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• Prominent transgender people are speaking out against Trump’s military ban

  26-07-2017 23:53
  Donald Trump has received backlash after he announced transgender individuals would no longer be able to serve in the US army.
  
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• Donald Trump's Transgender Ban Slammed By UK Military Leaders

  26-07-2017 23:37
  Senior British military figures have spoken in support of transgender people serving in the Armed Forces after Donald Trump announced that the trans community will be barred from the US forces.
  
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• SERPS, Or A Tale Of Two State Pensions

  26-07-2017 23:30
  Last week's revelations about the gender pay divide at the BBC managed to bury the bad news of another rise in the state pension age.
  
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• Senate rejects bill to repeal large parts of Obamacare without replacement

  26-07-2017 23:10 via theguardian.com
  Seven Republicans join with Democrats to oppose proposalFailure suggests GOP’s promise to repeal ACA wholesale will be hugely difficultThe Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have repealed major pieces of Barack Obama’s health reforms without a replacement, something Republicans have promised to do for seven years.Seven Republican senators joined with Democrats to reject the bill, in a sign that the party’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act “root and br
  
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• Remembering 'a wonderful little girl'

  26-07-2017 22:15
  Friends and family of Saffie Roussos, who died in the Manchester Arena bombing, have remembered the eight-year-old at her funeral.
  
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• Grenfell leaves children traumatised

  26-07-2017 22:15
  Weeks after the tragedy some children are still being affected by what they witnessed on the night of the fire.
  
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• 'Not enough support' for children affected by Grenfell Tower fire

  26-07-2017 21:59
  The trauma being experienced by many children living near Grenfell Tower is immense - and those supporting them say their families are not getting enough help.Ahmed Chellat lost five members of his family in the fire and lives in a flat opposite the tower with grandson Sulayman.Since the fire many children have been benefiting by regularly attending school and retaining a sense of routine and normality.
  
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• Yann Demange rumored as frontrunner to direct next Bond film

  26-07-2017 21:20 via theguardian.com
  The ’71 director tops the shortlist of potential directors for the new 007 film, followed by Arrival’s Denis Villeneuve and Hell or High Water’s David MackenzieThe director Yann Demange is the frontrunner to direct the next Bond movie, which has a tentative release date of 8 November 2019, according to a report in Variety. Related: James Bond film confirmed for 2019 – but no word on who will play 007Continue reading...
  
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• Charlie Gard: Parents and GOSH in stalemate over end of life care

  26-07-2017 20:51
  Charlie Gard's parents have been given a deadline over his end of life care, after they failed to reach an agreement with Great Ormond Street Hospital.Connie Yates and Chris Gard had asked the High Court for permission to take him home, before later agreeing he could be cared for at a hospice.Lawyer Grant Armstrong, representing Charlie's parents, indicated that the couple wanted to privately fund treatment at a hospice, where the 11-month-old would stay on life support for a number of days.
  
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• 'Come out! Come out! Come out!': 50 years of gay liberation – video

  26-07-2017 20:49 via theguardian.com
  On the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, Owen Jones speaks to a man imprisoned for his sexuality and the activists and campaigners who have fought for LGBTQ rights and equality. From the Sexual Offences Act 1967, to section 28 and the Aids epidemic in the 1980s, to the equal marriage rights obtained in 2013, he discovers how much progress LGBT communities have made – and how far there is still to travelPart two of this film will be available soon
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• 'It's the future of motor travel': readers on driving electric vehicles

  26-07-2017 20:45 via theguardian.com
  With the UK planning to ban petrol and diesel cars and vans in 2040 we asked you what it’s like to drive the vehicle of the future
  Amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxides pose a major risk to public health, Britain plans to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040. As part of the government’s much-anticipated clean air plan it has said the move is needed because of the unnecessary and avoidable impact that poor air quality was having on people’s health. Wi
  
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• Is it time to tackle Britain’s alcohol problem? | Letters

