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• Harvey Weinstein trial: attorney shows dress witness wore during alleged attack

  05-02-2020 23:51
  
  Lauren Young gave a distressing account of an alleged hotel bathroom attack by the once-powerful movie producerThe sixth and final woman to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexually attacking them took the witness stand at his rape trial on Wednesday, describing in harrowing detail how he allegedly groped her in a Los Angeles hotel bathroom in 2013.The jury in the New York supreme court were once again subjected to a graphic and distressing account of an alleged forced sex act imposed on an aspiring y
  
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• Why Lisa Nandy And Emily Thornberry Are Getting Squeezed In The Labour Race

  05-02-2020 23:48
  
  The Labour leadership contest is a marathon, not a sprint. Can the outsiders catch the front runners?
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer says national wellbeing is just as important as economic growth

  05-02-2020 23:30
  
  The Labour leadership contender says he would develop a set of 'wellbeing indicators' if he succeeds in becoming PM.
  
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• The Righteous Gemstones review – if Tony Soprano opened a megachurch

  05-02-2020 23:15
  
  John Goodman leads a dark comedy about a hugely wealthy, highly corrupt family of US evangelists, complete with marathon baptisms and perilous blackmailSky Comedy’s latest import certainly lands with a splash. Danny McBride’s HBO comedy, centred on the astonishing world of US megachurches and the extremely wealthy people who run them, opens with a 24-hour baptism marathon in China, as 5,000 converts line up to be dunked. Overseen by John Goodman’s towering patriarch Eli, the Ge
  
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• Scotland’s 1990 grand slam remembered: ‘Nobody was going to beat us that day’

  05-02-2020 23:00
  
  Scotland host England on Saturday but whatever the result at Murrayfield it is unlikely to match the fervour of their famous win 30 years agoEven now, 30 years on, memories of Scotland’s tumultuous 1990 grand-slam triumph over England have the power to move those involved to tears. Iwan Tukalo is recounting the team talk delivered by Scotland’s revered coaching double-act of Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer at their hotel before heading to Murrayfield. It was, he believes, the “def
  
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• Max Verstappen is Lewis Hamilton’s biggest threat, says Red Bull chief

  05-02-2020 23:00
  
  • Dutch driver is ‘the coming man,’ according to Christian Horner
  • Hamilton unlikely to switch teams believes Red Bull principalThe Red Bull principal, Christian Horner, believes Max Verstappen is the driver most likely to challenge Lewis Hamilton for the Formula One world championship this year.Horner is bullish about his team’s chances but reckons Hamilton, who will be aiming for a seventh world crown, will remain with Mercedes rather than switch to Ferrari at the
  
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• Son steps up to cut down Southampton and fire Tottenham through in FA Cup

  05-02-2020 22:59
  
  Tottenham’s motivation in hiring José Mourinho to replace Mauricio Pochettino was clear. They wanted the serial winner to guide them to silverware which, despite Pochettino’s excellence, has consistently eluded them. The drought pre-dated the Argentinian. Since the 1984 Uefa Cup, the club have won only three major trophies.Mourinho has viewed this season’s FA Cup through the prism of opportunity. If he can win it, maybe it will galvanise his tenure. When Danny Ings put S
  
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• Sun! Samba! Street crime! Red-faced Rio highlights the negative

  05-02-2020 22:46
  
  Instagram post about being robbed in the city is accidentally shared by tourist agencyWhen marketing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s national tourism agency typically focuses on the city’s world-class beaches, samba-filled music scene and caipirinha-fueled parties.Violent crime is rarely listed among the attractions. Continue reading...
  
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• Impeachment didn't remove Trump. But what if elections won't either? | Lawrence Douglas

  05-02-2020 22:34
  
  A Democratic victory on election day should free us from the chaos of the Trump presidency. But that is far from guaranteedBy all measures, the president was a malicious demagogue with a “taste for public performance”, reviled for his “swaggering vanity”. Many considered him incompetent and unfit for office; some called him mad. He impugned the character of the country’s most famous war hero but was, himself, “exquisitely sensitive to slights, real or perceive
  
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• Weatherwatch: Bangladesh among most at risk from rising sea levels

  05-02-2020 22:30
  
  Low-lying country is prone to tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall that often bring floodingOf all the countries at risk from the consequences of the climate emergency, the largest and most populous is Bangladesh. Home to more than 160 million people in an area barely larger than England, the country’s average altitude is less than 10m above sea level, making it very vulnerable to sea level rises. Related: On the frontline of the climate emergency, Bangladesh adaptsContinue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump acquitted on both articles in Senate impeachment trial

