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• US Capitol riots: Footage shows Nancy Pelosi seeking help

  13-10-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The Speaker of the House is seen talking to Virginia's governor seeking additional law enforcement.
  
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• New footage shows Nancy Pelosi during Jan 6 riots

  13-10-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The Speaker of the House is seen talking to Virginia governor to request additional law enforcement.
  
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• Capitol attack panel votes to subpoena Trump – ‘the central cause of January 6’

  13-10-2022 23:32 via theguardian.com
  The committee expressed it had ‘no doubt’ the ex-president led the effort to overturn the electionA congressional panel has voted to compel Donald Trump to testify under oath after naming the former president as the “central cause” of the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6.The House of Representatives select committee investigating last year’s riot voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena Trump for testimony and documents in what may prove a mostly symbol
  
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• 'Do you believe this?': New video shows Pelosi's reaction to Capitol attack

  13-10-2022 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  The House January 6 select committee revealed never-before-seen footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders reacting to the Capitol attack from a secure location.
  
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• Unanimous subpoena vote marks significant escalation by panel

  13-10-2022 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump for documents and testimony during a high-profile public hearing Thursday.
  
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• Key takeaways from Thursday's hearing as House committee seeks testimony from former US President

  13-10-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee's final hearing on the Capitol Hill insurrection before the midterm elections Thursday used new testimony and evidence to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results, leading to the attack on January 6, 2021.
  
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• I'm sorry Angela Lansbury is gone. But I'm glad the 'Murder, She Wrote' era is over.

  13-10-2022 23:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Angela Lansbury died at 96. The actress was better than ‘Murder, She Wrote’ role. Crime dramas and mysteries have come a long way since, especially European ones.
  
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• New crisis looms for Ukrainians in the UK

  13-10-2022 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  For many refugees, the six months British hosts agreed to house them for is up. So what happens now?
  
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• Watch: Turkey MP smashes phone with hammer in parliament

  13-10-2022 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Burak Erbay was protesting against a proposed government-backed bill aimed to combat 'disinformation'.
  
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• NATO to deliver counter-drone equipment to Ukraine after brutal Russian strike on Kyiv

  13-10-2022 22:20 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Russia's 'kamikaze drones': The latest threat for Ukraine
  • Analysis: Russia's war is shape-shifting once again. Can Ukraine land another blow?
  
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• Iraqis fear another false dawn after politicians break year-long deadlock

  13-10-2022 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The country has a new president after a year-long political crisis that has sparked violent protests.
  
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• Princess Amalia: Security fears force Dutch princess from student home

  13-10-2022 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Her parents gave details in an emotional encounter with the press, during a state visit to Sweden.
  
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• Ukraine war round-up: Azov fighter captivity horrors and Russia's Gen Armageddon

  13-10-2022 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Captured fighters accuse Russia of "inhumane" conditions - and who is Russia's new top commander?
  
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• New video shows Pelosi and congressional leaders reacting to Capitol attack

  13-10-2022 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  The House January 6 select committee revealed never-before-seen footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders reacting to the Capitol attack from a secure location.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to intervene in Mar-a-Lago documents fight

  13-10-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency request from former President Donald Trump to intervene in the dispute over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate in August.
  
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• Key takeaways from Thursday's January 6 hearing

  13-10-2022 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  The House select committee's final hearing on the Capitol Hill insurrection before the midterm elections Thursday used new testimony and evidence to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results, leading to the attack on January 6, 2021.
  
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• Bodo/Glimt 0-1 Arsenal: Bukayo Saka scores as Gunners near Europa League progression

  13-10-2022 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Arsenal take a big step towards qualifying for the Europa League knockout stage with a slender win at Bodo/Glimt.
  
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• France sends Germany gas for first time amid Russia energy crisis

  13-10-2022 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The new flow was sent in "European solidarity" after Russia cut energy supplies to Europe.
  
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• Home Office threatens to send heavily pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda

  13-10-2022 20:39 via theguardian.com
  Eritrean woman, 28, in acute distress having spent most of her life in search of safetyA heavily pregnant rape survivor from Eritrea has been threatened with forced removal to Rwanda by the Home Office.Human rights campaigners say it is the “most egregious” case they have come across so far in the government’s scheme to outsource the processing of UK asylum claims to the east African country. Continue reading...
  
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• Netflix ad-supported service to launch in November

  13-10-2022 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm is rolling out the less expensive offering to try to attract viewers.
  
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• Jamaica bans music and TV glorifying crime

  13-10-2022 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Jamaica's broadcasting commission is banning content that encourages "illegal activity".
  
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• Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian court drops charges against separatist Ipob leader

  13-10-2022 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Nnamdi Kanu was illegally arrested and extradited, a court rules in a major blow to the government.
  
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• North Korea fires missile and flies warplanes near border, says Seoul

  13-10-2022 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Latest in spate of ballistic missile launches further raises animosities between the two countriesNorth Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, the South’s military said, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests.South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the launch happened early on Friday local time but gave no further details including how far the weapon fle
  
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• Leading Palestinian factions sign reconciliation deal, aiming to pave way to elections

  13-10-2022 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  More than 15 years after a violent break between leading Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Algeria has brokered an apparent reconciliation, with the signing of a unification agreement announced on Thursday.
  
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• Decision comes after Russia's use of 'kamikaze drones' in a brutal assault on Kyiv

  13-10-2022 20:03 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Russia's 'kamikaze drones': The latest threat for Ukraine
  • Analysis: Russia's war is shape-shifting once again. Can Ukraine land another blow?
  
