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• Whole England squad backs Southgate decision to stay, says Jack Grealish

  21-03-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Gareth’s a brilliant manager and a brilliant person’Midfielder ready for Italy and thinks England can win Euro 2024Jack Grealish has claimed the entire England squad backed Gareth Southgate’s decision to continue as manager after the World Cup and believes it will reap rewards at the European Championship next summer.England launch their qualifying campaign for Euro 2024 on Thursday with an awkward assignment against Italy, who beat Southgate’s team on penalties in
  
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• Earthquake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan and India with at least nine dead

  21-03-2023 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Pakistan so far only country to report loss of life from magnitude 6.5 event, with more than 100 people there confirmed injuredA magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices, and frightening people even in remote villages. At least nine people died.More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a state of shock, said Bilal
  
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• Anton and Giovanni’s Adventures in Sicily review – the Strictly stars’ bond is so moving it will make you weep

  21-03-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This is much more than a celebrity travelogue – it’s the tale of a charming and genuine friendship. These two are a ray of hope in an age of toxic masculinityAt first it seems as if Anton and Giovanni’s Adventures in Sicily is going to be very much more of the same thing we have seen too many times before. Two celebrities pretend to be mates and swan off on a jolly somewhere sunny, justifying the effort and their fee by flinging a few factoids about the history and culture of L
  
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• Sadiq Khan switches on London’s first Ramadan lights in Piccadilly Circus

  21-03-2023 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor turns on display made up of 30,000 sustainable lights on eve of Muslim month of fastingSadiq Khan has switched on the London’s first ever celebratory Ramadan lights, in Piccadilly Circus.It is the first time a European city has seen such a grand display for the festival, with the installation featuring 30,000 sustainable lights. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We’ve become targets’: mass shootings are reshaping Asian Americans’ views on guns

  21-03-2023 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  After back-to-back attacks and amid rising anti-Asian hate, gun violence has become a key – and controversial – issue in communitiesFor Kevin Leung, a head instructor at a kung fu school in Monterey Park in Los Angeles county, California, the past eight weeks have been a disorienting readjustment to normalcy.His academy, the Siu Lum Pai Kung Fu Association, had for years held weekly classes at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, where he knew many members of the community. To combat the rise
  
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• Taiwan president heads to Latin America after partners switch ties to China

  21-03-2023 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Tsai Ing-wen will visit allies Guatemala and Belize after Honduras said last week it would establish ‘official relations’ with ChinaTaiwan’s president will visit diplomatic allies Guatemala and Belize next week while also making stopovers in the United States, as it aims to shore up ties in Latin America.Tsai Ing-wen will depart Taiwan on 29 March for the 10-day trip, stopping in New York and Los Angeles while en route to and from the Central American countries, the island&rsqu
  
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• Antonio Conte set to depart as Højbjerg laments lack of communication

  21-03-2023 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Ryan Mason is a contender for interim roleSporting’s Amorim among possible Spurs managerial targetsPierre-Emile Højbjerg says he wishes that Antonio Conte had been more open and “precise” in his communication with the Tottenham squad as he reflected on the manager’s outburst which has made his position untenable and set the wheels in motion for his sacking.Conte laid into the players after Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Southampton, calling them “selfish”
  
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• Electric air taxis being developed for Paris Olympics in 2024

  21-03-2023 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Aircraft will take off and land vertically, and carry a single passenger between transport hubs, says capital’s airports operatorAthletes are getting in shape for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, and so is the world’s first electric air taxi network.“We are going to make it happen,” Solène Le Bris of Paris airports operator Groupe ADP told an industry audience at Amsterdam Drone Week. “We are trying to launch the first e-VTOL [vertical takeoff and landing] pr
  
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• Beavers to return to London as part of urban rewilding

  21-03-2023 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Pair of Eurasian beavers to be introduced at site in Ealing, the first of its kind in an urban setting in UKBeavers will return to west London for the first time in 400 years after receiving funding from the capital’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.A breeding pair of Eurasian beavers could arrive at their new home in Paradise Fields, Ealing, as soon as this autumn. Continue reading...
  
