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• Remote area makes search 'a challenge'

  19-06-2023 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A submersible that takes tourists to the Titanic shipwreck is missing off the North American coast in the Atlantic.
  
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• New national suicide lifeline struggling to keep up with volume, advocates say

  19-06-2023 23:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  988 has sought to bolster an American mental healthcare system that the Department of Health and Human Services itself has called "long underfunded and under-resourced."
  
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• Lawyer facing 30 to life for murdering his girlfriend dies in custody

  19-06-2023 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Authorities say a New Jersey lawyer who faced a lengthy sentence for murdering his longtime girlfriend is dead
  
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• Letters containing mysterious powder sent to Trump, Supreme Court Justice Thomas

  19-06-2023 22:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A series of threatening letters containing a mysterious white powder is raising concerns that Republican lawmakers in Kansas are being targeted.
  
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• WATCH: Window cleaner pays golden retriever puppy a surprise visit

  19-06-2023 19:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Just two new pals hanging around.
  
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• Authorities call off search for missing American free diver in Bahamas

  19-06-2023 19:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The United States Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force called off its search on Sunday for an American free diver who went missing off Bimini, Bahamas.
  
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• Bodycam shows Florida police officer dragged into drainpipe in flood rescue

  19-06-2023 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The officer and the man he was rescuing are swept through a drainpipe, and underneath a four-lane highway in Florida.
  
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• Grief-stricken Pakistani town mourns sons lost in Greek shipwreck

  19-06-2023 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Poverty drove young men from small Kashmir town to board ill-fated fishing trawler, say familiesThe last time Mohammed Yousaf talked to his son, Sajid Yousaf, on 8 June, the son was waiting anxiously in Libya for smugglers to pack him and hundreds of others on to a boat bound for the other side of the Mediterranean.Six days later, the overcrowded fishing trawler sank off the coast of Greece. Sajid, 28, a shopkeeper and father of two from the small town of Khuiratta in Pakistan-administered Kashm
  
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• Timed Teaser: What did King Charles give Queen Camilla?

  19-06-2023 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of the news these last few days - 10 questions, 10 seconds each. Go!
  
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• Boris Johnson: MPs debate report that found former prime minister misled parliament – UK politics live

  19-06-2023 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Penny Mordaunt says Johnson ‘undermined democratic process … and was complicit in campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of committee’At the Labour event Keir Starmer is now speaking. He starts with a jibe at the SNP, saying the tide is turning in Scotland.Turning to energy policy, he says Labour wants to promote security.Can we still achieve great things? Can we unite and move forward? Can we still change, can we grow, can we get things done, can we build things? New in
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Putin critic defiant as new trial begins

  19-06-2023 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alexei Navalny's trial was held miles from Moscow - a sign the authorities want to avoid publicity.
  
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• Tourist submarine goes missing on dive to wreck of Titanic

  19-06-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Boston coastguard confirms submersible with five people onboard missing in North Atlantic where liner lies in 12,500 feet of waterA tourist submarine has gone missing in the North Atlantic while on a dive to view the wreck of RMS Titanic. A search and rescue mission was under way on Monday morning, according to the Boston coastguard.A spokesman for the coastguard confirmed to the Guardian that “a small submarine with five persons onboard had gone missing in the vicinity of the Titanic wrec
  
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• Heavy casualties on both sides as Ukraine offensive edges forward

  19-06-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  British intelligence report comes as Kyiv celebrates liberation of eighth settlement in south of countryRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesHeavy casualties are being endured by both Ukrainian and Russian forces, British military intelligence has said, as Kyiv celebrated the liberation of an eighth settlement in the south of the country, two weeks into its offensive.The level of losses among Russian troops was said by British officials to be at its highest level since the peak of March
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: sanctions against Moscow should stay until Ukraine is compensated, says UK

  19-06-2023 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  UK government says it will legislate to keep sanctions in place until Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are metWhat we know on day 481 of the invasionUkraine’s state emergency service has issued an image of firefighters battling a blaze in Kherson. Suspilne, Ukraine's state broadcaster, reports that “As a result of Russian shelling in Kherson, a gas tank at one of the city’s gas stations and a company warehouse were on fire at night. Three units of equipment and 15 personnel
  
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• WATCH: Bebe Rexha hit in the face by flying phone

  19-06-2023 17:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Video from a New York concert appears to show the singer, who reportedly canceled a meet-and-greet after the performance, being struck by the device.
  
