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Obama praises Greta Thunberg as 'one of planet's greatest advocates' during meeting in Washington

'With full knowledge that her generation will bear the heaviest burden of climate change, she's unafraid to believe that progress is possible - and fight for real change,' Obama wrote of Thunberg.




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Donald Trump says HE would have a Nobel Peace Prize 'if they gave it out fairly'

Donald Trump on Monday knocked Barack Obama for receiving the Noble Peace Prize and said he would have one of his own 'if they gave it out fairly.'




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Democratic donor Ed Buck will be held behind bars during his trial

At a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles on Thursday, prosecutors demanded Buck be held behind bars for the duration of the trial, a request which was not challenged by the 65-year-old's attorney.




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Ex-AG Eric Holder says Bill Barr will 'pay a price' and sacrifice credibility in misconduct probe

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, 68, who served during Barack Obama's presidency, said the current one, Barr, risked 'paying a price' and sacrificing his credibility on Tuesday.




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'What is he smoking?' Susan Rice says Kurds' blood is going to be on Donald Trump's hands

'The Kurds were the pointy end of the spear who fought ISIS on our behalf,' Rice said. 'They bled and died ... and we just threw them under the bus in 24 hours.'




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Former New Jersey governor Christine Whitman tweets 'Hitler has nothing on Trump'

The comment, posted to Twitter by Christine Whitman on Monday, appeared to be deleted and replaced by a tweet which described the fake video as 'the stuff of dictators'.




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Susan Rice slams Trump for calling her a 'disaster' as top Obama aide recalls 'totally gross' hug

President Trump lashed out at Susan Rice on Friday as a 'disaster' before Barack Obama's national security adviser clapped back by calling him 'gross' for hugging her at a DC dinner in 2015.




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Obama tears into woke culture and purity tests: Former president says 'good people have flaws'

Barack was joined by his wife Michelle on Tuesday at their annual Obama Foundation summit in Chicago, where the former first lady also said: 'I can't make people not afraid of black people.'




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Donald Trump Jr. jokes that Mitt Romney is 'my favorite Democrat,' WON'T rule out running for office

Romney, a first-term U.S. senator from Utah, was the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2012. He lost to Barack Obama in a race that President Donald Trump called 'winnable.'




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Trump asks Turkey for 'friendly reporter' - prompting Graham to joke: 'There aren't any others left'

A Turkish reporter started off her question to Donald Trump by bashing Barack Obama and the president questioned whether the foreign journalist was actually employed by Turkey.




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Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick WILL run for 2020 Democratic nomination

Patrick, 63, a close friend and ally of Barack Obama, ruled out a presidential bid earlier this year. His move threatens to upend the already 18-strong field, with Biden and Warren among the frontrunners.




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British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir cast as Barack Obama in CBS' upcoming James Comey miniseries 

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast to play former President Barack Obama in A Higher Loyalty, a CBS miniseries based on the book by fired FBI Director James Comey.




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Bernie Sanders hits back at Barack Obama insisting he is 'not tearing down the system'

Obama made the comments in a room full of Democratic donors in Washington on Friday. Sanders responded by saying that his healthcare goals shouldn't be seen as 'tearing down the system'.




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Public servant dubbed 'Muslim spy' by alt right sites was wrongly demoted

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh (pictured), who had worked on the Iran nuclear deal under Barack Obama, was demoted in April 2017 shortly after Trump took office as US President.




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Donald Trump claims Marie Yovanovitch 'didn't want to hang my picture in the embassy'

Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday denied Donald Trump's claim that she refused to hang his picture in the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. 




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Barack Obama warned in private conversations that Joe Biden 'doesn't have it'

Barack Obama has privately indicated he doesn't have faith his former vice president could win the Democratic nomination in 2020, Politico reported.




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Fusetec launch 3D-printed brains for surgeons to practice on before procedures

Mark Roe, the CEO of Adelaide based company Fusetec, said the brains have the potential to save lives as surgeons are able to practice high risk surgeries before they treat patients.




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Black Friday gun sales are second highest ever, background check data indicates

On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks, or an average of more than two checks per second. The record for firearms checks was set on 2017's Black Friday with 203,086.




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Obama's attorney general Eric Holder tears into Bill Barr

Eric Holder, who served as Barack Obama's attorney general, slammed Bill Barr as 'unfit to lead the Justice Department' and charged him with running political interference' for Donald Trump.




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'The feeling is mutual!': Obama includes Fleabag in his favorite TV and movies of 2019

President Obama unveiled his annual shortlist of film and television hits on Sunday, while name dropping his own feature-length Netflix documentary American Factory.




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76 percent of black Americans are 'almost certain' they'll vote

A new survey of black Americans found nearly half are more motivated to vote in 2020 than they were in 2016 and a whopping 76 percent are 'almost certain' that they'll head to the polls.




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Former First Sea Lord Admiral LORD WEST delivers stark warning amid Iran crisis

LORD WEST: Britain and America want the same outcome in Iran. But Friday's assassination emphasises what radically different approaches we are taking, and the perils of what lies ahead.




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Malia Obama spends the Christmas holidays in London with long-term British boyfriend 

Malia Obama, 21, was spotted wandered around London's trendy Islington district this week as she enjoys the British capital with her boyfriend Rory Farquharson, who she met at Harvard two years ago.




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Oscar 2020: Obamas thrilled at American Factory nomination

The documentary American Factory, which is the first release from the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, earned an Oscars nod on Monday for documentary feature.




