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• Whoops, Google might have leaked the new Nest Hub Max smart speaker - TechRadar

  29-03-2019 23:39
  Whoops, Google might have leaked the new Nest Hub Max smart speaker  TechRadarGoogle goofs by accidentally leaking new Nest Hub Max smart display  The VergeGoogle accidentally leaks Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a camera  Android PoliceGoogle dubiously outs ‘Nest Hub Max’ 10-inch smart display w/ built-in Nest Cam, stereo speakers  9to5Google12 great tech deals to check out this weekend  ZDNetView full coverage on Google
  
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• UK 'top of the queue' for post-Brexit trade deal, says Trump adviser John Bolton

  29-03-2019 23:38
  Donald Trump's national security adviser has told Sky News the UK will be "at the top of the queue" for a trade deal after Brexit, in a sign that the Trump administration is growing impatient with delays to Britain leaving the EU.John Bolton said that the British people should not fear a no-deal scenario."People who worry about the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union - they are going to crash right into the United States," said Mr Bolton.
  
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• Liam Neeson apologizes for revenge remarks: 'I missed the point'

  29-03-2019 23:30
  Actor Liam Neeson on Friday issued an apology for what he called an "impulsive recounting" last month of an incident 40 years ago when he wanted to kill a black man in response to the rape of a friend.The Irish actor caused an outcry in February while promoting his vigilante justice movie "Cold Pursuit" when he recalled an incident in which a female friend told him she had been raped by a man who was black.The celebrity red carpet portion of the New York premiere for "Cold Pursuit" was subsequen
  
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• Guardiola: We are privileged - Manchester City FC

  29-03-2019 23:30
  Guardiola: We are privileged  Manchester City FCLiverpool must win every game to keep up title challenge, says Phil Thompson  SkySportsLiverpool and Manchester City players urged to seize the day as title race enters home straight  The Telegraph6 Games That Killed Off Premier League Title Hopes  90minJurgen Klopp's Liverpool must win against Tottenham to make statement  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba ‘vital’ to United, says Ole Gunnar Solskjær - The Guardian

  29-03-2019 23:29
  Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba ‘vital’ to United, says Ole Gunnar Solskjær  The GuardianMan Utd will finish in the top four under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, says Ryan Giggs  BBC SportMarcus Rashford wants new Manchester United deal after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appointment  SkySportsMan Utd team news and predicted line-up: Rashford gives Solskjaer fitness boost before first game as  The SunMan Utd: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will spend money in 'a good
  
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• West Brom come from behind to claim vital win as Birmingham again embarrassed by fan entering pitch - The Telegraph

  29-03-2019 23:15
  West Brom come from behind to claim vital win as Birmingham again embarrassed by fan entering pitch  The TelegraphWest Brom Predicted XI: Birmingham City (H)  Read West Brom‘Worrying’, ‘Mixed’ – 26-year-old’s season at West Brom summed up in one word: Opinion  Football League World'That's what I want to see' West Brom fans praise Jimmy Shan after beating Birmingham City  Birmingham LiveGarry Monk had this to say on West
  
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• Saturday's national newspaper front pages | UK News - Sky News

  29-03-2019 23:08
  Saturday's national newspaper front pages | UK News  Sky NewsPM hints at general election to break Brexit deadlock  Sky NewsBrexit: MPs reject May's EU withdrawal agreement  BBC NewsTheresa May must step down as prime minister: for the sake of Brexit, her party and democracy itself  Telegraph.co.ukWill they EVER stop? Remainers prepare ANOTHER round of indicative Brexit votes  Express.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Brexit: Five people arrested at March to Leave demonstration

  29-03-2019 23:04
  Five people have been arrested at the pro-Brexit March to Leave demonstration in London, police say.The Metropolitan Police said two people were arrested for assault, one for being drunk and disorderly, and another for assaulting a police officer.Thousands of people opposed to the UK delaying its withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London, as MPs rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time.
  
