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• Danish princess, 19, conscripted into military service as part of increased defence push

  03-08-2026 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Healthy women over the age of 18 are now being conscripted for the first time
  
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• Ted Cruz unwittingly shares Dolly Parton tribute from account that makes fun of his manhood – then deletes the evidence

  27-08-2026 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas Republian attempts to pay tribute to the late country music superstar, only for things to go badly wrong
  
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• Kalshi odds are coming to Weather Channel forecasts with new partnership

  27-08-2026 17:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The partnership will allow the Weather Company to display Kalshi’s odds for various weather events
  
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• ICE is arresting a record number of immigrants in a summer surge — and a majority have no criminal history

  27-08-2026 17:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s mass deportation campaign increasingly targets legal immigration pathways to boost arrests and removals
  
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• Trump’s Sharpie is back as he takes pen to Lake Ontario map in latest spat with Canada: ‘We’re gonna make a little change’

  27-08-2026 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President suggested this week he might officially rename Lake Ontario as relations between the US and Canada continue to deteriorate
  
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• Canada is following through on its vow to its bolster defense industry as US relations unravel

  27-08-2026 17:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Ottawa seeks partnerships with allies beyond the United States, it has announced deals this year to buy radar planes from Sweden’s Saab over American rivals, alongside submarines from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp
  
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• The invasive crab plaguing New England is being transformed into a fine dining dish

  27-08-2026 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The creatures thrive across varied habitats, consuming almost any food source, and reproducing rapidly; a female can release up to 185,000 eggs once or twice annually
  
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• Deputy Missouri AG found alive after going missing for six days in Wyoming’s mountains

  27-08-2026 16:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The deputy attorney general was found disorientated and dehydrated, according to his brother
  
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• More than 100 cities across the nation have turned off their Flock cameras after outcry from locals

  27-08-2026 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reported misuse of the surveillance cameras by law enforcement officers — and public distrust of the license plate readers — have led many municipalities to end contracts with Flock
  
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• Who was Ratko Mladic? The warlord convicted of genocide who boasted of being a ‘Serbian God’

  27-08-2026 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mladic was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia during the 1990s
  
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• RFK Jr told Congress a trip to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines.’ A letter from 2019 says otherwise

  27-08-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a newly-obtained letter to Samoa’s prime minister, RFK Jr. used the words ‘vaccine’ or ‘vaccination’ eight times
  
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• Burglars ransack home of Florida couple killed in helicopter crash in Kenya

  27-08-2026 16:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The late couple’s personal documents, vehicle key fob, valuable artwork and suspected identity-theft tools were found at the suspects’ Florida home, authorities say
  
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• Bill Gates confronted over Epstein ‘blackmail’ claims during TV appearance

  27-08-2026 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gates has embarked on a public campaign to warn people about the dangers of AI but it’s been partly overshadowed by his recent revalations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Ohio manufacturer sues woman over the 1-star review she left online

  27-08-2026 16:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company is seeking more than $25,000 in damages
  
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• Mapped: The UK military bases threatened by Russia as Kremlin rages over missiles for Ukraine

  27-08-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia warned ‘London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences’
  
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• Jesse Watters jokingly attacks Fox cohost for ‘gay shaming’ him over his bromance with Michigan progressive

  27-08-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  This week, the Fox News presenter admitted that he has a soft spot for Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Michigan
  
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• Norway’s King Harald in ‘very serious’ condition as royal family gathers at bedside

  27-08-2026 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  People have laid flowers outside the palace as they await news on the 89-year-old
  
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• Trial date set for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and accomplices

  27-08-2026 15:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged accomplices are among the last of the detainees held at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
  
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• The Latest: Regional powers seek off-ramp as Iran war drags on months longer than Trump promised

  27-08-2026 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump told Al Jazeera he’s got “no time schedule” to resolve the conflict reaching the six-month mark on Friday
  
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• US jobless claims slip to 203,000 as layoffs remain low

  27-08-2026 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. economy and job market have proved resilient in the face of high gasoline prices caused by the fighting with Iran
  
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• Ratko Mladic death: Former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies aged 84

  27-08-2026 15:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  General was convicted of genocide
  
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• Ratko Mladic death: Former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies aged 83

  27-08-2026 15:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  General was convicted of genocide
  
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• Montreal airport worker dies after being struck by passenger plane on runway

  27-08-2026 14:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oscar Robayo killed after being hit by Airbus A350 during ground operations ahead of planned flight to Paris
  
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• Trump’s plans for Kennedy Center labelled ‘delusional’ in new court filing

  27-08-2026 14:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorneys at the DOJ had labeled the Kennedy Center as ‘fundamentally unsafe and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital’
  
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• Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that

  27-08-2026 14:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during two congressional hearings in 2025
  
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• Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed mocks Trump over Natalie Harp: ‘He will be so mad’

  27-08-2026 13:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Progressive joins in on the jokes around President Donald Trump and the role of the White House aide
  
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• Trump’s Education Department deletes post that compares his administration to Nazi Germany

  27-08-2026 12:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  DOE misinterprets ‘tiger’ quote from Oscar-winning 2017 film ‘Darkest Hour,’ forcing it to delete social media clip after backlash
  
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• Germany ‘in talks to help fund Trident’ to bolster Europe’s nuclear deterrent against Putin

  27-08-2026 12:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fears have grown of a Russian attack on Nato as Trump considers withdrawing US troops from Europe
  
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• Two airport workers die of malaria in Frankfurt after mosquitos ‘arrive on plane’

  27-08-2026 12:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The outbreak has been attributed to a mosquito entering an aircraft
  
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• Woman in Australia gives birth to biologically unrelated twins

  27-08-2026 12:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Court rules babies were ‘gestational twins’ and not birth twins
  
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