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Donald Trump and his allies are attempting to turn his two-year Russia investigation saga into a political boost for the 2020 presidential election in the wake of the Mueller report. 

The president’s Justice Department is looking into the inquiry’s origins to see if US intelligence over-stepped the line, cheered on by supporters who want to “investigate the investigators”. 

The Trump re-election campaign is fundraising off the report, attempting to raise $1 million with emails titled “EXONERATED (again)” and “CONFIRMED: NO COLLUSION”. 

Figures close to the White House have also told The Sunday Telegraph that they believe Mr Trump could benefit from any impeachment move, triggering a backlash from US voters who see it as rushed. 

The emerging strategy suggests that far from drawing a line under the report by special counsel Robert Mueller, Mr Trump is preparing to use it as a rallying cry for his support base. 

In tweets late on Friday night, Mr Trump dubbed Mr Mueller’s investigation a “big, fat, waste of time, energy and money” and signposted his determination to scrutinise how it begun. 

Mr Mueller’s findings, published on Thursday after a 22-month investigation, found there was no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the 2016 US election. 

It also did not recommend an obstruction of justice charge against Mr Trump. He pointedly refused to say no crime had been committed by the president but handed the decision to the Justice Department, who brought no charges. 

Those two top-line outcomes have allowed the president to declare “no collusion, no obstruction” and his legal team to announce “total victory”. 

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019

The 448-report itself paints a more complex picture, one where Mr Trump repeatedly attempted to thwart the Mueller investigation and both lie himself or make subordinates do likewise.

The president urged his legal counsel to say he was not ordered to fire Mr Mueller when he was, the report found. Mr Trump also issued misleading statements to the press to deny reports now confirmed. 

The Democrats have attempted to force the spotlight on this “unethical” behavior but are split on how to proceed – whether to begin impeachment proceedings now or wait until the 2020 election to remove him from office. 

William Barr, Mr Trump’s newly installed US attorney general, announced shortly before the Mueller report’s release that he would look into how US government officials begun the Russia investigation before the 2016 election. 

The president’s allies see political advantage, framing the investigation as a deep state ploy to thwart Mr Trump – despite the insistence of those involved that they were acting in the public interest. 

Sebastian Gorka, a former deputy assistant in the White House, told this newspaper: “It’s clear that what we’ve seen in the last two years is an attempt to use the American intelligence community in a politically motivated spying scandal.”

Emails sent out by the Trump campaign in the 24 hours after the report to supporters also used the findings to generate a new wave of funds. 

“Sorry haters: NO COLLUSION & EXONERATION AGAIN! How many times do I have to be exonerated before they stop? WHAT A JOKE!” read one line in a fund-raising email, sent in Mr Trump’s name on Friday. 

“The attacks and lies will keep coming because Democrats know they don’t stand a chance in 2020. That’s why we need to fight back BIGGER and STRONGER than ever before.” 

It went on: “Let’s send a HUGE message to all of the Trump Haters by raising $1,000,000 in the NEXT 24 HOURS.” 

The email ended by saying that Mr Trump would be handed a list naming everyone who had contributed before the 24-hour deadline. The Trump campaign has since confirmed it hit the $1 million mark within 24 hours.

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It was morning when fighters entered the halls of Tajoura detention centre, where Alec had been living more than five months, and ordered him to come with them. 

Crammed in and locked up with hundreds of others, and only one meal a day, many of the other migrants and refugees lay listless and weak. He looked stronger.

“They took us from jail, then they ordered us (to wear) uniforms,” he said in a phone interview.

Alec is just one of scores of refugees and migrants taken from Libya’s detention centres, and forced to assist militants aligned with the UN-backed Tripoli government.

Speaking to more than a dozen sources in five Tripoli detention centres, The Sunday Telegraph is able to reveal that…

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New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern, who received global praise for her response to the Christchurch mosques shootings, is engaged to be married to her partner Clarke Gayford, a TV personality.  

News of the engagement emerged after Ms Ardern was seen wearing a diamond ring at a ceremony at Pike River on New Zealand’s South Island, where 29 miners, including two Britons, died in a series of underground explosions in November 2010.  

A spokesperson confirmed the pair became engaged over the Easter holidays, but gave no other details. 

The British high commissioner to New Zealand, Laura Clarke, has joined a chorus of congratulations by well-wishers on social media. "What lovely news to start the weekend – congratulations Clarke and Jacinda!” she wrote on Twitter.

Earlier this year, the South Pacific nation’s youngest female leader was asked by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire if she would ever propose to Mr Gayford.  

"No I would not ask, no. I want to put him through the pain and torture of having to agonise about that question himself," she said.

