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• Ukraine news - live: Abrams tanks pose ‘no offensive threat’ to Russia, insists Biden

  26-01-2023 05:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  US announces sending 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine after pleas from Zelensky
  
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• It wasn’t me: Ex-UK PM Truss blames 'system' for her failure

  05-02-2023 13:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her failure wasn’t her fault
  
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• Cardi B pays homage to Kallman, Greenwald at pre-Grammy gala

  05-02-2023 13:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cardi B paid homage to Atlantic Records executives Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman in a pre-Grammy event
  
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• Putin has promised not to kill Zelensky, claims former Israeli PM

  05-02-2023 13:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Naftali Bennett had emerged as an intermediary between Russia and Ukraine in the early weeks of the war
  
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• Russian troops destroyed their home - the generosity of strangers is building a new one

  05-02-2023 12:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Olena Mykulska lived with her partner and two children in Irpin until the Russian invasion left their home destroyed. Now she looks to charity for a place to stay, Liam James reports
  
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• Watch live: Carnival boat parade takes place along Venice Grand Canal

  05-02-2023 10:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as hundreds of boats take part in a parade along the waterways of Venice as part of the annual carnival.
  
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• Ukraine LIVE: Top Putin ally Medvedev threatens nuclear strikes as 500k on standby

  05-02-2023 09:48 via express.co.uk
  
  All of Ukraine "will burn," according to a senior Russian official and Putin friend, if Kyiv employs longer-range missiles to attack Russia.
  
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• Voting starts for Cyprus' presidency, with 3 front-runners

  05-02-2023 09:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cypriots began voting for their eighth president in the ethnically divided island’s 62-year history as an independent republic, with three front-runners each portraying themselves as the safest bet to guide the country through turbulent economic times and to seek peace with breakaway Turkish Cypriots
  
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• Russia building up forces prior to ‘likely’ new military offensive in eastern Ukraine

  05-02-2023 09:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine's Defence Minister, has said he believes Putin will "try something" on February 24.
  
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• Cold war fears as China warns of 'further action' against US after spy balloon shot down

  05-02-2023 08:47 via express.co.uk
  
  A brief detente between US and China was brought to an end on Saturday after the US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over its airspace.
  
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• Former Israeli PM: Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy

  05-02-2023 08:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart
  
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• New MH370 theory claims 'three part riddle' could uncover plane's 'precise hidden details'

  05-02-2023 08:10 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE - A retired researcher claims to have uncovered a series of riddles that, if solved, could pinpoint the final resting place of the doomed flight MH370.
  
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• Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies

  05-02-2023 08:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  An offical says Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died
  
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• Chinese spy balloon – live: China warns of ‘further actions’ after US shoots down airship

  05-02-2023 07:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  US officials say balloon was brought down on president Joe Biden’s authorisation
  
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• China threatens ‘further actions’ after US shoots down spy balloon

  05-02-2023 07:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Earlier China said the balloon was a weather research ‘airship’ that had been blown off course
  
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• Argentina issues new 2,000-peso banknote worth $11 as inflation soars

  04-02-2023 23:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inflation levels in the county are some of the worst in the world
  
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• George Santos clarifies tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’, says she died of ‘toxic dust’ in 2016

  04-02-2023 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  “The toxic dust that permeated throughout Manhattan and my mother being present, downtown Manhattan,” Mr Santos said
  
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• Idaho murders – update: Victim’s family appeals gag order as FBI denies losing track of Bryan Kohberger

  04-02-2023 22:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bryan Kohberger is charged with the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho
  
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• China balloon: US shoots down airship over Atlantic

  04-02-2023 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US military hopes to recover debris from the suspected Chinese spy aircraft that flew across America.
  
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• US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic ocean

  04-02-2023 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US military has shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast.
  
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• Chinese spy balloon – live: US shoots down balloon off Carolina coast and begins to recover debris

  04-02-2023 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pentagon says a second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted moving across Latin America
  
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• Jemima Khan hits out at cinema saying Muslims unfairly portrayed as terrorists

  04-02-2023 20:26 via express.co.uk
  
  Jemima Khan's comments criticising western filmmakers for their portrayal of Muslims have a real-world basis, as data shows they are consistently under-represented and demonised in cinema.
  
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• Chinese spy balloon – live: Biden administration going ahead with plan to shoot down balloon over Atlantic

  04-02-2023 20:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pentagon says a second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted moving across Latin America
  
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• Biden admin prepares to shoot down Chinese spy balloon and restricts airspace over Carolina Coast

  04-02-2023 20:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Biden administration is going ahead with a plan to shoot down the Chinese balloon over the Atlantic, officials have said.
  
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• Israelis protest government's judicial overhaul plans

  04-02-2023 20:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of Israelis are gathering weekly demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government’s proposed judicial overhauls, which opponents say threaten Israel’s democratic values
  
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• Biden plans to shoot down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean, officials confirm

  04-02-2023 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Biden administration is considering a plan to shoot down the Chinese balloon over the Atlantic, officials have said.
  
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• DeSantis files complaint against Orlando Philharmonic for hosting ‘sexually explicit’ drag event

  04-02-2023 19:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Republican governor announced last month that the department was investigating the event
  
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• Chinese spy balloon – live: Biden administration considering plan to shoot down balloon over Atlantic

  04-02-2023 19:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pentagon says a second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted moving across Latin America
  
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• Supreme Court justices reportedly used personal email accounts and left ‘burn bags’ of documents in hallways

  04-02-2023 19:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Justices aren’t “masters of information security protocol,” the staff says
  
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• Pope in South Sudan tells clergy to raise voices against injustice

  04-02-2023 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis is on an unprecedented trip to the war-torn country with two other Christian leaders.
  
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