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• World Cup 2022: 'Where there is Lionel Messi, there is hope for Argentina'

  26-11-2022 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport's Phil McNulty reflects on a tense night for Argentina and Lionel Messi after their 2-0 victory over Mexico in their second group-stage match at the World Cup.
  
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• Daughter cannot watch execution of Kevin Johnson, judge rules

  26-11-2022 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Kevin Johnson faces execution in Missouri on Tuesday for the killing of a police officer.
  
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• 'The Perfect Storm' author on his near-death experience

  26-11-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Sebastian Junger is used to dodging bullets in war zones, so he didn't expect to almost die in his own driveway.
  
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• Christmas market crowd sent scrambling after driver plows car into pedestrian area: UK police say

  26-11-2022 23:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Three suspects were arrested Saturday arrested after a car allegedly plowed into a crowd of holiday shoppers at a Christmas market in a small town south of Manchester, England.  Hundreds of people were enjoying the Christmas market in the town center of Congleton, England, when a driver in a Volkswagen Golf going around 50 mph drove into the crowd on a pedestrian-only street around 4 p.m., according to local paper the Stoke Sentinel.  "Fortunately, no-one was hurt during the incid
  
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• England 13-27 South Africa: Eddie Jones says defeat was 'entirely my fault'

  26-11-2022 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  England head coach Eddie Jones says his side's 27-13 defeat by South Africa at Twickenham was "entirely my fault" but believes they can have a "really good go" at next year's World Cup.
  
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• See police try to wrangle runaway ostriches in Alberta

  26-11-2022 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  A farmer's flock of ostriches escaped and ran wild in Alberta, Canada, leaving onlookers in awe and Mounted Police officers in the dust.
  
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• Argentina 2-0 Mexico: Lionel Messi & Enzo Fernandez score in crucial win

  26-11-2022 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Lionel Messi scores a superb goal as Argentina get a vital victory over Mexico to boost their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup last 16.
  
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• Lionel Messi helps keep Argentina's World Cup hopes alive with moment of magic against Mexico

  26-11-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Yet another moment of Lionel Messi magic helped salvage Argentina's World Cup hopes at Qatar 2022 as La Albiceleste secured a much-needed victory over Mexico.
  
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• Lionel Messi helps keep Argentina's World Cup hopes alive

  26-11-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  Yet another moment of Lionel Messi magic helped salvage Argentina's World Cup hopes at Qatar 2022 as La Albiceleste secured a much-needed victory over Mexico.
  
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• Warren Gatland is top target for Wales if Wayne Pivac is replaced

  26-11-2022 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Warren Gatland is a leading contender to return as Wales coach if the Welsh Rugby Union decide to replace Wayne Pivac.
  
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• Equatorial Guinea: World's longest-serving president to continue 43-year-rule

  26-11-2022 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema has led the country's authoritarian regime for 43 years.
  
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• Post-Thanksgiving travel could be hampered by severe weather across country

  26-11-2022 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Heavy rain and strong winds are expected in the southern Great Plains this weekend from Texas stretching to Mississippi where it's already raining, threatening
  
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• World Cup 2022: France need 'superstar' match-winner Kylian Mbappe to retain trophy

  26-11-2022 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Kylian Mbappe is the "superstar" France need to have a chance of retaining the World Cup after his match-winning performance against Denmark.
  
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• Rugby great Doddie Weir dies six years after Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis

  26-11-2022 21:17 via cnn.com
  
  Rugby great Doddie Weir has died at age 52, according to a statement from the Weir family that was released through the Scottish Rugby Union.
  
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• Irene Cara, 'Fame' singer, dead at 63, publicist says

  26-11-2022 21:01 via abcnews.go.com
  Irene Cara, 'Fame' singer, dead at 63, publicist says.
  
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• Italian landslide leaves trail of destruction

  26-11-2022 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Images show the devastation caused on the island of Ischia as rescuers work to find those missing.
  
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• Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume

  26-11-2022 20:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration on Saturday eased some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between President Nicolás Maduro
  
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• NYPD officers, bystander save man who fell subway tracks

  26-11-2022 20:37 via abcnews.go.com
  They plucked him out of the way of an oncoming train in a daring rescue.
  
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• SpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to International Space Station

  26-11-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX will once again try to get a fresh haul of supplies to the International Space Station this weekend after bad weather at the launch site forced the company to wave off its first attempt.
  
