From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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President claims strikes targeted militants in country’s north-west, accusing group of attacking Christian communities
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Happy Christmas, glitterati! Tissues at the ready for Tess and Claud’s last hurrah. Join us for every minute of this tinsel-strewn tearjerker