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11 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
South Africa's last white president F.W. de Klerk has died at 85
De Klerk headed South Africa's white minority government until 1994, when Nelson Mandela's African National Congress party swept to power
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"Former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer," the FW de Klerk Foundation said
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🔴South Africa's last segregationist president apologised for the "pain and hurt" of apartheid in a video message released after his death

Watch the full video here 👇
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12 Nov
🦠New research has revealed that some forms of the common cold can offer protection against Covid-19.

This is thanks to residual infection-fighting T-cells that prevent the virus from taking hold

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The study, by UCL monitored a group of 750 healthcare workers in the first wave of the pandemic.

➡️They found that 58 never tested positive, despite being in a high risk environment
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“And that allowed them to mount a very quick response that could abort the infection”
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12 Nov
🚨 The United States has warned European allies that Russia could be plotting to invade Ukraine in a repeat of the 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Tens of thousands of Russian troops have amassed near the border
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Senior Whitehall sources said that the Government was concerned and that there was "twitchiness" and "anxiety" among officials.

➡️The Kremlin claimed it had scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a British spy plane operating in the Black Sea region
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🇷🇺Russian forces, including elite units, are gathering near the Ukraine border, with some deployed covertly at night.

The invasion assessments are believed to be based on US intelligence not yet shared with Europe, multiple sources told Bloomberg
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11 Nov
🚨 The United States has warned European allies that Russia could be intending to invade Ukraine in a repeat of the 2014 annexation of Crimea

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🇺🇸 US officials warned Moscow against making a "serious mistake" amid its buildup of troops along the Ukrainian border, shared intelligence on the Russian movements with allies, and briefed them on the possibility of a military operation

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🔴 Tony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said: "We don’t have clarity into Moscow’s intentions, but we do know its playbook.

"And our concern is that Russia may make the serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014"
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11 Nov
🔴 In October 1981, a man took his last short breaths at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.

Doctors noted his cause of death as a rare form of pneumonia.

But for 40 years neither he, nor the disease that truly killed him, have been publicly named

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🔴For all this time, the 49-year-old has remained a medical mystery, referred to simply as ‘Patient Zero’.

"Now, we can finally call him by something else," writes Paul Brand

"His name was John Eaddie and he is believed to be the first person to have died with AIDS in Britain"
📅 Paul Brand has spent three months tracing his story for an ITV documentary, which will mark four decades of the AIDS epidemic in the UK.

"As a journalist, there has seldom been a tale that has consumed both my head and my heart quite like this one"
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11 Nov
🔴When the PM first sent us all home from the office 18 months ago, it was only ever meant to last 3 weeks.

Now, as the world of work creeps back to normal, it's a case of balancing priorities – choosing between career and lifestyle.

What is the true cost of working from home?
❓A recent survey reports what percentage of UK workers want to make remote working a permanent change?
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🏠A. 50%

Nearly half of UK workers now want to make remote working a permanent change
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11 Nov
🇨🇳China has pushed ahead with manufacturing electric vehicles and dominates the global market – but can it last forever?

@sophia_yan visited China's electric car capital, Liuzhou, where rush hour is almost silent

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📈About one third of the cars sold in China’s Liuzhou are electric, a figure that’s only growing.

That’s more than five times the rest of China, making Liuzhou a leader in the world’s largest EV market
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This is the product of a long campaign by the Chinese state.

⛽️China has pushed new energy vehicles to cut pollution and traffic.

Beijing wants to dominate industry globally as countries implement targets to phase out diesel and petrol vehicles
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