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Muslim Council of Britain elects first female leader

Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico's transgender women

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What a blind man's death reveals

Covid-19: 'Traumatised' hospital staff need time to recover

Covid-19 school closures 'could cost pupils £40,000 in lifetime earnings'

Business leaders call for a post-Covid economic roadmap

Now and then: Iceland's vanishing glaciers

Silver surges as Reddit army turns to commodities

Saba Sahar: 'I survived a Taliban assassination attempt'

Clare Smyth: First female British chef with three Michelin stars

Impostor syndrome: 'I feel like I don't deserve my success'

Life in a Day: Kevin Macdonald says film 'reinforces everyone's similarities'

Music festivals and Covid: Could some events still go ahead this year?

Home working increases cyber-security fears

Romania's young history fans battle to save imperial spa resort

Saudi human rights under new spotlight in Biden era

'I worked on the vaccine my dad was given'

Accountants warned over fraud expectations

Covid vaccine offered to all care homes in England

The school teachers helping struggling families in Covid lockdown

Brexit: How much disruption has there been so far?

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'detained by military', NLD party says

The Papers: 'Vaccine victory', and Captain Tom in hospital

What You Can Do to Avoid the New Coronavirus Variant Right Now

Covid: EU and UK 'reset' relations after NI vaccine row

Hilton Valentine, guitarist with the Animals, dies aged 77

Covid vaccination: Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium 'closed by protests'

Hong Kong residents now eligible for special UK visa

A 10-Year-Old GameStop Investor Cashed In. His Return? Over 5,000%

Covid: Pandemic 'has highlighted archaic wedding laws'

Post-Brexit taxes for steel 'very damaging', says Kinnock

Central African Republic's capital in 'apocalyptic situation' as rebels close in

UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad

'I was scammed out of £17,000 on Instagram'

Lebanon ambulance driver: 'Hospitals can't take our Covid patients'

Coronavirus: 'Life will never be the same, for me it's better'

Your pictures on the theme of 'winter scenes'

Could a vaccine get rid of malaria for good?

UK's first Covid evacuees: 'I wish I'd stayed in Wuhan and missed flight'

100,000 Covid deaths: ‘I cursed the sterile white room where Ann died’

Budget 2021: What is it and when will it happen?

Japan whale hunting: 'By-catch' rule highlighted after minke death

'When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different'

Coronavirus: How the UK dealt with its first Covid case

The Papers: EU 'vaccine blunder', and sport betting logo 'ban'

'They're coming for us' - right-wing media on Biden's week

The G.O.P. Is in a Doom Loop of Bizarro

Covid: Families could be asked to pay funeral fines

Cuba helicopter crash: Five dead after aircraft left Holguín

The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads

Brian Sicknick: Officer killed in Capitol riot to lie in honour

Pregnancy during lockdown: Advice from one mum to another

Video calls and bookshelves dressed to impress

Surfing duck: Pet becomes local celebrity at Australian beach

Week in pictures: 23-29 January 2021

Covid-19: Your vaccine questions answered

Lobotomy: The brain op described as ‘easier than curing a toothache’

HS2: Could the pandemic kill off the rail project?

Amsterdam drugs: Tourists face ban from cannabis cafes

Coronavirus: What's behind Latin America's oxygen shortages?

Fyodor Cherenkov: The Soviet football genius the world never got to see

Covid vaccines: Those that work - and the others to come

Australian Open to allow up to 30,000 fans to attend per day

Push to ensure pupils are 'politically literate'

Working from bed: 'I don't even have to get dressed'

Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize

Poland abortion ban: Thousands protest for third day

The Papers: 'EU vaccine war explodes', and Oxford jab 'attack'

GameStop: Who is winning the market battle?

G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035

McConnell Was Done With Trump. His Party Said Not So Fast.

Parenting during lockdown is exhausting, says Kate

China warns Taiwan independence 'means war' as US pledges support

Australian Open tennis players begin to exit hotel quarantine

Ella Emhoff Gets a Major Modeling Contract

Covid-19: 'Less exercise and more TV' than first lockdown

Covid: Data shows outbreaks in England's offices in lockdown

Special UK visa for Hong Kong residents from Sunday

A-Levels: How students are coping with cancelled exams

Why roller skating is making a comeback

GameStop: Meet the amateur traders fighting Wall Street

Coronavirus: How the UK dealt with its first Covid case

Quad Gods: The world-class gamers who play with their mouths

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan re-make history in Netflix film The Dig

UK BNO visa: Can Hong Kong residents now live in the UK?

