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(Reuters) – Russian forces around Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk had not made advances into the south of the city as of Friday, Britain’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday. “Intense street to street fighting is ongoing and both sides are likely suffering high numbers of casualties,” the ministry said in an intelligence update posted on Twitter. (Reporting by …

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NOTTINGHAM (Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Devon Conway attributed their strong start to the second test against England to a positive mindset which allowed them to bat more aggressively on Friday. Smarting from their five-wicket loss in the series opener at Lord’s where they were bundled out for 132 in the first innings, New Zealand …

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By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government overcame a legal challenge to its controversial policy to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as the High Court dismissed campaigners’ attempts to win an injunction and said the first flight could leave next week. Charities and a trade union had launched a challenge earlier …

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By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government overcame a legal challenge to its controversial policy to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as the High Court dismissed campaigners’ attempts to win an injunction and said the first flight could leave next week. Charities and a trade union had launched a challenge earlier …

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NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Daryl Mitchell scored an unbeaten 81, and splashed a six into a spectator’s pint of beer, as New Zealand cruised to 318-4 from 87 overs at the end of the opening day of the second test against England at Trent Bridge on Friday. Needing a win to level the three-match series …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Manhattan on Friday appeared unlikely to revive former Alabama judge Roy Moore’s lawsuit accusing Sacha Baron Cohen of defamation for falsely portraying him as a sex offender on the British comedian’s show “Who Is America?” Moore, 75, sued for $95 million in September …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed British leadership and its assistance for Kyiv against Russia’s invasion during talks on Friday with British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in the Ukrainian capital. Wallace, visiting Kyiv two months after Prime Minister Boris Johnson, praised Zelenskiy for his own leadership during a war in which Britain has …

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