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• Africa's Ukraine-Russia peace mission: What was achieved?

  19-06-2023 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa's leader hails last week's trip as "historic" but what difference did it really make?
  
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• NHS nurses strike in England could reach ‘end of the road’ this week

  19-06-2023 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Royal College of Nursing raises doubts over whether enough members will get postal votes in on timeThe rolling strikes by NHS nurses could “hit the end of the road” this week as the leader of the Royal College of Nursing raised doubts over whether sufficient numbers of members would get their postal votes in on time.The RCN union’s ballot on further industrial action in England will close on 23 June but its general secretary, Pat Cullen, has for the first time suggested an affi
  
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• Partygate: Met police assessing footage ‘not previously provided’

  19-06-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Force says it is assessing material not discovered by earlier investigation into ‘jingle and mingle’ partyUK politics live – latest updatesThe Metropolitan police say they have received new material relating to alleged breaches of Covid rules in Westminster, including of Conservative party activists partying during lockdown.One event was billed as a “jingle and mingle” party, and held in December 2020 for Shaun Bailey, then campaigning to be mayor of London, when in
  
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• Liz Truss says lettuce joke was ‘puerile’ and media did not understand her ideas

  19-06-2023 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Former prime minister criticises Daily Star stunt but says UK media’s irreverence is a good thing overallLiz Truss has described as “puerile” the newspaper stunt in which her tenure as prime minister was measured against the shelf life of a lettuce.Speaking at a broadcasting conference in Dublin, Truss also complained that the media did not properly understand her economic ideas. She said too much political coverage was “froth”, while at the same time praising the o
  
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• Firefighters rescue passengers from stricken train in latest Deutsche Bahn mishap

  19-06-2023 17:14 via theguardian.com
  
  German national rail service blames malfunctioning and delays on lack of investment and staff shortagesFirefighters had to rescue about 1,200 passengers onboard a regional express train that broke down south-east of Berlin at the weekend, in the latest in a string of failures and mishaps to befall the national rail service, Deutsche Bahn.The firefighters had to force open the train’s doors to free passengers, some of whom were suffering from heat exhaustion after a lengthy holdup in the tr
  
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• Arctic Monkeys: Glastonbury 2023 headline set thrown into doubt by Alex Turner’s laryngitis

  19-06-2023 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Band cancel open-air Dublin gig on Tuesday, leaving a nervous wait for fans looking forward to Friday’s Glastonbury setAlex Turner, frontman with Arctic Monkeys, is suffering from “acute laryngitis” and the band have been forced to cancel an open-air concert in Dublin on Tuesday.His condition could affect his ability to perform the group’s Glastonbury headline slot on Friday evening, though it is currently scheduled to go ahead. Continue reading...
  
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• EU split over subsidies for coal plants as Poland seeks extension

  19-06-2023 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Luxembourg calls proposal by Sweden ‘astonishing’ as energy ministers gather to discuss overhaulA group of EU countries are fighting attempts by Poland to extend subsidies for coal plants, with Luxembourg’s energy minister describing the proposal as “astonishing”.Luxembourg’s energy minister, Claude Turmes, said he could not believe the proposal, which was made on Friday, days before a planned summit of energy ministers from across the bloc, was even on the ta
  
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• Judge orders Trump lawyers not to disclose evidence in documents case

  19-06-2023 17:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Motion was filed by prosecutors to restrict storage and use of discovery material turned over to defense in classified papers caseA Florida judge handed prosecutors in Donald Trump’s classified documents lawsuit a significant victory on Monday by ruling the former president cannot publicly disclose any of the evidence against him.Trump, who was arraigned in Miami last week on a 37-count indictment over his improper storage and handling of classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago resort, can
  
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• Is that you, Migaloo? Tourist captures video of familiar-looking whale over Great Barrier Reef

