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• Warmest Easter Sunday on record in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - ITV News

  21-04-2019 23:53
  Warmest Easter Sunday on record in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland  ITV NewsUK weather forecast – Brits to bake in 22C Easter Monday scorcher as cracking bank holiday sunshine c  The SunRecord Easter temperatures in three nations of the UK  BBC NewsEaster temperatures hit record high, as chocolate eggs bear the brunt of the hot weather  The TelegraphUK weather latest: High Easter bank holiday weekend temperatures may give way to hail and thunder
  
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• UK weather forecast: Enjoy record Easter because storms are on way next week

  21-04-2019 23:22
  It was the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday with temperatures reaching 25.5C (78F) in England, and the hottest Easter Sunday on record for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.It was 23.4C (74F) in Edinburgh, while in Wales the hotspot was Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, where it reached 23.2C (73.7F).Northern Ireland hit 21C (69.8F) at Helen's Bay near Bangor to beat a 95-year record.
  
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• Leo Varadkar condemns republican group after Dublin parade

  21-04-2019 23:19
  The Irish premier said it was an 'insult' as people across the island mourned the death of Lyra McKee.
  
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• Police clear Extinction Rebellion protesters from Waterloo Bridge - The Guardian

  21-04-2019 23:09
  Police clear Extinction Rebellion protesters from Waterloo Bridge  The GuardianExtinction Rebellion: Climate protesters 'making a difference'  BBC NewsPeople of colour are the most impacted by climate change, yet Extinction Rebellion is erasing them from the conversation  The IndependentExtinction Rebellion protesters pile pressure on Mayor and Met Police to 'negotiate' to end disruption  Evening StandardExtinction Rebellion has the climate problem back to
  
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• Police clear Extinction Rebellion protesters from Waterloo Bridge

  21-04-2019 23:09
  Arrests made after police urge activists to move to Marble Arch, where Greta Thunberg spoke to protesters on Sunday Police have cleared the remaining Extinction Rebellion activists from Waterloo Bridge in London, despite earlier calls on social media for people that were willing to be arrested to “go there and save it”.The roads around Parliament Square were cleared of protesters earlier on Sunday, with the northbound carriageway of Waterloo Bridge reopened to traffic by the evening.
  
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• Men held over Lyra McKee murder released without charge

  21-04-2019 23:09
  Two men arrested over the murder of journalist Lyra McKee have been released without charge.Ms McKee, 29, was shot as she was observing rioting in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Thursday night.Detectives have repeated their appeal for help from people living in Creggan where the shooting happened.
  
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• British woman Faye Mooney killed by kidnappers in Nigeria

  21-04-2019 23:05
  Kidnappers in Nigeria have shot dead a British woman and a Nigerian man, and abducted three others, officials have said.Police and the British High Commission have named the woman as Faye Mooney and said they were aware of an incident which took place at a holiday resort on Friday but added that they would not speculate on a motive.The Briton was working in Nigeria as a communications specialist for aid group Mercy Corps and had travelled to the northern city of Kaduna from Lagos as a tourist, p
  
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• Saracens united after ‘motivated’ Billy Vunipola powers way into final | Paul Rees

  21-04-2019 23:00
  The No 8’s outstanding display in the 32-16 win against Munster helped Saracens stride into the European Champions Cup finalThe closest Munster got to Saracens was when one of their supporters clad in the province’s red jersey came within a few metres of Billy Vunipola at the end of the match and wagged a finger at the No 8 who at the start of the week had been tangled up in the Israel Folau affair.Vunipola’s support of the post from the Australia full-back that called on sinne
  
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• Line of Duty recap: series five, episode four – one hell of a mess to clean up

  21-04-2019 23:00
  There’s misdirection and shocks galore as the series kicks into punishingly high gear. Is any character truly safe?Spoiler alert: this blog is for people watching series five of Line of Duty (it also contains spoilers from earlier series). Don’t read on unless you have watched episode four.Hold on to your seatbelts everyone! This was what we’ve been building up to. A tense hour, involving a punishment beating, hints that this fifth series is nothing to do with the mysterious H
  
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• Teenage climate activist addresses Extinction Rebellion supporters

  21-04-2019 22:38
  The teenager travelled to London by train and will stay in the capital until Tuesday evening.
  