US-Mexico border: The gruesome attack that shocked a village

Satellite boom attracts technology giants

Covid-hit pupils 'should be allowed to repeat a year'

Vaccination volunteers to be given Covid jab

Mother and baby homes: Eamon Martin supports public inquiry

Klarna: 'I got a £30 bill - but I've never used it'

The Papers: 'Union vacc' and EU jab rollout nearing 'crisis'

Free anthology of black authors to be given to all primary schools in England

John Kerry: UK climate summit is world's 'last best chance'

Covid: 'Virus going in right direction but not fast enough'

Nursery top-up fees probe prompts England-wide warning

Pricey broadband 'locks poorest out' of key services

Covid: Lockdown rule-breakers flee Cwmbran salon in police raid

Kristal and her students are fighting to eradicate ocean plastic

Covid-19: 'I told my kids I wasn't going to make it'

Parosmia: 'Since I had Covid, food makes me want to vomit'

Scottish independence: Will there be a second referendum?

Covid vaccines: Misleading claims targeting ethnic minority people

Chinese New Year: Clamping down on going home for the holidays

Joe Biden's tech - what can the president use?

The pilots forced to change career completely

Covid: Social workers 'braced for tsunami of needs' after lockdown

UK car production tumbles to 'worst in a generation'

English National Opera lessons for long Covid sufferers

Covid: Black over-80s 'half as likely' to have been vaccinated

The Papers: 'No EU can't have our jabs' and 'schools out'

Covid: Living through lockdown in a high-rise flat

Jagtar Singh Johal: Scot 'forced to sign blank confession' in India

Boris Johnson to visit Scotland despite Nicola Sturgeon warning

Apple Christmas sales surge to $111bn amid pandemic

Climate change: Biggest global poll supports 'global emergency'

US actress Jane Fonda to get Golden Globes' lifetime achievement award

Covid: Arrivals to England from virus hotspots face hotel quarantine

Covid: Archbishops call for daily prayer after 100,000 UK deaths

Goldman boss gets $10m pay cut for 1MDB scandal

Elliot Page: Canada's Juno star to divorce Emma Portner

Victims lose average of £45,000 in investment scams

Insurers defend covering ransomware payments

Chelsea Flower Show: Event moved to autumn for first time in history

Spanish Armada maps 'saved for the nation'

Covid crisis: 'I've been excluded from any help'

Covid-19 vaccine: Woman to restart chemotherapy after jab

Iraq killings: Who's behind a series of murders?

Holocaust Memorial Day 2021: 'It's sad when I sit there alone'

How women played a major role in Yemen's Arab Spring

100,000 Covid deaths: ‘I cursed the sterile white room where Ann died’

When your 'pandemic puppy' doesn't work out

Covid: Will the UK's pubs stay shut until May?

The child environmentalist receiving death threats in Colombia

Dave Grohl: 'I dreamt I was shot in the back'

Coronavirus: AstraZeneca defends EU vaccine rollout plan

Xbox sales boom as virus maintains grip on economy

The Papers: Front pages mark UK's 100,000 Covid deaths

Covid: Cancel developing countries' debt, MPs urge

Apollo C.E.O. to Step Down After Firm Finds More Payments to Jeffrey Epstein

Coronavirus: EU to tighten vaccine exports amid row with AstraZeneca

Poor whites in 'left behind' towns miss out on uni

Co-op and Morrisons see queues over payments outage

Inside the hospital: ‘Among all the doom and gloom there’s positives’

Covid: The migrant helping Australia with modified masks

Hope and fear as Somalia’s civil war turns 30

Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak

Like a good deal? Maybe a hagglebot can help

Shyamala Gopalan: The woman who inspired Kamala Harris

Randy Rainbow made his name satirising Trump - now what?

