Hawaii federal judge blocks Trump's new travel ban hours before it is due to begin

Nationwide temporary restraining order granted after plaintiffs argue curbs banning travellers from six Muslim-majority countries are discriminatory

The Fed raised its target rate to 0.75-1 per cent, with only one voting member dissenting

Southern Railway strikes deal with Aslef union over driver-only trains

Agreement comes a month after Aslef members turned down an earlier proposal

Right-wing joggers threaten to boycott Nike over its new sport hijab

Some people have threatened to boycott the brand while others have praised it for opening up sport to Muslim women

Calls to restrict sales of ibuprofen due to cardiac arrest risk

Common painkiller 'should only be sold in pharmacies, in limited quantities and in low doses'

talking points

Anna Rhodes Corbyn's performance at PMQs showed why May gets away with murder

Elephants march on Westfield to end Africa's ivory poaching crisis

Andreas Whittam Smith Puzzles of Fillon case worthy of Maigret novel

Dan Jarvis Grammar schools failing to prepare children for future

By 2022 there will be 9.2 million low skilled people chasing 3.7 million low skilled jobs. Grammar schools aren’t helping the situation by prioritising academic excellence for the chosen few

The story behind a haunting photo that came to symbolise six years of civil war

Photo of Mohammed Mohiedin Anis listening to music in his destroyed bedroom touches a chord around the world on eve of sixth anniversary of Syria’s civil war

Scientists have found a way to cure chocolate addiction

Easter egg? Nahh, I'm alright thanks

Matthew Norman May needs to stop acting like Nicola Sturgeon is a petulant child

Sod the buffoons of Brexit – Gove, Boris, Fox, and the rest – who argued last summer that liberation from a union which restricted self-determination justified any risks

Andrew Buncombe If he didn't put tax records out himself, Trump got very lucky

The search for the president's taxes have become a quest for the political holy grail

international

Trump's defence chief says climate change already destabilising world

Trump to review Obama-era limits on car emissions

Four killed in Austrian Alps avalanche

Turkey's President Erdogan renews attack on Dutch on eve of election

Long reads

Is the dark really making me sad?

Scandinavians have been trying to find innovative ways to capture sunlight for more than a century in order to combat seasonal depression. Linda Geddes delves into the disputed relationship between mental health and the sun

How anti-immigrant anger threatens to remake the liberal Netherlands

Clashes between Dutch police and Turkish protesters this weekend exposed dangerous tensions ahead of tomorrow’s election, in which the far-right Freedom Party is promising to shut borders, close mosques and wreck the EU. How did a famously tolerant society come to this?

World War Three is coming...

Although there has been no major combat between the great powers since the Second World War, there are three key fronts emerging that make the prospect of a third global conflict alarmingly conceivable

Will the real outsider please stand up. I tip my hat to you

The most stolen book from Foyles by teenage boys is The Outsider by Albert Camus. Andy Martin explains why that might be and looks at what it means to be an outsider in today's society

Developing stories

Trump presidency

MI6 denies spying on Trump during and after US election

Brexit

Brexit causes most stress to young, well-educated Scottish women

War on Isis

Female Iraqi MP proposes legislation to encourage polygamy

Scottish Referendum

SNP would call off referendum if May offered single market compromise

Sofia Ahmed Europe has started to enshrine Islamophobia into law

Latest video

Chomsky makes ominous prediction about Trump's impact on US economy

Ed Sheeran Shape of You given Bhangra twist and goes viral

Rachel Maddow delayed news on Trump's taxes to discuss Russia ties

Donald Trump suggests Snoop Dogg should go to prison for music video

Britain is ‘already reaping all the benefits’ of Brexit, Le Pen says

Labour MPs accuse Jeremy Corbyn of 'incompetence' over PMQs showing

Did Theresa May just admit she messed up PMQs?

May called out over 'embarrassing' and 'screeching' Budget U-turn

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US President Donald J. Trump holds up a note and drawing depicting him that was created by the child of Greg Knox of Ohio, during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC

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Relatives hold up placards with pictures of victims as they gather in commemoration on the first anniversary of the March 13 terror attack at the former site of the bombing in central Ankara

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Aaron Hernandez confers with his defence attorney Jose Baez, during his double murder trial in Boston

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4/35 12 March 2017

People celebrate Holi festival at a temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

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A Sadhu or Hindu holy man with his face smeared with powdered colours looks on during Holi festival celebrations at Sri Laxmi Narayan Temple in Amritsar, India

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A member of the Tinstix of Dynamite aerobatics team flies in front of a wall of fire during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne

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A participant stretches on the beach before the start of an annual two-mile sea swimming competition in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Participants jump into water during the annual two-mile sea swimming competition in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to bid farewell as they depart for Thailand from Phu Bai International Airport in the central city of Hue, Vietnam

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Reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display indoors at the International Defence Exhibition in Iraq (IQDEX) 2017

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A participant presents hisr vintage vehicle during the 59th International Vintage Car Rally Barcelona-Sitges, at plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona, Spain. Some 50 vintage vehicles take part in the two-day long event, through the coastal line of Mediterranean Sea from Barcelona to Sitges

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Participants present their vintage cars during the 59th International Vintage Car Rally Barcelona-Sitges, at plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona, Spain

