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• Why some people are spreading false rumours about the Texas gunman

  09-05-2023 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media accounts show the suspect regularly posted about violence and Nazis.
  
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• ‘Everything is gone’: entire Indian villages burned in ethnic violence

  09-05-2023 21:44 via theguardian.com
  
  About 1,700 houses in Manipur have been destroyed in clashes between Meiteis, who are mostly Hindus, and mainly Christian Kuki tribeThe road to Heirokland is smooth and freshly laid, with a sign proclaiming it part of an Indian government development initiative. But ethnic violence has reduced the village itself to little more than smouldering ashes.Sanatomba picked through the ruins of his sister’s home in the north-eastern state of Manipur, trying to salvage anything of value, but could
  
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• Imran Khan: Mass protests across Pakistan after ex-PM arrest

  09-05-2023 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet access is cut in the country as people rally against the arrest of Imran Khan.
  
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• Ireland v Bangladesh: South Africa pip Ireland to automatic World Cup spot after ODI washout

  09-05-2023 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A washout in the opening one-day international between Ireland and Bangladesh sees South Africa pip Ireland to the final automatic World Cup spot.
  
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• China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

  09-05-2023 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beijing's move comes after Canada expelled a Chinese diplomat accused of intimidating a Canadian MP.
  
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• Louisiana girl shot in head while playing hide-and-seek

  09-05-2023 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the latest in a string of US shootings seemingly sparked by small incidents.
  
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• AC Milan v Inter Milan: Oliver Giroud 'more motivated than ever' as he eyes another Champions League final

  09-05-2023 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud says he is "more motivated than ever" at the age of 36 as he attempts to win a second Champions League title.
  
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• Eurovision 2023: Fans travel to Liverpool for contest

  09-05-2023 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 11:43 train from Euston to Liverpool became the Eurovision Express as fans travelled up for the contest.
  
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• Rita Lee, Brazil’s undisputed Queen of Rock, dies aged 75

  09-05-2023 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes pour in for founder of Os Mutantes, who sardonically named her tumour after far-right president Jair BolsonaroRita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician, composer and founder of the trailblazing band Os Mutantes, has died at 75, prompting emotional tributes to Brazil’s undisputed “Queen of Rock”.Rita Lee was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021, memorably nicknaming her tumour “Jair” – a sardonic reference to Brazil’s widely loathed then president
  
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• Swiss village of Brienz told to flee imminent monster rockslide

  09-05-2023 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The people of Brienz are threatened by two million cubic metres of rock and have to leave by Friday.
  
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• Sudan crisis: Number of internally displaced rises to more than 700,000

  09-05-2023 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of people internally displaced by fighting has more than doubled in a week, the UN says.
  
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• Israeli strikes on Gaza kill top militants and 10 civilians

  09-05-2023 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country braces for retaliation after overnight strikes kill three militants and 10 civilians.
  
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• Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds

  09-05-2023 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  New genetics study finds some of the first arrivals came during the last ice age, and shortly after, in two distinct migrationsSome of the first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice age, a new genetics study has found.“Our findings indicate that besides the previously indicated ancestral sources of Native Americans in Siberia, the northern coastal China also served as a genetic reservoi
  
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• Giro d'Italia: Andreas Leknessund takes pink jersey as Aurelien Paret-Peintre wins stage four

  09-05-2023 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's Andreas Leknessund takes the pink jerset at the Giro d'Italia despite being beaten to the line by France's Aurelien Paret-Peintre in stage four.
  
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• Chinese woman appeals in battle for right to freeze her eggs

  09-05-2023 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Xu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominentA single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married couples.Xu Zaozao took legal action in 2019 after a Beijing hospital refused to freeze her eggs but a Beijing court dismissed her case in July 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Rita Lee: Brazil's 'Queen of Rock' dies aged 75

  09-05-2023 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rita Lee was one of Brazil's best-known rock singers, known for her independent spirit and creativity.
  
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• Stromae: Alors On Danse singer cancels tour to 'rest and heal'

  09-05-2023 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer, known for his hit Alors on Danse, says his recovery is taking "longer than expected".
  
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• Utah bereavement author charged with husband's murder

  09-05-2023 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kouri Richins said she wrote the book to help her three children cope with the loss of their father.
  
