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• British spies recalled after new Edward Snowden leak

  14-06-2015 21:38
  
  BRITISH spies were recalled from missions yesterday after Russia and China decoded top-secret documents stolen by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  
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• Dolly Parton’s cause of death revealed after star’s death at 80

  26-08-2026 07:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  The country superstar passed after a battle with cancer (Picture: Shutterstock)Country music star Dolly Parton died after a ‘brief battle with cancer’, her publicist said.In a statement to media outlets, her publicist Marcel Pariseau said: ‘After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.’‘Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter,
  
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• Man accused of attacking mum and son outside Melbourne's largest police station confesses in court

  26-08-2026 07:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The man accused of attacking a mother and young child in broad daylight outside Melbourne's police headquarters has admitted carrying out the attack. 
  
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• What the Sussexes' new life in Britain will really look like: It's Harry's dream... Meghan will 'come and go' - but it's all part of the 15-year plan. All is revealed by ALISON BOSHOFF

  26-08-2026 07:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan's exile from the UK has lasted for 78 months - a long and eventful period. Their return, though, is moving at a cracking pace.
  
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• Teenage girl dies after she is found unresponsive at a home in ritzy Sydney suburb - as cops launch urgent investigation

  26-08-2026 07:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were responding to reports of a concern for welfare in Elanora Heights at 5.45pm on Sunday.
  
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• The ‘useless’ stop on the Victoria line driving Londoners nuts

  26-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  If commuters had beef with one tube stop, it’d be this one (Picture: Getty)I ride the Victoria line almost every day. In the seven months I’ve lived in Brixton I’ve spent countless hours on the London Underground watching the world pass by through Stockwell, Green Park and Euston.And on every single journey I take, I feel the same wave of frustration at exactly the same point: the second the Tube pulls into Pimlico station.The train stops, the doors open, no one gets off, no o
  
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• Sorry Ridley Scott, but now is not the time for a post-apocalyptic pandemic movie

  26-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageI wouldn’t blame you for not knowing that Sir Ridley Scott has a new film out this week, given how much it’s flown under the radar compared to the clamour around the much-anticipated Gladiator II in November 2024.But less than two years later, the revered director of Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and Alien is back again with The Dog Stars, a
  
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• I’ve been to 9 Italian islands, but there’s only one I keep going back to

  26-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Narrow, colourful streets and delicious seafood await here (Picture: Stefy Morelli/Getty Images)Claudia Tavani is a Sardinian travel writer and the founder of Strictly Sardinia, a website dedicated to her home. She tells our Travel Editor Alice Murphy about the Italian island she loves most (it’s not Sardinia).I’ve traveled extensively throughout Italy and have visited well over nine islands, including Sicily, Sardinia where I was born and raised, San Pietro, Sant’Antioco
  
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• ‘I’ve been photographing Notting Hill Carnival for 50 years – it’s very different today’

  26-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Caption: Photographer Ian Watts has been capturing Notting Hill Carnival for decades(Picture: ©Ian Watts @ianwattstv /www.ianwatts.org)An award-winning photographer who has captured every Notting Hill Carnival for half a century is set to hold an exhibition this week. Ian Watts has chronicled the event through his lens since 1976 and is putting his work on show ahead of the carnival this weekend.It will be the 60th carnival and his work will be beamed in huge screens as part of the Ca
  
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• Massive cash reward offered for the capture of assassin who shot and killed a majestic bald eagle, the country's national bird featured at the center of the presidential seal

  26-08-2026 06:57 via dailymail.com
  
  A highly valued bald eagle was shot and killed, now wildlife institutions are offering a large sum for the assassins capture
  
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• Man killed eight relatives, including four kids, at Sunday dinner, family says

  26-08-2026 06:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Investigators confirmed Tuesday there were eight victims, including four children, and that the suspect had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound and later died
  
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• Trump wants to demolish Kennedy Center and replace with amphitheater amid dispute over renovations

  26-08-2026 06:36 via dailymail.com
  
  That came from a court filing late Monday on the long-running saga over whether Trump's name can be added to the institution and venue meant to honor John F Kennedy after his assassination.
  
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• Controversial push to raise taxes for high income earners

  26-08-2026 06:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The surcharge would rise from the current 1.5 per cent of annual income to two per cent, or as high as three per cent for top earners making more than $164,000.
  
