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• Great Britain shock Spain 3-0 to reach last four of Billie Jean King Cup Finals

  10-11-2022 23:46
  Olivia Nicholls and Alicia Barnett win decisive doubles rubberHeather Watson and Harriet Dart claim singles to set up finaleAs they returned to the Emirates Arena on Thursday for an essential, decisive tie against Spain, there were only two options left for the Great Britain team at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals: win every single match or go home.With their backs firmly to the wall, they rose up to the occasion and pulled off the British women’s team’s greatest achievement in years
  
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• A drunk pope? Ted Cruz the cannibal? Twitter parodies exploit new blue tick

  10-11-2022 23:06
  The service now allows users to pay $8 to appear ‘verified’. Celebrity impersonators are having a field dayGeorge W Bush “misses killing Iraqis”, and Tony Blair agrees. OJ Simpson says he did it. And Elon Musk is offering “free nightly dinners” and family vacations to anyone whose name happens to be that of his ex Grimes.At least, that’s what these famous people appear to be saying on Twitter – and it must all be true, because they have a blue chec
  
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• Ukrainian troops approach outskirts of Kherson after taking key town

  10-11-2022 22:39
  Video shows Ukraine’s forces about nine miles from city centre but Kyiv unable to confirm Russian retreatRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine says it has reclaimed dozens of settlements in the country’s south as its forces close in on the outskirts of Kherson, while Russia has confirmed its troops have begun their retreat from the key southern city. In his Thursday evening address, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that “dozens of Ukrainian flags have already returned t
  
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• Gareth Southgate has an England squad to recapture happy-ship energy | Barney Ronay

  10-11-2022 21:27
  The 26-strong pool of players travelling to Qatar for the World Cup is the strongest group to leave these shores since 2006And … clear. Stage one completed. With the announcement of Gareth Southgate’s 26-man England World Cup squad safely despatched the early signs are, it has to be said, pretty good. Potential hazards appear to have been glossed or co-opted. The situation is calm. When it comes to negotiating the fraught pre-tournament void, a cursed earth of brain-shouts and rage-
  
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• Rebecca Hendin on Matt Hancock’s jungle trip – cartoon

  10-11-2022 21:00
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• Concern over plan for military to fill in for striking Border Force staff

  10-11-2022 21:00
  Exclusive: armed forces personnel to get less than a week’s training under plan approved by Suella BravermanHundreds of military personnel will be trained to work as Border Force guards so they can fill in for striking workers under plans signed off by Suella Braverman.Members of the armed services could be asked to work on the frontline at ports and airports by the end of this month, Whitehall sources said. Defence sources said they had received a request for help from the Home Office, wh
  
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• ‘Overweight’ neutron star defies a black hole theory, say astronomers - The Guardian

  10-11-2022 20:40 via news.google.com
  ‘Overweight’ neutron star defies a black hole theory, say astronomers  The GuardianBright flash of radiation sent through the universe after black hole rips star to death  The IndependentUndetected Black Hole Reveals Itself by Violently Shredding a Star That Strayed Too Close  SciTechDailyScientists discovered a middle-weight black hole as it ripped a star to shreds  BGRDeath of a star reveals midsize black hole lurking in a dwarf galaxy &
  
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• EHRC has not taken sides in debate on impact of transgender laws, Scottish court told

  10-11-2022 20:36
  Equalities watchdog tells judicial review of law on gender balance it is ‘regrettable but probably inevitable’ it is seen as partisanThe Equality and Human Rights Commission is a referee rather than a side-taker in the debate on whether transgender rights affect women’s legal protections, Scotland’s highest court has heard.The equalities watchdog was making a submission on the second day of a judicial review brought by the gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland
  
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• GOTY contender Vampire Survivors joins Xbox Game Pass today - TrueAchievements

  10-11-2022 20:16 via news.google.com
  GOTY contender Vampire Survivors joins Xbox Game Pass today  TrueAchievementsVampire Survivors - Console Launch Trailer  XboxNew Xbox Game Pass addition is so moreish I burnt my lunch  VG247Vampire Survivors is Out Now via Game Pass For Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One | XboxAchievements.com  XboxAchievementsXbox Game Pass Gets One of Steam's Best Games  ComicBook.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA's Inflatable Heat Shield Survives Atmospheric Trial by Fire - IGN

