House: report

  05-03-2021 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  It remains unclear whether the former president has given his son-in-law the boot from his political inner circle, or if the 40-year-old chose to take some time off himself
  
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• Trump State Department aide charged with assault at Capitol

  05-03-2021 16:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  A former State Department aide in President Donald Trump’s administration has been charged with participating in the deadly Capitol siege and assaulting officers
  
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• German TV director charged with rape in prominent MeToo case

  05-03-2021 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Munich prosecutors say they have formally charged one of Germany’s best-known TV directors and scriptwriters with raping an aspiring actress almost 25 years ago
  
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• Majority of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of coronavirus pandemic, poll says

  05-03-2021 16:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Overall, 60 per cent of Americans approve of the president’s job performance since taking office in January
  
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• Malaysian authorities urged to take death threats against trans Muslim entrepreneur seriously

  05-03-2021 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nur Sajat is believed to have gone into hiding following failure to appear in Sharia court last month
  
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• Women’s rights ‘rolled back’ in EU by Covid crisis

  05-03-2021 16:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There is already ample evidence that the hard-won achievements of past years have been ‘rolled back’... progress on women’s rights is hard won but easily lost’
  
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• Former zoo employee sentenced for trafficking endangered Galapagos tortoises

  05-03-2021 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joshua Taylor Lucas of Austin, Texas, admitted in court on Wednesday that he stole several tortoise hatchlings
  
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• Biden news - live: Trump faces new Capitol riot lawsuit as president plans public pitch for Covid relief plan

  05-03-2021 15:50 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Biden signals support to replace war power authority

  05-03-2021 15:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday signaled support to replace decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East, a little more than a week after he relied on the authorizations to carry out a retaliatory airstrike in eastern Syria
  
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• Trump state department staffer arrested on Capitol riot charges

  05-03-2021 15:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  FBI claim defendant was employed by State Department and possessed Top Secret security clearance
  
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• House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot

  05-03-2021 15:23 via independent.co.uk
  Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment, has filed a lawsuit against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January’s insurrection
  
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• Greenpeace activists break onto runway and spray paint plane green

  05-03-2021 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protest seeks to draw attention to France’s widely criticised climate bill
  
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• Coronavirus live: Germany urges caution over blocking vaccine delivery to Australia; Czech hospitals critical

  05-03-2021 15:19 via theguardian.com
  
  German health minister warns against ‘short-term win’; Czech Republic asks Germany, Switzerland and Poland for help after hospitals reach critical levelWHO chief backs patent waiver to boost vaccine production
  UK scientist says ‘substantial’ degree of mortality inevitable in futureGreat apes given Covid vaccines after outbreak at San Diego zooAustralia requests review of Italy’s block of vaccine exportUK coronavirus updates – live2.12pm GMT The UK variant now
  
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• Mail on Sunday must publish front-page Meghan statement, court rules

  05-03-2021 15:17 via theguardian.com
  
  High court makes ruling after Duchess of Sussex’s victory in copyright claim against paper The Mail On Sunday must publish a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex’s victory in her copyright claim against the newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father, the High Court has ruled.More follows … Continue reading...
  
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• Senate debates as Republicans attempt to derail $1.9tn Covid relief bill – live

  05-03-2021 15:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Senate will begin vote-a-rama on relief bill after three-hour debatePoll: Biden has 60% approval ratingUS gains 379,000 jobs as more states reopenWhite House defends Biden’s ‘Neanderthal thinking’ commentStudy: rightwing ‘super-spreaders’ fueled bulk of election falsehoodsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email2.14pm GMT This is Joan Greve in Washington, taking over for Martin Belam.The Senate is now beginning its three hours of debate ove
  
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• Missouri teachers under fire for photograph spelling out racial slur in giant letters

  05-03-2021 15:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There are no consequences for people’s actions, and that is demoralising’, says parent
  
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• Police find alligator in ‘poorly-secured tank’ during drugs raid on California home

  05-03-2021 14:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police learned during a narcotics investigation that the suspect involved ‘may be in possession of an alligator’
  
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• Bad Luck Banging goes all the way with top prize at Berlin film festival

  05-03-2021 14:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Radu Jude’s provocative satire takes Golden Bear while Maren Eggert wins gala’s inaugural gender-neutral acting awardThe provocative Romanian film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival, capping the truncated 2021 virtual edition of the event.Directed by Radu Jude, Bad Luck Banging is a satirical parable about a teacher who is put up before a tribunal after a sex tape is illicitly leaked on to the internet. In a three-star review, Guardian
  
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• Moldova is first European country to receive Covid vaccines from WHO equality scheme

  05-03-2021 14:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  COVAX vaccines have also been delivered to Cambodia, Nigeria and others
  
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• Swiss to vote on banning face veils in ‘Islamophobic’ referendum

  05-03-2021 14:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Polls suggest voters will back the move for a ban in Sunday’s vote, reports Samuel Osborne
  
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• The Latest: AP poll: Americans back Biden's virus response

  05-03-2021 14:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden has a 60% approval rating of his job performance from Americans and even more backing for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Rethink or reset? Joe Biden's dilemma over Mohammed bin Salman

  05-03-2021 14:33 via theguardian.com
  
  US president has chosen to ‘recalibrate’ relations with Saudi Arabia, but some say a rupture is requiredIn late 2019, as Joe Biden stood on a debate stage and boldly vowed to make Saudi Arabia a pariah if he was elected president, a little known former aide and Middle East expert was examining what exactly a “progressive” post-Trump stance towards the oil-rich kingdom might look like.Daniel Benaim, a policy wonk who had worked for Biden as a speechwriter, and Hillary Clin
  
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• 'There is no bomb': what I learned taking a polygraph test

  05-03-2021 14:27 via theguardian.com
  
  As the government plans to extend the use of lie detectors to terrorism and domestic abuse, our science editor puts himself in the hot seat“Did you plant the bomb?” It’s not a question I’ve been asked before but I’m comfortable enough denying it. Truth is – I didn’t plant a bomb. I planted a pretend bomb – a shoebox filled with webcams and wires – and I’m relying on my physiology to share the pedantic, but surely relevant, distinction.
  
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• How to eat: toast and jam

  05-03-2021 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  It is the simplest of comfort foods, but does the strawberry topping deserve its popularity? Which bread is best? And how should we punish those who get butter in the jar?Politically, it is said, Britain tolerates endless promises of jam tomorrow, never demanding jam today. But now the country has seized its own destiny – at least in the literal matter of jam.Rewind to 2019 and jam was over. Dying. In terminal decline. Jam was as cool as a tweeting a laugh-cry emoji about the state of King
  
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• YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military

  05-03-2021 14:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 50 people have died in the country since the military seized power, with 38 killed on Wednesday
  
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