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• Texas dad Colby Richards found safe; family 'overjoyed'

  02-06-2023 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas authorities on Friday found Colby Richards, a husband and father of two, exactly one week after he went missing from his home in Spring. Richards, 31, woke up early on May 26 and disappeared from home without his phone or wallet, according to his family, who had been organizing search efforts for a week to help find him. "Hallelujah and praise the Lord!!! Colby has been found alive! We don't have details yet, but we are overjoyed at the positive outcome. We will share what we can when we c
  
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• Angels' Anthony Rendon avoids charges from altercation with fan: report

  02-06-2023 23:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon will reportedly not be charged after getting into an altercation with a fan in March. After an opening day 2-1 loss to the lowly Oakland Athletics, Rendon was caught on camera gripping an A's fan by his shirt and swinging an open hand toward the fan's head. It's unclear exactly what sparked the confrontation, but Rendon claimed the fan called him a b----. The LA Times reports that the case is closed after police investigated a misdemeanor assault a
  
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• Nobody likes 'free money' more than corporations: Charles Payne

  02-06-2023 23:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Major business sectors are all-in on the Left's global warming agenda because corporate America will do anything for money, FOX Business host Charles Payne said. Payne, host of "Making Money," said while many consumers are feeling the inflation pinch and watching the government essentially force the transition toward "green" technology, corporate America is actually benefiting hand-over-fist. "No one likes free money more than corporate America. They're the biggest welfare queens out there," Pay
  
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• Dem senator to fundraise with supporter of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, critical race theory

  02-06-2023 23:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is set to attend a "very intimate" fundraiser hosted by a left-wing politician who supports the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, critical race theory (CRT), has a history of anti-police rhetoric and believes "white supremacy" has a "stranglehold" on society. Baldwin, who is up for re-election in 2024 in the battleground state of Wisconsin, will be celebrated at a San Francisco reception on Sunday among hosts with a long record of left-wing activism, according to
  
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• DoJ sues Wisconsin town for trespassing on road-blocking Native tribe's reservation

  02-06-2023 23:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay unspecified damages for failing to renew access easements on American Indian tribal land. U.S. Attorney Timothy O'Shea filed the action in Madison on Wednesday seeking a declaration that without easements the town of Lac du Flambeau is trespassing within the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation. It seeks unspecified damages. The town's attorney, Greg Harrold, didn't respond to an
  
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• British teen gets minimum of 6 years after Islamic terror plot reported by mother

  02-06-2023 23:41 via foxnews.com
  
  A teenage man who was reported to British anti-terror authorities by his mother was jailed for life on Friday. Matthew King, 19, will serve a minimum term of six years for plotting a terror attack on police officers or soldiers. In what was the first terror sentencing in England and Wales to be televised, the judge praised King's mother for taking her suspicions to the Prevent counter-terror program. "She took the very bold step of alerting Prevent when she had concerns for her son," Judge Mark
  
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• ‘Indiana Jones’ actor Shia LaBeouf shares story of his growing Catholic faith: ‘Gives me hope’

  02-06-2023 23:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Actor Shia LaBeouf confirmed to a Catholic news outlet that his process of joining the church will be completed by his rite of confirmation in a few months. LaBeouf, made famous by for starring in entertainment such as the "Transformers" film series and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," said he converted to Christianity as a result of a recent project. LaBeouf recently portrayed Saint Padre Pio, a famous Catholic mystic and priest who lived during both World War I and II. Cat
  
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• Tom Brady admits to failures, talks co-parenting with Gisele Bündchen following divorce

  02-06-2023 23:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Tom Brady praised his and his ex-wife's parenting skills following the couple's bombshell divorce. The retired NFL quarterback opened up about what is important for his kids along with dealing with failure as he navigates life as a single dad. Brady and Gisele Bündchen divorced after 13 years of marriage. The couple shares two kids, Benjamin and Vivian. For Brady, giving his kids a "real solid base and foundation" was important. "And I think myself and their mom have done an amazing job of
  
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• US air quality as far south as Virginia affected by Nova Scotia wildfires