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Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks about Barack Obama's love of Fleabag on Ellen

Phoebe Waller-Bridge said Barack Obama admitting his favourite TV show is Fleabag was the 'peak of my career' in Friday's upcoming episode of Ellen.




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Barack Obama singles out Melbourne woman for her different approach to Australia's bushfire crisis

Former US President Barack Obama has publicly praised a Melbourne activist for her work in preserving food for bushfire victims.




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Comedian Pete Holmes tells Malia Obama to 'shut the f*** up' for whispering during his stand up gig

The Crashing star said the eldest daughter of former President Barack Obama was in the front row of a recent gig at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts




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Barack Obama pays tribute to 'legend' Kobe Bryant after the NBA star's death

Former president Barack Obama tweeted Kobe Bryant was 'a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been a meaningful second act,' after the NBA star's death on Sunday.




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PIERS MORGAN: If you start acting like America's lawman, Mr President, it makes you a dictator

By assuming a greater power than he has, President Trump threatens to imperil the very foundation of American democracy by effectively attempting to place himself above the law




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Eric Holder tells reporter to 'shut the hell up' about one of Andrew McCabe's federal prosecutors

Former Attorney General Eric Holder blasted a journalist on Wednesday after they commented on a federal prosecutors donations to Barack Obama. In a tweet, Holder said 'shut the hell up.'




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'Listen to the science': Barack Obama weighs in on coronavirus during Tony Fauci chat

Former President Barack Obama commented during an online chat between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, urging people to 'listen to the science.'




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Barack Obama slams Wisconsin for going ahead with 'debacle' election during stay-at-home order

'No one should be forced to choose between their right to vote and their right to stay healthy like the debacle in Wisconsin this week,' the former president, Barack Obama, tweeted on Saturday.




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Barack Obama takes a jab at Trump and says America needs 'leaders who will bring people together'

Barack Obama shared a video from Joe Biden and claimed only he could help Americans through the pandemic




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Barack Obama surprises three Chicago teachers on a video call

Obama, 58, reached out to three Chicago Public Schools teachers: Jalayne Brewton, Daniel Michmerhuizen, and Katie Owens.




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A bus stop in my dementia ward? It's just the ticket, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE

BONNIE ESTRIDGE: A few weeks ago, a bus stop appeared slap bang in the middle of the dementia ward at my local hospital, St George's in London. There it was, complete with the iconic red circle.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan takes apparent dig at predecessor Boris Johnson

Police were called to the London house where Mr Johnson is living with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds on Friday after neighbours heard a furious row in which plates were thrown.




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Durham University strips controversial academic of honorary fellowship

Dr Stephen Pax Leonard, an honorary research fellow with St Chad's college since October 2017, was stripped of his position after posting offensive comments online.




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Sadiq Khan lays flowers at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park to mark the 14th anniversary

The service in Hyde Park comes as the worst-injured survivor of the atrocity claimed that the public had forgotten about the attack which struck Londoners on July 7 2005. (Sadiq Khan pictured laying flowers.)




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and wife Saadiya enjoy British Summer Time in Hyde Park

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan let loose with his wife Saadiya as they sang and danced along with thousands of others at the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival.




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London police accused of ignoring crime epidemic after PR stunt where BMW was dressed up for patrol

The flashy car, an eco-friendly hybrid BMW i8, patrolled the roads near the Met's headquarters yesterday as part of the police's efforts to prove it is obeying the city's new Ultra Low Emission Zone.




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Sadiq Kahn's Congestion Charge for minicabs does 'serious harm' to ethnic minority drivers

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) argues that removing minicabs' exemption from the £11.50 daily fee discriminates against a 94% black and minority ethnic workforce.




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Sadiq Khan is accused of using rising youth violence to 'bring out the begging bowl'

The London Mayor (pictured in Bermondsey today) claimed there was a direct link between poverty and violent crime as he published new City Hall data on crime rates in deprived areas.




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New Ukip leader Richard Braine sparks a race row with tweet about Sadiq Khan and 7/7 terrorist

The right-wing politician, who took over as the Ukip leader at the weekend, referred to the mayor as 'Siddique Khan', before adding: 'Apologies, I often confuse him with the leader of the 7/7 bombers.'




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Sadiq Khan mocks Donald Trump for playing golf while Hurricane Dorian tears through the Caribbean

Sadiq Khan's comments come after Mr Trump pulled out of a trip to Poland for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.




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Trump slaps back at Sadiq Khan after London mayor mocked him for golfing during hurricane

'Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii,' Trump jabbed on Twitter.




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Sadiq Khan's former policing adviser defects to Liberal Democrats over knife crime in London

In a shock switch, Leroy Logan, a former police superintendent, said that he was quitting the Labour Party over the London Mayor's record.




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Hundreds of female criminals will be spared jail under a pilot scheme to tackle reoffending 

Move to help 1,000 female criminals over the next two years has been launched by London Mayor Sadiq Khan after research found women are more likely to be imprisoned for a first-time offence.




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Criminals recruit thousands of children for 'county lines gangs' to pump drugs into 41 regions

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has released data showing that most of the recruits are aged 15 to 19 and that the gangs are currently pumping drugs into 41 counties across the UK.




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Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy for doubling tube ads for gambling companies 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been accused of hypocrisy after gambling ads on London Underground trains have doubled since a ban made on all junk food advertisements.




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Russia's richest woman 'introduced to City Hall by Boris Johnson' quits London mayor's charity

Elena Baturina, pictured with Sadiq Khan, resigned this week as a trustee for the Mayor's Fund for London, which pays for education programmes in deprived areas of the capital.