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• More than 400 people now confirmed dead after flooding in DRC

  09-05-2023 17:40 via theguardian.com
  
  About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homelessAt least 411 people are now known to have died in intense flooding and landslides that hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu province last week.Efforts to rescue inhabitants and recover bodies in Kalehe, where the flooding happened, are continuing. Some houses, schools and hospitals have collapsed or become dilapidated or unsafe. Others were entirely swept away. Continue re
  
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• Canada won’t be intimidated by China’s retaliatory expulsion of consul, Trudeau says

  09-05-2023 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  China’s foreign ministry said it would expel Canadian envoy for Ottawa’s ‘unreasonable action’ of ejecting Chinese diplomatCanada will not be intimidated by China’s tit-for-tat expulsion of a Canadian consul in retaliation for Ottawa’s ejection of a Chinese official, Justin Trudeau has said.Canada expelled the Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on Tuesday over allegations he tried to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of China’s treatment of its Uyghur Musli
  
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• ADF to expand Pacific links in $1.9bn budget package to boost Australia’s influence

  09-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After big-spending Aukus and defence announcements, Labor switches focus to diplomacyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesExplore all of our 2023 Australia federal budget coverageGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe military and police will expand links with Pacific Island countries as part of a nearly $2bn budget package aimed at boosting Australia’s influence across the region.After two months of rolling out big-spending defenc
  
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• David Miranda, campaigner and former Brazilian congressman, dies aged 37

  09-05-2023 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Lula celebrates ‘extraordinary trajectory’ of favela-born politician and Guardian columnist who played key role in Snowden leaksBrazilian politicians, celebrities and social activists have paid tribute to the vivacious, loving and combative former congressman and campaigner David Miranda who has died in Rio de Janeiro aged 37.President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated the “extraordinary trajectory” of the favela-born politician who served in the country’s
  
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• Pakistan internet cut as violence erupts after arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan

  09-05-2023 16:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Khan, ousted from power last year, was appearing in court to face corruption charges Internet services have been suspended across Pakistan after violence erupted when the former prime minister, Imran Khan, was arrested at a court appearance in Islamabad and dragged into an armoured vehicle by scores of security forces in riot gear.The arrest of Khan – who was ousted from power last year and has evaded arrest several times since – came hours after he released a video message reiterati
  
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• Russia's future rests on Ukraine war, Putin tells Victory Day parade

  09-05-2023 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The defiant president praises his troops as Russia's military might is displayed in Moscow's Red Square.
  
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• Israel bombs Gaza Strip, killing three Islamic Jihad leaders and nine civilians

  09-05-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Hamas and Islamic Jihad vow to retaliate after Israeli launches overnight strikes despite ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip targeting the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad have killed three senior operatives and at least nine civilians, including three children, according to the Israeli army and Palestinian officials.A total of 40 jets took part in Operation Shield and Arrow, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said, conducting strikes that lasted about two hours startin
  
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• Liam Smith v Chris Eubank Jr 2: Rematch rescheduled for 1 July in Manchester

  09-05-2023 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liam Smith's rematch with Chris Eubank Jr is pushed back to 1 July because of an injury to the Liverpudlian.
  
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• 'What century were they living in?' - Pegula on Madrid Open sexism row

  09-05-2023 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jessica Pegula criticises Madrid Open organisers after she and her fellow doubles finalists are not allowed to make speeches after the match.
  
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• Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga has conviction for protest overturned

  09-05-2023 14:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last yearZimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has had her conviction for inciting violence by staging a peaceful protest overturned.The critically acclaimed writer was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined 70,000 Zimbabwean dollars (£170) in September 2022 for staging a protest calling for political reform. During the 2020 protest, alongside fellow activist Julie Barnes, Dang
  
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• Autopsies reveal missing organs in Kenya cult deaths, say police

  09-05-2023 13:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Discovery raises suspicions of forced harvesting by suspects linked to group led by Paul Nthenge MackenzieAutopsies on corpses found in mass graves linked to a religious cult in Kenya have revealed missing organs and raised suspicions of forced harvesting, investigators said, with a fresh round of exhumations to resume on Tuesday.The discovery of mass graves last month near the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi has stunned the deeply religious Christian-majority country in what has been calle
  
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• Saudi oil group Aramco to pay more to state despite profits drop

  09-05-2023 12:34 via theguardian.com
  
  World’s largest energy company’s first-quarter profits fall by 19% to $32bn after dip in oil pricesThe Saudi government looks likely to reap greater revenues from the state-backed oil group Saudi Aramco despite the company posting a near-20% fall in quarterly profits.The world’s largest oil and gas company said on Tuesday its profits had fallen by 19% in its first quarter compared with a year earlier, to nearly $32bn (£25bn), caused by a drop in oil prices. Continue readi
  
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• Los Choneros: Ecuador gang leader Júnior Roldán killed

  09-05-2023 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body of Júnior Roldán, a leader of Ecuadorean prison gang Los Choneros, is found in Colombia.
  
