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• Matt Damon says he'll pitch clean water to Trump

  22-01-2017 23:59
  
  Matt Damon said the availability of clean water is not a partisan issue.
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Joe Perry to win record seventh Masters title

  22-01-2017 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  • Five-time world champion came from behind at Alexandra Palace
  • O’Sullivan had previously shared Masters record with Stephen HendryRonnie O’Sullivan created history as he sealed a record seventh Dafabet Masters title after coming back to defeat Joe Perry in a 10-7 triumph at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday night.O’Sullivan’s victory means he has surpassed Stephen Hendry’s tally of six Masters trophies as the 41-year-old fought back from 4-1 down to
  
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• Bruce Springsteen: 'We are part of the new resistance' in the age of Trump – video

  22-01-2017 23:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen, who is on tour in Australia, says being on the other side of the world for the inauguration of Donald Trump feels ‘a long ways away, but our hearts and our spirits are with all the millions of people that marched yesterday, and the E Street band – we are part of the new resistance’ Continue reading...
  
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• Factbox: The 10 pillars of Britain's Modern Industrial Strategy

  22-01-2017 23:40
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has set out the first details of a 'Modern Industrial Strategy' designed to adapt the economy for a post-Brexit era and revitalize areas of the country left behind by a decades long decline in manufacturing. Investing in science, research and innovation – we must become a more innovative economy and do more to commercialize our world-leading science base to drive growth across the UK. 3. Upgrading infrastructure – we must upgrade our stand
  
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• UK seeks interventionist approach to drive post-Brexit industrial revival

  22-01-2017 23:33
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Monday outline a new, interventionist approach to balancing its heavily services-based economy for the post-Brexit era, seeking to reinvigorate industrial production and stimulate investment in technology and R&D. Unveiling her long-awaited 'Modern Industrial Strategy', Prime Minister Theresa May will demand closer collaboration within key industries in exchange for government support on regulation, trade and research. May will ask business
  
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• Apple Tree Yard review – a thriller of sex, death and broom cupboards

  22-01-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Louise Doughty’s psychological thriller revolves around a passion that leads to a trial for murder. Plus: the timely return of HomelandEmily Watson’s character, Yvonne Carmichael, looks out of the window as the vehicle in which she is travelling crosses a bridge over the Thames in London. She reflects on human nature, on the choices we make, how fear turns us into animals. The Thames can make you reflect, although Yvonne has more reason to do so than most. She is not on a bus, but in
  
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• Drunk girls in short skirts partly to blame for sex attacks, survey reveals

  22-01-2017 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A THIRD of women believe drunk girls in short skirts are partly to blame if they are sexually assaulted.
  
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• The long-tailed tit – successful, adaptable, sociable, and oh so cute

  22-01-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  This tiny ball of fluff with an impossibly long tail, has almost doubled in numbers since the 1980sA brief, high-pitched “see-see-see” sound, followed by the appearance of half-a-dozen tiny balls of fluff, each attached to what looks like a protruding stick. Then, more calls, as these flying lollipops flit from one tree to the next, pause, grab an invisible insect, and then move rapidly on.Encountering a flock of long-tailed tits on a frosty January day is always a delight. Few other
  
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• Hypothermia: why most deaths are preventable

  22-01-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  New research into the cold weather killer suggests health authorities need to start taking action much earlier in the seasonEarlier this month the cold snap across Europe claimed more than 60 lives. In Poland temperatures fell to below -30°C in some regions and 10 people died of the cold on 8 January alone. Meanwhile in Greece and Turkey refugees and homeless people suffered greatly in the unseasonably heavy snow. The sad thing is that almost all of these deaths were preventable.
  Every winte
  
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• Police officer wounded in Belfast shooting

  22-01-2017 22:20
  A police officer has been wounded in the first shooting of its kind in Northern Ireland for eight years. The officer was shot in the arm during a drive-by attack at a petrol station in Crumlin Road, north Belfast, on Sunday evening. A Belfast Health Trust spokeswoman said he was in a stable condition in hospital.
  