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• Police believe the attack on four Idaho college students was targeted

  26-11-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  Almost two weeks after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, police are still searching for clues and asking the public for help.
  
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• 1 dead, up to 12 missing in landslide on Italian island

  26-11-2022 20:24 via abcnews.go.com
  Heavy rainfall has triggered a massive landslide on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia
  
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• World Cup live updates: France enters knockout round after win over Denmark

  26-11-2022 20:20 via abcnews.go.com
  The World Cup is underway in Qatar.
  
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• US provides Chevron limited authorization to pump oil in Venezuela after reaching humanitarian agreement

  26-11-2022 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  The US has granted Chevron limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela following the announcement Saturday that the Venezuelan government and the opposition group have reached an agreement on humanitarian relief and will continue to negotiate for a solution to the country's chronic economic and political crisis, including a focus on the 2024 elections.
  
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• US provides Chevron limited authorization to pump oil in Venezuela

  26-11-2022 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  The US has granted Chevron limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela following the announcement Saturday that the Venezuelan government and the opposition group have reached an agreement on humanitarian relief and will continue to negotiate for a solution to the country's chronic economic and political crisis, including a focus on the 2024 elections.
  
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• Belarus officials say Vladimir Makei, long-time foreign minister, has died suddenly

  26-11-2022 20:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Belarus’ long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the country’s foreign ministry said Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian
  
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• Judge denies 19-year-old's ask to attend father's execution

  26-11-2022 19:54 via abcnews.go.com
  A state law bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.
  
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• Hospital: 2nd Israeli, wounded in Jerusalem blasts, dies

  26-11-2022 19:51 via abcnews.go.com
  Two people have died in explosions that Israeli police blamed on Palestinians.
  
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• Judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case

  26-11-2022 19:44 via abcnews.go.com
  Two men were convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor.
  
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• Man accused of holding razor blade near woman’s neck on flight

  26-11-2022 19:28 via abcnews.go.com
  A Utah man was arrested after allegedly bringing a straight edge razor blade on a flight and holding it near a passenger's throat earlier this week.
  
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• Fears for all Ukraine’s nuclear plants after emergency shutdowns

  26-11-2022 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Russian attacks cut off essential power to the stations last week, forcing all four of them into high-risk mitigation proceduresThere are growing fears that Russia’s relentless targeting of Ukraine’s electricity grid will threaten the safety of the country’s nuclear power plants, in the wake of an unprecedented emergency shutdown on Wednesday.Petro Kotin, the president of Ukraine’s nuclear power company, Energoatom, said that all safety mechanisms had worked as intended o
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says Kyiv residents ‘need more protection’ as temperature drops – as it happened

  26-11-2022 19:18 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine’s president calls on local government officials to do more as power cuts leave population vulnerable to the elementsMy colleague Charlotte Higgins has written a feature on how Ukrainian artists have been weaponising their work to mount a cultural resistance, in defiance of Putin’s plan to eradicate Ukraine’s sense of identity and history.The head of Ukraine’s presidential administration said on Saturday that Russia would answer for a Soviet-era famine that left mi
  
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• Imran Khan: Former Pakistani PM attends first rally since shooting

  26-11-2022 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan greets supporters in Rawalpindi weeks after he was shot at a similar event.
  
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• Rotherham: inquiry after family says boy, 5, died after hospital turned him away

  26-11-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Yusuf Ahmed died after a tonsil infection spread to his lungs and caused multiple organ failureA hospital trust in South Yorkshire has opened an investigation after the family of a five-year-old said he died after being turned away by doctors because there were no available beds.Yusuf Ahmed died on Monday after a tonsil infection had spread to his lungs and caused multiple organ failure. The boy had been taken to Rotherham general hospital by his uncle Zaheer Ahmed on 14 November with complaints
  
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• Police identify youngest Virginia Walmart shooting victim as 16-year-old boy

  26-11-2022 19:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The youngest victim in the mass shooting that killed six at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia, was identified by officials Friday as 16-year-old Fer
  
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• Former Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young to return as Christmas guest

  26-11-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Long-time presenter will share her thoughts on the Queen’s funeral in BBC festive schedule highlightThe turntables will be turned on Kirsty Young this Christmas Day, the BBC has revealed, when the former Desert Island Discs presenter is to be asked to choose eight of her favourite pieces of music as a castaway on the famous show.Young, who has marooned almost 500 other guests on the fictional island in her time, revealed this weekend that she found it strange to be at the other end of the
  
