Top News public: November 2020

A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus

Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland.

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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran mulls its responses to an assassination

Frank Gardner looks at Iran's options were it to try to avenge Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's assassination.

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Brexit: Will the borders be ready?

With one month to go until the end of transition, we look at the challenges to come on the UK's borders.

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On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading

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Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘immediately’ dismiss Flynn case, citing Trump’s pardon.

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Thank You, Justice Gorsuch

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Biden’s Inauguration: Expect Smaller Crowds and More Social Distancing

By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36nWPeO

As Senate runoffs approach, Trump’s attacks on Georgia Republicans have worried some in his party.

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As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races

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Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case

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A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan

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Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

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Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’

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How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?

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Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.

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Coronavirus: MPs to vote on tougher tiers for England

Some Conservative backbenchers are threatening to vote against the plans, but Labour will abstain.

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Immigration: Visa applications open under UK's post-Brexit system

Applications open for points-based visas to work from 1 January, when free movement from the EU ends.

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Covid-19: Lung damage 'identified' in study

Researchers are to investigate whether young people and those not in hospital could be affected.

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‘I would be dead' without Burnley vicars

A church in Burnley has seen ‘unprecedented demand’ for help during the pandemic.

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Climate change: Temperature analysis shows UN goals 'within reach'

Moves by China, along with the election of Joe Biden, make temperature targets more achievable.

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Facebook News will pay UK outlets for content in 2021

Starting in January, Facebook will pay UK publishers for some - but not all - of their content.

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The Papers: Tory revolt over tiers and Scotch eggs with beers

Tory MPs preparing to rebel over Covid rules and the PM's attempts to stop them lead several papers.

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Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.

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Coronavirus: Ministers urged to extend universal credit 'boost'

A £20 weekly universal credit boost has kept 700,000 out of poverty and should continue, says think tank.

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Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving

Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.

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Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward

The cut-off date of September for the installation of new equipment is earlier than expected.

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Student Covid testing begins for Christmas exodus

Universities open mass testing centres for students so they can travel home safely for Christmas.

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Covid: Researchers fear cancer advances delay due to pandemic

Scientists fear research has been pushed back due to the pandemic, a survey suggests.

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Women 'completely let down' in rape investigations

A report finds "catastrophic" failures in the way rape cases are investigated and prosecuted.

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Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?

Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.

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Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won

The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic.

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A 70-year-old photographic mystery

Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.

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Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.

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Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia

Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now.

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The Grand Tour stars on pirate treasure, cycle lanes and electric cars

Clarkson, Hammond and May discuss their recent hunt for pirate treasure and their TV future.

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Why 2020 has been good for England's beavers

Homes for these "ultimate environmental engineers" have been set up in enclosures across England.

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The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home

Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges.

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Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president

The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.

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Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble

The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing.

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For Trump, Past Is Prologue

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Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools

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Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.

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Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team

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The Papers: Vaccine 'celebrity drive' and PM's call for resolve

Boris Johnson's attempts to quell a Tory revolt over England's new tiers continue to dominate the papers.

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Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors

The two nations have expelled each other's envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.

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The 'Robin Hood' policemen who stole from the Nazis

How did 16 policemen come to be deported from the British Isles to Nazi-occupied Europe?

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Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic

Few organisations have taken a bigger hit from coronavirus than the Serbian Orthodox Church

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This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?

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Are these fights real?

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Who’s bankrolling this spectacle?

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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

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How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

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Let’s Talk About Higher Wages

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Durham van traveller Esther Dingley missing in Pyrenees

Esther Dingley disappeared on a solo hike during a six-year journey through Europe in a campervan.

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The Papers: Tory MPs' hospital anger, and PM 'in retreat'

Sunday's papers are dominated by the new tier system, which has divided the Conservative party.

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Your pictures on the theme of 'monochrome'

A selection of pictures from our readers on the theme of "monochrome".

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Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia

The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia.

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Leroy Logan: Who is the Met Police officer in Steve McQueen's Red, White and Blue?

Star Wars' John Boyega is set to star in the true story of a black police officer in 1980s London.

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TikTok: 'I didn’t know other LGBT Muslims existed'

Until she found her social media "safe space", Shaz says she didn't know there were others like her.

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The 'guerrilla girls' who changed the art world

How an anonymous group of female artists challenged the status quo in New York's art world

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In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute

Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything.

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Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: 'Did air pollution kill my daughter?'

A new inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah could list air pollution as a cause of her death.

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London Bridge attack: 'I think about it every single day'

Former prisoner Marc Conway remembers the London Bridge attack one year on.

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Covid and schools: 'Children know things aren't right'

Students have lost hundreds of days of education to Covid and self-isolation. How are they coping?

