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• Jury in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation case hears of ‘mutual abuse’

  14-04-2022 23:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Couple’s relationship counsellor says Heard would ‘initiate a fight’ at times while ex-assistant says she was ‘belligerent and abusive’The dueling defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard dug further into the heart of an often toxic and violent relationship on Thursday as jurors heard from the couple’s marriage counsellor, Heard’s former personal assistant and Depp’s addiction specialist.Dr Laurel Anderson, who was employed by Depp and H
  
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• Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2

  14-04-2022 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new film tells the story of a homeless man from south Wales whose body was used to deceive the Germans.
  
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• WATCH: Woman who lost son in Ukraine has message for Putin

  14-04-2022 23:53
  
  A woman whose son was allegedly killed by Russian troops in Bucha, Ukraine, sits down with James Longman — and delivers a powerful message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Wealthy donor Ed Buck gets 30 years in prison for drugging gay men, two fatally

  14-04-2022 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  He was found guilty on charges that he injected the men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to overdosesThe wealthy political activist and Democratic donor Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges that he supplied and personally injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and multiple other overdoses.Buck, 67, was found guilty in July by a federal jury on all nine counts, including having a drug house, distributing methamphetamine
  
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• Zack Tahhan is being hailed for his NYPD tipoff. That’s not the whole story

  14-04-2022 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  After an arrest in the Brooklyn subway shooting, Tahhan has become a social media star. But there’s plenty of credit to go roundIn the aftermath of the Brooklyn subway shooting, social media has found its latest star.Zack Tahhan, 21, was quickly anointed as a hero on Wednesday following the arrest of Frank R James, the suspect in the attack that injured 29. But the real story, it seems, was more complicated – and Tahhan wasn’t the day’s only hero. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia seeks Brazil's help to prevent expulsion from IMF, World Bank

  14-04-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has asked Brazil for support in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of top economies to help it counter crippling sanctions imposed by the West since it invaded Ukraine, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
  
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• Russia seeks Brazil's help

  14-04-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has asked Brazil for support in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of top economies to help it counter crippling sanctions imposed by the West since it invaded Ukraine, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
  
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• Massive blow for Russian navy as flagship of Black Sea fleet sinks

  14-04-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  One of the Russian Navy's most important warships is either floating abandoned or at the bottom of the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbor.
  
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• DeSantis signed Florida's 15-week abortion ban bill. He may be in for a rude awakening.

  14-04-2022 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Florida Constitution currently vigorously protects a woman's right to end an unwanted pregnancy.
  
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• Giuliani helps feds unlock devices as charging decision looms

  14-04-2022 22:14
  
  Giuliani helps unlock electronic devices for feds as decision looms in SDNY probe.
  
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• University of Melbourne staff push for paid gender transition leave and flexible approach to Australia Day

  14-04-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Law expert warns changing Australia Day status in employee agreements could lead to reduction in public holiday entitlementGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe national academics’ union is urging the university sector to pave the way for nation-leading gender affirmation leave in Australia.The issue has been highlighted by University of Melbourne staff calling for paid gender transition leave as part of negotiations on a new three-year enterprise agreement, first report
  
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• UK announces deal to send illegal migrants to Rwanda, says it is made possible by Brexit

  14-04-2022 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The British government on Thursday announced that it will send migrants who illegally enter through its borders to Rwanda -- in a bid to stop illegal immigration that immediately saw pushback from left-wing politicians and activist groups.
  
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• ISIS 'Beatle' accused of murdering Americans found guilty

  14-04-2022 21:35
  
  El Shafee Elsheikh faces a life sentence following his conviction by a federal jury.
  
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• Bollywood mega-stars Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor wed in intimate Mumbai ceremony

  14-04-2022 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  Two of Bollywood's biggest stars, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, tied the knot in Mumbai on Thursday in an intimate ceremony attended by some of the greats of Indian cinema.
  
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• Canada ignored warnings of virus infecting farmed and wild salmon

  14-04-2022 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Government was in possession of a newly-released report that linked large-scale farms and wild salmon to contagious virusCanada was warned in 2012 by its own scientists that a virus was infecting both farmed and wild salmon, but successive governments ignored the expert advice, saying for years that risks to salmon were low.Justin Trudeau’s government has said it will phase out open-pen industrial fish farms off the coast of British Columbia by 2025. But both his government and the previou
  
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• Analyst: This underscores Putin's terrible miscalculation

  14-04-2022 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  CNN global affairs analyst Susan Glasser says that Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to deploy nuclear weapons if Sweden and Finland join NATO underscores the terrible miscalculation made when he decided to invade Ukraine.
  
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• 'I won't give them hate' - brother of British victim of Islamic State

  14-04-2022 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relatives remember their lost loved ones as a jihadist is found guilty of conspiring to murder hostages in Syria.
  
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• Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter is about 'the future of civilization,' not making money

  14-04-2022 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk defended his offer to purchase Twitter on Thursday, saying during an on-stage interview at the TED conference that he sees the acquisition as nothing less than a turning point for civilization.
  
