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• UK trade union leaders call on 6m members to vote against Brexit

  05-06-2016 23:30
  General secretaries of Unite, Unison, GMB and Usdaw warn leaving the EU would allow a Tory government to dismantle worker rightsThe leaders of Britain’s biggest trade unions have issued a plea to 6 million members to vote to stay in the EU, warning that leaving would allow a Tory government to dismantle hard-won worker rights around parenting, holiday and equality.In a joint intervention, the general secretaries of Unite, Unison, the GMB and Usdaw were among 10 trade union leaders warning
  
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• Roy Hodgson rejects call for England to be cynical as team head for France

  05-06-2016 23:30
  
  • Wayne Rooney has said England need to develop nastiness
  • Hodgson: ‘I won’t be spending time teaching players to feign injury’Roy Hodgson takes his England team to Euro 2016 on Monday insisting he wants them to resist any temptation to be “cynical” and there is no need to develop the streetwise edge Wayne Rooney has said the team should adopt. Related: Wayne Rooney: ‘This England squad has potential to be the best I’ve played in’Continu
  
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• VIDEO: Lab tries to grow human organs inside pigs

  05-06-2016 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.
  
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• Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs - BBC News

  05-06-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs
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  Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs. They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras. The embryos are part of research aimed at overcoming the worldwide ...
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• Saudi Arabia draft reform plan approved by economic council

  05-06-2016 23:08
  
  Proposal will go before the cabinet on Monday and wider details of Vision 2030 reforms expected to be announced Saudi Arabia’s National Transformation Plan, a pivotal element of the Vision 2030 reforms announced in April by deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, will be put before the cabinet for approval on Monday, a senior Saudi source told Reuters.The plan is expected to flesh out sector-by-sector details of the implementation of prince Mohammed’s programme, which is intended to
  
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• Great white shark suspected of killing Perth diver to be hunted

  05-06-2016 23:05
  
  Western Australia Department of Fisheries sets drum lines to catch and kill shark reported to be be between three and six metres longA great white shark suspected of killing a 60-year-old diver in Perth’s north is being hunted.The woman was diving with a 43-year-old man one kilometre offshore from Mindarie marina just before midday on Sunday when she was mauled. Continue reading...
  
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• Glastonbury plans final encore for David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy

  05-06-2016 23:00
  
  Organisers of this year’s festival say hundreds of tributes to the three stars will be staged throughout the eventHundreds of tributes celebrating the music of David Bowie, Prince and Motörhead’s Lemmy will be staged during this month’s Glastonbury festival as the Somerset event morphs into a rolling commemoration of three rock stars who passed away since Christmas.Organisers have revealed that they are finalising “participatory aspects” for the 177,000 sellout
  
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• Muhammad Ali up close and personal from inside the boxing fraternity - The Guardian

  05-06-2016 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
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  Muhammad Ali up close and personal from inside the boxing fraternity
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  Larry Holmes, left, recalled with a twinge of regret his fight against Muhammad Ali in 1980. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive. Guardian sport. Sunday 5 June 2016 16.53 EDT Last modified on Sunday 5 June 2016 17.17 EDT. Share on Facebook ...
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• Mid-air skydiving collision kills experienced jumper and injures another

  05-06-2016 22:52
  
  Bond Springer, 32, of Florida, dies during skydiving event in South CarolinaThe other skydiver landed safely but with a broken legDeputies in South Carolina said on Sunday a skydiver collided with another skydiver in midair before falling about 14,000ft to his death.Local media outlets reported that the body of 32-year-old Bond Springer, of Boca Raton, Florida, was found near Skydive Carolina, a skydiving business in Chester County. Continue reading...
  
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• Mike Ashley Decides He Will Appear Before MPs

  05-06-2016 22:18
  
  Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has said he will appear in front of MPs, having previously said he was not able to. The Sports Direct boss faces a grilling by the Commons Business, Innovation and Skills committee over the treatment of workers at his leisurewear group. He said he has decided that a "lengthy legal battle would be of no benefit to either of us".
  