  26-07-2017 20:42
  ‘When, in the absence of labelling, bar staff were quizzed, they provided vague estimates and mild annoyance when asked to provide accurate information,’ writes Austen Lynch of a visit to the West Country.Your article (Doctors warn of soaring UK alcohol deaths, 24 July) did not refer to an important element in the question of “soaring alcohol deaths” – alcoholism.The medical profession is remarkably ill-informed about alcoholism, and very few hospital and GP doctors
  
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• Government's air quality plan branded inadequate by city leaders - The Guardian

  26-07-2017 20:35 via theguardian.com
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  Government's air quality plan branded inadequate by city leaders
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  The government's new clean air plan has been branded inadequate by the leaders of eight heavily polluted cities, as campaigners said banning petrol and diesel cars from 2040 would not help the thousands dying each year from illnesses linked to toxic ...
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• Women’s cricket will never be the same again | Letter

  26-07-2017 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Allan Friswell laments the inevitable influx of big money to the women’s game after England’s World Cup victoryWomen’s cricket so far has been free of all the grime and shenanigans that big money invariably brings to sport. There’s been a freshness, almost an innocence, about the England team’s game, which is no way belied by their ability to bowl killing 77mph yorkers à la Shrubby, or to smash the ball out of the ground like Tammy Beaumont, or to have the ca
  
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• Haringey residents not consulted over redevelopment | Letters

  26-07-2017 20:32
  A protest against redevelopment plans in Haringey, north London, 3 July 2017. Photograph: Emerson Utracik/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• Trump promised to be a uniquely pro-LGBTQ Republican. It was total bullshit. - Vox

  26-07-2017 20:20 via vox.com
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  Trump promised to be a uniquely pro-LGBTQ Republican. It was total bullshit.
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  On the campaign trail, Trump said he'd stand up for LGBTQ rights. You'll totally believe what happened next. Updated by German [email protected]@vox.com Jul 26, 2017, 2:20pm EDT. tweet · share. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
  Trump's stance on LGBT rights has always been confusingWashington Post
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• Baby Charlie Gard to die in hospice, parents seek more time with him

  26-07-2017 20:08
  By Michael Holden and Estelle ShirbonLONDON (Reuters) - A British judge gave the parents of Charlie Gard until noon on Thursday to agree arrangements for his death with the hospital caring for him, failing which he would be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube would be removed.Having reluctantly taken the decision over the weekend to let Charlie die, his parents have been making desperate attempts to make an arrangement that would make it possible for them to spend several days wi
  
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• Why Matt Groening's new adult fantasy Disenchantment will find the fun side of hell

  26-07-2017 20:04 via theguardian.com
  The Simpsons creator’s Netflix show, about the grubby adventures of an alcoholic princess, is a perfect fit for his cheerful nihilism and deep distrust of authorityMatt Groening’s recently announced Netflix series Disenchantment doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun. Set in a ruined medieval city called Dreamland, it will follow the grubby adventures of an alcoholic princess, her elf companion and a demon. Groening himself has said: “Disenchantment will be about life and
  
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• Making babies is beginning to look as difficult for men as it always has been for women

  26-07-2017 20:04 via theguardian.com
  The sperm count of men in the west has halved in 40 years. Changing lifestyles won’t help. The problem is an environmental oneMen. You had one job. And now look what’s happened! The sperm count of western men has fallen by half in 40 years. It is likely to decline further. This is a wake-up call. Human extinction beckons. Twitter, in its full nihilistic embrace, has welcomed this news as good. It is kind of funny. Sperm always is somehow, especially if your job description is harrida
  
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• Philippe Coutinho - why Liverpool will demand one more year at least - Liverpool Echo

  26-07-2017 19:45 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
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  Philippe Coutinho - why Liverpool will demand one more year at least
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  So wrote Arthur Ponsonby in Falsehood in Wartime back in 1928 though several others have expressed similar sentiments down the centuries. On a far more trivial scale, one could apply the same to today's footballing landscape. “When the transfer window ...
  Philippe Coutinho: Barcelona increasingly confident, £89m difficult for Liverpool to snubExpress.co.uk
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• Lloyds to repay £300m to customers over mortgage arrears errors

