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• Simple-looking equation proves difficult to solve - can you remember special rule only geniuses can?

  14-06-2026 14:09 via dailymail.com
  
  This simple-looking equation has left many people debating the correct answer online. Can you solve it?
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Germany thrash Curacao, FIFA to pay Artan, England tornado latest

  14-06-2026 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Somalian referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the US in controversial circumstances despite having been expected to officiate in matches during the World Cup
  
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• Singer Oliver Tree dies aged 32 in helicopter crash in Brazil

  14-06-2026 21:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Singer Oliver Tree has died in a tragic helicopter crash (Picture: AFP)American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree has died after a helicopter crash in Brazil, it has been reported.The 32-year-old alternative rock artist and social media personality is best remembered for his hit songs Life Goes On, Miss You and ULTRAMAN.According to CNN Brazil, he was in Rio de Janeiro when the incident occurred.The outlet reports that Tree and five others were killed when two helicopters collided above an electric
  
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• Police fire teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla and smashed United Nations office's windows in Geneva ahead of G7 summit

  14-06-2026 21:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Geneva police today fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations agency as they vented their anger at a G7 summit
  
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• 'Hell on Wheels' killer Mackenzie Shirilla's mom makes explosive new claims about 'evil' daughter's relationship with boyfriend and lesbian urges… as jailhouse transformation is revealed

  14-06-2026 21:06 via dailymail.com
  
  'Hell on Wheels' killer Mackenzie Shirilla's mother has broken her silence on her daughter's sudden rise to infamy in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail.
  
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• American singer Oliver Tree identified as victim in horrific helicopter collision as harrowing video of smoldering debris emerges

  14-06-2026 21:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The singer, best known for the hit song Life Goes On, was identified as one of six people who died in the crash.
  
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• Eberechi Eze makes England penalty claim after Arsenal heartbreak

  14-06-2026 21:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal star Eberechi Eze is keen to put his penalty heartache in the past (Picture: Getty)Eberechi Eze says he would ‘for sure’ take a penalty for England at the World Cup following his missed attempt in Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.The 27-year-old midfielder – who joined Arsenal from Crystal Palace last summer – fired wide with his stuttered effort, squandering the opportunity to put the Gunners’ 3-1 in front in last month&
  
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• Raise the Colours group have ‘urine thrown at them’ as they are chased out of Brighton

  14-06-2026 21:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Anti-immigration protestors took shelter in a nearby pub which was then surrounded by counter protestors. (Picture: PA)A group protesting against immigration in Brighton said they had urine and poo thrown at them and were trapped in a pub for hours as counter protesters surrounded them.More than 4,000 people protested in Brighton City Centre yesterday.Three hundred people took part in the ‘Stop The Boats’ protest, and 4,000 in a counter protest called ‘Carnival Against Fascism
  
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• Universal Credit leaves people 'signed off and written off', DWP chief warns

  14-06-2026 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pat McFadden criticised the welfare system set up by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, and claimed the flaws within the system were not a bug, 'but a feature'
  
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• Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, rushed to the hospital after months of public health scares

  14-06-2026 20:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, has been taken to the hospital.
  
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• Vogue Williams ‘upset’ after Jamie Laing brings up ex Brian McFadden on podcast

  14-06-2026 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vogue Williams wasn’t happy when Jamie Laing reminded her of her disastrous marriage to Brian McFadden (Picture: Shutterstock)Vogue Williams is said to be feeling sore after Jamie Laing brought up her ex-husband Brian McFadden during a podcast interview.Reflecting on the collapse of her marriage while on Jamie’s Great Company in May, she said: ‘It’s really embarrassing.
  ‘It’s quite humiliating because you know people have started speculating and people starte
  
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• Two 'Afghans' are charged with stealing £13,000 worth of England's World Cup kit - including a Lego set and two cuddly lions - as the team arrived to kick off their campaign

  14-06-2026 20:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Mustafa Salik and Erfan Kamal, who are thought to be originally from Afghanistan , are accused of receiving stolen property and if convicted could be jailed for a maximum of seven years.
  
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• Two arrested after 'racially motivated' attack on Belfast home

  14-06-2026 20:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  PSNI said a gang of men started attacking the occupants of a house on Donegall Avenue in Belfast as they tried to leave, injuring two people as a terrified woman and several children huddled inside
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: This is a chance to put the SNP on notice... to attach a painful electoral price to their neglect of Aberdeen

  14-06-2026 20:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Aberdeen South has been a difficult by-election to watch.
  
