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Ukraine war live: Chernobyl loses power while mass blackouts continue

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Church angel 'restored to look like Italian prime minister'

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Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics

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Veterans protest at US embassy over Trump's Greenland threats

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Xi's purge continues with another key minister accused of corruption

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Growing calls for U-16s ban in one of largest markets for social media

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UK aid cuts help China win the battle for hearts and minds in Africa

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Ai Weiwei hits out at Western hypocrisy over raising human rights

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South Korea apologises for Cambodian worker's death in greenhouse dorm

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Indian police officer told off for showing up to work with 'red hair'

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Blow to Myanmar's junta as Asean refuses to recognise 'sham' election

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South Korea begins probe into church over election interference claims

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Aid groups struggle to attract donors as floods devastate Mozambique

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Collapse in aid for climate is fuelling wars, says David Miliband

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The Independent calls on government to help end Aids pandemic

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Trump officially pulls US out of landmark Paris climate deal again

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Minister refuses to say if UK HIV funding will be protected from cuts

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Human rights groups decry Trump expanding 'disastrous' abortion policy

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Young people are calling for help over online abuse – we should listen

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Girl, 4, dies in Iran explosion a day before Strait of Hormuz drill

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Iran-Trump latest: Regime denies army chief targeted in explosion

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Israeli strikes 'kill 27' in one of the deadliest days since ceasefire

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How Saudi' dream of a 'city of the future' became a $500bn nightmare

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Omid Djalili: Iranians will fight to the very end against this regime

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The potential outcomes if Trump strikes Iran

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Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back

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Syrian government and Kurdish-led SDF announce latest ceasefire

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The force added to EU's terrorist list

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No 10 welcomes EU move to label Iran's Revolutionary Guards terrorists

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Huge portrait of girl killed in Gaza war unfurled on beach in Spain

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IDF 'accepts 71,000 death toll figure by Gaza health ministry'

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Armed gangs rampant in Gaza killing Hamas members with Israeli weapons

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Judge orders swift release of 5-year-old and father detained by ICE

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Epstein files live updates: Andrew told he should testify to Congress

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Minnesota ICE live: Protests over Renee Good and Alex Pretti shootings

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Coast Guard suspends search for seven after fishing boat capsizes

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Gregory Bovino disparaged Jewish prosecutor's faith: report

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Trump wants 250-ft triumphal arch, dwarfing other DC monuments

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The Latest: Huge cache of Epstein documents includes his emails with wealthy and powerful

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Trump shares bizarre new painting with himself as MAGA conductor

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A former Sierra Club Foundation director sues over internal racism that he says hinders its mission

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'We Greenlanders actually like the US: it's Trump that's the problem'

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Eight inmates, including 4 murder suspects, recaptured after LA escape

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The disruptive force of weight loss drugs

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His family believed he died in a crash – then cops took a closer look

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What are the main revelations from the new Epstein files release?

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Minnesota nurses dispute ICE claim after man suffers skull fractures

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Nearly 2 million military casualties in Ukraine war, reports finds

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Hundreds protest in Milan against ICE involvement at Winter Olympics

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Trump envoy showed 'troubling lack of knowledge at Ukraine talks'

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Ukraine left waiting for US aid as country endures bitter winter

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Why Trump's invitation puts the Pope in an uncomfortable position

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Spain mourns victims as families push for train crash truth

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Russian cargo ship anchors over undersea cables in Bristol Channel

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Politician convicted for repeatedly shooting at poster of baby Jesus

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Why Europe is losing race to control the Arctic's crucial resources

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Trump hangs picture of himself and Putin in the White House

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Bangladeshi workers lured to Russia tricked into fighting in Ukraine

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Russia's war drive as Putin frees prisoners and lures foreigners

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German investigators raid Deutsche Bank in money laundering probe

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US 'tells Ukraine that security will only be given in return for land'

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Woman killed by falling tree as 50mph winds batter Costa del Sol

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Mine collapse in eastern Congo leaves at least 200 dead

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Explosions heard around airport in reported 'terrorist attack'

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Schoolchild among 11 dead in minibus crash

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Nigerian military officers to face trial over alleged coup plot

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Zimbabwe farmers ask Trump for help in compensating land seizures

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Trump's new world order is missing one key ingredient – cooperation

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Three killed as flooding pushes confused crocodiles into town

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55m face hunger crisis this year in central and west Africa, UN warns

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Kruger National Park to take years to recover from devastating floods

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The country struggling to sell its diamonds as stockpiles grow

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Washed Away: A city under siege and a country in climate chaos

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The dangerous precedent set by Senegal's 'shameful' walk-off protest

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'Christian genocide' claims after 150 people abducted from churches

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African court confirms president's re-election amid fraud claims

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How Trump has brutally reshaped foreign aid over the last year

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Nipah virus: What travellers need to know

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WHO provides promising update on India's deadly Nipah virus outbreak

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Vietnam to auction tycoon's Birkin bags to recoup fraud losses

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Margot Robbie wears piece of Hollywood history at premiere

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More than 20 children fall ill after eating school lunch

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Bangladesh's ousted leader denounces the upcoming election from exile

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Japan's snap election: Who's running and what's at stake

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Smithsonian to return three looted bronze sculptures to India

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Couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol

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What is Nipah virus? Signs to watch out for as India fights outbreak

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UK health chiefs issue new warning about Nipah virus

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Inside the Hong Kong media stifled by fear after Jimmy Lai conviction

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Another country introduces Nipah checks as Nipah virus outbreak grows

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Imran Khan rushed to hospital amid concerns over eyesight

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Teenager found dead during camping trip in Australia's Blue Mountains

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New Zealand rejects Trump's invitation to join Gaza's Board of Peace

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AI-generated blog post sends travellers to imaginary hot springs

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Man throws 'homemade bomb' at crowd of thousands in Australia

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China sends team to help investigate coffee attack on Australian baby

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Outrage after Australia kills dingoes linked to backpacker's death

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Australia revokes visa of Israeli influencer over anti-Islam posts

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More than 1,000 families told to leave as bushfires rage in Australia

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Here's why shark attacks keep occurring in rivers or estuaries

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Update in search for six people presumed dead in New Zealand landslide

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Boy, 12, mauled by shark in Sydney Harbour dies

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Man wanted over Australia's fatal shooting was out on bail, police say

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Teens among six still missing after landslide at New Zealand campsite

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Dilemma facing Australia's koala conservationists – too many koalas

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Several missing after landslide rips through campsite in New Zealand

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