  26-07-2017 19:45
  Lloyds Banking Group is to repay nearly £300m to about 600,000 customers over failings in the way it applied mortgage arrears policies, in the latest scandal to hit the UK’s biggest high street lender.Sky News has learnt that Lloyds will unveil a customer contact and remediation programme on Thursday alongside half-year results that will also be blighted by a bigger-than-expected provision for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI).Sources said that the redress scheme would c
  
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• Parents of Charlie Gard agree he will spend final hours of life in hospice

  26-07-2017 19:36
  Charlie Gard is on life support at Great Ormond Street hospital.Charlie Gard will be transferred to a hospice to spend his final hours, after his parents abandoned a fight to take him home to die.Connie Yates and Chris Gard had hoped to take their son, who has a rare genetic condition, home to spend his final hours as their “last wish”.
  
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• How Charlie Gard captured Trump's attention and animated pro-life groups - The Guardian

  26-07-2017 19:35 via theguardian.com
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  How Charlie Gard captured Trump's attention and animated pro-life groups
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  It was 10am on Monday, 3 July, and as for any president, there were about a dozen things Donald Trump could have done to occupy his time. It was just hours before a major American holiday, he had phone calls scheduled with leaders in Germany, France, ...
  Charlie Gard parents hold private talks about his end of life careBBC News
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• British judge rejects legal challenge to counter-terrorism strategy

  26-07-2017 19:33
  Salman Butt, 31, had claimed the government’s "Prevent" programme breached his right to free speech as it imposed a duty on universities to stop radicalisation by restricting some speakers from addressing students.Rejecting Butt's case, Judge Duncan Ouseley ruled that universities could disregard the advice in certain cases and that the right to free speech was not restricted, the lawyers said.
  
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• Club tropicana! Why kitsch is everywhere this summer

  26-07-2017 19:15 via theguardian.com
  From fruit-patterned swimwear to cactus-covered greeting cards and inflatable lobsters, it’s impossible to escape the zing of feelgood Americana. So why has everything gone totally tropical?At Primark, the £6 best-selling bikini of the season has pineapples on it. If it has sold out in your size, though, don’t worry: online shop Asos has three different bikinis with pineapples on them. It has got phone cases, necklaces, backpacks and dressing gowns to match, too. At John L
  
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• Charlie Gard Case Judge Gives Parents And Great Ormond Street Hospital Deadline To Agree Where He Will Die

  26-07-2017 19:07
  The judge in the Charlie Gard case has ordered the little boy be taken to a hospice to die, unless his parents and Great Ormond Street Hospital reach an agreement by noon on Thursday.
  
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• Princess Diana had a good heart, but spare us this cult of empathy | Christina Patterson

  26-07-2017 19:03 via theguardian.com
  One legacy seems to be a requirement that leaders and politicians feel our pain. All I ask is that they are competent• Christina Patterson is a freelance journalistWatching the ITV film Diana, Our Mother, on Tuesday night, it was like falling in love again. Yes, of course she was beautiful. She had the smile of a film star. But it wasn’t just her beauty or the radiance that shone out of every frame. It was the compassion in Diana’s smile, and the kindness in her eyes that&n
  
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• Defend Europe Ship C-Star Detained And Crew Arrested In Cyprus Says Local Media

  26-07-2017 18:59
  The ship chartered by far-right group Defend Europe to hamper the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean has been evacuated and its Captain and Deputy Captain arrested in Cyprus, according to local media.
  
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• Parents of baby Charlie Gard given until Thursday to agree plan for death

  26-07-2017 18:56
  A British judge gave the parents of Charlie Gard until noon on Thursday to agree arrangements for his death with the hospital caring for him, failing which he would be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube would be removed.Having taken the decision to let Charlie die, his parents have been making desperate attempts to make an arrangement that would make it possible for them to spend several days with him, away from hospital.At stake in this final, agonising part of the legal disput
  
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• Britons no longer advised to avoid travelling to Tunisia

  26-07-2017 18:52
  Britain is no longer advising against travel to most of Tunisia, including Tunis and other major tourist destinations, the Foreign Office has said.The Government had advised against all but essential visits to the country after the beach attack in the resort of Sousse, where a gunman killed 30 Britons - and 38 in all - in 2015.The revision means UK tour operators can resume selling holidays in Tunisia for the first time since the Sousse attack.
  
