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May's 'serious question': Tory minister suggests PM should consider halting Brexit
Phillip Lee becomes first government minister to raise spectre of decision to leave EU being reversed
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Killer whale learns to imitate human speech in world first
Orca recorded mimicking English words like 'hello', 'bye bye' and 'one two'
Government fails to take action over teachers leaving education
The Department for Education has been watching on and "scratching their heads" as more and more teachers quit, chair of Public Accounts Committee says
UK mass surveillance programme ruled unlawful
'This judgment tells ministers in crystal clear terms that they are breaching the public’s human rights'
Government 'failing Britons being tortured in foreign jails'
Report by human rights organisation seeking justice for torture victims says more than 100 British citizens a year are subjected to ill-treatment in foreign jails, but many struggle to get the Foreign Office assistance they need.
May pledges to raise Hong Kong human rights violations in China
She will also call for greater transparency over China's 'Belt and Road Initiative'
Finsbury Park terror suspect 'wanted to kill Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan'
Darren Osborne claims an accomplice called Dave spearheaded Finsbury Park atrocity, while another called Terry was 'getting the drinks in'
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Rabbil Sikdar The middle class will never understand the achievements of New Labour
The effects of New Labour’s policies are felt by those of us at the bottom who benefited from reducing child poverty, introducing the minimum wage and investing in schools and NHS
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Why Hillary Clinton's Fire and Fury stunt was childish, poisonous – and dangerous
Emily Cracknell The Grammys were a politically neutered mess
This lacklustre way of drawing attention to issues, while 'not wanting to make the night about the issues' and simultaneously taking away the hosts’ duties, left the audience in a weird limbo
Caitlin De Jode Ireland's abortion referendum is positive but don't forget the North
Many thought that the referendum on equal marriage in the Republic of Ireland in 2015 would encourage politicians to campaign for a similar change in the law in Northern Ireland. But the last couple of years has shown us that progress can suddenly stall
Matthew Norman There's hope yet for Theresa May to rise from the ashes
William Hague is the closest thing to a competent compromise candidate, but he’s been there and done that, and doesn’t seem to want a second T-shirt
Dawn Carr If you went vegan for January don't make the mistake of going back now
Why would you give up something that will help you live longer, protect the planet and be kind to animals?
US war with North Korea may be unthinkable but is diplomacy enough?
If radical concessions like pulling troops off the peninsula won't work, the US will have to take out Kim's nukes and artillery from the air
lifestyle
This former sex worker wants to reveal the truth about prostitution
'The more money that you charge, the more you are expected to do'
Plus-size model La'Tecia Thomas calls out 'absurd' retouched photo
'You don’t need to look a certain way to be appreciated'
Vaping may increase risk of cancer and heart disease, finds study
Nicotine in e-cigarettes could convert into DNA-damaging chemicals
Grammy awards 2018
Lorde’s dress carries a powerful feminist message at the Grammys
The singer opted to wear feminist text instead of a white rose
Seven of the biggest snubs in the 2018 Grammy nominations
Fans of artists including Demi Lovato and One Direction were disappointed to see their favourites miss out, while Q-Tip and Vince Staples called out the academy for ignoring their work
The full list of winners at this year's Grammy Awards
Bruno Mars won seven out of seven of the awards he was nominated for
Last chance to run with Team Felix in Big Half Marathon
10 The Independent and Evening Standard readers have the opportunity to join Team Felix on 4 March to help feed hungry children in London. Deadline for entry is Friday at 10pm
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A huge thank you to our readers as appeal raises more than £1m
£1,049,896 has been donated since the campaign launched on 27 November, one of the most successful efforts in this paper's history
Felix volunteers explain what motivates them to help feed hungry kids
Evening Standard vendor John Coffey became a volunteer after reading about The Felix Project in the paper he was handing out
Families from Felix school helped by our appeal receive cookery lesson
Children and parents from Stanhope Primary were taught how to make mince pies, apple pies and pizza, using fruit and vegetables donated by The Felix Project
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/47 30 January 2018
A man wears a mask among fellow supporters as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not pictured) takes a symbolic presidential oath of office in Nairobi
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2/47 29 January 2018
Tractors are parked outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers during a protest by Belgian farmers in Brussels
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Bruno Mars accepts Record of the Year for '24K Magic' with his production team onstage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Students with torches gather prior to a march in celebration of the 165th birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana.
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A firefighter inspects a burnt hospital after a fire in Miryang, South Korea. 37 people were killed in the fire, with the number of casualties likely to rise further.
