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Trump legal team calls impeachment 'brazen' attempt to overturn election
Harry and Meghan to give up HRH titles and repay £2.4m
'Snowmageddon': cleanup begins after record Newfoundland storm
Houthi rebels kill at least 70 Yemeni soldiers in missile attack on mosque
Johnson to cabinet: shape up or I’ll sack you within weeks
Libya: blockade of oil ports threatens Berlin ceasefire plan
Coronavirus: China reports 17 new cases of Sars-like mystery virus
Tanzania to relocate 36 Serengeti lions after attacks on humans and cattle
Conor McGregor visits 40-second destruction on Donald Cerrone in UFC return
Masculine, feminist or neutral? The language battle that has split Spain
'I'd like to vote Democratic': the swing voters who want a reason not to back Trump again
Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with ... a herd of cattle
Two popes, plotting cardinals and the fallout of an explosive book
Two months in a barrel: South African man set to break pole-sitting world record
Branded beer and baseball caps as drug lord El Chapo’s family cash in
Silver Ferns face first big test of 2020 – without Langman, Rore, Folau or Korpua
Man injured in New Year's Eve Cobargo bushfire dies, as hail pelts Melbourne
Blizzards and storms strike Canada's Newfoundland - video
Fireworks flew as protesters clashed with security forces in Beirut – video

Trump legal team calls impeachment 'brazen' attempt to overturn election

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 04:02 PM PST

Both sides lay out arguments for trial starting on Tuesday
White House claims 'dangerous attack' on US democracy
Dershowitz: Trump acquittal would make me unhappy

Donald Trump's legal team has delivered a fiery response to impeachment summons from the Senate, calling the two articles passed by the House "a dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president".

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Harry and Meghan to give up HRH titles and repay £2.4m

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 12:27 PM PST

Duke and Duchess of Sussex will give back taxpayers' money spent renovating their home and drop official duties

Analysis: couple sought half-in half-out deal, but are 'out'

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will give up using their Royal Highness titles and return £2.4m to the taxpayer to cover the costs of refurbishing their Windsor home as they leave their roles as senior member of the royal family.

The Queen said last night in a statement that this "constructive and supportive way forward" would allow the Sussexes "to start building a happy and peaceful new life". In a rebuff to critics of her granddaughter-in-law, the Queen added that she was "particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family".

'Snowmageddon': cleanup begins after record Newfoundland storm

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 07:26 PM PST

Blizzard dumps nearly 80cm of snow on Canadian city of St John's as government says military reserves may be called up

Canada's federal government will help Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast dig itself out in the wake of a massive winter blizzard that buried cars and left thousands without power.

The storm on Friday and Saturday dumped as much as 76.2cm (30 inches) of snow on St John's, the capital of Newfoundland, and packed wind gusts as high as 130km/h (81mph). The snowfall was an all-time record for the day for St John's international airport.

Houthi rebels kill at least 70 Yemeni soldiers in missile attack on mosque

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 11:47 PM PST

Military sources say the attack came during evening prayers at a military base in Yemen's Marib province

Houthi rebels have killed at least 70 Yemeni soldiers in a missile attack on a mosque in the central province of Marib, according to medical and military sources.

The Houthis attacked a mosque in a military camp in Marib – about 170km (105 miles) east of Sanaa – during evening prayers on Saturday, military sources said.

Johnson to cabinet: shape up or I’ll sack you within weeks

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 01:06 PM PST

Top ministers are warned to stay off TV with reshuffle alert part of plan by Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson is to tell cabinet ministers that they must focus all their energy on developing policies for post-Brexit Britain – or face the sack in a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle within weeks.

Libya: blockade of oil ports threatens Berlin ceasefire plan

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 07:26 AM PST

Show of strength by supporters of Gen Khalifa Hafter comes before crucial talks in German capital

A sudden international scramble to embed a credible ceasefire in Libya, due to be launched by world leaders in Berlin on Sunday, is already facing disruption after key Libyan oil ports were blockaded by supporters of Gen Khalifa Haftar – one of the main protagonists in the war.

The move to blockade oil exports is a new show of strength as world leaders try to force Haftar, the leader of the Libyan National Army who runs the east of the country, and Fayez al-Sarraj, the leader of the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, into a ceasefire agreement that can end a 10-month battle over control of the capital.

Coronavirus: China reports 17 new cases of Sars-like mystery virus

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 09:14 PM PST

Three of the new cases are severe, with experts worried about the disease's spread ahead of lunar new year

China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious Sars-like virus on Sunday, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's lunar new year holiday, when hundreds of millions of people move around the country.

The new coronavirus strain has caused alarm because of its connection to severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-03.

Tanzania to relocate 36 Serengeti lions after attacks on humans and cattle

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 06:16 PM PST

The lions, which live on the edge of the national park, will be moved to avoid conflicts with people and livestock

Tanzania will find a new home for 36 lions following a slew of attacks by the big cats on people and cattle.

The lions, an increasingly endangered species, live on the edge of the safari mecca of the Serengeti national park, but have been affected by encroaching human activity.

