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• Junior MasterChef recap: Ben, bees and a disembodied hand dominate delightful first week

  13-10-2020 22:59
  
  Junior MasterChef recap: Ben, bees and a disembodied hand dominate delightful first weekIn the latest three episodes of 2020’s most wholesome show, 14 delightful tiny people celebrate culinary success, mourn failure and steal from bees
  
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• Taiwan proposes a record $35B defense budget for 2027 as China’s military pressure grows

  20-08-2026 14:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Taiwan's government has proposes a record-high defense budget of over 1 trillion Taiwan dollars, or $35 billion, for next year
  
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• What to know about Prince Harry's move back to Britain with Meghan and the kids

  20-08-2026 13:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry is coming home to Britain with Meghan and their children for an extended stay
  
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• Australian court told why mushroom killer Erin Patterson should stay in prison forever

  20-08-2026 13:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors say their no-parole demand is harsh but is called for by nature of crime
  
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• Jon Ossoff says it is ‘amazing to watch this White House melt down’ over Natalie Harp jab

  20-08-2026 13:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Democratic senator’s comments appear to have struck a nerve at the White House
  
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• Democrats narrow 2028 convention race to three cities as battle to succeed Trump looms

  20-08-2026 13:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement that the cities submitted "incredibly strong bids"
  
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• Trump cannot let Iran make him ‘look like a loser,’ says former Fox News personality

  20-08-2026 13:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump ‘sees life in terms of winners and losers,’ Bill O’Reilly says
  
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• Deadly overnight storms batter Germany as tornado hits region

  20-08-2026 13:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  A tornado struck the town of Fürstenwalde
  
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• Decades-old mystery solved as bodies of missing climbers discovered in melting glacier

  20-08-2026 12:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The pair went missing in 1992
  
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• Family of missing teen hiker mistakenly told she’d been ‘found alive’ after eight-day search uncovered her body

  20-08-2026 12:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lily Hooper, 18, disappeared while hiking in Nattai National Park
  
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• U.S. demands China free detained American as Xi’s White House visit looms

  20-08-2026 12:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  This official determination arrives shortly before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House
  
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• Trump deployed thousands of National Guard in DC - but they aren’t stopping any crime

  20-08-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s like they brought people here from all across the country, just to be here,’ one person says
  
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• Champagne growers race against time as heatwaves force earliest harvest ever

  20-08-2026 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Beginning the harvest at this time of year was once nearly unthinkable
  
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• US sends hospital ship as potentially historic El Niño bears down on Latin America

  20-08-2026 11:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The United States plans to send a military hospital ship to Peru’s Pacific coast next year to help with the effects of El Nino
  
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• Trump’s MAGA allies mock Harry and Meghan over return to UK

  20-08-2026 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The couple are said to be returning to the UK later this month for ‘an extended period of time’
  
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• I’m a conflict expert. Here’s why the UK-Ukraine drone partnership is worth risking Putin’s wrath

  20-08-2026 10:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Over 770 US service members killed or injured since conflict began, new data shows

  20-08-2026 10:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least 18 deaths are included in the statistics
  
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• Putin arrests Russians for complaining about fuel shortages as fighting breaks out at petrol stations

  20-08-2026 10:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kyiv’s strikes have knocked out nearly a third of the country’s major oil refineries
  
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• Deadly overnight storms batter Germany, killing a woman and injuring at least 2

  20-08-2026 10:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Severe storms have caused extensive damage in parts of Germany, leaving one woman dead and at least two people injured
  
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• Trump officials worked with Iran on deportation lists as tensions exploded, emails reveal

  20-08-2026 10:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emails reveal that Iranian officials had significant influence over which Iranian immigrants in the U.S. were sent back to their home country in 2025, despite tensions between the countries
  
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• Historic WWII tugboat rises from depths as Danube River dries up

  20-08-2026 10:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amid prolonged drought, the river is giving up its ghosts
  
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• Missing teen mistakenly declared ‘found alive’ after eight-day search uncovers body: ‘Earlier advice was wrong’

  20-08-2026 10:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lily Hooper, 18, disappeared while hiking in Nattai National Park
  
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• What we know about the Kenya safari helicopter crash that killed seven, including five Americans

  20-08-2026 09:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  A safari helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing seven people, including five Americans
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin bombards Kyiv with hypersonic missiles and drones in massive overnight attack

  20-08-2026 09:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran vows ‘further defeat’ for Trump after ‘Economic D-Day’ threat

  20-08-2026 08:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump warned countries against oil smuggling and cash transfers with Iran
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: At least 12 dead and 33 injured as Putin launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv

  20-08-2026 08:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border
  
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• Pilot killed after light aircraft crashes into police helicopter in Pennsylvania

  20-08-2026 08:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two police officers injured in crash at Carlisle airport west of Harrisburg
  
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• Australia ‘outraged’ as Israel clears soldiers over killing of aid worker in Gaza

  20-08-2026 07:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Australian foreign minister says Israel’s decision ‘falls far short of the accountability we expect’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: At least five dead as Putin launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv

  20-08-2026 05:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  He denied that the strikes had caused ‘critical consequences’
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump declares ‘Economic D-Day’ and vows sanctions against any nation helping Tehran

  20-08-2026 05:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump warned countries against oil smuggling and cash transfers with Iran
  
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