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In 1919, the state failed to protect black Americans. A century later, it's still failing | Carol Anderson

There is something so wounded in American society that basic commitment to justice is not part of the operating code In 1919, as soldiers returned from the first world war...
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Lennie Niehaus, longtime Clint Eastwood composer, dies aged 90

8 seconds ago | The Guardian

Composer for Unforgiven and The Bridges of Madison County, who Eastwood taught to swim in the army, died in California Lennie Niehaus, who as Clint Eastwood's favoured composer...
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Frozen 2 set to finally arrive on Disney+ UK, two weeks earlier than planned

9 seconds ago | The Independent | 5 articles

Hit animated film was previously scheduled to arrive in mid-July
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Coronavirus: Government's use of testing figures 'falls well short' of normal standards, warns chief statistician

9 seconds ago | The Independent

The government's use of figures on coronavirus testing "falls well short" of normal standards, the UK's chief statistician has said, warning: "The aim seems to be to show the...
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Jennifer Aniston auctions off 1995 nude portrait to raise funds for coronavirus charity

9 seconds ago | The Independent

Photographer Mark Seliger said he knew Friends actor was going to be a 'star'
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Dundee's forgotten football hero who was one of Scotland's great centre-forwards

6 minutes ago | Evening Telegraph

He is the Tayside football hero who was considered the greatest Scottish centre-forward of his day.
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Huge queues for recycling centres as they reopen to the public following Covid-19 closures

6 minutes ago | Evening Telegraph

Scores of people flocked to recycling centres after the facilities reopened for the first time in two months.
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Bishop ‘outraged' after tear gas used on crowds before Trump church photo op

12 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph | 2 articles

A bishop in the US has said she is “outraged” after tear gas was used to clear protesters ahead of President Donald Trump visiting a church to pose for photos while holding a...
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Immediate compensation payments to Troubles victims ‘moral imperative'

12 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph

Making immediate compensation payments to victims of Northern Ireland's troubled past is a “moral imperative”, a senior MP has said.
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Celtic's historic nine-in-a-row title win was handed to them. by Rangers, on a silver platter

12 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph

Asterisks are nothing new in sport. Shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong, for instance, has quite a few alongside his name.
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Emily Maitlis returns to BBC Newsnight with striking opening message about...

BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has returned to the screens following a controversial critique of Dominic Cummings that sparked accusations of bias. Read more ...

‘Accept we've left!' Brexiteers lash out at EU's ‘absurd' demand UK remains...

Boris Johnson's officials yesterday urged the EU to drop demands for the UK to stay tied into Brussels red tape forever to save the floundering cross-Channel trade talks. David... Read more ...

Episcopal bishop of DC 'outraged' after Trump hosted a photo-op outside of...

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC, said she was "outraged" after President Donald Trump posed with a Bible for a photo-op outside of St. John's... Read more ...

Watch 2 NASA astronauts try out SpaceX's new private spaceship for the first...

SpaceX launched its first astronauts into space on Saturday: NASA's Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley . Behnken and Hurley gave a live tour of the SpaceX spaceship, called Crew... Read more ...

Emily Maitlis returns to BBC Newsnight screens with no mention of the...

The presenter was found to have violated the BBC's impartiality guidelines following her monologue on Dominic Cummings last week that said he had 'broken the rules' and 'the... Read more ...

Trump calls himself an 'ally to all peaceful protesters' as police fire tear...

President Donald Trump called himself an "ally to all peaceful protesters" during a briefing at the White House on Monday while police dressed in riot gear clashed with... Read more ...

'Exactly what President Trump wants': Democratic governors are shunning...

Democratic governors widely shunned President Donald Trump's request to "dominate" the protests across the country by using National Guard troops. "Society that's about... Read more ...

Companies like Netflix, McDonald's, and Target are speaking out amid the...

Protests are spreading through the US after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over 8 minutes. Many companies... Read more ...

Portugal ready to offer quarantine-free holidays to Brits from this weekend...

Officials in Lisbon want quarantine-free travel between Britain and Portugal to restart from this Saturday, while Greece could lift travel restrictions from June 15. Read more ...

New York City announces curfew for Monday night

New York City will be under a curfew rule beginning 11 p.m. Monday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Details of the curfew's rules were not immediately clear. Protests... Read more ...