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Putin Must Have Authorized Novichok Poisoning in Salisbury, UK Inquiry Finds

The death of a British woman from Novichok poisoning was the result of a botched assassination attempt authorized at the highest level, an official report said on Thursday.

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A police cordon around the residential area where Dawn Sturgess was exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, in 2018.
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What Ilhan Omar knew about Minnesota fraud, ICE agents descend on Minneapolis, climate study retracted

How much did Rep. Ilhan Omar know about the unfolding MN fraud scheme? DHS has ramped up operations in Minneapolis as Trump focuses on the fraud and scandal rocking that community. A climate study that overestimated the impact of climate change on global economies has been retracted but not before banks and business relied on...

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‘Filthy rich, kinky and heartless’: your favourite late-arriving TV characters

From Ewan Roy in Succession to Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons, here are 15 truly unforgettable characters who elevated their shows – when they eventually turned up

Mike Hannigan was the only character to truly feel like a seventh Friend. He was the perfect match for Phoebe, a lightning rod for her kookiness and providing the solid family she’d never had. It wasn’t just the fact that he was played by Paul Rudd that managed to win over the viewers. His profile was nowhere near what it would later become, so the audience weren’t responding to star power in the same way they had, say, to Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck or Reese Witherspoon. Mike had to play the long game, put in the graft and win Phoebe’s trust, and won ours in the process. AJ, London

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© Photograph: HBO

© Photograph: HBO

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Nathan Lyon in ‘filthy’ mood after Test omission as Crawley hails ‘phenomenal’ Root

  • Spinner ‘pretty gutted’ after Australia choose all-pace attack

  • Crawley praises Root’s first away Ashes ton as ‘one of his best’

Nathan Lyon admitted he was furious after being dropped by Australia for the first time in 13 years of home Tests as the battle for the Ashes got back under way in Brisbane on Thursday.

In his absence Joe Root plundered the home side’s all-seam attack for an unbeaten 135 on the first day at the Gabba, his 40th Test century and his first on Australian soil, an effort Zak Crawley acclaimed as “one of his best”.

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© Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

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