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: The Trump defender enters political race

Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting

Extra £50m pledged for virus-hit grassroots sport

Brexit parcel price shock: 'I had to pay £30 for a gift'

Facebook News feature launches in UK

Chris Grayling leads MPs' charge to save hedgehogs

How Brexit shapes views on Scottish independence

Yellen to be first female US Treasury secretary

Biden adds South Africa to Covid travel bans

Pandemic prompts Super Bowl ad rethink in US

The Papers: Quarantine hotels plan and holidays 'under threat'

NFL: Brady throws three touchdown passes to take Buccaneers to Super Bowl

Gordon Brown: UK could become 'failed state' without reform

Heatwave sweeps Australian cities and raises bushfire danger

Covid-19: Top advisor warns France at 'emergency' virus moment

Covid: Police and protesters clash during Dutch curfew demo

Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive?

Pandemic diaries: How are people coping in lockdown?

Detective Jane Mugo: Meet Kenya's 'spy queen'

Covid-19: Vaccine divides in the Middle East

Katie Price on Harvey's 'terrifying' move to a specialist college

Covid: Why I'm breaking lockdown rules

Lebanon's Coronavirus lockdown: 'We can't leave our homes day or night'

Why your face could be set to replace your bank card

Can we really feel the benefits of nature through a screen?

Zuckerberg's Biden problem

Covid-19: Why the US hasn't hit vaccine targets so far

Travellers: Shocking lack of pitches for families, charity warns

Kickstart: Most job roles for youths not yet filled

Barclaycard customers face higher minimum payments

Care home worker thought cancer misdiagnosis was a 'cruel joke'

Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again 'too early'

The Papers: Schools out 'till Easter' for 'lost generation' kids

Boohoo 'set to buy Debenhams brand and website'

In Aleksei Navalny Protests, Russia Faces Biggest Dissent in Years

How Alvin the Beagle Helped Usher In a Democratic Senate

Arizona G.O.P. Censures Three Top Members Criticized by Trump Loyalists

Inside the Deadly Capitol Shooting

Trump’s Last-Minute Pardon Frees Man Still Facing Accusations of Violence

McGregor vs Poirier 2: Dustin Poirier shocks Conor McGregor in UFC rematch

China mine rescue: First survivor brought to surface, say state media

Covid: Vaccinated people may spread virus, says Van-Tam

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General

10 Republicans Voted to Impeach Trump. The Backlash Has Been Swift.

In pictures: Tens of thousands gather for pro-Navalny protests

Tse Chi Lop: Alleged Asian drug lord arrested in Amsterdam

The homeless drug addict who became a history professor

Janice Nix: The drugs kingpin who joined the Probation Service

Tunisians question whether life is better after Arab Spring

Firms planned record 800,000 redundancies last year

The Papers: Vaccinated told to follow rules and PM's jab 'gamble'

Is this Russian cult leader a fraud?

Coronavirus: 'Lockdown made me feel like I was in prison'

'I couldn't breathe': The 26-year-old with Covid

The paper that helped the homeless

Coronavirus: How the pandemic has changed the world economy

The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021)

Banished by Trump but Brought Back by Biden, Fauci Aims to ‘Let the Science Speak’

The Corrupt, the Clueless and Joe Biden

Drug Prevents Coronavirus Infection in Nursing Homes, Maker Claims

Top doctors want 12-week Pfizer vaccine gap halved

Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General

Is That a Rolex on Biden’s Wrist?

National Guard: President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

Climate change: Six questions about the Cumbria coal controversy

What next for Trump - and Trumpism?

Covid-19: Nurses call for better masks to protect all staff

Up to 500 new cells to be built in women's prisons

Covid hand-outs: How other countries pay if you are sick

New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery'

How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating

Week in pictures: 16-22 January 2021

Muslim students still waiting for government funding plan

Covid vaccine: Can Wales meet its targets?

Wuhan marks its anniversary with triumph and denial

Covid-19: Five ways to avoid lockdown back pain

Rémy Julienne: Stunt king to the stars who fell to Covid

East West and Northumberland rail lines get £794m boost

Covid: Peaky Blinders' Black Country Museum is vaccine hub

The Papers: UK 'feeling the strain' but gets vaccine 'boost'

President Biden and unity: Can the next generation unify America?