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• The RNC debate decision shows the not-so-hidden hand of Donald Trump

  14-04-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican National Committee's decision Thursday to withdraw from its participation in the organization that has long managed presidential debates has Donald Trump's fingerprints all over it.
  
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• UK asylum seekers to be housed in no-frills hostel in Rwandan capital

  14-04-2022 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  People fleeing persecution to be taken to stripped-back Hope guest house in Kigali, which has only 50 roomsAsylum seekers flown to Rwanda by the British government will be put up in a no-frills hostel a mile away from Kigali city centre.People fleeing war and persecution will be taken to a guest house, built in 2014, which only has 50 rooms available, although there are plans to expand the facility. Continue reading...
  
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• OCD isn't just about being a neat freak. And for those with it, this next stage of the pandemic may be hard

  14-04-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  During the pandemic, Malena Dell sat in her car at a gas station for 45 minutes crying because she couldn't touch the gas handle to fill up the tank. She went from washing her groceries to not eating at all, afraid of getting herself -- or someone else -- sick.
  
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• For those with OCD, this next stage of the pandemic may be hard

  14-04-2022 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  During the pandemic, Malena Dell sat in her car at a gas station for 45 minutes crying because she couldn't touch the gas handle to fill up the tank. She went from washing her groceries to not eating at all, afraid of getting herself -- or someone else -- sick.
  
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• UK Rwanda plan for asylum seekers decried as inhumane, expensive and deadly

  14-04-2022 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Politicians, legal experts and refugee groups condemn Johnson’s plan to ‘offshore’ Channel crossing crisisBoris Johnson’s plans to send unauthorised asylum seekers on a one-way ticket to Rwanda have been roundly condemned amid warnings that it will be challenged in the courts and could result in further deaths in the Channel.After the prime minister outlined plans to hand an initial down-payment of £120m to the Rwandan government in the hope that it will accept &ldq
  
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• Some Belarusians want to fight Russians in Ukraine. They also hope to free their country from Putin's grip

  14-04-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  In a wooded area on the Polish side of the Poland-Ukraine border, men dressed in crisp, clean, camouflage are given tourniquets. They kneel on the muddy ground and start to learn basic survival training.
  
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• He was once Putin's Prime Minister. Now he supports Ukraine

  14-04-2022 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  Mikhail Kasyanov, former Russian Prime Minister, tells Christiane Amanpour that Vladimir Putin is absolutely a threat to NATO.
  
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• Why the 'Battle of Donbas' will be a critical moment in the war's outcome

  14-04-2022 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine inflicted a stunning defeat of Russian President Vladimir Putin's feeble attempt to capture the capital Kyiv in the war's opening round. Now, Russia is preparing to launch a revised second phase in the east, shaping up to be the biggest tank battle in Europe since the Second World War: The Battle of Donbas.
  
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• Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors.

  14-04-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Indiscriminate killings of civilians attempting to flee the violence. Victims found with their hands tied behind their backs. An attack on a maternity hospital, a theater turned shelter bombed. The list of atrocities and apparent war crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine gets longer by the day.
  
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• As atrocities pile up, CNN witnessed some of the horrors

  14-04-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  • Some Belarusians want to fight Russians in Ukraine to free their country from Putin's grip
  
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• What are the Tories trying to achieve by offshoring asylum seekers?

  14-04-2022 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Tories keen to shore up support with tough immigration policy but there are concerns about the detailWhen Boris Johnson’s position was at its most precarious two months ago, he had to convince Conservative MPs sticking by his side was worth it.A plan was devised – dubbed “Operation Red Meat” – to give those losing faith in his administration some belief that there was a higher purpose than just defending their leader through scandal after scandal. Continue
  
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• Hong Kong to loosen COVID-19 restrictions

  14-04-2022 20:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Hong Kong will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions later this month.
  
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• Russia warns of nuclear weapons in Baltic if Sweden and Finland join Nato

  14-04-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Lithuania plays down threat, claiming Russians already have such weapons in Baltic enclave of KaliningradRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesMoscow has said it will be forced to strengthen its defences in the Baltic if Finland and Sweden join Nato, including by deploying nuclear weapons, as the war in Ukraine entered its seventh week and the country braced for a major attack in the east.However, the Lithuanian defence minister, Arvydas Anušauskas, claimed on Thursday that Russia already had
  
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• Caroline Crouch: Greek pilot accused of murder was controlling, says counsellor

  14-04-2022 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Therapist who saw Crouch and Babis Anagnostopoulos says marriage had become increasingly abusiveA Greek pilot accused of murdering his British wife, Caroline Crouch, as she slept in their Athens home, exerted “extreme control” over her, a court has heard.On day three of a murder trial that has gripped the nation, Eleni Mylonopoulou, a counsellor who had seen the pair over several months for couples counselling, testified that the young Briton had fallen victim to an “extremely
  
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• ISIS 'Beatle' trial: British man found guilty in US trial

  14-04-2022 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  El Shafee Elsheikh, a British national believed to be part of the notorious “Beatles” terror cell, was convicted Thursday for his part in an ISIS hostage-taking plot that led to the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded.
  