  02-06-2023 23:18 via theguardian.com
  
  National Weather Service issues air quality alert for Richmond while Maryland, Pennsylvania and other states affectedThe historically intense wildfires that battered the Nova Scotia province on the eastern coast of Canada have had a severe effect on air quality as far south as Virginia and Maryland, the US National Weather Service alerted.Four wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings and homes and displaced tens of thousands of people, hitting the Halifax municipality hardest. But the blaz
  
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• Texas woman dies of infection linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico

  02-06-2023 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Family says Lauren Brooke Robinson, who reportedly contracted fungal meningitis, began to feel ill months after February surgeryA Texas woman has died after contracting fungal meningitis in an outbreak that has been linked to a cosmetic procedure performed in Mexico.Lauren Brooke Robinson, 29, died on Wednesday from a fungal meningitis infection after receiving cosmetic surgery in Mexico, the local TV news station KBMT reported. Continue reading...
  
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• 9 dead in Senegal riots over opposition leader's conviction, sentencing

  02-06-2023 22:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. The deaths occurred mainly in the capital, Dakar, and the city of Ziguinchor in the south, where Sonko is mayor, Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome said in a statement. Some social media sites used by demonstrators to incite violence,
  
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• 2 Austrians, 1 Dane freed from Iranian captivity in multinational operation

  02-06-2023 22:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has released one Danish and two Austrian citizens, the European countries said Friday, thanking Oman and Belgium for their help in getting the trio freed. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said he was "very relieved" that Kamran Ghaderi and Massud Mossaheb were being brought home after "years of arduous imprisonment in Iran." Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said that he was "happy and relieved that a Danish citizen is on his way home to his fami
  
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• 45 bags of human remains found in western Mexico amid search for missing call center workers

  02-06-2023 21:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Forty-five bags filled with human remains were found in the western Mexican state of Jalisco on Tuesday, officials said.
  
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• WATCH: 93-year-old ‘Grandma Joy’ visits every US National Park with grandson

  02-06-2023 21:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The duo made their last stop at American Samoa National Park.
  
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• Panama launches Operation Shield to combat gangs, migrant smugglers at Colombia border

  02-06-2023 21:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap this year. Security officials said Operation Shield is part of the agreement reached with the governments of Colombia and the United States in April to stop the flow of migrants through the border’s jungle-clad mountains. Panama will use previously U.S.-donated helicopters to increase aerial
  
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• YouTube will stop removing false claims about 2020 election fraud

  02-06-2023 21:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Google-owned YouTube will stop removing false claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential race, the video platform announced on Friday.
  
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• Biden to address nation after Congress passes bipartisan debt ceiling bill, averting default

  02-06-2023 21:19 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden is expected to address the nation after Congress passed a bill to raise the government's borrowing limit in bipartisan fashion after weeks of tense negotiations between President Biden and Republican House leaders. His speech comes after the Senate passed a deal on Thursday negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The bipartisan deal would suspend the debt limit with no cap until Jan. 1, 2025 and slashes non-defense spending to near fiscal year 2022 le
  
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• Three dead as CDC warns of multistate fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico

  02-06-2023 21:18 via foxnews.com
  
  At least three Americans have died and 17 have suspected or probable cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to an outbreak at cosmetic surgery clinics in Mexico. A multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis has been detected among patients who underwent epidural anesthesia in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.The outbreak was linked to two clinics: River Side Surgical Center and Clinicia K-3.  A
  
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• 3 dead, 3 injured in stabbing, car-ramming spree

  02-06-2023 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three people have been killed and three others injured in a Northern California crime spree.
  
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• US Embassy to Holy See flies Pride flag in Rome

  02-06-2023 20:20 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States' diplomatic mission to the Holy See celebrated the beginning of Pride Month by hanging the pride flag on the facade of its headquarters in Rome. The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is the country's body of diplomatic representatives to the pope and Roman Curia, the governing college of the Catholic Church. "During the month of June, the [United States] celebrates Pride Month," the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See wrote in a social media post Thursday. [The embassy] stands with the LBG
  
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• A look at Spain's clam-digging 'farmers of the sea'

  02-06-2023 20:12 via foxnews.com
  
  They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low tide. Hustling along with rakes and buckets, they chat and laugh gaily. These are clam diggers, or as they call themselves, "the peasant farmers of the sea." Ruddy-faced from the coastal winds and hard work, they wear colorful headscarves and ordinary house clothes, cutting a perfect oil-painting landscape against the striking blue sky and wispy white clouds in the chi
  