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• Former BHS owner Arcadia Group agreed to protect business

  05-06-2016 22:02
  
  Sir Philip Green’s company insisted on three protective covenants before selling BHS to Retail Acquisitions, the Guardian understandsRetail Acquisitions, the former owner of BHS, pledged to keep all funds in the business and plough any proceeds from the sale of the group’s properties into its day-to-day running until a deal had been struck on the future of the BHS pension scheme, the Guardian understands. Related: How Britain fell out of love with BHS – timelineContinue reading
  
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• Muslims prepare for holy month of Ramadan, begins Monday - UPI.com

  05-06-2016 22:00 via upi.com
  
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  Muslims prepare for holy month of Ramadan, begins Monday
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  Iranian women pray during an Eid-al-Fitr celebration in 2013. The Eid-al-Fitr festival marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Ramadan will begin this year at the first sighting of the new moon, which will likely be Monday. File ...
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• Belfast: loyalist charged with two murders during Troubles

  05-06-2016 21:39
  
  Winston ‘Winkie’ Rea is accused of killing two men – one in 1989, the other in 1991 – based on evidence obtained from Boston College history projectA prominent Ulster loyalist who was interviewed for a controversial history project at Boston College in the US has been charged with two sectarian murders.Winston “Winkie” Rae will appear in Belfast magistrates court on Monday morning charged with murdering two Catholic men in 1989 and 1991. Continue reading...
  
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• Mo Farah breaks Dave Moorcroft’s British record for 3,000 metres

  05-06-2016 21:27
  
  • Mile and 800m records will complete the domestic set
  • Greg Rutherford suffers whiplash finishing fifth in long jumpMo Farah shadowboxed on the start line in tribute to his hero Muhammad Ali – and then produced a knockout performance to break another British record.This time it was Dave Moorcroft’s 3,000 metres best, which has been gathering dust since 1982. But Farah had to dig deep, pushing on when he thought it was beyond him and producing a driving last lap of 59 seco
  
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• Chris Coleman calm after Wales get ‘slap in the face’ from Sweden

  05-06-2016 21:27
  
  • Manager describes his team as ‘naive’ in 3-0 defeat
  • Wales have won one of seven matches in Euro 2016 run-upChris Coleman described Wales’s emphatic defeat in Sweden as “a little slap in the face” before the European Championship finals in France and a reminder that there is no room for complacency.Wales were comprehensively beaten 3-0 six days before their opening game against Slovakia at Euro 2016 and Coleman acknowledged that the performance was well
  
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• Murray Loses To Djokovic In French Open Final

  05-06-2016 21:16
  
  Andy Murray has been beaten in the final of the French Open by Novak Djokovic. The world number two was trying to become the first British man to win the tournament since Fred Perry 81 years ago. But despite a strong start, the Scotsman was unable to cope with the Serbian's top class form.
  
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• Martin Rowson on John Major, the Tories and the EU – cartoon

  05-06-2016 21:13
  
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• Mexico elections: violence reported as states vote for new governors

  05-06-2016 20:58
  
  Officials in Veracruz – the biggest prize in the gubernatorial races – report home attack, kidnapping and threatening text messages warning people not to voteGovernment and political leaders reported scattered incidents of election-related violence in Mexico on Sunday, as 12 states voted for new governors. Related: Mexico elections cast light on governors – and state systems built on corruptionContinue reading...
  
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• Swiss voters reject proposal to give basic income to every adult and child

  05-06-2016 20:55
  
  Exit polls suggest 78% voted against scheme to give £1,765 a month to each adult, which supporters say would help fight poverty and inequalitySwiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give the entire population of the country enough money to live on, according to exit polls.A projection provided to the public broadcaster RTS said 78% had voted against all Swiss citizens, along with foreigners who have been residents in Switzerland for at least five years, being given a univer
  
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• Eddie Izzard Joins Calls To Reject Brexit

  05-06-2016 20:51
  
  Eddie Izzard has joined calls for people to vote for staying in the European Union in this month's referendum as he attended an awards ceremony.
  