  05-02-2020 22:19
  
  President becomes third in US history to be impeached by the House and acquitted in Senate trialDonald Trump has been acquitted in his Senate trial on both of the articles of impeachment he faced, ending the threat that he would be removed from office and concluding the impeachment process.Voting largely along party lines, the senators found Trump not guilty of the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, by a 52-48 tally, and not guilty of the second article of impeachment, obstruction of
  
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• US threatens Venezuela with 'crippling' measures after Trump-Guaidó meeting

  05-02-2020 22:14
  
  US rolls out red carpet for Venezuela opposition leaderTrump administration to take unspecified steps within 30 daysThe United States has warned it was preparing “crippling” and “impactful measures” designed to force Nicolás Maduro from power as Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for the Venezuelan leader’s challenger, Juan Guaidó.Guaidó, who has spent the last year battling – so far unsuccessfully – to topple Maduro, arrived at
  
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• Nike stirs the pot with ‘gamechanger’ running shoe in step with new rules

  05-02-2020 22:11
  
  • Air Zoom Alphafly Next% falls inside World Athletics rules
  • Rival brands are frustrated by Nike’s array of patentsJust days after World Athletics belatedly introduced regulations to limit running shoe technology, Nike has courted further controversy with one that slips inside the rules and then hailing it as another “gamechanger”.The US company confirmed its Air Zoom Alphafly Next% are based on the shoes worn by the Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge when he ran a marathon in u
  
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• Broadcasting rights impasse puts CVC’s £300m Six Nations deal in peril

  05-02-2020 22:00
  
  • Home unions want tournament to remain on terrestrial TV
  • Tender process for next TV deal due to start this monthThe deal to sell a 15% stake in the Six Nations to the private equity company CVC is being held up over the home unions’ insistence that the tournament should remain live on terrestrial television, the Guardian has learned. Talks over the £300m agreement are in the final stages but the issue of broadcast rights remains a key sticking point between the two sides
  
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• Harry and Meghan send warm wishes to New Zealand to mark national day

  05-02-2020 21:07
  
  Members of the royal family sent messages to mark Waitangi Day on Instagram.
  
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• Trial of rapper Loski collapses as prosecutor falls ill

  05-02-2020 21:00
  
  Trial of rapper Loski collapses as prosecutor falls illDate for retrail of the musician, real name Jyrelle O’Connor, will be decided on Friday
  
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• Asking for It review – sexual assault drama misses the mark

  05-02-2020 21:00
  
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  This adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s novel has all the right intentions but offers cliches instead of real insightThis sexual assault drama is entirely void of hope. A transfer from the Abbey theatre in Dublin, Asking for It addresses the way rape destroys lives. Some moments are hard to watch, but an urgent topic is not a fast track to a good play. Lacking any kind of reclamation of voice and refusing to break away from cliche, it makes for an exhausting evening. And w
  
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• John Cleese, Sir Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam bid farewell to Terry Jones

  05-02-2020 20:58
  
  The actor and comedian died last month aged 77.
  
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• Home Office told to act as detainees unable to contact lawyers

  05-02-2020 20:56
  
  Home Office told to act as detainees unable to contact lawyers. Hundreds left without phone signal days before planned deportation flight to Jamaica
  
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• Baroness Morgan of Turncotes brings her disingenuity to BBC debate | John Crace

  05-02-2020 20:56
  
  Culture secretary has figured out that to succeed all she has to do is be tirelessly loyal to Boris Johnson, if not to herselfWe need to talk about Nicky. Or Baroness Morgan of Cotes as she now insists on being called by family and staff alike. Not even Nicky addresses herself as Nicky any more. Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have mediocrity thrust upon them.On a rare day out among the great unwashed, her ladyship dropped in to the right-of-centre thinktank Policy Ex
  
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• Baroness Morgan of Turncotes brings her disingenuity to BBC debate

  05-02-2020 20:56
  
  Baroness Morgan of Turncotes brings her disingenuity to BBC debate. Culture secretary has figured out that to succeed all she has to do is be tirelessly loyal to Boris Johnson, if not to herself
  
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• UK to strengthen sea patrols to ward off post-Brexit fishing wars

  05-02-2020 20:46
  
  Fears of repeat of 1970s ‘cod wars’ prompt Britain to double Royal Navy patrol ships Britain has been quietly increasing its maritime defences in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the “cod wars” of the 1970s once the UK fully completes its departure from the EU at the end of 2020.With a post-Brexit deal on fishing to be negotiated, maritime authorities are taking on two new inspection ships, according to recent parliamentary answers – and will have more than twice t
  
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• 'Politicos' Like Corbyn Aide Karie Murphy Should Not Get Peerages, Emily Thornberry Suggests

  05-02-2020 20:40
  
  Shadow foreign secretary says Labour should not “pack the House of Lords" with close staff of the leader.
  