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• Apple abandons AirPower wireless charging product - BBC News

  29-03-2019 22:54
  Apple abandons AirPower wireless charging product  BBC NewsApple cancels AirPower wireless charging pad  TrustedReviewsApple scraps release of AirPower wireless charger  Financial TimesApple cancels AirPower, its hugely anticipated wireless charging mat for iPhone  The IndependentApple cancels plans for AirPower charging mat - 18 months after announcing it  The TelegraphView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tensions simmer at Brexit march on day Leave voters planned to celebrate

  29-03-2019 22:38
  Police arrested five people at the demonstration after Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected for a third time.
  
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• The deathbed of the dinosaurs: Dig uncovers 66 million-year-old 'fossilized graveyard' - Daily Mail

  29-03-2019 22:37
  The deathbed of the dinosaurs: Dig uncovers 66 million-year-old 'fossilized graveyard'  Daily MailSome sixty-six million years ago, a scene of unimaginable horror played out in a North Dakota floodplain now aptly known as the Hell Creek Formation.
  
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• Better to remain in EU than back Withdrawal Agreement, says DUP’s Dodds

  29-03-2019 22:37
  Deputy leader Nigel Dodds said the EU's resistance to amending the Withdrawal Agreement must be challenged by Prime Minister Theresa May.
  
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• Music and motorbikes mark funeral of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint

  29-03-2019 22:32
  Dance music played out for the hundreds of fans who flocked to the town of Braintree in eastern England on Friday for the funeral of Keith Flint, former frontman of the Prodigy.Face painting and free tattoos were on offer to those who had come to pay their respects to the "Firestarter" star.Renowned for his facial piercings, heavy makeup and eccentric devil-horned hair cut, Flint played a major role in establishing the credibility of dance and electronic music.
  
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• Vote Leave Campaign Marks Brexit Day By Dropping Appeal Against £61,000 Fine

  29-03-2019 22:17
  The Vote Leave campaign has dropped its appeal against a £61,000 fine imposedon it for breaking electoral law on spending limits
  
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• Northern Irish DUP says United Kingdom trumps Brexit

  29-03-2019 22:00
  The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Friday that defending the province's place in the United Kingdom was a priority that came ahead of delivering Brexit.The Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) 10 lawmakers voted against May's deal on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the day it was supposed to quit the bloc.For the DUP, maintaining the union of Great Britain
  
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• Fans 'raise the roof for Keef' at Prodigy star Keith Flint's funeral

  29-03-2019 21:56
  Music fans from around the world have gathered in Essex for the funeral of Prodigy star Keith Flint.The Prodigy posted an invitation on Twitter for fans to "raise the roof for Keef" and fans responded by lining the procession route with flags and music.Flint was found dead at his home in Essex on 4 March at the age of 49 and an inquest heard that he had died by hanging.
  
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• Brexit: After Theresa May's latest withdrawal bill defeat, what now?

  29-03-2019 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Mason on what was supposed to happen on Friday 29th March, what actually happened, and what might happen next...
  
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• CORRECTED-George Clooney urges boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over nation's gay sex penalties

  29-03-2019 21:34
  Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of luxury hotels, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, owned by Brunei because of the Southeast Asian nation's plans to impose the death penalty for people having gay sex or committing adultery.Brunei, a former British protectorate, has stated it will roll out new Sharia law punishments from April 3 that include death by stoning or whipping for sodomy, adultery, or rape.The Brunei Investment Company owns nine hotels in the United States a
  
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• ‘Hard-partying’ Boyzone star Keith Duffy sparks fears for his health after collapsing before Thailand gig - The Sun

  29-03-2019 21:31
  ‘Hard-partying’ Boyzone star Keith Duffy sparks fears for his health after collapsing before Thailand gig  The SunBoyzone singer Keith Duffy taken to hospital while on tour in Thailand  Sky NewsRonan Keating breaks silence on Boyzone bandmate Keith Duffy’s hospitalisation  OK! magazineBoyzone Singer Hospitalized Before Bangkok Concert  Khaosod EnglishBoyzone's Keith Duffy in 'downward spiral' before hospital dash, says Ronan Keating 
  
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• Cries Of 'Betrayal' As Brexit Protestors March On Parliament

  29-03-2019 21:30
  Union Jack flags and 'traitor MP' placards were held aloft as thousands ofBrexit protestors marched on parliament on yet another day of high drama
  
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• Cricket-Australia claim narrow win over Pakistan despite Abid's debut ton

  29-03-2019 21:29
  Australia clinched a dramatic six-run victory over Pakistan on Friday, despite Pakistan debutant Abid Ali and in-form Mohammad Rizwan hitting centuries in the fourth one-day international in Dubai.Chasing 278 to win, Pakistan were in cruise control with Abid and Rizwan adding 144 runs to take the total to 218-3 before the middle order imploded in familiar fashion.Ali, whose 112 off 119 balls was Pakistan's record ODI score on debut at the age of 31, holed out to leg-spinner Adam Zampa.
  
