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During an impassioned speech that took place in the middle of the season after a loss, Russell Westbrook told the Washington Wizards that they were going to make the playoffs despite all the injuries, a COVID-19 outbreak and losing streaks the team had to endure this season. On Thursday night, Westbrook delivered on his vow, …

Jessica Silva and her husband Jaime Torres were driving through Delicias, a town in the northern state of Chihuahua, late on 8 September when members of Mexico’s National Guard attacked them. That afternoon they had joined thousands of agricultural workers in a tense protest at La Boquilla, a nearby dam, to defend their right to …

On a pavement across the street from the supreme court, school teacher Amanda Stafford chalked the words carefully: “That’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.” It was a quotation from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a justice more renowned for her dissents than her majority opinions, including on the Bush …

Police have said they will break up anti-lockdown protests advertised on social media for this weekend if necessary, amid warnings that the events could be exploited by the far right. Flyers for around 60 protests to be held in parks in cities such as Manchester, Leicester and Southampton have circulated online, produced by the little-known …

Image copyright Warren Swalbe/PA Image caption A flight was grounded after a protester refused to resume his seat An Extinction Rebellion activist had to be taken off a flight at London City Airport, as part of ongoing protests. BBC Newsnight’s Nicholas Watt said his flight was about to take off when a protester refused to …

THE SNP has accused Tory MP Douglas Ross of breaking a promise to constituents, after he signed up to run the line at tonight’s Championship League game between Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade. Back in 2017, Ross was forced to give up on his dream of refereeing at the World Cup after he was …

Good morning, this is Richard Parkin bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Friday 13 September. Top stories Boris Johnson has been accused of seriously misleading the British public with his controversial £100m Get Ready for Brexit advertising campaign, with MPs calling on the head of the civil service to take action and halt …