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• John Bussey on violent protests in several US cities

  26-07-2020 22:47
  
  John Bussey, Wall Street Journal Editor, joins 'America's News HQ' to discuss violent protests occurring in several U.S. cities amid an election year.
  
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• Five missing after fire ‘completely destroys’ apartments in Swiss Alpine town 

  21-08-2026 11:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A search for the missing is underway, according to the police
  
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• Canadian premier brands Trump ‘weak’ and predicts he’ll get ‘slaughtered’ in midterms

  21-08-2026 11:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Thursday
  
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• Remains of long-lost medieval convent discovered under football pitch

  21-08-2026 11:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Advanced radar has exposed an extensive complex just three feet below the surface
  
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• An ‘AI legal team’ secures its first win in landmark employment case

  21-08-2026 11:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gregory Baker said he won by using multiple paid AI agents, such as OpenAI’s paid offering, ChatGPT Pro
  
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• Poland’s anger as Israel drops proceedings over airstrike on Gaza convoy that killed Polish volunteer

  21-08-2026 11:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli Ambassador in Warsaw had been summoned to the ministry
  
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• Trump goes all-in for Lindsey Graham’s sister after her stunning national security blunder

  21-08-2026 10:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Voters across the state will decide Tuesday whether Graham or Rep. Ralph Norman secures the Republican nomination on the ballot this November
  
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• JD Vance returns to ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ steel plant as Republicans sweat crucial Ohio races

  21-08-2026 10:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance will return to his hometown Friday to campaign for Republican candidates
  
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• Trump puts his face on Reflecting Pool water in algae green during latest posting spree

  21-08-2026 10:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump’s post comes days after a court filing suggested that his administration could, once again, target a former Olympian in connection with the Reflecting Pool
  
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• Body of missing teen hiker recovered from bushland after family told ‘she’s alive’

  21-08-2026 10:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The body of a woman, believed to be Lily Hooper, was located on Thursday following an eight-day search
  
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• ‘Another kind of lockdown’: Inside Europe’s hottest town transformed forever by climate change

  21-08-2026 10:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Night-time temperatures are climbing too
  
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• NHS England is getting a breakthrough HIV drug – but the rest of the world needs it too

  21-08-2026 10:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Game-changing HIV drug Lenacapavir will soon be saving lives across the country, writes Molly Thompson, yet marginalised communities in the global south who made this possible still don’t have access
  
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• Charter plane crashes on approach to secretive Alaska military outpost, killing eight

  21-08-2026 09:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska
  
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• Hungary spent years draining its waters. Drought is exposing the cost

  21-08-2026 09:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The shrinking of Lake Velence reflects a wider water emergency facing Hungary
  
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• Tupac murder jury hears Duane Davis name his nephew as rapper’s killer

  21-08-2026 08:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  This 2008 interview was the first time Duane Davis directly discussed his involvement in the killing with authorities
  
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• ‘Another kind of lockdown’: Inside Europe’s hottest town changed forever by climate change

  21-08-2026 08:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Night-time temperatures are climbing too
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv seeks Elon Musk’s permission to hit Putin’s missile launchers with Starlink drones

  21-08-2026 08:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky has urged Trump and other American officials to facilitate Ukraine's access to Musk's Starlink to strike deep inside Russia
  
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• US Army to shut down unit in Europe focused on drone warfare in latest shakeup

  21-08-2026 07:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine
  
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• US, South Korean militaries wrapping up drills early, a day after North Korea's missile barrage

  21-08-2026 07:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. and South Korean militaries are wrapping their annual drills six days earlier than initially scheduled in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran accuses Trump of ‘economic terrorism’ after he vows to crush it with sanctions

  21-08-2026 06:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least 18 deaths are included in the statistics
  
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• Charter plane with eight people on board crashes near remote Alaska radar station

  21-08-2026 06:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  A federal official says a charter plane flying to a remote radar site in western Alaska crashed Thursday
  
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• A question looms over Harry's return to the UK. Can he rebuild his relationship with Prince William?

  21-08-2026 06:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain
  
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• Jury says The New York Times defamed Alabama basketball player with incorrect story about shooting

  21-08-2026 04:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  An Alabama jury finds The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa
  
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• Navy considers scrapping plan to name carrier after Black hero so it can be named for Trump

  21-08-2026 04:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  No US aircraft carrier has ever been named after a sitting president
  
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• Karmelo Anthony seeks new trial over evidence withheld from jury

  21-08-2026 03:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Anthony’s lawyers argued that an agreement to withhold evidence was one of several errors that compromised his June trial
  
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• Jurors hear Tupac murder suspect say nephew fired shots that killed rapper

  21-08-2026 02:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  This 2008 interview was the first time Duane Davis directly discussed his involvement in the killing with authorities
  
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• Iran, the economy and mending fences: Top takeaways from Trump interview with friend-turned-foe Michael Cohen

  21-08-2026 02:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer turned key witness against him, said it was their first public conversation in eight years
  
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• Jurors hear 'Keffe D' say his nephew fired fatal shots at Tupac Shakur in 1996 drive-by shooting

  21-08-2026 01:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jurors heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur
  
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• Second polling firm admits to fabricating data after fake survey rocks LA mayor’s race

  21-08-2026 01:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pollster TPSI admits it changed responses from voters supporting Jay Collins to indicate greater support for James Fishback
  
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• Trump claims he would win by 25 points if he runs for a third term in fence-mending Michael Cohen interview

  21-08-2026 00:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You and I have obviously traveled a pretty rocky road together,’ Cohen told Trump
  
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