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World News - EU to step up its sanctions on Iran as it urges Israel to show restraint

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North America -- US president Joe Biden says uncle may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane was downed in World War II

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North America -- Boeing whistleblower 'was told to shut up' over safety concerns

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North America -- The man who said he'd take a bullet for Donald Trump steps in to be star witness for prosecution

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Entertainment -- Family chronicles pet octopus giving birth to 50 babies on TikTok

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North America -- Boeing faces Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on safety culture

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North America -- OJ Simpson has been cremated, says lawyer handling his estate

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North America -- Nine people facing charges over 'largest gold heist in Canadian history'

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Middle East -- 'Absolute carnage' – Dubai airport and roads flooded as heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE

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Sniffer dogs help Scottish Water locate leaks in rural areas

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Man aiming for Rubik's Cube London Marathon record to mark 50 years of puzzle

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Explainer: What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?

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US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas after suspected cyber attack

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Eleven-year-old girl's fossil find leads to discovery of historic sea monster

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World News Video -- Irish people's snapshots of Dubai "apocalyptic" like flooding

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World News Video -- Dubai police rescue cat from floodwater amid rain chaos to United Arab Emirates

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World News Video -- Dubai lightning strikes and flooding captured by Kerry woman

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World News Video -- Joe Biden calls for more taxes on the rich and casts Donald Trump as elitist

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Actor Hugh Grant settles 'Sun' hacking claim for 'huge sum' as he says continuing case would have cost him £10m

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RNLI rescue dog from the sea

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'I haven't come to my senses fully yet' – Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city, killing 17 and maiming dozens

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Tight security at Eurovision song contest as protests and terror threat high

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Milan's La Scala names new director of opera house after months of controversy

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Irish News -- Niece pays tribute to Dublin priest who died in tragic accident in Mexico

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Latin America -- 'Rolex raid' on Peruvian president's home sees police batter down the front door

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Latin America -- World's largest snake Ana Julia found dead in Amazon rainforest just weeks after it was discovered

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Indonesian volcano eruption: Thousands evacuated and tsunami alert issued

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Cat rescued from rubble 12 days after Taiwan quake

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Bodies of girl (3) and mother recovered after Indonesia landslides killed 20

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Father of boy accused of stabbing Sydney clerics 'saw no extremism signs'

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New species of Australian ant with ghostly features named after Lord Voldemort

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Jessica Taylor: I'm a psychologist and I can tell you what's really to blame for the Sydney stabbings

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One year into its 'forgotten war', Sudan is a 'blood-soaked playground' with famine on the horizon

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At least 94 dead in Mozambique after unlicensed ferry boat capsizes, official says

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UN begins distributing food in Sudan's war-torn region but warns of starvation risk

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