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Why the Trump administration won't break with Israel's far right

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Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab

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Far right Israeli minister says 'all of Lebanon must burn'

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Trump threatens to 'take over' Iran in profanity filled tirade: report

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Trump's top Senate ally breaks with president on intelligence chief

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Catholic diocese says Trump's border wall 'desecrates' Jesus statue

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Baby giraffes who went missing from Virginia zoo a year ago found safe

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Nancy Mace mocked online after posting about 'trans' mice in research

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Victim fled machete attack only to be killed by two cars: police

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Kennedy Center being used as screen for Trump and Epstein videos

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Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in US West

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Majority of Americans say the Iran war was not worth the cost

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76-year-old killed after Tesla 'on auto-pilot' crashed into her home

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Family from 'Take Care of Maya' doc sues their lawyers claiming fraud

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Trump says Starmer will resign as PM after 'failing badly'

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Hegseth's review appears out of step with what Nato allies are doing

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France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe

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Founder of gaming giant Ubisoft killed in France plane crash

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5.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Greece near holiday island of Crete

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Person dies after trains collide on Munich bridge

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Kim Gamel, a former veteran AP correspondent in Europe and the Middle East, dies

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Italian minister cancels US trip over Trump's 'offensive' Meloni words

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How Ukraine's new drone tactics are causing chaos in Russia

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Ukraine hits oil refinery in largest attack on Moscow in two years

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Trump's war chief Hegseth slams UK and others over Nato spending

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Nato's Rutte refuses to criticise US over Hegseth attack on allies

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The European Union has quietly sought to reopen communication with Russia

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Woman creates acclaimed wine from vineyard planted during lockdown

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Six-month-old baby dies of Ebola as disease rips through orphanage

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Children among nine killed as train and bus crash in Zimbabwe

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Ministers accused of 'words over action' on protecting women and girls

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South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising

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50m Africans connect to power in 'unprecedented' aid group partnership

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Ebola crisis deepens as angry locals drive health workers away

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The struggles of the city at the centre of DRC's Ebola crisis

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HIV response facing 'biggest storm ever seen', new report warns

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Children 'not getting treatment needed' as aid cuts hit HIV services

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The pain of DRC's past echoes into this new Ebola outbreak

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'Troubling' Trump health deals with Africa 'jeopardise human rights'

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Two babies from orphanage die of Ebola as outbreak death toll climbs

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UK 'missing in action' as Iran war hits farmers around the world

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Beijing Library: Reimagining the future of reading

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Bravery of fishermen remembered

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Buried fires crack a porcelain mystery

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Studies of classics called key to future

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Demand and policies fuel foreign trade

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Hong Kong hospital faces scrutiny after surgical blunder causes death

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Powerful 2011 Japan earthquake may have moved country further east

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Smartphone catches fire on British Airways flight at Tokyo airport

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Telegram loses appeal against India ban to tackle exam fraud

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Pakistan abolishes 'period tax' after landmark campaign by lawyers

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Indonesia scales back school meals scheme after administrator's arrest

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H5 bird flu reaches last continent as Australia reports suspected case

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Mother speaks of anguish after two young children killed in accident

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Australia relaxes Middle East travel warning in boost for travellers

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Tasmanian devil finally recaptured after two weeks on the run from zoo

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Bluey to be dubbed in Indigenous Australian language for first time

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Albanese demands answers as mystery deepens in killing of Australian girl in Pakistan

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Australia banned social media for under-16s. Here's what happened

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Sydney shark attack victim named as 35-year-old mother Leah Stewart

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China's ability to strike Australia 'will grow over next decade'

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Sydney reopens beach after shark attack leaves swimmer injured

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Australian girl shot dead in Pakistan in case of mistaken identity

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