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• Benoît Hamon tops poll in first round of French Socialist primary race

  22-01-2017 21:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Leftwing outsider to face pro-business rightwinger Manuel Valls in final vote to pick party’s presidential candidate
  Benoît Hamon, the staunchly leftwing outsider who wants to introduce a universal basic income, legalise cannabis and tax robots has topped the poll in the first round of the French Socialist primary race to choose a presidential candidate. He will face the pro-business former prime minister Manuel Valls in a final-round clash between the party’s warring leftwing
  
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• MPs accuse Theresa May of covering up Trident malfunction

  22-01-2017 21:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour and SNP call on prime minister to explain whether she knew of failed test before renewal vote last JulyTheresa May is under pressure to come clean in the House of Commons about the failure of a Trident missile test after MPs accused her of covering up the truth before a crucial parliamentary vote on renewing the nuclear deterrent.
  Labour and the Scottish National party said the prime minister must explain herself after it emerged that an unarmed missile malfunctioned during a rare test la
  
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• Policeman wounded in Northern Ireland shooting

  22-01-2017 21:41
  A policeman was wounded in a shooting at a petrol station in north Belfast on Sunday evening, the police service of Northern Ireland said in a Twitter post. A police spokesman did not immediately return a call requesting details. Shootings of police officers in Northern Ireland have been relatively rare since a 1998 peace deal ended three decades of violence between Catholic Irish nationalists, opposed to British rule, and Protestant pro-British unionists.
  
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• Clitbait: 10 things you didn't know about the clitoris

  22-01-2017 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The Glitoris is not only Amanda Palmer’s No 1 artwork in the fight against fascism, it’s also an educational tool, says Australian artist Alli Sebastian WolfOn Saturday night, Alli Sebastian Wolf delivered a sex-ed lesson in one of the world’s most famous performance venues. The Australian artist was pulled on to the stage of the Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall at the request of the musician Amanda Palmer, who had seen Wolf’s recent piece “Glitoris” on
  
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• Angela Davis' Women's March speech: 'this country’s history cannot be deleted'

  22-01-2017 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Read the full transcript of her powerful address made on Saturday in Washington DC
  At a challenging moment in our history, let us remind ourselves that we the hundreds of thousands, the millions of women, trans people, men and youth who are here at the Women’s March, we represent the powerful forces of change that are determined to prevent the dying cultures of racism, hetero-patriarchy from rising again.We recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be delet
  
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• The Gambia awaits new era of democracy under Adama Barrow

  22-01-2017 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  New president remains in Senegal after ex-leader Yahya Jammeh leaves, pending assurances about security situationWest African troops entered the Gambia’s capital, Banjul, on Sunday, to cheers from the city’s residents, a Reuters witness said, as part of efforts to allow the new president, Adama Barrow, to take office after the country’s former ruler fled overnight.Yahya Jammeh, who led the Gambia for 22 years but refused to accept defeat in a December election, flew out of Banj
  
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• 'We have to manage freedom of movement' Europol chief calls for immigration curb at Davos

  22-01-2017 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE DIRECTOR of Europol has warned that there has to be migration curbs in Europe to prevent more terror attacks.
  
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• Severe weather including tornadoes kills 15 in Georgia and Mississippi

  22-01-2017 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump speaks to Georgia governor, says ‘we’ll be helping out'Four died in Mississippi after twister hit early on Saturday morningDeadly weather in the south-eastern US killed 15 people and injured dozens more, authorities said on Sunday, as residents along the Georgia-Florida line braced for more intense, fast-moving storms including unusually strong “long track” tornadoes. Related: Four dead after tornado strikes Mississippi inflicting 'massive damage'Continue reading...
  
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• Investor Schroders plots Bovis merger with Berkeley - Sunday Times

  22-01-2017 20:54
  
  (Reuters) - Bovis Homes Group Plc investor Schroder Investment Management has written to Berkeley Group Holdings Plc, urging the London builder to consider an all-share merger with its smaller rival, the Sunday Times reported. Housebuilder Redrow Plc is monitoring the situation after Schroders, Bovis's second-biggest shareholder with a stake of about 6.4 percent, moved to push for a sale of Bovis, the Times said. Bovis, Berkeley, Redrow, and Schroders could not immediately be reached for comment
  
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• Martin Rowson on Donald Trump’s meeting with Theresa May – cartoon

  22-01-2017 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
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• The irony! Sturgeon’s SNP MPs to vote AGAINST Article 50 saying they don’t want ISOLATION

  22-01-2017 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon’s SNP MPs will “absolutely” vote against the triggering of Article 50, Scotland’s minister for Brexit Mike Russell has said.
  