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• Mum who gambled away £135k donated to treat son's cancer treatment spared jail

  29-03-2019 21:16
  A mother who gambled away at least £135,000 donated for her son's cancer treatment has been spared jail.A judge accepted mother-of-three Stacey Worsley had been under "extraordinary pressure" when she lost the money.The nurse had started gambling online to try and raising funds to help her son Toby Nye, who was battling the rare cancer neuroblastoma, Leeds Crown Court heard.
  
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• Nvidia may be developing its own smart home device with hologram tech - TechRadar

  29-03-2019 21:07
  Nvidia may be developing its own smart home device with hologram tech  TechRadarNvidia could be working on a smart home device with AI and hologram tech built in.
  
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• After A Third Brexit Defeat, Here's Why Theresa May Is Plotting A Fourth, Final Roll Of The Dice

  29-03-2019 20:57
  After a third Commons defeat of her unloved Brexit plans, Theresa May surveyedthe parliamentary wreckage around her with a morose air
  
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• William Barr to give Congress redacted version of Mueller report by mid-April - The Guardian

  29-03-2019 20:54
  William Barr to give Congress redacted version of Mueller report by mid-April  The Guardian'Russian hoax is finally dead', Trump tells Michigan rally  BBC NewsMueller report, nearly 400 pages, to be released by mid-April  The TelegraphSally Yates: William Barr should release the full Mueller report as soon as possible  The Washington PostDonald Trump, Master of Misdirection | Opinion  NewsweekView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The most violent group of people who ever lived - Daily Mail

  29-03-2019 20:49
  The most violent group of people who ever lived  Daily MailA growing body of evidence is convincing archaeologists that the Yamnaya society ruthlessly massacred opposing societies in Europe between 5000 and 4,00 ...
  
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• Brexit backers block Westminster roads chanting ‘Bye-bye, EU’

  29-03-2019 20:39
  Thousands of protesters calling for Brexit rallied outside parliament on Friday after MPs inside voted down Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was originally scheduled to leave the EU. Leave Means Leave supporters walked past parliament as Nigel Farage’s March to Leave procession, which started in Sunderland two weeks ago, arrived in Westminster.By early evening most protesters had left but some remaining demonstrators – supporters of the English Defence Leagu
  
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• Brexit backers block Westminster roads chanting: 'Bye-bye EU'

  29-03-2019 20:39
  Thousands of protesters calling for Brexit rallied outside parliament on Friday after MPs inside voted down Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was originally scheduled to leave the EU. Leave Means Leave supporters walked past parliament as Nigel Farage’s March to Leave procession, which started in Sunderland two weeks ago, arrived in Westminster.By early evening most protesters had left but some remaining demonstrators – supporters of the English Defence Leagu
  
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• RAF Typhoons intercept Russian bombers over North Sea

  29-03-2019 20:27
  Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled from northern Scotland to intercept two Russian bombers on Friday afternoon, the Ministry of Defence has said.The Typhoons were sent from RAF Lossiemouth at around midday, along with the RAF's air-to-air refuelling tanker the Voyager, which is based at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.According to the Ministry of Defence, the RAF and NATO partners had monitored the Russian Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic bombers as they passed through a "variety of internationa
  
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• Nicolas Cage drunkenly got married in Las Vegas by mistake - NME Live

  29-03-2019 20:15
  Nicolas Cage drunkenly got married in Las Vegas by mistake  NME LiveNicolas Cage files for annulment after just four days of marriage  The GuardianNicolas Cage 'files for an annulment just four days after getting hitched'  Irish MirrorNicolas Cage files for annulment after Las Vegas Strip wedding  Las Vegas Review-JournalNicolas Cage seen fighting with wife Erika Koike just hours after tying the knot in Las Vegas  Daily MailView full coverage on
  
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• Irish opposition voice disappointment at rejection of Brexit deal

  29-03-2019 20:01
  Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald called for 'resolute' leadership, while Fianna Fail's Lisa Chambers said she hoped common sense would prevail.
  