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• Tropical Storm Arlene, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

  02-06-2023 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico
  
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• UN Security Council renews EU's authority to inspect vessels for arms violations in Libya

  02-06-2023 20:04 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday renewing the European Union's permission to inspect vessels off Libya's coast suspected of violating the an arms embargo on the troubled North African nation. The vote on the resolution sponsored by France and Malta was 14-0, with Russia abstaining, just as it did last year. It claimed the EU operation has been ineffective in stopping the flow of illegal weapons to Libya. The brief resolution extends the authorization for inspections for a ye
  
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• At least 9 killed in eastern Congo's latest extremist rebel attack

  02-06-2023 20:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Extremist rebels in eastern Congo killed at least nine people with knives and guns, a civil society organization said Friday. The attack happened Thursday evening on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu province, said Meleki Mulala the coordinator for the Congolese civil society group for the Ruwenzori sector. Civilians were taken from their homes before they were killed, and many homes were looted, he said. The death toll is preliminary because some people are missing, Mulala said. He said
  
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• Rain brings hope in battling wildfire in Nova Scotia as evacuations continue

  02-06-2023 19:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Rain on Friday and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia under control. That wildfire and three others in the province have prompted air quality warnings in U.S. regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland. "My weather app says 80% change rain. Giddy up to that," Halifax Mayor Mike Savage tweeted. The massive Barrington Lake fire in Nova Scotia’s southwest is no
  
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• Phillip Schofield: Why is a top British morning TV show in crisis?

  02-06-2023 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why one of the most-recognised faces on UK television says his career is over after an affair bombshell.
  
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• El Salvador President Bukele proposes drastic reduction in municipalities to ease tax burden

  02-06-2023 19:20 via foxnews.com
  
  El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said Thursday he wants to cut the number of municipalities in the country from 262 to 44 to reduce the tax burden. The proposal would require the approval of the country’s Legislative Assembly, in which Bukele’s party and its allies hold a majority. The president also proposed reducing the number of lawmakers in that body from 84 to 60. "How is it possible that in a territory of 8,100 square miles we have 262 municipalities?" Bukele said in a speech
  
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• Israeli shooting leaves 3-year-old Palestinian boy critically injured in West Bank

  02-06-2023 19:19 via foxnews.com
  
  A 3-year-old Palestinian boy was in critical condition at an Israeli hospital Friday morning after being shot by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. The army opened an investigation into what it said was an unintentional shooting. In a statement, the military said that gunmen opened fire late Thursday toward the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf. It said soldiers at a guard post returned fire. Moments later, Israeli medics received reports that a Palestinian man and the child had been badly
  
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• Denmark launches probe into dissolving Bandidos motorcycle club amidst rising violence

  02-06-2023 19:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Denmark’s government said Friday that it will investigate whether the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club can be dissolved, saying "the criminal groups’ brutal violence and socially subversive activities create insecurity in the neighborhoods in which they live." The Danish chapter of Bandidos MC was created in 1993. Three years later, a feud between them and the rivals Hells Angels broke out in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark and ended with 11 dead and nearly 100 wounded.
  
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• Dozens feared dead in India after passenger, freight trains collide

  02-06-2023 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 50 people have been killed in India Friday after a passenger train reportedly collided with a freight train in the eastern part of the country.  The Hindustan Times is reporting that the collision involved the Coromandel Express in Odisha, in which four of its cars derailed. Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, the top administrator in the Balasore district, said at least 50 people were dead, according to The Associated Press, which also cited officials as saying there are around 400 injur
  
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• Germany to investigate former air force fighter pilots accused of training the Chinese military

  02-06-2023 19:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Germany's defense minister said Friday his country will look into a report that former German air force fighter plane pilots have been training pilots for the Chinese military. News magazine Der Spiegel and public broadcaster ZDF reported Friday that "at least a handful" of former German air force officers are working as trainers in China, and that in several cases they were apparently paid through companies in the Seychelles. They said that such training has been going on for years, that severa
  
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• Do Russians really hate the West?

  02-06-2023 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Steve Rosenberg visits Yaroslavl to find out if people there carry the Kremlin's message.
  
