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• Trudeau approves contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  18-06-2019 23:57
  Construction to start this year, Canadian prime minister says, despite opposition from environmental and Indigenous groupsCanada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has once again approved a hotly contested proposal to expand the crude oil pipeline it bought last year, providing hope for a depressed energy industry but angering environmental and Indigenous groups which have fiercely opposed the project.Construction on the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is planned to start this year,
  
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• Tory Leadership Debate: The Oddest Moments From A Soul-Destroying Hour Of Television

  18-06-2019 23:36
  The conversation following the BBC Tory leadership debate was less about whowon, and more about how heavily the nation lost
  
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• Phil Neville will not rest England players against Japan in World Cup

  18-06-2019 23:29
  • Manager not interested in easier path for runners-up
  • ‘I’m going to play my best team … I want to finish top’Phil Neville will resist the temptation to rest key players against Japan on Wednesday night as England play their final Group D game, knowing a draw will be enough to secure top spot.There is a case – albeit a controversial one – for relaxing a little and not worrying too much about succumbing to a defeat which would clear the path to sec
  
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• Ageing boy band’s reunion manages to hit all the wrong notes | John Crace

  18-06-2019 23:18
  Final line up of Take Twat for Tory leadership debate decided at second round of voting earlier He speaks. And yet he still says nothing. Given that he has been held hostage by his minders for the past few months, it was only fair that Boris Johnson was given the chance to answer the first question on the BBC’s Tory leadership debate. “Piffle, paffle, wiffle, waffle,” said the pasty-faced, priapic Mr Blobby. His time in captivity has played havoc with his complexion.And with hi
  
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• Boris Johnson defensive, evasive, and favourite for No 10

  18-06-2019 23:15
  Boris Johnson has been forced on to the defensive in a fractious five-way Tory leadership debate, coming under pressure on issues from Islamophobia to his plan to cut taxes for top earners.The former foreign secretary remains overwhelming favourite to be Britain’s next prime minister after winning the second round of voting among Conservative MPs convincingly, with 126 votes of the 313 cast.But in his first appearance in a televised debate during the contest, having spurned Sunday’s
  
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• England’s Wan-Bissaka gifts France win at U-21 Euros despite penalty misses

  18-06-2019 23:14
  • England Under-21s 1-2 France Under-21s• Wan-Bissaka scores late own goal after Choudhury sent offFrom class to calamity: England’s opening night against France, and possibly their entire European Championship campaign, veered horribly off course in Cesena as a VAR red card for Hamza Choudhury plus a 95th-minute own goal from Aaron Wan-Bissaka inflicted a damaging defeat on Aidy Boothroyd’s under-21s. The repercussions may be lasting.Choudhury was dismissed for a dreadful
  
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• Tory Leadership Debate: Boris Johnson Denies Undermining Case Of British Mother Jailed In Iran

  18-06-2019 23:04
  Boris Johnson has claimed his comments about a British mother jailed in Irandid not make "any difference" to her case despite his words being used againsther in court
  
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• Years and Years finale review – fast, furious and frequently devastating

  18-06-2019 23:00
  Russell T Davies’s near-future series concluded in biblical fashion, but never lost sight of the humanity underpinning its big, bold ideas“Beware those men, the jokers and the tricksters and the clowns. They will laugh us into hell.” Marvellous things, art and life. You can write such a line months ago, as Russell T Davies did for his character Muriel, with one set of images in mind and find it broadcast four nights after a televised debate among a new crop of contenders &ndash
  
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• Trump announces departure of acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan – live

  18-06-2019 23:00
  President to address rally in Orlando, FloridaSupreme court decision awaited on census citizenship questionSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 10.00pm BST This blog is about to close for the day. But my Guardian colleague Adam Gabbatt is about to fire up a special politics live blog from Orlando, Florida.He recently alighted there from the Guardian US base in New York to cover, with the help of a very focused team, Donald Trump’s official 2020 reelection campaign launch.
  
