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• Rare 9/11 artifacts on display as Smithsonian marks 25 years since the attacks

  10-09-2026 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The museum's director said the goal is to help visitors ‘both never forget, but also kind of reconnect’ as a new generation emerges that didn't experience the attacks
  
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• Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play

  12-09-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s not that I wouldn’t cheat,’ Trump told business leaders gathered in Dublin on Saturday
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump claims Houthis asked US not to intervene in Yemen as drone hits Saudi Arabia oil pipeline

  12-09-2026 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Houthis captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, threatening to bring further economic chaos
  
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• Club Med guest claims shark attack left her with ‘permanent nerve damage’ and ‘massive scarring’: lawsuit

  12-09-2026 15:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Traveler Yvonne Martin survived, but, her attorney told The Independent, the incident has left her ‘permanently marred’
  
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• First openly trans congresswoman tells trans youth not to give up hope amid GOP onslaught

  12-09-2026 15:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  McBride’s words come as Republicans continue to attack Democrats when it comes to transgender athletes in women’s sports
  
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• Married true-crime buffs embarked on an obsessive mission to prove a double murderer’s innocence. It got complicated

  12-09-2026 14:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eileen and Keen Umbehr's obsession with the prosecution of Dana Chandler led them to spend more than 15 years trying to prove her innocence — an all-consuming odyssey that’s the subject of a new, three-part HBO docuseries
  
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• Trump’s $5,000 ‘bribe’ to Americans is no match for Republicans’ plummeting polling

  12-09-2026 14:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s last-ditch midterms pitch to voters comes as Republican candidates are falling behind in polling red-purple states, writes John Bowden
  
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• Trump Ireland visit latest: US president says he’d ‘love to see’ a united Ireland while in Dublin

  12-09-2026 13:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Now ‌the UK will ​have something ‌to say ⁠about it ... but ⁠I think it would be ‌a ​great thing’
  
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• Iceland considers ban that would leave just two countries that allow whaling

  12-09-2026 13:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fin whales, the primary target of Iceland's whaling industry, are classified as vulnerable
  
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• Police find cartel crypto farm hidden in Mexican mountains

  12-09-2026 13:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is the fourth crypto farm uncovered in the area since early last year
  
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• Succession battle rocks Uganda after death of ‘boy king’ Oyo Nyimba

  12-09-2026 11:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oyo was crowned in 1995, at the age of 3, after his father’s death
  
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• Plans for new airport in Damascus sparks outcry over disturbance of thousands of graves

  12-09-2026 11:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A 2025 investigation identified two suspected grave sites linked to people who died in detention at Mezzeh
  
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• Trump meeting Irish leader Micheál Martin during visit

  12-09-2026 11:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trump is holding meetings in Dublin before attending the Irish Open golf tournament in Doonbeg, County Clare.
  
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• 3 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops

  12-09-2026 11:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian strikes have killed three civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, according to local officials
  
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• Woman, 54, gives birth in Greece after using embryo frozen for 22 years

  12-09-2026 10:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  She was running up against the Greek government's 54-year age limit for women to complete in vitro fertilization procedures
  
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• Lebanon’s president makes a rare visit to southern city as fears of Israeli attacks grow

  12-09-2026 10:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lebanon’s president has made a rare visit to a southern city amid fears of more Israeli attacks
  
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• Grammy-winning US rapper Lil Durk acquitted in murder-for-hire trial

  12-09-2026 10:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chicago rapper was arrested in 2024 and accused of involvement in a shooting that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo.
  
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• Rapper Lil Durk acquitted in gas station murder-for-hire trial

  12-09-2026 09:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  High-profile figures such as Ye, previously known as Kanye West, and Machine Gun Kelly attended the trial
  
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• How a small supplement pill could stop mothers dying during childbirth around world

  12-09-2026 09:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy reduces the risk of maternal anaemia, stillbirth and small births – but it is only just starting to be rolled out across the countries that need it most. Liz Cookman reports
  
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• Sweden faces prospect of far right at heart of government – a week after AfD’s victory in Germany

  12-09-2026 09:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sweden was once seen as one of the most liberal nations in Europe, now Swedes head to the polls for a tight contest that could see the far-right move from untouchable pariah to coalition partner, writes James C. Reynolds
  
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• Huge protests set to overshadow Trump’s golfing trip to Ireland: ‘We don’t want him here’

  12-09-2026 09:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US president’s short visit to Ireland over the weekend is expected to be met with protests
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin warns Europe sending troops to Kyiv’s aid means war with Moscow

  12-09-2026 09:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian strikes kill five people in Ukraine while Ukrainian attacks kill two in Russia
  
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• Ukraine faces 'toughest winter' since Russia's full-scale invasion, UN official tells BBC

  12-09-2026 07:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A senior UN official tells the BBC there is a race against the clock to ensure access to power and water through winter.
  
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• Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq

  12-09-2026 06:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
  
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• BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc

  12-09-2026 06:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Leaders of the BRICS nations are meeting in New Delhi for a summit focused on trade, investment and global conflicts
  
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• At least 44 people injured after train derails in northern France

  12-09-2026 06:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police say train came off tracks between Rouen and Caen after striking unidentified object
  
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• Death toll from Philippines ferry fire climbs to 35, with dozens still missing

  12-09-2026 05:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Access to the burnt-out boat has been slowed by toxic fumes and lingering heat, the country's coast guard says.
  
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• Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi

  12-09-2026 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tasia Fortune's body was foundin the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.
  
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• Woman, 65, accused of beating husband to death with a flagpole in luxury gated community

  12-09-2026 03:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vicky Kim, the woman charged with murder, has reportedly had several domestic violence cases against her that involve her husband
  
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• SF immigration judge says she was fired 48 hours after she questioned ICE’s treatment of asylum seeker

  12-09-2026 03:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawsuit claims Chloe Dillon was fired for questioning ICE tactics and seeking to give a teenage asylum-seeker more time to pursue their case
  
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