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Read More This year has challenged us all. But for Sarah Hughes it’s been particularly hard. Here, she talks about living with cancer – and letting in the light in the darkest of times The strangest thing about having an incurable illness during a time of pandemic is the weird but unavoidable sense that everyone…

Read MoreThousands of Peruvians have rallied in the country’s capital against the interim government of President Manuel Merino in protests that have left at least one person deadThousands of Peruvians have rallied in the country’s capital against the interim government of President Manuel Merino in protests that have left at least one person dead

Read More The president of Azerbaijan is promising that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians. President Ilham Aliyev’s office said he made the promise in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is deploying peacekeeping forces in the areas under an…

Read More All the latest from the 10.10 GMT race at the Istanbul Park Circuit The man from Stevenage who became the moral compass of F1 Send Daniel an email or tweet @DanielHarris 10.19am GMT Lap 4/58 We see the start again, this time from above, and there really was all sorts going on. I…

Read More Hurricane Eta did enough damage on its own, but there are complaints that the authorities in Mexico made the devastation far worse, reports Chris Havler-Barrett Hurricane Eta did enough damage on its own, but there are complaints that the authorities in Mexico made the devastation far worse, reports Chris Havler-Barrett

Read More A six-year mission will soon bring back a few grains of soil that could explain how water arrived on our planet In a few days, a capsule containing samples of soil from a distant asteroid will be released by a robot spaceship and dropped into Earth’s upper atmosphere. If all goes well, the…

Read More Evidence is not so much in the number of tropical storms the Atlantic has seen, but in their strength, intensity and rainfall Paddling in a canoe through the flood waters left by Hurricane Eta in his rural village near the north coast of Honduras, Adán Herrera took stock of the damage. “Compared with…

Read MoreAfter being extended multiple times, Germany’s ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia will be up for debate.After being extended multiple times, Germany’s ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia will be up for debate.

Read More A former entertainment personality decides, in his later years, to go into politics. To curry favor with the Republican Party whose nomination he seeks, he cozies up to red-state extremists and evangelicals via a healthy dose of racist dog whistles. He couples that with decrying communists, liberalism, and anyone out in the streets…

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Read MoreIn the first-round vote earlier this month, pro-European Maia Sandu won a surprise victory.In the first-round vote earlier this month, pro-European Maia Sandu won a surprise victory.

Read More The squeeze on jobs means that many of us are now juggling our finances. But if we are more open and honest about our earnings then all of us will be better off On a sunny Tuesday afternoon in July, Rob Campbell, 50, received a Zoom call from his boss at the advertising…

Read More As his film anthology, Small Axe, premieres on the BBC, the artist and film-maker answers questions from celebrity admirers including Idris Elba, Viola Davis, David Lammy and more. Interview by Sean O’Hagan Steve McQueen guest edit: read his editor’s letter The director on the music that moves him Judging by the enthusiastic reviews…

Read More The hostile environment appears very much in operation as documents show the Home Office focusing on exclusions Home Office officials have expressed concern that the welfare of children and families who have crossed the Channel to the UK is being “compromised” by an intent to prosecute individuals for immigration offences, internal emails and…

Read More The final throes of the Trump presidency exposed America as the bad joke – and danger to the world – it has certainly become The chaotic US election has undoubtedly been the biggest story in the world in the last two weeks. Watching it unfold from over 13,000km away in Kenya, the election…

Read More Winning the White House has done little to mend the party’s fractures – and the left is on collision course with the moderates Joe Biden’s first hours as president-elect were met by his supporters with spontaneous dance parties, champagne showers and car parades that wound through several blocks. But amid the “Biden-Harris” placards…

Read More Child mortality crisis is looming as nations struggle to make payments to west and China, says former prime minister It is being called the “great reversal”. After decades of progress, the international goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 is in jeopardy, Gordon Brown has warned, as developing countries battling the coronavirus sacrifice…

Read MoreAs deaths mount, aid agency says it fears for safety of thousands of people trapped by floodwaters in Cagayan Valley.As deaths mount, aid agency says it fears for safety of thousands of people trapped by floodwaters in Cagayan Valley.