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• UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge drops out of leadership race

  26-07-2017 18:48
  UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge has dropped out of the leadership race, warning against the risk of extremism within the party and what he called an obsession with Islam among some members.Mr Etheridge called on "libertarian" candidates to unite against hard-liners using the party "as a vehicle for the views of the EDL and the BNP"."Nigel is the man who more than anyone made this party grow," Mr Etheridge said.
  
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• Helen Carty obituary

  26-07-2017 18:46 via theguardian.com
  Pioneering paediatric radiologist and authority on the x-ray diagnosis of child abuseWhen Helen Carty was appointed in 1975 as a specialist in paediatric radiology at the Royal Liverpool Children’s hospital in Alder Hey, Merseyside, x-rays were just about the only tool available to diagnose many disorders in children. Helen, who has died aged 72, set about changing all that. She became a driving force in developing the full range of imaging technology, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and CT a
  
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• Charlie Gard: still no agreement over baby's final days

  26-07-2017 18:44
  Charlie Gard is on life support at Great Ormond Street hospital.The high court judge hearing the Charlie Gard case has said that if both parties could not agree over how the child was to spend his last days by noon on Thursday, he would be moved to a hospice and life support treatment would end soon after that move.Earlier Charlie’s parents told the court they had found a team willing to help the critically ill baby spend “a week or so” at a hospice before his life systems are
  
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• Saffie Roussos funeral: tributes paid to youngest victim of Manchester attack

  26-07-2017 18:38
  Saffie’s mum Lisa and brother Xander look on as her coffin arrives at Manchester Cathedral.The funeral of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing has taken place after it was delayed until her mother was well enough to attend.Saffie Rose Roussos had been counting down the days until she got to see her hero Ariana Grande in concert, said her headteacher, Chris Upton, in a eulogy at Manchester Cathedral.
  
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• Acid Attacks In Britain: A Weapon Of Terror

  26-07-2017 18:36
  Two Muslim cousins, enjoying 21st birthday celebrations, had their lives irrevocably changed on June 21st after becoming disfigured in an acid attack in East London.
  
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• Charlie Gard: Parents given deadline of noon on Thursday to reach agreement over where baby will spend final days - Evening Standard

  26-07-2017 18:29 via standard.co.uk
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  Charlie Gard: Parents given deadline of noon on Thursday to reach agreement over where baby will spend final days
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  The parents of Charlie Gard have been given until noon on Thursday to reach an agreement with hospital bosses over where their son will die. No agreement has yet been reached over the details of where little Charlie will be taken to spend his final ...
  Charlie Gard: No agreement over where baby moved for final daysBBC News
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• Germany retailer Aldi to invest 5.2 billion euros in stores

  26-07-2017 18:28
  German discount grocery chain Aldi North said Wednesday it was planning to spend 5.2 billion euros (4.59 billion pounds) to revamp its stores in Germany and around Europe.Aldi and its rival Lidl have expanded rapidly in Europe, putting pressure on Britain's big supermarkets and alsochallenging U.S. retailers.German brothers Karl and Theodor Albrecht pioneered the Aldi discount store concept, setting up two sister businesses serving north and south Germany in 1962 and then expanding to much of Eu
  
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• Theresa May - Apologise And Compensate Gay Men

  26-07-2017 18:27
  Dear Theresa May, Apology & compensation for men convicted under unjust anti-gay laws.
  
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• The UK Must Do More To Reunite Children In Danger With Loved Ones

  26-07-2017 18:24
  Gambian asylum seekers discuss their journey together while looking at a map on the wall at an asylum seeker reception center in Italy.
  
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• Diesel And Petrol Cars To Be Banned By 2040 - So How Will It Work?

  26-07-2017 18:17
  The government’s announcement that no new petrol or diesel cars and vans will be sold in the UK after 2040 has prompted cautious celebration among many, but many questions are still unanswered.
  
