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Ben Jennings on the Tories' approach to the Queen's speech - cartoon
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 20:04
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The big picture: Tony Ray-Jones goes in search of Englishness
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 08:00
The precocious photographer died young but his work was a major influence on the likes of Martin Parr Tony Ray-Jones took this picture at the Windsor horse show in 1967. He was 25, and engaged in an all-consuming persona...
In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch
The New York Times - 13 Oct 2019 05:50
The president's multiple shows of support for his personal lawyer on Saturday seemed meant to tamp down questions about Mr. Giuliani's standing.
Officer seen on bodycam shooting, killing woman in her own home
ABC News - 13 Oct 2019 04:30
A police officer responding to a call in Forth Worth, Texas, is seen on bodycam footage shooting and killing a woman in her home.
Bomb kills Kenyan police near Somali border
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 05:08
Jihadist group al-Shabaab suspected of placing roadside device Several Kenyan police officers were killed on Saturday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb near the Somali border, authorities said. "Unfortunately we los...
Trump gloats that more food will be sold amid trade war with China
New York Post - 13 Oct 2019 03:11
President Trump gushed about his trade deal with China — and boasted that so much more food will be sold that US farmers will have to step things up to meet the demand. "WOW, the Farmers really hit pay dirt!" Trump twe...
Six-year-old girl at centre of life-support treatment case dies
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 13:18
Doctors had advised child's transfer to palliative care but her parents opposed recommendation A six-year-old girl who was at the centre of a high court life-support treatment dispute has died, lawyers have said. Doctors...
Gov. Edwards of Louisiana Forced Into Runoff With Republican
The New York Times - 13 Oct 2019 06:26
Republicans mounted an aggressive campaign to unseat Gov. John Bel Edwards, one of the few Democratic governors in the South. He was forced into a runoff scheduled for next month.
Louisiana heads into November runoff for governor's race
CBSNews - 13 Oct 2019 05:59
Edwards came just shy of the 50% needed to win Saturday's "jungle" primary outright
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas, driver who fled UK, 'devastated' by fatal crash
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 05:29
US woman who used diplomatic immunity wants to meet parents of 19-year-old Dunn to say sorry for 'tragic accident' The US woman who used diplomatic immunity to leave the UK after the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn has b...
Tragic accident takes the life of a Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor
CBSNews - 13 Oct 2019 04:50
Survivor Jennifer Brown Hyde reminisces about the loss of her brother, Jeff, who died in an accident on a local farm five years after the 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping. He was 15 years old.
Who's the Secret Russian in the Indictment of Giuliani's Pals? We Found Some Clues.
OpEdNews - 13 Oct 2019 02:57
When the US attorney for the Southern District of New York charged two associates of Rudy Giuliani and two other men on Wednesday with campaign finance violations, the indictment contained a big mystery. So far, not a si...
Elbow: Giants of All Sizes review - a grittier, angrier Guy Garvey
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2019 06:29
(Polydor) Elbow's eighth album comes wreathed in a ghostly pallor. Recorded over two years in which too many of the band's friends and family passed away, the easy sentimentality of their biggest songs has been abandoned...
At least 5 dead and 15 missing as Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan
CBSNews - 13 Oct 2019 04:10
Typhoon Hagibis is forecast to be Japan's worst typhoon in six decades
Hundreds of ISIS Supporters Flee Detention Amid Turkish Airstrikes
The New York Times - 13 Oct 2019 15:47
The attacks caused about 700 Islamic State families to escape. The American defense secretary said the U.S. would pull out about 1,000 troops from the area.
Syrian Observatory: 100 people escape camp holding Islamic State relatives
Reuters - 13 Oct 2019 10:38
Around 100 people - women affiliated with Islamic State and their children - have escaped from a camp guarded by Syrian Kurdish-led security forces in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
In pictures: Powerful Typhoon Hagibis lashes Japan
BBC - 13 Oct 2019 06:17
The worst typhoon to hit the country in decades brings deadly flooding and landslides.
Judge Judy thinks Michael Bloomberg should be our next president
New York Post - 13 Oct 2019 06:02
Judy Sheindlin, best known as TV's Judge Judy, regularly lures in 20 million viewers to her daytime show, where she solves court disputes with sage advice. Recently, she gave a talk at The Cambridge Union in the UK, wher...
Ten killed, 16 missing after fierce typhoon pounds Tokyo
Reuters - 13 Oct 2019 05:19
Ten people were killed and 16 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralyzed Tokyo, causing rivers to overflow and leaving almost half a million homes without power, public broadcaster NHK...
Japan cancels maritime fleet review after typhoon: spokesman
Reuters - 13 Oct 2019 05:19
Japan has canceled a maritime fleet review planned for Monday, a spokesman for the Maritime Self-Defence Force said, after a fierce typhoon pounded Tokyo and surrounding regions over the weekend, causing flooding and wid...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he will cooperate with House Democrats' subpoena
USA Today - 13 Oct 2019 16:47
"We will do everything we can to comply," Esper said in a television interview, though he did not commit to meeting the Oct. 15 deadline.
'Serial Stowaway' busted trying to get on plane yet again
New York Post - 13 Oct 2019 15:30
The woman dubbed the “Serial Stowaway” for her history of trying to sneak onto flights has struck again. Marilyn Hartman, 67, was arrested Friday after she attempted to bypass security at Chicago’s O’Hare Interna...