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• Theresa May to meet Donald Trump on Friday - White House

  21-01-2017 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May is to be the first foreign leader to meet new US President Donald Trump.
  
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• Gambia's former leader Jammeh flies into exile - mediators

  21-01-2017 23:59
  By Pap Saine and Tim Cocks BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh flew into exile on Saturday after stepping down overnight under pressure from West African nations to accept he lost a December election to President Adama Barrow. Jammeh made no comment at the airport and the destination of the jet he boarded was unclear. The departure of Jammeh, who took power in a 1994 coup, ends weeks of stalemate and paves the way for the transfer of power to Barrow, who was sworn in as leader
  
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• Trump's DC hotel a hub of activity and ethics questions

  21-01-2017 23:56
  
  Red, white and blue balloons rained down over crystal chandeliers in the soaring atrium of the Trump International Hotel at midnight Friday — "a new inaugural tradition," its social media account ...
  
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• The Latest: Night falls on protesters still marching in DC

  21-01-2017 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and associated protests around the world (all times EST):
  
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• Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump's swearing-in

  21-01-2017 23:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.
  
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• A-list celebs out in force for anti-Trump women's marches

  21-01-2017 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If you wondered where many of Hollywood's A-list celebrities had gone during President Donald Trump's inauguration, you didn't have to wonder any longer on Saturday, when scores of them showed up at women's marches in Washington and other cities to send the new president a pointed message that he was in for a fight — and that, as so many signs said, women's rights are human rights.
  
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• In challenge to Trump, women protesters swarm streets across U.S.

  21-01-2017 23:16
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday to stage mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early indication of the strong public opposition the Republican may face in office. Hundreds of thousands of women -- many wearing pink knit hats -- fanned out through downtown Washington around the White House and other landmarks, and also thronged parts of New York, Los Angeles, Chi
  
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• Brazil graft probe judge buried after being killed in plane crash

  21-01-2017 23:08
  By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice who had overseen the investigation of politicians linked to the nation's largest graft scheme was buried on Saturday, two days after he died in a plane crash. Justice Teori Zavascki was killed when the small aircraft he was in crashed in heavy rain on Thursday. Mourners said farewell to the judge at a federal courthouse in southern Brazil where he worked for many years.
  
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• The Latest: Trump accuses media of lying about crowd size

  21-01-2017 22:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Cross-party group of MPs plots to halt hard Brexit plans

  21-01-2017 22:30
  
  MPs say Theresa May has no authority to pursue ‘extreme’ options for UK’s departure from EuropeA powerful cross-party group of MPs is plotting to thwart Theresa May’s attempts to drive through a hard Brexit amid rising fears that UK businesses could soon have to pay huge export tariffs on goods they sell to the EU. Related: May’s speech sounded like Trump. The only thing missing was the wall | Dan RobertsContinue reading...
  
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• Trump vows his full support to CIA after feud about Russia hacking

  21-01-2017 22:27
  By Jeff Mason and Warren Strobel LANGLEY, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to mend fences with the CIA on Saturday, telling officers he had their back after he criticized spy agencies for their investigation into Russian hacking. In his first official visit to a government agency as president, Trump - who had said U.S. intelligence tactics were reminiscent of Nazi Germany - sought to leave no doubt with officers that he supported their work. "Very, very few people co
  
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• Trump son-in-law Kushner can serve as White House adviser - Justice Department

  21-01-2017 22:27
  President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In a letter dated Jan. 20 posted on its website, the department's Office of Legal Counsel said the president has special hiring authority that exempts White House positions from laws barring the president from naming a relative to lead a federal agency. Questions about Kushner's role emerged as voters and lawmakers questi
  
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• Theresa May set to travel to US for Donald Trump talks next week

  21-01-2017 22:20
  
  Post-Brexit trade negotiations likely to be high on the agenda of any talks between the two leadersTheresa May has sealed a major diplomatic coup by becoming the first world leader to secure a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.It is understood the prime minister will travel to Washington in the coming week for an audience with the new US president at which plans for a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal will be high on the agenda. Continue reading...
  
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• The Latest: Some Trump protesters to face rioting charges

  21-01-2017 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and associated protests around the world (all times EST):
  
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• Trump assures CIA officials 'I am so behind you'

  21-01-2017 22:07
  
  President Donald Trump moved to mend his tumultuous relationship with America's spy agencies Saturday, traveling to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office and assuring officials, "I am so ...
  