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• Eden Hazard: ‘PSG not part of my plans because I feel good at Chelsea’

  05-06-2016 20:44
  
  • Hazard: ‘I don’t want to end on season as poor as 2015-16’
  • Midfielder eager to work under new Chelsea manager Antonio ConteEden Hazard said Paris Saint-Germain are not part of his plans and he intends to stay at Chelsea. The midfielder, who endured a dismal season at Stamford Bridge after being one of their leading lights in the 2014-15 title campaign, is determined to remain in London, despite continued interest from the French champions. Related: José Mou
  
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• Louisville, forever changed by Muhammad Ali, prepares to bury him

  05-06-2016 20:40
  
  In Kentucky they still remember the jovial, skinny kid who used to tell people he’d one day be the heavyweight champion of the world Louisville took the blow like a champ: still on its feet. Fists up. Still jawing. On Sunday morning at 22nd Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, the Reverend Larry Williams stood before the congregation at Zion Baptist Church and prayed: “We ask for strength for the family of the great Muhammad Ali.”Related: Shunned by white America, how Muhammad Al
  
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• Plane Passengers And Crew Injured By Turbulence

  05-06-2016 20:39
  
  Up to 34 passengers and six crew members on a Malaysia Airlines flight from London have been hurt after a plane was hit by turbulence, according to reports. The aircraft had 378 passengers on board at the time but managed to land safely at Kuala Lumpur. The airline released a statement saying "some passengers suffered minor injuries".
  
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• Woman Hurt After Plane Hits Cars At Airfield

  05-06-2016 20:34
  
  The former RAF aircraft had just taken-off from the runway at the private Brimpton Airfield near Reading, Berkshire before it crashed around 3pm. The woman was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire by air ambulance - the charity which the event was raising money for.
  
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• The Guardian view on Europe’s future: British scepticism must be in the mix | Editorial

  05-06-2016 20:20
  
  As the EU president has warned, the utopian phase is over. Practical engagement is needed for the sake of democracy and securityThe enlargement of the European Union to include countries formerly of the Warsaw Pact was an advance of democracy and the rule of law on a vast scale. That it happened peacefully on a continent whose history is dominated by national blood-feuding is all the more remarkable. The achievement is insufficiently cherished partly because it belongs to bureaucrats and politic
  
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• The Guardian view on Muhammad Ali: a life of bravery | Editorial

  05-06-2016 20:19
  
  Whether it was in the ring in his fights with Liston and Foreman, or in his defiance of the Vietnam draft and his public battle with Parkinson’s, Ali was the bravest of menThe tributes paid since his death was announced on Saturday have confirmed that for more than half a century Muhammad Ali was many things to many people in many lands. But if there was one quality that ran through his life like an unbroken thread, it was his bravery.Bravery is one of those ancient vir
  
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• Relic of Pope John Paul II stolen from Cologne Cathedral

  05-06-2016 20:17
  
  German police say glass container holding relic had been prised from base of statueA cloth with a drop of the late Pope John Paul II’s blood has been stolen from Cologne Cathedral, German police have said. Police said a visitor had noticed that the relic was missing on Sunday morning and had alerted a church official. The relic was held in a glass container at the base of a statue of John Paul II, who was leader of the Catholic church from 1978 until his death in 2005. Continue reading...
  
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• Three men hospitalised in 'targeted attack' in Glasgow

  05-06-2016 20:14
  
  Cardowan street turned into ‘war zone’ during ‘brazen’ disorder on Sunday afternoon Three men have been taken to hospital following a “targeted attack” that left cars ablaze on the streets of a Glasgow suburb.
  Witnesses described how the Frankfield Road, Cardowan, became a “war zone” after an altercation erupted between groups of males. One boy was seen “covered in blood” while two vans were burnt out on the residential road following t
  
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• VIDEO: Would Brexit have an impact on our holidays?

  05-06-2016 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports on what leaving might mean for the millions of us who go on holiday to EU countries each year.
  
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• Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley agrees to appear in front of MPs

  05-06-2016 20:05
  
  The businessman to appear before MPs on Tuesday to ‘defend the good name’ of the retailerMike Ashley will go before MPs to “defend the good name” of Sports Direct on Tuesday in a change of plan just days after he said he would defy a parliamentary summons.The billionaire founder of the retail chain has written to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee to say that he had a change of heart after careful consideration over the weekend. Continue reading...
  
