Defiant Catalonia declares independence as Spanish Senate votes to seize its powers

Region's government declares independence — only for Madrid to counter with vote approving move to strip it of its autonomy and institute central rule from the Spanish capital

Spain to prosecute Catalan government for rebellion

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Brexit minister resigns after five months in the job

Department loses third minister in four months

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CIA hatched plot to kill Castro with giant exploding seashell

Ghostly rare image of Mary Queen of Scots discovered beneath artwork

Death toll of Muslims killed by Burmese army 'may be extremely high'

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Scientists find first interstellar object from beyond our solar system

Theresa May has not read secret Brexit reports, David Davis says

EU is making preparations for Brexit talks to collapse, admits top Brussels official

Adviser to chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the outcome is not desired but is being planned for

'Deadly serious': Tory Brexit rebels warn May they are ready to defy her EU plan

Conservative backbenchers tell PM she should not doubt their willingness to support legislation to ensure a deal is enshrined in law

Brexit could worsen UK crime and damage security across EU - Europol

Chief of staff says agency is bracing for 'adverse impact' for both UK and EU

British security minister says North Korea was behind WannaCry hack

'We can be as sure as possible. I obviously can’t go into the detail of intelligence'

UBS boss says Brexit ‘unlikely’ to lead to as many job moves as feared

Speaking to reporters, Sergio Ermotti said that the bank had received 'regulatory and political clarifications' around doing business after Brexit

Former CIA chief warns of three existential threats to the US

'We tend to focus on the immediate, not the longer term,' says Michael Morell

Anger as Flight of the Conchords tour sells out in seconds

Duo are set to perform nine dates in the UK next year

Smoking weed linked to having more sex by Stanford University study

pot users are having about 20 percent more sex than pot abstainers

Soaring population justifies tough immigration laws, insists No 10

The Government has promised to reduce net migration down to the ‘tens of thousands’

talking points

Patrick Cockburn Iraq may be coming to the end of 40 years of war

Shappi Khorsandi Touring the country has made me realise why Londoners are unfriendly

Marie Le Conte What Theresa May needs right now is a huge dose of arrogance

Privately, some former Cameron frontbenchers turned mischief-makers admit that they have no interest in going against the Government on any major upcoming votes

The truth about whether we should expect another recession

Rugby's biggest problem isn't initiations, it's concussions

Rugby has come a very long way since the dark old days when players, coaches and fans used to treat brain damage as a joke but it has another quantum leap to take

Stefano Hatfield We need to radically rethink the recruitment process

Businesses are prone to hiring people who look like them, leading to a shocking lack of diversity. This is why we see so many cases of sexual harassment, gender pay gaps and boards comprised entirely of middle-class white men

Mark Steel The Labour Party's got so bad even Trump and Weinstein are appalled

If you were a cynic you might suggest that sometimes the people professing outrage aren’t really all that horrified at all

Michael Segalov Corbyn is right to refuse to celebrate the Balfour Declaration

This celebratory dinner will no doubt see nostalgic celebrations of imperialism that ignore Britain’s role in fuelling an international conflict that has cost so many lives, and Corbyn is right to avoid it

Amrou Al-Kadhi Everyone told me I wasn't a man – until I started dressing in drag

Suddenly, straight men are falling over themselves to call me 'lad' and 'fella'. Ironically, this never happened until I put on a dress and some make-up

Samir Jeraj Some white writers would want to be taken off the Cambridge syllabus

lifestyle

The shocking reason why this restaurant will only hire female cleaners

‘Women are better at cleaning than men’

McDonald's staff reveal the dish you should never order and why

It's not nuggets, panic not

The Ghosts of Mexico City’s Ancient Waterways

Mexico City's ancient waterways fed the Aztecs; now they're helping to rebuild the city after the earthquake with special spooky tours. Susannah Rigg takes a ride

Couple forbidden from dating by parents marry 40 years later

'Sometimes it's worth waiting'

international

Australia's Deputy PM disqualified from Parliament over dual citizenship

Girl wins golf tournament but is denied trophy because she's not a boy

The basic error that reveals climate change could be far worse than thought

Violent clashes and low turnout mars Kenya's election re-run

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Grenfell tower fire

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Donald Trump

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North Korea

US moves aircraft carrier strike group to the western Pacific

David Haigh I was jailed in Dubai like Jamie Harron – it's worse than you could possibly imagine

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1/30 26 October 2017

A National Super Alliance protester yells at nearby police officers during the Kenya election rerun

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2/30 25 October 2017

A bombed-out mosque stands in what was the main battle area in Marawi

AFP/Getty Images
3/30 24 October 2017

A Rohingya refugee girl reads the Quran to her teacher during a Quran reading lesson at a mosque in Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Reuters/Hannah McKay
4/30 23 October 2017

Actresses perform at the Temple of Hera during a dressed rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC

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5/30 18 October 2017

A security agent takes position at the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing

Reuters/Thomas Peter
6/30 17 October 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride atop of military vehicles as they celebrate victory in Raqqa

Reuters/Erik De Castro
7/30 16 October 2017

People demonstrate in Kisumu, to demand the removal of officials from national election oversight body, Interim Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) allegedly implicated in manipulation of the votes tally during the August 8, presidential elections. The election was annuled by the Supreme court due to massive irregularity.