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• Russian forces will be ‘annihilated’ if Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, says senior EU official – as it happened

  13-10-2022 19:53 via theguardian.com
  This live blog is now closed. You can find our latest coverage of the war hereThe admission of Ukraine to Nato could result in a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Russian security council, Alexander Venediktov, told the Russian state Tass news agency in an interview on Thursday.Tass cited Venediktov as saying:Kyiv is well aware that such a step would mean a guaranteed escalation to a World War Three.Apparently, that’s what they are counting on - to create informational noise and
  
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• US-Saudi rift grows over decision to cut oil production

  13-10-2022 19:52 via theguardian.com
  Washington has accused Saudi Arabia of coercing other Opec+ members into 2m-barrel-a-day reductionThe relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia continued to worsen on Thursday as the two countries traded barbs over the decision to cut oil production, with Washington accusing Riyadh of coercing other members of the Opec+ cartel, and Riyadh suggesting the Biden administration tried to get the decision delayed by a month.In reaction to Joe Biden’s declared intention to reevaluate the US re
  
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• TV executive Dick Ebersol bemused by sports commentator's multi-million-dollar contracts

  13-10-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Top TV executive Dick Ebersol has had decades long experience of the world of sports broadcasting.
  
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• Opinion: Putin's former admirers are thinking twice

  13-10-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin's so-far-disastrous invasion of Ukraine is turning the former idol of the far right into a toxic figure among many who used to be his greatest admirers.
  
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• Jimmy Carr criticised for show about Hitler art

  13-10-2022 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A TV show will see a studio audience decide whether the comedian should destroy a painting by Hitler.
  
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• Global wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970, WWF report finds

  13-10-2022 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  The world's wildlife populations plummeted by an average of 69% between 1970 and 2018, a dangerous decline resulting from climate change and other human activity, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warned in a report Thursday.
  
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• Russia announces Kherson evacuation, raising fears city will become frontline

  13-10-2022 19:13 via theguardian.com
  Deputy PM says residents will be helped to move away from southern Ukrainian region partly occupied by invadersRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesMoscow has announced it will evacuate Kherson after an appeal from the Russian-installed head of the region, raising fears the occupied city at the heart of the south Ukrainian oblast will become a new frontline.Marat Khusnullin, a Russian deputy prime minister, told state television on Thursday that residents would be helped to move away from the regio
  
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• Russia to help evacuate civilians from Kherson

  13-10-2022 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region.
  
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• Kremlin's announcement is the latest indication its forces are struggling in the face of Ukrainian advances

  13-10-2022 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region.
  
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• WATCH: 'I'm beyond disgusted': Parkland parents react to verdict

  13-10-2022 19:09 via abcnews.go.com
  Parents of Parkland shooting victims react after the jury recommends the shooter be sentenced to life in prison.
  
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• Horror film's creepy dancing villain is freaking people out

  13-10-2022 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  A trailer for the creepy android doll movie "M3GAN" freaks out the internet. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports she's the new "Chucky."
  
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• Jury recommends life in prison without parole for Parkland school shooter, rejects death penalty

  13-10-2022 18:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  A jury reached its decision Thursday in the penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who gunned down 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.
  
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• No jail time for Cuba Gooding Jr. in forcible touching case

  13-10-2022 18:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. resolved his New York City forcible touching case Thursday with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April.
  
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• 'I'm sick of being silent': Gay teen catches bullies on camera in viral TikTok video

  13-10-2022 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  California high school senior Landon Jones, 18, said he’s been bullied by his classmates since the fifth grade.
  
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• Alex Jones' conspiracy empire hangs in the balance after jury's nearly $1 billion award to Sandy Hook families

  13-10-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Judgment Day arrived on Wednesday for Alex Jones — and he said that it felt like he landed in Hell.
  
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• Teen Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to the rest of his life in prison for the 2018 massacre following jury's sentencing recommendation

  13-10-2022 18:33 via cnn.com
  
  • Jury's decision is still being read
  
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• ‘Now is the time’: Richard Marles has met NRL to push for Papua New Guinea team

  13-10-2022 18:30 via theguardian.com
  On visit to Port Moresby, defence minister says ‘it would be so meaningful’ for PNG to become National Rugby League’s 18th teamFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAustralia’s deputy prime minister has held talks with National Rugby League officials to push the case for a Papua New Guinea team, declaring “now is the time” to expand the competition.Richard Marles, visiting P
  
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• Hundreds killed in Nigeria floods, more than 1.4 million displaced

  13-10-2022 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade, the country's humanitarian ministry said Wednesday.
  
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• Cruz's sentence comes after a monthslong trial to decide his fate

  13-10-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
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• NY attorney general moves to stop Trump Org from transferring assets

  13-10-2022 18:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James filed court papers seeking to stop former President Donald Trump from transferring assets from his namesake real estate company.
  
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• 19th-century Levi's jeans found in mine shaft sell for more than $87,000

  13-10-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  A pair of Levi's jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000.
  
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• English beach hut goes on market for £440,000

  13-10-2022 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The hut has no toilet but has an asking price of more than the average Dorset home.
  
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• More than 100,000 UK postal workers begin holiday season strikes

  13-10-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as cost-of-living pressures mount.
  
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• 'Like a wake': Mood in Britain's ruling party darkens as new PM Truss faces fury from lawmakers

  13-10-2022 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  Spare a thought for British Conservative members of parliament.
  
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• LIV Golf: 'I'm on winning side - the PGA Tour is trending downwards', says Phil Mickelson

  13-10-2022 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Phil Mickelson says that by joining the LIV Golf series he has picked the "winning side" in the dispute that has dominated the sport this year.
  
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