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Speculation about the couple’s future has been circulating for months.  In a radio interview in early 2018, Ms Ardern was quizzed about her plans to marry her long-term partner.  

“I predict we will one day. We happen to have done things in reverse a little bit, but that happens in life sometimes too," she said. 

Ms Ardern, 38, and Gayford, 41, known as New Zealand’s ‘first bloke’ who presents a fishing programme, met at an awards event in 2012.  

Their daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford was born last year. It was only the second time an elected world leader had given birth while in office after Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Ms Ardern was named by Fortune magazine as the second-greatest world leader, partly because of her response to the Christchurch massacre on March 15.  

She was applauded for opening speeches with Arabic greetings and wearing a head scarf in solidarity with the 51 Muslim victims of the attacks.  Ms Ardern’s governing coalition also moved swiftly to ban the military-style weapons used by the lone gunman, a self-declared white supremacist from Australia.

Donald Trump has voiced outrage over the disqualification of the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby, blaming the decision on "political correctness".

The US president, who has not been averse to expressing strong views on sporting events, waded into the controversy to insist Maximum Security’s win should not have been overturned. It was only the second time the winner has been disqualified in the event’s 145-year-history.

Country House was declared the winner after stewards spent more than 20 minutes reviewing the tape of the one and a quarter mile race run on a dirt racetrack at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

"The Kentuky (sic) Derby decision was not a good one. It was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch," he wrote on Twitter.

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The Kentucky Derby decision was not a good one. It was a rough & tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby – not even close!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019

 "Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby – not even close!"

Maximum Security was unbeaten going into the race, which is one of the most iconic events in the US sporting calendar. The thoroughbred romped home about a length and a half ahead of Country House, which was in second place.

However, the victory was challenged with complaints that the horse had veered in front of a rival, War of Will, causing it to slow down.

Other horses were also impeded, including Country House – a 65-1 outsider – according to Barbara Borden, chief steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

It was a decision stunned the 150,000 spectators at the course and the estimated television audience of more than 16 million.

There was some speculation in the US that the ruling could still be challenged in the courts.

A Kentucky Derby winner has only been disqualified once before, in 1968, when Dancer’s Image was stripped of the title days after the race after failing a drug test.

 

Lors d’une conférence internationale sur le Sida, des chercheurs ont déclaré qu’un patient était en rémission grâce à un traitement composé d’antiviraux. Un espoir pour la recherche, même si une analyse plus approfondie est encore nécessaire.

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C’est un espoir prometteur dans le monde de la médecine. Un traitement a permis à un Brésilien infecté par le

virus du Sida de ne plus montrer aucun signe du virus plus d’un an après l’arrêt des médicaments. Ce cas a été présenté lors de la 23 ème conférence internationale sur le Sida, tenue virtuellement du 6 au 10 juillet en raison de l’épidémie de Covid-19, informe le Time¹.“Je suis très émue parce que c’est quelque chose que des millions de personnes veulent” a déclaré la personne concernée de façon anonyme. “C’est un cadeau de la vie, une deuxième chance de vivre”. Si le cas de cet homme de 34 ans est confirmé, ce serait la première fois que le VIH est éliminé chez un adulte sans qu’il subisse de

greffe de moelle osseuse ou de cellules souches. Deux hommes, les patients “

Berlin” et “

Londres”, semblent avoir été guéris après avoir subi une greffe de moelle osseuse ces dernières années, mais ces dernières sont risquées sur le plan médical. Ici, le traitement administré chez le patient brésilien diagnostiqué VIH depuis 2012 est tout autre. Il a reçu plusieurs médicaments antiviraux puissants. Notamment du

maraviroc (nom commercial Celsentri) et du

dolutégravir (Tivicay). Le premier est un antirétroviral actif sur les virus de l’immunodéficience humaine. “Il appartient à la famille des antagonistes du récepteur CCR5 et empêche les virus qui utilisent ce récepteur d’entrer dans les cellules, sans toutefois permettre leur élimination” informe Vidal Eureka Santé².Le second est aussi un antirétroviral actif, il appartient à la famille des inhibiteurs de l’intégrase. “En bloquant une enzyme du virus, appelée intégrase, il empêche sa reproduction dans les cellules infectées” ³ lui aussi sans pour autant permettre son élimination. Les patients ont aussi reçu du

nicotinamide, vitamine hydrosoluble qui fait partie des vitamines B. 

