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• Dubai residents sent 'security threat' warning as Iran launches attack

  31-08-2026 01:24 via express.co.uk
  Explosions were also heard in neighbouring in Qatar as the IRGC launches a wave of ballistic missiles, according to reports
  
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• Suspect charged with murder after two teenage girls died in 117 mph street race

  01-09-2026 00:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Maddalyn Dailey, 17, and Isabell Hill, 16, were ‘inseparable’ best friends beginning their senior year of high school when they were struck and killed
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Modi tells Putin conflict must end for humanity’s sake as Kyiv hit by drone attacks

  01-09-2026 00:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin is said to have responded that Russia was ‘moving forward along this path’
  
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• Trump’s answer to Pete Hegseth 2028 question will not make JD Vance happy

  31-08-2026 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says ‘a lot of people’ considering 2028 runs, and indicates no favorites as Vance remains the presumed successor in all but name
  
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• National Guard shooting suspect can be fed against his will in jail, judge rules

  31-08-2026 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  A judge agreed to order ‘nonconsensual’ nutrition and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was rushed to a hospital in July after he stopped eating
  
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• Khat is a drug increasingly being smuggled into the US - but what the heck is it?

  31-08-2026 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  About 1,200 pounds of khat were seized at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport earlier this month
  
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• Teen girl who recorded livestream of San Diego mosque shooting charged with murder, DA says

  31-08-2026 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committed the attack herself
  
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• Bad news for Trump as more Americans admit they regret voting for him

  31-08-2026 22:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There are now clear, consistent signs of an erosion trend,’ says Alexander Theodoridis, co-director of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst poll
  
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• Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America amid escalating Canada trade war — but who gets to decide what goes on maps?

  31-08-2026 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  On Aug. 27, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ claiming his administration had already ‘notified all of the various people you have to notify’
  
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• Trump’s ballroom construction ‘likely unlawful,’ John Roberts says, but Supreme Court will allow it anyway

  31-08-2026 22:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court's three liberal justices, writing in his dissent that the ongoing construction was ‘likely unlawful’
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says American military may still ‘smack’ Iran despite it being a ‘failed nation’

  31-08-2026 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump vowed retaliation for Iranian strikes on US military bases in Jordan
  
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• As Trump loses it over Iran, here’s what Congress will do

  31-08-2026 22:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House returns from recess today. But, writes Eric Garcia, the president has tied Republican members’ hands when it comes to the biggest complaints of American voters
  
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• Sayonara summer. US daylight is fading fast again

  31-08-2026 22:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Southern states lose fewer minutes but even the coasts of Texas and Florida will see daylight dwindle by 40 minutes
  
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• Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange strikes for first time in weeks

  31-08-2026 21:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has vowed further escalation after Iran retaliated for US attacks on rocket launcher on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz
  
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• Trump goes unhinged on Iran. Can Congress escape his reality-bending juggernaut?

  31-08-2026 21:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House returns from recess today. But, writes Eric Garcia, the president has tied Republican members’ hands when it comes to the biggest complaints of American voters
  
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• MapQuest surges in rankings after Google bows to Trump and re-labels Lake Ontario

  31-08-2026 20:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump renamed the body of water as Lake America after trade talks between Canada and the US fell apart
  
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• A 29-foot-tall Jesus could stop Trump’s relentless claims of eminent domain

  31-08-2026 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Does eminent domain prevail against the First Amendment and religious freedom? A diocese in southern New Mexico says ‘nothing could be less Catholic’ than the president’s border wall, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• New US missile touted for accuracy seems to have killed Iranian civilians far from blast site

  31-08-2026 20:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Detonating over an athletic center and two residential neighborhoods, the strikes claimed at least 21 people’s lives, among them seven children
  
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• Texas Democrat bets anger over Flock cameras and data centers could make her America’s unlikeliest governor

  31-08-2026 20:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gina Hinojosa talks to Eric Garcia about the growing backlash in Texas and how it could feed a ‘bite back’ against Republicans in November
  
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• Trump official blasts ‘name-calling’ by Canada - despite it being the president’s go-to attack

  31-08-2026 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The administration denounced Canadian rhetoric despite Trump building his political brand around personal attacks against political opponents
  
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• 91-year-old reclaims his record as oldest hiker to complete Appalachian Trail

  31-08-2026 20:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dale Sanders, who hikes under the name Grey Beard, originally set the Appalachian Trail age record in 2017
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12 include Emmy Rossum and Harry Connick Jr.

  31-08-2026 20:21 via independent.co.uk
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 6-12 include “Furious” star Emmy Rossum, ballerina Misty Copeland and guitarist Matthew Followill of Kings of Leon
  
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• Cities are suing residents who try to take action against data centers

  31-08-2026 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I don't think anyone was expecting citizens to personally be held liable to a civil lawsuit,’ says Kimberly Twente, who was sued by her local government
  
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• As Trump goes unhinged on Iran — don’t expect Congress to rein him in

  31-08-2026 20:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House returns from recess today. But, writes Eric Garcia, the president has tied Republican members’ hands when it comes to the biggest complaints of American voters
  
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• Republican committees ask Supreme Court to intervene in TV ad rate war

  31-08-2026 20:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republicans are attempting to maintain their majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in the November 3 elections
  
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• Singer D4vd pleads not guilty in murder case and switches to public defender

  31-08-2026 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Burke was charged on April 20 with capital murder in the 2025 death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
  
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• More mail-in ballots are arriving late and not being counted in key states, report reveals

  31-08-2026 19:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least 12 states holding House, Senate and/or gubernatorial races saw more late mail-in ballots go uncounted
  
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• Singer D4vd pleads not guilty in murder case while switching to public defender

  31-08-2026 19:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Singer D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges stemming from the death of a 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered and decomposing remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard.
  
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• America’s war on international law shows deep fear of accountability

  31-08-2026 19:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The United States’ relentless campaign against international justice is not a sign of a calm and self-assured sovereignty
  
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• What drove the deadly Grand Canyon flooding?

  31-08-2026 19:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Torrential downpours washed out popular hiking trails and left the historic Phantom Ranch Lodge cabins under five feet of water
  
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