Greek island protests move into second day
Greek island protests move into second day
Police and protesters clashed on the Greek island of Lesbos over plans to build new migrant camps.
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Black and Bloom-berg: Candidate Michael Bloomberg torn to shreds by Elizabeth Warren | New York Post
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Mike Bloomberg was torn to shreds by Elizabeth Warren in the opening minutes of the Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I’d like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians,'” the senator from Massachusetts said. “And, no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.” Watch that squirm-inducing moment and more debate highlights here.
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Delhi riots: 23 killed as Hindu and Muslim groups clash
Delhi riots: 23 killed as Hindu and Muslim groups clash
Twenty-three people died and nearly 200 were injured as armed mobs clashed in the Indian capital.
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Mario Cerciello Rega case: US students in Italian court over police murder
Mario Cerciello Rega case: US students in Italian court over police murder
Officer Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death after a drug deal gone wrong in central Rome.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Europe Is Threatened as Illness Spreads From Italy
Coronavirus Live Updates: Europe Is Threatened as Illness Spreads From Italy
Six other European countries have reported cases, and an American soldier in South Korea became the first member of the U.S. armed forces to be infected.
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Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine
Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine
Beijing is pushing tales of perseverance, but many young people are openly questioning the Communist Party’s message.
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Italy’s Coronavirus Outbreak Heightens Fears Over Global Impact
Italy's Coronavirus Outbreak Heightens Fears Over Global Impact
The spread of the deadly epidemic to Europe’s fourth-largest economy has heightened fears of disruption in the global supply chain.
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Coronavirus latest updates: stocks plunge in Australia as South Korean cases spike
Coronavirus latest updates: stocks plunge in Australia as South Korean cases spike
Coronavirus impact on financial markets continues, as Hong Kong announces cash handouts to residents. Follow live newsTenerife coronavirus: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedIran’s deputy health minister: I have coronavirusTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 5.28am GMTThailand has reported three new cases today, taking total infections to 40, Reuters is reporting, citing Sukhum Kanchanapimai, permanent secretary at the health ministry. The patients are all Thai nationals. Two had returned from holidays in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, and came into contact with the third. 5.24am GMTThe AP has released a wrap of t...
Bernie Sanders faces onslaught from rivals in fiery South Carolina debate
Bernie Sanders faces onslaught from rivals in fiery South Carolina debate
Candidates bickered and shouted over each other in sharp exchanges in debate before Super Tuesday contestsFollow the South Carolina debate liveThe Democratic presidential candidates bickered and shouted over each other in a series of chaotic exchanges on Tuesday night, in the final debate before the critical South Carolina presidential primary and Super Tuesday contests that could represent a make or break moment for several of the seven candidates on stage.Senator Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner who cruised to victory in Nevada last week, bore the brunt of criticism from a number of his centrist rivals, including vice-president Joe Biden, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg and former South Bend, In...
Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy
Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy
Cases have emerged in several countries involving travellers from Italy, but borders remain open.
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Weinstein’s lawyer Donna Rotunno: ‘The fight is not over’
Weinstein's lawyer Donna Rotunno: 'The fight is not over'
Harvey Weinstein will appeal a guilty verdict in the rape and sexual assault cases against him.
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Delhi clashes: 18 killed as Hindu and Muslim groups clash
Delhi clashes: 18 killed as Hindu and Muslim groups clash
Eighteen people have been killed, and nearly 200 injured, in clashes in the Indian capital.
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Virgin Galactic sees double the demand for space travel
Virgin Galactic sees double the demand for space travel
Sir Richard Branson's space travel venture sees strong ticket demand despite recording growing losses.
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Nedim Yasar: Two jailed for life for killing reformed Denmark gangster
Nedim Yasar: Two jailed for life for killing reformed Denmark gangster
Nedim Yasar was shot dead after attending the launch of a book about how he turned his back on crime.
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Amid Insults and Interruptions, Sanders Absorbs Burst of Attacks in Debate
Amid Insults and Interruptions, Sanders Absorbs Burst of Attacks in Debate
In a messy Democratic forum, Bernie Sanders, the emerging front-runner, faced his most serious test so far. Michael R. Bloomberg also drew withering criticism.
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Fact-Checking the Democratic Debate in South Carolina
Fact-Checking the Democratic Debate in South Carolina
Our reporters are following all of the exchanges and fact-checking the candidates, providing context and explanation.
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Bernie Sanders Heard His Name a Lot
Bernie Sanders Heard His Name a Lot
The democratic socialist found himself in the center — of the stage and the squabbling.
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South Carolina Debate Winners and Losers: Experts Weigh In
South Carolina Debate Winners and Losers: Experts Weigh In
Campaign veterans reacted to how the Democratic presidential candidates fared Tuesday night.
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Coronavirus fears grow as more cases found across Europe
Coronavirus fears grow as more cases found across Europe
Virus appeared in new cases in Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and CroatiaCoronavirus outbreak – live updatesThe spread of the coronavirus has accelerated across Europe with new cases in four countries and a rising death toll in Italy, which is desperately struggling to contain the outbreak.Concern about the proliferation of cases prompted a dozen UK schools to send home pupils and the teachers who accompanied them on half-term skiing trips in the Italian alps to self-isolate for 14 days after their return. The schools include ones in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, Pembrokeshire in Wales, Guernsey in the Channel Islands and others in Cheshire, Liverpool, Yorkshire, Berkshire, Teesside and Cornwall. Continue reading......