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• Khan criticises Rowley’s refusal to describe Met as institutionally biased

  21-03-2023 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Metropolitan police commissioner says ‘institutional’ label is confusing and political as fallout from Casey report continuesSadiq Khan has publicly clashed with the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, saying he disagrees with Sir Mark Rowley’s refusal to describe his force as institutionally misogynistic, racist and homophobic.The mayor of London, one of two people who appointed Rowley, spoke as the fallout from Louise Casey’s bombshell report into Scotland Yard con
  
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• UK and Israel sign deal strengthening tech, trade and security ties

  21-03-2023 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Timing is controversial given actions of Israel’s far-right government towards settlements and judiciaryThe UK and Israel have signed a long-term agreement strengthening ties in the fields of defence, security and technology following plans announced last year to put relations between the two countries on an elevated footing.The timing of Tuesday’s agreement is controversial since it will be seen as a mark of approval for Israel’s far-right government, which has put settlement
  
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• Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality

  21-03-2023 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentencesMPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts punishable by death, attracting strong condemnation from rights campaigners.All but two of the 389 legislators voted late on Tuesday for the hardline anti-homosexuality bill, which introduces capital and life imprisonment sentences for gay sex and “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “ac
  
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• Hayes warns Chelsea can ‘lose it’ in first leg of quarter-final against Lyon

  21-03-2023 21:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Blues not out to avenge 2018-19 Champions League lossLyon manager believes Chelsea are one of the favouritesThe Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes, has told her players they cannot win their Women’s Champions League quarter-final in the first leg against Lyon at the Groupama Stadium on Wednesday, but they can “absolutely lose it”.Hayes’s team face the eight-time winners and defending champions who have not been in perfect form this season, having endured a heavy 5-1 defeat at ho
  
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• Boris Johnson faces fight for political future at Partygate hearing

  21-03-2023 21:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM to argue he did not intend to mislead MPs, at hearing that could lead to suspension from parliamentPartygate defence dossier: how Boris Johnson tried to contain a scandalBoris Johnson faces a battle for his political future on Wednesday after a dossier setting out his defence to the Partygate scandal raised fresh questions about his knowledge of what was happening in Downing Street during the Covid lockdowns.Giving evidence before the cross-party privileges committee, Johnson will insi
  
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• ‘Tone deaf’: Cricket Scotland’s reaction to racism report decried by campaigners

  21-03-2023 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Recently appointed chair Anjan Luthra hails ‘impressive work’Players’ lawyer says update on report is ‘tone deaf and arrogant’Anti-racism campaigners have described a report into Cricket Scotland’s reaction to the diagnosis last year of institutional racism, which the organisation labelled a “detailed, transparent and frank assessment”, as “tone deaf and arrogant” and full of “empty soundbites”.The update was written by the
  
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• British-Iranian’s hunger strike outside Foreign Office hits day 27

  21-03-2023 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Vahid Beheshti is striking to persuade the UK government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards CorpsBritish-Iranian Vahid Beheshti is persisting with a 27-day hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in an attempt to persuade the UK government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.His hunger strike has now lasted six days longer than the one undertaken outside the Foreign Office by Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of the British Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Con
  
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• Lea Schüller’s header gives Bayern Munich first-leg lead against Arsenal

  21-03-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Down, but not out. As 1-0 defeats go this was the vaguely encouraging kind for Arsenal: a performance of real energy and purpose that has set up a beautifully poised second leg at the Emirates Stadium next week. And amid their disappointment Arsenal now know they can hurt Bayern Munich, can pin them back and starve them of the ball, can put them under pressure and create chances.The burning question, of course, is whether Arsenal will manage to take any of them. Twenty‑five shots came and
  
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• Ben Jennings on Boris Johnson’s Partygate defence – cartoon

  21-03-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
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• Apocalyptic road trip story wins the Waterstones children’s book prize

  21-03-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail – about a family’s trip across Malaysia during the impending end of the world – wins the older readers category, the overall prize and £5,000A “phenomenal and tender debut” novel about a family who embark on a road trip across Malaysia before the world ends has won the Waterstones children’s book prize.The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail won the older readers category as well as being named the ov
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow trial begins as actor accused of ‘out of control’ ski crash

  21-03-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Retired optometrist sues actor for $300,000 in case that has lasted years following 2016 accident at upscale Deer Valley ResortA trial pitting the Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow against a retired optometrist who accuses her of violently crashing into him in a 2016 ski accident began on Tuesday in Utah.An attorney for Paltrow called the accusation “utter BS”.Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak to push through Northern Ireland Brexit plan despite ERG rejection

  21-03-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Verdict by hardline Tory MPs follows decision by DUP to also oppose Windsor frameworkPolitics live - latest news updatesRishi Sunak is set to push his revamped Northern Ireland protocol through the Commons despite hardline Conservative Brexiters rejecting the plan as an unacceptable failure that does not deliver any of its stated claims.The verdict of the European Research Group (ERG), which followed a similar rejection by the Democratic Unionist party on Monday, means Sunak is likely to face a
  
