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• Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Day in Manchester – in pictures

  06-01-2017 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Photographer Christopher Thomond joins Orthodox Christians at Manchester’s Holy Trinity Armenian Church as they celebrate Christmas in January, in accordance with the Julian calendar, which much of the world ditched for the Gregorian calendar 500 years ago Continue reading...
  
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• Sam Allardyce goes back to Bolton hoping for first Crystal Palace win | Paul Doyle

  06-01-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Sam Allardyce says Bolton was where his dreams became reality but now, in the FA Cup, he wants his first win as Crystal Palace managerAs Sam Allardyce pondered a return to his old stomping ground, he said “it sticks in my teeth” to refer to the home of Bolton Wanderers as the Macron Stadium, then corrected himself when he remembered that the sportswear manufacturer also has its name on the kit of his new club, Crystal Palace. It was an amusing and forgivable slip from a man who had p
  
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• Joe Gomez returns for Liverpool against Plymouth in FA Cup third round

  06-01-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Gomez ruptured cruciate ligament on England Under-21 duty
  • Everybody was and is sure about his quality, says Jürgen KloppJoe Gomez will make a long-awaited return for Liverpool on Sunday, with Jürgen Klopp admitting he resisted buying defensive cover to keep the first-team path clear for the England Under-21 player.The 19-year-old has not played a senior game for Klopp having ruptured a cruciate ligament on England duty at the start of the manager’s tenure and suffer
  
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• The Latest: Official: Airport gunman had gun in luggage - Daily Mail

  06-01-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport (all times local):. 5 p.m.. A spokeswoman from the Canadian Embassy says the suspect in the shooting at the international airport in Fort Lauderdale has no ...
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• Manchester City cruise past West Ham thanks to David Silva masterclass - The Guardian

  06-01-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Manchester City cruise past West Ham thanks to David Silva masterclass
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  David Silva took his time to control the ball and wrong-foot Adrián from six yards before scoring Manchester City's third. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters. David Hytner at the London Stadium. @DaveHytner. Friday 6 January 2017 16.59 EST Last modified ...
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• Dan Cole: ‘You are tinged with guilt because a man has lost his job’

  06-01-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The England and Leicester prop has known the sacked Richard Cockerill since he was 16 but says the Tigers must adapt in order to recapture their past gloriesOne man does not make a rugby club but, for those inside Leicester’s dressing room, the departure of Richard Cockerill is a serious cultural shock. “It’ll be different and probably quieter … the swearing volume might be down,” says Dan Cole, reflecting on the downfall of a coach whom the England prop has known
  
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• Manchester City cruise past West Ham thanks to David Silva masterclass

  06-01-2017 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  It was cold, wet and horrible – the kind of night to make a continental manager pine for those winter breaks. There have been plenty of pictures doing the rounds in recent days of European players reclining on beach loungers in expensive-looking locations. Pep Guardiola’s pleasure was a first taste of football’s oldest competition.It all turned out rather nicely. The spotlight had burned intensely on the Manchester City manager, a result of a few sketchy results in December and
  
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• US intelligence report: Vladimir Putin worked to get Donald Trump elected - The Guardian

  06-01-2017 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
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  US intelligence report: Vladimir Putin worked to get Donald Trump elected
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  The report found that a multifaceted Russian campaign, going beyond the high-profile data breaches, included state-owned media and social media campaigns. Photograph: Alexander Utkin/AFP/Getty Images. Vladimir Putin ...
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• US intelligence report: Vladimir Putin 'ordered' operation to get Trump elected

  06-01-2017 22:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Declassified assessment says Russia ‘had clear preference’ for Trump, who met with US intelligence chiefs on Friday but refused to endorse their findingsRussian president Vladimir Putin interfered in the US presidential election to aid Donald Trump, according to a declassified assessment by the NSA, CIA and FBI.
  “We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public f
  
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• Trump says Mexico would repay US funds spent on border wall - Daily Mail

  06-01-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday Mexico ultimately will repay the United States for his planned border wall, a day after news emerged that his transition team had asked fellow Republicans in Congress to ...
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• Two patients die on trolleys in same A&E in one week as NHS struggles to cope - The Independent

