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Coffin lies in state at Westminster
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Coffin lies in state at Westminster

LONDON— queen elizabeth ii's coffin has left buckingham palace and is now placed in Westminster Hall where her remains will lie in state for four days.Crowds of people lined the streets of central London on Wednesday, hours before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II began her journey from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince William, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew followed close behind the coffin's procession while the band led the line in melancholy and triumphant sound. Horses and guards lined the perimeter of the late monarch's coffin. People in the crowd cheered when Charles waved at them as he drove from his residence, Clarence House, to the palace.The crowds are the latest manifestation of a nationwide outpouring of grief and respec...
The Lindisfarne Gospels review – was Eadfrith the monk Britain’s first great artist?  |  illustration
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The Lindisfarne Gospels review – was Eadfrith the monk Britain’s first great artist? | illustration

ANDAdfrith, according to a 10th-century inscription, was a monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne on Northumbria's Holy Island, who wrote out and illuminated the entire gospels singlehandedly, to create the exquisite book at the heart of this exhibition. He worked for 10 years around AD700, “for God and St Cuthbert [Lindisfarne’s founder] and generally for all the holy folk who are on the island.”What an artist Eadfrith was. Being a book, its vellum pages still bound together after 1,300 years, the Lindisfarne Gospels can only be displayed a double-page spread at a time. They've selected a banger. To the left is a “carpet” page, so named because it resembles an eastern rug – but you could equally well call it a Jackson Pollock page, with its abstract coils and knots; a many-layered pattern...
France must rethink case of IS-linked women refused re-entry, rules ECHR |  human rights
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France must rethink case of IS-linked women refused re-entry, rules ECHR | human rights

The European court of human rights has condemned France over its refusal to repatriate French women who traveled to Syria with their partners to join Islamic State and are currently being held with their children at Kurdish-run prison camps.The ruling will be closely studied by other countries who still have citizens detained in camps in north-eastern Syria, including the UK.The Strasbourg-based court – which is not a body of the European Union – ruled that Paris must swiftly re-examine requests made by the parents of the two women that they should be allowed to return to France with the children they gave birth to in Syria. The judges found that France's refusal to repatriate the women and children was in violation of the right of a person to “enter the territory of the state of which...
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Democrats have momentum, Trump Republicans face hurdles

Happy Wednesday, OnPolitics readers!A Trump-styled candidate who has echoed the former president's false claims the 2020 election was stolen has won Tuesday's Senate Republican primary in New Hampshire. Don Bolduc defeated his more moderate opponent, New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse, declaring victory Wednesday morning following Morse's concession. The retired brigadier general's win was an outcome establishment Republicans tried to avoid, believing Bolduc's electability in November could cost them their chances of reclaiming the Senate majority. The Senate is 50-50, but Democrats control it by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris' authority to break ties.Follow the money: In the weeks leading up to the primary, Republicans poured funds into the Granite State in an at...
Defense lawyers in Parkland school shooting trial unexpectedly rest their case, sparking heated exchange with judge
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Defense lawyers in Parkland school shooting trial unexpectedly rest their case, sparking heated exchange with judge

Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a heated exchange after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.Defense attorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witnesses but rested at the beginning of Wednesday's court session after calling only about 25. There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother's heavy use of alcohol during pregnancy might have affected his brain's development.The sudden announcement by lead attorney Melisa McNeill led to a heated exchange between her and Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution "the most uncalled for, unprofess...
Amnesty International warns the US that banning abortion violates human rights
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Amnesty International warns the US that banning abortion violates human rights

Amnesty International warned the United States on Wednesday that prohibiting abortion at the federal level would be a "gross violation of human rights", after a Republican senator has proposed vetoing the entire country interruptions of pregnancy after 15 weeks. "Let there be no doubt. This initiative is a national abortion ban. If it goes through, it would be a gross violation of human rightsincluding the right to life, health, bodily autonomy, privacy and dignity," Tarah Demant, Amnesty Internatio...
So many people have written to the Queen since she died.  How do they find the words?  |  Adrian Chiles
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So many people have written to the Queen since she died. How do they find the words? | Adrian Chiles

Yommodestly, I have long considered myself to be good with words, able to conjure up something funny, pithy or moving when called upon to do so. But I have never had a clue what to write on those little cards accompanying flowers for funerals. I was 20 when my granddad died. His was the first funeral of a close family member I'd attended. My mum gave me one of those little cards and a pen. I looked at her and at the blank card and burst into tears. I tried to write something, failed and raised some more. And then I did write something – “Love you Grandad,” I believe – and this started me off again, because of course these were words that, while sincere, I had never said to him while he walked the earth. Mind you, if I ever had, I expect he would have looked at me quizzically, ev...
Gay dating app Grindr names new CEO ahead of its public listing
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Gay dating app Grindr names new CEO ahead of its public listing

Grindr, the popular dating app used by millions of gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, named a new CEO Tuesday who is scheduled to take the company public this fall with an ambitious $2.1 billion valuation.The company's board of directors tapped George Arison, the founder and former chief executive of Shift Technologies, a website for buying and selling used cars, as its new chief. Arison, who led a taxi-hailing app before starting his own company nearly a decade ago, has been on Grindr's board of directors since May.Arison will take over on Oct. 19 as Grindr prepares to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company. In a statement Tuesday, Arison called Grindr, which had roughly 11 million monthly active users around the world as of 2021, an “unbelievable b...