Ten Things of Big and Small

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1. The US Coast Guard has removed a team member from duty after he was accused of making a "white power" sign on air.
2. Big Brother contestant Ellis Hillon has been removed from the last ever series of the show following an investigation into offensive tweets in 2014 about the 9/11 terror attacks, which contained a racial slur.
3. British model Kate Moss has distanced herself from her controversial "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" mantra.
4. Eminem says he was uncomfortable with homophobic lyrics he wrote and released on his recent album, Kamikaze.
5. Organisers of a dwarf wrestling show have said their firm is taking legal action against venues that cancelled their events. The Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling show is touring the UK but three venues have pulled out in the wake of criticism.
6. Male domestic abuse victims are suffering a lack of support despite a sharp rise in attacks, a charity said. Police in England and Wales recorded 149,248 incidents in 2017 - more than double the number reported in 2012.
7. Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, announced on Thursday that he would give $2bn (£1.5bn) of his fortune to finance a network of preschools and tackle homelessness in America. But far from being universally applauded, the Amazon founder's pledge was met with fierce criticism.
8. London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a second European Union referendum, criticising the government's handling of Brexit negotiations with the EU. Writing in the Observer, the Labour politician said that with the UK due to leave the EU in six months, it now faced either a "bad deal" or "no deal".
9. Tory MEPs were not endorsing Hungary's PM Viktor Orban by opposing EU measures to censure the nation, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. Two thirds of the European Parliament backed a motion against Mr Orban's government, which is accused of attacks on minorities and the rule of law.
10. Two men named as suspects in the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in the UK have said they were merely tourists. The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow described the interview as carefully choreographed and bizarre, pointing out that in tone and content it matched the whole Russian response to the case - flat denial mixed with mockery.

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