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FOREIGN aid is set to be axed to help foot the UK’s Covid-19 bill. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12540103/chancellor-axe-foreign-aid-pay-covid-19/

Portland clashes: Fatal shooting as rival groups protest 30 August 2020 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The day began with a caravan of Trump supporters converging on Portland …

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: Belarus opposition leader 'to address UN Security Council' 31 August 2020 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDozens arrested in Belarus as they took to the streets over the 9 August election, widely believed to have been rigged An exiled Belarusian opposition leader, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has been invited to address th…

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Maguire joined Manchester United from Leicester City last year for £80m, a world record fee for a defenderManchester United defender Harry Maguire said he feared for his life when Greek police arrested him last week as he thought he was being kidnapped. The England international told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that plain-clothed police officers, who did not identify themselves, pulled over his group's minibus in Mykonos, threw him off the bus, hit him in his legs and told him his career was over. The 27-year-old said he tried to run away - with one handcuff on - because he had no idea who the men were. On Tuesday, Maguire was given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10…

A Home Office tweet which blamed "activist lawyers" for "disrupting" migrant deportation flights has sparked fury among lawyers and politicians. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/home-office-tweet-activist-lawyers-eu-deportation-delays-a4534356.html

A-levels and GCSEs: Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exam fiasco By Sean Coughlan BBC News family and education correspondent 26 August 2020 Image caption Boris Johnson spoke to pupils returning to school …

Steve Bannon charged with fraud over Mexico wall funds 20 August 2020 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Bannon was once one of President Trump's most trusted advisers …