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Thomas Cook travel chaos: firm's collapse leaves 150,000 stranded abroad – live updates

 

A huge repatriation effort has begun after company ceases trading with immediate effect, causing flights to be cancelled

 

 

Kate Lyons (earlier) and Graeme Wearden (now)

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.55 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/sep/23/thomas-cook-travel-chaos-insolvency-leaves-150000-stranded-on-holidays-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five people wounded in shooting at Kansas City swingers club

 

Police say they responded to a shooting Sunday at The Spott Lifestyle and Swingers club, and that motive is still unknown

 

 

Associated Press

Mon 23 Sep 2019 14.03 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.22 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/23/five-people-wounded-in-shooting-at-kansas-city-swingers-club

 
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Woman discovers Renaissance masterpiece in kitchen

 

Christ Mocked, by the 13th-century painter Cimabue, could be worth up to €6m

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Tue 24 Sep 2019 08.30 BST

 

 

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Christ Mocked is thought to be one of eight scenes depicting Christ’s passion and crucifixion painted by Cimabue in 1280
Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

French chef sues Michelin guide, accusing them of cheese mix-up

 

Marc Veyrat’s La Maison des Bois lost its third star after, he says, an inspector suspected cheddar in a souffle

 

Agence France-Presse in Nanterre

Tue 24 Sep 2019 10.58 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/french-chef-sues-michelin-guide-accusing-them-of-cheese-mix-up

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One person killed in attack at college in eastern Finland

 

Ten people injured after young man with sword burst into classroom, witnesses say

 

Agence France-Presse in Helsinki

Tue 1 Oct 2019 13.59 BST

 

 

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Police attend the incident at Savo vocational college, located inside a shopping centre, after one person was killed and 10 others injured
Photograph: Jaakko Vesterinen/Lehtikuva/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/one-person-killed-attack-savo-college-eastern-finland

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Paris police HQ attack: search continues in bid to find killer’s motive

 

Incident in which four officers died treated as murder and not yet referred to anti-terror unit

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Fri 4 Oct 2019 10.05 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/paris-police-hq-attack-search-continues-in-bid-to-find-killers-motive

 

 

 

 

 

Paralysed man walks using mind-controlled exoskeleton

 

French patient’s breakthrough could lead to brain-controlled wheelchairs, say experts

 

Agence France-Presse

Fri 4 Oct 2019 10.38 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/paralysed-man-walks-using-mind-controlled-exoskeleton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scotland becomes first country in UK to ban smacking of children

 

Member’s bill removing defence of ‘justifiable assault’ passed overwhelmingly

 

Libby Brooks

Thu 3 Oct 2019 18.16 BST Last modified on Fri 4 Oct 2019 07.33 BST

 

 
 
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Parents in England and Northern Ireland are currently allowed to use ‘reasonable chastisement’, while similar legislation to Scotland was introduced in Wales in March
Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA
 
 
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Robert De Niro's Former Employee Sued Him For Sexual Harassment And Discrimination After He Sued Her For Embezzlement

 

The actor's former assistant said he subjected her to unwanted physical contact, sexually charged comments, and discriminated against her because of her gender during her 11 years of employment

 

 

Posted on October 3, 2019, at 4:31 p.m. ET

Ellie Hall BuzzFeed News Reporter

 

 

 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/robert-de-niro-harassment-lawsuit-ex-employee

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Daily life of Amazonian Tembe tribes - in pictures

 

Tembe warriors in Brazil wear colourful headdresses of macaw and other feathers, and wield bow and arrows to hunt and protect their homeland, which is constantly under threat in the globally vital Amazon region........

 

 

Fri 4 Oct 2019 08.30 BST

Rodrigo Abd/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/oct/04/daily-life-of-amazonian-tembe-tribes-in-pictures

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Demographics of sexual orientation

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is 10% of the population really ***?

 

Drawing on the widest survey of sexual behaviour since the Kinsey Report, David Spiegelhalter, in his book Sex By Numbers, answers key questions about our private lives. Here he reveals how Kinsey’s contested claim that 10% of us are *** is actually close to the mark

 

David Spiegelhalter

Sun 5 Apr 2015 08.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/05/10-per-cent-population-***-alfred-kinsey-statistics

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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $8bn to man who 'developed female breast tissue'

 

Company vows to fight decision over antipsychotic drug plaintiff’s lawyers blame for condition

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 9 Oct 2019 20.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/09/johnson-johnson-risperdal-female-breast-tissue-boys

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Jackie Brown star Robert Forster dies aged 78

 

Forster was a versatile character actor whose career was unexpectedly rescued by his Oscar-nominated role in Quentin Tarantino’s cult thriller

 