  10-11-2022 20:14 via news.google.com
  NASA's Inflatable Heat Shield Survives Atmospheric Trial by Fire  IGNNASA launches a huge flying saucer-like inflatable heat shield  Daily MailNASA Recovers Inflatable Heat Shield From Pacific Ocean After Orbital Test  GizmodoNASA's inflatable flying saucer aces Mars heat shield reentry test  Space.comLOFTID: NASA just tested an inflatable heatshield for planetary exploration in orbit  Interesting EngineeringView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Grant Shapps writes to Twitter to ‘remind’ it to comply with UK law

  10-11-2022 20:07
  Exclusive: Business secretary acts after Elon Musk announces sudden job cuts including staff at British operationsThe business secretary, Grant Shapps, has written to Twitter to ensure it is complying with UK law after the US company’s new owner, Elon Musk, announced that hundreds of its British staff would be fired.Musk took control of the social media platform at the end of October, and within days launched deep job cuts, with as many as 3,700 redundancies expected worldwide. Continue re
  
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• The Guardian view on insecure Britain: poverty makes people ill | Editorial

  10-11-2022 20:02
  Politicians must act on the clear connection between financial vulnerability and poor mental healthIn 2005, the then chancellor Gordon Brown launched child trust funds. Every baby born in the UK would receive a lump sum of £250 from the government, which would be automatically invested if parents did not do this themselves. The beneficiaries would be able to withdraw these savings when they were 18. The policy was regarded as clunky by some and was scrapped by the Conservatives in 2010. Bu
  
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• The Guardian view on big tech: pop! goes the bubble | Editorial

  10-11-2022 20:02
  The behemoths of Silicon Valley face some serious shrinkage and a reckoning with the societies they work inFacebook, Instagram, Twitter, Amazon: these behemoths have shaped our world. This winter, however, the world is shaping them. Faced with a global downturn, a US economy that appears headed for recession and interest rates shooting up across the west, big tech is in big trouble. This week, Meta – the company that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – declared it will sack 11,00
  
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• Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals

  10-11-2022 20:02
  Exclusive: Call for FSM income cap to be raised as children in England come to school with mouldy bread or even nothing​​• How families on the breadline are ineligible for FSMs
  •​ Hungry children miss out on FSMs – and schools can’t help
  • ‘The benefit is massive’: the school offering FSMs to all
  Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to te
  
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• ‘It’s given a voice to many’: chaos at Twitter sparks real fears for free speech in south-east Asia

  10-11-2022 20:00
  Social media has been crucial to pro-democracy protests across the region, from Myanmar to the Milk Tea Alliance in Thailand and Hong KongWhen Thai journalist and free speech defender Pravit Rojanaphruk joined Twitter in 2011, the social media platform was for him just a home for a few academics and politicos arguing among themselves.But over the next decade – in tandem with Thailand’s pro-democracy and monarchy reform movement – young people and activists flocked to Twitter to
  
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• ‘Whisper list’ contains 40 politicians never to accept a drink from, MP claims

  10-11-2022 19:54
  Names of people known for ‘bullying or sexual misconduct’ are shared around Westminster, says Charlotte NicholsA Labour MP has claimed there is a “whisper list” of roughly 40 politicians to keep at arm’s length in Westminster – including two former cabinet ministers.Charlotte Nichols, the MP for Warrington North, said she was warned of colleagues to never accept a drink from or be alone with. The list, which is not written down, includes people known for &ldqu
  
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• Anger at fossil fuel lobbyist numbers: what happened on fourth day of Cop27

  10-11-2022 19:20
  Joe Biden is on his way to Egypt and more than 50 poor developing countries are in danger of defaultAnd so we are edging towards the end of the first week. Friday is decarbonisation and industry day, with events themed around that topic.The US president, Joe Biden, is heading to Egypt and Asia. He is expected to drop in on Cop27 on Friday before going on to the East Asia Summit in Cambodia and then the annual G20 in Indonesia. It will be interesting to see how that galvanises the discussions.Kha
  
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• KFC apologises for Kristallnacht chicken and cheese promotion

  10-11-2022 19:15
  Firm messaged German customers to suggest they ‘commemorate’ Nazi atrocity by eating its foodKFC has apologised for a push notification sent out via its app inviting German customers to celebrate the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews by ordering fried chicken and cheese.It sent the message to its customers on Wednesday, the 84th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass in which Nazis led gangs in the torching, vandalising and ransacking of Jewish shops, busine
  