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Rescue workers and police officers stand near derailed trains in Pioltello, on the outskirts of Milan.
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Afghan police officers take position during a blast and gun fire in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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Workers clean the beach of the coastal town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, as garbage washed up and piled along the shore after stormy weather.
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A Free Syrian Army soldier takes a selfie as fighters join up with Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province. Turkey shelled Kurdish militia targets in Syria and claimed progress in a cross-border offensive that has stoked concern among its allies and neighbours
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Palestinians take part in a protest against aid cut, outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) office, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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11/47 20 January 2018
Oscar Janicki, 6, participates in the Second Annual Women's March in Philadelphia.
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12/47 19 January 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin bathes in an ice-cold water on Epiphany near St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger in Svetlitsa village, Russia. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers will plunge into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day.
Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
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13/47 18 January 2018
People protest to call for a new DREAM Act to replace DACA in Los Angeles, California.
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Pro-democracy activists Raphael Wong and Joshua Wong arrive at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre after they were jailed on protest related charges following their sentencing at the High Court in Hong Kong.
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Skyscrapers Oriental Pearl Tower and Jin Mao Tower (L) are seen from the Shanghai World Financial Center on a hazy day in the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China.
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Martin Luther King III, US Secretary of the Interior and others wait to place a wreath during an event at the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall.
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A boy stands with women loyal to the Houthi movement during a gathering held to show their support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen.
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Diego Martin Duplessis of Argentina drives his Honda during the 2018 Peru-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally, 40th edition stage seven, La Paz to Uyuni.
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Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference after exploratory talks in Berlin. According to reports, the leaders of CDU, CSU and SPD parties after night-long talks agreed on a plan for formal coalition negotiations.
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A Pakistani girl holds a picture of Zainab Ansari, an 8-year-old girl who was raped and kidnapped in Kasur, during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Anees Ansari, Zainab's father, accused the police of being slow to respond when his daughter went missing in the eastern Punjab province. Two people were killed and three others were wounded in clashes between angry Kasur residents and police after protesters enraged over her death attacked a police station in the city.
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India's Border Security Force (BSF) ‘Daredevils’ women motorcycle riders perform during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi.
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Members of the South Korea delegation (R) shake hands with members of the North Korean delegation (L) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. North and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years, focusing on the forthcoming Winter Olympics after months of tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
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Migrants in a dinghy are rescued by Libyan coast guards off the coast of Garabulli, east of Tripoli.
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French President Emmanuel Macron observes a minute of silence in front of the plaque commemorating late police officer Ahmed Merabet to mark the third anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, in Paris.
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Nicolaos Solis from Greece kisses the wooden cross which was thrown into the waters by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, during the Epiphany ceremony to bless the waters at the Golden Horn in Istanbul.
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Women mourn the death of a family member following a landslide in Kinshasa. Thirty-seven people died overnight when torrential rain and mudslides swept though shanty homes.
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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Mosab al-Tamimi, 17, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops, during his funeral near the West Bank city of Ramallah .
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People take part in pro-government rallies, Iran.
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Indonesian bus passengers watch as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke in Karo, North Sumatra.
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People take part in the traditional New Year's Day swim in Scheveningen, Netherlands.
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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An Indian muslim lifts a stool with a metal rod pierced through his cheeks to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Rafai Papa Miyan Sai at the Shah-E-Alam Dargah shrine in Ahmedabad.
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A New York apartment fire killed at least 12 people, including a baby, with four more critically injured. Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference from the scene that 'it is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century.'
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Afghan women mourn inside a hospital compound after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Pope Francis greets newlyweds during his weekly general audience at Aula Paolo VI in The Vatican.
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Rohingya refugees walk next to a pond in the early morning at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Members of ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin Seals) take a dip in the Orankesee lake in Berlin as part of their traditional Christmas ice swimming session, in Berlin, Germany.
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Mourners carry the body of 19-year-old Mohamed Sami al-Dahdouh, a Palestinian youth from Jabalia who was killed in clashes with Israeli forces east of Gaza City.
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Policemen evacuate a baby after the Cagayan River swelled caused by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Tembin. People have died and others are missing as the storm struck the southern Philippines unleashing floods and landslides across a region of 20 million people.
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Carles Puigdemont gives a thumbs up after the Catalonia Regional Election results.
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A white SUV sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where it ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne.
