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Chris Hemsworth goes from Marvel hero to killing machine: BRIAN VINER reviews Extraction

Brian Viner reviews the new Netflix film Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth playing a former 'special ops' soldier, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, now working as a freelance troubleshooter.




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From Jack Thorne's The Eddy to Warrior and Tom Hardy in Taboo: The best on demand TV this week

The Eddy is a jazz club in an unfashionable part of Paris. It's owned by Elliot, an American musician who's fighting to keep the place running while trying to get his relationship with his daughter back on track.




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Charlize Theron serves femme fatale as immortal warrior in first images from Netflix's The Old Guard

'From the first moment I read [Greg] Rucka's graphic novel, I felt like there was great potential to make this thing feel really very relevant and have it ask some real questions about humanity.'




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Michael Jordan and The Last Dance: His gambling habits from $1.2m debt to $100,000 bets

Netflix and ESPN's brilliant 'The Last Dance' laid bare the extent of Michael Jordan's gambling habits in episode six over the weekend. It was centred around the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals.




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Sam Barnett dubbed the Australian Tiger King orders two tigers from Joe Exotic for Kununurra zoo

Sam Barnett, the 30-year-old son of former state Premier Colin Barnett, is in the midst of planning a zoo that will house up to 42 exotic species in Kununurra, in far north Western Australia.




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Sri Lanka players started vomiting from debilitating smog

Kotla Test disrupted as players left breathless after the recent recent U-17 World Cup and Half Marathon faced crisis. More events to be held next year are currently under a cloud.




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Zac Efron admits he isn't ashamed of his mistakes

He completed a stint in rehab in 2013 and later admitted to drinking 'way too much'.




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Acrobat flaunts her flexibility and gets a peck from bear

Austrian contortionist Stefanie Millinger showed off her incredible skills with the help of her assistant, a brown bear called Stephan. Stephanie was a finalist for 'Das Supertalent' in Germany.




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Woman gives birth to baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

Emma Wren was conceived and frozen 24 years ago in 1992. Tina Gibson, born in 1991, adopted the embryo this year. The embryo was thawed and Emma was born last month.




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Father Christmas letter after dog stolen from Kent home

Two-year-old Edward Latter wrote a heartbreaking letter to Santa pleading for the safe return of his dog which was swiped by thieves after escaping from his home in Kent.




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Mamata sworn in amid Federal Front buzz

The state units of major parties like BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) stayed away from the event in protest against poll-violence in the state




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Roberto Martinez backs Eden Hazard to rediscover form and recover from injury hell at Real Madrid

The forward suffered a hairline fracture to his right fibula in February just after he had recovered from a hairline crack to his foot which he picked up in November.




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West Ham to 'resist any approach' for midfielder Declan Rice from Chelsea

The midfielder, who was released by the Blues at the age of 14, has hinted at the possibility of a return after stating his interest in playing alongside long-time friend Mason Mount at club level once again.




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Shaun Wright-Phillips admits he was 'emotionally broken' after joining Chelsea from Manchester City

Shaun Wright-Phillips has admitted he planned to spend his whole career at Manchester City before he was caught off guard in being sold to Chelsea in the summer of 2005.




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Chelsea 'looking to sell Michy Batshuayi this summer amid interest from West Ham' 

Batshuayi has been restricted to just one Premier League start this season as he has struggled to force his way into Frank Lampard 's plans.




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Frank Lampard insists frontline NHS staff must get coronavirus tests before Premier League stars

Frank Lampard also admitted he understands the burning desire to see Premier League action return but insisted it cannot come at the price of putting people's lives further at risk.




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Edinson Cavani 'open to extension at PSG despite interest from Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid'

The striker's current deal is set to expire in the summer and he has been linked with a move away from the French champions after almost departing in the January window.




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Winter wonderland in Canada is snapped from 254 miles above the Earth by NASA astronaut on the ISS

NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a stunning image of a full moon rising over the frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada earlier this month.




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'Most powerful rocket ever built' emerges from its hanger and is loaded onto a BARGE

The core rocket stage of the so-called 'Space Launch System' (SLS) was constructed at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.




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Natural oscillations from ancient star reveal age of galactic collision

Astronomers have used vibrations from an ancient star in the Milky Way that is viewable in Australia to deduce how long ago a massive collision event took place with another galaxy.




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NASA satellites reveal smoke from Australian bushfires will take MONTHS to disperse

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.




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How Navy Lt. Jonny Kim, 35, went from being a Navy SEAL, to Harvard doctor to NASA astronaut

California man Jonny Kim, 35, went from a Navy SEAL to Harvard medical doctor to NASA Astronaut, after graduating from training this month.




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Pluto's frozen heart of nitrogen makes its atmosphere go backwards

A 'beating heart' of frozen nitrogen on the surface of Pluto controls the dwarf planet's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study using NASA data.




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Donald Trump to cut $4.4trillion from budget over next decade

Trump announced a $4.8trillion budget proposal on Sunday that will slash spending on foreign aid and social safety nets but will request $2billion to build wall at US-Mexico border.




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Stunning images show Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter blasting off from Cape Canaveral on way to sun

The Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night and will maneuver into a unique out-of-plane orbit that will take it over both of the sun's poles, never photographed before.