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• Climate change protesters to ‘pause’ rebellion if politicians negotiate

  21-04-2019 22:24
  Over the past week protesters have stopped traffic in Oxford Circus, set up camp in Marble Arch and created a temporary garden on Waterloo Bridge.
  
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• Dissidents accused of stoking Derry riot for Reggie Yates documentary

  21-04-2019 22:22
  Police request MTV footage after killing of journalist Lyra McKeeDissident republicans in Derry orchestrated the riot that claimed the life of a journalist partly to impress an MTV film crew fronted by the broadcaster Reggie Yates, it has been claimed.Yates and his crew were filming a documentary in the Creggan area of Derry last Thursday when republicans started throwing petrol bombs and shooting at police. Continue reading...
  
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• Two teenagers held over Lyra McKee’s murder released without charge

  21-04-2019 22:18
  New IRA branded futile and caught in an antiquated timewarp during a commemorative event in Londonderry.
  
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• Excellent weather for Lyrid meteor stargazing on Easter Sunday - Cornwall Live

  21-04-2019 22:05
  Excellent weather for Lyrid meteor stargazing on Easter Sunday  Cornwall LiveLyrid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Overnight Tonight and Monday!  Space.comHow to Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower Monday Night  LifehackerWhen you can watch the Lyrid meteor shower shoot across our skies  Lincolnshire LiveLyrid meteor shower to peak on Monday night, will you be able to catch a glimpse of a shooting star?  AccuWeather.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• One-Day Cup roundup: Lancashire beat Yorkshire by one run in thriller

  21-04-2019 21:54
  • Home side fall short of victory in last-ball drama at Headingley
  • Sussex thrash Kent; Glamorgan give Somerset a frightLancashire successfully defended 311 to win a nailbiting Easter Sunday Roses match by one run at Headingley and end their losing start to the Royal London One-Day Cup.A thrilling encounter came down to Yorkshire needing 16 from the last over with two wickets remaining. Saqib Mahmood conceded fours to Jonny Tattersall off the first two balls and then another boundary
  
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• Swedish teen climate activist joins London protest as arrests top 830

  21-04-2019 21:46
  Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday urged hundreds of climate-change protesters in London to never give up their campaign to save the planet as police arrests over disruptions to the city's landmarks rose above 830.Climate group Extinction Rebellion has targeted sites such as Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge in a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience with the aim of stopping what it calls a global climate crisis.
  
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• Lyra McKee: Two Men Arrested Over Murder Of Journalist In Northern Ireland Released Without Charge

  21-04-2019 21:42
  Two men arrested over the shooting of journalist Lyra McKee have been releasedwithout charge
  
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• Member of armed militia who detained migrants faced similar charges in 2006

  21-04-2019 21:24
  Larry Mitchell Hopkins held on Saturday in TexasEarlier arrest involved impersonating a police officerA member of an armed civilian group that has detained migrants near the US-Mexico border who was arrested on Saturday reportedly faced similar charges in Oregon 13 years ago. Related: Videos appear to show armed militia detaining migrants at US-Mexico borderContinue reading...
  
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• Thunberg: 'Climate fight will never stop'

  21-04-2019 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist, addresses the Extinction Rebellion protest in London.
  
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• Did you hear the one about the comedian who won the Ukraine presidential election? - ITV News

  21-04-2019 20:54
  Did you hear the one about the comedian who won the Ukraine presidential election?  ITV NewsComedian upsets Ukraine's president in landslide election victory  The TelegraphUkraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide  BBC NewsTV comedian set to become new president of Ukraine after landslide victory  Mirror OnlineUkraine election: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ben Jennings on Brexit and the Easter recess – cartoon

  21-04-2019 20:52
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• Seventy-six pubs 'shutting per month', but closure rate slowing - BBC News

  21-04-2019 20:30
  Seventy-six pubs 'shutting per month', but closure rate slowing  BBC NewsNearly 1,000 UK pubs shut last year, although the rate of closures is slowing, new research claims. About 76 pubs a month "vanished" from the communities they ...
  
