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Manning set to go free

Consider it done.
Consider it done. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

1. Commutation for Manning

Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army soldier who leaked state secrets in 2010, as part of a batch of 209 commutations and 64 pardons. Manning is set to go free on 17 May.

Manning to go free

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Manning is currently being held.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Manning is currently being held. Photograph: Reuters

Summary

Nancy Hollander, Manning’s lawyer, spoke to the Guardian before she had even had the chance to pass on to the soldier the news. “Oh my God!” Hollander said. “I cannot believe it – in 120 days she will be free and it will all be over. It’s incredible.”

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4. Trump aide talks up post-Brexit deal

Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Donald Trump’s transition team, said at Davos that Trump would seek a swift and mutually beneficial trade deal with Britain soon after Brexit. That’s not Trump’s line.

Trade talk

Straight from the top. Sort of. Actually not.
Straight from the top. Sort of. Actually not. Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA

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6. MLK III meets DJT

Martin Luther King Jr’s son meets Donald Trump

7. Fore

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