  06-01-2017 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Two patients die on trolleys in same A&E in one week as NHS struggles to cope
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  Two patients have died in the same accident and emergency department in the last week, it has been revealed, as latest figures show the NHS coming under increasing pressure. Both deaths happened at Worcestershire Royal Hospital's A&E department in ...
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• 'Elephants are not the only victims': the lament of China's ivory lovers

  06-01-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For years China’s ivory carvers and collectors have been blamed for elephant poaching. Now their government is banning the ivory trade. How do they see their future? In a tiny workshop at his home in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, 84-year-old Au Yue-Shung shows me an ivory carving he has been working on for months. Measuring just 5x10 inches, Nine Sages in Mount Xiang depicts the 9th-century poet Bai Juyi and eight of his peers in full creative flow in Henan province, far from the imper
  
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• Michelle Obama: Life's 'greatest honor' was being first lady - Daily Mail

  06-01-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Her voice breaking and eyes filling with tears, an unusually emotional Michelle Obama said Friday that being first lady "has been the greatest honor of my life" as she bid an early farewell to the White House. An East Room ceremony ...
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• Last-ditch talks over Tube strike arranged - BBC News

  06-01-2017 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Last-ditch talks aimed at averting a strike, which is expected to cause major disruption on London Underground (LU), will take place on Saturday. Workers from the RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) unions are scheduled to walk ...
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• Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump's Twitter endorsements – cartoon

  06-01-2017 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
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• Police support bouncers as London club Fabric reopens

  06-01-2017 21:38
  Police provided backup for bouncers when London nightclub Fabric reopened on Friday evening, four months after being shut. The legendary nightspot had its licence revoked in September after Islington Council found it had a "culture of drug use". Scotland Yard said while police usually patrol in the area, officers will now be specifically stationed at Fabric "to support the door team who may need our help".
  
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• Chris Froome refuses to back Sir Dave Brailsford over drugs questions

  06-01-2017 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  • Triple Tour de France winner hedges his bets on Jiffy bag question
  • ‘I’ve always been very focused in my stance on doping, on riding clean’Chris Froome was unwilling or unable to give a firm endorsement of Sir Dave Brailsford despite being repeatedly invited to back the beleaguered Team Sky principal during a 25-minute press conference on Friday.Brailsford has been under pressure since the revelation in October that Team Sky had taken delivery of a Jiffy bag contai
  
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• How a 2014 Chris Froome interview prompted fresh questions for Team Sky over Fluimucil use

  06-01-2017 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Froome said that at his previous team he had been injected with Fluimucil, which Sir David Brailsford told MPs was in the package delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Critérium du DauphinéFurther information has emerged surrounding the medicine Fluimucil, stated by Sir Dave Brailsford to be the substance in the mystery Jiffy bag delivered to Team Sky’s doctor at the time, Richard Freeman, at the final day of the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2011. The medicine is
  
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• Andy Murray to face Novak Djokovic in final of Qatar Open

  06-01-2017 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • World No1 beats Tomas Berdych to reach final in Doha
  • ‘It’s been the perfect week to get ready for the Australian Open’Andy Murray will face his long-term rival Novak Djokovic in the final of the Qatar Open following a straight sets victory over Tomas Berdych. Related: Novak Djokovic beats Fernando Verdasco to reach Qatar Open finalContinue reading...
  
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• NHS faces 'humanitarian crisis' as demand rises, British Red Cross warns

  06-01-2017 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior doctor calls health service ‘broken’ after deaths of two patients left to wait on trolleys at Worcestershire Royal hospitalThe NHS is facing a “humanitarian crisis” as hospitals and ambulance services struggle to keep up with rising demand, the British Red Cross has said, following the deaths of two patients after long waits on trolleys in hospital corridors.Worcestershire Royal hospital launched an investigation on Friday into the deaths and did not deny reports t
  
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• Israel to cut $6m from UN dues in protest over settlements resolution

  06-01-2017 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Country’s UN mission says figure represents portion of its contribution that goes ‘to anti-Israel bodies’, including agency for Palestinian refugeesIsrael has announced it is cutting approximately $6m in its annual dues to the United Nations this year to protest last month’s security council resolution condemning Israeli settlements as “a flagrant violation under international law”.Israel’s UN mission said the amount represented the portion of Israel&rsq
  
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• Patient death inquiry after London Ambulance New Year computer crash

  06-01-2017 20:44
  A patient died during a computer glitch that delayed response times at one of the country's biggest ambulance services during New Year. London Ambulance Service is investigating whether the technical problems, which forced control centre staff to log calls with pen and paper for nearly five hours, were a contributory factor.
  
