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One student has been injured in a shooting incident at a Dallas high school
One student has been injured in a shooting at a high school in Dallas and cops have taken a suspect into custody.
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Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas political leader in Gaza as ceasefire talks stutter
Three sons of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Wednesday, an assassination that threatens to complicate ongoing negotiations aiming to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal.
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Biden ‘considering’ dropping charges against Julian Assange
The United States is ‘considering’ dropping the charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, President Biden has announced.
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Putin’s spies invent far-fetched US plot to recruit jailed Colombian cartel killers to fight for Ukraine against Russia
Russia’s intelligence service has sensationally claimed the US could recruit more and more convicts from across the world to fight in Ukraine over the summer
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A terrifying shark attack unfolds in the Maldives as a tourist’s leg is nearly severed by a predator near a luxury 5-star hotel
A wealthy male tourist has been attacked by a shark in the Maldives with medics reportedly battling to save his leg.
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Russia’s migrants and ethnic minorities shiver at new Putin terror crackdown
After deadly Moscow terror attack, authorities have targeted vulnerable scapegoats.
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Terrifying moment giant wave washes a toddler away - before dad jumps in to rescue her
The dad bravely jumped into the water to save his daughter
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A woman’s partially clothed body discovered by the roadside following a harrowing ordeal of interrogation and torture at gunpoint
Laura Karen Rodriguez Moreno was detained by individuals associated with the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel and coerced into admitting affiliation with a rival drug cartel, alongside allegations of collaboration with local law enforcement.
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Chilling final words of pilot before passenger plane hit home and crash landed into back gardens
The dramatic moments before the tragic crash of United Flight 173, caused by a landing gear malfunction and fuel mismanagement, were captured in a chilling cockpit recording
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Peter Pellegrini, a government ally with doubts about Ukraine, emerges victorious in Slovakian presidential race
Close ally of populist prime minister Robert Fico claimed 53.85% of vote, beating pro-Western opposition Ivan Korčok
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British firm denies it supplied engines that power Israeli drone which killed aid workers
UAV Engines Ltd has been targeted by pro-Palestinian demos
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Jailed Navalny ally Ilya Yashin thrown in ‘punishment cell’ at notorious prison after removing his jacket at breakfast
Yashin has publicly said he fears for his life in prison after the death of friend Alexei Navalny
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British Jewish woman murdered by Hamas saves five lives with organ donations
Lucy Dee, 48, was murdered a year ago and her husband, Leo, met three people who received her organs, including her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart
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Putin’s spies caught working at Nato HQ in humiliating intelligence breach. They’ve been active in Europe for years
It comes after Ukraine warned Germany is ’riddled with Russian spies’
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Israel admits ‘serious failures’ over deadly strike but insists aid workers were mistaken for Hamas
Biden and Netanyahu spoke on Thursday for first time since deaths of aid workers as pressure mounts on Sunak to withdraw arms sales
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Physically healthy woman, 28, decides to die by euthanasia after being told crippling depression will ‘never get better’
Zoraya ter Beek has set the date for her own death - and where she will die
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Israel’s relations with America reach breaking point
Following Israel’s killing of seven aid workers, Joe Biden delivers his sternest warning yet to Binyamin Netanyahu
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Whooping cough outbreak leaves two dead and 50 ill at popular holiday hotspot
Cases of whooping cough, also known as the 100-day cough because of its longevity in patients, has boomed at the start of 2024 with sufferers at the highest in more than a decade and cases reported across Europe
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NATO ministers’ doubts, fears and eye-rolls over €100B Ukraine plan
Making military aid to Kyiv more predictable would send a message to Russia that it won’t win the war, said the alliance chief.
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Meghan Markle breaks major royal rule on visit to children’s hospital in Los Angeles
Meghan Markle made a surprise visit to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) as part of a literacy campaign, but broke a huge Royal Family rule in the process
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Ukraine military draft age lowered to boost fighting force
Volodymyr Zelenskiy signs bills lowering age for combat duty from 27 to 25 and requiring those given disability waivers to undergo a fresh assessment
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7.4 magnitude quake hits Taiwan, strongest in 25 years
People rescued from buildings in cities of Hualien and Taipei amid continuing aftershocks from Taiwan’s strongest quake in decades
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New P Diddy raid footage shows Homeland Security storming star’s house and handcuffing two men
After P Diddy’s home in Los Angeles was raided by Homeland Security, the mother of his sons Justin and King Combs Misa Hylton posted a video of who she claimed were her sons getting handcuffed
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Ex-Special Forces hero killed in Gaza air strike revealed as married dad of 2 described by comrades as ‘brilliant bloke’
Mr Chapman had been in Gaza only a few weeks after stints in the Middle East