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• Moment lightning strikes Eiffel Tower as European nations bask in record temperatures

  28-06-2026 17:36 via dailymail.com
  
  This is the electrifying moment the Eiffel Tower is struck by lightning as thunderstorms swept across Paris following a major heatwave. 
  
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• Young mum, 23, allegedly gunned down at her home is pictured - as her devastated mum sends a heartbreaking final message

  29-06-2026 04:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Mallorie Jane was allegedly gunned down in an apartment on Loder Street in Biggera Waters on Queensland's Gold Coast around 8pm on Sunday.
  
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• Suit-and-tie bank robber makes off with $12,000 after threatening Chase workers with gun

  29-06-2026 04:27 via dailymail.com
  
  A unidentified bank robber remains at bay, after holding Chase Bank workers at gunpoint and fleeling with a $12,000 wad of cash on June 27.
  
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• Fears raised for famous restaurateur John Kilroy after he disappeared while on a night walk

  29-06-2026 04:27 via dailymail.com
  
  John Kilroy, 74, failed to return after leaving for a walk along Brisbane River on Sunday night.
  
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• Extraordinary moment dad and young son are pulled alive from rubble four days after Venezuela earthquakes as rescuers hail 'miracle' survival

  29-06-2026 04:06 via dailymail.com
  
  A father and his young son were pulled alive from the rubble of Venezuela's devastating earthquakes on Sunday after surviving trapped beneath a collapsed building for four days.
  
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• 'Please know you are not alone': Princess Kate completes gruelling Three Peaks Challenge in 24 hours over the weekend while raising awareness for cancer

  29-06-2026 03:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Catherine, 44, started the endurance event on Saturday night and finished it 24 hours later cheered on by her family including her husband and three children.
  
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• Prince Harry has a mountain to climb to fix PR own goal as security row overshadows UK trip: No one knows who is coming, Palace accommodation offer remains 'not accepted'... and patience is pushed to its limits by 'tiresome' psychodrama

  29-06-2026 03:44 via dailymail.com
  
  On Friday night they were definitely coming. All of them. By Saturday, maybe not. Yesterday, even those in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's camp were being told different stories.
  
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• Laurent runs an $800million bakery empire... but he's going to close his store in Melbourne because he's sick of the crime-ridden city centre

  29-06-2026 03:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A baking king has abandoned Melbourne's CBD, blasting it as a crime-riddled ghost town.
  
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• 'Never had a girlfriend'. Obsessed with 'dominance': Why friends weren't shocked by Aussie's suitcase murder arrest - as Thai ex reveals chilling message

  29-06-2026 03:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Former friends say the gun-loving truck driver had a disturbing fixation with asserting dominance, as a Thai woman he contacted a year ago reveals the chilling messages he sent.
  
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• A wage boost for 2.8million workers, a superannuation change and a tax cut: All the changes coming with EOFY on July 1

  29-06-2026 03:31 via dailymail.com
  
  July 1 ushers in a new financial year - and a raft of changes that will affect both workers and businesses.
  
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• Mother of 'killer' British influencer, 23, reveals frantic phone call with her 'little girl' hours before 'murder' - and begs Dubai authorities not to make her face the firing squad

  29-06-2026 03:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Brooke George said she was lured to the United Arab Emirates by William Treeby after he promised her luxuries and a modelling career before confiscating her passport.
  
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• Theme park to close doors forever after 36 years - 'extremely difficult decision'

  29-06-2026 03:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The theme park has three high-speed roller coasters a 40-foot go-kart track, a bungee-jumping tower and several rides for families and younger kids
  
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• Bill Maher savages Big Apple congressional candidate as 'patient zero of the woke mind virus'

  29-06-2026 03:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The veteran comedian and political commentator used his latest monologue on June 26, to torch what he described as the growing influence of far-left ideology within the Democratic Party .
  
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• Games Inbox: Is GTA 6 being hyped too much?

  29-06-2026 03:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is GTA 6 getting talked up too much? (Rockstar Games)The Monday letters page asks who’s making the Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake, as a reader feels the death of physical gaming has already happened.Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
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  Can I ask why everyone is so excited for GTA 6? I like the series, I’ve played them all from the original through the PS
  
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• Tragic end in search for teen who vanished from boat in Kentucky lake after captain arrested with blood alcohol allegedly TWICE the legal limit

  29-06-2026 02:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Marly Kinney, 19, was last seen at Grayson Lake, Kentucky on Wednesday. Her body was discovered by officials Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Tense scenes as police officer is caught on camera shoving a homeless man on the street in Penrith: 'F***ing go bro'

  29-06-2026 02:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Two officers were seen confronting the man on High Street in Penrith, western Sydney, at 4pm last Tuesday.
  