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• Cruel Amazon worker is filmed knocking elderly man to the ground after argument over a parking space

  26-08-2026 06:23 via dailymail.com
  
  New surveillance footage released shows suspect Terrence Wheeler, 30, allegedly striking a 71-year-old man in the head at an Arco gas station in Northern California gas back in March.
  
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• Aussies stunned by insane $40 price at Mexican restaurant: 'That's crazy'

  26-08-2026 06:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Many Aussies vented their disbelief, with some calling it a 'rip-off'.
  
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• Train strike over August Bank Holiday to spark chaos as 3 services to London impacted

  26-08-2026 05:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A number of services will be effected on Sunday and Monday and commuters have been told to travel only if necessary, as union members strike over safety concerns
  
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• Biological parents of baby who surrogate refused to abort finally break silence: Pictured for first time, couple reveal real reason they fought to end pregnancy

  26-08-2026 05:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed have opened up about why they wanted to abort their biological son as their surrogate, McKenna West, seeks sole custody of the baby.
  
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• Aussie blasts entitled customer after fight erupts over rental car and cops send him a warning

  26-08-2026 05:44 via dailymail.com
  
  A fiery back-and-forth ensued between Blake and the customer, with multiple phone calls, before it ended with a tense face-to-face showdown.
  
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• Top accounting executive in trouble after refusing to deliver Acknowledgement of Country

  26-08-2026 05:23 via dailymail.com
  
  One of Australia's biggest accounting and audit firms has launched an internal investigation after a senior partner refused to give the address.
  
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• Parents scramble as Edge Early Learning collapses into voluntary administration

  26-08-2026 05:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The company runs childcare, kindergarten and preschool centres in Queensland, South Australia and the ACT.
  
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• Trump-backed contender survives in Oklahoma nail-biter after nasty race devolves into drug tests

  26-08-2026 05:03 via dailymail.com
  
  A Donald Trump-backed candidate for governor in Oklahoma survived a close call in a runoff race that turned nasty.
  
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• Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Pisces horoscope reveals what your star sign needs to let go of now

  26-08-2026 05:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Have you been accepting less than you deserve? (Picture: Getty/Metro)Eclipse season peaks with the Full Moon in Pisces on August 28, 2026.This is going to be a lunar event which will stir up your emotional depths and make you realise the ways in which you have been shrinking, diminishing or suppressing yourself and your needs.
  Compromise and sacrifice are part of life, a part of all roles and relationships to some degree, but they are not the default, the ‘new normal’, and you can&r
  
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• Nirmeen, 56, hacked her husband to death, butchered his body and dumped the bits around Sydney - but she's not a murderer

  26-08-2026 04:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Nirmeen Noufl, 56, was charged with the murder of her husband Mamdouh, 62, at their home in Greenacre, western Sydney.
  
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• Labor MP Luke Gosling stands down as Albanese's special envoy after alleged bail breach linked to assault charges

  26-08-2026 04:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Labor MP Luke Gosling has stood aside from his role as Anthony Albanese's special envoy - after he was charged with breaching bail.
  
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• Trump-backed candidate scrubs ALL mentions of the president as alarm bells ring in deep red seat

  26-08-2026 04:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Ralph Alvarado, the Kentucky Republican who won his House primary after securing President Donald Trump's endorsement.
  
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• Trump-backed Mazzei wins in Oklahoma after nasty race devolves into drug tests and a car wreck

  26-08-2026 04:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump-backed Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei, the former state senator and former Oklahoma budget secretary, emerged with the Republican nomination Tuesday night.
  
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• Aussie tourist arrested at Bali airport 'trying to flee back to Brisbane' after manhunt over alleged sex act outside local's home

  26-08-2026 04:12 via dailymail.com
  
  An Australian tourist has been arrested at the airport after alleged footage of him in a lewd act shocked the island.
  
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• At least 47 dead and more kidnapped as armed men storm 'once peaceful community' in Haiti

  26-08-2026 04:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although Haiti has been ravaged by gangland warfare, the community of Kenscoff has avoided the worst of the violence - until a horrific mass kidnapping on Sunday
  
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• Dolly Parton bravely battled cancer before her death at 80 'surrounded by loved ones' in Nashville

  26-08-2026 03:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Dolly Parton's private cancer battle has been revealed following the heartbreaking news of her death at the age of 80 on Tuesday.
  
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• Billionaire Adrian Portelli is leaving Australia for good - as he takes aim at 'controlling' Albanese government

  26-08-2026 03:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Billionaire Adrian Portelli took aim at the Albanese government as he announced he has moved to Dubai.
  
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