Read More The portrayal of Santa’s Moor servant ‘Zwarte Piet’ is widely seen as offensive. Protesters applaud the decision to remove the character from children’s books Public libraries across the Netherlands are removing from the shelves children’s books depicting a black-faced Zwarte Piet, a side-kick to Sinterklaas, in the latest sign that the country is…

Read More Calls to advice hotlines soar as abusers turn to latest technology to intimidate and control partners Calls to the UK’s largest domestic abuse helpline are rising “week on week” as new figures reveal that almost 50 suspected killings may have occurred during the first lockdown. The charity Refuge, which runs the National Domestic…

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Read More Attitudes to faith said to drive negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality Religion is the “final frontier” of personal prejudice, with attitudes to faith driving negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality, a report to be published tomorrow will say. How We Get Along, a two-year study of diversity by the Woolf…

Read More Doctors say pair died of gunshot wounds as Peruvians protest against removal of Martín Vizcarra as president Two protesters have been killed in massive pro-democracy demonstrations in Peru, the first deaths in nearly a week of unrest over the controversial removal of Martín Vizcarra as president and his replacement by a de facto…

Read More With British skiers nervous about booking holidays in Europe, travel specialists are predicting an exodus to the north Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Scottish mountains may be an unlikely beneficiary of the Covid-19 pandemic. With British skiers nervous about committing to a package holiday with a tour operator…

Read More Concentrations of intoxicating THC have risen, data from more than 80,000 street drug samples gathered over 50 years shows Cannabis resin – or “hash” – has increased in strength by nearly 25% over the past half century, a major international study has revealed. Researchers with the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the…

Read More Go back to therapy and use the skills to better understand yourself and combat self loathing, says Mariella Frostrup The dilemma I am a woman in my 30s. On paper I am bright – an Oxford graduate with a slew of prestigious qualifications, extracurricular achievements and a fairly successful career. The reality is…

Read More Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington protested election results and then hailed Trump’s passing motorcade before nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators sparked fistfights, at least one stabbing and at least 20 arrests. Several other cities on Saturday also saw gatherings of Trump supporters unwilling to accept Democrat Joe Biden’s Electoral College…

Read MoreMexico has the world’s fourth-highest death toll from the virus behind the United States, Brazil and India.Mexico has the world’s fourth-highest death toll from the virus behind the United States, Brazil and India.

Read More Counter-demonstrators clash with Maga groups that echo president’s baseless claims of fraud Donald Trump continued to rage against the dying light of his US presidency on Saturday, falsely claiming to be the victim of mass voter fraud and praising rightwingers and conspiracy theorists who gathered in Washington to echo his fabrication. Trump emerged…

Read MoreThe tech entrepreneur says he has minor cold symptoms but test results have been “wildly different”.The tech entrepreneur says he has minor cold symptoms but test results have been “wildly different”.

Read More Decision sees international students go to the back of the queue while others are given special approval Greg Hunt has clarified that foreign business people and actors will not be subjected to the “Australians first” approach to international arrivals as Australia struggles to clear a backlog of people seeking to come home. The…

Read More Prof John Edmunds calls for consistent UK government strategy and warns against relaxing measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Encouraging the public to visit bars and restaurants and then closing down such venues when Covid-19 cases spike is not a “sensible way to run the epidemic”, a government scientific…

Read More Police say armed man tried to box in the car and chase the teenagers in a pursuit that could have ‘easily ended in tragedy’ A man armed with a tyre iron pursued a stolen car driven by young teenagers until they crashed into a power pole in Townsville, police say. On Saturday night…

Read More Chad Wolf took office unlawfully, says federal court judge, therefore could not suspend program that shields young people from deportation A federal judge in New York has ruled that the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, assumed his position unlawfully and has invalidated Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action…

Read MoreThe United States and Israel tracked and killed a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, in a bold intelligence operation that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on TehranThe United States and Israel tracked and killed a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, in a bold intelligence…