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Designs for 250ft arch in Washington approved by panel of Trump appointees
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Designs for 250ft arch in Washington approved by panel of Trump appointees

Approval marks key step forward for project dubbed ‘Arc de Trump’, which will be near Arlington National CemeteryThe US Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved designs for Donald Trump’s proposed 250ft triumphal arch in Washington DC.The vote by the panel, which is made up of Trump appoint...

Anna Betts
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Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told
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Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told

Policy adviser Jen Reed says tech-facilitated abuse has become ‘increasingly prevalent’ and calls for its inclusion in Domestic Abuse ActThe Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse, such as location tracking or hidden stalkerware, a Lords select committ...

Priya Bharadia
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Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC
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Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court rulingWhat is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply?Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and wom...

Libby Brooks
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US Senate refuses to push through ICE funding amid row over Trump’s ballroom
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US Senate refuses to push through ICE funding amid row over Trump’s ballroom

Senate will not pass the $70bn legislation ahead of a 1 June deadline set by Trump ahead of the Memorial Day recessA bid to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol has been derailed by rows over a $1bn proposal for security measures tied to Donald Trump’s Wh...

Joseph Gedeon, Lucy Campbell and Guardian staff
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Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban
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Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban

Music is banned on Wednesdays on island of Stromboli where Rolling Stones frontman was celebrating wrapping a filmPolice on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays.The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Met Palantir row gets to heart of how public services should use AI
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Met Palantir row gets to heart of how public services should use AI

UK’s largest police force says Palantir is only company that can supply what it needs. Is that worth the controversy that comes with it?London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with PalantirIt’s bot vs bobby. The row over whether the controversial US AI company Palantir should be paid £50...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals
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Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals

Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bindThe Labour party has seemed to inhabit three parallel worlds over the past fortnight.There is a prime minister celebrating good news on the economy and lower migration figures and breezily insi...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website
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US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website

DHS issued ‘Bolo’ for Ben Palmer, whose videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants went viralThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has circulated a “Be on the Lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide, targeting a comedian whose satire of US immigrat...

Aura Bogado, Injustice Watch
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Ebola: US ban on travellers from DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’
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Ebola: US ban on travellers from DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’

Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could make the situation worse, critics hav...

Kat Lay Global health correspondent
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Diplomat who abruptly left Washington embassy was honoured by the king
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Diplomat who abruptly left Washington embassy was honoured by the king

Charles conferred LVO after his US visit on James Roscoe who had been standing in for Peter MandelsonA top diplomat who abruptly left his post at the British embassy in Washington earlier this week after standing in as interim ambassador for Peter Mandelson has been honoured by King Charles.No reaso...

Donna Ferguson
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