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• British woman killed, three other people kidnapped in northern Nigeria

  21-04-2019 20:26
  Kidnappers in Nigeria killed a British woman and a Nigerian man, and abducted three others in the northern city of Kaduna, local police and the British High Commission said on Sunday.Kidnappings are rampant in Nigeria, where both locals and foreigners are targeted — mostly for ransom.The British High Commission named the woman as Faye Mooney and said it was aware of the incident that happened late on Friday but added it would not speculate on the motive or nature of attack.
  
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• Mission to Mars may require astronauts to wear swimming goggles - Telegraph.co.uk

  21-04-2019 19:59
  Mission to Mars may require astronauts to wear swimming goggles  Telegraph.co.ukAstronauts to wear SWIMMING GOGGLES in space - SHOCK study  Express.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Leinster to face Saracens in Champions Cup final after suffocating Toulouse

  21-04-2019 19:57
  • Leinster 30-12 Toulouse
  • Three tries take holders into fifth European finalAs long ago as October the smart money was on Leinster and Saracens contesting the Champions Cup final and a brutal Anglo-Irish slugfest duly awaits. On the evidence of this weekend’s semi-finals there is no doubt the best sides in Europe are heading for Newcastle, nor that the finale will be anything less than thunderous. Related: Billy Vunipola helps Saracens power past Munster into Champions Cup fina
  
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• UK weather: Enjoy record Easter because storms are on way next week

  21-04-2019 19:48
  It was the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday with temperatures reaching 25.5C (78F) in England, and the hottest Easter Sunday on record for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.It was 23.4C (74F) in Edinburgh, while in Wales the hotspot was Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, where it reached 23.2C (73.7F).Northern Ireland hit 21C (69.8F) at Helen's Bay near Bangor to beat a 95-year record.
  
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• More than 200 dead including five Britons in Sri Lanka bombings

  21-04-2019 19:47
  The Easter Sunday massacre saw bombers target churches and luxury hotels.
  
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• Chelsea lose in Lyon but Erin Cuthbert gives hope for semi-final second leg

  21-04-2019 19:46
  • Champions League semi-final first leg: Lyon 2-1 Chelsea• Eriksson 27og, Henry 35; Cuthbert 72Emma Hayes and Beth England said Chelsea showed that the five-times Champions League winners Lyon are human after Erin Cuthbert’s second-half volley left their Champions League tie wide open, with Hayes adding she was disappointed not to leave with a victory.“I’m gutted, I can’t lie,” said the Chelsea manager. “We’re in the tie but we should have won
  
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• Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies - The Guardian

  21-04-2019 19:38
  Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies  The GuardianSix-stone man who could barely walk and had to fight DWP for vital benefits dies  Mirror OnlineSix-stone emaciated man deemed 'fit to work' by DWP has died  Wales OnlineSix-stone emaciated man, 64, left starving and unable to stand but deemed 'fit to find work' DIES  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies

  21-04-2019 19:38
  Stephen Smith’s case sparked outrage after his benefits were cut and he was told to find a jobA man with multiple debilitating illnesses who was denied benefits and deemed fit to work, sparking a national outcry over the government’s welfare system, has died.Stephen Smith, 64, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis and an enlarged prostate that left him in chronic pain, made headline news earlier this year. Shocking pictures showed him emaciated in hospital wit
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjær apologises – ‘We let the fans down. We let the club down’

  21-04-2019 19:33
  • Manchester United beaten ‘on all the basics’ in 4-0 rout
  • ‘Performance is difficult to describe because it was so bad’Ole Gunnar Solskjær questioned the desire of Manchester United’s players and admitted some will not feature in his plans for a successful reign at Old Trafford after suffering a 4-0 humbling at Everton.The United manager said his pitiful team were beaten in the basics of football at Goodison Park, where Everton recorded their bigge
  