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• Police release e-fit of man found dead in wheel bay of Gatwick-bound plane

  02-06-2023 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Detectives hope to identify man, whose body was found on a Tui flight from the Gambia on 7 DecemberPolice have released a digitised image of a man who was found dead in the undercarriage of a plane, as they work to identify him.The man’s body was found on a Tui flight from the Gambia to the UK. His body was discovered at Gatwick airport at about 4am on 7 December, Sussex police said at the time. Continue reading...
  
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• DOJ closes Pence classified documents investigation with no charges

  02-06-2023 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence will not be charged in the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
  
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• Author Ama Ata Aidoo, ‘an inspiration to feminists everywhere’, dies aged 81

  02-06-2023 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The Ghanaian playwright and novelist, who also served as her country’s education minister, focused on the modern African womanThe Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo, whose work focused on the modern African woman, has died aged 81.Ata Aidoo, whose fans included Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, rejected the idea of what she described as a “western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch”, said the BBC. Continue reading...
  
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• Home Office could forcibly separate non-cohabiting couple before their wedding

  02-06-2023 15:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Youssef Mikhaiel is at risk of forced removal to Egypt before he marries Sarah BradleyA couple planning to marry soon could be forcibly separated by the Home Office because they are not cohabiting before their wedding.Sarah Bradley, 29, a British digital marketing teacher, and Youssef Mikhaiel, 28, an Egyptian man who graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in aeronautical engineering, met in February 2022 through a Christian dating app. Continue reading...
  
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• How referee got accosted by irate fans after Euro final... in 60 seconds

  02-06-2023 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anthony Taylor is a target of fans' frustrations after Jose Mourinho's side lose the Europa League on penalties.
  
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• Huge sandstorm sweeps across Suez Canal in Egypt

  02-06-2023 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two of the canal's ports were closed as parts of Egypt were engulfed by dust and sand.
  
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• Belgorod: Shelling in Russian border region kills two, governor says

  02-06-2023 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two women were killed by shrapnel as they travelled in a car, officials say.
  
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• Sam Allardyce: Leeds United manager leaves club after Premier League relegation

  02-06-2023 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manager Sam Allardyce leaves Leeds United after his four-game tenure ended in relegation from the Premier League.
  
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• Elon Musk's Twitter loses second trust and safety chief

  02-06-2023 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ella Irwin is the second person to leave the role since Mr Musk bought Twitter in October 2022.
  
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• Iran prisoner spends 1,000 days in solitary confinement

  02-06-2023 11:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amnesty International says Vahid Afkari was wrongly convicted and should be immediately released.
  
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• World’s wheat supply at risk of a dangerous shock due to heat and drought, study warns

  02-06-2023 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Extreme heat waves and drought due to climate change could shock the global supply of wheat and send prices soaring, according to a new study.
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith case: Will Australia see a war crimes reckoning?

  02-06-2023 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court has upheld reports that a top soldier killed unarmed Afghans - but wider questions remain.
  
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• Referees' body condemns 'abhorrent' abuse of referee Taylor

  02-06-2023 09:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Referees' body PGMOL says it is appalled by the "unjustified and abhorrent" abuse directed at Anthony Taylor by supporters at Budapest Airport following Wednesday's Europa League final.
  
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• Joe Biden 'fine' after fall on stage in Colorado

  02-06-2023 08:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say the 80-year-old president stumbled on a sandbag while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony in Colorado.
  
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• NBA Finals: Nikola Jokic powers Denver Nuggets to opening win against Miami Heat

  02-06-2023 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A stellar triple-double from Nikola Jokic lifted Denver Nuggets to a 104-93 win over Miami Heat in the first game of the best-of-seven NBA Finals.
  
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• Erling Haaland: Manchester City striker 'will do everything for Treble'

  02-06-2023 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City striker Erling Haaland says he "will do everything" to help the club to a historic Treble.
  
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• Manchester City: Erling Haaland says he will do everything he can to win the Treble

  02-06-2023 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Erling Haaland gives his thoughts ahead of Manchester City's FA Cup final and Champions League final.
  
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• Phillip Schofield says his career is over following affair

  02-06-2023 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former ITV host tells the BBC his affair with a young male colleague was a "grave error".
  
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