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• Nasa launches Swot satellite for 'unprecedented' view of Earth's water - BBC News - BBC News

  16-12-2022 22:08 via news.google.com
  Nasa launches Swot satellite for 'unprecedented' view of Earth's water - BBC News  BBC NewsSpaceX launches Swot satellite in Nasa-led global water survey mission – video  The GuardianUS-France satellite to map world’s oceans, rivers, lakes  Al Jazeera EnglishNasa's Swot satellite will survey millions of rivers and lakes  BBCSpaceX: rocket blasts off for first global water survey mission  Guardian NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Teeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meat - The Guardian

  16-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Teeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meat  The GuardianScientists discover what was on the menu of the first dinosaurs  Phys.orgAncestors of Diplodocus dinosaur may have been meat eaters: Research  WIONAncestors of 'veggie' dinosaurs actually feasted on meat  Livescience.comGiant Herbivorous Sauropods Like Diplodocus Were Descended From Meat-Eating Ancestors  IFLScienceView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Guardian view on the Qatar World Cup: great tournament, wrong place | Editorial

  16-12-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Much of the football and the spectacle has been wonderful. But much more than sport was at stakeShortly before Australia unexpectedly beat Denmark in a compelling match, a Qatari official was asked about migrant worker deaths in the lead-up to the World Cup. It was admitted that between 400 and 500 may have died working on infrastructure projects during that period. The actual figure could be far higher and may never be known. Notoriously, the Qatari authorities have not bothered to do the work
  
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• The Guardian view on social mobility in the arts: an enduring scandal | Editorial

  16-12-2022 19:25 via theguardian.com
  New research shows there was never a golden age of opportunity. All the more reason to start pulling down the barriers nowA National Theatre revival of Emlyn Williams’ autobiographical play The Corn is Green this year was a stirring reminder of a bright boy from a Welsh mining village who rose, thanks to an inspired teacher, to become one of the pre-eminent writers and actors of his generation. This paean to social mobility was first performed in 1938, in the decade before the introduction
  
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• I’ve been left in limbo by a failing asylum system | Letters

  16-12-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Ahmad Jaber, who arrived in the UK three years ago, says he has been separated from his family and held in never-ending limbo. Plus letters from Graham Charkham, Mo Hutchison, Emma Tait and John PellingDoes Rishi Sunak’s government really have a plan to deal with the backlog of asylum claims (The Guardian view on Sunak’s asylum plan: tough talk can’t mask past failures, 13 December)?For years I’ve been entangled in the Home Office backlog, both as an asylum-seeker and a U
  
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• When Beryl Grey threw cold water over my ballet dreams | Letters

  16-12-2022 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Rosanna Achilleos-Sarll remembers being told she was ‘too tall’ by the celebrated ballet dancer, while Tessa Higgins praises the wonderful teacher Audrey de VosYour obituary of Dame Beryl Grey (11 December) brought back childhood memories of being on my way to a ballet class in 1965 which was taking place in the first-floor ballroom, overlooking Green Park, of the Arts Educational Trust on Piccadilly in London. I was in form 4B (special ballet) and would often encounter Alicia Markov
  
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• ANC conference: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa heckled - BBC

  16-12-2022 18:27 via news.google.com
  ANC conference: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa heckled  BBCSouth Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa one of just two candidates for ANC leadership  The GuardianHeckling of President Ramaphosa triggers backlash in ruling ANC  Al Jazeera EnglishEbrahim Harvey | Bruised and battered ANC heads to conference under Zondo report, Phala Phala cloud  News24Mpumelelo Mkhabela | ANC conference: First day marked by party's inability to unify and renew &nbs
  
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• Police chief fired grenade launcher given as gift by Ukraine, Polish media reports

  16-12-2022 16:46 via theguardian.com
  Prosecutors investigating after Jarosław Szymczyk injured in blast at police headquarters in WarsawPolish prosecutors are investigating a “violent release of energy” at the national police headquarters amid media reports that the chief of police fired a grenade launcher in his office.Poland’s interior ministry said on Thursday that Jarosław Szymczyk, the police commander in chief, was injured and taken to hospital when a present he received during a visit to Ukraine e
  