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This combination of pictures shows Syrians covering one eye with their hands, in the rebel-held town of Douma, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdallah, who lost an eye, as well as his mother, in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria.
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South Korean and U.S. Marines take part in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Belgian police officers stand guard outside the trial of Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, at a courthouse in Brussels, Belgium.
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Members of the International Space Station expedition 54/55, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C), NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (R) and Norishige Kanai (L) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) during the send-off ceremony after checking their space suits before the launch of the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
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The former wife of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela (R), and the candidate for the African National Congress presidency and ex-wife of the incumbent South African president, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma greet each other as they attend the 54th ANC National Conference at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 16, 2017. Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ANC party gathered on December 16, 2017 for a five-day meeting to elect their new leader in a divisive race seen as a pivotal moment in the country's post-apartheid history. he winner will be well placed to be the next president, but the ANC has lost much popularity since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the euphoric 1994 election that marked the end of white-minority rule.
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Palestinian protesters wave the national flag during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City as demonstrations continue over US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Arsenal accidentally confirm Aubameyang after posting wrong video
Wenger's post-match interview after the 3-1 defeat by Swansea instead featured the Arsenal manager confirming that Aubameyang has joined the club from Borussia Dortmund
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Arsenal complete signing of Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund
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Wenger reveals why he signed Aubameyang in record Arsenal transfer
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal - latest transfer updates
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Liverpool transfer news: Markovic loan battle, Klopp hilarious on Ings
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Allardyce hits out at Premier League for transfer deadline day matches
England beat Australia 4-1 but weren't close to their best says Morgan
Morgan captained the tourists to a comprehensive one-day triumph after the dark days of the Ashes, toppling the hosts in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth
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Stokes bought for £1.4m as Root goes unsold in IPL auction
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India vs South Africa stopped after batsman hit on ‘dangerous’ pitch
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England won't change positive mindset despite top order implosion
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England set all the wrong records as Australia end hopes of whitewash
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Stokes, the IPL and why England's best are set for bumper pay days
Nathan Akehurst Think Carillion was bad? Wait until you hear about academies
We pay for one head’s £180k salary and insurance on his Jaguar. Other things we’ve coughed up for include Marco Pierre White meals, luxury flats, sex toys and various expenses that even MPs circa 2008 wouldn’t have fleeced us for
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We've taken back control. Is someone going to take responsibility?
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Matthew Norman There’s still time for a Suez style retreat from Brexit
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Letters The UK is acting like a selfish child over Brexit
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Ben Chu Why didn’t anyone working with Carillion say it was going to fail?
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Joe Mulhall Bitcoin has gifted huge windfalls to the alt-right
Ridley Scott to be honoured with BAFTA fellowship
'To be honoured for my body of work is indeed very gratifying'
Israeli rights group suing activists who inspired Lorde boycott
Shurat HaDin plans to use contentious 2011 law to launch civil suit against two New Zealanders they blame for convincing singer to abandon gig on political grounds
Stephen Colbert slams Trump's first State of the Union address
'We are live right now and barely conscious following a 90-minute speech'
An introduction to Virginia Woolf, whom Google is honouring today
Her fiction showed us that a person's inner life is as complex and strange as any plot
Juicy Couture tracksuits are making a comeback
From tiny sunglasses to kitten heels and hair scrunchies, fashion is jam-packed with throwback trends right now.
Tenderstem, halloumi and cherry tomato salad, recipe
Heat oven to 200C/400F/Gas mark 6. Place the broccoli, garlic and oil in a large roasting pan. Cover with foil and roast for 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes and walnuts and roast for a further 5 minutes. The broccoli should be tender by now and the tomatoes just beginning to split.
New Moma exhibition celebrates the concrete world of Yugoslavia
The country's distinct style of building has existed under the radar – until now
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The forgotten dream of Martin Luther King
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Feather your nest with these boundary-pushing new interiors trends
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Buildings should look to the car industry for lessons on affordability
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Concrete bunker-turned studio home wins Don't Move, Improve award
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Design collective creates low-cost homes for South African slum
South Korea will not ban cryptocurrency trading, finance minister says
One of the biggest concerns around digital currencies is their popularity amongst criminals
How bitcoin regulation will happen, and what it will mean
South Korea and other countries have launched major crackdowns. And many more might be coming
Shadow of the Colossus PS4 review: The pinnacle of remakes
Bluepoint Games/SIE Japan Studio - £24 - PS4
10 best smart lighting
From colour-changing options to bulbs you can switch on from half way around the world, we shed some light on the clever tech