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• ‘Extraordinary’: ancient tombs and statues unearthed beneath Notre Dame Cathedral

  14-04-2022 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Archaeological dig also finds body-shaped lead sarcophagus buried at the heart of the fire-ravaged monumentAn archaeological dig under Notre Dame Cathedral has uncovered an extraordinary treasure of statues, sculptures, tombs and pieces of an original rood screen dating back to the 13th century.The find included several ancient tombs from the middle ages and a body-shaped lead sarcophagus buried at the heart of the fire-ravaged monument under the floor of the transept crossing. Continue reading.
  
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• MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigns after conviction for child sexual assault

  14-04-2022 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Byelection triggered in Wakefield as MP expelled from Tory party says he is withdrawing from political lifeImran Ahmad Khan, the disgraced MP expelled from the Conservative party after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy, has announced he will resign, triggering a byelection in the Yorkshire seat of Wakefield.Although Khan is appealing against Monday’s conviction, he admitted in a statement that the legal proceedings would last “many more months” and lea
  
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• ‘Inhumane’: some Tories criticise plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

  14-04-2022 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Small but vehement group have already expressed doubts about government’s outsourcing planConservative opposition to plans to send asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is likely to be led by a small but vehement group of peers and MPs who have already criticised outsourcing the issue overseas.The House of Lords has now twice amended the nationality and borders bill to block the idea of non-UK processing for asylum claims. However, these government defeats were largely caused by Tory mem
  
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• Team GB ordered to return Olympic medal from Tokyo 2020 Games

  14-04-2022 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced on Thursday the team was informed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that it must return the silver medals from the 4x100m relay event won during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
  
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• ISIS 'Beatle' convicted in relation to kidnapping and deaths of four Americans

  14-04-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  The last member of the ISIS cell known as the "Beatles," a British group of fighters, was convicted by a jury Thursday of assisting in the kidnapping and deaths of four Americans between 2012 and 2015.
  
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• Video of mom at Elton John concert goes viral on TikTok

  14-04-2022 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  See the viral TikTok video of a mom's emotional reaction to Elton John in concert during his final tour.
  
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• South African police disperse crowd calling for aid after flooding

  14-04-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Climate change is here,’ says President Ramaphosa after 300 died in eastern city of DurbanPolice in South Africa have used stun grenades to disperse a crowd calling for more and better official aid for victims of the lethal floods earlier this week.The demonstration on Thursday briefly blocked a major highway in the eastern city of Durban, where more than 300 people have died in flooding in recent days. Continue reading...
  
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• See the impact of Russia's war on countries around the world

  14-04-2022 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's war in Ukraine has caused a shortage of wheat and grain that many countries depend on. CNN's David McKenzie walks through the far-reaching impact of the conflict.
  
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• Rio carnival groups fight for right to party ahead of official celebrations

  14-04-2022 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Samba schools will return to action but ‘blocos’ – street groups – are furious they have not yet received authorization to gatherSome of Rio’s most cherished street carnival groups say they are fighting for the right to party ahead of the city’s first official celebrations since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.Rio’s world-famous samba schools will return to action next week for their first parades at the Sambódromo stadium in more than two y
  
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• 'It's insane': Johnny Depp's friend breaks down during testimony

  14-04-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Johnny Depp's longtime friend, Isaac Baruch, took the witness stand in the actor's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
  
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• A pink moon will glow in the sky this weekend

  14-04-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  April's full moon will illuminate the sky this entire weekend, and while it's called the pink moon, it's not actually that color.
  
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• Man convicted of murdering his wife arrested after 27 years on the run, FBI says

  14-04-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  A man who fled to the US from Colombia after the murder his wife in 1994 was arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts, the FBI said in a news release.
  
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• Man convicted in Colombia of murdering his wife arrested after 27 years on the run, FBI says

  14-04-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  A man who fled to the US from Colombia after the murder his wife in 1994 was arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts, the FBI said in a news release.
  
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• Striking portraits of British queens to go on show to mark Platinum Jubilee

  14-04-2022 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  A showcase of portraits of queens who have ruled Britain will feature in a month-long program of exhibitions, events and auctions celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
  
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• Iconic portraits of British queens from Mary, Queen of Scots to Elizabeth II

  14-04-2022 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  A showcase of portraits of queens who have ruled Britain will feature in a month-long program of exhibitions, events and auctions celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
  
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• UK asylum deal: Is Rwanda a land of safety or fear?

  14-04-2022 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Visitors to Rwanda are often impressed by its efficiency, but should be careful what they say.
  
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• Mitch McConnell reveals a fundamental truth about Donald Trump

  14-04-2022 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump l-o-v-e-s a good scapegoat.
  
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