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Gary Barlow: 'I'm not as confident as I was at 21'

The star discusses writing Back For Good in 15 minutes, and how Morecambe and Wise inspired a new song.

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Liverpool: How one city took on the Covid-19 crisis

The inside story of how Liverpool got to grips with soaring infection rates and pioneered mass testing.

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Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis

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Los Angeles County, where the virus is surging, urges residents to stay home.

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Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos

The Argentine funeral worker took photos next to the open casket of football legend Diego Maradona.

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Covid: Free Vitamin D pills for 2.5 million vulnerable in England

There is no evidence that it protects against Covid-19 but it could boost the health of the vulnerable.

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Covid: Road and rail changes planned for Christmas travel spike

Around 500 miles of roadworks are being cleared to ease congestion on motorways over the festive period.

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Surprise discovery of rare plant at Norfolk 'ghost pond'

A rare wetland plant has reappeared after not being seen for more than a century.

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Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap

The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade.

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Week in pictures: 21-27 November 2020

A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.

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Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'

As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested.

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Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet

For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life.

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Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free

For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring.

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'My eyesight might be deteriorating - but my determination never will'

Elin Williams writes a blog to help other people with sight loss, but it has become her own "survival tool".

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Coronation Street: Pandemic sees soap scrap 60th anniversary stunt

The soap has been forced to "go back to brass tacks" to mark its birthday, its producer says.

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The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?

How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral.

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Let's give politicians a chance to speak human

Today presenter Nick Robinson on why the political interview is in need of a rethink.

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Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success

By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost.

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Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise

With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time.

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Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan

Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.

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For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes

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Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.

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The Papers: Arcadia 'faces collapse', and plea to rebel MPs

Several of Saturday's papers report that Sir Philip Green's retail empire could enter administration.

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The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling.

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Death of England: The former prisoner turned leading man

Michael Balogun stars in Death of England: Delroy at The National Theatre.

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What's going on with Scottish independence?

Elections in 2021 and the pandemic have brought the issue of Scottish independence into the spotlight.

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Ex-convict's tribute to 'special' Jack Merritt

Rosca Onya remembers the prison education worker killed in the Fishmongers' Hall attack a year ago.

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Lockdown asylum freeze puts Iraqi doctor 'in limbo'

"Karim" wanted to help the NHS but the pandemic put his asylum claim on hold.

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'Bros is back': Luke Goss on his Christmas film and making up with Matt

After his new Christmas movie Luke will reunite with twin Matt for the first Bros album in 30 years.

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Judge in Venezuela Convicts 6 U.S. Oil Executives of Corruption

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El adiós a Maradona nos revela a la Argentina

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Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

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A Poem of Gratitude from Oklahoma

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October redundancies double last year's rate

With Covid cases rising and uncertainty over government support, employers planned 51,000 job cuts

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'This is War': Poland’s battle for abortion

People have taken to the streets as the government attempts to ban nearly all abortions.

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Controversial 'virginity tests' sold by UK clinics

The "unscientific" examinations are condemned by international organisations such as the UN.

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Black Friday: Next, M&S and Wilko shun sales event

Although Black Friday spending in the UK is set to soar in 2020, some brands won't be taking part.

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Argentina, and Latin America, Mourn Maradona as a Man of the People

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In Argentina, Thousands Wait in Line for Maradona’s Wake

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U.S. Border Agency Settles With 2 Americans Detained for Speaking Spanish

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Mothers have received less breastfeeding support from hospitals during the pandemic, a study finds.

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One mayor ignored his own travel advice, but for most leaders it was a day to give thanks.

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¿Qué será de Ivanka y Jared después de la era Trump?

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Senate Democrats Face Power Struggle for Top Judiciary Job

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Cancer: Blood test for 50 types to be trialled by NHS

More than 165,000 people in England will be offered the tests from next year.

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Kate warns of lockdown loneliness for parents

The Duchess of Cambridge highlights a "dramatic increase" in parents feeling cut off from support.

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The papers: 'Tiers of rage and disbelief' as 'north sees red'

Most papers lead on reaction to areas being placed within the government's tougher new tier system.

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Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster over?

Has Covid put an end to big budget film-making, or will busy cinemas in Asia give Hollywood hope?

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Corrections: Nov. 26, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: As Surge Spreads, No Corner of Nation Is Spared

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How Not to Overspend This Black Friday

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‘Hang on,’ Biden urges Americans as the virus surges.

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Manchester Arena Inquiry: Prisoner in touch with bomber to be released

Abdalraouf Abdallah, convicted of terror offences, has refused to discuss his relationship with Salman Abedi.

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Union backlash over public sector pay freeze

Leaders of Britain's biggest unions vow to resist chancellor's freeze on workers who "risked everything".

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