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• Man stabbed in Trafalgar Square

  21-08-2019 23:45
  The force said it was awaiting an update on his condition.
  
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• Trafalgar Square stabbing: Man knifed in central London

  21-08-2019 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The man was found with stab injuries in the square in central London just after 21:00 BST.
  
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• UK and South Korea to sign post-Brexit continuity trade deal

  21-08-2019 23:37
  Britain and South Korea will sign a continuity Free Trade Agreement on Thursday to allow businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit at the end of October, the British government said.Britain has been seeking to replicate EU-trade agreements with third countries ahead of its planned departure from the bloc but many had stalled over the uncertainty about if and when Brexit would happen after it was delayed earlier this year.Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who took office last month, has vowed to
  
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• Trafalgar Square Stabbing: Man Knifed At Tourist Hot Spot

  21-08-2019 23:29
  A man has been stabbed in London's Trafalgar Square in in latest round ofviolence in the capital
  
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• Man arrested in Libby Squire murder probe

  21-08-2019 22:45
  The Hull University student disappeared in February.
  
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• Meghan shares preview of work with women’s charity on Instagram

  21-08-2019 22:43
  The Duchess of Sussex is collaborating with Smart Works, which gives vulnerable women both the skills and the clothes to land a job.
  
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• Sunseekers set to sizzle in record heatwave for August bank holiday

  21-08-2019 22:42
  Temperatures may reach 33C by Monday.
  
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• US trade deal ‘highly unlikely’ with Irish hard border, Boris Johnson warned

  21-08-2019 22:36
  The Congressional Friends of Ireland group in the US Congress told the PM in a letter that the Good Friday Agreement must not be undermined.
  
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• Yousef Makki: Sentence appeal by stabbed boy's family refused

  21-08-2019 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of Yousef Makki believe two boys convicted in the case got unduly lenient sentences.
  
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• Prince Andrew's links to Jeffrey Epstein

  21-08-2019 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke of York has come under scrutiny for his connection to the late US financier. Here's what we know.
  
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• Exclusive: 97% Of Labour Activists Back 'Remain Alliance' Election Pact

  21-08-2019 22:00
  A 'Remain alliance' pact that would see Labour stand aside for rival partiesin some areas is backed by the overwhelming majority of its pro-EU supporters
  
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• Exclusive: 97% Of 'Remain Labour' Supporters Back Anti-Brexit Election Pact

  21-08-2019 22:00
  A 'Remain alliance' pact that would see Labour stand aside for rival partiesin some areas is backed by the overwhelming majority of its pro-EU supporters
  
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• Channel migrants: Two boats intercepted carrying 21 people

  21-08-2019 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Border Force vessels intercept the dinghies after they are spotted heading towards the Kent coast.
  
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• Libby Squire death: Man arrested on suspicion of murder

  21-08-2019 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Police arrest a 25-year-old over the death of the student whose body was found in a river estuary.
  
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• Two men charged over bomb under police officer’s car

  21-08-2019 21:38
  The men, aged in their 40s, were arrested in Dublin on Tuesday.
  
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• Boy, 12, falls to death from apartment in Spain

  21-08-2019 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucas Briscoe was on holiday with his mother in the Costa del Sol when he fell from a balcony.
  
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• Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn branded ‘cowards’ for dodging TV interviews

  21-08-2019 21:31
  The Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition have been rebuked by the chief of Channel 4 News for not taking questions from journalists.
  
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• Ryanair loses court battle to block UK pilot strikes

  21-08-2019 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The airline won in a bid to stop Ireland-based pilots from striking, but lost the larger UK battle
  
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• Merkel: Backstop alternative 'possible within 30 days'

  21-08-2019 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson welcomes apparent optimism from the German chancellor as she suggests a solution could be found.
  
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• Corbyn arranges all-party 'tactics' meeting to fight no-deal Brexit

  21-08-2019 21:15
  Jeremy Corbyn this Tuesday in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where he said that Boris Johnson’s threat to the EU of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October would not ‘bring about change’. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PAJeremy Corbyn will gather opposition leaders and Tory rebels at a meeting in parliament next week to discuss the fight against a no-deal Brexit, amid continuing splits over tactics to prevent Boris Johnson leading a crash-out of the union on 31 October.The Labour leader invited SNP
  
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• Libby Squire: Man, 25, Arrested Over Murder Of Hull University Student

  21-08-2019 21:04
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Hull Universitystudent Libby Squire, whose disappearance prompted a widespread search
  
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• Cordial and businesslike tone as leaders agree to seek backstop solution

  21-08-2019 20:48
  Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel overcame a nervy start to their meeting and vowed to pool efforts to forge an agreement.
  
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• HS2 was chosen as the best compromise and needs to go ahead in full

  21-08-2019 20:29
  Archaeological excavations at St James’s Gardens near Euston, central London, as part of the HS2 project. Photograph: James Jenkins/AFP/GettyIt’s the most important infrastructure project of the next decade and the prime minister believes it can be thoroughly reviewed by a panel of experts in just a few weeks. A report giving a final verdict should be ready by around October.We are talking about a cost–benefit analysis of the HS2 high-speed rail line and whether it can be divin
  
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• Family devastated after 12-year-old boy killed in Spanish balcony fall

  21-08-2019 20:25
  Lucas Briscoe was visiting Fuengirola with his mother and a school friend.
  
