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Assisted dying returns to Parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'
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Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93
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US musician Oliver Tree dies in helicopter collision in Brazil
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Resident doctors cancel strike after new offer from government
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Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center building and website
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Switzerland votes on right-wing bid to cap country’s population
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The Supreme Court invented a special legal rule solely to screw Planned Parenthood
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