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1 hour, 5 mins agoCovid-19: 'Too many countries are headed in the wrong direction' warns WHO
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3 hours, 10 mins agoPolish president wins second term after bitter campaign
Andrzej Duda celebrated what was seen as a mandate for him and the right-wing ruling party that backs him.
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3 hours, 43 mins agolatestEpstein victim to speak at Ghislaine Maxwell bail hearing
Prosecutors made the revelation in court papers as they argued there is no reason to free Maxwell on bail.
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4 hours, 54 mins agoJudge wants update on Donald Trump’s decision to spare Roger Stone from prison
The president commuted the jail term days before his ally was due to report to prison.
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5 hours, 17 mins agoApathy could be early warning sign of dementia, study suggests
The research is based on analysis over several years of more than 450 cerebral small vessel disease patients in the UK and in the Netherlands.
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5 hours, 22 mins agolatestTwitter accused of ‘enabling’ anti-Semitism after promoting racist tweets
Many using the hashtag used anti-Semitic language and claimed the Holocaust did not happen.
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6 hours, 50 mins agolatest‘Trusted’ friend raped and murdered young woman before hiding body, UK court told
Keeley Bunker was found in undergrowth covered in branches in September last year.
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7 hours, 5 mins agoUS judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
The US government was expected to appeal against the decision in a bid to carry out the first such execution since 2003.
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7 hours, 25 mins agoManchester Arena bombing survivors to appeal against High Court ruling
A total of 600 adults and 340 children were injured in the blast.
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7 hours, 55 mins agoIncumbent claims victory in tight race for Poland’s presidency
Conservative Andrzej Duda saw off a fierce challenge from Warsaw’s mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski.
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8 hours, 6 mins agoKosovo president visits prosecutors who have charged him with war crimes
Hashim Thaci said that the bloodletting in his country’s secession from Serbia was ‘the price of freedom’.
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9 hours, 6 mins agoRepublicans hire 1,500 staffers to rally vote for Donald Trump
Polls show the incumbent president trailing his Democratic opponent Joe Biden ahead of November’s election.
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9 hours, 26 mins agolatestBoy, 12, released under investigation amid footballer racism probe in UK
West Midlands Police are looking into messages sent to Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha’s Instagram account.
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9 hours, 53 mins agoPakistan bans open-air livestock markets in cities ahead of Eid
The measure is intended to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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10 hours, 4 mins agoPharmacist’s family back review into her murder at hands of controlling husband
Jessica Patel was strangled in 2018 by her gay husband, who wanted to cash in a £2m life insurance policy and start a new life with his boyfriend.
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10 hours, 9 mins agoGrandson of Elvis Presley mourned following death aged 27
Benjamin Keough reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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10 hours, 59 mins agoMan suspected of abusing hundreds of Indonesian children dies in custody
Francois Camille Abello, from France, was taken to hospital after a suicide attempt and had faced the death penalty or chemical castration.
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12 hours, 10 mins agoHopes of marriage for Russian same-sex couples ended by constitutional amendment
The voter-approved reforms means same-sex couples do not enjoy some significant rights available to other couples.
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13 hours, 46 mins agoOrganisers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil appear in court
A total of 13 people were charged over the June 4 vigil, including pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily newspaper.
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14 hours, 13 mins agolatestCoronavirus immunity may only last a few months, study suggests
The study has been carried out by King’s College London.
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14 hours, 33 mins agoNelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies at 59
At the time of her death, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark.
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14 hours, 45 mins agoPoland’s Andrzej Duda set for second term as president
The state electoral commission said he has won 51.21% of the ballot with almost all votes from the country’s weekend election counted.
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15 hours, 8 mins agoCondolences and insults as Seoul mayor’s funeral held online
Park Won-soon was found dead on Friday, but South Korea has been over how to commemorate his death amid reports of a sex harassment claim against him.
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15 hours, 30 mins agolatestJohnny Depp due to finish evidence in ‘wife beater’ libel case against The Sun
The 57-year-old actor is suing the tabloid’s publisher News Group Newspapers.
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17 hours, 13 mins agoUS to proceed with first federal execution in almost 20 years
The move has been criticised as political as it takes place amid a global health pandemic which has ravaged the country’s prisons.
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18 hours, 5 mins agoNew Zealand mosque gunman sacks lawyers ahead of sentencing
The killing spree was the deadliest in New Zealand’s modern history.
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22 hours, 31 mins agoCovid-19 patients can suffer serious heart damage – study
The research found the abnormalities were almost evenly split between the left and right chambers of the heart.
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1 day ago21 injured after explosion and fire on US navy ship
The USS Bonhomme Richard had been undergoing maintenance work in San Diego.