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• NASA photo of Jupiter's moon Io shows lava lakes glowing bright red - Daily Mail

  16-12-2022 15:02 via news.google.com
  NASA photo of Jupiter's moon Io shows lava lakes glowing bright red  Daily MailNASA's Juno Probe Captures Stunning Fiery View of Volcanic Moon Io  ExtremeTechNASA Reveals Photo Of Red-Hot Lava On Jupiter's Moon  NDTVNASA's Juno collects key data on Jupiter's moons  Interesting EngineeringStriking NASA image reveals Io's volcano-laced surface  Fox NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dart: Asteroid deflection experiment boosted by debris - BBC

  16-12-2022 11:19 via news.google.com
  Dart: Asteroid deflection experiment boosted by debris  BBCMore than 2 MILLION pounds of rock was ejected from asteroid during NASA's DART mission  Daily MailA Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified NASA's Asteroid Deflection Experiment  GizmodoNASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space  Space.com1,000 tons of space debris was unleashed when NASA spacecraft slammed into asteroid  Miami HeraldView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean

  16-12-2022 08:45 via theguardian.com
  With only two instances of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificedThe ocean may cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and contain much of its animal life, but you might not get that impression from the UN discussions in Montreal to save global biodiversity, with some delegates fearing marine protections could be severely watered down or dropped entirely.Although overfishing, global heating and acidification
  
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• The Art of Building Competition 2022 – in pictures

  16-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The finalists in the largest photography competition celebrating the built environment have been announced.Run by the Chartered Institute of Building, entries range from an isolated churchto a shopping mall, with the winner to be decided by a public vote. Continue reading...
  
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• Is the NHS pay review body independent?

  16-12-2022 04:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Nurses are striking over a pay offer recommended by a review body.
  
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• Stretford and Urmston by-election: Labour hold seat

  16-12-2022 04:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Andrew Western holds the seat in Greater Manchester for the party with a majority of 9,906.
  
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• The ‘prince’ and the plot against Germany – podcast

  16-12-2022 04:00 via theguardian.com
  Have you heard the one about the former paratrooper, politician and ‘prince’ who walk into a hunting lodge and allegedly plot to overthrow the German government? Philip Oltermann in Berlin explains why it was no jokeOn 27 November, a video was uploaded on to a website that was popular among far-right conspiracy theorists. It featured a German man with a strong Bavarian accent sitting by the Adriatic Sea and explaining that there was a great, epochal upheaval about to come to Germany.
  
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• Chief nurse calls for strike resolution after day of action

  16-12-2022 03:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Downing Street says there are "no plans" to review the pay deal for nurses in response to the strike.
  
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• Livestock farming polluted rivers 300 times in one year

  16-12-2022 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Only six farms are prosecuted for pollution despite 300 river contaminations in one year.
  
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• Climate boss Carney's firm linked with deforestation

  16-12-2022 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Brookfield sold Brazil farms despite boss's call not to "walk away" from carbon-intensive assets
  
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• Harry and Meghan: Seven takeaways from their Netflix series

  16-12-2022 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Katie Razzall's seven takeaways from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Netflix documentary
  
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• When are the train strikes and what is the dispute about?

  16-12-2022 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Disruption on the railways is expected, with industrial action in December and January.
  
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• Engineers brave ice and snow to reconnect Shetland

  16-12-2022 00:54 via bbc.co.uk
  About 1,700 properties are still cut off, despite dozens of staff being drafted in to fix the network.
  
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• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets Stormont parties on first NI visit

  16-12-2022 00:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Politicians say power-sharing, the nurses strike and stalled energy payment were among the discussions.
  
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• My brother's killing made me want to help others

  16-12-2022 00:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Jen Douglass says the stabbing motivated her to help other young people navigate to a better life.
  
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