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Banana split: Uniqlo sues Shein over distinctively shaped bag
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Banana split: Uniqlo sues Shein over distinctively shaped bag

Uniqlo is suing the Chinese online retailer Shein over the sale of items it claims copy its popular bananashaped \"it\" bag, the \"round mini\".

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January 18, 2024
Civil service Anger at bid to block rulings halting flights
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Civil service Anger at bid to block rulings halting flights

Unions have condemned a planned change to Whitehall rules meaning civil servants must ignore Strasbourg judgments halting Rwanda deportation flights.

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January 18, 2024
King and Princess of Wales to cancel engagements for medical treatment
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King and Princess of Wales to cancel engagements for medical treatment

The Princess of Wales is expected to stay in hospital in London for up to two weeks after undergoing successful abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace said yesterday.

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January 18, 2024
Iran warned after attack on Pakistan "terror' cells
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Iran warned after attack on Pakistan "terror' cells

Iran has been warned of \"serious consequences\" after missile and drone strikes on what it described as two strongholds of a Sunni militant group in Pakistan killed six people, including two children.

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January 18, 2024
Sunak's Rwanda bill survives as Tory revolt melts away - for now
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Sunak's Rwanda bill survives as Tory revolt melts away - for now

Frantic 11th-hour talks persuade rebels to avoid endangering PM

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January 18, 2024
Putin Must Be Made To Regret Ukraine War, Zelenskiy Tells Davos
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Putin Must Be Made To Regret Ukraine War, Zelenskiy Tells Davos

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made an impassioned plea for international support for his country's war against Russia, insisting that Vladimir Putin must live to regret starting the conflict almost two years ago.

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January 17, 2024
Wiegman stays on FA hands 'No 1 coach in the world' new deal and pay rise
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Wiegman stays on FA hands 'No 1 coach in the world' new deal and pay rise

Sarina Wiegman has signed a contract extension as England head coach until 2027 with the Football Association agreeing a salary increase that will make her the best paid women's coach in the world.

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January 17, 2024
Conway cuts down flat West Ham on night of red mist for Benrahma
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Conway cuts down flat West Ham on night of red mist for Benrahma

For David Moyes, a bitter evening on his old stomping ground ended with a sour taste. Not that he could have any complaints, with his West Ham side turning in a barely lukewarm performance that deservedly ended with Bristol City advancing to the FA Cup fourth round.

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January 17, 2024
Evans seals win as Newport set up Manchester United clash
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Evans seals win as Newport set up Manchester United clash

In freezing temperatures Newport County claimed the hotly-contested prize of a home tie against Manchester United in round four, beating nonleague Eastleigh in a game of fine margins and even finer goals.

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January 17, 2024
Everton face 'football sanction not for football reasons', says Dyche
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Everton face 'football sanction not for football reasons', says Dyche

Sean Dyche has said Everton have done \"everything we can\" to comply with Premier League financial rules during his 12 months in charge but are being hit with sporting penalties for no sporting advantage.

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January 17, 2024
Draper shows grit in the heat to overcome Giron
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Draper shows grit in the heat to overcome Giron

Having suffered for three hours in the searing, suffocating Melbourne heat, Jack Draper pulled himself together for one final, desperate effort. On his second match point against Marcos Giron, the Briton punctuated a gruelling 14-stroke rally with a spectacular forehand winner.

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January 17, 2024
Raducanu rolls past Rogers in stylish slam comeback
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Raducanu rolls past Rogers in stylish slam comeback

As the sun set on Melbourne Park and its three-day opening round of play yesterday, Emma Raducanu marked her return to grand slam competition with a strong performance and an invaluable win as she defeated Shelby Rogers in convincing fashion to reach the second round.

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January 17, 2024
Swiatek and Rybakina lay down their title credentials
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Swiatek and Rybakina lay down their title credentials

Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina began the first grand slam tournament of the year with two of the most difficult first-round opponents possible, yet by stepping up to the challenge both matches only served to reinforce their credentials as two of the favourites.

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January 17, 2024
Critical imports council to tackle key supply shortages
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Critical imports council to tackle key supply shortages

The government is setting up a critical imports council to help tackle potential restrictions in supplies to the UK of items such as medicine, minerals, food and semiconductors, amid rising geopolitical and climate threats.

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January 17, 2024
Calabria Cubans to the rescue of ailing hospitals
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Calabria Cubans to the rescue of ailing hospitals

In the operating theatre at a hospital in Calabria, Asbel Díaz Fonseca and his team are preparing to perform abdominal surgery on a man in his 60s. They deliberate over which technique to use.

