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• Several missing after landslide hits Norwegian town – video

  30-12-2020 22:43
  
  More than 20 people are unaccounted for after a landslide hit the town of Gjerdrum in the early hours of 30 December. Several homes were swept away and emergency services are still searching for the missing. About 500 people have had to be evacuated from their homesNight-time landslide injures at least 10 in Norwegian town Continue reading...
  
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• Hundreds of ex-CIA officials question memo behind Trump’s Chinese election interference claims

  28-07-2026 23:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former officials call for investigations into whether the White House helped the CIA draft a document to boost the president’s claims
  
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• France wildfires turn skies apocalyptic orange as beachgoers watch on

  28-07-2026 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Beachgoers in France watched on as smoke from raging wildfires turned skies an apocalyptic orange.
  
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• Inside the frantic battle to save France from the flames as the country’s most severe wildfires on record spread

  28-07-2026 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  Exclusive: The Independent’s James C. Reynolds witnesses the scale of the devastation in Gironde first hand, and speaks to the community that has come together to tackle the crisis
  
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• Democrat leans into data center outrage with new TV ad in Pennsylvania

  28-07-2026 23:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Numerous communities nationwide are fiercely opposed to the projects, leading to legal battles over planned complexes and new transmission lines
  
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• Trump bids farewell to ‘tough cookie’ Lindsey Graham — and recalls doing ‘something that I shouldn’t have done’ to him

  28-07-2026 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  Trump infamously doxxed the South Carolina senator when they were rivals for the 2016 presidential nomination
  
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• American Red Cross declares national emergency as blood supply runs low

  28-07-2026 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The disaster relief nonprofit is specifically seeking type O donors, as their blood is the most widely compatible
  
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• Alabama animal shelter sues to stop massive data center that risks health of thousands of pets

  28-07-2026 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Birmingham shelter says it is not against data centers but wants transparency, due diligence and proper approvals for a project planned near its new facility
  
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• Tupac murder suspect’s 2008 police interview can be used at trial, judge rules

  28-07-2026 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Duane Davis could face life in prison without parole if convicted
  
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• Secret Service agent and others charged in alleged college fraternity hazing

  28-07-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigators said one of the hazing victims required skin grafts to his buttocks and could have died without treatment
  
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• Trump admin will ban Chinese humanoid robots and inverters to protect US AI buildout, report says

  28-07-2026 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities aim to avert another Chinese government-linked hacking campaign, such as the ‘Volt Typhoon’ operation revealed in 2023
  
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• Education Department opens probes into schools over same-sex kissing and testosterone exhibit claims

  28-07-2026 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The investigations will examine whether Denver Public Schools and the Bethel School District violated a federal law that allows parents to opt out of school surveys or evaluations involving topics such as sexual behavior or attitudes
  
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• Top produce grower warns US may not have hit ‘peak’ of foodborne illnesses as officials insist food supply is safe

  28-07-2026 22:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cyclosporiasis has gripped the nation this summer, with outbreaks leading to more than 16,000 cases and over 300 hospitalizations
  
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• Lindsey Graham warned that Trump was letting the Iran war ‘slip away’ just before he died

  28-07-2026 22:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senator Lindsey Graham claimed President Donald Trump’s ‘indecision’ was ‘coming back to hurt us,’ in an interview for an upcoming documentary that was filmed weeks before his death
  
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• Mysterious deaths of 15 elephants prompt national park investigation

  28-07-2026 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The majority of the deceased were female elephants and their calves, with only one male among the fatalities
  
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• Internet erupts as Trump is caught with his eyes closed throughout Lindsey Graham’s funeral

  28-07-2026 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Oh the sweet irony of Trump falling asleep 10x more than Biden ever did,’ wrote one user
  
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• Aide who had affair with Gavin Newsom — while married to his campaign manager — breaks her silence

  28-07-2026 22:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Newsom’s affair with Ruby Rippey rocked political circles in California at the time
  
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• School shooter gets life in prison without parole for killing four at Apalachee High in Georgia

  28-07-2026 22:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  A prosecutor said that the teen carefully plotted the killing specifically to become famous
  
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• Multiple deaths in explosion at shopping centre after 6.8 earthquake hits Japan

  28-07-2026 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Around 300,000 people have been instructed to go to evacuation centres after strong tremors damaged highways and bridges
  
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• Wildfires burn near France’s Bordeaux as drought puts vineyards under pressure

  28-07-2026 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires raging near Bordeaux are starkly illuminating the profound climate challenges confronting France’s premier wine region
  
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• Murder suspect caught after escaping jail while guard was distracted by food trays

  28-07-2026 21:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pablo Zuriel Miranda fled early Sunday morning after a guard briefly turned her back while he was loading meal transport trays outside the booking area
  
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• Taco Bell offers menu classic for $1 - and it noticeably lacks any lettuce

  28-07-2026 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Last week, the beloved chain ran its $1 Enchirito deal - another menu item that does not contain lettuce
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: French evacuation may be largest peacetime exodus as new heatwave hits Bordeaux

  28-07-2026 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Macron says France facing its most difficult situation since Second World War
  
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• Ebay agrees to pay couple $50 million after they were sent cockroaches and bloody pig mask

  28-07-2026 21:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The couple reported experiencing cyberstalking, death threats, and in-person surveillance by former eBay workers
  
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• White House aide who made $100K betting on Trump speeches is out of his government job

  28-07-2026 21:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator no longer works in government after he was placed on unpaid leave over alleged insider trading
  
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• Lindsey Graham funeral updates: Trump again shares senator’s phone number as president remembers a ‘tough cookie’

  28-07-2026 20:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  During his eulogy, Trump also said that Graham ‘never saw a war he didn’t like’
  
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• Lindsey Graham funeral updates: Trump honors ‘tough cookie’ senator who never saw a ‘war he didn’t like’

  28-07-2026 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump remembered Graham as ‘a respected statesman’ and a ‘true American original’
  
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• Trump has launched a new ‘Red Scare’ in the US – a favorite tactic of the right

  28-07-2026 20:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Anti-communism has huge appeal within American political culture – particularly for the generation of voters who, like Trump, grew up on a diet of cold war propaganda
  
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• Jailhouse calls reveal Georgia school shooter’s obsession with online notoriety after attack

  28-07-2026 20:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors played clips of the recorded conversations between Colt Gray and his mother during the teenager's sentencing hearing Tuesday
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky hails ‘good meeting’ with Trump as presidents discuss Patriot missile production

  28-07-2026 20:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky was expected to press the US for urgently needed air defence support
  
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