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• Gambia's Jammeh arrives at Banjul airport after stepping down

  21-01-2017 21:57
  BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's Yahya Jammeh arrived at the airport in the capital Banjul on Saturday in the company of mediator Alpha Conde, the president of Guinea, after stepping down from power, a Reuters witness said. Jammeh was likely headed into exile, mediators said. He took power in 1994 and stepped down overnight in the face of pressure from West African armies that entered Gambia to force him to recognise he lost an election to President Adama Barrow. (Reporting by Tim Cocks; writing by M
  
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• France's Hollande criticizes protectionism as 'worst response'

  21-01-2017 21:56
  France's President Francois Hollande on Saturday criticized protectionism and with his Chilean counterpart said that Europe would look to strengthen ties with Latin America, speaking a day after U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Hollande said international relations should be guided by multilateralism with a role for the United Nations, contrasting with Trump's calls for tighter borders and an "America First" approach during his first speech as president on Friday. "Protectionism is the w
  
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• Car bomb explodes in central Tripoli, near Italian embassy - security official

  21-01-2017 21:47
  A car bomb exploded late on Saturday close to the recently re-opened Italian embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, but appeared not to have caused casualties, a security official said. The car exploded behind the Egyptian embassy, which is closed, and about two streets away from the Italian embassy, said the official, who did not want to be named. A Reuters reporter at the scene said roads had been cordoned off near the site of the blast, and dozens of security officials and vehicles had been
  
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• Women stage massive anti-Trump protests across U.S

  21-01-2017 21:46
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women turned out in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday to stage mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in a sign of the strong public opposition the Republican may face in office. Hundreds of thousands of women -- many wearing pink knit hats -- marched through downtown Washington, and also thronged the streets of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston to rebuke Trump on his first full day in the W
  
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• Newcastle roar back to top of the Championship

  21-01-2017 21:45
  Newcastle United roared back to the top of the English Championship with a 4-0 demolition of Rotherham on Saturday, although they were frustrated for 45 minutes by the bottom club. Daryl Murphy opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time and when Matt Ritchie scored from close range soon after the restart the points were in the bag. Ritchie struck again after Ayoze Perez got in on the act.
  
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• Wooing Berlin

  21-01-2017 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An appeal over a post-Brexit trade deal was met with sniggers in Berlin, Damien McGuinness writes.
  
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• Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush's health improves

  21-01-2017 21:31
  Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is recovering well from pneumonia but will remain in the intensive care unit at the Texas hospital where he has spent the last week, a spokesman said in a statement. Barbara Bush, his wife, was also taken to the Houston Methodist Hospital this week with bronchitis but may be well enough to be discharged on Sunday, the statement said. "Following another good night's rest, President and Mrs. Bush have both continued to improve over the past 24 hours," Jim McG
  
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• The Latest: Petition seeks Trump's tax returns

  21-01-2017 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of women around the world decry Trump

  21-01-2017 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years.
  
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• Pink hats take over Sundance festival as Handler leads Women's March

  21-01-2017 20:57
  By Piya Sinha-Roy PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people took to snow-covered streets during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday in solidarity with Women's March demonstrations around the United States, organized to show opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda. A sea of bright pink knitted hats, a symbol of the movement, stood out on the streets of Park City, Utah, as talk show host Chelsea Handler led the Women's March there. Protesters chanted "Not My President," "Lov
  
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• Big crowds turn out for women's marches around the world

  21-01-2017 20:57
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Legions of women flooded streets and city squares from Sydney to South Carolina on Saturday, marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment and a stand against Donald Trump.
  
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• How Trump's executive order impacts future of 'Obamacare'

  21-01-2017 20:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's first executive order targets the sweeping "Obamacare" law by giving federal agencies broad leeway to chip away at the measure. But Trump still needs Congress to do away with the law for good.
  
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• The Latest: Women's March protesters head toward White House

  21-01-2017 20:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and associated protests around the world (all times EST):
  
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• What Do You Know ... About Literary Addictions?

  21-01-2017 20:30
  
  Katie Martin / The Atlantic In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored how obsession feeds inspiration, the prospects for school choice succeeding, the shadow network of anti-vax doctors, the health effects of space flight, the worst presidential elections, and more.
  
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• Trump to visit CIA after feud about Russia hacking

  21-01-2017 20:27
  By Jeff Mason and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the first full day as U.S. president, Donald Trump will head to CIA headquarters on Saturday, signalling an effort to mend fences after he slammed spy agencies for their investigation into Russian hacking during the presidential election. Trump, who engaged in an unprecedented feud with the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies before his inauguration, is expected to thank agencies, but some analysts said it will take more than a quic
  
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• Boko Haram attacks town previously bombed by Nigerian air force, 15 killed - army

  21-01-2017 20:27
  By Ola Lanre RANN, Nigeria (Reuters) - Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after the air force accidentally killed dozens of people there, local and military officials said. On Tuesday, the air force said it had bombed Rann in Borno state, epicentre of Boko Haram's seven-year-long attempt to create an Islamic caliphate in the northeast. Boko Haram fighters then attacked Rann - home to thousands of people displaced by the
  
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• George H.W. Bush, wife Barbara, recovering from illnesses

  21-01-2017 20:21
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, continued to improve Saturday as they recover from illnesses at Houston Methodist Hospital, a family spokesman said.
  
