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Immigration crackdown, travel ban and Russia links intrude on Trump weekendThe president played golf and dined with the Japanese prime minister in Florida but still found time to tweet his indignation about an uncooperative legal system -
‘I feel like I have been buried alive’: families live in fear and isolation as Erdoğan leads a witch-huntMore than 125,000 people have been sacked on suspicion of links to a dissident cleric. Two teachers and a law student describe how this has affected them
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'I thought I was smarter than almost everybody': my double life as a KGB agentRaised in East Germany, Jack Barsky abandoned his mother, brother, wife and son to spy for the KGB. In America, he started a second family. And then, one day, it all came crashing down
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UKUKSevere weather warning for much of UK for rest of weekendFreezing temperatures expected to last until Monday, when the mercury will rise into high single figures
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EuropeEuropeWomen and children ‘endure rape, beatings and abuse’ inside Dunkirk’s refugee campThe fate of those stranded by the UK’s decision to limit taking child refugees from France
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Unbuilt Los Angeles: the city that might have been – in picturesFrom the offshore Santa Monica freeway to a mini Las Vegas with pyramids and the Parthenon, Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell look at the LA that never happened
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The bishop and the populist Apprentice host: meet Brazil's new megacity mayorsA multimillionaire reality TV star and an evangelical bishop might seem worlds apart. But the surprise new populist mayors of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo both signal a rejection of traditional leaders by cities mired in economic crisis
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Overseas aid under new pressure as MPs freeze contractsAs concerns are raised over development firm Adam Smith International, former minister warns that Tory critics who want budgets cut are ‘scenting blood’
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The UK's aid commitments are under threat. It's time to defend themWe must resist pressure from the press and rightwing politicians to dilute a project that has earned our country respect around the world
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Thousands of refugees could be barred from US despite ruling on travel banNinth circuit court’s decision does not apply to Trump’s effort to cut in half the number of refugees resettled in US each year
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A timeline of Trump’s travel ban: what's happened, and what's nextThe battle over the order to suspend travel from seven Muslim-majority countries has evolved rapidly. Where is it now, and where does it go from here?
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The past few days have given us a reason to go shopping at Nordstrom, re-read Coretta Scott King and celebrate Elizabeth WarrenThe week in patriarchy: women have a new catchphrase – persist. And we will
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China U-turn is latest sign Trump may turn out to be a paper tigerUS leader has softened on a range of issues. Is he a bully who relents when challenged, or is he learning the limits of his power?
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'Brand new': Trump considers revised immigration order - videoPresident Trump tells reporters on Air Force One that he may file a new immigration executive order on Monday following the court ruling blocking his travel ban
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Congressman booed at town hall for praising Trump – videoProtesters heckled and jeered Jason Chaffetz during a town hall meeting in Utah on Thursday night after the Republican mentioned Trump in opening remarks
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Trump has 'no doubt' that travel ban restraining order will be lifted – videoDonald Trump said his administration would win its ongoing legal challenge to reinstate a travel ban on refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries during a press conference on Friday
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Trump praises Abe's ‘strong hands’ at White House meeting – videoThe US president and Japanese prime minister held a joint news conference on Friday, where Trump reiterated America’s commitment to Japan’s security
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Lawlessness on the streets of Brazil – in picturesBrazil’s south-eastern state of Espirito Santo is grappling with a strike by police that has resulted in a week of violence which has left more than 120 people dead – a toll six times the homicide rate in the state last year. Security duties have now been transferred to the military in an attempt to resolve the crisis.
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Block on Trump's travel ban will remain, appeal court rules – video reportReaction as a panel of judges rule to uphold a temporary restraining order that is blocking the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning anyone from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US
Could a £400bn plan to refreeze the Arctic before the ice melts really work?