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Jailed British mum tells Boris Johnson how Iran has seized on his gaffe to smear her as a spy
Jailed woman's husband meets Foreign Secretary and passes on her demand that he consider 'what it’s like to watch yourself being called a spy on TV every night'
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The weird wedding of Charles Bronson, the UK's 'most violent prisoner'
Arriving at the jail wearing white – albeit covered by a purple cloak – the bride entered to marry a man deemed so dangerous he has spent decades in solitary
Artificial volcanoes designed to reverse global warming risk natural disasters, scientists warn
Geoengineering to cool the Earth’s climate by imitating volcanic eruptions is a ‘highly risky strategy’ that may increase the frequency of cyclones and droughts in some parts of the world
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As Yemen slides further into the hell of war, one town is thriving like never before
A dusty town once known as the al Qaeda capital of the country is now booming thanks to Yemen’s civil war. The Independent meets the savvy traders and tribal leaders for whom life is better than ever
Family fear for missing British explorer Benedict Allen
'He knows all about that survival stuff,' says sister Katie Pestille. 'What worries me is there are bad people in these jungles'
France beat South Africa and Ireland to host 2023 Rugby World Cup
France last hosted the tournament in 2007
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Nafisa Bakkar Tesco's use of a Muslim family in their Christmas ad has backfired
Let me be clear, I am not really bothered that I won’t be able to get a halal turkey at Tesco. What bothers me is this ad is another lazy attempt at representation. It reeks of tick box diversity
Ben Chu If we want to tackle wealth inequality, we need to tackle trust funds
We need to sweep away the fiction of 'ownerless' family wealth
David Usborne Donald Trump is no longer the centre of attention in America
A veritable pantomime of surprises has rendered the trip virtually invisible back home
Robert Fisk Saudi Arabia has threatened Lebanese stability in the past
Saad Hariri said that on returning to Lebanon, he would confirm his 'resignation' in accordance with the country’s constitution. But how on earth did he think he could 'shock' Lebanon by resigning in the Saudi capital of Riyadh?
Kim Sengupta Brussels will have to deal with the Catalan problem as well as Brexit
Would the European Union want to keep out Catalonia which has the 15th highest population in the EU and a larger GDP than Portugal?
Why women are happier being single than men
Women are more likely to have a close network of friends they can turn to for support
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Why it's time to swap Disney for Downtown Orlando
Ditch Mickey and friends in favour of sophisticated dining and drinking options in Florida’s theme park capital
This makeup removal app is controversial for all the wrong reasons
'#MakeApp is a plot to make men think all woman are ugly'
The five best advent calendars for vegans
Whatever your dietary requirements, join in the festive fun with a suitable Christmas countdown
The specific age you're most likely to have a quarter-life crisis
The average quarter-life crisis lasts 11 months
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/44 15 November 2017
Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe
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An Iranian boy rides a bicycle through the rubble from damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before.
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Gianluigi Buffon reacts during Italy's World Cup qualification match against Sweden. He retired from international duty after the Azzurri failed to go through.
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Pepole hold placards demanding the return of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi Arabia during the annual Beirut International Marathon
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Polish nationalists light flares as they take part in the March of Independence 2017 in Warsaw
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Protesters rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest this weekend's visit of President Donald Trump
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Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas for Arbaeen
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A woman wearing a scarf to cover her face looks on as she waits for a passenger bus on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India. Air pollution reached unprecedented levels in the city, prompting the government's Central Pollution Control Board to recommend emergency free public transport
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Russian solider stands in line at a military parade, that marks the anniversary of the 1941 parade, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines of World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia
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A Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag as he attends a rally to show support to the Palestinians in Sanaa, Yemen
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Riot police run past an excavator, during a demonstration against open-cast brown coal mining of Garzweiler, northwest of Cologne, Germany
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Protesters at a climate demonstration prior to the UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn, Germany
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The first customer shows his new iPhone X after buying it at an Apple Store in Beijing, China
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South African opposition Party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members dance during a demonstration to express their solidarity with the Palestinians in front of the Embassy of Israel in Pretoria. Today is the 100th anniversary of Britain's Balfour Declaration, which helped lead to Israel's creation and the Israel occupation of Palestine
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Near the parliament building in Athens, Greece, a girl holds a placard reading, "Where is my mother, where is my father?" Some refugees have announced a hunger strike, as they seek reunification with family members in Germany
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Authorities investigate the pickup truck and scene of a terror attack in downtown New York
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An officer carries a school girl away from continuing battles with police and protesters in Kenya
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A Rohingya woman washes clothes in a stream at Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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'Day of the Dead' parade, Mexico City
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People celebrate after Catalonia's parliament voted to declare independence from Spain
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A National Super Alliance protester yells at nearby police officers during the Kenya election rerun
