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Travel ban defended as McCain warns of benefits to IsisPresident insists executive order is not the ‘Muslim ban’ he promised but people remain in detention at US airports while protests continue -
German leader 'explains' Geneva refugee convention to TrumpGerman chancellor speaks to president amid international anger over US ban on people from seven Muslim countries -
French Socialists choose leftwing rebel Benoît Hamon for Élysée fightHamon’s victory over centrist Manuel Valls is damning verdict on failed presidency of pro-market François Hollande
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Suddenly, Muslims are America’s pariahsOfficers ‘just following orders’, confused children, fearful parents: with Trump’s vile ban, Islamophobia has finally burst its banks
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UKUKMilton Keynes – a model for the worldLetters: It is the only urban area in England to have a complete coverage of local (parish, community and town) councils – 30
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EuropeEuropeUK and EU heading for economic cold war, says Italian foreign ministerMario Giro says coming ‘battle of interests’ could have terrible consequences for western world
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Frankfurt prepares for Brexit bankers: 'Maybe our city will change them'‘Boring’ Frankfurt is set to attract financial businesses from London with its accessibility, low property costs and family-friendly facilities. ‘Maybe these play hard, work hard people will start to enjoy the slower pace,’ hopes one resident
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Going Dutch: will Amsterdam grab a slice of the post-Brexit cake?Amsterdam hopes its financial technology, digital connectivity, unique atmosphere and impressive grasp of English can lure businesses from London. But a severe cap on bonuses means big banks are unlikely to join the exodus
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Aung San Suu Kyi launches campaign to tackle widespread stunting in MyanmarThe UK is among the partners in a scheme to bolster Myanmar’s fight against malnutrition, which slows the growth of nearly a third of children under five
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Trump policy changes would leave lives of millions in balance, agencies warnExecutive orders that would hit funding of UN organisations and US refugee resettlement programme greeted with chorus of condemnation
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A motorway collision with a lorry showed me how easy it is for disaster to strike – and raised my fear that excessive risk has been normalisedThe rules of the road exist to keep us safe. Why aren’t we enforcing them?
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Republicans call Trump's travel ban 'a self-inflicted wound'Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham criticised the executive order, as well as some of Trump’s inner circle
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Meanwhile, in Obamacare: Republican disarray follows Trump’s first orderIn Philadelphia, congressmen fretted. In Washington, an attack on ads met outrage. And in Minnesota, a provision had to be withdrawn amid outcry
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UK’s £100m weapons deal with Turkey ‘turns blind eye to rights abuse’Arms sale in the spotlight as government faces judicial review in the high court
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Celebrities get political with pro-immigration messages at SAG awards – videoAshton Kutcher opens the Screen Actors Guild ceremony with a pro-immigration message and several actors use their speeches to follow suit
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Arrests after fatal shooting at Québec City mosque – videoEmergency services seal off the site of a shooting in which five people are feared dead in Canada
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Donald Trump limits lobbying as part of promise to ‘drain the swamp’ – videoPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday implementing a lifetime ban on administrative officials lobbying for foreign governments, and putting a five-year ban on domestic lobbying in place
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Trump travel ban: airport detainees released following court order – video reportA federal judge has ordered a stay on the deportation of any person who arrived in the US with a valid visa but were denied entry, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban travel from seven Muslim-majority countries
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Jeremy Corbyn says Trump visit to the UK should be postponed – videoOpposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, speaking on Peston on Sunday, says that new US president Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK should be postponed until his “intentions in the long run” become clear
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'The disease enslaved me': living with leprosy in Ghana – in picturesMore than 50 people are diagnosed with leprosy each day in many of the world’s poorest countries. Photographer Matilda Temperley has worked on a project examining leprosy in Ghana
Sierra Leone Ebola, war … but just two psychiatrists to deal with a nation's trauma