Downing Street rejects EU’s ‘onerous’ opening trade offer
Downing Street rejects EU's 'onerous' opening trade offer
Brussels offering UK worse deal than those offered to US, Canada and Japan, says No 10No 10 has accused the EU of trying to give the UK a worse trade deal than those offered to the US, Canada and Japan, as the two sides clashed ahead of crucial talks scheduled to take just 40 days.With the opening round of talks due to start on Monday, Downing Street publicly rejected the EU’s opening offer for a trade deal and said it did not recognise the need for a “level playing field” for competition. Continue reading...
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Starmer comes under fire from Long-Bailey and Nandy over Brexit
Starmer comes under fire from Long-Bailey and Nandy over Brexit
Labour leadership hustings saw frontrunner criticised for party’s ‘tone-deaf’ approachThe contenders to become Labour leader have clashed over Brexit and compulsory re-selection for MPs in an occasionally testy hustings event, with the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn intensifying as party members start to cast their ballots.At Tuesday night’s event in Manchester organised by the Guardian, frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer came under sustained fire from Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy over what the latter called Labour’s “tone deaf” approach to Brexit, which they said helped contribute to December’s crushing election loss. Continue reading...
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Pop star Duffy says she was raped, drugged and held captive
Pop star Duffy says she was raped, drugged and held captive
Welsh singer made statement on Instagram saying she was held captive for several daysAimee Duffy, the Welsh pop singer known as Duffy who retreated from the public eye following her hugely successful debut album Rockferry, has said she was drugged, held captive and raped by an unidentified person.In a statement on her official Instagram account she said: “The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.” Continu...
Artist’s ‘never-ending’ jail term led to sense of hopelessness, inquest told
Artist's 'never-ending' jail term led to sense of hopelessness, inquest told
Psychologist Nicky Asplin says Charlotte Nokes was frustrated in months before she died in Sodexo-run prisonA “never-ending” prison sentence handed to an artist who died in her cell led to a “sense of hopelessness” and “frustration”, a psychologist has told an inquest.Charlotte Nokes, 38, was jailed in 2008 under an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence, under which offenders are given a minimum jail tariff but no maximum, the inquest in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was told. Continue reading...
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C.D.C. Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the U.S.
C.D.C. Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the U.S.
Clusters of infection are likely in American communities, health officials said. Some lawmakers questioned whether the nation is prepared.
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Coronavirus: Europe on alert as three more deaths reported in Italy – updates
Coronavirus: Europe on alert as three more deaths reported in Italy – updates
Switzerland, Austria and Croatia report first cases as 1,000 hotel guests quarantined in Tenerife Tenerife coronavirus: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedIran’s deputy health minister: I have coronavirusTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 5.32pm GMTAngelo Borrelli, the chief of the local Civil Protection agency, has said the three people who died were all in their 80s and came from the worst impacted region: Lombardy. 5.28pm GMTThere have been three further deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, according to a local official. The authorities say the number of virus cases in the country has grown to 322, with 10 deat...
David Steel quits Lib Dems after child abuse inquiry report
David Steel quits Lib Dems after child abuse inquiry report
Former Liberal leader failed to pass on allegations against Sir Cyril SmithLatest political developments - liveLord Steel has quit the Liberal Democrats after the inquiry into child sexual abuse said the political establishment spent decades turning “a blind eye” to allegations of child sexual abuseThe inquiry cited as an example the evidence of the former Liberal party leader, who told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) inquiry last year how he failed to pass on allegations against prominent colleague Sir Cyril Smith, even though he believed them to be true, because it was “past history”. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens
Coronavirus: Iran's deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens
Iraj Harirchi is placed under quarantine, as the country struggles to contain an outbreak.
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EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
Exclusive: clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK dealAll the day’s political news - liveThe EU will demand that the UK maintains a ban on chlorinated chicken as the price for a trade agreement with Brussels, in a move that protects European meat exports and creates an obstacle to a deal with Donald Trump.On the recommendation of France, a clause has been inserted into the EU’s negotiating mandate to insist that both sides maintain “health and product sanitary quality in the food and agriculture sector”, according to a copy leaked to the Guardian. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus news: Tenerife hotel in lockdown as tourists tested – live updates
Coronavirus news: Tenerife hotel in lockdown as tourists tested – live updates
H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel on lockdown after Italian tourist tests positive for virusFull story: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedSouth Korea: 200,000 sect members to be testedStocks fall as virus fears hit global marketsTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 11.57am GMTTwo further developments have just been reported by Reuters.It appears that Austria has its first two cases of coronavirus, in the province of Tyrol. There’s no indication yet of the source of the outbreak, but Tyrol borders northern Italy where officials are struggling to contain a growing number of cases. 11.39am GMTBack in the City, the FTSE 100 index of leadin...
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president ousted during Arab spring, dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president ousted during Arab spring, dies at 91
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was deposed following mass protests Egypt’s ousted former president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91, weeks after undergoing surgery, state television has announced.Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was deposed following mass protests against his rule in 2011, during the Arab spring. He was jailed for years after the uprising, but was freed in 2017 after being acquitted of most charges. Continue reading...
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