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• Merkel, governors agree to extend Germany's virus lockdown

  10-02-2021 20:53
  
  By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 governors are largely extending the country’s coronavirus lockdown until March 7 amid concern that new virus variants could reverse a decline in new confirmed cases. After Merkel met with governors in a video conference, the government released their agreement on Wednesday. It says there will be some exceptions made during the extended lockdown, including
  
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• Mapped: All of the countries dragged into Trump’s war in Iran

  30-07-2026 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The war has spread across the Middle East, with unprecedented disruption to global oil supplies and Gulf states being targeted by Tehran. Maira Butt looks at how the war has dragged in countries on several continents
  
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• A takeout bag helped police identify the man accused of vandalizing Teslas

  30-07-2026 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  A 25-year-old man was behind bars today on suspicion of vandalizing multiple Teslas in Irvine
  
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• Pope Leo takes a shot at Trump over immigration policies during his first US TV interview

  30-07-2026 16:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  In his latest remarks, Pope Leo highlighted his own family’s immigrant roots to emphasize the importance of the US welcoming all
  
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• Spanish enclave calls for army as thousands of African migrants arrive from sea

  30-07-2026 16:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The head of Ceuta's regional government called for the army to be deployed
  
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• Tractor-trailer ignores stop sign and collides with semi-truck in dramatic intersection crash

  30-07-2026 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  A tractor-trailer ignored a stop sign and collided with a semi-truck at an Iowa intersection on Monday (27 July).
  
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• Senator burned by Trump says he’s ‘prepared to vote no’ on Todd Blanche: ‘President could fix this in minute’

  30-07-2026 16:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  White House faces GOP revolt in the Senate over Trump’s desired ‘slush fund’ for January 6 rioters and other targets of Biden DoJ
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato responds after Russian missile explodes on Polish soil

  30-07-2026 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military alliance says it will take ‘necessary measures’ to defend member states
  
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• Prague zoo keeps polar bears cool with tons of ice as another European summer heatwave hits

  30-07-2026 16:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Polar bears Aleut and Gregor wasted no time, immediately rolling in beds of ice cubes in their outdoor enclosure
  
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• Book returned to library after 150 years - with a £14,600 late fee

  30-07-2026 16:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 1858 copy of Antiquities of Athens was returned after being found in a sealed fireplace during recent home renovations
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump’s general plots two weeks of strikes in major escalation of war effort

  30-07-2026 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran targeted US bases in Jordan and claims to have struck three tankers in Strait of Hormuz
  
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• LA influencer facing burglary charges for ‘stealing from men she met online’ is arrested again

  30-07-2026 15:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Adva Lavie, 28, pleaded not guilty to six felony counts related to the alleged thefts in March
  
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• Stephen and Katie Miller turned to Fauci for advice early in the pandemic, diaries reveal

  30-07-2026 15:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Katie Miller claimed she deliberately led Fauci, who said he repeatedly checked in on her when she had Covid, to believe they were on friendly terms so he ‘did not leak against me or my husband’
  
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• Stephen and Katie Miller turned to Fauci for advice early in the Covid pandemic, diaries reveal

  30-07-2026 15:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Katie Miller claimed she deliberately led Fauci to believe they were on friendly terms so he ‘did not leak against me or my husband’
  
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• Wildfires force George Clooney's family to evacuate their home in southern France

  30-07-2026 15:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  George Clooney has said his family has been forced to evacuate their home in southeastern France as a wildfire burned nearby
  
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• US-owned gas tanker catches fire after drone attack at Egypt port as Middle East tensions rise

  30-07-2026 14:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Egyptian cabinet stated the fire was the result of an attack rather than an accident
  
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• Ex-Newsom aide breaks silence about California governor cuckolding his friend and campaign manager — with her

  30-07-2026 14:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Newsom’s 2005 affair with Ruby Rippey, when he was mayor of San Francisco, rocked California political circles at the time — and are reemerging as a character issue as the now-governor eyes a presidential bid
  
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• Older Americans set to see Medicare cost rise after Trump kills subsidy for drug program

  30-07-2026 14:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Decision to eliminate concession could mean higher monthly insurance premiums for millions of people
  
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• Days after his son got life, Georgia school shooter’s father who bought him the murder weapon faces sentencing

  30-07-2026 14:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Colin Gray gave his son the AR-style rifle as a Christmas gift, along with ammunition, a gun sight and other shooting accessories
  
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• Dancer claims ‘catastrophic injuries’ in Andrea Bocelli concert cost him a spot on Dancing With The Stars spinoff

  30-07-2026 14:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Professional dancer Uros Markovic blames his ‘catastrophic’ injury on Andrea Bocelli’s tour producers for providing an ‘excessively bouncy and unstable’ stage surface and a ‘disorienting’ light show that have since stalled his career
  
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• Dancer claims ‘catastrophic injuries’ from Andrea Bocelli concert cost him a spot on Dancing With The Stars spinoff

  30-07-2026 14:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Professional dancer Uros Markovic blames his ‘catastrophic’ injury on Andrea Bocelli’s tour producers for providing an ‘excessively bouncy and unstable’ stage surface and a ‘disorienting’ light show that have since stalled his career
  
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• The world’s tallest and fastest spinning rollercoaster has been announced at one US amusement park

  30-07-2026 14:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Six Flags claims that every Bakunawa ride promises to be entirely unpredictable and no two will ever be the same
  
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• Biohacker Bryan Johnson posts girlfriend Kate Tolo’s rigorous ‘menstrual cycle’ regimen: ‘This is a world first for female health’

  30-07-2026 13:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Women are not well understood medically,’ Johnson told The Independent. ‘Kate will provide the most comprehensive data set on a female menstrual cycle in history’
  
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• Final texts sent from phone of British woman found dead in suitcase in Athens revealed

  30-07-2026 13:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Text messages sent from Elisabeth-Jane Ross’s phone were sent in an apparent attempt to put those looking for her off the scent
  
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• Russia claims four settlements in eastern Ukraine as war rages on

  30-07-2026 13:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  It comes after Russia hit Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones
  
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• Teen murder victim discovered in California vineyard identified nearly 50 years later

  30-07-2026 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Finally of 15-year-old Michelle Louise Collier says breakthrough in the case as brought ‘some closure’
  
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• Trump’s Iran war is becoming a political disaster, new poll shows

  30-07-2026 12:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting
  
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• Magic mushrooms put most veterans’ PTSD into remission, according to breakthrough study

  30-07-2026 12:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who got no relief ‌from conventional treatments went into remission following treatment with psilocybin
  
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• Angry Trump hits out at Supreme Court justices over cost of his losses

  30-07-2026 12:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President claims highest court has deprived U.S. of ‘trillions and trillions of dollars’ by ruling against him
  
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• Netanyahu says Israel has ‘special forces’ ready if he is arrested abroad after Mamdani threat

  30-07-2026 12:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Netanyahu said he would press ahead with a trip to New York after the city’s mayor urged the US government to arrest him for suspected war crimes
  
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