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US debt default threatens world chaos making Credit Crunch 'look like tea party'
The US has raised its debt ceiling limit multiple times in the last decade up to $13.4 trillion but a deal must be struck before the end of the month to avoid default which could spark a terrible recession
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Woman used translation app to beg for help at school as abusive husband lurked
Sobham Azizi brutally attacked and beat his wife of ten years with a metal pole and, fearing a second assault, she bravely used a translation app to alert teachers at her child's school to the abuse
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Exact date Britain will finally hit 25C as African heat plume cranks up the heat
After a wet and cloudy spring, Brits are finally seeing more blue skies and sun that are predicted to last the rest of the month and well into June that could see temperatures spike further
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Stacey Solomon 'puked up the walls' on her first date with husband Joe Swash
Stacey Solomon 'got too drunk on red wine' on her first date with I'm A Celebrity...South Africa's Joe Swash, but he reckons there's 'nothing she could do that would turn him off her'
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Only those with sharp eyes can spot hidden face in tricky optical illusion
A new optical illusion has left people scratching their heads to solve - while there's no time limit to spot the additional woman hiding within the image, it's incredibly difficult
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Hottest day of the year expected this weekend as temperatures soar
Temperatures on both days will be at least in the late teens, but 21C can be expected in the North of England on Sunday, as a band of high pressure ushers in some balmy spring conditions
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I'm A Celeb star says he had 'friction' with popular campmate in South Africa
Paul Burrell, the former butler to Princess Diana, has opened up about his slight 'feud' with a fellow campmate during the recent series of I'm A Celebrity... South Africa
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Love Island's Samie makes dig at ex Tom as he's snapped with mystery woman
Samie Elishi and Tom Clare finished in third place during the winter series of Love Island but their romance quickly fizzled out and the brunette beauty fired a shot at her ex beau on Friday
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Dubai resort plans to build moon replica costing £4billion on top of skyscraper
Canadian entrepreneur Michael Henderson plans to erect a 274-metre (900ft) sphere in Dubai which will replicate walking on the moon as part of his ambitious £4billion project
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Vladimir Putin has branded the West as 'halfwits' who will fail to defeat Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a deranged speech at the Council for Interethnic Relations during which he contradicted himself and his "halfwits" joke fell flat
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Green-fingered dad spends £10k creating Japanese Zen garden in his backyard
Martin Fitton, 55, began the massive project in 2009 and recently added a teahouse and a space for meditation. He has been told by several Japanese visitors that the unique garden is a 'home from home'
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Nurse called 'hypochondriac' by her GP later diagnosed with lifelong disease
When Katie Harpur was 16, her weight dramatically plummeted and she couldn't eat without being sick - but after persevering with doctors, she has finally got her life back
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Aunt says border officials knew of girl's condition before her death in custody
Eight-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, from Panama, died on Wednesday, May 17, after suffering a 'medical emergency' while in Border Patrol custody in Harlingen, Texas
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Pedestrian who waved cyclist into incoming car loses manslaughter appeal
At a Court of Appeal hearing, Auriol Grey was refused permission to appeal against her sentence after she shouted a retired midwide into an oncoming car in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on October 20, 2020
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Disgusting moment worms rain from sky as public urged to carry umbrellas
In the skin-crawling clip filmed on Tuesday in Bihar, an East India state bordering Nepal, the creepy-crawlies can be seen hailing down like confetti
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Inside Putin's Black Sea bunker - complete with church, casino and ice rink
The Gelendzhik Palace is warmonger Putin's £1 billion palace hideaway in southern Russia - complete with its own church, ice rink, casino and hookah lounge
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Mum defies doctors by refusing abortion and has baby born without any arms
Mum Mariaan Strauss, 25, was told to terminate her pregnancy because of her unborn child's abnormalities. But Hendré has been the 'greatest gift we could have received' - changing their lives for the better
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Girl, 4, accidentally hangs herself on bouncy castle as 'staff were on phones'
The girl was found tangled up in the structure's ropes by bouncy castle assistants after her mother asked them to check on her in southern Ukraine
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Gopi Hinduja and family - the wealthiest people in UK in Sunday Times Rich List
Gopi Hinduja and his family are the richest people in the UK with a jaw-dropping fortune of £35 billion
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Sweltering 35C 'African plume' heatwave set to hit parts of the UK in just days
Forecasters say spring is set to bloom this weekend as a high-pressure weather front sweeps across the UK, with the Met Office saying England and Wales will see the 'lion's share of the sunshine'
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Helen Flanagan's ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair shares sweet message after split
Former Premier League footballer Scott Sinclair is currently away with his family as he shared a message on social media, with Helen Flanagan back at home on her own
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Harry Styles cosies up to Victoria's Secret model after Olivia Wilde split
Harry Styles love life has certainly been eventful since starring on the X Factor in 2010 as part of mega boy band One Direction and it appears to have no end in sight
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Man rams car though gates of Vatican as cops open fire during Pope's dinner time
A driver rammed a car through a gate at the Vatican building during Pope Francis' dinner time, with guards open firing before the suspect was arrested in the San Damaso Courtyard
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It's goodbye Sweetie and Sunshine as Edinburgh Zoo pandas move back to China
The then eight-year-old Tian Tian (which translates as Sweetie) and her proposed mate Yang Guang (Sunshine) drew huge crowds when they arrived in Edinburgh
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Netflix star shows off 'hummus' tattoo - and it's as unusual as you'd think
In honour of hercurrent trip to Israel, Netflix's The Kissing Booth actress Joey King, who is Jewish, decided to get the word 'hummus' tattooed on the back of her neck in Hebrew