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Sheltered housing staff pin up posters of COFFINS to encourage elderly residents to self-isolate

Elderly people living at William Lench Court in Birmingham were horrified by the stark signs, which also threatened that no one would look after them if staff got sick.




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Wearing of face masks compulsory at three major airports

While passengers are encouraged to bring their own masks and gloves, equipment will be provided for those arriving without in the early stages of the trial scheme.




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Clarifications & corrections

A report on match-fixing allegations in Greek football said that Olympiacos were set to be relegated and that their owner Evangelos Marinakis faced a fine and life ban from football.




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Joe Biden mocks his gaffes to Stephen Colbert

Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.




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Author who penned first ever oral history of 9/11 admits he 'cried almost every day' compiling it

The Only Plane in the Sky, by journalist Garrett M. Grath, focuses on the men and women who experienced first-hand the unprecedented drama of that tragic day in New York on September 11, 2001.




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Record 92 migrants are seized in a single day trying to get to Britain

Some 92 men, women and 'claimed minors' attempted the perilous journey from Calais to the UK on Tuesday, with some managing to land on beaches before being detained.




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Record 92 migrants are seized in a single day trying to get to Britain

Two boats, one carrying eight people and the other 13 were intercepted today by coastguard off the Kent coast, and some were brought ashore in Ramsgate (pictured).




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We will have to 'waterboard the corgi' to find out if PM lied to the Queen jokes Rory Stewart

The former International development Secretary made the quip about the highly controversial torture technique as he was grilled about the PM's closure of Parliament.




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Donald Trump confirms Osama Bin Laden's son Hamza was killed in a US counter-terrorism operation

Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation, the White House said. It is unclear when he was killed.




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Top Al-Qaeda commander Asim Omar was killed in joint US-Afghan raid on Taliban in Helmand province  

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Asim Omar died alongside six of his fellow terrorists, including Omar's courier to the Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in southern Helmand.




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PIERS MORGAN: Information shared online is not private, Coleen

PIERS MORGAN: Amid the spat between WAGs Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy one thing is clear - how can anyone think posting online to one person or 367 is going to ensure their privacy?




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CONTEMPORARY  

This haunting novel centres around moving exhibits in the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb - a real place.




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Love Island Australia's new hunk - soldier-turned-model Aaron Deacon Shaw

Four ladies were left single on Thursday's recoupling Love Island Australia after The Bomb Squad.




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US general condemns witch-hunt of soldiers who served in Northern Ireland left open to prosecution 

General David Petraeus, who led coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, will say it is appalling that troops who served in Northern Ireland remain exposed to the risk of prosecution decades on.




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UK government and Army are accused of covering up war crimes

An investigation has spoken to 11 British detectives who said that they have found evidence of war crimes as insiders say soldiers should have been prosecuted for the killings.




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Eddie Gallagher's lawyers slam the Navy for 'violating his constitutional rights'

On Wednesday, Rear Adm. Collin Green made his intentions clear at a staff meeting Monday that he wants to remove Gallagher's Trident pin, which designates him as a SEAL.




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Decorated GCHQ employee, 39, is released after spending a 'terrible' night in jail for filming women

Mark Nicholls (pictured), 39, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, got a three-year community order with 40 programme requirement sessions.




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Sydney mother, Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto to face Malaysia court over death sentence

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 55, from Sydney will appear at Malaysia's Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday to learn if she will be hanged after she was caught trafficking more than one kilogram of ice.




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Google smart speakers let parents record themselves reading a bedtime story for when they are away

Military family, the Olivers worked with Google and a veteran-owned design agency from Portland Oregon to create MyStorytime, an app that makes it easier for parents to record bedtime tales.




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SAS soldier quizzed by commanders over 'execution of suspected bomb-maker and three teenage boys'

The experienced warrant officer, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, was hauled before SAS commanders at his regiment's base in Hereford last week but remains on active duty.




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White House confirms Trump will NOT participate in Wednesday's impeachment hearing

The president, pictured main with his son Barron and inset, waved and gave supporters a thumbs up as the first family headed back to Washington D.C. on Sunday.




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Kellyanne Conway says SHE will show up if Adam Schiff testifies under oath in Judiciary hearing

Kellyanne Conway told reporters Monday that if Adam Schiff testifies as part of the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings, she will show up.




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War hero's proud brother, 18, follows in his sibling's footsteps to become paratrooper

Fin Doherty, 18, was formally handed his older brother's beret after completing a gruelling 19 week training course at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire.




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Corporal sacked from British army after £15,000 flight fraud

Corporal Audrey Urbina, pictured, was today dismissed from the British Army and ordered to serve nine months detention after she was found guilty of fraud at a military tribunal in Wiltshire.




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India approves controversial legislation granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants

The Citizenship Amendment Bill was introduced by the Hindu nationalist-led government but its approval has triggered fury in the states of Assam and Tripura in north east India.




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49 journalists were killed around the world in 2019, with Syria and Mexico the deadliest

It was a 'historically low' number but South American countries have become increasingly violent and are now just as dangerous as those in the Middle East.




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Refugee who nearly drowned becomes a life guard so he can save others 

Life Saving Victoria member Ramzi Hussaini had a near-death experience when the boat he had fled Afghanistan in began to sink - with the Australian Navy stepping in to rescue him.




