Nebraska suspect killed after alleged kidnap attempt
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'Corrosive complacency' - Robertson tears into PM and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence
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Justice Department moves to toss conspiracy convictions for Jan. 6 rioters
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Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds
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Police officers investigated over race allegations after two girls killed in Wimbledon car crash
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Why one school has banned phones for some pupils - but not others
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Man accused in Molotov cocktail attack of OpenAI CEO's home charged with attempted murder
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Irish musician Moya Brennan dies aged 73
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PM to scrap spy chiefs' Hillsborough Law veto
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Trump assails Pope Leo as 'weak' and 'terrible' after pontiff's Iran war criticism
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A stampede at a Haitian mountaintop fortress kills at least 25 people and injures dozens
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Trump attacks Pope over criticism of Iran war
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Vance says 'no deal' reached in Iran peace talks
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At a concert in Budapest, anti-Orbán sentiments take center stage ahead of election
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White House ballroom construction can continue for now, appeals court says
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Hungarians vote on whether to end 16 years of Orbán rule and elect rival
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Record-breaking Artemis II mission ends with 'perfect splashdown' in Pacific Ocean
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Pakistan hosts U.S.-Iran peace talks after weeks of frantic diplomacy
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Multimillion-pound push to transform 'broken' UK military is a 'fiasco'
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Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil's appeal
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Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers
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Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
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Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court in crash that killed over 50 in Mexico
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Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97
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Oil prices rise as concerns grow over 'fragile' US-Iran ceasefire
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BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut
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Telehealth abortion will remain available for now, after a federal judge's ruling
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Republican Clay Fuller wins Georgia special election
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UK house prices fall as Iran war uncertainty dampens demand
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Man, 21, fatally stabbed on London's Primrose Hill
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What can Artemis II astronauts see that satellites haven't captured?
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Lawes 'out of England retirement' and joining Sale
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Disruption expected as six-day doctors' strike begins
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Kanye offers to meet Jewish community in UK after Wireless controversy
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Family of 13-year-old boy who died in crash 'utterly devastated' - as man and woman charged
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Depression fears drove Orie's retirement decision
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Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they don't consider race in admissions
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German researchers set right the story of a 9,000-year-old shaman's grave
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Keir Starmer 'concerned' over Kanye West UK festival dates
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Trump says U.S. military has rescued airman shot down over Iran
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