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• Boris Johnson’s best defence is he’s a known liar incapable of lying | John Crace

  21-03-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  When the dust finally clears on Boris’s parties, his lawyer won’t be looking back on this as his finest hourJust call me Mystic Meg. Why get Lord Pannick, one of the most expensive barristers in the country, to help with your defence when you can have me instead? I’m a lot cheaper for a start. And have far fewer typos in my copy. With me, the privileges committee would have been able to publish Boris Johnson’s Dodgy Dossier on Monday evening. There again, Guardian readers
  
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• Methane to food waste: eight ways to attempt to stay within 1.5C

  21-03-2023 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastropheThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the “synthesis report” of its sixth assessment report (AR6) on Monday. Eight years in preparation, this mammoth report encompasses the entire range of human knowledge of the climate system, compiled by hundreds of scientists from thousands of academic papers, and published in four parts, in August 2021, February and April 2022, and March 2
  
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• Nowruz: Kurdish new year 2023 celebrations – in pictures

  21-03-2023 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Nowruz, which has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years, is one of the most important celebrations in the greater Persian world, which includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and portions of western China and northern Iraq Continue reading...
  
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• Putin says Russia ‘will respond’ if UK supplies depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

  21-03-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian leader reacts to comments by UK defence minister that Britain will supply armour-piercing rounds to KyivRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has sought to exploit a British statement that it would supply Ukraine with tank shells made with depleted uranium, arguing that the delivery of the armour-piercing weapons would prompt a Russian response.The Russian leader’s comments, made during the visit to Moscow by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, came in respon
  
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• Putin’s two-day charm offensive with Xi underlines who’s boss

  21-03-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Kremlin toasts the Russian-Chinese partnership, which appears warm but far from equal Standing alongside Xi Jinping in the 15th-century Chamber of Facets, one of the most historic ceremonial venues at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin raised his glass of white wine.He proceeded to make a toast to the “health of our great friend Xi and the deepening of the Russian-Chinese partnership”, before ending his speech with the phrase ganbei, Chinese for “empty glass”. Continue reading..
  
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• The Guardian view on the Casey report: the Met is rotting from within | Editorial

  21-03-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Findings of institutional racism, homophobia and misogyny must be the start of a transformation in the forceWhen he became Metropolitan police commissioner in 1972, Robert Mark said he had “never experienced … blindness, arrogance and prejudice on anything like the scale accepted as routine in the Met”. Louise Casey’s landmark report shows that nothing has changed. It refutes Cressida Dick’s suggestion that problems were limited to a few bad apples. The rot goes al
  
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• The Guardian view on ruling by decree in France: deepening the trust deficit | Editorial

  21-03-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  President Macron’s decision to force through his pension reforms without a vote damages French democracyA few months before sweeping to power in the 2017 presidential election, Emmanuel Macron published a memoir-cum-personal manifesto, Revolution. In it, he made the case for rebellion against allegedly outmoded institutions and ideas that were holding back France. Six years on, it is the popular revolts against Mr Macron’s own policies which have taken centre-stage.Recent months have
  
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• ‘Anger is growing’: protests and strikes spread across France over pensions reform

  21-03-2023 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Uncollected rubbish piled up over half of Paris is but one sign of discontent with a president many think isn’t listening to themRenaud, 49, leaned out of the window of his Paris bin lorry, which was being held in its depot by a barricade of strikers. “Emmanuel Macron doesn’t seem to be listening to the anger out there,” he said. “People don’t think we’re in a democracy any more.”A refuse-truck driver for 22 years, Renaud had watched as his garbage
  
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• New York prepares for possible unrest if Donald Trump is indicted

  21-03-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Grand jury investigating ex-president over hush money payment to adult film star appears poised to complete its work soonLaw enforcement officials in New York on Tuesday continued preparing for possible unrest on the streets of Manhattan as a grand jury investigating Donald Trump over a hush money payment to the adult film-maker and star Stormy Daniels appeared poised to complete its work by criminally indicting the former president.Barriers were brought to the area around the Manhattan criminal
  
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• Joann Villeneuve: ‘Gilles was ruthless but very conscious of the dangers’