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• Arsène Wenger may face ban following altercation with fourth official

  22-01-2017 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  • Arsenal manager tried to push Anthony Taylor after being sent off
  • ‘I regret everything,’ says apologetic WengerArsène Wenger risks an FA misconduct charge and touchline ban for an altercation with fourth official Anthony Taylor as his emotions got the better of him during the turbulent finale of Arsenal’s 2-1 victory over Burnley.The Frenchman has apologised for his actions, which happened after he was sent off following the visitors being awarded a stoppag
  
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• The Merriam-Webster dictionary is having to tell people what a fact is

  22-01-2017 20:28
  
  It follows the whole “alternative facts” debacle from Kellyanne Conway.
  
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• Wasps lack venom in win over Zebre as Ashley Johnson scores two tries

  22-01-2017 20:27 via theguardian.com
  
  • Zebre 27-41 Wasps• Dai Young’s side away to Leinster in quarter-finalsMission accomplished for Wasps but where they were expected to swagger, Dai Young’s side spluttered their way to the bonus-point victory that rubber stamps their place in the knockout stages. The scoreline may suggest this six-try triumph, which books a quarter-final away to Leinster, was achieved with plenty of room to spare but that does not do Zebre justice nor explain the error-strewn nature of Wasp
  
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• Police officer whose wife won battle over his life support dies aged 43

  22-01-2017 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Briggs’s wife says she is devastated by his death 18 months after his brain injury but relieved his suffering has endedA police officer whose wife won a legal battle to take him off life support after he was brain-damaged by a head-on car crash has died aged 43. Paul Briggs was “living for no reason” after suffering a bleed on the brain, five spinal fractures and bruising to internal organs. Continue reading...
  
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• Memo to Piers Morgan: Why do we march? It’s not just protest, it’s about love | Zoe Williams

  22-01-2017 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  From Greenham Common to Trump, what brings so many strangers together is the joy of demonstrating they aren’t alonePiers Morgan rarely clarifies anything for me, but he did something helpful, vital even, for the Women’s Marches yesterday. I would have gone anyway. I would have gone on a march of Muslims against Trump – or refugees against Trump, or greens against Trump. Nobody who hates the thoughts and deeds of the bigot hates them only on their own account.However, I was open
  
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• Women on the march at Paul Smith's Paris menswear show

  22-01-2017 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Designer is following the trend for unisex catwalk shows 23 years after he started designing for womenWomen on the march was the story of the weekend. And so it was with perfect timing that 23 years after he diversified into designing for women, Sir Paul Smith included clothes for women on his Paris catwalk during menswear fashion week for the first time. The designer has scrapped his slot showing womenswear during London fashion week in favour of a blockbuster Paris show in which clothes for bo
  
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• US in talks to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

  22-01-2017 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  White House in ‘beginning stages’ of plan to fulfil Donald Trump’s pledge to move consulate from Tel AvivThe White House has said it is in the early stages of talks to fulfil Donald Trump’s pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an action that is likely to spark anger in the Arab world.“We are at the very beginning stages of even discussing this subject,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• US 'at very beginning' of talks to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

  22-01-2017 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  White House press spokesman says administration is in early stages of talks to fulfil Donald Trump’s pledge to move embassy from Tel AvivThe White House has said it is in the early stages of talks to fulfil Donald Trump’s pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an action that is likely to spark anger in the Arab world.“We are at the very beginning stages of even discussing this subject,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Sunday. Continu
  
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• Thousands march against prison pardons in Romania

  22-01-2017 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics of plan said to be aimed at easing overcrowding claim it would help government allies convicted of corruptionThousands of people have marched through the Romanian capital and other cities to protest against a government proposal to pardon thousands of prisoners, which critics say could reverse the anti-corruption fight.More than 10,000 protesters gathered on Sunday in University Square in Bucharest, and later broke through police lines, before heading toward government headquarters. Thou
  
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• Greek court to decide on fate of eight Turkish soldiers