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• Klopp claims 'weather and pitch' made life hard for Liverpool - Football365.com

  21-04-2019 19:31
  Klopp claims 'weather and pitch' made life hard for Liverpool  Football365.comJamie Carragher predicts when Liverpool and Man City's Premier League battle will be decided  Liverpool EchoJurgen Klopp: Liverpool motivated by fans not 'Holy Grail' of title win  BBC SportJurgen Klopp has a place in the Anfield record books regardless of how the season ends  Daily MailLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals Melwood secret that helped Reds beat Cardiff  Ex
  
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• Sri Lanka’s Christians were left unprotected for far too long | Tasnim Nazeer

  21-04-2019 19:16
  Politicians and police have done little to halt the persecution of religious minorities. That will change now, but it’s already too lateMy first reaction was panic. As I woke up to the horrific scenes from churches and hotels in Sri Lanka; to news of the dead, dying and injured, on a day of Christian celebration, I desperately rang loved ones, checked on cousins, uncles, aunts and friends. As further explosions occurred, and more deaths were reported, my heart pounded. Finally, I learned t
  
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• Liverpool back at top after Georginio Wijnaldum inspires win at Cardiff

  21-04-2019 19:12
  There is a relentlessness about this title race that is impossible not to admire. Liverpool, playing catch-up after Manchester City’s victory 24 hours earlier, once again did everything that was asked of them to regain top spot and leave their rivals with no margin for error in Wednesday’s derby at Old Trafford. Related: Title race, top four, promotion and relegation – what's still at stake?Continue reading...
  
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• Giuliani rails against Mueller report as Democrats mull Trump impeachment

  21-04-2019 19:11
  Trump lawyer: ‘Nothing wrong with information from Russians’Teflon Don: how Trump the mafia boss fought the law … and wonOpinion: Moral squalor, not impeachment, will remove TrumpAs the White House mounted a furious assault on the Mueller report and critics of a president not found to have conspired with Russia but not cleared of obstruction of justice, the chair of the House judiciary committee said obstruction, if proven, “would be [an] impeachable” offence. Rela
  
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• Johanna Konta and Katie Boulter end GB’s 26-year wait for Fed Cup promotion

  21-04-2019 18:59
  • Konta fights back to beat Yulia Putintseva 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
  • Boulter’s 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 win over Zarina Diyas clinches play-offJohanna Konta and Katie Boulter, players of vastly contrasting styles and temperament but united in a common purpose, steered Great Britain back to the elite world group of women’s international team tennis for the first time in 26 years here on Sunday.As it happens, Anne Keothavong’s team would almost certainly have been included in the new 12-t
  
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• Mentally ill prisoners face months-long waits for hospital transfer

  21-04-2019 18:51
  Hundreds of prisoners with severe mental problems have been waiting for adequate treatment for longer than the stipulated 14 days. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PAPrisoners with severe mental health problems are waiting up to six months to be transferred to hospital to get treatment, a Guardian investigation has found. Government guidelines in England and Wales stipulate that prisoners who are acutely mentally ill should be transferred to a hospital within 14 days of the first medical recommendatio
  
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• Turkish opposition leader attacked at soldier's funeral

  21-04-2019 18:48
  CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu set upon by mob at service for soldier killed fighting Kurdish militantsThe leader of Turkey’s main opposition party has been attacked at the funeral of a soldier killed in fighting against Kurdish militants. The Republican People’s party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, was taken to a nearby house by security forces for his protection, the state news agency Anadolu said.Video of the incident on social media s
  
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• Tony Blair Says Migrants Have A 'Duty To Integrate' As Britain Faces Rise In 'Far-Right Bigotry'

  21-04-2019 18:47
  Tony Blair has warned that migrants "have a duty" to integrate themselves morein British society as the country faces a rise in "far-right bigotry"
  
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• Tony Blair Says Migrants Have A 'Duty To Integrate' As Britain Faces Rise In 'Far-Right Bigotry'

  21-04-2019 18:47
  Tony Blair has warned that migrants "have a duty" to integrate themselves morein British society as the country faces a rise in "far-right bigotry"
  
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• Man charged after victim’s ear bitten off during Omagh altercation

  21-04-2019 18:47
  The PSNI said the incident happened on Saturday night.
  
