Search results for ‘Mars’
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Afghan refugees abandoned by UK says whistleblower
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Former police officer guilty of gross misconduct after death of vulnerable woman in cell
A former police sergeant, who retired weeks before his disciplinary hearing, has been found guilty of gross misconduct in the death in custody of a woman with a history of mental health problems.
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Does Afghanistan withdrawal mean the end of US nation building?
After imperial Britain and the Soviet Union, Afghanistan has now seen off America, supposedly the world’s mightiest military.
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Over 30 Brits bid to become first physically disabled astronaut
More than 250 people have applied to a project which hopes to send a physically disabled person into space for the first time. Since it was launched earlier this year, 257 people have applied for the European Space Agency’s (Esa) “parastronaut feasibility project”, including 20 men and 11 women from the UK, Channel 4 News…
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Streatham terrorist inquest shown dramatic footage of his final moments
Dramatic footage showing the final moments of Sudesh Amman’s life after he was shot by undercover police has been shown at his inquest.
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Streatham terrorist Sudesh Amman ‘retained extremist views’ after prison release
An inquest has been told that convicted terrorist Sudesh Amman was released from prison despite concerns by the authorities that he had retained his extremist views, just 10 days before he stabbed two passers by in a south London street before being shot dead by police. Amman had been automatically released in January 2020 after…
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FactCheck: Is this a green revolution?
Boris Johnson’s environment strategy has been billed as a “green industrial revolution”. But only a quarter of the £12bn of government spending announced this week is really new money.
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Water on the moon could help establish a lunar base
Could this be the beginning of the next giant leap for humankind – after scientists at the US space agency Nasa said they’d found unambiguous evidence of water on sunlit parts of the moon’s surface?
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Covid crash: Thousands more jobs cut
What is life like for people who have lost their livelihoods in the Covid crash?
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US election 2020: mail-in ballots, voting rights – and what might happen on election night
With mail-in balloting and early voting already taking place, misinformation is rife about the security and safety of American democracy.
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US wildfire heroes on climate front line
America’s West Coast is ablaze. These are the stories of people fleeing, and those staying to fight the fires.
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‘Nature in absolute freefall at moment’ – RSPB’s Beccy Speight
We were joined at the Frampton Marsh reserve by Beccy Speight, who’s chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and by the environmental economist Dr Matthew Agarwala
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FactCheck: what’s going on with Covid testing?
Official figures show a recent fall in the number of people being tested each day in England.
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US law professor says Donald Trump has ‘undermined the credibility of mail-in ballots’
We spoke to Dr Gloria Browne-Marshall, professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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New Orleans: the city of noise silenced by coronavirus
So how does a city renowned for its noise and celebration, cope with a disease that’s brought so much silence, sobriety and loss?