  22-01-2017 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Public support increasing for men who fled to Greece after attempted coup in Turkey in case seen as test for European valuesGreece’s supreme court will decide on Monday on the fate of eight Turkish military officers who fled their country a day after last year’s attempted coup in a case that has triggered outrage among intellectuals and is viewed as a test for European democratic values.
  The hotly awaited judgment, six months after the doomed putsch against Turkey’s president,
  
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• Two million protest against Trump's inauguration worldwide

  22-01-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Half a million in Washington DC alone – mostly women – gathered to proclaim the birth of new political movementHope appeared to emerge from fear among Donald Trump’s opponents at the weekend as up to two million people around the world, mostly women, staged protests against the new US president and proclaimed the birth of a new political movement.In raucous but peaceful scenes, more than half a million joined the Women’s March on Washington DC in what was thought to be th
  
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• Diego Costa on target as Chelsea extend lead to eight points with win over Hull

  22-01-2017 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  For a figure as volatile as Diego Costa, there was something distinctly predictable about all of this. The Chelsea striker had been offered an immediate return to the starting lineup after an unsettling period disrupted by lower back spasms and Chinese whispers, and ultimately that absence at Leicester last weekend. Yet here he was departing four minutes from time with the majority in this arena chorusing his name, to be greeted by a thumped hand clap from Antonio Conte on the touchline, as the
  
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• Donald Trump’s policy pledges should have the left cheering | Letters

  22-01-2017 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  I have been shocked by the response in the Guardian to Trump’s inauguration speech (Report, 21 January). Have we learned nothing? Much of what he said should be being said by our own leftwing politicians. He spoke of decimated communities, closed industries and the outsourcing abroad of key work, leaving ordinary people scrabbling for low-paid and unreliable jobs, while the wealthy ruling class make decisions and policies which enrich a small elite. What is untrue here? Yet it was dismisse
  
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• Why women, and men, marched on Washington – in pictures

  22-01-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Photographer Ali Smith felt compelled to travel from New York for the Women’s March on Washington, because ‘at the core of it, I march because because I feel I have no choice’. She documented her fellow marchers and the reasons they came to the capital, to let the new president know how they feel Continue reading...
  
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• Article 50: Labour to push for closer scrutiny of Brexit process

  22-01-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  If government loses supreme court case, party plans to table amendment ensuring MPs have a say during two years of talksLabour plans to force Theresa May to submit to better scrutiny of the Brexit process and the protection of workers’ rights if the government loses the article 50 case in the supreme court and has to bring a bill to parliament.Jeremy Corbyn has emphasised that his party will not block the triggering of article 50 but plans to table amendments “to make demands on righ
  
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• You can now virtually experience Donald Trump in the Oval Office, if you're into that

  22-01-2017 19:14
  
  It’s not the most welcoming of experiences…
  
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• Trainspotting: Ewan McGregor admits he had 'bad sequel' fears

  22-01-2017 19:12
  Ewan McGregor has told Sky News he was worried about tarnishing the reputation of the original Trainspotting with a bad sequel - but that all his reservations were forgotten after reading the script. More than 20 years since the original, McGregor and Danny Boyle have walked the orange carpet, in the rain, at the premiere of Trainspotting 2 in Edinburgh. Writer Irvine Welsh admits he was offered big cash to sell the rights, but he wanted to wait and make sure they reunited all the right people.
  
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• IOC’s pursuit of Chinese money is hardly fair play | Sean Ingle

  22-01-2017 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  A billion-dollar deal with Alibaba is just the latest incident in which the International Olympic Committee appears to be violating its own principlesSometimes when they interrogated Xie Yang they sat him on top of a stack of plastic stools. And then, between threats to turn him into an “invalid”, they kicked, punched and head-butted him, blew cigarette smoke in his face and suggested that his wife had better take care when driving. “If you move, we can consider that you attack
  
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• MoD cannot fall back on usual excuses to explain Trident misfire | Ewen MacAskill

  22-01-2017 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  When opposition parties press for answers the government cannot dismiss this catastrophic test as trial and errorDefence departments and arms companies can usually explain away embarrassing failures in the development of new military hardware. There is a ready answer: mistakes are an inevitable part of the process of trial and error at the cutting edge of technology.But the Ministry of Defence cannot fall back on such an excuse in the catastrophic test-firing of the UK’s Trident II D5 ball
  
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• Lee Rigby's mother 'threatened with arrest' over court hearing