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• Gianni Infantino rejects greed claims as Fifa infighting continues

  05-06-2016 20:01
  
  • President denies reports he requested a salary of more than 2m Swiss francs
  • Accuses former Fifa reformer Domenico Scala of ‘childish behaviour’Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, accused the man who masterminded reforms of football’s global body of “playground” behaviour and told Swiss newspapers that his salary, still to be confirmed, would be less than 2m Swiss francs ($2.05m).Infantino, elected three months ago to haul Fifa out of the worst graft
  
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• Spectator injured as Tiger Moth crashes at charity event

  05-06-2016 19:53
  
  Former RAF biplane collides with parked cars after coming down shortly after takeoff at Brimpton airfield in BerkshireA woman was airlifted to hospital after being injured when a Tiger Moth biplane crashed during takeoff at a private airfield.
  The former RAF plane was leaving a runway at the private Brimpton airfield near Reading in Berkshire when it came down shortly after becoming airborne at around 3pm and collided with parked cars. A female spectator in her 60s was injured and was taken to t
  
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• Derby glamour in sharp contrast to UK betting industry’s dark side

  05-06-2016 19:42
  
  Epsom’s big day was again vibrant and compelling but, away from the Downs, racing’s old association with Britain’s betting shops is increasingly being hit by odious FOBT gamingIn an important, disturbing and often distressing investigation for the Guardian last Tuesday Tom Lamont laid bare the grim reality of daily working life for the staff in many of Britain’s 9,000 betting shops. He detailed violence, intimidation and long, unsociable hours, often worked under the mode
  
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• Many Muslims to begin fasting for month of Ramadan on Monday - San Francisco Chronicle

  05-06-2016 19:27 via sfchronicle.com
  
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  Many Muslims to begin fasting for month of Ramadan on Monday
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  People offer evening prayer at a mosque ahead of the Muslim month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 5, 2016. Muslims across the world will be observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and ...
  Fasting for Ramadan won't be easy – it's the coffee I'll miss the mostThe Guardian
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• Windrush plays host to 33rd World Pooh Sticks Championships

  05-06-2016 19:21
  
  More than 500 sportsmen and women compete to become World Pooh Sticks Champion on river in OxfordshireHundreds of enthusiastic competitors travelled to a small river in the Oxfordshire countryside hoping to win one of the world’s most coveted sporting titles – World Pooh Sticks Champion.
  The river Windrush, in Witney, played host to the 33rd World Pooh Sticks Championships on Sunday, with more than 500 sportsmen and women of all ages taking to the bridge to drop their twigs. Continue
  
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• Italy goes to the polls in mayoral elections for largest cities

  05-06-2016 19:20
  
  Anti-establishment Five Star Movement could have breakthrough as popularity of prime minister, Matteo Renzi, is testedItalians have begun voting to choose mayors for the country’s largest cities in elections that will test the popularity of the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, and could produce a big breakthrough for the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.Related: Corruption gripes help Five Star Movement top Italy local election pollsContinue reading...
  
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• People taken to hospital after 'police incident' in glasgow - Daily Mail

  05-06-2016 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  People taken to hospital after 'police incident' in glasgow
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  A number of people have been taken to hospital after an "ongoing police incident" in the Stepps area of Glasgow. A large fire and clouds of smoke were visible in images of the scene, while another picture shows what appears to be two burnt-out vans.and more »
  
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• Nigel Farage: migrant sex attacks to be ‘nuclear bomb’ of EU referendum

  05-06-2016 19:03
  
  Ukip leader says women’s safety is an issue in vote on British membership, referring to New Year’s Eve attacks in CologneReferendum campaigners on both sides have criticised the suggestion by Ukip leader Nigel Farage that the possibility of sex attacks on women will be the “nuclear bomb” of the EU referendum campaign.Farage said he wanted to raise concerns over safety for women as an issue with Britain’s membership of the EU. Continue reading...
  
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• From Sharon Horgan to Jo Brand: women take the comedy throne at C4

  05-06-2016 19:02
  
  Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean plays it for laughs in Wasted as broadcaster unveils new seasonThe road between Westeros and Channel 4’s Horseferry Road headquarters is a well-travelled one. Sean Bean will play a thinly-veiled version of his Game of Thrones role, Ned Stark, in E4’s bong shop comedy, Wasted, while Kevin Eldon, who played a comedy Ned in the HBO series’ play within a TV show, will co-star in Jo Brand’s Channel 4 social worker sitcom, Damned. Coming soon: J
  
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• Sports Direct's Mike Ashley agrees to face MPs

  05-06-2016 19:00
  Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct , will answer questions in Britain's parliament about practices at the sports goods retailer on Tuesday, his spokesman said, signalling an end to a standoff between the billionaire and MPs. The lower house of parliament's Business, Innovation and Skills Committee summoned Ashley to attend, but the retail boss said he would only come if MPs first visited Sports Direct's warehouse in Shirebrook, central England, to see conditions for themselves. The commit
  
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• Mother wants inquiry into role of pollution in daughter's asthma death

  05-06-2016 18:49
  
  Lawyer for Rosamund Kissi-Debrah says government may be in breach of duty of care over death of nine-year-old in LondonA woman whose daughter died from an asthma attack wants an investigation to find out whether worsening air pollution in London contributed to the death.Ella Kissi-Debrah, nine, from Hither Green near the capital’s busy south circular road, died in February 2013.Continue reading...
  
