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Russell Brand to learn sentence after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault

Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday.

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Revealed: how a UK firm is spearheading growth in trade of US fracked ethane

Ineos is driving exports with potentially far-reaching environmental and social repercussions

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Healthcare, tariffs – but not Trump impeachment: Democrats chart next two years of power

Midterms success gives party potent leverage over Trump – expect tough campaigns of investigating and lawmaking

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‘10 times more painful’: Menstrual disorders fuel calls to ban tear gas at French protests

French police have made extensive use of tear gas during protests that have roiled France in recent weeks, sometimes causing grievous injuries. Thousands of accounts of women experiencing acutely painful…

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Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh damaged in ‘attempted’ attack

Saudi Arabia's energy ministry says building in the capital was damaged by falling shrapnel, state media reported.

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In Chile, Cape Verde hero Vozinha struggles to cope with glare of fame

After repelling eventual champions Spain and becoming an instant global celebrity, Vozinha was an unlikely hero of this year's World Cup. But four months on from his tournament exploits, Cape Verde's…

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Rent-a-grandchild: Businesses offering companions to elderly grow in India

A small but growing number of firms selling what families once took for granted: someone to take care of the seniors.

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Hollywood banks on Ebenezer to bring Johnny Depp in from the cold

Dickens character is actor’s first big studio role after years overshadowed by legal battles with ex-wife Amber Heard “It’s good to be back,” Johnny Depp declares in the trailer for Ebenezer, in which he stars as Charles Dickens’s miserly Scrooge – his first big Hollywood studio production in eight years. The message is clear: this is Depp’s comeback, after years in which his career was overshadowed by legal battles with his former wife Amber Heard. Continue reading...

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Hollywood banks on Ebenezer to bring Johnny Depp in from the cold

Dickens character is actor’s first big studio role after years overshadowed by legal battles with ex-wife Amber Heard “It’s good to be back,” Johnny Depp declares in the trailer for Ebenezer, in which he stars as Charles Dickens’s miserly Scrooge – his first big Hollywood studio production in eight years. The message is clear: this is Depp’s comeback, after years in which his career was overshadowed by legal battles with his former wife Amber Heard. Continue reading...

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Woke 2.0, Trump and establishment politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

Today’s political conversation is dominated by one topic above all: race. The Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik has been way ahead of the pack in diagnosing how immigrants, their children and grandchildren are reshaping not just politics but western societies. On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine talks about where never-ending culture wars and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour

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Woke 2.0, Trump and establishment politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

Today’s political conversation is dominated by one topic above all: race. The Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik has been way ahead of the pack in diagnosing how immigrants, their children and grandchildren are reshaping not just politics but western societies. On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine talks about where never-ending culture wars and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour

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Delap double condemns Man City to third straight defeat

Manchester City slumped to a third consecutive Premier League defeat on Saturday as Liam Delap's double lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win at the City Ground.

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