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• Former Spain defender Capdevila asks Trump for help getting into the US for the World Cup final

  18-07-2026 15:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Spain defender Joan Capdevila has asked U.S. President Donald Trump for help getting into the United States to watch Spain face Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final, after being denied authorization to travel a decade after playing in an exhibition game in Iran
  
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• Hungary probes deal with China's BYD carmaker after ex-foreign minister takes job there

  20-07-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hungary's government is investigating a major foreign investment by Chinese automaker BYD
  
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• Multiple ex-wives of ICE agent in deadly Maine shooting speak out about his violent past

  20-07-2026 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive details: ‘I tried to speak out about this years ago, but I wish that I had pushed harder,’ Ashley Brouillette told The Independent
  
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• Trial to begin for Massachusetts mom who strangled her three kids while receiving psychiatric help

  20-07-2026 15:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Her husband is set to testify for the prosecution and defense as a witness to both
  
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• Trump’s Qatari jet will be taken out of service to be ‘maxed out’ after security concerns

  20-07-2026 15:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump suggested that it would take ‘about a month’ to have the Qatari-gifted plane improved
  
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• Trump curse strikes again after president’s World Cup final favorite Argentina loses to Spain

  20-07-2026 15:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  President’s intervention in sporting events is not always a welcome one at the games he attends or for the teams he backs
  
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• Hamas names top negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya as new leader, succeeding Yahya Sinwar

  20-07-2026 14:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  He has been at the heart of ceasefire talks throughout the war
  
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• Mystery after dead body found at home owned by husband of congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

  20-07-2026 14:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pressley represents Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district, which encompasses some of Boston
  
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• FDA tries to walk back lettuce as source of ‘explosive diarrhea’ outbreak

  20-07-2026 14:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Today, FDA apologized to us,’ Taylor Farms said in a statement
  
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• Argentina to get Bank Holiday after beating England in World Cup

  20-07-2026 12:50 via express.co.uk
  Argentina were thoroughly outclassed by Spain last night, eventually falling 1-0 in extra time at the end of a bad-tempered World Cup final.
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran compares Trump’s attacks on bridges to ISIS as US ‘prepares for all out war’

  20-07-2026 12:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oil prices climb above $90 a barrel after Iranian military targets two tankers in Strait of Hormuz
  
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• French lawmakers race to introduce an under-15 social media ban before the new school year

  20-07-2026 12:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  French lawmakers are working to finalize a bill banning social media for children under 15
  
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• Putin sidekick demands horror attacks on NATO countries – ‘Kalashnikov rifles and tanks'

  20-07-2026 12:35 via express.co.uk
  Ramzan Kadyrov boasted that his Chechen fighters are "infantrymen" ready to deploy anywhere Putin orders.
  
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• UK troops practise blowing up Putin’s home city with new £80k weapons

  20-07-2026 12:28 via express.co.uk
  The drones are replacing Britain's Challenger 2 tanks stationed on NATO's eastern border with Russia.
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Pete Hegseth’s reaction to Iran killing 2 U.S. soldiers: ‘Sacrifice?? WTF’

  20-07-2026 12:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former MAGA loyalist Majorie Taylor Greene lashed out at the Trump administration’s ‘bloodlust for a senseless war’ after two U.S. service members were killed during Iranian strikes in Jordan.
  
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• Official Palestinian X account mocks Argentina and Israel after World Cup loss

  20-07-2026 12:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli PM Netanyahu had openly expressed his support for close ally Argentina
  
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• Boy, 13, dies celebrating Spain’s World Cup win after fountain collapses

  20-07-2026 12:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The accident occurred shortly after midnight in Ciudad Rodrigo, near the border with Portugal
  
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• Horror footage shows huge fire ripping through holiday hotspot filled with Brits

  20-07-2026 12:14 via express.co.uk
  Many people had to flee.
  
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• Trial begins for Massachusetts mom who says postpartum issues led her to kill 3 children

  20-07-2026 12:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jury selection begins in the murder trial of a Massachusetts woman who is expected to argue that postpartum issues were the reason she killed her three children
  
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• Teen dies during World Cup celebrations in Spain after fountain collapses

  20-07-2026 11:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The accident occurred shortly after midnight in Ciudad Rodrigo, near the border with Portugal
  
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• Airport renamed after Donald Trump looks to be in no rush to change its signs

  20-07-2026 11:43 via express.co.uk
  Trump humbly ordered the airport to be named after him, but some of the signage remains unaltered.
  
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• New PM Andy Burnham needs urgent Foreign Office strategy to manage aid cuts, experts warn

  20-07-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new prime minister and his foreign secretary face immediate decisions over how to deliver foreign policy and development ambitions after spending cuts and years of upheaval.Liz Cookman reports
  
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• Mutilated body of missing boy, 9, found scattered across forest – head dumped with arms

  20-07-2026 11:26 via express.co.uk
  His family believe he was abducted.
  
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• Argentina’s president Javier Milei promises the country a bank holiday... despite losing the World Cup final

  20-07-2026 11:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Argentina were finally beaten on Sunday following a tournament defined by controversial decisions and tackles
  
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• Chicago man hospitalized with ‘explosive diarrhea’ names Taco Bell menu item he ate

  20-07-2026 11:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I don’t think I slept more than an hour and a half continuously in the last week,’ the man told one outlet
  
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• Trump confronts Carney at World Cup Final over wildfire smoke: ‘Our air’s being poisoned’

  20-07-2026 10:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump says he took his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney to task at Sunday’s game between Spain and Argentina, demanding that he bring the natural disaster under control
  
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• Oil price soars above $90 as US and Iran escalate war

  20-07-2026 10:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analysts warn oil market may be underestimating risk to supply from latest escalation
  
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• Horror as boy, 13, crushed to death by collapsing fountain in Spain World Cup celebrations

  20-07-2026 09:56 via express.co.uk
  Fans were celebrating Spain's triumph.
  
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• Spain to immediately lose huge chunk of £37m of prize money after World Cup win

  20-07-2026 09:39 via express.co.uk
  The Spanish were crowned world champions after beating Argentina in the final, but the prize money is already under scrutiny.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow under attack as 400 Ukrainian drones hit Russian capital

  20-07-2026 09:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian capital has been hit by a major drone attack as fighting intensifies
  
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