Des découvertes préliminairesBilan : après plus de 57 semaines sans traitement anti-VIH, le patient demeure négatif au test de détection d’anticorps anti-VIH. “Nous ne pouvons pas fouiller le corps entier, mais d’après les preuves, nous n’avons pas de cellules infectées (…) Nous ne sommes pas en mesure de détecter le virus et il perd la réponse spécifique au virus – si vous n’avez pas d’anticorps, vous n’avez pas d’antigène (pas de virus, ndlr)” explique Ricardo Diaz, expert en maladies infectieuses à l’université de Sao Paulo, à l’AFP. “L’important pour moi est d’avoir un patient qui était sous traitement et qui contrôle désormais le virus sans traitement”, ajoute-t-il.“Ce sont des découvertes passionnantes mais elles sont préliminaires” tempère Dr. Monica Gandhi, spécialiste du Sida à l’Université de Californie à San Francisco. “Cela est arrivé à une personne, et à une seule personne”, mentionnant l’échec des quatre autres patients qui ont bénéficié du même traitement. La directrice du Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity à Melbourne, Sharon Lewin, informe que les conclusions de Ricardo Diaz sont “très intéressantes”, mais souligne les limites de l’étude. “Ces données très provocantes doivent faire l’objet d’une analyse plus approfondie”. En effet plusieurs rémissions prolongées ont été signalées dans le monde sans qu’une guérison puisse être affirmée.

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With Haute Couture Week going digital for the first time, due to the
coronavirus pandemic, questions were being asked about whether luxury
fashion houses could express the same magic as they do with a live catwalk
showcase, well Dior invited the fashion world into a magical and cinematic
world filled with mermaids, nymphs, and tree-people for its autumn/winter
2020-2021 collection.

Dior’s whimsical fashion film, ‘Le Mythe Dior’, directed by Italian
filmmaker Matteo Garrone, follows the journey of the haute couture
collection in miniature form inside a doll’s house-like trunk, which
embodies 30 Avenue Montaigne, carried by two bellboys to a variety of
mythical creatures in a pre-Raphaelite world.

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“Surrealist images manage to make visible what is in itself invisible,”
explains Dior creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri of her autumn-winter
2020-2021 haute couture collection. “I’m interested in mystery and magic,
which are also a way of exorcising uncertainty about the future.”

The creation of miniature haute couture designs pays homage to the
Théâtre de la Mode, a roving exhibition of small-scale fashion mannequins
by French couturiers that travelled between Europe and America right after
the war in 1945 due to wartime shortages. Much like the current
unprecedented time, which has seen ateliers closed for periods of time due
to the pandemic lockdown.

This idea saw the Dior haute couture ateliers craft miniature versions
of the 37-piece collection to fit a mannequin standing 55cm tall, as well
as full-sized versions, which the mythical creators model in the film. Each
of the miniature looks, from the satin crepe dresses to the organza blouses
and flared jacquard skirts were all crafted by hand as if they were real
haute couture garments, just at a third of the size.

“In this way, it feels only natural to recount the story of
extraordinary haute couture silhouettes by reinterpreting the female body
through the singular prism of the fashion doll,” states Dior in the show
notes.

Dior showcases doll-sized haute couture garments for autumn/winter
2020-21

For the collection itself, Chiuri took inspiration from the work of
female Surrealist artists such as Lee Miller, Dora Maar and Jacqueline
Lamba, who she explains “transcended the role of muses to which their
beauty had initially relegated them in order to champion – in their lives
and surrealist works a different femininity”.

The pieces have been imbued with that attitude, where “one that is
connected, attuned to nature and transformation,” added Chiuri, with
certain pieces displaying spectacular gradations of red, like a coral reef
swaying in the glimmer of the ocean, while soft greys, neutral tones and
golden yellow hues add luminescence to the collection to give a magical
feel.

For the day, Chiuri showcased draped suits in men’s fabrics, the classic
Dior Bar jacket alongside a matching razor-pleated skirt, and a white
belted double-cashmere coat with Tarot embroidery inspired by French
painter Jacqueline Lamba’s tarot designs.

However, it was the magnificent eveningwear, highlighted beautifully by
a bustier dress in turtledove grey tulle with Chantilly lace appliqué
featuring blue and yellow, draped Grecian column dresses, a bronze toga
dress with kimono sleeves and a draped black gown with pleated ruffles and
fringing that really showcased the magic of Dior couture, even in miniature
form and online the craftsmanship of these pieces really shined through.

It was also nice to see the Dior ateliers playing a starring role in the
film presentation, with a team of dressmakers putting the final touches on
the miniature versions of the collection to start the fantasy film, before
packing them off in the trunk to roam the mythical world of couture
shoppers in the wilderness.