Associated Press

Sat 12 Oct 2019 08.49 BST

 
 
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‘Attitude is everything’ ... Robert Forster, who has died at 78
Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
 
 
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Wedding guests tackle gunman who shot two at New Hampshire church

 

  • Police chief says church received active shooter training
  • Adds shooting ‘does not seem to be a random event’

 

Associated Press in Pelham, New Hampshire

Sat 12 Oct 2019 22.22 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/12/shooting-wedding-new-hampshire-church-two-wounded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Irishman review: Martin Scorsese's finest film for 30 years

 

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and – especially – Joe Pesci turn in performances of wintry brilliance in Scorsese’s epically daring late stage mob masterpiece

 

Peter Bradshaw

Sun 13 Oct 2019 14.22 BST Last modified on Sun 13 Oct 2019 18.05 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/13/the-irishman-review-martin-scorseses-finest-film-for-30-years

 

 
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Linate Air Show, the great day of the Frecce Tricolore and the fireworks show

 

2 hours ago
Milan, 13 October 2019
 

 

 

 

They were in Trento 2 days ago for some event.....and I saw them........They're deemed as the best acrobatic/aerobatic Air Force squad in the world

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frecce_Tricolori

 

 

https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/italys-frecce-tricolori-italian-daredevils-skies

 

 

Frecce Tricolori (Tri-colored Arrows.....The Italian flag)

 

 

 

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Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis

 

Continent could lose 389 of 604 species studied to threats from rising temperatures, higher seas, heavy rains and urbanization

 

Emily Holden in Washington

Thu 10 Oct 2019 15.01 BST

 

 

 

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If the world experiences 3C warming, the Baltimore oriole is predicted to lose 57% of its wintering habitat range, while also facing threats from fire weather, spring heat, heavy rain and urbanization
Photograph: Kyle Horton
 
 
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Six freed after years living in Dutch cellar 'waiting for end of time'

 

Six adults removed from house and man, 58, arrested

 

Jon Henley European affairs correspondent

Tue 15 Oct 2019 19.44 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/six-freed-after-years-living-in-dutch-cellar-waiting-for-end-of-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of human spine transplanted in world 1st

Operation on 77-year-old cancer patient in Bologna

 

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Sandy Hook father awarded $450,000 after suing conspiracy theorist

 

Father of boy killed in Newtown school shooting sued James Fetzer and Mike Palacek over their book Nobody Died at Sandy Hook

 

Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

Wed 16 Oct 2019 15.23 BST

 

 

 

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Leonard Pozner with his son, Noah, who died at Sandy Hook on 14 December 2012
Photograph: courtesy Lenny Pozner
 
 
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Finland’s ‘Be more like a Finn’ campaign joins growing list of tourism pledge initiatives

 

Campaigns to encourage more sustainable and respectful travel are increasing, though some industry figures doubt their power to effect change

 

Isabel Choat

Thu 17 Oct 2019 15.58 BST Last modified on Thu 17 Oct 2019 16.41 BST

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El Chapo: Mexican police capture then release drug boss's son after battle with cartel

 

Security minister says decision not to detain Ovidio Guzmán López was made to protect citizens after heavy gunfire

 

Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

Fri 18 Oct 2019 03.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/el-chapo-violence-breaks-out-in-mexican-city-amid-rumours-of-sons-arrest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We do not want war': Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son

 

Andrés Manuel López Obrador said security forces saved lives by releasing jailed kingpin’s son after his brief capture in Culiacán

 

Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

Fri 18 Oct 2019 17.30 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/el-chapo-son-ovidio-guzman-lopez-release-amlo

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'Go back to work': outcry over deaths on Amazon's warehouse floor

 

Billy Foister died last month after a heart attack at work. The incident was just one in a series of recent accidents and fatalities

 

Michael Sainato

Fri 18 Oct 2019 18.29 BST First published on Fri 18 Oct 2019 07.00 BST

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Los Angeles mansion sets US market record with $225m price tag

 

Casa Encantada, built by a wealthy widow and once owned by the founder of the Hilton hotel chain, boasts 60 rooms and 40,000 sq ft of living space

 

Katherine Gammon in Los Angeles

Sat 19 Oct 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

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Reclaiming America for Amerigo Vespucci

 

Dr Louis B Quesnel dismisses a claim that Columbus had anything to do with the continent’s name and presents the evidence for America being named after Vespucci

 

Letters

Tue 22 Oct 2019 17.25 BST Last modified on Tue 22 Oct 2019 17.50 BST

 
 
 
 
 
That one was long time known......
 
 
If good ole Vespucci's 1st name had happened to be Umberto instead of Amerigo....Then the Continent we call "America"  would be called "Umberta"
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