Tuesday 30 April 2019

Labour to discuss 'confirmatory ballot' for Brexit

The party's governing body will decide whether to back a confirmatory ballot in the EU elections.

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IS leader al-Baghdadi appears in first video in five years

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen on camera since 2014, vows revenge for his militants.

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John Singleton: Boyz N The Hood director dies aged 51

The Oscar-nominated African-American director dies at 51, after his family remove him from life support.

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'Russian spy whale'

A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast

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Music royalties reach record high but songwriters 'on minimum wage'

But there are claims that "a lot of songwriters are making less than minimum wage".

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Newspaper headlines: Cambridge slavery probe and backlash over rape victim phone demand

Stories about victims of crime, including rape, feature on Tuesday's front pages.

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News Daily: NHS blood infection inquiry, and Japanese abdication

Your morning briefing for 30 April 2019.

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Debenhams closures: Four ways to use the empty stores

Across the UK, empty department stores are being turned into everything from housing to arts spaces.

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Glimpsing a world beyond human extinction

Writer and explorer Robert MacFarlane explores the "underland" beneath our feet.

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Esperanza Spalding: A jazz singer looking to inspire a generation

Award-winning jazz singer Esperanza Spalding is working to bring the arts to some of the nation's toughest schools.

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The Dorset family who are living plastic-free

The Fynes family decided to go plastic-free after seeing ducks eating rubbish at a picnic site.

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A supermarket is being piloted which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app.

A supermarket is being piloted in London which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app. Emma Simpson reports.

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Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience to improve mental health

Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience, as part of a £10 million programme to improve mental health.

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Sports Illustrated features first burkini girl

Halima Aden becomes the first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.

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Minecraft player loses five-year-long game

Phil Watson is "killed" by a zombie baby and a spider.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito's human touch

Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.

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Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' US game show

Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records.

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Is the UK economy at a new moment of sea-change?

Forty years ago Mrs Thatcher came to power, is the UK economy at another historic moment of change?

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London nail bombings remembered 20 years on

Twenty years have passed since a campaign of terror that killed three people and injured dozens.

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What's happening to rape prosecutions?

Rape victims in England and Wales are being asked to hand their phones to police as evidence.

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European elections: What pay can UK MEPs expect?

If the UK takes part in the European elections, what pay and benefits can MEPs expect?

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'God and Your Prayers Have Sustained Us': 5-Year-Old Thrown from Mall Balcony Now out of ICU, Conscious and Alert

The family of the young boy who was thrown from the third fall of the Mall of America balcony is praising God after news that their son's condition has improved. 

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Christians and Jews Should Be 'Locked Up' According to Speaker at Harvard Diversity Conference

In honor of its annual diversity conference, Harvard University's faculty of arts & sciences invited an anti-Christian activist to speak at its "Decade of Dialogue" event. Tim Wise, known for his hatred of Christians, pushed the racial divide and condemned Christian belief in his remarks.

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Rabbi Describes the 'Miracle' and Heroism that Prevented Synagogue Massacre

Southern California is grieving after this weekend's deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego. On Sunday night, hundreds gathered for a vigil where the rabbi described the attack and the heroism of his congregants.  

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IS Leader Appears in Video for First Time in 5 years

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead.

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A New Way to Church: Justin Bieber's Pastor Launches App to Take Church Global

He's one of the men who helped introduce Justin Bieber to Jesus Christ. Now Pastor Judah Smith is working on the rest of the world, bringing church to your smartphone and tablet in a new way.

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Replacing Israel with Anti-Semitism in the Church, and What It Means for the End Times

Replacement theology in the Christian view of the Messiah has taken us far off target, and it affects our end-times theology. The common view of the church replacing Israel has caused huge consequences. Many Jews have a hard time believing in a Jewish Messiah that has replaced them. Many other Jews realize the truth that replacement theology is wrong and that the Messiah is still in a covenant relationship with them, as they have come to the understanding of wonderful saving grace.

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'War Footing': Church Canceled Indefinitely, Catholic Leaders in Sri Lanka Dissatisfied With Government Response

Catholic church leaders in Sri Lanka say they aren't satisfied with how the government has handled the investigation following the Easter Sunday attacks that left over 250 people dead. 

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Contaminated blood scandal: Inquiry hearings to begin

A public inquiry starts to hear evidence as families call for "justice" for people affected.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito begins historic abdication

Akihito, who says he is too old for the role, is the first Japanese emperor to stand down in 200 years.

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Anti-social behaviour 'nightmare' ignored, says report

Victims' commissioner says authorities are downplaying the harm caused by crimes such as vandalism.

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'Our water pollution is a cancer'

"Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet.

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Rod Rosenstein: US deputy attorney general quits

Rod Rosenstein, who was once accused of treason by the president, exits after a turbulent two years.

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Cambridge investigates its slavery links

The University of Cambridge is to investigate whether it gained financially from the slave trade.

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Operators say government should lose oversight of rail

Long-distance routes should also be serviced by more than one company to spark competition, they said.