Dior called out on social media for lack of diversity with its
all-white cast

While the cinematography was praised on social media, the lack of
diversity in the casting, which was all-white, from the models to the
atelier staff was called out as a chance missed by Dior especially in the
wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. Just last month, the fashion house
stated that it was “allies in the fight against racism,” however, by
featuring an all-white cast in this big-budget haute couture production it
doesn’t show that Dior is following through with its statements.

A video disseminated on social media late last Saturday night prompted Red Bull Racing to ask the Austrian Grand Prix stewards to review once again Lewis Hamilton’s yellow flag infraction in qualifying.

After reviewing the incident in which Hamilton was suspected of failing to slow at the final corner in the yellow flag zone, the stewards took no further action on Saturday evening, awarding the Mercedes driver the benefit of the doubt and mitigating circumstances.

But the 360-degree video which appeared later that evening on social media triggered comment which was brought to the attention of Red Bull.

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On Sunday, the team inquired with the FIA about whether the stewards had seen the incriminating footage or not.

“It was pointed out to us on social media that there was a different camera angle, the 360 camera,” explained team boss Christian Horner, quoted by Motorsport.com.

“It showed very clearly there had been a yellow light box that had been driven through and it only seemed consistent with Mexico [when Max Verstappen was punished for ignoring yellows].

“So we asked the FIA to have another look at it. They said they hadn’t seen that footage previously. So, for whatever reason, they hadn’t had the access or hadn’t looked at that camera.

“So I think having looked at that, and reviewed it, it then became a very clear decision for them.”

The video, which you can hereunder, provided evidence that Hamilton had indeed infringed the yellow flags and the six -time world champion was demoted from second to fifth on the Austrian Grand Prix grid.

The stewards cleared @LewisHamilton of any wrongdoing following this yellow flags incident at the end of qualifying on Saturday 👀#AustrianGP 🇦🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/Vx9ziJtuU3

— Formula 1 (@F1) July 4, 2020

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David Delearde held his hand to his lips as he smiled, masking four teeth missing on the right side of his face.

“I’m embarrassed showing my mouth now,” said the French 31-year old stone mason who specialises in restoring historic monuments. To his great chagrin, he has had to turn down numerous calls to help repair Notre-Dame cathedral after last month’s devastating fire.

“I’m out of action for two years while they rebuild my face,” said Mr Delearde.

The mild-mannered motorbike enthusiast from a village less than an hour northwest of Paris is one of thousands of “yellow vest” supporters caught up in violent clashes with police over the past six months.

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Russia’s propaganda arm in America, the television network RT America, is increasingly warning about the health impacts of 5G networks in what has been dubbed “information warfare” by experts. 

The channel has broadcast a string of reports in 2019 that have discussed suggestions that the technology could endanger the lives of Americans and raised fears of a ‘5G apocalypse’. 

The New York Times found that the network had run seven programs assailing the health impacts of the technology already this year, compared to just a single such report in 2018. 

The reporting comes despite Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, recently announcing that his country would push ahead with adopting 5G networks. 

Experts suggested that the broadcasts are an attempt to undermine US enthusiasm for the wireless technology, which could well give nations who adopt it first a competitive edge over international rivals. 

In one segment aired in January, a reporter was asked by the host if there was a catch with the tech benefits 5G was expected to bring. “Just a small one – it might kill you,” she replied. 

She added that the technology could be harmful to health, amounted to an "experiment on humanity” and could constitute a "crime under international law”. 

Much of the reporting centres on radio waves and their impact on people’s health, corroding to the New York Times, which wrote an expose on the issue.

RT America, which was formerly known as Russia Today, was forced by the Justice Department to register as a foreign agent in 2017. 

A report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that year said that the network was "the Kremlin’s principal international propaganda outlet”. 

Ryan Fox, chief operating officer of New Knowledge, told The New York Times that RT America’s 5G reporting amounted to “information warfare”.

He said: “Russia doesn’t have a good 5G play, so it tries to undermine and discredit ours.”

Anna Belkina, RT’s head of communications in Moscow, defended the network’s coverage of 5G, telling the paper: “Unlike many other media, we show the breadth of debate.” 

She also said: “Our American audience expects us to bring American concerns to the front, first and foremost.” 

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Investigators are not sure exactly what tore the ten-foot hole in the hull of the Andrea Victory, a Norwegian oil tanker, as it anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. 

One theory is that scuba divers swam through the dark waters of the Gulf of Oman and planted explosive charges on the ship, as well as a Saudi tanker and two other vessels.

Another possibility is that underwater drones darted between the giant oil tankers and struck them from below.  Either way, Western officials are increasingly convinced they know who was behind it.

“The Iranians are lucky this didn’t go better,” one said. “If a Saudi oil tanker went down we could be looking at war.”

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