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• US gunman deemed 'legally sane'

  29-05-2015 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court-appointed psychiatrist has testified the gunman who carried out a 2012 attack on a Colorado cinema was mentally ill but "legally sane" when it happened.
  
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• Iran launches 'attempted surprise attack' on US forces in Middle East

  29-07-2026 02:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Central Command says it intercepted "multiple" ballistic missiles fired by Iran.
  
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• Teen girl vanishes without a trace on the Sunshine Coast: Desperate search for missing 14-year-old Millie who hasn't been seen for a week

  29-07-2026 02:22 via dailymail.com
  
  A girl has vanished without a trace in Australia.
  
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• M1 traffic LIVE: Busy motorway closed near Luton airport after 'oil spill'

  29-07-2026 02:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have closed the motorway near Luton following the incident, which involved multiple vehicles and has created an oil spill which requires specialist clean up
  
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• Texas elite rocked by explosive sex scandal: Glamorous mom's X-rated photos and videos spark firestorm... as clique of wealthy wives threaten to leak whole town's 'dirty laundry' in new Bravo show

  29-07-2026 02:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Deep in the heart of Texas, a quiet Hill Country town is now in an uproar. A new Bravo reality series set in the affluent Boerne has ignited a firestorm among locals.
  
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• Police make alarming discovery inside home in Sydney as criminals are put on notice

  29-07-2026 02:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have made an alarming discovery inside a Sydney home.
  
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• Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots

  29-07-2026 02:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US and China are locked in a race to the lead the world in robotics and artificial intelligence.
  
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• Brittany Higgins' former boss settles case against Commonwealth after alleging the Morrison government failed to protect her

  29-07-2026 02:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Fiona Brown was chief of staff to then-defence minister Linda Reynolds in 2019 when Ms Higgins alleged she had been raped by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.
  
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• Zelensky and Netanyahu meet Trump as wars in Ukraine and Iran drag on

  29-07-2026 02:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two leaders were in Washington to attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel and advocate for US aid to Ukraine.
  
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• Trump spy chief wins approval to take over intel as Democrats look to release wiretap powers

  29-07-2026 02:11 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the nation's top intelligence agency, has been confirmed by the US Senate after a rollercoaster of a process.
  
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• Wife of accused vigilante tradies is charged by cops - after fed-up locals allegedly beat on-the-run criminal to death with baseball bats during 'citizen's arrest'

  29-07-2026 02:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The wife of one of two local plumbers who allegedly beat a career criminal to death in a 'citizen's arrest' has been accused of hiding the baseball bats they allegedly used.
  
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• 'Shameful' Green councillor 'tells murderers, rapists and burglars how to avoid police'... by posting map showing location of Live Facial Recognition vans

  29-07-2026 02:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Hau-Yu Tam, cabinet member at Lewisham Council, shared a map on her social media accounts showing the precise location of a Met Police van using facial recognition technology.
  
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• Games Inbox: Is GTA 6 the only game you’re buying this autumn?

  29-07-2026 02:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  How many games will you make time for? (Rockstar Games)The Wednesday letters page suggests making a Halo vs. Gears Of War game, as one reader sticks up for Splatoon Raiders and its Metacritic score.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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  I had an interesting conversation with a mate yesterday, where we were talking about GTA 6 and our video game ‘budgets’. I
  
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• Historic plan to return land to Aboriginal community in Aussie city

  29-07-2026 02:03 via dailymail.com
  
  It is believed to be the first council-led land return in Tasmania and among a handful of similar transitions nationwide.
  
