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  Last update: 09:56 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:56 GMT 29.02.2020

  Tech

  ‘We Have Gaps to Fill’: Starliner Manager Admits to Wrongfully Testing Spacecraft During Mission

  In December, the Starliner spaceship set off on its first test flight to the International Space Station, but docking was cancelled after the spacecraft failed to execute an orbit-insertion burn on schedule.

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  Last update: 10:05 GMT 29.02.2020

  10:05 GMT 29.02.2020

  UK

  UK Home Office Chief Civil Servant Rutnam Resigns - Report

  This comes amid media reports of a row between Rutnam and Home Secretary Priti Patel, including allegations that she had been mistreating officials, a claim she denies.

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  Last update: 09:35 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:35 GMT 29.02.2020

  UK

  Article by Journo Boris Johnson Possibly Inspired Margaret Thatcher's 'No, No, No' Parliament Speech

  Margaret Thatcher’s now historical statement in the House of Commons on 30 October 1990, pushing back against European Commission President Jacques Delors, marked the downfall of the prime minister, whose views on the European Community were not shared by others in her Cabinet, as she was forced to resign from No. 10 the following month.

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  Last update: 10:03 GMT 29.02.2020

  10:03 GMT 29.02.2020

  Tech

  Dashcam Footage of Meteor Exploding Over Croatia Goes Viral - Video

  Dashcam video footage of an object streaking across the sky above Croatia in spectacular fashion and subsequently exploding has since gone viral on social media

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  Last update: 08:19 GMT 29.02.2020

  08:19 GMT 29.02.2020

  Business

  Billionaire Investor ‘Wants to Oust Twitter CEO’ Jack Dorsey Over His Planned Move to Africa

  Dorsey, 43, is chairing two major public companies – the microblogging platform Twitter and the mobile payments firm Square. Investors in both have questions about how will run daily operations from Africa as Dorsey is going to spend up to half of the year exploring the continent's developing market.

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  Last update: 06:19 GMT 29.02.2020

  06:19 GMT 29.02.2020

  UK

  Scotland Yard Officers Might Have to Relocate to Canada to Protect Harry and Meghan - Report

  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police earlier announced they would stop guarding Duke and Duchess of Sussex, "in keeping with the change of their status”, as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to officially stop being members of the royal family in the coming weeks.

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  Last update: 09:55 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:55 GMT 29.02.2020

  Viral

  Killer Whale Spotted Off Israel's Coast For the First Time - Video

  The marine mammal was seen by divers on Friday morning and was reported to the Nature and Parks Authority.

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  Last update: 09:30 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:30 GMT 29.02.2020

  Middle East

  The ‘Stolen Province’: Why Turkey Was Given A Corner Of Syria By France 80 Years Ago

  Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more and more embroiled in a direct fight with Syria over Idlib Province. The fighting is directly across the border from Hatay, a province which was given to Turkey in 1939 after a disputed referendum.