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Will Dame Karen Pierce become Britain's next Ambassador to the US?

Straight-talker Dame Karen Pierce is currently serving as the UK's representative at the United Nations and would become the first woman to hold the coveted Washington job.




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Army Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser files lawsuit against Air Force General John Hyten

Army Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser filed a lawsuit against Air Force General John Hyten for allegedly sexually assaulting her in 2017 on November 25 in California, seeking punitive damages and a jury trial.




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Pension scam sanctioned in Whitehall could cost military veterans up to £50,000 each

Although some are still suffering trauma from tours of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland, members of the armed forces now face working into their eighties after losing nest eggs worth up to £50,000.




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Father of British soldier who protected Harry in Afghanistan condemns his decision to step down

Nathan Hunt (right, circled) found Taliban bombs that could have maimed or killed Harry. Warrant Officer Hunt - who became friends with Harry while serving in Helmand province - died aged 39.




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GOP senator Tom Cotton praises Trump for taking out General Qassem Soleimani

GOP Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton praised Donald Trump's military strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, calling him a 'sadistic mastermind' who was plotting an imminent attack .




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US Army father surprises four children after hiding behind a Welcome Home banner at airport

Michael, 15, Ashton, 13, Xavier, 10, and Jolie Minnich, nine, were reunited with their father Captain Patrick Minnich, 39, in Columbus Airport.




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US soldier killed alongside comrade in Afghanistan by a Taliban roadside bomb is returned to America

Pfc Miguel Villalon died alongside Staff Sgt. Ian McLaughlin when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan near Kandahar province on Saturday.




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Navy SEAL commander who clashed with Trump over disciplining Eddie Gallagher to resign

Rear Adm Collin Green (left) the commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, who clashed with Trump over disciplining retired SEAL Eddie Gallagher, will step down in September.




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Angelina Jolie says it's in America's best interests to stand up for the underdog in Syria conflict

Angelina Jolie said it's time the world steps in to help with the Syrian conflict as she reflects on the lack of action since her first visit to the border in 2011 in a Time essay on refugees published Thursday.




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Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan lead the ladies at the Military Wives premiere in London

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan hit the red carpet on Monday night for the London premiere of Military Wives.




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Arizona Republican congressional candidate suspends campaign after overdose

Safford City Councilman Chris Taylor, a married father-of-two, was found unresponsive at his home last week and had to be revived with Narcan, prompting him to pull out of the congressional race.




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Up to 1,100 British troops in Afghanistan could be home within just over a year after peace deal

The deal was signed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.




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Trump becomes the first US president to speak to Taliban leader in phone call

Tuesday's call, which the Taliban said lasted 35 minutes, came days after the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement calling for the withdrawal of American troops.




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Locust plague puts millions at risk of food insecurity in nine countries, forecasters warn,

The UN's FAO warned that the situation remained 'extremely alarming' in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia in the Horn of Africa. Saudi Arabia has moved to clear away swarms.




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The world's happiest countries revealed: Finland keeps the top spot

The annual United Nations World Happiness Report ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own lives.




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Taliban pledges not to kill healthcare workers as fear of a coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan 

A Taliban spokesperson said they will cooperate and coordinate with international health organisations and WHO to combat the virus. Afghanistan currently has 22 confirmed virus cases.




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Blitz hero grandfather of Royal Marine awarded Gallantry Cross for bravery dies of coronavirus 

James Glancy, who served three tours in Afghanistan, said 91-year-old Alec Somerscales tested positive for the killer disease in hospital after suffering a fall at his home in Surrey last month.




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Afghanistan veteran took his own life after being 'let down' by the system, Coroner finds

Former Australian Army private Jesse Bird, 32, was found dead in his Melbourne home in June 2017 after the Department of Veterans' Affairs knocked back multiple pleas for assistance.




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'It's hard': Kym Marsh, 43, reveals she hasn't seen her soldier beau Scott Ratcliff, 31, in 7 MONTHS

The actress, 43, revealed she hasn't seen her boyfriend Scott Ratcliff for seven months after his return from his Afghanistan tour was delayed as she appeared on Lorraine on Wednesday/




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Afghan interpreters STILL can't get visas to come to UK

The Government vowed in March last year that translators who helped British soldiers in the fight against the Taliban could bring their loved ones to join them in the UK.




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Nurse who served in Afghanistan alongside her son is now fighting coronavirus in Cheshire hospital

Joan Glen, 61, from Cheshire, who served as a nurse in Afghanistan in 2007 is now doing gruelling 12-hour shifts in full PPE equipment as a theatre nurse treating Covid-19 patients.




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Kym Marsh says she can't wait to 'cuddle' soldier beau Scott Ratcliff after spending 7 months apart

During an interview with Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard on Tuesday's GMB, the former Corrie actress, 43, shared her delight as she prepared to reunite with Army Major Scott, 31.




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Rihanna dons mask with coat and tights for Interview magazine

Rihanna spoke to her Ocean 8 co-star Sarah Paulson during her Interview cover story for summer 2019. The 31-year-old posed in a gimp mask with red lipstick, nylons and a coat.