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‘If you haven’t served, respect those who have’: Nato soldiers on Trump’s slurs

For those who fought alongside US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, president’s remarks have cut deep

It was shortly before dawn and Bruce Moncur was eating breakfast when the American warplane roared overhead.

The 22-year-old reservist had been stationed in Afghanistan for three weeks when the A-10 Warthog strafed the camp west of Kandahar City where and he and 30 other Canadian soldiers had spent the night.

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© Photograph: Paweł “Naval” Mateńczuk

© Photograph: Paweł “Naval” Mateńczuk

© Photograph: Paweł “Naval” Mateńczuk

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Ryan Wedding’s journey from Olympic snowboarder to alleged cocaine kingpin

The native of Thunder Bay, Canada, has been compared to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo – but is he really as big a figure as US prosecutors have claimed?

To compete at the highest levels of snowboarding, racers must master carving, edging and balance at speeds stretching the limits of imagination. They can fluently read the nuances of snow and fine-tune their bodies to cross the finish line faster than anyone else.

The Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding had these skills – but also the quality that catapults amateurs to an elite level: a highly competitive instinct to succeed that can at times manifest in a desire to crush fellow competitors.

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© Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

© Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

© Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

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