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• Spanish footballers fear for future in UK amid Brexit uncertainty

  29-03-2019 19:56
  The players of FC Deportivo Galicia, of the Combined Counties Football League in England, are predominantly Spanish and - despite assurances by both the UK and EU authorities they will be allowed to stay - many are worried.The team's star striker, Anton Fernandez, could barely speak English when he came to the UK three-and-a-half years ago, but has since secured a job as a primary school teaching assistant in Notting Hill, London.Both want to stay in the UK, but neither knows how or whether this
  
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• University student died after hospital ‘assumed he was drunk’

  29-03-2019 19:55
  Coroner says death of Bath University student Alex Green was ‘contributed to by neglect’ by hospital staffA university student died after doctors failed to spot a head injury he sustained during a night out to celebrate his birthday because they assumed his condition was due to excessive drink, a coroner has found.Maria Voisin, the senior coroner for Avon, said the death of 22-year-old Alex Green was “contributed to by neglect” by hospital staff. Continue reading...
  
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• May hopes to hold fourth vote on Brexit deal

  29-03-2019 19:55
  Election also on the cards after MPs reject withdrawal agreement by 58 votes
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  How did each MP vote?Theresa May hopes to bring her Brexit deal back to parliament again next week after it was rejected for a third time by MPs – and appears poised to trigger a general election if parliament fails to agree a way forward. Related: Brexit: MPs defeat May's withdrawal agreement for third time by 344 to 286 votes - live newsContinue reading...
  
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• DUP would rather REMAIN in the EU than risk Northern Ireland's place in the UK - Mirror Online

  29-03-2019 19:55
  DUP would rather REMAIN in the EU than risk Northern Ireland's place in the UK  Mirror OnlineBrexit has put Irish unity debate on the horizon – Mary McAleese  Belfast TelegraphBrexit: Nigel Dodds 'would rather stay in the EU than risk union'  BBC NewsWhat is the Irish Backstop and why is it affecting Theresa May's deal?  Metro.co.ukIreland's vice-president of EU Parliament says no-deal Brexit would result in 'backstop 2'  Belfast TelegraphV
  
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• 'Jet ski fugitive' says he has 'no regrets' as he is extradited

  29-03-2019 19:51
  A British man accused of trying to flee Australia by jet ski says he has "no regrets" about leading police on a chase across a strait.David Jackson, 57, was facing drugs charges in Western Australia when he allegedly tried to escape to Papua New Guinea.After a chase across the Torres Strait, the water between Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australia's border force caught him and his jet ski.
  
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• Man treated in hospital after ‘violent assault’ with bat

  29-03-2019 19:47
  Police are investigating the attack in Stevenston, North Ayrshire.
  
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• US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband's abuse was just like captors'

  29-03-2019 19:45
  Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnappingA Canadian man who was kidnapped with his wife in Afghanistan was controlling and violent towards her before, during and after their five-year hostage ordeal, she told a Canadian court on Friday.Caitlan Coleman, 33, gave testimony for a second day at the trial of Joshua Boyle, 35 who faces 19 criminal charges, including sexual assault, unlawful confinement and uttering death
  
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• Brexit app for EU citizens to work on iPhones by end 2019 – Javid

  29-03-2019 19:44
  App, designed to help EU nationals to apply for settled status, until now worked only on Android
  Sajid Javid has announced that the controversial Brexit app for EU citizens’ residency rights will finally work on iPhones.The home secretary has struck a deal with Apple a year after the Home Office was ridiculed for developing an app that only fully worked on Android phones, even though iPhones account for 48% of the market. Continue reading...
  
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• SNP will work with other parties to find way forward on Brexit – Sturgeon

  29-03-2019 19:27
  Nicola Sturgeon said the Prime Minister must accept her 'bad deal' is dead after it was rejected by MPs for the third time.
  