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• Dangerous 'squishy' toy trend leaves children needing surgery and skin grafts

  29-06-2026 02:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Several children have sustained severe burns after taking part in a social media trend to heat 'squishy' toys in the microwave, with some needing surgery including skin grafts
  
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• Lawyers back Labour calls for criminality age to increase to 14

  29-06-2026 02:26 via dailymail.com
  
  The Government is deciding whether to change the law so that children under 14 would no longer face arrest, charges or prosecution for any crime.
  
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• Royal Caribbean cruise passenger dies during snorkelling trip on island

  29-06-2026 02:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The passenger was traveling on board the cruise line's Star of the Seas ship, but on Thursday they disembarked the ship with their family to take part in an excursion which ended in tragedy
  
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• Blue collar Democrat's VERY kinky history is exposed as she desperately grasps on to rural Washington seat

  29-06-2026 02:07 via dailymail.com
  
  A blue-collar Democratic Rep. is facing renewed scrutiny after past college activities and claims made by former acquaintances resurfaced.
  
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• The giant illegal waste tip in Essex that catches fire every time temperatures rise... spewing foul-smelling smoke that locals blame for their sky-high cancer rates. And it's just one of 117 across England...

  29-06-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  'You wake up to the taste of rubbish in your mouth,' says 60-year-old Michelle Joyce. 'And the smoke is thick across the main road. I'm amazed there hasn't been an accident, but that'll be the next thing.'
  
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• PS6 will cost Sony £750 just for the raw materials says insider

  29-06-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The future is looking very expensive (Metro)As the price of the current gen consoles continues to rise, the cost of manufacturing the PS6 may already be out of control, with a potential retail price of up to £1,000.There are multiple reasons that video games hardware is more expensive now than it used to be, but the most significant is that the price of memory and hard drives has sharply increased, as the components are bought up and used for AI data centres instead.This has impacted ever
  
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• Locals fear chaos on their roads as new £250million train station opens with 1,000 bike spaces - but no car park

  29-06-2026 01:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Cambridge South station has been built at an estimated cost of £250million to serve the 23,000 people working at a nearby biomedical campus.
  
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• The Home Counties village where 'travellers outnumber locals': Families in 20 caravans expand illegal camp as they bulldoze another field in weekend land grab

  29-06-2026 01:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Workers descended on the field in Tilsworth, Bedfordshire two weeks ago before building an unauthorised encampment next to an existing legal site.
  
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• Remains of at least 117 dogs found at California 'no-kill' shelter as investigators uncover suspected burial site and 600 collars

  29-06-2026 01:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said Friday that it also discovered 21 canine skulls, hundreds of bones at Miranda's Rescue Animal Sanctuary in Fortuna, California.
  
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• Crufts winner is banned from owning dogs for 10 years after 77 pets were found starving and seriously unwell - with some having to be put down

  29-06-2026 01:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Lynda Cooper, whose gun dog won six awards at the world's largest dog show in 2016, admitted to 11 welfare offences at Cardiff Crown Court.
  
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• Canadian who travelled to California to pose as an Amazon driver and carry out sick murder plot targeting woman he met gaming online is caged for life

  29-06-2026 01:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Devin Wolfgang Vanderhoef, 26, of North Vancouver was sentenced Thursday in Monterey County to two consecutive life terms for orchestrating the attempted murder plot.
  
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• Wish you weren't here! Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour cuts price of seafront home in half to £8.25m after battle with campaigners over his rebuild

  29-06-2026 01:26 via dailymail.com
  
  His luxury home in Hove went on sale for an enormous £15million in 2022 after a long-running battle with campaigners, who formed a group called 'Save Hove from Property Tycoons'.
  
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• Rescuers are shocked to find plane crash survivors sitting on the aircraft... floating off the coast of Wales

  29-06-2026 01:25 via dailymail.com
  
  RNLI lifeboat crews and a HM Coastguard helicopter rushed to the scene on Friday evening following a Mayday call from a light aircraft carrying two people.
  
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• Brit, 37, found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in car park on Caribbean island

  29-06-2026 01:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Danny Vettrino, 37, from Fife, Scotland was found dead with gunshot wounds in a car park in the Gym Hill area of Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  
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