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North Korean leader to end missile test ban, claims state media

Kim Jong-un also unveils plans for a ‘new strategic weapon’ after brushoff from Trump

North Korea is abandoning its moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, state media has reported its leader Kim Jong-un as saying.

Kim also reportedly said his country planned to introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future.

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NHS aims to prevent 16,500 hospital stays for headaches

Health service spends £150m a year treating migraines and £250m on headaches

NHS England has announced plans aimed at preventing up to 16,500 emergency hospital admissions for headaches and migraines each year.

Greater use of headache diaries, where patients record their symptoms, and faster access to specialist advice for family doctors are among the measures intended to reduce the pressure on frontline services.

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New coins to celebrate Agatha Christie and Tokyo Olympians

Royal Mint will also mark George III’s reign and VE Day 75th anniversary in 2020

King George III’s reign and the 75th anniversary of VE Day are due to be commemorated on coins released this year, the Royal Mint has revealed.

The new British coin collection will also mark 100 years since Dame Agatha Christie published her first novel and celebrate Team GB in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Pompeo hopes North Korea's Kim chooses 'peace and prosperity over conflict and war'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he hoped North Korea would choose peace over war, a response to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un saying would introduce a "new strategic weapon" in the near future.


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Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump

Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump.


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Texas Churchgoers Welcomed the Poor, but Sensed This One Was Trouble


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Al interior de un tribunal de guerra estadounidense: la ropa y la cultura en Guantánamo


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Science Panel Staffed With Trump Appointees Says E.P.A. Rollbacks Lack Scientific Rigor


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Boris Johnson to raise minimum wages by four times inflation

Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time worker

Almost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage.

In an announcement designed to woo low-paid workers in the immediate aftermath of Boris Johnson’s election victory earlier this month, the government said the national living wage for over-25s would increase from £8.21 an hour to £8.72 from the start of April.

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MoD proposed Russian membership of Nato in 1995, files reveal

Released papers expose ‘associate membership’ plan and Yeltsin’s drinking habits

Russia could have become an “associate member” of Nato 25 years ago if a Ministry of Defence proposal had gained support, according to confidential Downing Street files which also expose Boris Yeltsin’s drinking habits.

The suggestion, aimed at reversing a century of east-west antagonism, is revealed in documents released on Tuesday by the National Archives at Kew.

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More cancer patients turning away from NHS for advice – Macmillan

Cancer charity expands helpline as patients find NHS staff too ‘rushed off their feet’

Growing numbers of people with cancer are seeking advice from Macmillan Cancer Support because overstretched NHS staff are too busy to answer their questions, the charity says.

Patients are having to call its helpline for information and guidance instead of asking doctors and nurses in cancer services, who are often too “rushed off their feet” to have the time needed.

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Hepworth sculpture among three modernist works gifted to nation

Orpheus (Maquette 1) from 1956 will go on display at Hepworth Wakefield gallery in February

A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is among three works by British modernist artists to be donated to a public collection.

The artist’s bronze sculpture Orpheus (Maquette 1), will go on display at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery in West Yorkshire in February 2020 alongside a sculpture by Denis Mitchell and a painting by William Scott.

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I'm using all my strength to fight climate change, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a her New Year's message she is fighting climate change with all her strength to enable future generations to live in peace and prosperity.


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Sudan to deploy troops to West Darfur after deadly unrest

Sudan's authorities said on Monday they would deploy military forces to West Darfur and suspend peace talks with rebel groups for 24 hours after an outbreak of deadly violence around the regional capital.


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Pompeo to Meet With Ukraine’s Zelensky in Kyiv


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Schumer Demands Witnesses Be Called at Senate Impeachment Trial


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Double the Federal Minimum Wage


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After Death From Falling Debris, Violations Found at 220 Buildings


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‘I Have a Fighting Chance.’ Rep. John Lewis Says He Has Pancreatic Cancer

(ATLANTA) — Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity which he fought racial discrimination and other inequalities since the civil rights era.

Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists in a group once led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said in a statement that cancer was discovered this month during a routine medical visit. He said subsequent tests confirmed the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer.

“I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” he said in a statement.

His statement added: While I am clear-eyed about the prognosis, doctors have told me that recent medical advances have made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, that treatment options are no longer as debilitating as they once were, and that I have a fighting chance.”



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Civil rights leader John Lewis has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Democrat is ‘clear-eyed about the prognosis’ but plans to return to Washington soon

Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Democrat representative for Georgia, is receiving treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office has said.

“I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” Lewis, 79, said in a statement released on Sunday evening.

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Trump briefed by top aides on 'successful' U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump was briefed by his top national security advisers on Sunday on U.S. airstrikes against what U.S. officials said was an Iran-sponsored group in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.


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Bahrain expresses support for U.S. strikes on Kataib Hizbollah facilities in Iraq, Syria: statement

Bahrain expressed support for strikes conducted by the United States targeting Kataib Hezbollah facilities in Iraq and Syria, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.


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UK high streets shed 140k jobs this year with more to come – study

Separate report says almost 300k retail roles mostly held by women cut in past decade

UK high streets have shed more than 140,000 jobs this year as store closures and retail failures made 2019 one of the most challenging years in a generation.

More than 2,750 jobs were lost every week, according to a detailed analysis by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) published today. It predicts the picture will worsen in 2020, unless the government intervenes, with high business rates one of the factors blamed for accelerating chain store closures.

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Some of IRA's victims mistakenly killed as 'informers', files show

Government list includes some of most notorious cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles

Some of the dozens of victims killed by the IRA for supposedly “informing” during Northern Ireland’s Troubles were not working for the police or security services, according to official documents released in Belfast.

A sample list of alleged informers shot dead by the Provisional IRA between 1978 and the 1994 ceasefire has emerged from government files released to the Northern Ireland public records office on Monday.

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South Western train strike to hit New Year's Eve travel

Industrial action to cause disruption for commuters, partygoers and shoppers

A lengthy strike in the dispute over guards on trains enters its final week on Monday, causing continued travel misery for passengers, including those attending New Year’s Eve events.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway (SWR) have been on strike since the start of the month, with industrial action continuing until New Year’s Day.

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Quarter of Parkinson's sufferers were wrongly diagnosed, says charity

Poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% of respondents were told they had something else

More than a quarter of people with Parkinson’s disease were initially misdiagnosed, new research has found.

The poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% were first told they had something else, while 21% saw their GP three or more times before being referred to a specialist.

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Head of Radio 4 to put focus on programmes about 'solutions'

Mohit Bakaya will prioritise programmes that help people ‘discover common ground’

The new controller of BBC Radio 4 has promised to prioritise programmes about “solutions” not “arguments” as the UK enters another decade.

The station has announced a series of factual programmes for the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020 that will allow people “to discover common ground, in a civilised manner”, starting with Positive Thinking, which will air every morning this week.

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Bill Barr Thinks America Is Going to Hell


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The Presidential Nominating Process Is Absurd


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Fred P. Graham, Legal Affairs Reporter and Court TV Anchor, Dies at 88


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