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US military recovers sensors from UFO shot down amid fears of spy balloon
A Chinese balloon shot down in the Atlantic Ocean has been found with sensors and electronic pieces by rescue crews as the US believe the items were used to spy on sensitive military sites
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Kim Jong-un grooms daughter to be next 'cult of personality' North Korea tyrant
Kim Ju-ae, who is thought to be around 9 and 11, made her fifth public appearance as Kim Jong-un held a 75th anniversary dinner of the North Korean People’s Army before an enormous parade of the Hermit Kingdom's nuclear arsenal
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Mum divides fellow parents with unusual 'egg' method to get daughter to study
A mum decided to try an unusual method of encouraging her daughter to study by surrounding her with eggs, and giving her some food on a string so she couldn't complain she was hungry
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Most gory Valentine's Day murders – from Oscar Pistorius to Doctor Death
Valentine's Day is a day of love, chocolates, flowers and teddy bears – but the origin of the day actually has to do with a gory murder. Here we take a look at some of the other most shocking murders to happen on Valentine's Day
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Vladimir Putin's marine brigade of 5,000 men 'wiped out' in battle for Vuhledar
A unit of 5,000 Russian fighters were practically destroyed in the latest attempt to forcefully take the area of Vuhledar, Donetsk, in another humiliating defeat for Putin
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New Banksy spotted with Valentine's Day theme - first in UK for more than a year
Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed his latest piece of work that appeared at the beginning of the week in Margate, Kent, alluding to domestic violence
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Neil Buchanan's rumoured link to Banksy as street artist unveils latest work
As elusive street artist Banksy reveals he is behind artwork that has appeared on the streets of Margate, we take a look at the celebrities who have been suspected as the millionaire graffiti artist from Neil Buchanan to Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja
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US missed first attempt to shoot down UFO flying over 'sensitive sites'
President Biden ordered a "small, metallic balloon" floating over Lake Huron in Michigan, US, to be shot down. However, the US Air Force's jet missile missed with officials unsure where it landed
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NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes
It comes ahead of an important meeting of NATO defence ministers today and tomorrow in Brussels as officials work to co-ordinate supplying more weapons to Ukraine, and to discuss the threat posed by spy balloons
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Tiger bred to be ­slaughtered for trophy hunters saved thanks in daring mission
Sally the Bengal Tiger was separated from her mother when she was just days old and bottle-fed by trophy-hunting humans to tame her for a life of captivity.
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Gogglebox's Mica Ven leaves her fans surprised after confirming her age
Former Gogglebox star, Mica Ven, wrote a post on social media in which she revealed her age, leaving fans admitting she looked a lot younger
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All you need to know about spy balloons being shot down over US and Canada
Dr Patrick Bury, Senior Lecturer in Security at the University of Bath, and a former NATO analyst and Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment, answers the key questions on the escalating situation
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White House says China has 'high-altitude balloon programme connected to army'
The US National Security Council's John Kirby said the US and Canada have been scrutinising airspace more closely after sightings of balloons. The objects are now being shot down
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Vladimir Putin pulls Wagner Group troops from Ukraine as he 'fears coup'
It is believed Wagner Group mercenaries - many of them convicted criminals - will be replaced by regular soldiers among as many as 300,000 new troops heading to war
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Ex-girlfriends crash wedding with banner threatening to expose groom's past
A group of women clearly unhappy with how their ex-boyfriend treated them, swarmed his wedding in Yunnan, China, holding up a large red banner which read: "We are the team of Chen’s ex-girlfriends, today we will destroy you”
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Helen Flanagan dons risque top on first Valentine's since Scott Sinclair split
Helen Flanagan took to her Instagram page to share a gorgeous snap of her pink ensemble for Galentine's Day
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'I visited the cafe branded 'hooters for incels' - it's not as it seems'
Animaid is the UK's only 'maid cafe'. It received backlash over its sign of rules, but staff say their family-friendly cafe is for anime-lovers to have a safe space to hang out
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Putin war commander survives assassination bid after being sent poison in post
Major-General Apti Alaudinov, 50, a pal of Chechnyan warlord Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the region's soldiers in Ukraine, received a letter saturated with an unknown deadly toxin
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Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians'
David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money
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Man's nightmare as parked cars surround his home - and there's nothing he can do
Adam Shaw says motorists have been leaving their cars outside his house and have even crashed into his wall and guttering, with his calls for further restrictions ignored, he claims
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Space expert gives verdict on UFO sightings after mystery aircraft shot down
Unidentified flying objects have sparked speculation over aliens after US officials said the possibility of extraterrestrial origin for the objects is not ruled out as of yet
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Charles's first big change to late Queen's beloved estate since her death begins
Work is now progressing on a brand new "climate-friendly" topiary garden at Sandringham after being given the go-ahead by King Charles, which will replace a vegetable patch that was used in a famous campaign during the Second World War
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Russian soldiers dying at highest rate since first week of brutal war in Ukraine
Figures released by the Ukrainian general staff on Russian casualties show 824 Russian soldiers dying per day in February - four times the rate reported over June and July of last year
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US fighter pilot yells 'wow, what's that?' after mystery UFO no-one can explain
Navy jet pilots that have encountered UFOs in the past were left stunned, but experts have said the probability that these are of extra-terrestrial origin is unlikely
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Rihanna fans claim rude opening song was dig at not being paid for Super Bowl
Rihanna opened her iconic Super Bowl LVII halftime show with the song 'B**** Better Have My Money' - and ironically she didn't get paid a penny