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January 17, 2024
Rapist Fritzl applies for release from life term for enslaving daughter
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Rapist Fritzl applies for release from life term for enslaving daughter

Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who raped and incarcerated his daughter in a cellar beneath his home for 24 years, is applying for release from jail, according to his lawyer.

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January 17, 2024
Left march From saving migrants to leading fight for Die Linke
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Left march From saving migrants to leading fight for Die Linke

She made her name as the captain of a ship that rescued stranded migrants from the Mediterranean. But now Carola Rackete is embarking on a new journey, focusing on helping to save a crisisridden part of the German left.

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January 17, 2024
Thousands protest across Germany over far right's mass deportation plan
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Thousands protest across Germany over far right's mass deportation plan

Thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets for a fourth consecutive day to voice their opposition to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party after AfD politicians met neo-Nazis to discuss a \"master plan\" for the mass deportation of asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin.

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January 17, 2024
Mansion replaces oil boiler with heat pump
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Mansion replaces oil boiler with heat pump

Over the years Kingston Lacy, which was built to resemble a Venetian palace, has been kept warm and dry with open fires, and coal and oil boilers.

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January 17, 2024
Missile strike Iraqi anger as Iran says it hit 'spy HQ'
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Missile strike Iraqi anger as Iran says it hit 'spy HQ'

Iraq has vowed to take Iran to the UN security council after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it had attacked an Israeli \"espionage headquarters\" in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

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January 17, 2024
Two US servicemen lost as Iranian weapons bound for Houthis seized
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Two US servicemen lost as Iranian weapons bound for Houthis seized

US Navy Seals boarded a boat heading for Yemen and seized Iranian-made missile components and other weaponry bound for Houthi forces, in an operation in which two Seal commandos went missing, the US military said yesterday.

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January 17, 2024
Rebellion PM aiming to tough it out as fractious party heads for precipice
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Rebellion PM aiming to tough it out as fractious party heads for precipice

Rishi Sunak was the most junior of ministers when Theresa May faced her worst Brexit ructions, but as he battles Commons votes, endless amendments and mutinous Conservative factions, the prime minister might have some retrospective sympathy for his predecessor-but-two.

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January 17, 2024
More ice and snow forecast for north of Britain
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More ice and snow forecast for north of Britain

Snow and freezing temperatures will continue for much of Britain this week before wet and windy weather sweeps in over the weekend.

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January 17, 2024
Elton the Egot: star gets the full set after winning an Emmy
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Elton the Egot: star gets the full set after winning an Emmy

Elton John has become an Egot - an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award winner - becoming just the 19th person to do so -after being awarded an Emmy at a starry TV awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

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January 17, 2024
Trump cruises to victory in Iowa, but chief rivals not ready to concede yet
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Trump cruises to victory in Iowa, but chief rivals not ready to concede yet

Donald Trump will continue on to the New Hampshire primaries more confident than ever about capturing the Republican nomination after the former president secured a 30-point win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday.

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January 17, 2024
Morpurgo and fellow authors back charity's drive to give poor children access to reading
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Morpurgo and fellow authors back charity's drive to give poor children access to reading

Deprived children are being robbed of a lifetime of reading for pleasure, by governments that are \"simply blind\" to the benefits of loving literature from an early age, according to the author Michael Morpurgo.

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January 17, 2024
Death on Del Monte farm: report finds rights violations
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Death on Del Monte farm: report finds rights violations

Major human rights violations are being committed at a vast Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya where there have been numerous deaths and incidents of violence, according to an unpublished report.

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January 17, 2024
Fujitsu says it should pay redress to victims
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Fujitsu says it should pay redress to victims

The technology firm Fujitsu admitted yesterday for the first time that it should pay redress to victims of the Post Office scandal as the former post office operator Alan Bates told MPs people were dying while waiting for claims to be processed.

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January 17, 2024
Gaza facing famine as food crisis deepens
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Gaza facing famine as food crisis deepens

Aid officials in Gaza believe that pockets of famine already exist in the territory, with parents sacrificing remaining food for their children, an apple costing more than £6 and fuel for cooking almost impossible to find.

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January 17, 2024
PM faces revolt on Rwanda plans as senior Tories quit
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PM faces revolt on Rwanda plans as senior Tories quit

Lee Anderson and Brendan ClarkeSmith resigned as deputy chairs of the Conservative party last night after defying Rishi Sunak and backing rightwing challenges to harden up his Rwanda deportation bill.

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January 17, 2024