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Coronavirus live news: Johnson & Johnson jab 'to get EU approval'; Berlin pupils allowed to repeat school year
EMA expected to approve vaccine on 11 March; all pupils in German capital to have chance to repeat a year; global deaths pass 2.5m
Yohannes Lowe (now); Ben Quinn and Alison Rourke (earlier)
26, Feb, 2021 @1:55 PM

Isis women languish in dire conditions with nowhere else to go
Al-Hawl camp, where Shamima Begum surfaced, is focal point of humanitarian crisis starring unsympathetic protagonists
Bethan McKernan
26, Feb, 2021 @1:52 PM

Coronavirus: unions criticise UK's age-based vaccine approach
JCVI says adults aged 40-49 should be next in line, despite calls for teachers and police to be prioritised
Linda Geddes and Peter Walker
26, Feb, 2021 @1:44 PM

Gods, fireworks and plague: Taiwan folk festival takes aim at Covid
Yanshui beehive fireworks festival was almost cancelled but has gone ahead in hope of warding off virus
Helen Davidson Taipei
26, Feb, 2021 @1:08 PM

Japan women's minister opposes plan to allow keeping of maiden names
Tamayo Marukawa among 50 conservative MPs to urge local body not to support policy change
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
26, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM

Pompeii 's new director: 'Excavation is always a kind of destruction'
Archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel takes controversy in his stride as he develops programme for site
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
26, Feb, 2021 @12:57 PM

Hundreds died in Axum massacre during Tigray war, says Amnesty
Group says soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in northern Ethiopian city
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
26, Feb, 2021 @11:41 AM

Nun's bones to stay in Sussex after objections to exhumation plans
Some of Cornelia Connelly’s remains were to be relocated to Philadelphia to improve chances of sainthood
Harriet Sherwood
26, Feb, 2021 @10:25 AM

Do good things come to those who wait?
Friendship blossoms in one of the most inhospitable places on the planet – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful
Mark Rice-Oxley
26, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM

Friday briefing: Blair – next time we need vaccine in 100 days
Headteachers worry tests and masks not compulsory … Saudis brace for Khashoggi murder findings … warm poo could heat your home
Warren Murray
26, Feb, 2021 @6:28 AM

Russian diplomats leave North Korea on hand-powered rail trolley
Coronavirus pandemic meant the envoys and their families had to travel home in an unconventional way
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies
26, Feb, 2021 @5:42 AM

Woman who set herself on fire in Lesbos refugee camp may face arson charges
Pregnant Afghan woman, who has not been named, forced to give testimony to a prosecutor from her hospital bed
Helena Smith in Athens
26, Feb, 2021 @5:00 AM
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