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• Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military - New York Times

  26-07-2017 18:13 via nytimes.com
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  Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military
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  President Trump arriving with the first lady, Melania Trump, in Vienna, Ohio, for his rally on Tuesday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times. WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will no longer “accept or allow” ...
  Hill Democrats slam Trump's military transgender ban, while GOP is caught by surpriseWashington Post
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• LVMH first-half operating profit up 23 percent, cautious on second half

  26-07-2017 18:08
  LVMH , the world's biggest luxury group, on Wednesdayundershot forecasts with a 23 percent rise in first-half underlying profits where growth was driven worldwide by its Louis Vuitton brand.The group, whose other key brands include Dior, Fendi, Hennessy cognac and jeweller Bulgari, said that in an environment that remained uncertain it approached the second half of the year with caution.LVMH said first-half profit from recurring operations reached 3.640 billion euros (3.24 billion pounds).
  
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• Princess Diana's brother says he was lied to about desire of William and Harry to walk behind mother's coffin - the Irish News

  26-07-2017 18:06 via irishnews.com
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  Princess Diana's brother says he was lied to about desire of William and Harry to walk behind mother's coffin
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  The brother of Princess Diana has claimed he was "lied to" about the desire of William and Harry to walk behind their mother's coffin. Earl Spencer said he raised objections with royal officials before being told her sons wanted to do it, adding he ...
  Diana grave robbers: Sick ghouls trying to DIG UP Princess's bodyDaily Star
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• Last conversations with loved ones: our readers share their stories

  26-07-2017 18:05 via theguardian.com
  Our readers reflect on their last conversations with loved ones, after Princes William and Harry reflected on their last hurried phone call with Diana before her deathContinue reading...
  
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• Saffie Roussos: Funeral held for youngest victim of Manchester Arena bombing

  26-07-2017 18:03
  The funeral of Saffie Rose Roussos, the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing, has taken place at the city's cathedral.
  
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• Thousands evacuated after wildfire on France's Mediterranean coast - The Guardian

  26-07-2017 17:59 via theguardian.com
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  Thousands evacuated after wildfire on France's Mediterranean coast
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  Summer wildfires are once again blazing across southern Europe, forcing the evacuation of 12,000 people on France's Mediterranean cost and devouring swaths of forests as far afield as Corsica, Portugal, Italy and Albania. Authorities in the Côte d'Azur ...
  Fires force evacuation of 12000 in 3 French Riviera townsDaily Mail
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• Everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the US military

  26-07-2017 17:54
  The US president announced the decision on Twitter, citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption” as the primary consideration.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona: Liverpool to be offered Ivan Rakitic in swap deal - report - Daily Star

  26-07-2017 17:49 via dailystar.co.uk
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  Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona: Liverpool to be offered Ivan Rakitic in swap deal - report
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  BARCELONA are ready to offer Liverpool Ivan Rakitic as part of a deal to land Philippe Coutinho this summer. 0. By Luke Gardener / Published 26th July 2017. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Loaded: 0%. 0:00. Progress: 0%.
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• BBC apologises after Tory donor insults Jeremy Corbyn

  26-07-2017 17:43
  Charlie Mullins apologised after the show for swearing ‘but not the sentiment behind it’.The BBC has apologised after Jeremy Corbyn was called a “twat” in a Radio 4 interview by Charlie Mullins, the boss of Pimlico Plumbers and a Conservative party donor.Mullins was being interviewed on Radio 4’s World at One when host Martha Kearney asked whether the UK should attempt to remain part of the single market after Brexit.
  
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• UK lifts advisory against travel to most of Tunisia

  26-07-2017 17:33
  Britain is no longer advising against travel to most of Tunisia, including Tunis and major tourist destinations, the foreign office said on Wednesday.A gunman killed 30 Britons in the Tunisian resort of Sousse in June 2015, prompting the government to advise Britons to make only essential travel to the North African country.Tunisia's tourist industry has been struggling since that attack on a beach in Sousse and another attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis also in 2015.
  
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