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A bombed-out mosque stands in what was the main battle area in Marawi
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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
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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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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
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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride atop of military vehicles as they celebrate victory in Raqqa
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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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A burnt house is seen following a forest fire in Vila Nova, near Vouzela, Portugal
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Indonesia Banten province
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People look on as boats participating in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race leave Punta del Este harbour in Uruguay
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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Military and local security personnel keep Rohingya refugees in line as they queue for aid at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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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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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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Klopp misses Liverpool training after being admitted to hospital
He will have regular check-ups over the next few days
In-form Woakes ready and raring to make big impact against Australia
The Warwickshire player took six for 54 as England restricted their opponents to 249 for nine on the first day
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Root adamant England won't make same mistakes four years on from 5-0
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Ali preparing for Australian assault by taking on Bully the crocodile
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England show resilience to draw Test and keep Ashes hopes alive
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Moeen gives depleted England an injury boost ahead of first Ashes Test
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Record-breaking Perry puts England to the sword with maiden double ton
Tom Peck PMQs: To the untrained ear, it was pointscoring over mass death
That there's no one left by the end has become normal. This time there was no one there at the beginning
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John Rentoul Jeremy Corbyn allowed Theresa May off the hook today
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Amrou Al-Kadhi We shouldn't clebrate Australia's vote in favour of same-sex marriage
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Letters If we stopped enforcing gender roles there would be no need for debate
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Editorial Theresa May has to face down the hard Brexiteers in the next few days
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Andreas Whittam Smith It's possible Parliament just started the process of a Brexit...
Primatologist Jane Goodall on documentary, Jane: it shows everything
Academy Award nominated director Brett Morgen's documentary film about Goodall's adventures tracking chimps in Africa contains never-before-seen footage that had been left on the cutting room floor
Lord of the Rings set to become the most expensive TV show of all time
Amazon studios reportedly bought the rights to Tolkien's novels for $250 million
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, review: Deeply satisfying
The author's second novel has already been snapped up by Reese Witherspoon for a 'Big Little Lies'-style adaptation
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Hotel Scarface: How people morphed into cocaine dealers in Miami
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Twitter has ruined itself, say world's biggest authors
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Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner, review: Like a film treatment
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Winter by Ali Smith, review: Trademark mischievous wit and wordplay
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Nomadic homes: new book celebrates life on the move
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday 2017: How to get the best deals online and in-store
It's just over a month away and it's time to get prepared
Best Black Friday Deals 2017
Many major retailers such as Currys PC World, Argos and Amazon.co.uk have already launched their deals early in a bid to beat out the competition.
Best Black Friday games console deals
If you're looking to buy a console right now, you've got more choice than ever before
Best Black Friday Apple deals
Apple fans are used to paying full whack for their gadgets, with the tech giant rarely offering cut-price deals.
Hot smoked salmon pasta with asparagus, recipe
Chunks of salmon with asparagus and al dente pasta is a classic combination, but it’s the fiery horseradish that lifts this deceptively simple dish into the flavour stratosphere
How to spend a weekend in Calgary
This cosmopolitan city in Alberta combines a trendy base with quick access to world class ski resorts
Suburban 'ship' and rippling clifftop villa up for House of the Year
Two more finalists — this time with a watery influence — have been revealed for this year's RIBA House of the Year.
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How one family added space and £350k value to their once-drab home
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Crowdfunding platform to launch 200 new designers a year
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Who will win the bidding war on Trump's 'great wall'?
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Design guru Stephen Bayley: the London buildings I love and loathe
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Hastings thoroughly deserves its Stirling Prize-winning people's pier
‘Big gap’ between claimed broadband speeds and actual speeds
The findings raise questions 'on whether people across the country are really getting the service they are paying for', says Which?
Panasonic Lumix G9 camera hands-on review
The company is promoting it as a nature photographer’s dream
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The Sonos One is finally a speaker that sounds as good as it hears
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Pixel 2: Best and worst features of Google's new smartphones
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Huawei Mate 10: An AI phone designed to think like a human
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How and why to turn on two factor authentication right now
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Tim Cook on iPhones, AR, and why things are getting better
Reddit post explaining new Star Wars game becomes least popular ever
The developers – and their comment – have become the focal point for intense rage about 'micro-transactions'