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• Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley 'will go before MPs' - BBC News

  05-06-2016 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley 'will go before MPs'
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  Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley says he will now go before MPs to defend the firm's "good name". It reverses the billionaire's previous decision not to appear before the business, innovation and skills select committee on Tuesday to answer questions on ...
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• Anti-muzak campaigner enjoys the sound of silence inside M&S

  05-06-2016 18:36
  
  Nigel Rodgers and his group Pipedown quietly celebrate a rare victory in their war against piped music in public spacesStepping off a bustling Oxford Street into the Marks & Spencer flagship Marble Arch store, Nigel Rodgers stops, listens, then lets out a contented sigh.
  “Nothing,” he declares, with some satisfaction. “When noise is succeeded by silence, there is a sense of release.”Continue reading...
  
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• Fight for Fallujah will test Iraq's mettle to defeat Isis - Financial Times

  05-06-2016 18:34 via ft.com
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  Fight for Fallujah will test Iraq's mettle to defeat Isis
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  Twelve years after the battle of Fallujah marked Iraq's descent into chaos, the western Iraqi city is once again a critical warzone, this time in the fight against Isis. It was in Fallujah in 2004, when the burnt bodies of four Blackwater contractors ...
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• Trump: 'It's possible, absolutely' Muslim judges are also biased against me

  05-06-2016 18:21
  
  Candidate is already under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for remark that judge of Mexican descent would be ineligible to oversee case against himPresumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has said “it’s possible” that Muslim judges, in addition to Hispanic jurists, would be biased against him and thus ineligible to oversee any case involving him. Related: Bernie Sanders refuses to back down as Clinton on verge of victoryContinue reading...
  
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• Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to claim first French Open title

  05-06-2016 18:18
  
  • No1 seed triumphs 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 for first title at Roland Garros
  • Djokovic completes grand slam and now holds all four slam titlesParis has irretrievably fallen in love with Novak Djokovic and remains quietly indifferent to the moody charm of the man he defeated soundly on Sunday, Andy Murray.The courting of the Serb began in two failed finals against their near-invincible nine-times king, Rafael Nadal, bloomed when he fell again, tearfully, in the face of a muscular onslaught
  
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• Swiss reject free income plan after worker vs robot debate - Daily Mail

  05-06-2016 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  ZURICH/BERN, June 5 (Reuters) - Swiss voters rejected by a wide margin on Sunday a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the wealthy country after an uneasy debate about the future of work at a time of increasing ...
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• Russia's 'valiant hero' in Ukraine turns his fire on Vladimir Putin

  05-06-2016 18:03
  
  Igor Strelkov, Russian ‘military hero’ of the war in Ukraine, steps out of the shadows to fire salvo at president Putin and predict upheaval in RussiaTwo years ago, Igor Strelkov was the most notorious personality of the war in east Ukraine. A former Russian security forces officer, with a clipped grey moustache and a penchant for historical re-enactments, Strelkov led the takeover of the town of Slavyansk in April 2014, which presaged the armed conflict across the region.In Kiev, he
  
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• In the age of HS2, the past teaches us there are far better ways to run our railways | Christian Wolmar

  05-06-2016 18:01
  
  Ministers love the megaprojects. But, as newly reopened lines show, too many parts of Britain are badly served by the rail networkRailways are all the rage. Passenger numbers are at their highest level since the 1920s and there is no sign that recent growth, which has seen total annual number of journeys double over the past 20 years, is slowing. There is a real commitment among politicians to rail, as demonstrated by the all-party support for the new high-speed line linking London with Birmingh
  
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• Six Machine: I Don’t Like Cricket... I Love It by Chris Gayle – digested read

  05-06-2016 18:00
  
  ‘Everywhere World Boss goes there are women who want me. Luckily I always have wood in my hand’I’m weird. I’m a weirdo.You think you know me? You don’t know me. Continue reading...
  
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