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8/30 15 October 2017

A burnt house is seen following a forest fire in Vila Nova, near Vouzela, Portugal

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9/30 14 October 2017

People carry the remains of Waseem Shah, a suspected militant commander, who according to the local media was killed during a gunbattle with Indian security forces in Pulwama district in Kashmir

Reuters/Danish Ismail
10/30 13 October 2017

A Palestinian boy runs for cover during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom, near Nablus

Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
11/30 11 October 2017

A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, lies on the ground after he was hit by a police truck during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya

Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
12/30 9 October 2017

A supporter of the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) wears oranges during a protest calling for the sacking of election board officials involved in August's cancelled presidential vote, in Nairobi, Kenya

Reuters/Baz Ratner
13/30 8 October 2017

Palestinian and Israeli women march, as part of an event organised by "Women Wage Peace" group calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, near the Jordan River, in the occupied West Bank

Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
14/30 6 October 2017

A woman stands on the stairs outside the Administrative Court in Athens as she takes part in a protest against planned pension cuts

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15/30 5 October 2017

Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Indonesia Banten province

Reuters/Beawiharta
16/30 4 October 2017

People look on as boats participating in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race leave Punta del Este harbour in Uruguay

Reuters/Andres Stapff
17/30 2 October 2017

Smoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike on Ain Tarma in the Eastern Ghouta area, a rebel stronghold east of the Syrian capital

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18/30 1 October 2017

Firemen try to hold a group of people in front of Spanish Civil Guard officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by the Spanish government. More than 5.3 million Catalans are called today to vote in a referendum on independence, surrounded by uncertainty over the intention of Spanish institutions to prevent this plebiscite banned by justice

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19/30 30 September 2017

Catalan regional police (Mossos d'Esquadra) arrive to the IES Tarradell school to notify its principal that the school must remain closed, in Barcelona. Hundreds of people have spent the night in different schools and civic centers designated by the regional Government to be polling stations for the '1-O Referendum' in an attempt to prevent the police from stopping their use, as the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia ordered

EPA/Enric Fontcuberta
20/30 29 September 2017

An Indian police officer chases Shi'ite Muslim mourners as they run after they tried to participate in a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura, in Srinagar

Reuters/Danish Ismail
21/30 27 September 2017

Ugandan opposition lawmakers fight with plain-clothes security personnel in the parliament while protesting a proposed age limit amendment bill debate to change the constitution for the extension of the president's rule, in Kampala

Reuters/James Akena
22/30 26 September 2017

Military and local security personnel keep Rohingya refugees in line as they queue for aid at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
23/30 24 September 2017

Cliff Marisma of Australia and Per Estein Prois-Rohjell of Norway compete in the World Jousting Championships in Sydney, Australia. The World Jousting Championships sees Australia's best jousters go head-to-head with their international counterparts. The Championship aims to replicate the same combat conditions that featured in 15th century Europe, with knights wearing historically accurate armour weighing around 40kg.

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24/30 23 September 2017

Freshmen students of Nanning College for Vocational Technology balance bottles on their heads during their military training in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

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25/30 22 September 2017

A fighter from the Free Syrian Army (Al-Hamza Brigade) is seen looking out in Hazwan town in Aleppo

Reuters/Khalil Ashawi
26/30 21 September 2017

Protesters burn an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte during a day of protest outside the presidential palace in Metro Manila, Philippines

Reuters/Romeo Ranoco
27/30 20 September 2017

A crowd of protesters lift up a ballot box outside the Catalan region's economy ministry building after junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove was arrested by Spanish police during a raid on several government offices, in Barcelona

Reuters/Albert Gea
28/30 19 September 2017

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi walks off the stage after delivering a speech to the nation over Rakhine and the Rohingya exodus, in Naypyitaw, Burma

Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
29/30 17 September 2017

Rohingya refugees wait for aid packages in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
30/30 16 September 2017

Riot police line up behind their shields following a clash with demonstrators demanding the resignation of congressmen outside the Guatemalan National Congress, in Guatemala City. Guatemala's congress early this week voted overwhelmingly to reject a UN-backed request to lift the immunity of President Jimmy Morales in order for him to face a corruption probe over irregular party financing

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