  22-01-2017 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother of soldier murdered in 2013 says authorities warned her she would face prosecution if she did not attend harassment appealThe mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has said she was threatened with arrest unless she attended the appeal hearing of a man who harassed her over her son’s death. Lyn Rigby was told she would be prosecuted unless she attended the appeal of Christopher Spivey who said her son’s death was a hoax. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump presidency begins with defense of false 'alternative facts'

  22-01-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  President and advisers push falsehoods about inauguration attendanceSecretary of state pick backed by key Republican senatorsDonald Trump began his first full week as US president firmly on the defensive, after millions of Americans took to the streets to protest against his election and the White House came under fire for brazenly lying to the public. Related: Trump's inauguration crowd: Sean Spicer's claims versus the evidenceContinue reading...
  
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• How ‘alt-beauty’ became the hottest trend in men’s fashion

  22-01-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The new look is pale, thin and unglamorous – and its stars overwhelmingly come from former Soviet states
  Ukranian model Danyl K thinks he looks like “a pig”. Maksym, another model from Kiev, describes himself as “alien-like”, while, the day before, his almost namesake Maksym P was scouted in a crowd, having just shaved off his hair. And yet these models are three of the biggest emerging faces on the catwalk and a sign that unconventional “alt-beauty” is
  
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• Russia takes power-broking role as Syria peace talks to begin in Astana

  22-01-2017 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Two days of discussions in Kazakhstan bring Syria’s rebels face to face with representatives of Bashar al-Assad’s governmentRussia is to take the role of Middle East power broker on Monday when it seeks to strengthen the Syrian ceasefire by sponsoring a face-to-face meeting between opposition fighters and representatives of Bashar al-Assad’s government.Related: Millions displaced and 500,000 dead – will new peace talks end Syria’s agony?Continue reading...
  
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• Deloitte helped set up Brexit department at time of leaked memo

  22-01-2017 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Accountancy firm behind paper claiming government had no EU exit strategy was working in Whitehall despite No 10 claimsThe accountancy firm behind the leaked memo that claimed the government had no Brexit strategy had been working in Whitehall helping to set up David Davis’s Brexit department.Deloitte, along with seven other consultancy firms, worked on a short-term contract within the Department for Exiting the EU. In the wake of the critical memo being leaked, Theresa May dismissed it as
  
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• Suspected US drone strikes kill three al-Qaida suspects in Yemen, officials say

  22-01-2017 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  First strikes under President Trump reported by Yemeni officialsUse of unmanned aircraft for strikes increased dramatically under ObamaSuspected US drone strikes have killed three alleged al-Qaida operatives in Yemen’s south-western Bayda province, security and tribal officials said, the first such killings reported in the country since Donald Trump assumed the presidency on Friday. Related: US airstrike kills more than 100 alleged al-Qaida militants in Syria, Pentagon saysContinue reading
  
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• 'GET OVER YOURSELVES' Katie Hopkins' very valid reason why she's against Trump protests

  22-01-2017 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KATIE HOPKINS has launched a seething attack protesters who participated in the Women's March across the world on Saturday as she blasted they should “get over themselves”.
  
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• Unreconciled: Poems 1991-2013 by Michel Houellebecq – digested read

  22-01-2017 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘The first time I made love / Was on a Greek beach. At sunset / The girl ran off / Saying I was a useless shag’I went on holiday with my 10-year-old son
  We stayed in a shitty hostel in the Alps.
  It rained almost every day
  And neither of us could think of anything much to say.
  We stuck it out for a week and then
  Decided to cut our losses and go home.
  It was the best time we ever had together. Continue reading...
  
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• Bristol street artists work with city on legal graffiti walls

  22-01-2017 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Artists in Banksy’s home city want to cooperate with council to establish network of walls on which they can legally create public artThere has long been tension between the street artists of Bristol, the home of Bansky, and the authorities. Now a crackdown on litter, waste and graffiti by Bristol’s mayor has prompted some street artists to agree to work openly with the city council to create a network of legal walls where they can create their pieces without fear of prosecution. Str
  
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• Cartoonist Katie Fricas draws the march on Washington – in pictures

  22-01-2017 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Katie Fricas interviewed women at the anti-Trump march in DC on Saturday – here’s what they had to say Continue reading...
  
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