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• University of Idaho killings: police receive over 260 digital submissions

  26-11-2022 18:55 via theguardian.com
  Idaho governor also directs up to $1m in state emergency funds for investigation after four students killedPolice hunting who is behind the shocking killings of four University of Idaho students have now received hundreds of digital media submissions via an FBI internet link as they continue to seek clues for the unsolved crime.In a statement released on Friday, the Moscow police department said that more than 260 digital media submissions have been sent in by community members since authorities
  
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• Doddie Weir: Obituary for iconic Scotland and British and Irish Lions lock

  26-11-2022 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Tom English celebrates the life of Doddie Weir, a man who brought the best out of people and made it his mission to make them smile.
  
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• Mother of London firefighter who killed himself welcomes damning report

  26-11-2022 18:23 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Linda Francois, whose son Jaden Francois-Esprit was bullied in Wembley, says culture must changeThe mother of a firefighter whose death triggered a review into the culture at the London fire brigade, has welcomed the findings of a damning report.However, Linda Francois, whose son Jaden Francois-Esprit killed himself in August 2020, said that much remained to be done and making real changes in the workplace for people like her son was what really mattered.In the UK and Ireland, Samarit
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at Houston home

  26-11-2022 18:22 via abcnews.go.com
  A Thanksgiving day shooting in a Houston-area home left two dead and two wounded
  
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• Noted Russian nationalist says army has too few doctors

  26-11-2022 18:20 via abcnews.go.com
  He said it in a meeting with mothers of soldiers mobilized in Ukraine.
  
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• 10 people missing following landslide on Italian island of Ischia

  26-11-2022 18:20 via cnn.com
  
  Rescuers were searching for at least 13 people Saturday after heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia.
  
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• Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past

  26-11-2022 18:16 via theguardian.com
  Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantationThe government of Barbados is considering plans to make a wealthy Conservative MP the first individual to pay reparations for his ancestor’s pivotal role in slavery.The Observer understands that Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, recently travelled to the Caribbean island for a private meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mia Mottley. A report is now befo
  
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• A woman dies and 10 people missing after landslide on Italian island of Ischia

  26-11-2022 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Island near Naples was engulfed by heavy rain, causing a landslide that flooded homes and swept away carsA woman has died and 10 people are missing after a severe storm triggered a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia.The island, in the Gulf of Naples, was engulfed by heavy rain overnight, with the landslide hitting the hamlet of Casamicciola Terme early on Saturday morning, flooding homes and sweeping away several cars. Continue reading...
  
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• Alok Sharma backs bid to lift ban on onshore windfarms in England

  26-11-2022 18:04 via theguardian.com
  Tory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium imposed in 2014The president of the Cop26 climate summit Alok Sharma has become the latest Conservative party MP to support lifting the ban on new onshore windfarms.Sharma has joined his former boss Boris Johnson, who nominated him for a peerage, in backing an amendment to government legislation in an attempt to drop the moratorium on onshore wind. Continue reading...
  
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• World Cup 2022: Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Serbia over controversial Kosovo flag

  26-11-2022 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Serbia's football association after its team hung a controversial flag depicting Kosovo in their dressing room.
  
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• Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei dies at 64, officials say

  26-11-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  The Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei has died at the age of 64, the country's foreign ministry said Saturday.
  
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• Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries

  26-11-2022 17:41 via theguardian.com
  Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must tooChina must pay into a new fund for poor countries stricken by climate-driven disaster on the basis of its high greenhouse gas emissions and large economy, the former UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said.“America and Europe will have to provide most, but China will have to contribute more too,” he told the Guardian. Continue reading...
  
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• Deadly landslide tears through Italian island of Ischia

  26-11-2022 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  A torrent of mud and debris dislodged trees, engulfed buildings and dragged cars into the sea.
  
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• Japan aims for World Cup knockout stage against Costa Rica

  26-11-2022 17:20 via abcnews.go.com
  Japan could reach the round of 16 at the World Cup with a victory over Costa Rica in the second Group E match for both teams
  
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• Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen quits as party chair after local elections

  26-11-2022 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as head of the governing DPP after its poor showing in local elections.
  
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