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• London has already breached annual legal air pollution limits just five days into 2017

  06-01-2017 20:44
  
  The hourly NO2 limit was broken in Brixton Road, Lambeth on Thursday.
  
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• Courier wins holiday pay in key tribunal ruling on gig economy

  06-01-2017 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge decries contract and rules CitySprint must award holiday pay to cycle courier wrongly classed as self-employedA cycle courier working for the delivery firm CitySprint has won the right to paid holidays and minimum pay in a key ruling on the gig economy.The central London employment tribunal ruled that CitySprint had unlawfully failed to award holiday pay to Mags Dewhurst and had wrongly classed her as a self-employed freelancer. CitySprint, which has 3,500 self-employed couriers in the UK,
  
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• Remarkable tenderness: film reveals bond between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher

  06-01-2017 20:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Fisher’s mother dragged her on stage, fell out with her, lived next door and even offered to oversee her lose her virginity. This was no ordinary mother/daughter relationshipThere are few relationships so complex, tumultuous and unbreakable as that between a mother and daughter. But what about a mother who sweeps her child up in the world of showbiz, drags her on stage as a reluctant teenager and offers to oversee her losing her virginity, and give tips? Related: Bright Lights: trailer for
  
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• Remarkable tenderness: film examines bond between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher

  06-01-2017 20:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Fisher’s mother dragged her on stage, fell out with her, lived next door to her and even offered to oversee her lose her virginity. Theirs was no ordinary mother/daughter relationshipThere are few relationships so complex, tumultuous and unbreakable as that between a mother and daughter. But what about a mother who sweeps her child up in the world of showbiz, drags her on stage as a reluctant teenager and offers to oversee her losing her virginity, and give tips? Related: Bright Lights: tr
  
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• Terminally ill UK man launches legal challenge for right to die

  06-01-2017 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Noel Conway, who has motor neurone disease, says 1961 Suicide Act condemns him to an undignified and terrifying deathA retired lecturer who is terminally ill has launched a legal challenge for the right to die, claiming that the 1961 Suicide Act condemns him to an undignified and terrifying death.Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease more than two years ago and fears being “entombed” in his own body as his ability to move declines. He is not expec
  
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• Shappi Khorsandi withdraws book from Jhalak prize longlist

  06-01-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Comedian nominated for award for writers of colour says she ‘felt like my skin colour was up for an award rather than my book’The comedian Shappi Khorsandi has withdrawn her novel from the longlist for a new British book prize exclusively for writers of colour because she “felt like my skin colour was up for an award rather than my book”.The 12-book longlist for the inaugural Jhalak prize was announced on Thursday. The prize was established to recognise excellence among B
  
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• Novak Djokovic beats Fernando Verdasco to reach Qatar Open final

  06-01-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  • Novak Djokovic defeats Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
  • Serb survives five match points against former top-10 playerThe defending champion Novak Djokovic survived five match points against Fernando Verdasco to reach the Qatar Open final on Friday.Djokovic prevailed 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 after the 42nd-rankedVerdasco, a left-hander and former top-10 player, controlled the first two sets until the latter stages of the tie-break. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Larsen C' iceberg about to break off Antarctic shelf – video

  06-01-2017 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists predict that a giant iceberg is about to break off from the Antarctic shelf after the sudden expansion of a rift which has been growing steadily for a decade. Several ice shelves have cracked up around northern parts of Antarctica in recent years, including the Larsen B that disintegrated in 2002Giant iceberg poised to break off from Antarctic shelfContinue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Michelle Obama: missing her already | Editorial

