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France to close up to 500 schools on Monday after student protests
The planned closures follow days of unrest over state education standards, with ministers promising a phased return to lessons.
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Christa Pike remains critically ill after failed US execution
Condemned murderer Christa Pike is critically ill in hospital after surviving two execution attempts in Tennessee, with doctors attempting t
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Vladimir Putin faces cover-up accusations after laboratory worker dies in suspected Siberian plague outbreak
Russian authorities have placed nearly 200 people in isolation and quarantined a hospital following the death of a 28-year-old lab assistant
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Flydubai axe attack was attempted terrorist plot, UAE prosecutor confirms
The UAE prosecutor general says the co-pilot intended to crash the airliner in Israel, as Australian counter-terrorism police investigate hi
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Family of Renee Good files two lawsuits against US government and Trump officials over fatal shooting
The partner and brother of the American woman shot dead by an immigration agent in Minneapolis have launched legal action naming senior Whit
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US dispatches third carrier strike group as Trump weighs new Iran assault
The deployment of the USS Theodore Roosevelt and 10,000 troops could create the largest American military presence in the Middle East since
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Christa Pike hospitalised after surviving two lethal injection attempts
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is receiving life-saving care in hospital after surviving two lethal injections. The state's governo
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FlyDubai pilot injured after fighting off co-pilot mid-flight
An experienced pilot sustained multiple stab wounds after thwarting an alleged hijack attempt by his first officer on a flight from Dubai to
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South Africa mass shootings: 38 dead in a week as Ramaphosa vows security crackdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa says security forces will 'pull out all stops' after three mass shootings in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban le
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Trump renames Strait of Hormuz after rejecting Iranian proposal to reopen waterway
The US president has rebranded the critical trade corridor the 'Trump Strait' while dismissing Tehran's seven-day plan, though markets antic
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Man shot in Donald Trump assassination attempt dies aged 76
James Copenhaver has died in hospital from complications linked to bullet wounds sustained during the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald T
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No action taken over Faslane nuclear base security breach
Scottish prosecutors have confirmed that no criminal proceedings will be brought against an Iranian man arrested after an attempted breach a
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Protesters demand Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest outside UN as more than 100 detained in New York
Demonstrators in New York have called for the immediate arrest of the Israeli prime minister as he addressed the UN General Assembly followi
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Trump and Xi toast 'new chapter' at White House dinner amid outside protests and press access row
The lavish state dinner celebrated US-China ties and drew top business leaders, despite demonstrations outside the gates and ongoing restric
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Donald Trump welcomes China's Xi Jinping to White House
US President Donald Trump has hosted Chinese premier Xi Jinping in Washington for his first American visit in a decade, amid trade disputes
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Eleven killed in South Africa mass shooting near Durban
Eleven people, including a pregnant woman, have died after gunmen entered a home in KwaZulu-Natal and opened fire.
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Three men arrested over alleged migrant boat gang-rape
Police have arrested three men in their twenties on suspicion of gang-raping a woman during a migrant crossing from Morocco to Lanzarote.
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US Air Force F-16 crashes near Spangdahlem Air Base during training flight
Military officials confirm the aircraft belonged to the 52nd Fighter Wing, with the pilot ejecting safely before impact.
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Trump says he can 'do business' with Burnham after first face-to-face talks
The US president gave a warm assessment of the new prime minister in New York, but renewed his attack on the paused Chagos Islands deal.
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Judge orders White House to restore access for barred news organisations
A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order against Donald Trump's media ban, granting CNN, Politico and MS NOW immediate 14-da
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Cindy Crawford's son Presley Gerber died at rehab centre after three-hour rescue attempt
Emergency crews tried in vain to save the 27-year-old model after he was found unresponsive at a Santa Monica facility, US media report.
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Madeleine McCann suspect claims he was 150 yards away
Christian Brueckner has claimed he was dealing drugs just yards from where Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal in 2007.
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Imran Khan's sister Aleema Khanum arrested in Lahore
Aleema Khanum, sister of Pakistan's imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, has been detained by police in Lahore ahead of planned nati
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Catch-and-kill order issued after swimmer killed by great white shark in Western Australia
Authorities in Western Australia take the rare step of authorising the destruction of a great white shark following the fatal attack on 63-y
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Houthi missile attack on Riyadh sends smoke rising over airport
Saudi Arabia has confirmed an attempted ballistic missile strike on the capital as Houthi rebels launch a wider wave of drone and missile at
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Ex-Brookside actor Philip Foster arrested in Spain over £13.6m fraud
Former soap actor Philip Foster has been detained in Alicante after skipping bail over a multi-million-pound sham modelling scam, with extra
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At least 21 dead in suicide car bomb attack on Pakistan police mosque
Officials confirm a suicide car bombing and gun assault targeted a mosque inside a police compound in north-western Pakistan during Friday p
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Greenland security deal met with Danish scepticism as Burnham welcomes pact
Danish commentators and politicians question Donald Trump's claims of an unprecedented Arctic agreement as Greater Manchester's mayor welcom
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Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws cleric's award over Bin Laden remarks
Lambeth Palace has revoked an honour presented to Pakistani cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama Bi
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Earl Spencer claims late Queen reacted with irritation to Diana's fatal crash
Newly serialised extracts from Earl Spencer's memoir also reveal the late Queen offered to restore Princess Diana's HRH title on the day of