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New York Governor Mario Cuomo looks around the 'Hall of Names' in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. The hall has portraits of some 600 individuals exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II

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The Chinese police officers on self balancing police vehicles patrol in Tiananmen Square before the opening of the fifth Session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China

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A general view shows the opening session of the National People's Congress, China's legislature, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People

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Hostesses jump as they pose for a picture during the opening of the National People's Congress in Beijing

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A picture taken in the Iraqi capital Bahgdad shows rocket launchers on display indoors at the International Defence Exhibition in Iraq (IQDEX) 2017

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A Pakistani army helicopter flies past floodlights as it patrols over The Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore, ahead of the final cricket match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi

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A Buddhist devotee dashes barefoot through flames during the Nagatoro Hi-Matsuri, or fire walking festival, to herald the coming of spring, at the Fudoji temple in Nagatoro town, Saitama prefecture

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A resident inspects their personal house belongings after a moderate earthquake hit the Surigao city, southern Philippines

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People with portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gather outside his museum in his native town of Gori, some 80 kms outside Tbilisi, on the 64th anniversary of Stalin's death. While historians blame Stalin for the deaths of millions in purges, prison camps and forced collectivization, many in Russia still praise him for leading the Soviet Union to victory over Nazi Germany in World War I

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Head of Ukraine's tax and customs service Roman Nasirov, who is under investigation over the suspected embezzlement and who according to several unconfirmed local media reports recently suffered a heart attack, lies inside the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Kiev, Ukraine

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Flag bearer Jesslyn Swirka rides her horse down Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado at the start of the 68th annual Leadville Ski Joring weekend competition in Leadville, Colorado. Skijoring, which has its origins as a competitive sport in Scandinavia, has been adapted over the years to include a team made up of a rider and skier who must navigate jumps, slalom gates, and the spearing of rings for points. Leadville, with an elevation of 10,152 feet (3,094 m), the highest incorporated city in North America, has been hosting skijoring competitions since 1949

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A rider races down Harrison Avenue while a skier navigates the course during the 68th annual Leadville Ski Joring weekend competition in Leadville, Colorado

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A demonstrator in opposition of US President Donald Trump sets a hat on fire during a 'People 4 Trump' rally in Berkeley, California

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A demonstrator in support of US President Donald Trump swings a stick towards a group of counter-protesters during a 'People 4 Trump' rally in Berkeley, California

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A bloodied supporter of US President Donald Trump is seen after a 'People 4 Trump' rally and counter-protest turned violent in Berkeley, California

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Women take part in a performance to protest against the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos in Guerrero, in Mexico City, Mexico

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A woman looks on as she takes part in a performance to protest against the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos in Guerrero, in Mexico City, Mexico

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An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by Islamic State militants Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq

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A man cries while carrying his daughter as he walks from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq

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Iraqi special forces soldiers walk in a street in Mosul, Iraq

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An Iraqi special forces soldier helps a family carry their child to cross from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul to Iraqi forces controlled part of Mosul, Iraq

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A man looks towards a Russian helicopter as it flies over ruins in the historic city of Palmyra, Syria

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Policemen and a passerby look at pictures of the ones killed due to alleged involvement in illegal drugs, during a protest against extra-judicial killings at an open area of a Roman Catholic Church in Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines

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sport

Football

Monaco punish City's softness to send Guardiola's men crashing out

Monaco 3 Manchester City 1 (agg: 6-6): Pep Guardiola's side were eliminated on the away goals rule after coming off second-best in the principality

Cricket

Vince: 'I wasn't out of my depth, I'm good enough to play for England'

Exclusive: Vince played in all of England's seven Tests last summer but struggled with his form and the additional pressure. But Hampshire batsman is confident of proving his worth this season

Voices

Sean O’Grady Major’s opinion on Brexit deserves to be listened to

Hamish McRae There are bigger problems with the US tax system than Trump’s returns

Each year, the Tax Foundation, an independent US organisation ranks the 44 countries in the OECD by their tax competitiveness. The US comes third from the bottom

culture

Film

Movies You Might Have Missed: Waris Hussein's Melody

The film about youthful infatuation starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild was a huge inspiration for Wes Anderson’s 'Moonrise Kingdom' and has a Bee Gees soundtrack

Music

Betty Who pens track-by-track for her new album The Valley

Exclusive: Australian artist details the stories behind the songs

tv & radio

BBC Dad holds press conference where kids steal the show again

His children managed to steal the show for a third time

Review
books

Yesterday’s Papers by Ben Walsh review: Very funny tale

This energetic debut novel about a jaded and alcohol-dependant music journalist who blags a press trip to a music festival in India to investigate his ancestry and has to deal with a dying newspaper industry will take you on a farcical adventure

lifestyle

Fashion

Topshop confuses customers with bizarre 'mom jeans'

Apparently, they'll give your look a more "futuristic feel"

Food & drink

29 dishes you need to know how to cook by 30, according to chefs

From roast dinner to paella

travel

Back in the USSR: Ryanair flies in to Ukraine

Ukraine celebrates 'a remarkable event' by enticing Europe's biggest no-frills airline

Design

The world's most spectacular sheds compete to win global prize

Garden sheds are being turned into pop-up business hubs, creative spaces and garden kitchens - and this year there will be a global award to recognise the most creative transformation.