The vehicle that got a village smiling

How online bedtime stories keep grandparents connected

Wuhan anniversary: How China tackled its Covid pandemic

Vaccine volunteers: 'It's felt good to fight back against Covid'

'The phone call that brought me freedom - but broke my mother's heart'

Africa's long wait for the Covid-19 vaccine

How Covid turbocharged the QR revolution

Covid-19: The NHS trust the Army is helping through the second wave

Why Sigourney Weaver had to say yes to Call My Agent

Brexit: Retailers could burn goods stuck in EU

Nissan says Brexit deal 'positive' and commits to UK

Trump 'prank-called by Piers Morgan impersonator'

Covid: Half of early-years staff ‘don’t feel safe’

Covid: Museums and galleries 'fighting for survival', Art Fund says

Police arrest 320 dangerous UK child sex offenders

Covid: Fire Brigades Union safety demands 'unworkable', says report

Covid in Scotland: More than 400 care homes investigated over deaths

Dartford mother-of-three died after liposuction in Turkey

Newspaper headlines: £500 Covid payment and flood devastation

From Commander in Chief to Interloper in Palm Beach

Protesters in Portland and Seattle Shatter Windows and Light Fires

Biden rolls out ‘full-scale, wartime’ coronavirus strategy, including requiring masks on some planes, trains and buses.

Covid-19: Warning over infection levels and holiday firm's vaccination demand

Brexit: 'I was asked to pay an extra £82 for my £200 coat'

Storm Christoph: Snow warning in south-east Scotland upgraded

Covid-19: NI lockdown measures to be reviewed by ministers

Star-studded concert marks Joe Biden's inauguration

Your Cat Isn’t Just Getting High Off Catnip

‘Did you get juggling balls for Christmas?’ – Villa boss angry at ‘pathetic’ decision

On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump’s Legacy

Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet ever, reads a work she finished after the Capitol riot.

President Donald J. Trump: The End

Kamala Harris: 'Believe in what we can do together'

Biden’s 17 Executive Orders and Other Directives in Detail

Troubles victims: Thousands of relatives call for action

Inauguration fashion: Purple, pearls, and mittens

Biden inauguration: Amanda Gorman's poem The Hill We Climb in full

Covid: 'No evidence' virus levels decreasing in England

Food supply problems in NI clearly a Brexit issue - Coveney

Covid: House hunters travelling 'hundreds of miles' to view homes

Elephants counted from space for conservation

Universities degree 'not the only route to success'

UK and EU in row over bloc's diplomatic status

‘A Total Failure’: The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump

Newspaper headlines: 'New dawn for America' as Joe Biden takes over

Trump’s final wave of pardons includes names pushed by criminal justice reform advocates.

Biden Has a Peloton Bike. That Raises Issues at the White House.

Good Riddance, Leader McConnell

Tiffany Trump Announces Engagement

Covid: MPs criticise HMRC over gaps in support schemes

Trapped Chinese miners say thanks for medicine, call for sausages

Musicians 'failed by government' over EU touring, stars say

Natural wonder: Wing 'clap' solves mystery of butterfly flight

NHS child gender clinic rated 'inadequate' by inspectors

The cartoonists making mental health their muse

Baby Done: Comedy film explores woman's reluctance at impending motherhood

Monklands ICU staff are 'physically and emotionally' drained

Covid smear-test delays prompt calls for home HPV tests

Paralysed ambulance call handler walks for 'NHS heroes'

Dinosaurs In Love: Tom Rosenthal and daughter's song made into book

Luke Grenfell-Shaw: Cycling around the world with cancer

Iran nuclear deal: What are Biden's plans and challenges

Greece #Metoo: Women ending silence of sport abuse shake Greece

Coronavirus: French students highlight pandemic's mental health toll

£23m support fund for struggling fishing firms

Newspaper headlines: 'It's the back of Trump' and 'vaccine pivot'

Donald Trump's farewell: We did what we came to do

Theresa May: PM's foreign aid cut damaged UK's moral leadership, says successor

Storm Christoph: Amber alert for northern and central England

Depop: 'I felt so violated when my account was hacked'

Depop: 'I felt so violated when my account was hacked'

Johnson 'glad' to see Trump go, says ex-Civil Service head Lord Sedwill

Underselling the Vaccine

Oxford research tackles threat of antibiotic resistance

First Dates: Channel 4 series will feel 'more like real life'

