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• Putin faces devastating collapse on world stage as allies could deliver killer blow

  06-09-2026 17:34 via express.co.uk
  Some of Putin's closest allies have called for an end to the conflict in Ukraine and could cut off valuable aid to Russia.
  
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• Deadly airstrike on Iran wedding was likely US bomb missing its target, says report

  07-09-2026 18:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  US investigators have indicated that the strike, which Tehran says killed four, was the result of a US bomb missing a nearby target, a Washington Post report says
  
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• Jon Ossoff pulls level with AOC on 2028 presidential prediction market as race heats up

  07-09-2026 18:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Georgia senator who made fun of President Donald Trump’s relationship with his aid Natalie Harp, drawing an angry reaction from the White House, is being tipped as his potential successor in the Oval Office
  
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• Trump envoys confronted over Putin talks during Kyiv visit: ‘Don’t you find it disgusting?’

  07-09-2026 17:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were confronted by Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon
  
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• Key Republican is missing from GOP’s Dallas convention raising questions about tensions with Trump

  07-09-2026 17:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thune will attend fundraiser for embattled GOP candidate he tried to block from winning Texas primary instead of speaking onstage
  
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• Trump says ‘we worked long and hard’ on NY construction project the day after 9/11 in latest dubious claim

  07-09-2026 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has repeatedly placed himself at the enter of New York City’s recovery story in the decades after the attacks
  
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• Trump becoming major liability for Republicans in midterms, new poll shows

  07-09-2026 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has made it ‘harder’ for GOP candidates to win their races this November in the opinion of almost half the respondents to a new survey
  
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• Iran War is costing Americans $100B in extra energy costs

  07-09-2026 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gas prices in the US hit a national high over Labor Day weekend
  
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• A shift swap on 9/11: The story of the World Trade Center restaurant staff who lost their lives

  07-09-2026 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  A new documentary retells the story of the World Trade Center’s iconic top-floor restaurant, Windows on the World. For the surviving staff, its legacy rests not on how it ended but on the workplace they created for 25 years before that tragic day, Jasmine Fernández writes
  
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• Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons, IAEA chief says

  07-09-2026 16:52 via independent.co.uk
  The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency
  
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• Hockey parents already pay $400 for sticks. Trump’s tariffs could make it worse

  07-09-2026 16:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hockey families in the U.S. are feeling the pinch from rising equipment costs
  
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• Why the AfD’s German triumph is a win for Putin – and leaves Ukraine exposed

  07-09-2026 16:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The AfD and the Trump administration, with its special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are bound into a commercial friendship run out of the Kremlin by one man, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
  
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• Investigators probe why Amazon jet didn’t abort landing before deadly Miami crash

  07-09-2026 16:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  An Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport has left at least five people dead
  
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• ‘Shocked’ Merz warns far-right AfD’s election win in Germany will have international impact

  07-09-2026 16:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  AfD could become first far-right party to gain power at regional or parliament level in Germany since the Nazis
  
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• Merz laments worst defeat in decades after far-right AfD wins landslide victory in state election

  07-09-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  AfD could become first far-right party to gain power at regional or parliament level in Germany since the Nazis
  
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• France’s wine harvest devastated by heatwaves as Champagne production halves

  07-09-2026 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  France will likely produce it’s lowest wine harvest in 30 years after recording its hottest summer ever
  
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• Man, 60, becomes second person to die at Burning Man festival

  07-09-2026 15:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Burning Man draws tens of thousands of visitors each year to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada
  
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• Who are the AfD? Germany’s far-right party on the brink of power in key state

  07-09-2026 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns
  
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• Goldman Sachs warns oil could surge to $120 a barrel if attacks on Hormuz continue

  07-09-2026 14:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Brent crude oil prices are on track to surpass $100 per barrel for the first time since July
  
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• 25 years after 9/11, the lives forever shaped by America’s darkest day

  07-09-2026 14:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nearly 3,000 people perished across the attacks, which included those strikes in New York, a third plane flown into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashing in a Pennsylvania field
  
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• At Venice, Ellen Burstyn reflects on playing Marilyn Monroe and a lifetime in movies

  07-09-2026 13:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ellen Burstyn, at 93, stars as a 100-year-old Marilyn Monroe in the short film “Flesh Impact,” premiering at the Venice Film Festival
  
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• Man armed with pistols and brass knuckles lunges at Democrat during event at Ohio county fair

  07-09-2026 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man ‘aggressively shoved his way through the crowd’ and was armed with two pistols, the sheriff says
  
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• Tour guides make remarkable discovery about Great Barrier Reef whales: ‘Not even scientists knew what it meant’

  07-09-2026 13:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Discovery helps strengthen laws for how people interact with whales in the area
  
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• Republicans in battleground states are ditching Trump from their campaign websites: reports

  07-09-2026 13:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  GOP candidates quietly removing references to President Donald Trump amid concern his low approval ratings could adversely impact their own midterms prospects, according to reports
  
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• Paris trial opens in Federico Martín Aramburú killing, 4 years after fatal shooting

  07-09-2026 13:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Four people, including two linked to France's extreme right, are set to stand trial in Paris for the killing of former Argentina rugby player Federico Martín Aramburú
  
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• Fire chief reveals dramatic rescue of trapped pilot following Miami plane crash that left 5 dead

  07-09-2026 13:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  One of the plane’s engines remained active, forcing fire crews to flood the engine in order to disable it
  
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• Serbia accused of glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic by allowing elaborate military funeral

  07-09-2026 13:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ was convicted of genocide by a UN court
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump’s envoys confronted during Kyiv visit over holding talks with ‘war criminal’ Putin

  07-09-2026 12:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Witkoff and Kushner were challenged over whether they find it ‘disgusting’ to sit at a table with Putin
  
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• Trump’s sinking popularity could cost Republicans control of Congress

  07-09-2026 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  With Labor Day marking the traditional start of the fall campaign, Republicans are fighting to protect narrow congressional majorities
  
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• France faces worst wine harvest in 30 years after severe heatwaves and drought

  07-09-2026 12:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Output in the Champagne region is set to halve after a summer of extreme weather
  
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