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Foreign minister: we will not accept unilateral Trump immigration stepsAs US envoys visit Mexico City for talks, Luis Videgaray says his government will use the UN to defend migrants from deportation -
François Bayrou forms alliance with Emmanuel MacronSelf-described outsider and centrist take surprise step of joining forces as veteran of three elections says France is at ‘extreme risk’ and needs ‘exceptional response’
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Finland's solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wagesBoth left and right are promoting the idea of a basic wage for everyone, currently on trial, as a solution to the new world of work
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UKUKCressida Dick appointed first female Met police commissionerMet’s former head of counter-terrorism to take over from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe as Britain’s top police officer
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EuropeEuropeFrench elections: Emmanuel Macron and François Bayrou form allianceSelf-described outsider and centrist take surprise step of joining forces as veteran of three elections says France is at ‘extreme risk’ and needs ‘exceptional response’
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A tale of four skulls: what human bones reveal about citiesHas the great urbanisation of our species over the last 5,000 years been good for humanity or bad? It’s a story that can be told by examining ancient skeletons – which reveal incredible dangers, but also point to a bright future
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Cologne library opens its doors to refugees: 'You fill this room with life'The Cologne Public Library is serving as a social and educational space for the city’s refugees, as counterparts across Germany increasingly become places for community engagement. Could the UK learn from this?
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How to donate: South Sudan famine and Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria food crisesFamine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, while Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria are also at risk. Here’s a roundup of some of the main appeals
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EU and UK united in effort to combat famine in South SudanFunding response follows UN warnings that 40% of South Sudan’s population are in urgent need, with people already dying from hunger
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After Guantánamo: what became of the Britons freed from the US camp?Jamal al-Harith joined Isis and became a suicide bomber, but what did the future hold for the other UK citizens and residents?
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Donald Trump's envoys head to Mexico as cracks emerge in border wall planBureaucratic wrangles pose threat to US president’s campaign pledge but visit by top officials raises other contentious issues
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Kim Jong-nam killing: the arrested, the wanted, and people of interestWho are the people arrested and sought in connection with the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother?
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Lord Neuberger thinks the media should have a ‘degree of responsibility’ in its reporting, but isn’t that a curb on its liberty to speak out?Support a free press – don’t judge it
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White House says transgender bathroom guidance under review – videoWhite House press secretary Sean Spicer says justice and education departments are reviewing current federal guidance on public schools
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Tents set ablaze at North Dakota pipeline protest campsite – videoSeveral fires were lit at the Dakota Access pipeline protest campsite in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, early Wednesday ahead of a deadline from authorities to abandon the area
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Republicans confronted over Trump at town halls around US – videoFootage has emerged of spirited confrontations at events in Florida, Kentucky and Iowa
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Premature baby hippo saved by children’s hospital staff – video reportFiona, a prematurely-born Nile hippo calf, is making excellent progress at her home at The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden after the staff from a local children’s hospital stepped in to help
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Kim Jong-nam's death: what we know so far – video reportKim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un, died from a seizure en route to hospital on 13 February after complaining that a woman had sprayed chemicals on his face at Kuala Lumpur international airport
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The foiled bomb plot in Kansas that didn't make Trump's terror list – videoWhen a plot by a pro-white militia to bomb a Somali mosque in Kansas was foiled by the FBI last October, the aborted conspiracy received little national coverage – nor did it make Donald Trump’s list of 78 ‘under-reported’ terrorist attacks.
Astronomy Seven Earth-sized planets found orbiting nearby star