  06-01-2017 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Like Eleanor Roosevelt, she was an inspiration to many. But unlike almost all her predecessors as first lady, she knew life from the bottom of US society“Do what you feel in your heart is right,” Eleanor Roosevelt once counselled, “for you’ll be criticised anyway.” Her advice was general; yet it seems pertinent to Michelle Obama, the most inspirational first lady since Mrs Roosevelt herself. The admiration – even adoration – earned by both women makes it
  
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• Three men jailed over light aircraft drop of £2.5m of cocaine in Kent

  06-01-2017 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Andrew Barrett, Michael Mealing and Jonathan Hart were being watched by NCA when they released smuggled drugsThree men have been jailed for smuggling cocaine worth £2.5m into Britain and dropping it from a light aircraft on the day of the EU referendum.Andrew Barrett, Michael Mealing and Jonathan Hart plotted possible landing and dropoff sites in Kent on a map, and carried out reconnaissance of a location, unaware they were under surveillance by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Continue re
  
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• The Guardian view on AI in the NHS: not the revolution you are looking for | Editorial

  06-01-2017 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Computer systems may not replace doctors or nurses. But even to replace support staff would be a huge changeThe news that two healthcare trusts in London are to experiment with a system to look up symptoms by text message, to triage the kind of non-urgent queries at present handled by the NHS 111 service, raises many questions. They may not seem urgent when people are dying in the corridors of an NHS hospital for want of money, but in the long term they are just as important. Some are purely med
  
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• At least 30 inmates killed and mutilated in Brazil prison

  06-01-2017 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Images emerge of a pile of corpses, some missing limbs and heads, after fight between drug gangsAt least 30 prisoners have been murdered in a jail in the far north of Brazil, marking a worsening security situation in Brazil as rival drug gangs fight for control of the lucrative drug trade.Media in Roraima state carried shocking images of a pile of mutilated corpses, some missing limbs and heads, and even a heart, on a bloodstained corridor floor of the prison in Boa Vista, the state capital. Mut
  
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• Last-ditch talks to try to avert 8 January Tube strike

  06-01-2017 19:59
  Last-ditch talks are being held on Saturday to try to avert a 24-hour strike that threatens to cause chaos on the London Underground. Staff who belong to the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are due to strike from 6pm on Sunday, hitting commuters on Monday. Talks to solve a long-running dispute over staffing and ticket office closures collapsed on Friday, but the TSSA said another meeting would be held at the conciliation ser
  
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• Distinguished envoy or sneering shock jock? It’s a no-brainer for Farage | Marina Hyde

  06-01-2017 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The Brexiter initially cast himself as our man in Trump’s America or even the Middle East – but he now sees the real power lies elsewhereFour weeks ago Nigel Farage declared that the chief joy of no longer being Ukip leader was not “having to deal with low-grade people every day”. This week Nigel announced that he will be taking calls from the public every day from Monday to Thursday on the radio station LBC.Whether the public are “low-grade people” or somethi
  
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• Shots fired in Fort Lauderdale airport - Telegraph.co.uk

  06-01-2017 19:55 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Reports are emerging of shots being fired at Fort Lauderdale airport, a busy airport connecting Florida with the Caribbean and the rest of the US. Broward County sheriff said that "multiple people" had been killed. Confirmed: Shooting at Fort ...
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• Pub drinkers pile in for centuries-old English scrap

  06-01-2017 19:49
  Boozy pub goers from two English villages dived into the mud and resumed their centuries-old scrap for a metre-long leather tube in the annual Haxey Hood challenge on Friday. Part rugby, part wrestling, the traditional contest sees four pubs in the Lincolnshire villages of Westwoodside and Haxey battle to get the tube, also known as the 'Hood', back to their tavern without throwing or running with it. This year's battle, aided by alcohol, lasted several hours before the King's Arms in Haxey were
  
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• At least 30 inmates killed and mutilated in Brazil prison - The Guardian

  06-01-2017 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
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  Relatives of inmates wait for information outside the prison in Boa Vista, Brazil, on Friday. Photograph: Jose Ferreza/EPA. Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro. Friday 6 January 2017 14.02 EST First published on Friday 6 January 2017 07.54 EST. Share on ...
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• How the Hatton Garden raid compares to Britain's biggest heists

  06-01-2017 19:47
  A new claim that a further £7m is missing after the Hatton Garden raid in 2015 means the total stolen could stand at an estimated £21m. Two armed robbers asked to rent a safe deposit box and produced handguns after they were shown to the vault - and ended up making off with an estimated £60m hoard.
  