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• Still searching for those elusive Brexit benefits | Letters

  10-11-2022 19:07
  Readers respond to an article by Larry Elliott in which he said that Brexit remains an opportunity to transform an underperforming British economyI am glad that Larry Elliott has given us his latest take on Brexit, but his contention that there is an absence of evidence that Brexit has done much harm has holes in it (Brexit isn’t to blame for our current problems; it is still an opportunity, 6 November). Most fundamentally, the pound was trading at $1.49 on the day of the referendum. Two d
  
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• The teenage illness that made me who I am | Letter

  10-11-2022 19:06
  Katherine Fitton on the childhood experience that led her to work in healthcareCarol Peaker’s article felt rather close to home (A moment that changed me: my son was relishing life after recovering from cancer – so why did I feel broken?, 9 November). Like her son, when I was 14 I too had a “something” that required multiple operations and hospital visits. Although my tumour was benign, thus sparing me from chemotherapy, it was certainly something that shaped me and mould
  
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• Rugby World Cup final: All you need to know as England face New Zealand

  10-11-2022 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Who, when, where - everything you need to know about Saturday's Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and England.
  
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• It shouldn’t be down to John Lewis’s Christmas ad to stand up for children in care | Daniel Lavelle

  10-11-2022 18:37
  With social service budgets slashed, it’s become normal for charities and retailers to start doing the work of the stateThis year’s John Lewis Christmas advert features a foster father attempting to master a skateboard to connect with an incoming foster child. It is warm, fuzzy and well-meaning. The company intends to take on care-leavers in apprenticeships and support them in education. Bravo, John Lewis! But, and I’m sorry for playing Scrooge here, it’s demoralising tha
  
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• Show of solidarity and a T rex: day four at Cop27 – in pictures

  10-11-2022 18:33
  Protesters wear white as US House speaker Nancy Pelosi joins delegates at climate summit in Egypt Continue reading...
  
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• We tested Einstein's theory of gravity on the scale of the universe – here's what we found - The Conversation

  10-11-2022 18:26 via news.google.com
  We tested Einstein's theory of gravity on the scale of the universe – here's what we found  The ConversationView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Putin ‘in no rush’ as Kherson retreat signals change of strategy

  10-11-2022 18:19
  Russian leader has distanced himself from withdrawal decision but Kremlin appears keen to learn from mistakesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAs has often been the case, Vladimir Putin was not present to deliver the bad news. On the day Russia announced a retreat from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the Russian leader was touring a neurological hospital in Moscow, making no mention of the monumental decision.It was instead Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and its comma
  
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• Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?

  10-11-2022 18:15
  Murdoch-owned media have not held back against the former president in the wake of Republicans’ disappointing midtermsOn election day, Donald Trump was clear about how his efforts to support Republican candidates should be seen.“Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit,” Trump told NewsNation. “If they lose, I should not be blamed at all.” Continue reading...
  
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• To those who sneer at activists blocking roads: what are you doing to save the planet? | Polly Toynbee

  10-11-2022 18:03
  The Tories’ despicable plan to imprison protesters is unlikely to stop those who fear imminent climate catastropheJust Stop Oil protesters this week are climbing gantries on the M25, blocking the Dartford tunnel, causing long delays and getting arrested in droves. Meanwhile the public order bill that would crack down on disruptive protests has been passed by MPs and is now being read in the House of Lords. The Lords should throw out this despicable piece of legislation.It’s curious h
  
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• ‘The benefit is massive’: the school offering free meals to all students

  10-11-2022 18:00
  Urswick school in Hackney says pupils are thriving under its policy, while another school offers evening meals to families•​ ​Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger
  ​• How families on the breadline are ineligible for free school meals
  •​ Hungry children miss out on free meals – and struggling schools cannot help
  Headteacher Richard Brown grew up on free school meals. He remembers the stigma of having to queue separately. Now he runs a school wh
  
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• Climate activists target private jet airports and demand ban at Cop27

  10-11-2022 17:52
  Protesters gather at Farnborough and Luton as part of global action, also calling for tax on frequent fliersCop27 live – latest news updatesClimate activists have blocked entrances to two of the UK’s premier private jet airports as part of a global wave of action against private aviation timed to coincide with Cop27.The activists, from Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion, staged blockades at Farnborough airport, in Hampshire, and London Luton airport’s Harrods terminal
  