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• Ferrari’s fightback begins in first practice for Bahrain Grand Prix

  29-03-2019 19:27
  • Vettel and Leclerc leave Mercedes drivers in their early wake
  • Williams bring back Sir Patrick Head as engineering consultantIf there is to be a real fight at the front in Formula One this season Ferrari must square up at the Sakhir circuit and find the form that made them look so gloriously threatening in pre-season but which deserted them at the first round in Australia. Related: Mercedes are the team to catch again as Ferrari continue to struggle | Giles RichardsContinue reading.
  
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• 15 Tweets That Perfectly Capture The Absolute Shambles That Is Brexit Day

  29-03-2019 19:26
  Rejoice! For today is:> Sing it from the rooftops
  
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• The Guardian view on killing speed: a sensible restriction | Editorial

  29-03-2019 19:25
  Speeding, one of the pleasures of modern life, will soon become technologically impossible. We will be well rid of itDriving fast on a clear road is for many people one of the pleasures of modern life. It seems to express all the feelings of power and autonomy that the daily grind so cruelly denies us. Speed limits then become just another petty restriction to be shoved aside by people glorying in their proper freedom. But now, it seems, all this is to come to an end. A directive approved by the
  
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• The DUP aren't Remainers – but they're not the ERG either - New Statesman

  29-03-2019 19:25
  The DUP aren't Remainers – but they're not the ERG either  New StatesmanThe DUP has always denied it could live with a soft Brexit. Having backed a Leave vote in 2016, it has spent much of this Parliament acting in concert with the ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Third vote on May deal exposes splits among Tory Brexiters

  29-03-2019 19:21
  Dominic Raab, who resigned over May’s deal, told MPs he had changed his mind because Brexit was in peril. Photograph: House of Commons/PATheresa May’s failed attempt to pass her EU withdrawal deal has exposed splits within the Conservatives’ Eurosceptic faction, after more than 30 Brexiter MPs, including the leadership hopeful Dominic Raab, supported the government. Raab, a former Brexit secretary, was joined by ex-ministers Boris Johnson and John Whittingdale and the chair of
  
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• Her's: Liverpool's indie scene reels at death of 'the loveliest lads'

  29-03-2019 19:12
  They were outsiders, but Liverpudlians say the duo – tragically killed in a car accident in the US – were embraced for their warm humour and lust for lifeNews: Members and tour manager of Liverpool band Her’s killed in US car crashThere’s a sense of shock within the Liverpool music community today, as people come to terms with the tragic death of two of its rising stars. Audun Laading and Stephen Fitzpatrick, who made up the band Her’s, were travelling to a gig in C
  
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• Tributes to ‘funniest, sweetest’ Liverpool indie band Her’s after fatal US crash

  29-03-2019 19:11
  Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading have been praised by their former teacher and their peers.
  
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• ‘Fighting for freedom’: inside the leave protest on what would have been Brexit day

  29-03-2019 19:08
  A union jack flag is waved in Parliament Square, Westminster, London, during the March to Leave protest. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAIt was the day Britain didn’t leave the EU, so the big question – both within the walls of parliament and immediately outside them – was what was going to happen instead. Less than a week after a million people marched to call the whole thing off, Brexiters were planning their own mass rally outside parliament, aggrieved that 29 March had not proved, af
  
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• Global stocks fuelled by trade hopes, Brexit setback hits pound, German yields

  29-03-2019 19:03
  Stock markets around the world moved higher on Friday following signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks, while the British pound and German bond yields fell after lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit agreement for the third time.U.S. officials held "constructive" talks in Beijing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, concluding the latest round of dialogue with China aimed at resolving the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
  
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• Chess: Fabiano Caruana ends winless run after Magnus Carlsen’s taunt

  29-03-2019 18:53
  World title challenger in three-way battle with former Cuban champion and a speed specialist for the US crown this weekendFabiano Caruana is fighting back in the final rounds of the $194,000 US title contest this weekend after the world No 2 and defeated title challenger endured a record run of 27 classical games stretching back five months without a victory, plus a taunt from Magnus Carlsen, who tweeted, “When your winless streak matches your age,” after the 26th in the series.The w
  
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