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• Police seize fake World Cup shirts worth £18.5m in major crackdown

  29-07-2026 02:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers have seized more them 220,000 fake shirts, with a genuine retail value at an estimated £18.5 million, since January 2026 in a nationwide enforcement operation
  
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• The 11 most exciting video game releases of August 2026

  29-07-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  New Marvel and Star Wars games are out this month (Sony/EA/Game Freak/Metro)August’s video game line-up includes a new Marvel fighting game, a dream Star Wars/XCOM crossover, and a rare non-Pokémon game from Game Freak.While we are currently in the midst of the typical summer drought of big video game releases, July still saw a handful of significant titles, particularly from Nintendo and Microsoft.The former launched Rhythm Paradise Groove as its final (for now) Switch 1 game and
  
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• What drove Sonia, a sweet-natured music tutor from Portsmouth, to fly to the US and pay a man to torture and murder her - and her killer's sickening words of justification to his wife

  29-07-2026 01:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Sonia Exelby, a 32-year-old music tutor from Portsmouth, was found dead in Florida last year, allegedly murdered by a sadist who worshipped an Egyptian god of death.
  
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• SARAH VINE: You're the Prime Minister, Andy - not the tambourine player in The Smiths. Try to make people like you and they won't ever respect you

  29-07-2026 01:59 via dailymail.com
  
  With Parliament in recess and Nigel Farage in hiding from Count Binface, one Andrew Murray Burnham and his team have sensed their window of opportunity - and gone for it.
  
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• The Spanish villa we put years of love and labour into was consumed by wildfires in hours... but we're the lucky ones

  29-07-2026 01:56 via dailymail.com
  
  For more than two years, Cameron and Sue Evans carved out an idyllic life as expat retirees in the tiny rural hamlet of Fuente del Albarico, 230 miles east of Malaga in southern Spain.
  
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• Meet Millie, 'the world's oldest cat', who lives on a diet of salmon, prawns, chicken and tuna...

  29-07-2026 01:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Leslie Greenhough, 71, believes his tortoiseshell cat is the oldest living kitty in the world - Millie is 146 in human years
  
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• 'Shameful' councillor 'tells murderers, rapists and burglars how to avoid police'... by posting map showing location of Live Facial Recognition vans

  29-07-2026 01:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Hau-Yu Tam, cabinet member at Lewisham Council, shared a map on her social media accounts showing the precise location of a Met Police van using facial recognition technology.
  
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• The evidence that shows today's 20-somethings really do have it worse

  29-07-2026 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People in their 20s are facing a tougher start to adulthood than any generation in almost half a century, according to analysis for the BBC.
  
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• Amber heat health alerts to come into force as heatwave reaches 35C peak

  29-07-2026 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wednesday is set to be the hottest day of the week for many as a widespread fourth heatwave grips the UK.
  
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• 'Here's a more natural flowing version': Cringe-inducing moment Canadian politician gets AI to write his speech to Parliament... but forgets to edit out the machine's preamble

  29-07-2026 01:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Addressing the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Progressive Conservative member Bill Oliver made the major gaffe in front of his peers.
  
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• Embattled Myer suffers blow as boss blames cost-of-living squeeze for sales slump after harsh winter figures

  29-07-2026 01:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Despite a wave of discounts and promotions, Myer consumer sales slumped 5.5 per cent in June and fell four per cent in July, according to a trading update.
  
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• Travel chaos as major airline issues ground stop for all planes nationwide amid system outage

  29-07-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System Command Center issued a ground stop advisory preventing all planes nationwide from taking off amid a systemwide IT outage
  
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• Hedgehogs and foxes are being taken to animal rescue centres with suspected heatstroke as temperatures spike across the UK

  29-07-2026 01:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Some 316 hedgehogs were admitted to the RSPCA's four wildlife centres in June, a 56% rise on the 202 admitted in the same month the previous year.
  
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• Powerball winner arrested for fourth time since winning $167m jackpot over claims he throttled woman

  29-07-2026 01:27 via dailymail.com
  
  James Farthing, 51, won a staggering $167 million Powerball jackpot in April 2025. He was arrested Monday on domestic violence charges of strangulation and assault.
  
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• 'Here's a more natural flowing version...': Moment Canadian politician reads out AI speech in Parliament

  29-07-2026 01:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Addressing the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Progressive Conservative member Bill Oliver made the major gaffe in front of his peers.
  
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• How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

  29-07-2026 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs.
  
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