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• Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80s

  05-02-2020 20:39
  
  PM told to say sorry for remark about ‘spaffing’ money up wall as 4,024 claims lead to guilty verdictsPolice say they are uncovering a hidden “epidemic” of paedophile abuse in the 1970s and 1980s, with thousands of allegations leading to convictions against people who abused their power to attack children.New figures seen by the Guardian show that 4,024 allegations led to guilty verdicts at court after police investigations since 2014 into decades-old child sex offences.
  
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• Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80s

  05-02-2020 20:39
  
  Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80s. PM told to say sorry for remark about ‘spaffing’ money up wall as 4,024 claims lead to guilty verdicts
  
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• Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80s

  05-02-2020 20:39
  
  Police uncovering 'epidemic of child abuse' in 1970s and 80sPM told to say sorry for remark about ‘spaffing’ money up wall, as 4,024 claims lead to guilty verdicts
  
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• Micheal Martin urges Conor Murphy to go to police over Quinn death

  05-02-2020 20:36
  
  The Stormont finance minister's apology for comments about the killing was only qualified, Fianna Fail's leader claimed.
  
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• Ministers jostle as Johnson plans long-awaited reshuffle

  05-02-2020 20:31
  
  Ministers jostle as Johnson plans long-awaited reshuffle. Rishi Sunak could remain at Treasury to keep an eye on the chancellor, Sajid Javid
  
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• Johnson loyalists to be rewarded in long-awaited reshuffle

  05-02-2020 20:31
  
  Johnson loyalists to be rewarded in long-awaited reshuffleRishi Sunak will remain at the Treasury to ‘keep an eye’ on chancellor Sajid Javid
  
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• Steve Bell on the trial of Donald Trump – cartoon

  05-02-2020 20:30
  
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• Helen McCourt killer Ian Simms released from prison

  05-02-2020 20:28
  
  The 63-year-old is free on licence following a ruling by High Court judges.
  
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• Andrew Neil leaves Macron ally furious over BRUTAL Brexit mauling 'You're PM's spokesman!'

  05-02-2020 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANDREW NEIL engaged in a furious row with French MEP Nathalie Loiseau on whether the UK would agree to a level playing field to ensure an EU trade deal, in a brutal BBC interview.
  
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• Terrorism sentencing laws could be changed by end of February

  05-02-2020 20:18
  
  Terrorism sentencing laws could be changed by end of February. Government rushing to alter legislation before another offender is due for release
  
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• Terror sentencing laws could be changed by end of February

  05-02-2020 20:18
  
  Terror sentencing laws could be changed by end of FebruaryGovernment rushing to alter legislation before another offender is due for release
  
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• David Hockney portrait of Ed Sheeran to be shown in UK

  05-02-2020 20:13
  
  Exhibition of artist’s work at London gallery will also feature portrait of sister and two videosA portrait by David Hockney of Ed Sheeran will be shown in the UK for the first time.It will be part of an exhibition of portraits by the 82-year-old British artist, entitled Video Brings Its Time To You, You Bring Your Time To Paintings And Drawings, which will also include a canvas of the singer Bruno Mars. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Vulnerable people’ among up to 50 on Jamaica deportation flight – charity

  05-02-2020 20:09
  
  Concerns have also been raised about the phone signal being down at detention centres.
  
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• George Steiner obituary

  05-02-2020 20:07
  
  Polymath devoted to an ideal of literacy as private reading and to exploring the relationship between the Holocaust and civilisationGeorge Steiner, who has died aged 90, was a polymathic European intellectual of particular severity. In an academic career that took him from the University of Chicago to Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Cambridge and Geneva, Steiner held forth on tragedy, reading, the decline of literacy, the possibilities of translation, science and chess. He crossed swords with Noam C
  
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• Quinn family ‘lives in hope’ of seeing murderers jailed

  05-02-2020 20:06
  
  Paul Quinn's mother Breege said she had been fighting for justice for her son since he was killed 13 years ago.
  