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• Home Office to assign Border Force tasks to agency workers

  21-08-2019 20:10
  Dover staff say move could compromise security and leave border without protection. Agency workers will take over tasks from Border Force guards in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Guardian can reveal. The development has concerned permanent staff in Dover who believe the unprecedented move could compromise security. It comes as the government said it will recruit up to 1,000 Border Force officers to deal with expected delays if Boris Johnson fails to strike a deal with EU leaders by 31 Octobe
  
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• Corbyn assembles opposition MPs in bid to block no-deal Brexit

  21-08-2019 20:02
  The Labour leader has written to senior politicians opposed to a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• West Ham need Jack Wilshere to show his class and justify expensive gamble | Jacob Steinberg

  21-08-2019 20:00
  Manuel Pellegrini has put faith in player who must rediscover spark and prove he can handle rigours of the Premier LeagueIt did not take long for some people at West Ham to develop doubts about the wisdom of signing Jack Wilshere. The misplaced early optimism soon ebbed away and the grumbling began midway through last season, with the mood summed up by one figure muttering about how long was left on Wilshere’s contract and wondering whether West Ham should think about finding a way to part
  
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• Life-like robots closer to reality

  21-08-2019 20:00
  Researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated a new way of embedding computation into soft robotic materials.
  
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• Boris Johnson aping Vladimir Putin’s media strategy, says Channel 4 news chief

  21-08-2019 20:00
  Dorothy Byrne describes PM as a liar and says broadcasters must call out his falsehoodsBoris Johnson is a “known liar” who is copying Vladimir Putin’s approach to the media, according to Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs, who called on broadcasters to aggressively challenge the prime minister’s falsehoods.Dorothy Byrne said Johnson’s shift towards publishing his own videos on Facebook rather than giving sit-down interviews to journalists reminded he
  
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• Ancient skull suggests complex brain evolution in primates

  21-08-2019 20:00
  Research on a Chilecebus carrascoensis fossil indicates enlargement occurred repeatedly but with occasional decreases in size.
  
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• Merkel sets 30-day deadline for Irish backstop alternative

  21-08-2019 19:54
  A Downing Street source said the Government was happy with the tone of Mrs Merkel’s exchange.
  
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• Trump raises pressure on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

  21-08-2019 19:52
  President launches new attack on Jerome Powell, the man he picked to run US central bankDonald Trump has stepped up the pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates with his most personal attack yet on Jerome Powell, the man he handpicked to run the US central bank.Ahead of a crucial speech by Powell in Jackson Hole on Friday, the US president compared the Fed chairman to a golfer who was unable to putt and said he had let the country down. Continue reading...
  
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• View on HS2 from the Chilterns: ‘A big vanity project like Concorde’

  21-08-2019 19:51
  Buckinghamshire villagers say the rail project has already caused irreversible damage
  Frances Cutler, a resident of South Heath, a small village in Buckinghamshire, has never really believed that HS2 would be built. “It’s ludicrous,” she said, sitting in her sunny front room, 700 metres from where the high-speed trains are planned to emerge from a tunnel underneath the Chilterns. “We’ve been saying for years it was going to cost more than £100bn but nobody lis
  
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• Angela Merkel Gives Boris Johnson 30 Days To Come Up With Alternative Plan To Avoid No-Deal Brexit

  21-08-2019 19:46
  Angela Merkel has given Boris Johnson just 30 days to come up with a detailedplan to avoid a no-deal Brexit
  
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• Merkel gives Johnson 30 days to find solution to avoid no-deal Brexit

  21-08-2019 19:44
  German chancellor puts responsibility for crashing out of EU firmly at UK PM’s doorAngela Merkel has challenged Boris Johnson to come up with a solution to avert a no-deal Brexit “in the next 30 days”, putting responsibility for stopping the UK crashing out of the EU firmly at the British prime minister’s door.After weeks of diplomatic tension, the German chancellor used her first face-to-face meeting with her UK counterpart on Wednesday to signal cautious optimism that a
  
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• Prominent MIT professor resigns in protest over lab's links to Epstein

  21-08-2019 19:38
  Ethan Zuckerman announced he was leaving after it was revealed MIT Media Lab director took money from financierA prominent professor at the MIT Media Lab has announced he is resigning from the prestigious research centre in protest after it was revealed its director took money from the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.Ethan Zuckerman, who is the director of the Center for Civic Media at the laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told his employers he was leaving after discovering the institu
  
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• Johnson tells Merkel Brexit deal is possible if backstop scrapped

  21-08-2019 19:38
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was visiting Berlin on his first trip since entering Number 10.
  