  21-03-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  A new documentary charts the Canadian’s rivalry with his Ferrari teammate Didier Pironi that ended tragically in 1982If the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982 left Formula One traumatised, it was infinitely harder on his wife Joann. More than 40 years on and the emotion still runs high as she recalls the controversial events of that season. So raw have been the wounds, it is only now she has felt able to address them and time has not assuaged the strengt
  
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• Man accused of Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder ‘friends’ with man who was shot

  21-03-2023 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Thomas Cashman tells Manchester crown court he ‘never ever had any problems’ with Joseph Nee and denies planning attack on himA man accused of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has told a court he was friends with the alleged target of the shooting and denied “scoping out” an attack.Thomas Cashman, 34, is accused of fatally shooting Olivia when he allegedly chased a convicted burglar, Joseph Nee, into her family home and opened fire last August. He denies the ch
  
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• Putin welcomes China’s controversial proposals for peace in Ukraine

  21-03-2023 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  But US warns against ‘any tactical move by Russia to freeze the war on its own terms’Vladimir Putin has welcomed China’s proposals for peace in Ukraine at a joint press conference with Xi Jinping in Moscow – a plan the west has warned would allow the Kremlin to “freeze” its territorial gains in the country.Speaking at the Kremlin during a joint news conference after the second day of talks with China’s president, Xi Jinping, Putin said Beijing’s pe
  
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• How the death of Ruth Perry has reignited Ofsted inspections row

  21-03-2023 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Tragic story struck a chord with other headteachers increasingly disillusioned with grading regimePressure mounts on Ofsted amid outcry after death of headteacherLast week, the head of Ofsted and chief inspector of schools in England, took to Twitter. “The ad for my successor is out,” Amanda Spielman wrote. “I’ll be leaving this amazing job at the end of 2023, and if you think you have the experience, the energy and the commitment it needs, and want to work with
  
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• Toulouse’s Jack Willis optimistic on his post-World Cup England chances

  21-03-2023 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Flanker hopes RFU will allow foreign-based players to be pickedWillis poised to sign new Toulouse contract for next seasonJack Willis is hopeful he can continue to represent England after the World Cup as the openside flanker closes in on a new contract with Toulouse in the Top 14.Willis was one of England’s standout players during the Six Nations, missing the first match against Scotland because of his Toulouse commitments before starting the four subsequent games of Steve Borthwick&rsquo
  
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• All hormonal contraceptives ‘carry small increased risk of breast cancer’

  21-03-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research finds use of progestogen is associated with a 20-30% higher risk but this falls after no longer taking itAll types of hormonal contraceptives carry a small increased risk of breast cancer, according to research establishing a link with progestogen pills for the first time.The use of progestogen is associated with a 20-30% higher risk of breast cancer, data analysis by University of Oxford researchers has established. This builds on previous work showing that use of the combined contrace
  
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• How can the Met police change its rotten culture if its leaders refuse to see it? | Sue Fish

  21-03-2023 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s not enough to be ‘embarrassed’. To have any chance of repair, the Met must admit it does not know best and accept helpThe Met police is a rotten boys’ club. That’s according to Louise Casey’s damning review of its culture and standards, which has unearthed institutional homophobia, misogyny and racism at its very core.I wish I could say I’m surprised. After 30 years of service, I feel a deep sense of injustice knowing that police leaders have been u
  
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• Johnson's questionable comments on Partygate scandal

  21-03-2023 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former PM is to face questions from parliament's Privileges Committee on Wednesday.
  
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• Pension pot offer won’t fix NHS workforce crisis | Letters

  21-03-2023 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  The focus must be on retaining existing staff and reducing private sector work, writes consultant haematologist John Hanley. Plus letters from Robin Davies, Jo Pike and Orest MulkaA senior NHS official once told me that “workforce planning in the NHS is like astrology, but nowhere near as reliable”. Now that there is an emerging political consensus that the long-term solution to the NHS workforce crisis will require a better approach to planning, I am more optimistic about the future
  
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• Want to dance more? Just follow our lead | Letters

  21-03-2023 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Sue Bingham helps organise a charity event where people of all ages can dance their cares away in a village hall, while Dave Mcglade worries about the loss of spaces for all forms of danceI couldn’t agree more with John Harris (In an isolated world, humans need to dance together more than ever – but we’re running out of places to do it, 19 March). I’m 67 and constantly moan about never having the chance to dance. Rare parties usually end in disappointment as the music&rsq
  
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• A Little Life starring James Norton – in pictures

  21-03-2023 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Ivo van Hove’s stage production of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel opens in the West End this month – take a first look at the show Continue reading...
  
