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• Cuomo allegations leave Democrats grappling with response

  01-03-2021 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats across the country celebrated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the face of governing competence as President Donald Trump fumbled his administration’s response to the exploding pandemic last year
  
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• Trump-Gaza latest: Hamas says Israel must stop killing Palestinians and withdraw from Gaza before group disarms

  31-07-2026 15:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senior Hamas official says group will only disarm if Israel fulfils its commitments
  
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• Trump unleashes early morning ‘weaponization’ rant against Todd Blanche holdout: ‘Shocking and disgusting’

  31-07-2026 14:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  President lashes out at GOP senator whose re-election he sabotaged amid GOP pushto stall Attorney General pick
  
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• Netanyahu confronted JD Vance over his criticism of Israel on US trip, says report

  31-07-2026 14:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The ‘frank and candid conversation’ took place during Netanyahu’s seventh state visit to the US this week
  
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• Trump’s mass-deport team is using an obscure court to oust permanent-resident mom they say supports ISIS

  31-07-2026 14:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Afghan national Nazira Haji Zada, 47,is the first person to face civil immigration charges in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court
  
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• Trump’s ‘princess of darkness’ pulls in $800M for his pet projects. ‘The boss wants this money’ is her pitch

  31-07-2026 13:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump tasks Meredith O’Rourke with making multimillion dollar requests of corporate executives, according to a Wall Street Journal report
  
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• Seattle’s police chief resigns after intense backlash over deadly festival shooting response

  31-07-2026 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The departure of Chief Shon Barnes followed hours of intense speculation about whether he would step down
  
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• Four bodies found after climber Nirmal Purja and nine others go missing in avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak

  31-07-2026 13:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Efforts are underway to retrieve the bodies despite the harsh weather
  
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• Trump unleashes fresh ‘weaponization’ claim as he rages against Todd Blanche holdout John Cornyn

  31-07-2026 13:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  President lashes out at GOP senator whose re-election he sabotaged amid GOP pushto stall Attorney General pick
  
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• Four bodies found after renowned climber Nirmal Purja and nine others go missing in avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak

  31-07-2026 13:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Efforts are underway to retrieve the bodies despite the harsh weather
  
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• Ceuta latest: 60,000 migrants cross into Spanish enclave as death toll rises to 34 in growing crisis

  31-07-2026 13:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Spain sent troops to deal with the crisis as Morocco deployed water cannon trucks at the crossing-gates
  
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• What you need to know about Ceuta as deadly migrant crisis hits Spanish enclave

  31-07-2026 13:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  49,000 migrants have crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceutain the last 24 hours
  
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• Hamas disarmament is not the first time Trump has declared ‘historic’ peace in Gaza - major questions remain

  31-07-2026 12:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The key sticking points over what comes first - disarmament or withdrawal - and what withdrawal actually means, remain unresolved, Chief international correspondent Bel Trew writes
  
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• Pete Hegseth gets his way as Scouting America drops its inclusion spaces

  31-07-2026 12:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces from the Pentagon to pull back diversity efforts
  
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• Brazil’s hydropower plants brace for heavy rains as El Niño looms

  31-07-2026 12:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The last El Niño, in 2024, severely reduced the output of plants in the Amazon
  
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• Nancy Guthrie investigation suffers another blow ahead of six month anniversary of her disappearance

  31-07-2026 12:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has spoken about hair found at the home of NBC News host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom
  
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• Trump takes his marathon Cabinet meetings to Camp David

  31-07-2026 12:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is taking Friday's Cabinet meeting out of the White House and to Camp David, the secluded presidential retreat in Maryland, for what officials say will be a day of extended discussions and team-building.
  
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• China’s military tapped U.S. AI to build battlefield systems: report

  31-07-2026 11:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems
  
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• Will Hamas disarm and what has been agreed in Trump’s Gaza peace plan?

  31-07-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas officials stressed that the agreement was conditional on Israel withdrawing from the Strip
  
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• What has been agreed in Trump’s Gaza peace plan - and what are the stumbling blocks?

  31-07-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas officials stressed that the agreement was conditional on Israel withdrawing from the Strip
  
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• Trump’s peace plan for Gaza in full after Hamas agrees to disarm in ‘major milestone’

  31-07-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas officials stressed that the agreement was conditional on Israel withdrawing from the Strip
  
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• Trump’s hands-on fundraising operation rakes in $800m for pet projects: report

  31-07-2026 11:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump micromanages his philanthropic outreach efforts, tasking his ‘princess of darkness’ Meredith O’Rourke with making multimillion dollar requests of corporate executives, according to a report
  
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• Kenyan courts to rule in lanmark sexual violence case

  31-07-2026 11:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  After almost two decades, survivors of election-based sexual violence in Kenya are seeking equal access to justice.
  
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• New fish are causing chaos in the Mediterranean – and they are heading north

  31-07-2026 10:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  1,000 invasive species have been identified in the Mediterranean
  
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• The mysterious audio that could unlock the truth about Nolan Wells’ final hours

  31-07-2026 10:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The family of Nolan Wells has hired audio engineers to review a distress call made from a boat on the day of his disappearance
  
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• This tiny island nation has officially changed its name

  31-07-2026 10:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The nation is the world's third-smallest after Vatican City and Monaco, with a population of about 12,000
  
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• Chaos in Ceuta as 49,000 migrants pour into enclave from Morocco and overwhelm border guards

  31-07-2026 10:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  18 people died on Thursday trying to enter Ceuta in North Africa
  
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• How the explosive diarrhea outbreak is rattling restaurants across America

  31-07-2026 10:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce
  
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• Ceuta latest: 49,000 migrants cross into Spanish enclave in 24 hours as death toll rises in growing crisis

  31-07-2026 10:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Spain sent troops to deal with the crisis as Morocco deployed water cannon trucks at the crossing-gates
  
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• TSA discovers stolen Civil War cannonballs hidden in suitcase

  31-07-2026 09:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Law enforcement officials say a set of stolen Civil War-era cannonballs was discovered in a passenger’s suitcase during a routine security screening at an Alabama airport
  
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