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• I’ve booed at the opera before. But what happened to a young soprano this week was plain cruel | Martin Kettle

  10-11-2022 17:28
  On Tuesday evening in Covent Garden, during a performance of Handel’s Alcina, a 12-year-old child was heckled on stageThere is nothing wrong in principle with protesting at the opera. I’ve very occasionally booed shows I hated, and I want to be free to do so again if I choose. Not everything on the opera, or any other stage, has always got to be cheered politely or given the reflexive standing ovations that seem ever more common. Booing and whistling at the opera or theatre can somet
  
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• ‘Every death was avoidable’: Grenfell Tower inquiry closes after 400 days

  10-11-2022 17:27
  While the government apologised, the counsel attacked companies for a ‘merry-go-round of buck-passing’Grenfell fire: focus shifts to possible criminal convictions as inquiry endsNo one should have died at Grenfell Tower, the inquiry into the disaster that killed 72 people has heard as it closed after 400 days of evidence. The government said it was “truly sorry” for its own failures.Richard Millett KC, counsel to the inquiry, used his final statement to declare: “Ea
  
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• Share your thoughts on season five of The Crown

  10-11-2022 17:06
  We would like to hear your views on the latest season of Netflix’s royal dramaSeason five of The Crown has arrived, along with some backlash over the accuracy of its portrayal of the royal family. John Major, Judi Dench and the Australian Monarchist League are among those to have criticised the show for blurring fact and fiction. We would like to hear your own views of the series. Has the controversy affected your enjoyment of the show? Continue reading...
  
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• How John Fetterman broke Trump’s red wave in Pennsylvania – video

  10-11-2022 14:52
  In the vital swing state of Pennsylvania, the progressive Democrat John Fetterman defeated the TV celebrity Dr Mehmet Oz in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. Oliver Laughland, Tom Silverstone and Joel Van Haren followed the grassroots campaign that helped Fetterman enter the US senate and could loosen Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican party Continue reading...
  
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• UK sanctions now cover £18bn of Russian-owned assets

  10-11-2022 14:17
  Government says measures brought in since invasion of Ukraine are ‘crippling war machine’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe UK government has frozen more than £18bn of assets belonging to oligarchs and other Russians under the sanctions regime brought in after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the first official total reveals.Sanctions have been imposed on 1,271 people – including the former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and the “Nickel
  
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• Atatürk silence and Cop27 dissent: Thursday’s best photos

  10-11-2022 14:14
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world. Warning: contains graphic imagery. Continue reading...
  
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• Driver sentenced for blocking ambulance on 999 call

  10-11-2022 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Albert Butler, 38, received a suspended prison sentence for impeding the ambulance.
  
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• Tell us: do you or your family live in Kherson?

  10-11-2022 14:05
  If you are your family are living in Kherson, we’d like to hear from you about the current situation On Wednesday Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu ordered Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine’s city of Kherson, the only regional capital captured by Moscow since this year’s invasion.We would like to hear from people living in Kherson about the current situation. Continue reading...
  
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• 2 years in, the Xbox Series X/S still lacks even one killer exclusive - VG247

  10-11-2022 14:00 via news.google.com
  2 years in, the Xbox Series X/S still lacks even one killer exclusive  VG247What's Your Favourite Thing About Xbox Series X|S After Two Years?  Pure Xbox3 money saving tips for Xbox Series X  TechRadarThe one thing the Xbox Series X needs to copy from the PS5  Tom's Guide10 Best Action Games You Can Play On Xbox Series X/S  TheGamerView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dining across the divide: ‘I smashed a plate - I must have been passionate’

  10-11-2022 13:30
  He’s a small-c conservative Labour voter, she votes Labour but dislikes Keir Starmer and the police – can they find common ground over dinner?• Fancy dining across the divide? Find out how to take partFrançois, 32, BristolOccupation Copywriter Continue reading...
  