Conquering K2 in winter 'together'

'My boss made me come to work and I caught Covid'

Parents' stress and depression 'rise during lockdowns'

Biden says travel bans will stay despite Trump order

Kyrgios criticises Djokovic over Australian Open quarantine row

Royal Papworth Hospital proposal by man who spent Christmas alone

Melania’s jacket and nine other defining images of Trump's presidency

The Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK

Olivier Duhamel: French incest allegations prompt victims to speak out

Italy smoking: Want to light up in Milan? Not any more, you can't

Why Iran’s nuclear facilities are still vulnerable to attack

How a robot investigator searched 60 million files

Female child sex abuse 'remains taboo' while victims struggle

Covid self-employment income support scheme unfair say mothers

'I'm stranded at Madrid Airport'

Newspaper headlines: Jab complacency fears and smart motorway inquest

Fox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Condition.

Children’s Screen Time Has Soared in the Pandemic, Alarming Parents and Researchers

Alexei Navalny: EU and US demand release of poisoned Putin critic

Sri Lanka v England: Tourists win first Test by seven wickets

London Ambulance Service: 'We take thousands of calls every day - it's tough'

Covid-19: China's economy grows in fourth quarter, bucking global trend

Migrant caravan: Guatemala blocks thousands bound for US

BT faces £600m lawsuit over 'historic overcharging'

Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines

The Capitol Police officer in a MAGA hat. What’s the real story?

Yemen: The doctor alone in a Covid-ravaged hospital

Nazi Ravensbrück camp: How ordinary women became SS torturers

Biden inauguration: How the White House gets ready for a new president

A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy

Russell T Davies on It's A Sin: 'We were all Aids deniers - then it got real'

Capitol riots: Are US militia groups becoming more active?

Who's exempt from wearing masks?: 'I'm scared of abuse for not wearing one'

Covid: UK travel corridors closure to come into force

Biden inauguration: Fortified US statehouses see scattered protests

Covid-19: The road back to Wuhan

Racism in education: How truth pages helped students fight back

Kori, nine, says transplant gives him 'another chance at life'

The Papers: 'Hope in the post' as '5 million more offered jab'

Covid: Church of England services hit by pandemic

Airport support scheme to launch this month

Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation

How to (Literally) Drive the Coronavirus Away

Online clothes sellers targeted by 'creepy' messages

Virtual library gives children in England free book access

Covid: 10 new mass vaccination centres to open in England

G7: UK to host Cornwall seaside summit in summer

The man startling millions of starlings with lasers

Lockdown mental health: Tips for helping your child

Fighting for the Parthenon marbles

Magicians mark 100 years of 'sawing woman in half' trick

Your pictures on the theme of 'my hobby'

Lekki toll gate shootings: What really happened?

Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government

Avenue Beat: How do the F2020 singers avoid becoming a one-hit wonder?

Shukatsu sexism: The Japanese jobseekers fighting discrimination

Will the Trump corporate backlash make a difference?

Are women let down by period trackers?

Covid-19 vaccines: Prince William 'proud' of Queen and duke for getting jabs

The Papers: 'Quarantine hotels' and jab for over-18s 'by June'

Covid vaccine patients treated to live organ music at Salisbury Cathedral

Capitol Police arrested a man with an ‘unauthorized’ inauguration credential and a gun at a security checkpoint.

New takeaway and shopping rules begin in Scotland

Government in Netherlands Resigns After Benefit Scandal

N.R.A. Declares Bankruptcy and Seeks to Exit New York

Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry

More Than Half of States Widen Access to Vaccine, Raising Hopes as Well as Chaos

Lockdown Was Our Breaking Point

Trump’s Inevitable End

Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts

C.D.C. Warns the New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid Cases

Louise Linton Has Made a Movie

Covid: UK variant could drive 'rapid growth' in US cases, CDC warns

Pence, occupying a leadership void, calls Harris to offer assistance — as Trump plans his Inauguration Day getaway.

Photos capture notes from Trump ally leaving the White House on Friday.

The F.B.I. questions dozens in the killing of a Capitol Police officer and other assaults by a pro-Trump mob.