Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a president in need of a project.
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The former foreign minister is uniquely placed to encourage Germany to take a more active role in the world.
Public pressure.
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The trend of mixing social and commercial goals has been a long time coming.
Sheridan Smith (front) as Julie Bushby, with Sîan Brooke (left) as Natalie Brown and Gemma Whelan (right) as Karen Matthews in the BBC drama Moorside.
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Reliving trauma on a national scale.
MPs have harshly criticised the state of asylum housing.
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The government has extended a contract with private security companies G4S and Serco.
Alf Dubs, who was brought to Britain on the Kindertransport, among those delivering a petition to Downing Street on the closure of the child refugee programme.
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Vulnerable children have had their hopes crushed.
Opium poppies.
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For two centuries, the only serious painkillers have been derived from opium. Scientists may have found a less deadly alternative.
Fifty years of poking fun and holding power to account.
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As newspaper circulation continues to founder, sales of satire and weekly news magazines have never looked healthier.
Monday, 6am. Time for a sliver of this?
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Three experts reveal all.
Many people can recall incredible detail.
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The details in memories can often make them feel photographic, but many scientists are sceptical that photographic memories really exist.
A trench amphipod, Hirondellea gigas , from the deepest place on Earth: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,890m).
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But should we care if the extreme marine frontier is not clean?
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Hidden Figures is certainly inspirational, but the racial politics of the space programme were hardly so easily settled.
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We object to the vitriol in public discourse today, but 19th century commentators were equally up-in-arms over the abuse of a romantic institution.
England and Wales’ most senior justices at the opening of the Supreme Court in 2009.
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At least half of the UK’s Supreme Court will retire in the next two years, presenting a prime opportunity for a more representative judiciary.
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A review of international research shows that police may well be better off without weapons.
You can learn from the past.
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It is possible to stop recreating destructive patterns.
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The far-right candidate has published a 144-point plan for her proposed presidency.
End of an era?
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New study: it’s a case of use them, or lose them.
Children bear the brunt.
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Children end up caught in the political crossfire.
Not the best way to shut someone up.
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Student protesters thought they were silencing someone they despise. But they actually gave their opponent a far louder voice.
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Does the secret to romantic sales success actually lie in an appeal to our cynicism?
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Religious and secular festivals followed the rhythm of the seasons to provide a balance between work, prayer and leisure for medieval Britons.
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Multiple ownerships, mega-transfers and a foot in the door at FIFA. Beijing’s bid for football power is a challenge to world soccer.
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The bishops could not be more culturally tone deaf.
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If people fall for Trump’s idea that we live in a constant crisis, they’ll never be able to think clearly enough to save themselves.
Village life, but for how much longer?
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Under new government funding proposals, village schools could soon become a thing of the past.