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• Women's anti-Trump march clogs Washington streets

  21-01-2017 19:42
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of women, many wearing bright pink hats, marched in Washington on Saturday in a mass show of opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda the day after the Republican businessman-turned-politician took office. The Women's March on Washington was one of a series of street protests throughout the country and the world against the new president's often angry, populist rhetoric. Trump has angered many liberal Ame
  
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• Trump son-in-law Kushner cleared to serve as White House adviser - NY Times

  21-01-2017 19:38
  The U.S. Department of Justice has decided that President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The department has found that the president has special hiring authority that exempts White House positions from federal laws barring the president from appointing relatives to lead a federal agency, the newspaper reported, citing an opinion from the department's Office of
  
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• Ghana beat Mali to reach last eight

  21-01-2017 19:21
  By Mark Gleeson PORT GENTIL, Gabon (Reuters) - Ghana became the second team at the African Nations Cup to book a quarter-final place after veteran striker Asamoah Gyan scored the only goal of the game against Mali in Group D on Saturday. A second successive 1-0 win for Ghana ensured they progressed past the group stage for the sixth successive tournament, although they needed two late saves from goalkeeper Razak Brimah to make sure of the victory. Gyan delivered a power header in the 20th minute
  
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• Trump White House ringed by 'swamp' denizens despite pledge

  21-01-2017 19:15
  
  Mike Pence has returned to Washington. So has his closest political ally, Bill Smith. Smith spent a dozen years as Pence's chief of staff while the current vice president was a congressman and later Indiana ...
  
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• The Latest: Too many protesters to hold march in Chicago

  21-01-2017 18:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and associated protests around the world (all times EST):
  
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• National Park Service tweeting again after suspension

  21-01-2017 18:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department began tweeting again Saturday, a day after an employee shared tweets that appeared unsympathetic to President Donald Trump and prompted a temporary, department-wide freeze on tweeting from its official accounts.
  
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• The Latest: Trump fixes his spelling

  21-01-2017 18:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Two-goal Carroll is Hammers hero again at Boro

  21-01-2017 18:35
  (Reuters) - - Andy Carroll continued his barnstorming form for West Ham, netting the first-half double that consigned Middlesbrough to another dispiriting Premier League defeat at the Riverside on Saturday. Carroll, fresh from his brilliant strike against Crystal Palace, once again made Hammers fans forget the controversy over their absent former hero Dimitri Payet as he delivered more delight for his under-pressure manager Slaven Bilic with a bullet header from a corner after nine minutes. Then
  
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• U.S. envoy to Kazakhstan to attend Syria talks as an observer

  21-01-2017 18:04
  The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital next week due to immediate demands of the transition. The State Department's acting spokesman Mark Toner said U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, George Krol, would attend the Jan. 23 Russian-led talks as an observer. "We welcome and appreciate Kazakhstan's invitation to participate as an observer," Toner said in a statement, "Given our presidential inauguration
  
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• Injury rules out France's Fofana from Six Nations

  21-01-2017 17:58
  France centre Wesley Fofana has been ruled out of next month's Six Nations after the Clermont player suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in a Champions Cup game against Exeter on Saturday. "He suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left leg and he will see the surgeon tomorrow morning as he will probably need to have an operation. Fofana, one of France's most highly rated players, sustained the injury on his own at the end of the first half.
  
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• Women's march against Trump swamps Washington streets, subway

  21-01-2017 17:38
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large crowds of women, many wearing bright pink knit hats, poured into downtown Washington by bus, train and car on Saturday for a march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump only a day after the Republican took office. The Washington event was expected to be the largest of a series of marches across the world in cities including Sydney, London, Tokyo and New York to criticize the new president's often angry, populist rhetoric. T
  
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• The Latest: Signs in Germany, 'Trump, you are no Berliner'

  21-01-2017 17:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and associated protests around the world (all times EST):
  
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• Trump opens first full day on job at church

  21-01-2017 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump opened his first full day as president Saturday at a national prayer service, the final piece of transition business for the nation's new chief executive before a promised full-on shift into governing.
  
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• In South Dakota, lawmaker dealings with interns scrutinized

  21-01-2017 17:10
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House member's admission this week that he had sexual contact with two interns has raised questions — and conflicting accounts — about the ways legislators and interns interact in this tiny government town.
  
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• The Latest: Trump at Washington National Cathedral

  21-01-2017 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Militants blow themselves up after gunfight with Saudi forces

  21-01-2017 16:52
  Two men accused of planning attacks against Saudi Arabia blew themselves up following a confrontation with security forces in the city of Jeddah on Saturday, the interior ministry said. Saudi security forces surrounded a house in Jeddah's eastern Al-Harazat district and exchanged fire with the men, who blew themselves up, an interior ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by state news agency SPA. Saudi-owned Arabiya TV showed footage of smoke rising above Jeddah and an explosion tearing throug
  
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• Indiana residents hope Pence keeps their interests in mind

  21-01-2017 16:43
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Fort Wayne needed expensive airport improvements, its mayor contacted an influential Indiana native — then-Vice President Dan Quayle — to help secure federal funding.
  
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• Crowds swamp Washington for anti-Trump women's march

  21-01-2017 16:36
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large crowds of women, many wearing bright pink knit hats, poured into downtown Washington by bus, train and car on Saturday for a march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump only a day after the Republican took office. The Washington event was expected to be the largest of a series of marches across the world in cities including Sydney, London, Tokyo and New York to criticize the new president's often angry, populist rhetoric. T
  
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