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• Campaign calls for entertainment venues to plan for terror attack

  18-06-2019 23:00
  Remembering the victims of the Manchester bombing in the city two years on. Martyn’s law is named after one of those victims, Martyn Hett. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty ImagesA group representing terrorism survivors will call on the Home Office to require all venues and public spaces – from arenas to pubs – to prepare a dedicated security plan in case of an attack.Called Martyn’s law, the proposal is named after Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester arena attac
  
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• Tory leadership candidates rule out pre-Brexit election in BBC debate – live

  18-06-2019 22:59
  Remaining candidates took part in TV hustings after Dominic Raab ousted in second round of votingStewart survives as Raab eliminated from Tory leadership raceFull results of the Conservative leadership election – round 2Second round results - Snap analysis 9.59pm BST And this is what political journalists and commentators are saying about the debate on Twitter. They are not impressed.With the broadest of brushes - no huge blunders from anyone, Javid on better form, Stewart less impressive
  
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• Jamaica v Australia: Women's World Cup 2019 – live!

  18-06-2019 22:59
  Plus updates from Italy v Brazil, Group C decidersDavid Squires on … the World Cup, goals and good old VARAny thoughts? Email or tweet @KieranPender9.54pm BST I need to race down to the mixed zone and chat with super Sammy Kerr. I will be back with updates from that and the post-match press conference shortly. 9.53pm BST 90+7 min: It’s all over in Valenciennes as well. Brazil get the win, but end Group C in third on goals scored. Italy proceed in first and the Matildas advance in se
  
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• Sam Kerr nets four as Australia qualify for Women's World Cup last 16

  18-06-2019 22:57
  Swing in goal difference puts Matildas through in secondBrazil beat Italy 1-0 in other Group C encounterIt took Sam Kerr 10 World Cup games to find her first goal, but over 90 pulsating minutes in Grenoble the Matildas’ talisman fashioned four more – a first ever World Cup hat-trick for an Australian – to help her side secure second place in Group C and an appointment with Norway in Nice. Related: Jamaica v Australia: Women's World Cup 2019 – live!Continue reading...
  
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• MoJ denies sex offender research 'cover-up'

  18-06-2019 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Research found a treatment programme increased reoffending but the scheme ran for another five years.
  
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• More than $1bn worth of cocaine seized from ship at Philadelphia port

  18-06-2019 22:51
  US authorities say it was one of the largest drug busts in American history, the latest in a series of seizures along the east coastUS authorities on Tuesday seized more than $1bn worth of cocaine from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history.The US attorney’s office in Philadelphia announced the massive bust on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, saying law enforcement agents seized about 16.5 tons (15 metric tons) of cocaine from a large ship
  
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• Cambridge college apology after autistic boy 'removed' from chapel

  18-06-2019 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The Dean of King's College Cambridge apologises after an autistic boy is asked to leave a service.
  
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• Man charged over death of man in Edinburgh

  18-06-2019 22:50
  A 52-year-old man will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
  
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• Mali attack: gunmen on motorbikes kill at least 41 people in two villages

  18-06-2019 22:31
  Attacks on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central MaliUnidentified gunmen on motorbikes attacked two villages in central Mali, killing at least 41 people in a part of the country where ethnic reprisal attacks have surged in recent months, a local mayor said on Tuesday.The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival gr
  
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• Live coverage: Candidates clash over Brexit in Tory leadership debate

  18-06-2019 22:31
  Dominic Raab was eliminated from the leadership contest after failing to get enough votes from MPs.
  
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• BBC Conservative leadership debate – the winners and the losers

  18-06-2019 22:31
  After a second round of voting by MPs, with a third to come on Wednesday, the remaining five Tory party leadership contenders, including the frontrunner Boris Johnson, tested themselves in a BBC TV debate. It was a sometimes confusing and occasionally shouty hustings. But how did everyone do? Jeremy HuntOverall pitch? The sensible grownup who isn’t Johnson. And, did he mention he’s an entrepreneur?Best line? To Boris Johnson about a sheep farmer if there was no deal:> He would loo
  
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• Plantwatch: Britain’s ancient endangered rainforests

  18-06-2019 22:30
  Relics of the last ice age, these magical places are threatened by overgrazing and invasive species
  It may seem bizarre, but Britain has rainforests. These are temperate rainforests, far cooler than the hot steamy rainforests of the tropics, but just as wet and humid, drenched in huge downpours of rain and very clean air off the Atlantic, and mild all year round thanks to the equable ocean currents originating from the Gulf Stream.These British rainforests are just as lush as the tropical ones,
  
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• Candidates clash over Brexit escape route during Tory leadership debate

  18-06-2019 22:16
  Rory Stewart said the existing Withdrawal Agreement was the only way out of the EU.
  
