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• Joe Biden will face an inbox of complex foreign policy problems from the start

  19-12-2020 11:00
  
  The massive, ongoing hack of US federal agencies, relations with China and North Korea will be urgent issues for Biden to addressJoe Biden’s foreign policy in-tray is only looking more difficult as he approaches inauguration day – even as the US still confronts the pressing issue of record coronavirus deaths and infections.The massive and ongoing hack of US federal agencies – blamed on Russia – has so far elicited no response from Donald Trump, who has a long history of d
  
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• Cornell student who said he’s ‘not interested in working for a Jew’ claims he faced no disciplinary action

  28-07-2026 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I didn’t say anything that could be classified as hateful,’ the student claimed, according to a conservative watchdog group
  
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• Bari Weiss’ CBS Evening News woes worsen as ABC’s David Muir surges past her anchor in ratings

  28-07-2026 15:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  CBS News continues to face a series of setbacks and a decline in viewership since Bari Weiss was named editor-in-chief last year
  
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• Lindsey Graham funeral updates: Trump says ‘Lindsey liked war’ as he recalls late ally ahead of National Cathedral service

  28-07-2026 15:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  World leaders including Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to attend service remembering late Republican lawmaker who served South Carolina for more than two decades
  
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• Smelly seaweed blankets Mexico’s idyllic coastline forcing beach closures amid ‘extremely serious’ drop in tourism

  28-07-2026 15:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Workers are seen lining many beaches, knee-deep in seaweed shoveling heaps of sargassum off the shoreline
  
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• Lindsey Graham’s political career was defined by one consistent strategy

  28-07-2026 15:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  For more than three decades, Graham repeatedly positioned himself where Republican politics in the South were headed rather than where they had been
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump backtracks on threat to attack power plants days after saying they would be ‘decimated’

  28-07-2026 15:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’m not looking to do that’ said Trump, six days after threatening to destroy a bridge or power plant each time Tehran struck a ship in Hormuz
  
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• John Thune leads Republican revolt over Trump demanding Senate cancel summer break for him

  28-07-2026 14:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We could stay here ‘til Christmas’, a frustrated Thune tells Trump of chamber’s inability to pass his voter ID law
  
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• Broke and broken Democrats are on course to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this fall

  28-07-2026 14:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just when they seemed poised to take back the House, Democrats are in the red on cash and facing an internal ideological fight, all with less than 100 days until November’s midterm elections, Eric Garcia writes
  
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• Trump, 80, has been musing about his own mortality in the wake of Lindsey Graham’s death: report

  28-07-2026 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump has expressed disbelief at Lindsey Graham’s death, often speaking about the late senator’s energy levels
  
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• CNN’s Kaitlan Collins breaks silence on Trump’s WHCD insults and tells Jon Stewart what really bothered president

  28-07-2026 14:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kaitlan Collins took the high road when she was quizzed about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by host Jon Stewart
  
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• Lindsey Graham funeral updates: Trump and Vance to speak at memorial for ‘irreplaceable’ late senator

  28-07-2026 14:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  World leaders including Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to attend service remembering late Republican lawmaker who served South Carolina for more than two decades
  
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• Tesla manager says self-driving vehicle team was so overworked that cars were ‘rolling hazards on public streets,’ lawsuit reveals

  28-07-2026 14:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: ‘I was really trying to let them know how serious this was,’ fired Tesla manager Javier Medrano told The Independent. ‘‘But there was no sense of urgency’
  
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• Massachusetts museum goes viral for merchandise featuring bad Google review

  28-07-2026 14:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  How to turn a negative review into a hit merchandise line
  
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• Biden admits finding ‘classified stuff downstairs’ in newly released audio tapes

  28-07-2026 13:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Biden heard on recordings made by ghostwriter a decade ago that have now been made public by the Oversight Project, after lengthy freedom of information battle
  
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• Aerial photos reveal devastation of France and Spain wildfires with entire villages ravaged by flames

  28-07-2026 13:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Over half a million acres of land has been burned since the start of the year as experts warn the crisis will worsen without action
  
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• Iran releases disturbing ‘kill Melania’ video threatening the First Lady and Barron Trump

  28-07-2026 13:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Secret Service says it is aware of the clip and is investigating after it was posted by a news agency affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Fire-ravaged France ‘at war’ say officials as new heatwave hits Bordeaux

  28-07-2026 13:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Macron said France was facing its most difficult situation since the Second World War
  
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• People evacuating their homes in Bordeaux as French wildfires force 220,000 to flee: ‘The air is unbreathable’

  28-07-2026 13:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Travellers continue to venture to Bordeaux as wildfire threat lingers
  
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• He spent 27 years on death row. Now a judge says the science used to convict him couldn’t be trusted

  28-07-2026 12:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after prosecutors accused him of raping and drowning 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘to make final decision’ on ceasefire after high-stakes meeting with Netanyahu

  28-07-2026 12:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump warns the US would resume ‘strong military action’ if talks with Iran fail
  
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• Uganda declares itself Ebola free as deaths surge to 1,400 in DR Congo

  28-07-2026 12:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Uganda has not recorded a new Ebola case since June, but confirmed infections in the DRC have risen to over 3,200 and at least 1,405 deaths, having only passed 1,000 in recent days
  
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• Angelina Jolie among public figures calling for refugee protections to be upheld

  28-07-2026 12:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Legal safeguards for refugees are enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention
  
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• Europe is on fire - will the continent’s climate change deniers finally wake up?

  28-07-2026 12:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Experts warn that time is running out to reverse the impact of climate change with countries across the world weakening climate commitments, Maira Butt reports
  
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• Israel’s Yellow Line closing in on the space where Gaza civilians can still live

  28-07-2026 11:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israel effectively controlled an estimated 64% of Gaza by late April
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: France evacuates thousands more as wildfire closes in on Bordeaux ahead of new heatwave

  28-07-2026 11:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Macron said France was facing its most difficult situation since the Second World War
  
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• Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say Trump has failed to explain Iran war goals, poll finds

  28-07-2026 11:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just one in three Americans supports the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict's early days
  
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• Firefighters hasten efforts to contain massive wildfires in France and Spain ahead of heatwave – Europe live

  28-07-2026 11:29
  Emmanuel Macron warns that ‘we have to hold out’ as fires burn near city; Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez warns of ‘difficult hours’ aheadFrance and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave beginsJoe Pinner and Jane ClintonTourists caught up in the wildfires spoke to us about their experiences.“My main memory is how bizarre it was to watch people enjoying holidays on the beach while a major catastrophe was unfolding in full view, not far
  
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• Badenoch urges Burnham to cancel prisoners’ early release scheme – UK politics live

  28-07-2026 11:26
  
  The Conservative party leader said that Labour’s plan allows for too many serious offenders to be freed earlyAlan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister, is carrying out a government review intended to address the crisis of the growing number of Neets – young people not in education, employment or training. His first report, analysing the causes of the problem, was published in May to wide acclaim. He is due to publish a final report with recommendations in the autumn.The plan a
  
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• Lawsuit claims Meta knew Instagram was harming teens but kept addictive features

  28-07-2026 11:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  During opening statements in a seven-week trial in state court in Tennessee, the state's lawyers said Meta researchers repeatedly flagged that some teenagers were compulsively using the platform
  
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