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• Jamie Oliver's closing restaurants and 10 other things that have been blamed on Brexit

  06-01-2017 19:34
  
  Brexit’s been blamed for rising costs, shrinking chocolate bars and even ruining a computer game.
  
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• The couple who made Tiger roar … and millions of pounds in the process

  06-01-2017 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  From remortgaging their home to 44 shops, how did it go so right for Philip and Emma Bier and Denmark’s ‘posh Poundland’?Philip and Emma Bier made a life-changing amount of money this week by selling their stake in the Danish homewares retailer Tiger for millions of pounds. The London-based couple brought the quirky Scandinavian brand to Britain with just £200,000 in 2005, scraping together the funds by remortgaging their home. They also gave up their careers to do so. Ph
  
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• Read What Michelle Obama Said in Her Final Remarks as First Lady - TIME

  06-01-2017 19:32 via time.com
  
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  Michelle Obama gave her final remarks as First Lady on Friday, choking up as she urged young Americans to remain hopeful and engaged in the country's future. “I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong, so don't be afraid. You ...
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• Sec. John Kerry To Andrea Mitchell: Trashing US Intel 'Damaging' - NBCNews.com

  06-01-2017 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry warned Friday that Donald Trump's continued swipes and criticism of the U.S. intelligence community "is damaging." In one of his final interviews before leaving his post, Kerry told NBCNews' Andrea Mitchell: "It's ...
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• Hatton Garden: Police investigate claim of £7m missing gold - BBC News

  06-01-2017 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are investigating claims an extra £7m in gold was stolen during the Hatton Garden raid. A woman has come forward claiming she only realised her safety deposit box was missing after the trial of the gang who ...
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• Silverstone alternatives steer clear of bids for F1 British Grand Prix

  06-01-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Ecclestone says two circuits have been in contact about hosting race
  • Donington and Rockingham not interested in hosting British GPThe future of the British Grand Prix remains in doubt despite suggestions from Formula One’s chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, that two circuits had been in contact regarding holding the race.Silverstone’s owners, the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), were revealed on Thursday to be considering dropping the meeting after 2019
  
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• Ravel Morrison in training with Wigan after leaving Lazio

  06-01-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Midfielder links up with former coach Warren Joyce at Championship club
  • ‘I know how much of a talent he is from my days at Manchester United’The former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison is training with Wigan before a possible move to the Championship club, the Latics manager, Warren Joyce, has confirmed.The talented 23-year-old has not played a single game for Lazio this season and has linked up with one of his former coaches at United, where he
  
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• Fears that UK is heading towards 'train crash' Brexit

  06-01-2017 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  New UK ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow, inherits demoralised and depleted team and faces daunting task Sir Tim Barrow, Britain’s new permanent representative in Brussels, faces the daunting task of stopping what colleagues and critics suspect is a tumble towards a disorderly exit from the European Union.Where once the choice was between hard and soft Brexit, the new worry in diplomatic and business circles is that the UK is heading for “train crash” Brexit, a scenario in w
  
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• Top Senate Republican says Iran deal should be strictly enforced, not torn up

  06-01-2017 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Comments from Bob Corker, chair of the foreign relations committee, run counter to Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the nuclear accordThe Republican chair of the Senate foreign relations committee said on Friday that the incoming Trump administration should not and would not “tear up” the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, but rather focus on enforcing the deal more strictly. “In spite of the all the flaws in the agreement, nothing bad is going to happen relative to nuclea
  
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• Tilikum, the orca from Blackfish, has died and the tributes on Twitter are heartbreaking

  06-01-2017 19:17
  
  He was around 36 years old, and had faced serious health issues in the past, according to SeaWorld officials.
  
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