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• Stricken polar bear turns up in Siberian city, hundreds of miles from home

  18-06-2019 22:09
  Visibly weak female bear spotted in Norilsk in northern SiberiaClimate emergency has damaged polar bears’ sea-ice habitatsA starving polar bear has strayed hundreds of kilometres from its natural Arctic habitat and wandered, exhausted, into the major Russian industrial city of Norilsk in northern Siberia. Related: Scientists shocked by Arctic permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than predictedContinue reading...
  
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• Geraint Thomas given all clear for Tour de France after heavy crash

  18-06-2019 22:09
  • Welsh rider taken to hospital after falling in Tour de Suisse• Team Ineos confirm Thomas has abandoned Swiss raceGeraint Thomas escaped with minor injuries after crashing heavily at the Tour de Suisse yesterday and will be able to defend his Tour de France title when the race begins next month.Much to the relief of Team Ineos following the withdrawal of Chris Froome last week after the four-times winner sustained multiple serious injuries, the Welshman suffered only abrasions to his
  
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• Ruth Davidson: 'Deliver Brexit, but not at expense of UK'

  18-06-2019 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Ruth Davidson tells Tory members who would put Brexit ahead of the union to "take a long, hard look at themselves".
  
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• Ackley Bridge review – carry on screaming: the school drama is back

  18-06-2019 22:00
  The third outing for the Halifax-based series sees tensions grow – as familiar and new characters steer an emotional rollercoaster Ackley Bridge (Channel 4) opens its third series with a scream. Lots of screaming, in fact. It goes from zero to 60 in less time than it takes to ask Sir if you can go to the loo. This warm and amiable school drama, set in a fictional town roughly around Halifax, pronounced “Arkley” if you’re an Oxford academic – more on that in a minute
  
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• Live coverage: Boris tops poll as Tory hopefuls take part in TV debate

  18-06-2019 21:53
  Dominic Raab was eliminated from the leadership contest after failing to get enough votes from MPs.
  
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• Mike Pompeo urges other countries to help protect tankers after Gulf attacks

  18-06-2019 21:45
  Secretary of state says shipping security was not exclusively a US problem and stresses that Trump does not want war with IranThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has called on other nations to help safeguard tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf following a spate of attacks on ships which Washington blames on Iran.On a visit to US Central Command headquarters, Pompeo said shipping security in the Gulf was not exclusively a US problem. Continue reading...
  
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• Lowry cricket painting fetches £1.2 million at auction

  18-06-2019 21:37
  The sum paid for the 1938 piece of work quadrupled the price it made in 1996.
  
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• Corbyn to outline Brexit strategy – but unlikely to cheerlead for remain

  18-06-2019 21:25
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls from allies to shift his position on Brexit. Photograph: Jacob King/PAJeremy Corbyn plans to use a speech in the coming days to outline the latest evolution in Labour’s Brexit policy – but is expected to stop well short of the clarion call for remain demanded by his deputy, Tom Watson.The shadow cabinet will discuss Brexit on Wednesday, with the Labour leader under intense pressure from shadow ministers including Watson, Emily Thornberry and Keir Starmer
  
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• Corbyn to outline Brexit strategy – but unlikely to back remain

  18-06-2019 21:25
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls from allies to shift his position on Brexit. Photograph: Jacob King/PAJeremy Corbyn plans to use a speech in the coming days to outline the latest evolution in Labour’s Brexit policy – but is expected to stop well short of the clarion call for remain demanded by his deputy, Tom Watson.The shadow cabinet will discuss Brexit on Wednesday, with the Labour leader under intense pressure from shadow ministers including Watson, Emily Thornberry and Keir Starmer
  
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• Mountaineers land plane 400 metres from summit of Mont Blanc

  18-06-2019 21:23
  Pair attempt to reach summit but are intercepted by police and told to turn backTwo Swiss mountaineers have landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc before heading for the top of Europe’s tallest peak with police in pursuit.The pair landed the aircraft 4,450 metres (14,600ft) up the mountain in the French Alps on Tuesday in an incident described as an unprecedented “provocation” by Eric Fournier, the mayor of the nearby Chamonix resort. Continue r
  
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• Teenager critical after ‘animalistic’ attack inflicted more than 20 stab wounds

  18-06-2019 21:09
  Neighbours in Luton told of hearing a commotion during the incident in Tuesday morning.
  