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• Can a wind turbine handle hurricane speed winds?

  09-05-2023 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As wind farms expand into new areas they will need to withstand extreme wind speeds.
  
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• ‘There’s no water’: migrants stranded in Chilean desert as Peru closes border

  09-05-2023 12:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds, mostly Venezuelans, hope to cross into Peru to flee harsh immigration protocols and growing xenophobia in ChileThe wind sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean buffets makeshift tents made of blankets and scraps of fabric, as sheltering migrants peer out, squinting against the whipped-up sand and fierce sun overhead.This desolate stretch of the Atacama desert has been home for days – and in some cases weeks – to hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, fleeing harsher immigrati
  
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• New Zealand: Teen missing in Abbey Caves amid Auckland floods

  09-05-2023 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescuers scour underground caves for the boy as New Zealand's largest city declares a state of emergency.
  
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• Liz Truss to visit Taiwan and give speech that could upset UK’s China strategy

  09-05-2023 11:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-PM, who is trying to revive career, says she will ‘show solidarity’ with Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi visit sparked furoreLiz Truss is to visit Taiwan next week, where she will deliver a speech likely to anger Beijing and potentially upset the UK government’s careful approach to China relations.The former prime minister said on Tuesday: “Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy. I’m looking forward to showing solidarity with the Taiwanese people in person in the
  
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• Timed Teaser: What did William call the King?

  09-05-2023 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of the news these last few days - 10 questions, 10 seconds each. Go!
  
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• Turkey elections: Aftershocks of anger and grief in the quake-hit nation

  09-05-2023 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On the ruined streets, some blame the president while others tell the BBC the disaster was unavoidable.
  
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• Texas House panel advances bill to raise age to buy semi-automatic rifles

  09-05-2023 06:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  A House committee in Texas advanced a measure Monday that would raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles in an unexpected shift after nine people died in a shooting at a Dallas-area outlet mall over the weekend.
  
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• WATCH: Inner tubers have close encounter with alligator on Florida river

  09-05-2023 06:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  These inner tubers were enjoying a serene float down Florida’s Ichetucknee River when they encountered an alligator with similar plans.
  
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• Ukraine war: Jet pilots talk about the air war with Russia

  09-05-2023 05:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian and Russian pilots are fighting to control the skies. Could Western jets change the war?
  
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• Israeli aircraft strike Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza Strip

  09-05-2023 05:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Israeli military says it has killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes
  
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• FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges

  09-05-2023 04:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX.
  
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• Biden calls for 'fair deal' for striking Hollywood writers

  09-05-2023 04:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Biden called for a “fair deal” for Hollywood’s striking writers as he hosted a screening of the the upcoming streaming series “American Born Chinese.”
  
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• Bills' Hamlin will put $9.1M in donations into his charity

  09-05-2023 04:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns by well-wishers after his on-field collapse to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation
  
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• Ex-girlfriend: Tiger Woods used lawyer to break up with me

  09-05-2023 03:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Golf superstar Tiger Woods wants a judge to halt his ex-girlfriend's lawsuits seeking $30 million
  
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• 2nd grader who vanished while camping in Michigan is found safe after he sheltered under a log

  09-05-2023 03:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A second grader who disappeared Saturday while camping with his family in a remote Michigan park had sheltered under a log and was found safe after a desperate search, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Fetterman shares experience battling depression and seeking treatment in emotional interview

  09-05-2023 02:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman told MSNBC's "Joe Scarborough Presents" that he is "begging" people who are struggling to seek mental health treatment like he did.
  
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• Colorado woman gets life for killing 11-year-old stepson

  09-05-2023 02:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A woman convicted of killing her 11-year-old stepson in Colorado and dumping his body over a bridge in Florida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
  
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• Eurovision Q&A: Käärijä is Finland's Cha Cha Charmer

  09-05-2023 02:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer's unforgettable mash-up of industrial metal and hyperpop is among the bookie's favourites.
  
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• Meet Melanie and Chayse: The disabled woman and her sex worker

  09-05-2023 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aged 43, Melanie decided to book an escort and experience sex for the first time.
  
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