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NME Awards: Sinitta, 56, swigs from bottle of whiskey

She's always the life and soul of every party - and Wednesday night was certainly no exception for Sinitta. The 56-year-old star tumbled into the back of a cab as she left the NME Awards 2020.




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Alien hunters are searching for signatures emitted from 'interstellar beacons' using telescopes

SETI scientists are sure aliens have placed a beacon in the center of the galaxy and are building a system that 'piggyback' off VLA telescope in New Mexico to detect the device's signatures.




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The Oxford University professor digging for life on Mars from 140 million miles away in Oxford

Professor Scott McLennan's desk at Oxford University may be 140 million miles from Mars but it doesn't stop him using his computer to direct Nasa's spacecraft on the Red Planet.




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Unexpected technical complications to keep NASA's Lunar Gateway from being fully operational by 2024

NASA's plans for a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed. The delay is attributed to technical complications with the lunar gateway used to stage construction materials.




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Incredible NASA images reveals ash damage from the Philippines' Taal Volcano eruption

NASA shared an image of the Philippines two months after its Taal Volcano erupted -revealing an ash damaged landscape. The area was once a tropical oasis, but now looks more like the moon.




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Nasa is running a knock-out photography competition featuring pictures of Earth taken from space

Nasa's Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition.




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NASA scientists are having to operate the Curiosity rover on Mars from home

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory team continue to explore red planet despite not being able to go into their California office or use high-end workstations.




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Astronaut wrote family members letters from the grave before each flight

Former NASA astronaut Steven Smith, 61, from Arizona, told a new BBC2 documentary that he wrote his family members letters before every mission, telling them he wanted NASA's work to continue.




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Reddit kills chat feature after complaints from moderators that it made forums prone to abuse

Reddit's moderators who oversee the site's many subreddits say the 'Start Chatting' feature made the process of monitoring content and behavior more opaque and prone to abuse.




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Houston pledges to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources like wind and solar

The Mayor of Houston has announced a plan to move the city to 100 percent renewable energy sources starting in July, a change that's expected to save the city $65million over the next seven years.




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Expert calls for protocols to keep alien viruses from infecting Earth after humans visit Mars

Stanford professor Scott Hubbard said in an interview that NASA must adopt 'planetary protection' to keep alien viruses from returning from the human Mars mission and contaminating Earth.




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Where will the world's next Zika, West Nile or dengue come from?

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have studied thousands of species of animals and birds to work out where reservoirs of contagious, mosquito-borne viruses could be.




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Octopus perfectly camouflaged as a rock suddenly swims away from diver in a cloud of ink 

Footage of the colour-changing octopus was captured by a free-diver as he swam in the crystal clear waters in the French Riviera.




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Smoke from Amazon rainforest fires may increase melting of glaciers in the Andes 1000 miles away

Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia,  could release aerosols such as black carbon which may speed up the melting of the Andean glaciers, finds Rio de Janeiro State University.




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Apple patents 'bendable' MacBook design made from single piece

Apple has filed a patent illustrating an experimental new design for a bendable laptop that would be made from a single piece of material and fold in the same way as a stack of papers.




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People who attend church are less likely to die from 'despair'

Healthcare professionals who attend religious services at least once a week are less likely to die despair-related deaths such as suicides, a new study suggests.




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Personal data can be retrieved from used Tesla parts even after a factory reset according to hacker

According to cybersecurity researcher who goes by the handle 'greentheonly,' hackers could retrieve a wealth of personal information from old Tesla dashboard systems, even after a full factory reset.




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Carbon emissions are being detected from the moon

Carbon emissions from the moon are making scientists question the theory that the dusty rock was formed in a collision between the Earth and 'wandering planet' Theia.




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Pangolins blamed for transmitting coronavirus from bats to humans may be IMMUNE to the disease 

Pangolins - which lack a virus-sensing gene, meaning they can carry the virus without necessarily suffering - may hold the key to beating COVID-19, Austrian researchers said.




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Working from home DOES increase productivity, according to a survey

Survey asked individuals how they have adapted since shifting from the office to their home amid the coronavirus pandemic and one-third said they are more productive than when in the office.




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From Gianlugi Buffon to Mario Balotelli... the best free agents of summer 2019

With the calendar year now ticking over into July, a host of elite level footballers have become free agents following the expiration of their contracts.




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Inter Milan want to sign Christian Eriksen from Tottenham in time for clash against Cagliari

Inter Milan want to secure Christian Eriksen from Tottenham in time for next weekend's match with Cagliari. They need to increase their offer of £15m to convince Tottenham to sell.




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West Ham complete the £22m signing of forward Jarrod Bowen from Hull City

West Ham have completed the signing of forward Jarrod Bowen from Hull City for £22million. The Hammers fended off competition from Crystal Palace to sign Bowen.




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BLACK DOG: David Cameron gets his just desserts - from Farage bankroller Arron Banks 

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.




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DEALS OF THE WEEK: Trains to Paris from just £29; free pints and free cups of coffee

This week's deals include: a free pint of beer, a train to Paris from just £29, or - £58 return - with Eurostar and a free cup of coffee from Greggs.