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Practical tips to help you eat less fat, including saturated fat.Eating lots of saturated fat can raise your cholesterol and increase your risk of heart disease. Saturated fat is found in: butter, ghee, suet, lard, coconut oil and palm oil cakes biscuits fatty cuts of meat sausages bacon cured meats like salami, chorizo and pancetta cheese pastries, like pies, quiches, sausage rolls and croissants cream, crème fraîche and sour cream ice cream coconut milk and cream milkshakes chocolate and chocolate spreads UK health guidelines recommend that: the average man aged 19-64 years should eat no more than 30g of saturated fat a day the average woman aged 19-64…

An offensive by eastern forces on the Libyan capital Tripoli stalled in the face of strong resistance on the southern outskirts and the internationally recognised government said it had taken almost 200 prisoners. The fighting between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and troops under the internationally-backed Tripoli government has killed at least 56 people and forced 8,000 to flee their homes in the city in the last week, the United Nations said. More than 190 LNA troops were captured, officials allied to Tripoli said, accusing it of using teenagers. A total of 116 fighters were captured in Zawiya, a…

Prince Harry and Meghan have decided to keep the plans around the arrival of their first child private, Buckingham Palace said. Harry and Meghan, whose official titles are the duke and duchess of Sussex, expect the birth of their first child in the coming weeks. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very grateful for the goodwill they have received from people throughout the United Kingdom and around the world as they prepare to welcome their baby,” they said in a statement. “Their Royal Highnesses have taken a personal decision to keep the plans around the arrival of their baby…

European Union leaders said they gave the UK Prime Minister a new Brexit deadline of October 31, four months longer than the prime minister asked for, in a move the EU summit chair said would let Britain resolve its domestic deadlock on the issue. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said EU Leaders would assess the situation again when they meet for a regular summit on June 20-21, to which Tusk added the meeting would not be ‘a cliff edge or a moment to take new decisions.’ Juncker said the postponement meant Britain would probably have to hold Europeans elections together…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police after they were invited into the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. “Julian Assange, 47, has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador,” police said. Police said they arrested Assange after being “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government’s withdrawal of asylum.”

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson says his train business could disappear from the UK after its partner Stagecoach was barred from three rail franchise bids. Sir Richard, whose Virgin Trains is 49% owned by Stagecoach, said he was “devastated” by the disqualification. The Department for Transport (DfT) disallowed the bids because they did not meet pensions rules. Virgin was bidding to renew the West Coast franchise in partnership with Stagecoach and France’s SNCF. Stagecoach had also put in for the East Midlands and South Eastern franchises, both of which have been rejected.

Nearly 2,000 people in Zambia have won the right to sue mining company Vedanta in the English courts over pollution. The decision of the Supreme Court in London could have implications for other companies over their activities abroad, according to the law firm representing the villagers. The case began in 2015 when the villagers launched a case against Vedanta – which is listed in India but has a legal base in Britain – and Zambian company Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), alleging their land had been polluted. They say the water pollution caused by Nchanga Copper Mine has affected their health…

German police raided offices belonging to Islamic organisations suspected of financing the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is on the European Union’s terrorism blacklist, the interior ministry said. The ministry said the main targets of the raids were WorldWide Resistance-Help and Ansaar International which are believed to have collected funds for Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, under the guise of humanitarian aid. Policemen outside the Duesseldorf offices of Ansaar International told reporters they were not allowed to comment and referred all questions to the German interior ministry in Berlin. “Whoever supports Hamas under the guise of humanitarian aid disregards…

Astronomers have taken the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. It measures 40 billion km across – three million times the size of the Earth – and has been described by scientists as “a monster”. The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across the world. Details have been published today in Astrophysical Journal Letters

British Prime Minister Theresa May met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to update him on discussions with the opposition Labour Party aimed at finding a way out the Brexit impasse, her office said. Meeting Macron ahead of an emergency EU summit on a Brexit delay slated in Brussels on Wednesday, May discussed “the ongoing talks with the Opposition to agree on a way forward that respects the result of the 2016 referendum,” a spokesman said. The 27-member bloc will grant Britain another delay to Brexit on certain conditions, including that it hold European Parliament elections, according to draft…