The big story: Police and migrants clash at European borders
The demolition of homes in the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp is expected to continue today. Yesterday saw clashes between the police and migrants as the makeshift shacks of up to 200 people of the approximately 3,500 people living in the camp were removed.
While some residents have moved into shipping container shelters and a small number have left on state-provided coaches to centres elsewhere in France, many more remained inside the main camp.
Meanwhile, Macedonia has defended its firing teargas at refugees who broke through a frontier fence on the Greek-Macedonian border. Chaotic scenes have intensified across Greece as the government edges closer to declaring a state of emergency to deal with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees trapped in the country.
News wrap: Super Tuesday, snoopers charter and Zika
Strap in for Super Tuesday in the US. The Republican establishment is in crisis mode as Donald Trump appears poised for sweeping victories that would effectively anoint him the the party’s presidential nominee. Trump’s rallies aren’t get any less controversial either: yesterday a photographer was apparently thrown to ground by US Secret Service agents after attempting to photograph protesters
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The Home Office is to publish a revised draft of snooper’s charter later today. The home secretary, Theresa May, has reviewed some elements of her controversial legislation in an attempt to address criticism by MPs and peers of the surveillance powers it confers. Parliament raised 129 concerns with the charter.
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Scientists have amassed the strongest evidence yet that the Zika virus can cause the serious neurological condition Guillain-Barré syndrome, and are warning that the potential number of cases of the paralysing illness could overwhelm the intensive care wards of Latin America.
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It’s National Offer Day - namely the day children learn which secondary school they will be attending from this autumn. However, it arrives with calls for action on a shortage of places for pupils and to allow councils to open new schools or force academies to expand.
The thing you will be talking about today
Lena Dunham has criticised a Spanish magazine for using “mad Photoshop” on its cover image of her and appealed for it to be honest with its readers. The Girls star says the photo of her on cover of Tentaciones - which was styled in an homage to the British model Twiggy - had been airbrushed and does not reflect ‘what my body has ever looked like or will ever look like’.
Your lunchtime read
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