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Smuggler drops boy, 4, off 30ft barrier at border as gunshots ring out
Grim and concerning surveillance footage from the US-Mexico border wall shows the moment a four-year-old boy was dropped from a 30ft wall before gunshots rang out
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Love Island's Will finally meets Jessie's family and makes sweet gesture to nan
Loved up Love Island couple Will Young and Jessie Wynter have made the trip Down Under to visit her family as the farmer made a good first impression on her nan
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Miracle as paralysed man with severe spine injury manages to walk again
Scientists in Switzerland have created a 'wireless digital bridge' that is able to restore the connection lost between the brain and the spinal cord, thanks to which Gert-Jan Oskam can walk again
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Man who fled Ukraine has built 'robot planes' to help them in war against Russia
Gene Avakyan knows all to well what it's like to grow up in times of tension having fled Ukraine as a child and now he's created 'robot planes' to help country at war with Russia
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Heatwave ahead with Brits to bask in 30C heat as 'African Air-dryer' arrives
Brits will bake in balmy heat working its way up from Africa at the start of June, as temperatures are expected to hit 25C across the UK within hours, weather forecasters say
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'Alien' with sharp teeth washes up on beach 'like something from horror film'
Anat Primo, who usually lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was wandering along a beach on the paradise island of Ko Lanta when she spotted the grisly remains of a sea creature that resembled "something out of a horror movie"
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Love Island stars 'save a man's life' during a night out as people ignored him
Two Love Island stars shared the moment they 'saved a man's life' as they were walking through London on a night out and spotted someone lying on the floor with people ignoring him
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Kate 'overshadowed' Charles with surprise flower show visit, royal insiders fear
Kate Middleton made a surprise visit to the Chelsea Flower Show on the same day King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the event in a pre-planned appearance
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Strictly's Amy Dowden gets support from celeb friends after cancer diagnosis
Strictly's Amy Dowden announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32, and many of her dancer colleagues and celeb friends have rushed to support her
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Man's warning over Just Eat pitfall to customers after splashing out £23 on KFC
Liam Halewood, from Liverpool, has spoken out about his experience of ordering food via KFC, warning potential customers of one pitfall
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Software engineer who lived double life locked up for role in terror group
A New Jersey man who lived a double life and researched key New York City landmarks for terror attacks has been sentenced. Alexei Saab, 44, received military-type training from Hezbollah
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Footage shows makeshift migrant camps taking over city amid state of emergency
Migrants have been seen in Chicago police stations in startling footage after the city declared a state of emergency earlier this month. Chicago is currently struggling to deal with an influx of people arriving from Texas
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Teen with swastika flag said he 'wanted to kill Biden' after White House crash
Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, from Missouri, US, has been charged with trying to kill, kidnap or harm the president, vice president or a family member after ploughing his car into security barriers
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Donald Trump's criminal trial over alleged hush money to Stormy Daniels set
Former President Donald Trump appeared in court via video link today as a date for his criminal trial was set. Mr Trump was warned not to speak publicly about evidence in the case, which relates to payments made to porn actor Stormy Daniels and model Karen MacDougal
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Inside abandoned mansion of mystery millionaire who suddenly fled lavish home
Greek property tycoon Thanos is known to have mysteriously fled the incredible Hertfordshire mansion in the middle of the night with his family - and never returned
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Livestreamer found dead after filming himself downing 'seven bottles' of alcohol
Brother Three Thousand, a livestreamer on China's version of TikTok Douyin, broadcast himself downing bottles of spirits before he was discovered dead several hours later
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King searches Chelsea Flower Show for solution to big problem in his own garden
King Charles III visited the Chelsea Flower Show and a lavender sage plant – salvia lavandulifolia – with delicate purple flowers appeared to catch his eye for his garden
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Cannes chaos as model dragged from red carpet after coating herself in 'blood'
Cannes Film Festival descended into chaos after a model posed on the star-studded red carpet before covering herself in bags of fake blood in an apparent political protest
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Gran, 58, died 'alone and curled up on the floor' after five-hour ambulance wait
Gran Rachel Rose Gibson, 58, was "neglected by emergency services" when she died at her home in Wrexham, Wales, according to her family who are demanding answers
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Jeff Bezos' eye-watering net worth and luxury homes as he announces engagement
Jeff Bezos may be recently engaged, but many people will find his stunning array of homes more interesting, as he boasts a New York penthouse, to a Texas ranch
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Hoax image of explosion at Pentagon goes viral and caused markets to briefly dip
An 'explosion' reported at the Pentagon in Washington DC earlier today was confirmed as a hoax. An image that circulated online of an apparent explosion was likely generated by artificial intelligence
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Republican Tim Scott announces 2024 presidential candidacy - challenging Trump
We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story
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UK set to be hotter than Ibiza - with hottest day of the year this week
The Met Office is predicting high pressure over the UK for the rest of May with plenty of sunshine this week and it could bring the hottest day of the year so far
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Russian troops could be snared in 'mousetrap' Ukrainian city as '100,000 killed'
Kyiv sources are claiming that more than 100,000 soldiers have been killed battling for Bakhmut and that Ukraine’s soldiers will encircle them in the coming weeks
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7ft-long steel bar goes through man's chest and head after he's impaled in fall
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A man suffered horrific injuries when he was impaled by a seven-foot-long steel bar in China, but he survived the incident and was taken to the hospital for treatment