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• CSPAN callers react to Trump’s WHCD speech: ‘I’m embarrassed for America’

  25-07-2026 19:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I thought the president was terrible,’ a caller who identified as a Republican told the broadcaster
  
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• DNC chair threw phone in frustration as strains for Democrats show ahead of midterms, report says

  26-07-2026 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ken Martin threw phone on staffer’s desk, according to The New York Times
  
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• Five climbers feared dead as violent storm hits Europe’s highest mountain

  26-07-2026 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers continue to search for the bodies
  
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• Raúl Castro absent as Cuba celebrates anniversary of key revolutionary attack

  26-07-2026 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cuba has held a traditional rally to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries
  
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• ‘I smell like I’ve been in a barbecue’: Bordeaux resident explains what life in city is like as wildfire edges closer

  26-07-2026 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Skies filled with smoke and the smell of fumes fill the city of Bordeaux as residents struggle to sleep and breathe amid raging wildfires
  
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• Bodycam captures dramatic rescue of kidnapped 13-year-old girl

  26-07-2026 16:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police bodycam footage captured the moment a 13-year-old girl kidnapped from Georgia was rescued by officers at a Jacksonville motel room.
  
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• 12-year-old son of a police officer shot dead outside New York bodega

  26-07-2026 16:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jacob Freytes was remembered as a ‘good kid’ who was respectful toward others
  
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• Berlin Pride attack latest: Car ramming likely an ‘Islamist attack’ by German citizen, official says as manhunt continues

  26-07-2026 15:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  A manhunt is underway for a 21-year-old suspect called Abdul Ballout
  
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• As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule

  26-07-2026 15:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Oil tanker explodes after hitting mine in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media claims

  26-07-2026 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The tanker had reportedly left an Iran-approved route in the vital shipping route
  
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• Berlin Pride attack latest: Car ramming an ‘Islamist attack’ by German citizen, official says as manhunt continues

  26-07-2026 14:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police searching for suspect identified as Abdul B
  
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• Heritage Foundation exec arrested on drug possession charge after accidentally bringing pistol ammo into Senate office building

  26-07-2026 13:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chris Wingate, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, was stopped after an X-ray screening revealed pistol magazine, affadavit says
  
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• Lindsey Graham’s death revives a rare and controversial custom: Keeping a Senate seat in the family

  26-07-2026 13:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Family members can offer name recognition and continuity in moments of disruption, but choosing senators based on bloodlines inevitably courts controversy, experts say
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Fires just 15km from Bordeaux as officials consider ‘total evacuation of city if necessary’

  26-07-2026 12:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Romania shoots down third Russian drone in Nato airspace as Moscow steps up port attacks

  26-07-2026 12:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Romania’s president Nicusor Dan has called the third breach in as many days ‘intolerable’
  
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• Dramatic footage shows U.S. forces boarding commercial tanker amid Iran blockade

  26-07-2026 12:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US has released new footage of forces boarding a commercial tanker in Iran as the blockade continues.
  
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• Iran-US war latest: UK not intimidated by ‘sabre-rattling’ as Tehran warns Britain could become target if it backs US

  26-07-2026 12:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wes Streeting said Britain stands ‘ready to respond to any attacks’
  
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• Police evacuate family as France wildfires rage: ‘Don’t take your belongings, just go’

  26-07-2026 11:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police rushed to evacuate a family from their home in France as wildfires continue to surge.
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Bordeaux considering ‘total evacuation of city if necessary’ after blaze spreads further

  26-07-2026 10:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week
  
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• Berlin Pride attack latest: Police hunt ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect after car driven into crowd leaving one dead

  26-07-2026 10:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police searching for suspect identified as Abdul B
  
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• Berlin Pride attack the latest in a decade of deadly German car-rammings

  26-07-2026 09:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Awareness of such attacks has been heightened since a 2016 ramming at a Christmas market
  
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• Devastated parents of British girl killed on Maldives school trip sue after two years without justice

  26-07-2026 09:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Parents pay tribute to “full of love” daughter Jenna Chan, who was killed on a school trip nearly two years ago. James C. Reynolds reports
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Overnight winds cause blazes to spread even faster in France and Spain as 300,000 evacuated

  26-07-2026 09:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced about 300,000 people this week
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: Police name 21-year-old suspect after car driven into crowd leaving one dead and 16 injured

  26-07-2026 09:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police searching for suspect identified as Abdul B
  
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• Moment Berlin Pride evacuated after car crashes into crowd

  26-07-2026 08:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  This is the moment Berlin Pride was evacuated after a vehicle drove into the crowd, killing one person and injuring at least 17 others on Saturday evening (25 July).
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran summons Ukraine diplomats over Caspian Sea attack as Trump threatens to resume war

  26-07-2026 08:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump tells French news channel he is considering resuming full-scale war 'if we don’t get 100% of what we want'
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: Police name 21-year-old suspect after one killed in attack on Berlin’s Pride event

  26-07-2026 07:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police searching for suspect identified as Abdul B
  
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• Berlin police name suspect with ties to ‘Islamic circles’ after attack on LGBTQ+ event

  26-07-2026 07:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Berlin police spokesperson says ’search for this person is proceeding at full speed’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Putin preparing to bring 30,000 more North Korean troops into battle

  26-07-2026 06:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Russian ballistic missile strike killed 10 at a defence exhibition on Friday
  
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• Berlin police identify suspect with ties to ‘Islamic circles’ after attack on LGBTQ+ event

  26-07-2026 05:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Berlin police spokesperson says ’search for this person is proceeding at full speed’
  
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