Conor McGregor visits 40-second destruction on Donald Cerrone in UFC return

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 09:58 PM PST

McGregor scores first-round TKO at UFC 246 – as it happened
Former two-division champion returns from inactive stretch

Conor McGregor came back with a big bang.

McGregor stopped Donald Cerrone with a head kick and punches 40 seconds into the first round at UFC 246 on Saturday night, announcing his return to mixed martial arts with his first victory since 2016.

Masculine, feminist or neutral? The language battle that has split Spain

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:15 AM PST

A new government plans to erase gender bias in the constitution

A showdown is looming between Spain's conservative language academy and its newly elected socialist government over proposals to rewrite the nation's constitution using gender-neutral language.

The Royal Spanish Academy, which has the final word on the correct use of Spanish, has been sitting on a report commissioned over a year ago by Carmen Calvo, the deputy prime minister, that calls for the wording of the 1978 constitution to be altered, replacing generic masculine nouns with more inclusive forms. But, after a tumultuous 12 months in Spanish politics that saw two general elections and months of political manoeuvring before a government could be formed, the swearing-in last week of Pedro Sánchez's leftwing coalition has seen the issue return.

'I'd like to vote Democratic': the swing voters who want a reason not to back Trump again

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST

Monroe county, Michigan, saw one of the largest swings in the country from Obama to Trump – and so far many swing voters are likely to go for Trump even as they have plenty of doubt

It's not that James Padot hugely admires Donald Trump or his values.

After all, Padot spent more than four decades as a pipe fitter, a skilled trade that provided a good living but relied on the power of his labour union for work and to ensure he was decently paid.

Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with ... a herd of cattle

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 01:33 AM PST

The population is down to six. But the community believes its radical experiment could be the key to the Hebrides' future

At Scotland's western edge, made jagged by ancient elements, a new model for living is taking shape. Ulva, a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Mull, is beginning to reverse decades of population decline.

The island's current population is six but before another generation has passed it's expected to grow tenfold. Once, it had a population of more than 800 but many were driven out, their homes set alight by brutal landowners who replaced them with more economically sound sheep.

Two popes, plotting cardinals and the fallout of an explosive book

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:14 AM PST

Benedict and his inner circle are accused of intervening to halt Pope Francis relaxing celibacy rules as the battle between conservative and liberal factions takes a new twist

The pilgrims filing into the papal audience hall last Wednesday were mostly oblivious to the saga enveloping the Vatican over an explosive new book that pits the retired Pope Benedict XVI against the reigning Pope Francis. But they were clear on who their favourite is.

Two months in a barrel: South African man set to break pole-sitting world record

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 07:33 PM PST

Vernon Kruger, who has not set foot on the ground since November, says sleeping in the barrel is 'not very easy'

Vernon Kruger has been sitting in a barrel suspended 25 metres above ground for more than two months.

Overlooking the South African town of Dullstroom, the 52-year old is about to break a Guinness world record ... set by himself in 1997.

Branded beer and baseball caps as drug lord El Chapo’s family cash in

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 01:35 AM PST

Merchandise featuring cartel leader at fashion fair is condemned as a glorification of crime

Just months after the conviction of the Mexican narco-lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán for drug trafficking and control of a murderous criminal enterprise – the Sinaloa cartel – comes a new beer: El Chapo lager.

Mexico's thirst for a good cerveza is matched only by the apparently unquenchable one for El Chapo merchandise. Last March Guzmán's wife, Emma Coronel, launched a fashion and leisurewear line, licensed by her husband.

Silver Ferns face first big test of 2020 – without Langman, Rore, Folau or Korpua

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 09:59 PM PST

Netball team will look quite different from World Cup-winning outfit, as they take on understrength England

The new-look Silver Ferns will take on England in their first international of 2020 without some of their biggest hitters on the court.

Captain Laura Langman is on sabbatical, as is key defender Katrina Rore, and neither will play in the inaugural Netball Nations Cup in the UK that starts on Sunday night, UK time. The Ferns will take on England, Jamaica and South Africa in the tournament; Australia's Diamonds are not playing.

Man injured in New Year's Eve Cobargo bushfire dies, as hail pelts Melbourne

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST

The 84-year-old dies in Sydney's Concord hospital as Australia's months-long fire crisis continues

The death toll from the unprecedented bushfires in New South Wales has climbed to 21 following the death in hospital of an elderly man burned in Cobargo on New Year's Eve.

The 84-year-old was taken from his home on Tuesday 31 December to South East Regional hospital before he was transferred to Concord hospital in Sydney where he died in the early hours of Saturday.

Blizzards and storms strike Canada's Newfoundland - video

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 08:59 PM PST

A massive winter blizzard that buried Newfoundland in snow and cut power to thousands of homes has prompted the government in the Canadian province's capital, St John's, to declare a state of emergency.

Fireworks flew as protesters clashed with security forces in Beirut – video

Posted: 18 Jan 2020 11:33 AM PST

Fireworks were let off as protesters clashed with the security force in Lebanon's capital on Saturday 18 January.

Officers used water cannon and fired teargas at demonstrators who were protesting the economic crisis the country has faced in decades after politicians failed to agree on a new cabinet following prime minister Saad al-Hariri's resignation in October

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