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The comedian Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner announced.Slattery appeared on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line is it Anyway? and comedy shows Just a Minute and Have I Got News for You.A statement on behalf of Mark Michael Hutchinson, his partner of more than three decades, said: “It is with great sadness we must announce actor and comedian Tony Slattery, aged 65, has passed away today, Tuesday morning, following a heart attack on Sunday evening.”Born on 9 November 1959, Slattery was the contemporary of Dame Emma Thompson, Sir Stephen Fry and…

Nato has launched a new mission to increase the surveillance of ships in the Baltic Sea after critical undersea cables were damaged or severed last year.Nato chief Mark Rutte said the mission, dubbed “Baltic Sentry”, would involve more patrol aircraft, warships and drones.His announcement was made at a summit in Helsinki attended by all Nato countries perched on the Baltic Sea – Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. While Russia was not directly singled out as a culprit in the cable damage, Rutte said Nato would step up its monitoring of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” – ships without…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued Sunday that social media and the political right exacerbated “culture wars and division” to promote an “anti-incumbency movement” worldwide.MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked Trudeau about his decision to resign, announced on Jan. 6, and whether it had to do with a global trend of turning against incumbent leaders or his own low approval ratings.Trudeau conceded it was “probably a bit of everything” but claimed there was “still a lingering frustration towards incumbents” from social media influence, despite the good work he had done. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed his resignation on MSNBC on…

America’s unions have had a banner year. In November 33,000 machinists returned to their stations at Boeing having won a 38% wage increase over four years. Their victory followed a seven-week strike that brought the planemaker to its knees. A month before, 47,000 dockworkers walked out for three days at some of the country’s busiest ports. And on December 19th the Teamsters union announced a nationwide strike against Amazon, just in time for Christmas deliveries.

Mediators are meeting in Doha on Tuesday amid high hopes that Gaza ceasefire negotiations are in their final stages after claims of a breakthrough in overnight talks.Israeli media and reports from the Qatari capital said the agreement would involve an initial release of 33 Israeli hostages, including children, women, elderly people and the sick, and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, alongside a partial Israeli troop withdrawal in a first phase lasting 60 days.After 16 days, talks would begin on a second phase of the agreement which would involve the release of other survivors among the 61 remaining hostages, including military-age…

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EPAMiners have been brought to the surface on TuesdaySix more bodies have been pulled up from a South African mine as efforts continue for a second day to help scores of illegal miners still thought to be at least 2km (1.2 miles) underground, a national umbrella body for NGOs, Sanco, has told the BBC.Eight people came out alive on Tuesday adding to the 26 rescued on Monday after they were hoisted up the disused mine shaft in a cage operated by a crane at the surface. Nine bodies were recovered on Monday.The men have been underground since police operations targeting…

Maro Itoje has replaced Jamie George as England captain ahead of their upcoming Six Nations campaign.As Steve Borthwick revealed a 36-man training squad for his side’s tournament opener away to Ireland on February 1, the head coach dropped the bombshell that Itoje will replace fellow Saracens forward George as skipper. The 30-year-old second row, who was also named Saracens captain in August last year, becomes the 136th player to hold the permanent position, with George maintaining a leadership role as one of two vice-captains alongside Ellis Genge. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and…

#TamerThanPreviousYears This was the hashtag photographer Ken Saito used on his Tokyo Auto Salon Instagram post. No caption. While the sea of black suits and middle-aged men creates an austere atmosphere at TAS, there are always pockets of madness. But is that madness fading? I’m not a big fan of crowds at the best of times, so the population of a small town crammed into the narrow alleyways between booths at the Makuhari Messe is never the most inviting. But I push myself to battle the sea of people, determined to hunt down the Tokyo Auto Salon oddities. This year…

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