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Austrian far-right Identitarian Movement investigated over New Zealand attacker link

Authorities have raided the Austrian Identitarian Movement leader Martin Sellner’s Vienna apartment. His group received a larger-than-usual donation from a email address linked to the suspected Christchurch terrorist.

Democrats refuse to retreat on Trump legal issues despite Mueller disappointment

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House committee chairs call on attorney general William Barr to send them full Mueller report by 2 April

As Donald Trump declared victory following the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Democrats showed no signs of backing down from the numerous legal questions encircling the president and his associates.

The completion of the highly anticipated Mueller report prompted an intense debate in Washington over how to proceed as Democrats said a summary of its findings by the attorney general, William Barr, “raises as many questions as it answers”, even though it probably laid the issue of collusion with Russia firmly to rest.

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The Tories are no longer a party, and Theresa May must know that | Polly Toynbee

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Brexit has split what was left of the Conservatives. The sooner they realise it, the better for the country

Just another day in Brexit deadlock, as the prime minister rose to address the parliament she had so brutishly insulted with her demagogic “I am on your side” attempt to speak to “the people” over MPs’ heads. No apology, but she came to admit that her deal was in the quicksands, sinking fast, and she dared not bring it back for another trouncing. She is where she put herself, disgracefully in hock to the bigots and bullies of the Democratic Unionist party, who act against the will of remain-majority Northern Irish voters. Jeremy Corbyn was polite to call this “a national embarrassment”: this is far, far worse than a few blushes.

For parliament to seize control would, May wrongly claimed, set a dangerous precedent

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