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US Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo

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US Congress releases a redacted, declassified memo that aims to counter Republican Party allegations that the FBI abused government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.

Ben Bradley apologises unreservedly for Corbyn spy claims

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Labour says Tory MP will tweet apology and has agreed to pay undisclosed sum to charity

The Conservative MP Ben Bradley has apologised unreservedly and will make a substantial donation to charity for a tweet making claims about Jeremy Corbyn’s links to cold war spies, the Labour party said.

Bradley, who has more than 4,000 followers on Twitter, alleged on Monday that Corbyn had “sold British secrets to communist spies”. The tweet, which has since been deleted, followed newspaper reports claiming that Corbyn gave information to a spy during the cold war.

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Trump at CPAC: the invasion of the body snatchers is complete

Old-school Republicans were thin on the ground in Maryland, where the conservatives gathered proved they’re all Trumpians now

The invasion of the body snatchers is complete. Donald Trump has taken over the conservative movement and bent it to his will.

Related: Trump returns to usual style at CPAC with boastful and divisive speech

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Far left on the front lines: The Westerners joining the Kurds’ fight in Syria (Part 1 of 2)

War gets messier as world sits by to new Turkish version of genocide

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Fighters from France, Britain, Greece and beyond have joined Kurds in their battle against Turkish troops in Syria’s Afrin. Often identifying with the far left, these volunteers have set off to fight, and even die, for a “Kurdish revolution”.