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• Stressed out by global catastrophe? Try a globe artichoke | Jay Rayner

  10-11-2022 13:00
  Eating one is such a fiddly, intense process that you can’t think about anything else. But the season’s nearly done, more’s the pityAmid the mind-cluttering chaos of political parties ripping themselves apart like cannibal rats in a barrel, dictators threatening nuclear war, climate catastrophe and so on, we could all do with something to quieten the bad thoughts. Recently, I found mine: a globe artichoke. It had been a while since I’d been served one in the classic style
  
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• ‘We harvest these botanicals from all over Japan’: the six unique flavours behind your new favourite gin

  10-11-2022 12:25
  Working with ingredients picked at precisely the right moment, Roku Gin celebrates Japan’s vivid seasonalityThe idea of seasonality in what we eat has become popular in recent years, whether we’re thinking about the meals we prepare at home, or what we expect to see on menus when we dine out. But it is probably not something many of us consider too often when it comes to what we order at the bar. Yet more than a century ago in Japan, an innovative liquor importer dreamed of creating
  
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• Haru, natsu, aki, fuyu: the Japanese craft gin embracing seasonal flavours

  10-11-2022 12:24
  Working in harmony with nature’s rhythm, it can take up to a year to harvest the botanicals that flavour Roku GinThe makers of Roku Gin aim for nothing less than a pure expression of Japan in all the marvellous diversity of its varied landscapes and the magic of its changing seasons: haru (spring), natsu (summer), aki (autumn) and fuyu (winter). Roku means “six” in Japanese, and every elegant hexagonal bottle of Roku Gin contains six exceptional botanicals sourced from across t
  
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• Matcha gimlets to Sakura martinis: five Japanese-inspired gin cocktails

  10-11-2022 12:22
  Pay homage to Japan’s sophisticated – but thoroughly unpretentious – bar culture with these five drinks that showcase some of the country’s unique ingredientsIn the swankiest bars in Ginza, something like Tokyo’s answer to Mayfair, and the hole-in-the-wall spots of Shinjuku, cocktail making is something akin to an art form, with each ingredient carefully considered and every turn of the stirrer calculated. The same could be said of the distillation process behind Ro
  
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• Kanpai to that! Seven Japanese bars to explore in the UK

  10-11-2022 12:21
  From trendy subterranean spaces that would fit right into Shibuya, to laid-back lounges inspired by Tokyo’s after-hours scene, these seven bars offer an authentic Japanese drinking experience without you having to cross the planetBotanicals sourced from all over Japan, along with more than a century of distilling tradition make Roku Gin an ode to Japanese craftsmanship. This gin was meant to be enjoyed amid the buzz of a Tokyo izakaya, a kind of Japanese tapas bar, or the quiet hum of a Ky
  
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• The disconcerting spectacle of carnival in Haiti – in pictures

  10-11-2022 11:00
  Leah Gordon has been photographing the carnivals of Haiti for more than 20 years, documenting their unique blend of political satire, folk rituals and Vodou. A retrospective of her work, Kanaval, is on show at the Museum Of Contemporary Art North Miami until April 2023• Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters review Continue reading...
  
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• US midterm elections 2022: live results

  10-11-2022 10:38
  Full live results of the Congressional midterms, seat by seat, as electors across the US vote to decide whether the Republicans or Democrats will control the House of Representatives and SenateUS midterm elections 2022 – latest live news updates All 435 seats in the lower chamber of the federal congress, the House of Representatives, are re-elected every two years. (There are no term limits, and incumbents are often returned, so there is substantial continuity in the membership). House sea
  
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• ‘Street photography is my religion’: Americans on the edge – in pictures

  10-11-2022 08:00
  From snake handlers to street musicians – via a visit from Batwoman – Tom Bowden’s pictures allow us a glimpse at his subject’s souls Continue reading...
  
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• Rishi Sunak set to meet Irish PM amid Stormont stalemate

  10-11-2022 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister is expected to say he is "determined" to see power-sharing restored at Stormont.
  
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• Angola urges UK to take new measures on poverty

  10-11-2022 07:30
  Call over protecting most vulnerable citizens comes before UN review of Britain’s human rights recordAngola has urged the UK to adopt an emergency poverty strategy to protect its most vulnerable citizens from the cost-of-living crisis.The call – from a country where more than half of its population of 34 million people live on less than $2 (£1.75) a day, on behalf of citizens of one of the world’s richest – was among several concerns raised before a UN review of the
  
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• Mum, 102, relieved to find baby's grave after 76 years

  10-11-2022 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Marjorie Rigby, 102, says she is "sort of at peace" now, knowing where her baby is laid to rest.
  
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