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• Candida auris: deadly fungal infections spreading across US at ‘worrisome’ rate

  21-03-2023 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Between 2020 and 2021 cases of Candida auris doubled, with symptoms including antibiotic-resistant high fever with chillsPotentially deadly fungal infections with Candida auris are spreading rapidly in US healthcare facilities, with cases nearly doubling between 2020 and 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.The number of cases rose by 44% to 476 in 2019, up from 330 in 2018, and subsequently by 59% to 756 in 2020 and by an additional 95% to 1,471 in 2021, the ag
  
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• Multiple civilian deaths linked to 2016-17 British airstrikes against IS in Mosul

  21-03-2023 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds deaths despite claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatantUnacknowledged victims whose lives were torn apart Multiple airstrikes that killed civilians during the campaign against Islamic State in Iraq are probably linked to UK forces, despite longstanding claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatant there, a Guardian investigation has found.Britain’s government and military have for years stood by the claim that in terms
  
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• Lives torn apart by British airstrikes in Mosul give lie to UK’s ‘perfect’ precision war

  21-03-2023 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Britain says no civilians died in its targeted bombing of Islamic State in Iraq. The Guardian went in search of the unacknowledged victimsThe multiple civilian deaths linked to BritainThe transcript of the drone operators’ remarks is brief and blunt, but it captures with grim clarity the moment they realised their deadly mistake.“Two children” someone called out in the control room, as hundreds of miles away in Mosul, under a warm late autumn sun, the missile they ha
  
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• A woman marrying for the fifth time at 92? Just imagine what Murdoch’s newspapers would say! | Zoe Williams

  21-03-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The media mogul’s planned nuptials prove yet again that, in age-gap relationships, it’s only ever women who get called cougars or gold diggers“We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” said 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch of his planned summer nuptials. Ann Lesley Smith, his 66-year-old fiancee, remarked meanwhile, “I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs. For us both it’s a gift from God.” What ma
  
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• Sailing crew rescued after giant whale sank 44ft boat in Pacific Ocean

  21-03-2023 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Whale collided with sailboat 13 days into group’s three-week sailing trip from Galápagos Islands to French PolynesiaA giant whale sank a sailing crew’s boat in the Pacific Ocean before the group was rescued at the end of an ordeal that could have come out of a novel.Rick Rodriguez of Tavernier, Florida, and three friends spent 10 hours on a lifeboat and dinghy after a whale sank the crew’s 44ft sailboat Raindancer, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Continue reading
  
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• Just Eat planning to oust 1,700 couriers in the UK

  21-03-2023 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Takeaway delivery firm shifting back to gig economy model and ditching guaranteed sick and holiday payJust Eat is planning to oust 1,700 couriers in the UK as the takeaway delivery firm shifts back towards a gig economy model and scraps guaranteed minimum pay, sick pay and holiday pay.In addition 170 head office staff will have their contracts terminated as the firm attempts to cut costs in a highly competitive market. Continue reading...
  
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• Gunned down and burned by the Nazis: the shocking true story of Bambi

  21-03-2023 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Walt Disney made Bambi a cutesy schmaltzfest for kids. But the original story was a brutal allegory by a Jewish writer who later fled the Nazis. As the character hits 100, we look at the iconic fawn’s extraordinary lifeWhen Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury announced that they had named their daughter Bambi earlier this year, it caused a bit of a storm. Some approving fans claimed to be “obsessed” with the name, but Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona called it &ldqu
  
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• Unregulated ‘eating disorder coaches’ putting people at risk, say experts

  21-03-2023 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: inadequately qualified coaches charging thousands claiming to offer support to people with eating disordersVulnerable mental health patients are being put at risk by unregulated “eating disorder coaches” who do not have the necessary qualifications, experts have said.As demand for eating disorder support soars – hospital admissions for eating disorders increased by 84% in the last five years – more people are filling gaps in NHS care. Continue reading...
  
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• A weekend with Diablo 4: bleak, brutal, and potentially brilliant

  21-03-2023 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The newest instalment of the action-RPG is an enticing blend of old and new ideas offering a bleak, brutal and potentially brilliant return to formWith a click of the right-mouse button, my musclebound barbarian sinks his axe into the ground behind him, sweeps it forward and creates a shock wave that obliterates everything in its path. Ahead, a horde of undead creatures is repulsed by the blast, zombies flayed by the force of the air, skeletons scattered across the ground, wraiths dissipating in
  
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