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Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US
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China hits out at British Steel nationalisation
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Special Report: Trump delivers speech on White House declassification of election documents
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Man charged with assisting Iran's intelligence service
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ICE and the Senate react to the latest shootings: From the Politics Desk
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Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16 and 17 - but they can opt out
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Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says
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What an unexpected death means for Trump
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Australian police release unseen photos 25 years after British backpacker Peter Falconio's murder
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Major incident declared over UK wildfire amid warning of risk of 'exceptional' blazes
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The SpaceX IPO made history. One month on has it lost momentum?
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Sam Neill, actor known for ‘Jurassic Park,’ dies at 78
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Two dead and four injured in shooting at Toronto street festival
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China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall
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US Senator Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness', his office says
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Ann Widdecombe murder probe: What we know so far
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Randolph Mantooth, who played medic in NBC’s ‘Emergency!’, dies at 80
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Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed
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On the same day, a Florida airport and a Tennessee bridge are renamed after Trump
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Would you swap homes with a stranger to get a cheaper holiday?
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Thousands of offenders not wearing electronic tags, report says
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Police investigating Reform donations - reports
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Justin Baldoni breaks silence on ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute
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Sexually transmitted gut infection a 'distinct public health threat' to UK
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FIFA to discuss lifting ban on Russian teams after IOC decision
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International manhunt after mother and two children found dead at home
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DOJ warns of criminal charges for state election officials if noncitizens vote
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Has Harry's war with the press finally run out of road?
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Charlie Kirk's widow faces his alleged killer in court
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The U.S. had a golden opportunity for a soccer breakthrough. Now it must wait four more years.
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'Overturn this' - Belgium taunt US and say Trump move fired them up
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Woman, 22, dies in skydiving accident near airfield
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ITV sells media and entertainment arm to Sky for £1.6bn
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Driver arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal head-on collision
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Trump touts SAVE America Act during Salute to America 250 speech
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Farage denies rules broken after reports benefits from ally were not declared
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