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• Twelve people killed after ‘skydiving’ plane crashes in Butler

  14-06-2026 20:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Witnesses say the plane, was flying low and suddenly plunged into the ground.(Picture: Mid America News-Review)
  Around 11 skydivers and their pilot have ‘perished’ in a plane ​crash close to a rural airport.Witnesses said they saw the plane, believed to be carrying skydivers, flying low before suddenly plunging into the ground ​close to the Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri on Sunday.A Bates County Emergency Management said just before 11.30am, a private plane leaving
  
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• Elvis the Alpaca is on the 'naughty step' after going rogue, chasing a teacher, spitting at guests... and attacking anyone wearing a hat!

  14-06-2026 20:24 via dailymail.com
  
  He shares his name with the King of Pop.
  
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• Butler Missouri plane crash: 11 skydivers and pilot believed dead

  14-06-2026 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eleven skydivers and a pilot are believed to be dead after a plane crashed in Butler, Missouri on Sunday morning, it has been reported
  
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• Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, rushed to the hospital

  14-06-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, has been taken to the hospital.
  
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• Bloom & Wild’s £29 BBQ gift set is the ultimate Father’s Day present

  14-06-2026 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This is the perfect gift for a BBQ-mad dad. (Picture: Metro/Bloom & Wild/Getty)
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  There’s a lot of significance surrounding Sunday June 21 this year. For starters, it’s when the summer solstice falls, which marks the official start of summer.
  But slightly more stressfully, it’s also Father’s Day in the UK &n
  
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• 12 dead after plane full of skydivers CRASHES just after takeoff from Missouri airport

  14-06-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The plane crashed just after takeoff from Butler Memorial Airport at 11.30am.
  
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• Shaking the magic money tree: Labour under fire for caving into unions after finding more cash to 'bribe' striking doctors while denying crucial funding for defence

  14-06-2026 19:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The British Medical Association was due to march resident doctors out on strike in a long-running row over pay but it backed down at the 11th hour after James Murray proposed a new deal.
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Germany retake lead after Curacao scare, FIFA to pay Artan, England tornado latest

  14-06-2026 19:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Somalian referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the US in controversial circumstances despite having been expected to officiate in matches during the World Cup
  
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• Unborn baby killed during police chase crash in south London

  14-06-2026 19:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  The crash took place on Saturday night on Lewisham Way (Picture: Google)A driver being chased by police for a suspected cloned licence plate crashed into a couple with a heavily pregnant woman, killing her unborn child.Police were in pursuit of the suspect’s car on Lewisham Way, New Cross after it failed to stop at around 11.30pm on Saturday.That car then collided into another being driven by a man in his 20s, who had his heavily pregnant partner, also in her 20s, in the passenger seat.Pa
  
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• London Gatwick live: Passengers stranded at airport after sinkhole with 'all trains cancelled'

  14-06-2026 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sink holes have opened up causing chaos for rail passengers this afternoon as train lines were closed between Purley and East Croydon in London with the Gatwick Express also suspended
  
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• Real Madrid stance on signing Riccardo Calafiori after agreeing deal for Chelsea star

  14-06-2026 19:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Riccardo Calafiori had been the subject of transfer interest from Real Madrid (Picture: Getty)Real Madrid met with the agents of Riccardo Calafiori before moving swiftly to agree a deal to sign Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella.
  Chelsea have permitted the Spain international to join Jose Mourinho’s Real revolution in a deal worth up to £51.8million.Cucurella is currently in the United States with Spain for the World Cup and expected to feature in Monday’s opener with Cape Verde,
  
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• Former NHS nurse completes first ever year-long solo walk from top to bottom of Europe, dodging death along the way

  14-06-2026 19:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Kit Birks, 30, completed the treacherous solo expedition from Europe's northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost point on the Greek island of Gavdos after 343 days on Sunday.
  
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• Six people are dead after two helicopters collided in Brazil and crashed into the parking lot of an electric car dealership

  14-06-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  At least six people died in Brazil on Sunday after two helicopters collided in western Rio de Janeiro.
  
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• Markwayne Mullin tells local cops they'll have to wait for 'delayed' World Cup funds after hopping on DHS $70m jet to fly home

  14-06-2026 19:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Markwayne Mullin blamed Democrats for delays in getting federal dollars to local law agencies to cover expenses incurred from increased security for the World Cup.
  
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• Half-naked heir to raisin empire lands in handcuffs after hurling vile insults at Jewish neighbors from balcony of $5.3m mansion

  14-06-2026 19:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The heir allegedly threatened to 'pull' his neighbor's nose and allegedly interrupted a Jewish worship service where children were present by spewing antisemitic statements.
  
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• A birthday of diplomacy: Zelensky and Putin both speak with Trump on his 80th as US President says envoys Witkoff and Kushner will visit Russia 'soon'

  14-06-2026 19:25 via dailymail.com
  
  US president Donald Trump engaged in high-level diplomacy on his 80th birthday, today speaking to Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
  
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