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Dean Eastmond I was diagnosed with cancer at 20 – this is what people should know

While waiting for a coffee to be made here in the US, a cleaner approached me asking if I had cancer (I mean, it’s pretty obvious). Her 19-year-old son also had cancer and was being treated a couple of hours away. She was tirelessly working four jobs to help cover the costs that weren’t included in her son’s health insurance and, because of that, couldn’t afford to visit him

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Fascist website urges readers to 'troll' Jews, posts contact details

Rights of EU nationals must not be used as ‘Brexit bargaining chips’

'People's Convoy' sets off from UK to build new hospital in Aleppo

There's more propaganda than news coming out of Aleppo

Christmas 2016

12 best tech gifts

Our writers choose the presents they would like to see under their tree this year

15 best turkeys

Stick with tradition for the centrepiece of your festive feast

15 best ports

Toast the holidays with the perfect accompaniment to your festive feasting

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World news in pictures

World news in pictures

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    US military personnel stand before debris of an Osprey aircraft after it crash landed in the sea off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan

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    The wreckage of a US Marine MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is seen as the tide recedes on the coast of Nago, Japan's southern island of Okinawa, after it crash landed in shallow waters

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    Honour guards carry the coffin of police officer Tugay Can Kizilirmak, 26, who was killed outside the Besiktas football club stadium

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    Family members mourn as honour guards carry the coffin of police officer Tugay Can Kizilirmak, 26, who was killed outside the Besiktas football club stadium in Istanbul

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    Brazilian Chapecoense footballer Alan Ruschel, one of the survivors of the LaMia airliner air crash in Colombia two weeks ago, arrives at hospital in Chapeco, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

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    The son of Brazilian radio journalist Rafael Henzel, one of the survivors of the LaMia airliner air crash in Colombia two weeks ago, rejoices as his father arrives at hospital in Chapeco, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

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    Brazilian radio journalist Rafael Henzel, lies on a stretcher as he arrives at the hospital in Brazil, after he survived a plane crash with Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense aboard, in Chapeco, Brazil

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    Nadia Murad breaks down crying as Lamia Haji Bashar delivers a speech at the European parliament in Strasbourg, after being awarded laureates of the 2016 Sakharov human rights prize

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    Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, President Tayyip Erdogan and Former President Abdullah Gul pray during a ceremony for police officers killed in Saturday's blasts in Istanbul, Turkey

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    More than 20 people were killed in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh strike claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group

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    Members of U.S. Army Special Forces provide training for Iraqi fighters from Hashid Shaabi at Makhmur camp in Iraq

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    Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of 'Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics', the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Perfoming Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China

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    Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of 'Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics', the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Perfoming Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China

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    Kenyan police officers search for the remains of victims at the crash site of a truck that rammed into several vehicles before bursting into flames near Karai on the busy Naivasha highway, some 85 kms west of Nairobi

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    A nun stands inside the damaged St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church after a bombing in Cairo, Egypt

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    Rescue workers tend to the scene of a church roof collapse at Reigners Bible Church in Uyo, Nigeria

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    Nobel Peace Prize laureate Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos poses with the medal and diploma during the award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize

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    Police officers comfort each other after explosions near the Besiktas football club stadium Vodafone Arena in Istanbul. Turkey

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    Turkish forensic police officers work next to bodies front of a water cannon vehicle on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul

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    A woman stands on the ruin of a market after an earthquake in Meureudu, Aceh province, Indonesia

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    A police investigator takes pictures of Nora Acielo, 47, after she was gunned down by unidentified men while she was escorting her two children to school in Manila, Philippines

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    The sun rises behind skyscrapers amidst the clouds on a foggy morning in Dubai

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    An Iraqi soldier gestures as he steps on the head of the dead body of who Iraqi forces say was an Islamic State militant, in Shayyalah al-Imam near Mosul

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    A man checks the damage at a medical clinic following overnight government air strikes on the town of Binnish, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province

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    A quarantine official disinfects a road leading to a chicken farm in Pyeongtaek, west of Seoul, South Korea. A suspected case of avian influenza was reported at the farm

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    The bust of the late President Park Chung-hee is seen spray painted in a park in Seoul, South Korea. The bust was vandalized in an apparent anonymous act of discontent with his daughter and incumbent President Park Geun-hye who is suspected of having been involved in an unprecedented corruption scandal. The grafitti reads 'Order of Removal'

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    Rescue workers stand beside the bodies of the victims following a fire at a local hotel, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

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    Iraqis ride bicycles between Baghdad's Abu Nawas street and the suspension bridge in the capital's Karrada district during an event calling for peace and the eradication of the Islamic State (IS) group

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    Iraqis gather prior to cycling between Baghdad's Abu Nawas street and the suspension bridge in the capital's Karrada district during an event calling for peace and the eradication of the Islamic State (IS) group

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    Young people march around the Plaza de la Revolucion and chant 'Yo soy Fidel,' 'I am Fidel' in English, before the arrival of the remains of former Cuban President Fidel Castro during on their four-day journey across the country in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

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    The urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro leaves Revolution Square in Santiago, Cuba on its way to the cemetery

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    A Honduran soldier confronts fans of Real Espana football team following clashes after Platense qualified for the Honduran Tournament final, outside the Municipal Excelsior stadium in Puerto Cortes, 260 kms north of Tegucigalpa

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    People take part in a nation-wide protest against corruption at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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    Demonstrators protest along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil against corruption and in support of the Lava Jato anti-corruption operation that investigates the bribes scandal of Petrobras

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    Cuban President Raul Castro places the urn with the ashes of his brother Fidel Castro in his tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba

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Wenger in attack on referees 'like lions in a zoo' after Arsenal loss

Wenger struggled to accept how his side had taken zero points from two matches in which they took the lead, and blamed two borderline offside goals for the 2-1 defeat by Manchester City

Rahul 'gutted' to have missed out on double century

Rahul’s career-best score helped India close to within 86 runs of England’s first-innings 477 as they reached stumps on day three of this Fifth Test on 391 for four

Letters Sajid Javid has proven himself a hypocrite on 'British values'

Send your letters in to letters@independent.co.uk

Samuel L. Jackson offers intriguing update on The Incredibles 2

'It's about to go down'

CeeLo Green confirms exploding phone video was a publicity stunt

'What you saw today was a clip from a smaller video that we were shooting for a new project'

SNL spoofs Love Actually to poke fun at electoral collage

'Bssh, he cray'

Walking In Berlin by Franz Hessel, book review: An epic book

Franz Hessel's ‘Walking in Berlin: A Flaneur in the Capital’ documents the city in the late 1920s

How Margaret Thatcher used fashion to connect with a divided nation

Margaret Thatcher's clothing is set to go on permanenant display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, at a time when female politicians are still being criticised for what they wear  

40 trips you should take before you turn 30

You're not young and free forever.

The best extensions and home renovations of the year

Each of these homes is completely unique - the one thing they have in common is clever design...

A man who eats 20,000 calorie meals insists his lifestyle is healthy

Londoners' weddings now cost the same as two houses in the North

New quality of life survey names the best place to live in the UK

The real cost of Christmas

Barack Obama suggests US could launch cyber weapon against Russia

'We can do stuff to you,' Obama told Vladimir Putin's government

Google's new VR headset is lacking the most important thing, for now

Daydream is likely to become a major VR platform, in a year with more than a few competitors. But it's not ready for that just yet

Nintendo shares plunge amid bad reviews of Super Mario Run

The falling share price appears to be the result of worries about whether interest in the game will convert into profits