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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes another Wildberries warehouse to continue assault on ‘Russian Amazon’

  07-08-2026 12:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  One-fifth of Wildberries’ storage space has now been destroyed in Ukrainian attacks,
  
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• Taxpayers foot $30M bill for ICE body cams—but you might never see the video

  07-08-2026 12:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident
  
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• Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean soldiers to fight Ukraine. Is the West at risk?

  07-08-2026 12:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  It marks Pyongyang's most significant involvement in a war since the 1950s
  
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• Trump signs new executive orders in fresh attempt to change birthright citizenship law. So what happens now?

  07-08-2026 11:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump was previously blocked from reinterpreting birthright citizenship law by the Supreme Court in June
  
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• Trump posts Van Gogh-inspired meme of MAGA party under ‘Starry Night’ sky

  07-08-2026 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump busy on Truth Social posting images aligning himself with great figures from American history and deriding Rosie O’Donnell
  
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• Terrified Thai school students take cover in classroom during shooting

  07-08-2026 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Students in Thailand took cover in a classroom as a pupil opened fire at a school outside Bangkok on Friday (August 7), eyewitness footage shows.
  
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• Unpaid health worker opens up on battle to slow fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever

  07-08-2026 11:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wiza Bondele has been working without pay since the outbreak was declared in mid-May
  
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• Mystery as fifteen elephants drop dead after eating tomatoes from nearby farms

  07-08-2026 10:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Farmers near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park dispute claims that their produce is responsible for the deaths
  
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• Trump swoons over the looks of his hand-picked Fed chair Kevin Warsh: report

  07-08-2026 10:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump has previously complimented the Syrian president’s looks as well as the mayor of New York City
  
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• Italy puts all its major cities on the top level of health alert as temperature hits 42C

  07-08-2026 10:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Europe has suffered from record-breaking heat and devastating wildfires this summer
  
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• Former Mexican governor arrested over alleged cover-up in missing students case

  07-08-2026 10:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The disappearance of 43 students in Mexico back in 2014 rocked the nation
  
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• Trump endorsement falls short as Andy Ogles loses redrawn Tennessee primary

  07-08-2026 09:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher defeated U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in a Republican primary Thursday for a significantly reshaped congressional district
  
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• Trump says Dr Fauci should be prosecuted. What happens now?

  07-08-2026 09:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr Anthony Fauci claimed in the hearing that Senator Rand Paul has an ‘obsession’ with calling for his prosecution
  
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• Feds sacrifice rare fish in Colorado River to save power for millions

  07-08-2026 09:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal officials will not be releasing water from one of the Colorado River's major reservoirs
  
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• American rescued from Antarctic base in rare midwinter rescue

  07-08-2026 08:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on March 23 and will not rise until September 21
  
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• French streamers given suspended jail terms over ‘scripted’ livestreamed death

  07-08-2026 08:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Both men were banned from posting on social networks for six months
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump claims Strait of Hormuz is ‘sort of open’ and predicts Tehran will seek peace soon

  07-08-2026 07:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran warns US not to get involved as it claims agreement with Oman to open shipping route through Strait of Hormuz
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin could attack Nato member to test alliance’s resolve, report on US intel warns

  07-08-2026 06:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lithuania also fears Putin may be planning a ‘false flag’ strike on the Baltics
  
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• ‘Trump 2028’: President poses as decorated general and threatens to run again in bizarre series of AI posts

  07-08-2026 04:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president has acknowledged he can’t run again but frequently talks about ‘Trump 2028’
  
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• White House’s push to delay hemp product ban could have big benefit to Susie Wiles’ son-in-law: reports

  07-08-2026 03:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bret Worley, who married Wiles’ younger daughter Caroline in June, is the CEO of a global hemp product supplier
  
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• Lindsay Clancy breaks down during trial as jurors view 8-month-old’s autopsy photos

  07-08-2026 02:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Witnesses described Clancy as open about her struggles with postpartum mental health issues
  
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• DOJ finds Duke Law School discriminated based on race in admissions

  07-08-2026 02:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  This marks the latest action by the administration against higher education institutions
  
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• California homeless non-profit has paid its Hawaii-living CEO $1.6 million salary over the last two years: report

  07-08-2026 01:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Although the organization manages roughly 16 crisis facilities across Los Angeles and Orange counties, its top executive has lived primarily on the Big Island of Hawaii for at least 11 years
  
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• AI used to create antibacterial viruses but experts warn of biosafety risk

  07-08-2026 00:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Scientists hope work could lead to new treatments for infections resistant to antibiotics
  
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