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• Arrests after hundreds take part in anti-lockdown protest in Dublin

  27-02-2021 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protesters clashed with Irish police as they marched through the city centre
  
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• Australia’s capital to join gun buyback after deadly Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says

  22-08-2026 12:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  ⁠Australia's most populous state, NSW, was the first to commit to the plan
  
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• Woman who thought family was killed in the Holocaust meets relatives she didn’t know existed

  22-08-2026 12:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Adriana Turk, 74, believed she was the last person left alive in her family before a DNA test reunited her with dozens of family members across the world
  
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• Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn’t have unredacted Epstein files

  22-08-2026 11:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Labour grandee and former foreign secretary was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February
  
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• Zelensky vows revenge after Russian double-tap strike on shopping mall in his hometown kills 16

  22-08-2026 11:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih
  
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• Fears Mandelson investigation is ‘on brink of collapse’ without unredacted Epstein files

  22-08-2026 11:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Labour grandee and former foreign secretary was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv hits Russian oil refinery after Putin’s shopping centre strike killed 16 people

  22-08-2026 10:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian drones hit an industrial facility, as well as a warehouse belonging to Ozon, a major Russian online retailer
  
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• Wildfires across Europe detonate forgotten World War bombs

  22-08-2026 10:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The scorched landscapes have exposed a potentially lethal threat lurking underground
  
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• The California sanctuary which has been caring for endangered singing gibbons for 50 years

  22-08-2026 09:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Gibbon Conservation Center, which has been running since 1976, is open for guided tours on the weekends
  
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• Canada vows to match US tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ as Trump’s 50% taxes come into force

  22-08-2026 09:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Last-minute negotiations failed to halt the tariffs, which will hit $20 billion of Canadian products
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says Tehran not ready to make ‘right deal’ after threatening ‘Economic D-Day’

  22-08-2026 07:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The whole world acknowleges our victory,’ said Masoud Pezeshkian as the US threatened to impose the ‘toughest sanctions in history’
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says Iran not ready to make ‘right deal’ after threatening ‘Economic D-Day’

  22-08-2026 07:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The whole world acknowleges our victory,’ said Masoud Pezeshkian as the US threatened to impose the ‘toughest sanctions in history’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky vows response to Russia’s ‘terrorist attack’ as strike on mall kills 16

  22-08-2026 06:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nine people, including two children, are missing following Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian mall, according to local official
  
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• US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite court orders blocking changes

  22-08-2026 04:06 via theguardian.com
  Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballotsThe US Postal Service prepared to publish a final ⁠rule late ⁠on ​Friday to impose new requirements on states to provide the federal government with information on voters before the November ⁠midterm congressional elections, despite a ​pair of court ‌orders ‌that currently block the ‌changes from taking effect.The USPS acknowledged in the
  
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• Trump talks up White House ballroom and says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’ – as it happened

  22-08-2026 04:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed. Read the latest herePentagon fires publisher and editor of Stars & StripesBacklash as navy carrier set to honor Black war hero could be named after TrumpSign up for the US Breaking News emailUS Senator Tim Sheehy, a Montana Republican and a cattle rancher, has come out against a plan announced Friday by Donald Trump to allow for an increase in imported ground beef.
  ”I’ve advised President Trump against this course of action for a year because American ran
  
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• Karmelo Anthony backed out of testifying over concerns of damaging evidence

  22-08-2026 03:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  It was not clear when the judge will issue a ruling on whether to grant a new trial
  
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• Trump interrupted by protester as he stumps for Darline Graham after debate gaffe

  22-08-2026 03:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The crowd booed and chanted ‘USA’ at the protestor who wore a shirt that said ‘Kill Your Local Pedophile’
  
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• Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’

  22-08-2026 03:24 via theguardian.com
  
  President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing IranDonald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country.“We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now,” Trump said, addressing a crowd
  
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• Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief

  22-08-2026 03:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr ZelenskyyRussian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine, killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih – the president’s home town – as “terror by desig
  
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• Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests as murder trial nears end

  22-08-2026 02:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors called rebuttal witnesses ahead of closing arguments
  
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• More US troops report sexual assaults as rates fall, Pentagon finds

  22-08-2026 02:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  The report marks another year of improving trends in the effort to tackle sexual assault in the military
  
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• ‘It’s stuff that you dream of’: IndyCar drivers hail historic DC race

  22-08-2026 01:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, taking place this weekend, is the second major sporting event hosted by President Trump to mark the nation’s 250th birthday celebration
  
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• Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal national guard policy report

  22-08-2026 01:49 via theguardian.com
  
  A report released by thinktank Cap argues the deployment of the national guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime, despite costing billionsThe Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit unless the liberal research organization retracts a report criticizing the effectiveness of the president’s National Guard rollout.The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis an
  
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• Girl, 6, dies three days after Shoreham sea incident that killed parents and sister

  22-08-2026 00:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition after being pulled from sea in West SussexA six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident that also killed her mother, father and sister.Saja El-Khawas died on Friday after the deaths of her sister Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her parents Hassan El-Khawas, 55, and Zeina Alayn, 37, on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• This year’s devastating El Niño event could be the ‘strongest in a lifetime’

  22-08-2026 00:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The El Niño is already impacting weather in America, stymying this year’s Atlantic hurricane production.
  
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• TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigation

  22-08-2026 00:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The DoJ sued TikTok and its former parent company in August 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and collecting their information⁠TikTok and its Chinese former parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400m settlement to resolve the US Department of Justice’s allegations that the short-form video app ⁠violated children’s online ⁠privacy.The justice ​department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect ch
  
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• By calling out Natalie Harp, Jon Ossoff did what no Democrat has been able to do — put Trump on his heels

  21-08-2026 23:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trumpworld has gone nuclear on the freshman senator from Georgia. That was the point, Eric Garcia writes
  
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• California mailman accused of beating beloved peacock with a rock after it followed him

  21-08-2026 23:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The bird is expected to recover from its injuries
  
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• Scientists turn to OnlyFans and ‘Fat Marmot Week’ to fund research after federal cuts

  21-08-2026 23:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Researchers must secure three years of funding, over $200,000, to guarantee that field research continues next summer
  
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• National park maintenance work sidelined as Trump's Freedom 250 takes precedence

  21-08-2026 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 250th anniversary of U.S. independence was just months away when National Park Service employees received a directive from Washington
  
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