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Russia Today row, Channel 4 News, PA to automate stories

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said ‘it seems we need to react’ to the closure of RT’s bank accounts.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said ‘it seems we need to react’ to the closure of RT’s bank accounts. Photograph: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS

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Russia ‘will retaliate’ against British media after RT’s bank accounts closed

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The BBC has released its tender document for A Question of Sport
The BBC has released its tender document for A Question of Sport Photograph: Stephen Brooks/BBC

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Don’t believe everything you read about Facebook, even if it’s about Facebook
Don’t believe everything you read about Facebook, even if it’s about Facebook Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The same old cut-and-paste messages on Facebook come round and round again on a regular basis, and another one doing popping up again warns that Facebook is about to make all your photos public. The fact it’s not will come as a relief to some, but for anyone who’s re-posted, the only question is what do you have to hide?

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