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• Over half a million Ford Broncos recalled due to engine fire risk

  24-07-2026 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than half a million Broncos because a wiring harness in the engine compartment can short circuit and increase the risk of fire
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: One dead and 16 injured after vehicle driven into crowd at LGBT event

  26-07-2026 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police still searching for suspects after vehicle driven into crowds in German capital
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: One dead and 16 injured after car drives into crowd at LGBT event

  26-07-2026 01:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police still searching for suspects after vehicle driven into crowds in German capital
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: One dead and 17 injured after car drives into crowd at LGBT event

  26-07-2026 01:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police still searching for suspects after vehicle driven into crowds in German capital
  
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• One killed and 15 injured after car crashes into crowd at Berlin Pride

  26-07-2026 00:44 via theguardian.com
  Police call off annual parade hours after it began in wake of several people being struck by van in Tiergarten park A van has ploughed into a crowd at Berlin’s annual LGBTQ+ pride parade, killing at least one person and injuring about 15, police said, leading them to call off the event hours after it had begun to protect participants.Police said those hurt “included several with life-threatening injuries”. They called on everyone to leave the event, one of Europe’s larges
  
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• Berlin Pride crash latest: One dead and ‘many’ injured after car drives into crowd at LGBT event

  26-07-2026 00:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police still searching for suspects after vehicle driven into crowds in German capital
  
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• One dead and ‘many’ injured after car drives into crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police still searching for suspects after vehicle driven into crowds in German capital
  
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• Evacuated villagers in Cairngorms allowed home after wildfire threat lifts

  26-07-2026 00:08 via theguardian.com
  Scottish first minister thanks Nethy Bridge residents and aid workers after earlier requesting UK military aid to fight 10-day fireResidents of Nethy Bridge have been told they can return to their homes after a large fire broke out in the Cairngorms national park.Supt Judy Hill of Police Scotland said: “Thanks to the efforts of fire crews, gamekeepers, contractors, partners and many others over the past 24 hours, there is no longer the immediate threat which prompted the evacuation of prop
  
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• DOJ spent nearly $1 million on banners of Trump’s face and other refurbishments, documents show

  25-07-2026 23:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Department of Agriculture, Labor, and the Interior have also hung banners with President Donald Trump’s face on their headquarters
  
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• Several people suffer ‘life-threatening’ injuries after car drives into crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  25-07-2026 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered to celebrate Berlin’s pride parade when a car struck the crowd
  
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• Trump takes latest swipe at Canada, suggesting the US should build a border wall to keep smoke out

  25-07-2026 23:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  An AI slop image of a giant air filter separating the countries includes a sign with the slogan ‘Clean Air. Clear Borders’
  
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• Berlin LGBTQ+ march shut down by police after a car drives into crowd, injuring several people

  25-07-2026 23:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Berlin police said several people had been injured after a car drove into Christopher Street Day celebrations
  
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• Driver, 72, killed after her car crashed into a horse

  25-07-2026 23:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Janet Schwaner, of Wesley Massachusetts, was pronounced dead at the scene in upstate New York
  
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• Boy, 11, killed by falling tree at Scout camp in Michigan

  25-07-2026 22:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at the nation’s oldest continuously operating Scout camp
  
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• 13 children fall ill at summer camp after apparently eating mushroom-laced edibles

  25-07-2026 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Local mom Cynthia Cunningham said her daughter, 11, was ‘keeling over’ after tasting what she thought was an ordinary piece of chocolate
  
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• San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan suffers concussion, broken nose and fractured ribs in car crash

  25-07-2026 21:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shanahan suffered a concussion, a broken nose, several fractured ribs, and hand injuries in the crash
  
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• Arsonist, 44, faces decades in prison after being convicted of starting one of California’s worst-ever wildfires

  25-07-2026 21:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Witnesses testified that Ronnie Stout revved his engine until the car caught fire, then pushed it into a ravine, sparking flames in dry vegetation
  
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• Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by The Guardian

  25-07-2026 21:11 via theguardian.com
  Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 electionPayments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian are now being investigated by the Metropolitan police.The inquiry is scrutinising payments made to the party via a company controlled by its deputy leader, Richard Tice. Continue reading...
  
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• More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed

  25-07-2026 21:07 via theguardian.com
  Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026More than a million children across the US have lost access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) food benefits since Congress approved the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).The analysis found that more than 4 millions Americans were removed from Snap from July 2025 to March 2026, marking
  
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• Firefighter becomes fourth to die in blaze near Colorado-Utah border as wildfires continue to burn

  25-07-2026 20:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Three firefighters died at the scene of the Knowles fire
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: One dead as ‘apocalyptic’ blazes in Spain and France force 280,000 to be evacuated

  25-07-2026 20:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced about 280,000 people this week
  
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• Scorching US heatwave to hit 70 million people with third ‘heat dome’ in month

  25-07-2026 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwestAbout 70 million people in the US are set to face excessive heat advisories as dangerously hot temperatures scorch much of the country’s southern and central states.The third major “heat dome” event to hit the US in the past month is gathering strength over the weekend, spanning a vast swathe of the country, from the Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the mi
  
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• Cecilia Vega of 60 Minutes says she felt pressure from CBS to add ‘political bias’

  25-07-2026 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Vega made remarks to ABC’s John Quiñones atNational Association of Hispanic Journalists conference Cecilia Vega, the former 60 Minutes correspondent, said on Thursday she felt pressured by CBS News’s executives to incorporate “political bias” into segments for the broadcast program.Vega made the remarks during an onstage interview with John Quiñones, the ABC News correspondent, at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ annual conference in N
  
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• Donald Trump tells reporters he’ll run for president again at White House correspondents’ dinner: ‘I’m gonna do it’

  25-07-2026 19:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump hinted he will run for president again during a speech at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Friday (24 July).
  
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• Troy Jackson secures Democratic nomination for Maine Senate seat after chaotic primary race

  25-07-2026 19:34 via theguardian.com
  Progressive former state senate president gains nomination after Graham Platner dropped out over sexual assault allegationsIn a race defined by scandal, withdrawals and a frantic hunt for a replacement candidate, Maine Democrats hit reset on their chaotic Senate primary on Saturday as Troy Jackson officially secured the party’s nomination.He took the stage at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor to rapturous applause, a standing ovation and Noah Kahan’s Northern Attitude blaring over
  
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• France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – as it happened

  25-07-2026 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Meanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as ‘very serious’ by Scotland’s first ministerTell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe?The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has requested the armed forces to deploy an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft earlier than originally planned to help tackle the major wildfires in Gironde, according to Le Monde.The French newspaper reported the aircraft’s use was no
  
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• CSPAN callers react to Trump’s WHCD speech: ‘I’m embarrassed for America’

  25-07-2026 19:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I thought the president was terrible,’ a caller who identified as a Republican told the broadcaster
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: One dead as ‘apocalyptic’ blazes in Spain and France force 270,000 to be evacuated

  25-07-2026 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced about 270,000 people this week
  
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• Trump makes bizarre Nicki Minaj joke weeks after saying rapper is ‘so hot’

  25-07-2026 18:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Minaj has become one of the president’s few vocal allies from the music industry
  
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• More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain

  25-07-2026 18:23 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes as strong winds drive fires towards Bordeaux and smoke prompts health warnings in Madrid Unrestrained wildfires in Spain and France have forced more than 250,000 people to flee, authorities from both countries have said, as they struggle to contain the blazes.About 70,000 people were evacuated from central Spain, while 197,000 people fled in France, including tens of thousands from the wine region city of Bordeaux. Continue reading...
  
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