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• With lipsticks, Hermes branches into competitive cosmetics world

  05-02-2020 20:05
  France's Hermessaid on Wednesday it would start selling make-up from March, as the brand best known for its pricey Birkin handbags branches into a competitive beauty industry where its luxury rivals include Chanel.Hermes, which already sells perfumes, will make its first foray into cosmetics with lipsticks, and will add other products over time.High-end make-up and skincare products have outperformed lower end ranges at beauty firms like L'Oreal or Estee Lauder in recent years, thanks in part to
  
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• PM under pressure to appoint COP 26 head as Gove tipped for job

  05-02-2020 20:04
  
  Experts warn ongoing vacancy is damaging the UN climate summit’s prospects of successBoris Johnson is under increasing pressure to appoint a new president of the UN climate summit, with Michael Gove emerging as the most hotly tipped choice in Westminster, as experts warned the continuing power vacuum was damaging the prospect of success at the talks.Gove has a strong reputation among environmental campaigners, having impressed them with his energy as environment secretary under Theresa May
  
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• Italy and France eye EBRD top job - sources

  05-02-2020 20:02
  
  ROME/PARIS (Reuters) - Italy's former Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and the French Treasury head Odile Renaud-Basso are front runners to become president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), several sources told Reuters on Wednesday.The matter is expected to be discussed at the next meeting of European Union finance ministers in Brussels, although there will not necessarily be a decision, one of the sources said.The EBRD's board of Governors will elect a new presi
  
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• Scientists in Israel grow date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds

  05-02-2020 20:00
  
  Seeds found in Judean desert are male and female, leading to hopes of producing datesA handful of date seeds from fruit that ripened around the time of Jesus have been successfully planted and grown in southern Israel, researchers have revealed.The seeds, dubbed Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith and Hannah, were among many others discovered at archaeological sites in the Judean desert. Continue reading...
  
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• 10,000-year-old skeleton challenges theory of how humans arrived in Americas

  05-02-2020 20:00
  
  The early settlement history of the Americas appears to be more complicated than first thought.
  
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• The Guardian view on HS2: let the train take the strain | Editorial

  05-02-2020 19:57
  
  HS2 is well behind schedule and over budget. It can only work as part of an integrated transport plan designed to cut carbon“When in a hole, stop digging” is an iron law of politics, but not one that Boris Johnson recognises. He made his name by flouting conventional wisdom and gives the impression there’s no reason to stop. In the case of High Speed 2 – a railway where costs have doubled to around £100bn – he joked to schoolchildren last week that with a hole
  
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• Train passengers cram into ‘smelly’ toilet cubicle because of overcrowding

  05-02-2020 19:44
  
  Greater Anglia apologised for the crowding on the 5.47pm train from Cambridge to Ipswich.
  
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• Convicted terrorists thought to be due for release before end of March

  05-02-2020 19:44
  
  The Government is seeking to change the law to prevent the automatic release of any further terrorists.
  
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• End-of-life care that should be ours by right | Letters

  05-02-2020 19:41
  
  Responses to Owen Jones’ article on the importance of improving end-of-life care, plus letters on the idea of a “good death” at homeOwen Jones (End-of-life care is vital. Why is it so neglected?, Journal, 31 January) correctly identifies that the NHS has no systematic commissioning of end-of-life services. This leads to gross inequalities and haphazard access to services. But his claim that “hospitals are designed to make people better, not to provide comfort to the dying
  
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• End-of-life care that should be ours by right

  05-02-2020 19:41
  
  End-of-life care that should be ours by rightResponses to Owen Jones’ article on the importance of improving end-of-life care, plus letters on the idea of a “good death” at home
  
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• Standing up for Labour’s left wing

  05-02-2020 19:40
  
  Standing up for Labour’s left wingKeith Flett and John Heawood write in defence of Rebecca Long-Bailey and the left, while Graham Foster isn’t so sure
  
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• Quiet diplomacy can really get Brexit done

  05-02-2020 19:38
  
  Quiet diplomacy can really get Brexit doneWe should be building bridges with the EU after Brexit, not making threats, argue Quakers and former MEPs Jude Kirton-Darling and Molly Scott Cato. Plus thoughts on the general role of the UK’s MEPs from Wendy Dear
  
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