The past week has seen Donald Trump acquitted at his Senate impeachment trial, military tensions escalating between Turkey and Syrian government forces, and Malawi’s presidential election result annulled.
Closer to home, Labour MP Tracy Brabin has come under fire over her sartorial choices in the Commons, while Boris Johnson’s government has brought forward the date of a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
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