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• HS2 and the fallacy of economic benefits

  21-04-2019 18:44
  Protest signs mark where HS2 tracks are planned west of Manchester. ‘The effect on Manchester and Liverpool is more likely to be that of draining their economic lifeblood,’ writes Steve Lupton. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesI will try to explain how economic geography works to Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram (Letters, 18 April), and anyone else who would like to know. In relatively small countries, like the UK, economic and other activity becomes attracted to a central city,
  
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• Burrowing down to carbon date ‘Roman’ rabbits

  21-04-2019 18:44
  ‘Rabbits have this annoying habit of burrowing down into archaeological deposits and dying,’ says Naomi Sykes. Photograph: INS News Agency Ltd/Rex/ShutterstockIt’s lovely to see so much response (Letters, 19 April) to our rabbit story. With regards to concerns about the linguistics – our Leicester team is working on this. It is tempting to draw links between Latin terms and the Romans but it’s not always so straightforward. The Easter E.g. team, who reported on the
  
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• French sailors pay tribute to Notre Dame by lining up in the cathedral’s shape

  21-04-2019 18:39
  Sailors on board an aircraft carrier were showing 'solidarity' with Paris, according to the French navy.
  
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• Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for Sats

  21-04-2019 18:30
  A girl sits a test on her desk in a classroom. Year 6 pupils have been asked to attend revision classes over the holidays at hundreds of primary schools. Photograph: Echo/Getty Images/Cultura RFChildren at hundreds of primary schools in England are being asked to attend Sats revision classes over the Easter holidays, a teaching union official has revealed, warning that it was part of a disturbing trend. Darren Northcott, the NASUWT national officer for education, said revision classes for primar
  
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• Lyra McKee’s dissident republican killers urged to disband

  21-04-2019 18:29
  New IRA branded futile and caught in an antiquated timewarp during a commemorative event in Londonderry.
  
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• Children aged 11 are upskirting teachers, says union

  21-04-2019 18:27
  Pupils as young as 11 have taken pictures up the skirts of teachers, a union has said.The teaching union NASUWT says an increasing number of female teachers and girls have been the victim of upskirting.General secretary Chris Keates, speaking at the union's annual conference in Belfast, said reports of the "deplorable act" were often not taken seriously by schools.
  
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• Stanley Price obituary

  21-04-2019 18:10
  Between the 1960s and 90s, with his wonderful talent for spotting the comic potential in almost any situation, my friend Stanley Price, who has died aged 87, was one of a small number of successful British writers for stage, screen and television.He wrote a stream of extremely funny comedies for the West End stage, beginning with Horizontal Hold (1967), which was made into a television version starring Sheila Hancock. This was followed by The Two of Me (1975), with David and Clive Swift, Moving
  
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• Raise a can to Diane Abbott, a politician who can mix (mojitos) with the people | Alex Clark

  21-04-2019 18:10
  The much maligned shadow home secretary has become a folk hero for her surreptitious boozy moment on the trainIn the good old days, of course, you wouldn’t dream of venturing on to the North London line – a trundly old thing connecting Stratford in the east to Richmond in the south-west – without being at least mildly flutered. Journeys could be long, the atmosphere anywhere between carnival and Beckett-bleak, and you had to hold your nerve if you were travelling, as many of us
  
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• Tripoli hit by airstrikes as Haftar steps up assault on Libyan capital

  21-04-2019 18:09
  It is unclear whether aircraft or drones carried out the strike, which follows US statement in support of HaftarSeveral airstrikes, including the first alleged use of armed drones in the conflict, shook Tripoli overnight in an escalation of the United Arab Emirate-backed assault on the Libyan capital led by Khalifa Haftar. The allegations about the use of drones were made by the Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli, and supported by eyewitnesses.A Reuters reporter and several Tri
  
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