  19-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Second sighting of white whale off Queensland’s coast within weeks has ocean watchers wondering if it could be famous humpbackGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe second sighting of a white whale off Queensland’s coast within weeks has ocean watchers wondering if it could be Migaloo, the elusive albino humpback who has not been seen in three years.A tourist flying over the Great Barrier Reef filmed what appears to be a white humpback whale swim
  
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• Fossils show long necks of prehistoric reptiles were targeted by predators

  19-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Evidence suggests slender necks of some ancient marine creatures were a deadly weaknessFor nearly two centuries, fossil hunters have mused that the improbably long necks of some ancient marine reptiles made them tempting targets for hungry predators.Now, researchers have uncovered grisly evidence that sticking one’s neck out really was a deadly weakness: the remains of two creatures whose heads were snapped off in acts of Triassic violence. Continue reading...
  
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• Australians far less aware of biodiversity loss than climate crisis, research finds

  19-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  But a majority of Australians think more money should be spent on the environmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHalf of Australians are unaware of the extent of the nature crisis despite agreeing governments need to do more to support the environment, research by the Biodiversity Council suggests.Graeme Samuel, the former competition watchdog head who chaired a 2020 review of Australia’s environmental laws, says a campaign is needed to bring public
  
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• Rishi Sunak accused of mocking trans people in joke to Tory MPs

  19-06-2023 16:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows PM making fun of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey after he said women could have penisesDowning Street has defended Rishi Sunak after a video emerged of the prime minister seemingly making a joke that mocked transgender people, saying the comments were simply aimed at a political opponent.The footage of Sunak addressing fellow Conservative MPs, leaked to PinkNews, shows him making fun of Ed Davey after the Liberal Democrat leader said it was possible for a woman to have a penis, which can h
  
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• Macron’s rugby club beer stunt sparks binge-drinking row

  19-06-2023 16:45 via theguardian.com
  
  French president accused of irresponsibility and toxic masculinity after downing beer in 17 secondsFootage of Emmanuel Macron downing a bottle of beer in 17 seconds in a rugby club dressing room has prompted a political row about binge drinking and accusations of toxic masculinity.The video shows the French president being handed a bottle of Corona in the Toulouse changing room after they beat La Rochelle at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli forces launch helicopter raid on Jenin in occupied West Bank

  19-06-2023 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Four Palestinians killed and 45 injured, according to Palestinian officials as Israeli army enters city to arrest ‘suspects’The Israeli military has used combat helicopters in the occupied West Bank for the first time in years, as an arrest operation in Jenin encountered unexpectedly fierce Palestinian resistance.The heavy fighting intensified calls by settler leaders to call for a broader military campaign in the West Bank. Continue reading...
  
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• Hunter Valley bus crash: parents of groom call for stronger seatbelt laws

  19-06-2023 15:23 via theguardian.com
  
  John Gaffney, whose son Mitchell married Madeleine Edsell last Sunday, calls for mandatory rule on all busesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe parents of the groom whose Hunter Valley wedding ended in tragedy when 10 guests died in a bus crash when leaving the event have called for stronger seatbelt laws.John Gaffney, whose son Mitchell married Madeleine Edsell in wine country on Sunday 11 June, has called for seat belts to be mandatory on all buses &nda
  
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• Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping hold ‘candid’ talks in Beijing

  19-06-2023 14:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Meeting between China’s president and US secretary of state takes place at time of heightened tensionThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has wrapped up a rare trip to Beijing where he met China’s president, Xi Jinping, concluding a high-stakes visit aimed at stabilising spiralling relations.Speaking at a press briefing in Beijing before his departure, Blinken said he had had “an important conversation” with Xi during the 35-minute encounter and stressed it was the
  
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• Sunak urged to rethink visit by Chinese official linked to forcible removal of dissidents

  19-06-2023 13:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Liu Jianchao accused of directing fugitive recovery operations targeting regime’s opponentsA cross-party group of British MPs and peers has written to the prime minister urging him to reconsider a decision to allow a visit this week by a senior Chinese government official accused of overseeing the forcible repatriation of hundreds of dissidents back to China, including some from the UK.Liu Jianchao, the head of the international department of the Communist party of China central committee,
  
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• Graf Spee: Nazi battleship's bronze eagle saved from smelter

  19-06-2023 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plan to melt down the eagle from the Graf Spee and turn it into a statue of a dove is scrapped.
  