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• Afghanistan’s fairytale wilts in the reality of England’s ODI supremacy | Tanya Aldred

  18-06-2019 21:08
  Afghanistan and Rashid Khan have played most of their games against lesser lights and they were made to pay in the World Cup against the No 1-ranked sideThere are many ways to feel alone on a cricket field. In the hell of a falling-apart dressing room, on the long walk out, or the long walk back. And then there is the personal torment of being Rashid Khan at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Related: Eoin Morgan launches England to easy World Cup win over AfghanistanContinue reading...
  
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• Conservative leadership contest: Boris Johnson secures another comfortable victory

  18-06-2019 21:02
  Boris Johnson has again secured a comprehensive victory in the latest ballot of Conservative MPs to choose their new party leader and the UK's next prime minister.The former foreign secretary attracted the support of 126 MPs, while Dominic Raab dropped out of the contest after failing to reach the threshold of 33 votes needed to progress to the next round.The ex-Brexit secretary secured the backing of just 30 Tory MPs and is eliminated as a candidate ahead of tomorrow's third ballot.
  
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• Ballet Cymru: Romeo a Juliet review – full-throttle fights in the valleys

  18-06-2019 21:00
  New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme
  This nimble company has scaled Shakespeare back to suit its 12 dancers, and in Danila Marzilli they have a knockout JulietBallet Cymru’s energetic Romeo a Juliet contains cagoules, clog dancing and a best mate called Cerys. Choreographed by company directors Darius James and Amy Doughty, it pitches Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers into a violent version of the Welsh valleys.It’s a wise move for this young, 12-strong company to sidestep period page
  
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• Eoin Morgan’s brutal 148 shows he practises what he preaches

  18-06-2019 20:43
  The England captain has told his team to play without fear – and against Afghanistan at Old Trafford he led by exampleEoin Morgan played the perfect captain’s innings against Afghanistan on Tuesday. Where once the phrase meant defiance in the face of adversity, here the message to his England teammates was that it was time to take the aerial route. Related: Eoin Morgan launches England to easy World Cup win over AfghanistanContinue reading...
  
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• Deeply concerning that Boris Johnson could be PM, Nicola Sturgeon says

  18-06-2019 20:42
  The First Minister spoke out at an event in Edinburgh to mark the 20th anniversary of devolution.
  
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• Tesco pins growth hopes on plant-based ready meals and robots

  18-06-2019 20:21
  Supermarket tells investors its plans also include more upmarket Tesco Finest convenience storesRobot-driven supermarkets, upmarket convenience stores and a tenfold increase in plant-based ready meals will all fuel growth at Tesco, the company has said.The UK’s biggest supermarket chain, which accounts for nearly a third of all groceries sold in the UK, told investors and City analysts at a presentation on Tuesday there was still room for it to open additional small stores in Britain inclu
  
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• Feliciano López named in Wimbledon doubles match-fixing allegation

  18-06-2019 20:14
  • Feliciano and Marc López deny claim made in Spanish media
  • Spaniard due to play with Andy Murray in doubles this weekFeliciano López, due to play doubles with Andy Murray in his comeback here at Queen’s this week, was consulting his lawyers on Tuesday about stories circulating in Spain that he and his playing partner, Marc López, were named in an alleged match-fixing scam at Wimbledon in 2017. Related: Nick Kyrgios leads rebels in push to puncture top thre
  
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• Martin Rowson on the third runway at Heathrow – cartoon

  18-06-2019 20:10
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• Change in PM will not move Ireland’s position on Brexit, says Coveney

  18-06-2019 20:05
  Irish foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney said Ireland would continue to focus on its no-deal preparations.
  
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• After Everest, we have to rethink the places we are loving to death | Van Badham

  18-06-2019 20:00
  The solution to overtourism is more than just spreading the crowds more evenly“Everest is over,” declared the Atlantic earlier this month. The conclusion came at the end of a tragic climbing season on the mountain. Eleven new deaths added more bodies to “the world’s highest garbage dump”, even as tourists to the summit posted photos to social media of their passage past corpses that had been there so long, they had become landmarks. Accumulating with the tonnes of s
  
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