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Climate change: Electric car target 'needs to be sooner'

The government's plan to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 is too tame, its advisers will say.

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Labour to discuss 'confirmatory ballot' for Brexit

The party's governing body will decide whether to back a confirmatory ballot in the EU elections.

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IS leader al-Baghdadi appears in first video in five years

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen on camera since 2014, vows revenge for his militants.

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John Singleton: Boyz N The Hood director dies aged 51

The Oscar-nominated African-American director dies at 51, after his family remove him from life support.

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'Russian spy whale'

A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast

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Music royalties reach record high but songwriters 'on minimum wage'

But there are claims that "a lot of songwriters are making less than minimum wage".

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Newspaper headlines: Cambridge slavery probe and backlash over rape victim phone demand

Stories about victims of crime, including rape, feature on Tuesday's front pages.

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News Daily: NHS blood infection inquiry, and Japanese abdication

Your morning briefing for 30 April 2019.

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Debenhams closures: Four ways to use the empty stores

Across the UK, empty department stores are being turned into everything from housing to arts spaces.

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Glimpsing a world beyond human extinction

Writer and explorer Robert MacFarlane explores the "underland" beneath our feet.

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Esperanza Spalding: A jazz singer looking to inspire a generation

Award-winning jazz singer Esperanza Spalding is working to bring the arts to some of the nation's toughest schools.

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The Dorset family who are living plastic-free

The Fynes family decided to go plastic-free after seeing ducks eating rubbish at a picnic site.

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A supermarket is being piloted which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app.

A supermarket is being piloted in London which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app. Emma Simpson reports.

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Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience to improve mental health

Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience, as part of a £10 million programme to improve mental health.

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Sports Illustrated features first burkini girl

Halima Aden becomes the first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.

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Minecraft player loses five-year-long game

Phil Watson is "killed" by a zombie baby and a spider.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito's human touch

Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.

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Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' US game show

Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records.

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Is the UK economy at a new moment of sea-change?

Forty years ago Mrs Thatcher came to power, is the UK economy at another historic moment of change?

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London nail bombings remembered 20 years on

Twenty years have passed since a campaign of terror that killed three people and injured dozens.

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What's happening to rape prosecutions?

Rape victims in England and Wales are being asked to hand their phones to police as evidence.

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European elections: What pay can UK MEPs expect?

If the UK takes part in the European elections, what pay and benefits can MEPs expect?

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Abdication of Japan’s Emperor, Who Put a Human Face on the Monarchy


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On Politics: Rod Rosenstein to Step Down


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Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us


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Word + Quiz: gravitas


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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘On Tour With Asperger’s Are Us’ and ‘The Last Survivors’


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父は、神と呼ばれたが、彼はジミーと呼ばれた


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籠の中の皇太子妃


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ボサボサ頭の候補者


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ためらう花嫁


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敗戦の長い影


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Las principales noticias del martes


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His Father Was Called a God. She Called Him ‘Jimmy.’


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A Princess in a Cage


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The Suitor With the Shaggy Hair


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The Long Shadows of a Failed War


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Trump Sues Banks to Stop Them From Complying With House Subpoenas


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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Step Down in May


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Man Charged With Killing 5 in Annapolis Newsroom Uses Insanity Defense


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In Scranton, College Students Give High Marks to Biden’s First Campaign Speech


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Sri Lanka, ISIS, British Police: Your Tuesday Briefing


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Beast from the east: Indian mountaineers reckon they've found Yeti footprints

Mountaineers from the Indian army on a expedition in Nepal have found mysterious large footprints in the snow that they think belong to the Yeti, or the abominable snowman, the military said on Tuesday.


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Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand's Christchurch

New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch, where 50 people were killed in attacks by a lone gunman on two mosques in March.


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Factbox: The main political parties in South Africa's election

South Africans voting for a new national parliament on May 8 will have 48 parties to choose from -- more than at any election since the end of white minority rule in 1994.


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Sri Lanka maintains high alert for attacks ahead of Ramadan

Sri Lankan security forces maintained a high level of alert on Tuesday after the Easter Sunday bombings, officials said, amid intelligence reports that Islamist militants were planning fresh attacks before the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.


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Australian right-wing senate candidate resigns after strip-club video emerges

The leader of Australia's right-wing One Nation party, Pauline Hanson, said on Tuesday one of her senate candidates has resigned from the party after footage emerged showing him making derogatory comments and touching a dancer in a U.S. strip club.


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Britain's Labour hails progress in cross-party Brexit talks: The Times

Prime Minister Theresa May's government has made substantive moves in Brexit talks with the opposition Labour Party, The Times newspaper reported, citing unidentified Labour sources.


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Islamic State airs video purporting to be leader al-Baghdadi

Islamic State's media network on Monday published a threatening video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since declaring the jihadists' now-defunct "caliphate" five years ago.


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Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media, security remains tight

The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumors after the Easter Sunday bombings, a source from the president's office said on Tuesday.


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