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• Joe Root’s England fired up to burst through ‘huge hole’ in Australia

  21-08-2019 19:38
  • England aim to capitalise on Steve Smith’s enforced absence• Jofra Archer to spearhead bid to square Ashes in third TestJoe Root believes England are ready to pounce on the absence of Steve Smith and heap more pressure on Australia using the fast bowler who was born for the big stage. Jofra Archer remains the name on everybody’s lips after sending down the searing 92mph short ball that struck Smith’s neck at Lord’s.The tourists have lost their talisman to dela
  
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• HS2 could be scrapped as critic given role in independent review

  21-08-2019 19:37
  Government needs clear evidence before going ahead, says transport secretaryThe future of the HS2 high-speed rail project has been thrown into doubt after the government launched a “go or no go” review into the proposed £55.7bn network, with a leading critic of the scheme as its joint author.The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said on Wednesday that the government needed “clear evidence” before deciding whether to go ahead. Continue reading...
  
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• Pupils 'refusing to sit GCSE exams in new tougher format'

  21-08-2019 19:36
  Leading teaching unions warn changes have left students stressed and demoralisedPupils have been so demoralised by the new, tougher GCSE format in England that some refused to sit the exams this year, while others display raised levels of stress, according to leading teaching unions.The reports from the National Education Union (NEU) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), which represents many secondary school heads, come as more than 600,000 16-year-olds are waiting to receiv
  
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• Pupils 'refusing to sit GCSE exams in new tougher format'

  21-08-2019 19:36
  Leading teaching unions warn changes have left students stressed and demoralised. Pupils have been so demoralised by the new, tougher GCSE format in England that some refused to sit the exams this year, while others display raised levels of stress, according to leading teaching unions. The reports from the National Education Union (NEU) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), which represents many secondary school heads, come as more than 600,000 16-year-olds are waiting to rec
  
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• British army 'leaning on' under-18s to help fill its ranks

  21-08-2019 19:36
  Army turning to younger, poorer, teenagers to fill riskiest roles, say critics of enlistment strategyBritain’s stretched army is increasingly relying on 16- and 17-year-olds to fill its ranks, the youngsters accounting for nearly 30% of those enlisted last year, the highest proportion since the start of the decade.Recruits are also more likely to come from poorer backgrounds, such as on the edges of cities in the north of England, according to data from the Child Rights International Netwo
  
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• British army 'leaning on' under-18s to help fill its ranks

  21-08-2019 19:36
  Junior soldiers during the passing out parade at Uniacke Barracks in Harrogate. Almost 30% of new army recruits are under-18s Photograph: Bethany Clarke/Getty ImagesBritain’s stretched army is increasingly relying on 16- and 17-year-olds to fill its ranks, the youngsters accounting for nearly 30% of those enlisted last year, the highest proportion since the start of the decade.Recruits are also more likely to come from poorer backgrounds, such as on the edges of cities in the north of Engl
  
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• First Titanic Dive In More Than A Decade Reveals Stunning Pictures Of Crumbling Ship

  21-08-2019 19:34
  Explorers making the first manned voyage to the Titanic wreckage in 14 yearssaid they have uncovered a partial collapse of the ship's hull
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump and Greenland: no sale | Editorial

  21-08-2019 19:33
  The great ice sheets are more valuable to the world than the oil that lies beneath themOne of the classic storylines of science fiction is the emergence of a mutant child, with powers far beyond those of adults and no understanding of their use. The theme is carried to its the extreme in Jerome Bixby’s story It’s a Good Life, where the omnipotent mutant is a toddler with no grasp of consequences. With Donald Trump in the White House, the whole world can get a taste of this capricious
  
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• World Cups rebranded in effort to achieve gender neutrality in rugby

  21-08-2019 19:20
  • Gender will be no longer included in tournament names
  • World Rugby calls move ‘ultimate statement of equality’World Rugby has rebranded its men’s and women’s World Cups in an effort to achieve gender neutrality in the sport. The competitions will now be referred to simply as Rugby World Cups with gender no longer included in their titles in a move that World Rugby has heralded as “the ultimate statement in equality”.For the women’s edition o
  
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• Wildfires: Why Are Fires Causing Devastation Across The World?

  21-08-2019 19:12
  Wildfires in Brazil have made headlines this week, as numerous states facesome of the most destructive blazes in the country's history
  
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• I’ve spent years reporting from Syria. The world has tuned out, but hope still exists | Sara Firth

  21-08-2019 19:12
  Every day the mounting horrors are broadcast in real time, but it feels like nobody is watching any moreThis is often how the news comes in: “Regime airstrikes on Tuesday killed nine civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria, the target of months of regime and Russian bombardment, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.” Working for an international news channel, we follow up these stories with our sources on the ground, the local monitoring group or news agency. Where possible w
  
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• Jean genie: the best denim staples – in pictures

  21-08-2019 19:11
  From distressed jackets to colourful jumpsuits, denim can be dressed up or down – and the cotton can be ecologically grown, too. Here are our top picks Continue reading...
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro accuses NGOs of setting fires in Amazon rainforest

  21-08-2019 19:11
  Brazilian president blames environmental groups after he is criticised for rise in blazesThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has accused environmental groups of setting fires in the Amazon as he tries to deflect growing international criticism of his failure to protect the world’s biggest rainforest.A surge of blazes in several Amazonian states this month followed reports that farmers were feeling emboldened to clear land for crop fields and cattle ranches because the new Brazilian go
  
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