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1 day agoGlobal outbreaks of Covid-19 continue as deaths top 566,000
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1 day agoPoland presidential election too close to call, exit poll suggests
President Andrzej Duda has 50.4% of the vote and challenger Rafal Trzaskowski has 49.6%, the Ipsos survey suggests.
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1 day agoSouth Africa alcohol ban reimposed as coronavirus cases surge
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said stricter measures are needed.
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1 day agoUS grapples with worst coronavirus outbreak in world
It comes as some eastern European countries imposed new measures to deal with rising waves of infections.
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1 day agolatestUK and France agree to create intelligence cell amid surge in migrant crossings
Home Secretary Priti Patel hailed the agreement as a ‘new operational approach’.
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1 day agoFlorida reports record-breaking 15,299 coronavirus cases in one day
California had the previous record of daily positive cases at 11,694, set on Wednesday.
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1 day agoSouth Africa considers return to restrictions amid coronavirus surge
Officials have warned the country’s health system could soon be overwhelmed.
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1 day agoFarm in lockdown in England after 73 Covid-19 cases
Workers are being asked to remain on the farm.
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1 day agoBiden and Trump try to outdo each other with tough talk on China
Pollster Frank Luntz said he believes the issue will be ‘absolutely critical’ in deciding who is the next US president.
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1 day agoEastern European countries impose new coronavirus restrictions
The mandatory use of face masks and travel bans or quarantines are among the measures being introduced.
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1 day agoPope ‘deeply pained’ over Turkey’s Hagia Sophia decision
The sixth century building in Istanbul was originally a Christian cathedral.
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1 day agoIran blames misalignment and bad communication for shooting down Ukrainian jet
The incident in January killed 176 people.
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1 day agoCovid-19 vaccine could be rolled out in UK in ‘first half of next year’
Professor Robin Shattock warned there was ‘no certainty’ that any of the vaccines currently being developed will be successful.
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1 day agoSpain holds regional elections amid coronavirus
Regional authorities in both Basque Country and Galicia have banned more than 400 people who tested positive for Covid-19 from leaving home to vote.
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1 day agoMore than 600,000 vote in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy primaries
The exercise is being held two weeks after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the semi-autonomous territory.
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1 day agoTwo police killed in Texas border town shooting
Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez were attacked after responding to a domestic disturbance call in McAllen.
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1 day agolatestPortuguese police search wells in Madeleine McCann investigation
The area is around 10 miles from the Praia da Luz resort where Madeleine disappeared.
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1 day agoBollywood star and son in hospital with coronavirus
Amitabh Bachchan, 77, is stable with mild symptoms in an isolation unit in Mumbai.
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1 day agoPoland holds momentous presidential election run-off
Incumbent Andrzej Duda is seeking a second five-year term.
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1 day agoMueller says Stone ‘remains a felon’ despite sentence commuted by Trump
The US leader defied the conventions of his office to commute the sentence of his political confidant.
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1 day agoAustralia to offer 10,000 Hongkongers permanent residency
The moves comes days after the country suspended its extradition treaty with the territory.
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1 day agoTrump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
Most prominent Republicans, including Vice President Mike Pence, endorsed wearing masks as coronavirus gained ground this summer.
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1 day agolatestUK Government announces €780m for Britain-EU border
It includes €260m for staffing and IT systems and €525m for port and inland infrastructure.
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2 days agolatestTrump’s intervention over Stone draws fierce criticism
The US president’s political confidant had been due to serve 40 months in jail for crimes related to the Russia collusion inquiry.
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2 days agoIsraelis protest against government’s economic response to virus
Thousands of people took to the streets in Tel Aviv.
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2 days agoUS coronavirus deaths take long-expected turn for the worse
The virus has killed more than 130,000 people in the US.
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2 days agoWidow condemns ‘barbaric’ death of bus driver beaten over face masks
Philippe Monguillot was killed in south-west France after he asked four passengers to wear face masks.
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2 days agoWorld Council of Churches expresses dismay over Hagia Sophia decision
The Istanbul landmark’s status has been changed from a museum to a mosque.
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Jack Whitehall: Political correctness exists for a reason in comedy
The comic appeared on BBC's The One Show recently
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Migrants with severe hypothermia rescued from capsized boat in English Channel
At least 21 migrants in three boats have been intercepted and brought back to France on Saturday after attempting the death-defying journey.
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2 days agoDisney World reopens despite coronavirus case surge in Florida
The attraction has brought in new measures including mandatory face masks, temperature checks and social distancing.
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2 days agolatestTwo arrested after protesters dye Trafalgar Square fountains red
Demonstrators claim that the Covid-19 pandemic was caused by animal exploitation.