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• Australia’s shadow economy leeches $12.4bn from tax revenue amid Treasury’s failure to crack down

  19-06-2023 12:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Auditor general’s report says bid to tackle cash-in-hand work and tax avoidance measures haven’t workedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTreasury has failed to effectively tackle the shadow economy, which leeches $12.4bn in tax from Australia, and “paused” work on it during the Covid pandemic, an auditor general’s report has found.The shadow – or black – economy refers to dishonest or criminal activities operating o
  
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• Migrant groups urge reform of Australia’s ‘broken’ skills recognition process

  19-06-2023 12:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Streamlining system would get more people into suitable jobs and ease labour supply issues, advocates sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMohammad Zubair Harooni has been trying and failing to get a job in his field since he arrived in Australia nearly 18 months ago.While Harooni has a glittering CV, with more than 20 years of experience in public health in Afghanistan, including work as a UN program specialist in HIV, his biggest obstacle has been his sta
  
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• Bebe Rexha rushed off stage after a phone hits her in the face

  19-06-2023 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pop star collapsed to the floor after being hit in the face during a concert in New York.
  
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• Adipurush: Indian film dialogue sparks Bollywood ban in Nepal cities

  19-06-2023 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Nepal cities have banned screenings of Bollywood films over a line in epic film Adipurush.
  
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• Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights

  19-06-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from LGBTQ+ people and others, blame tends to be focused on Republican politicians and conservative media figures.But lurking behind efforts to roll back abortion rights, to demonize trans people, and to peel back the protections afforded to gay and queer Americans is a shadowy, well-funded
  
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• EPA sued over reapproval of toxic herbicides using Agent Orange chemical

  19-06-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Federal suit brought by public health groups alleges agency’s science shows human risks and harm to endangered speciesPublic health groups are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency over the reapproval of two toxic herbicides made with an active ingredient in Agent Orange, a chemical weapon deployed by the US to destroy vegetation in the Vietnam war, and which caused huge health problems among soldiers and Vietnamese residents.The federal suit alleges the EPA’s science shows th
  
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• Antony Blinken meets Xi Jinping in Beijing | First Thing

  19-06-2023 11:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia urged to fulfil ‘obligations under international humanitarian law’ as death toll from destruction of Kakhovka dam rises to 52. Plus, who really came up with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos?Good morning.The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is meeting China’s president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing. The talks between Blinken, who is on the first visit to China by a US secretary of state in five years, and Xi began at 4.30pm (0830 GMT).How did the talks go? The US state departmen
  
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• Houston rapper Big Pokey dies after collapsing during performance

  19-06-2023 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He was best known as a member of the Screwed Up Click, an influential group of Houston-based artists
  
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• Crikey issues lengthy second apology after opinion piece on Brittany Higgins

  19-06-2023 11:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Editors of the online news outlet vow to change editorial processes after taking down controversial articleFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe editors of online news outlet Crikey have issued a lengthy second apology and vowed to overhaul editorial processes after publishing a controversial opinion piece about Brittany Higgins that was later deleted.On Monday, Crikey’s editor-in-chief, Sophie
  
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• Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak says doubts over Treble are 'frustrating'

  19-06-2023 11:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak says doubts over the club's Treble because of Financial Fair Play charges are "frustrating".
  
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• India heatwave: 96 people dead reportedly from heat-aggravated conditions

  19-06-2023 11:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Questions raised about death toll after more than half of the fatalities reported in a single district in Uttar PradeshAt least 96 people are reported to have died from heat-aggravated conditions during a blistering heatwave across two of India’s most populous states over the past several days, although questions have been raised after more than half of the deaths were reported in a single district.The deaths happened in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the east, where 45C
  
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• Quincy Promes: Spartak Moscow forward sentenced to 18 months in jail for assault

  19-06-2023 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Netherlands striker Quincy Promes is sentenced to 18 months in jail for stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family party in July 2020.
  
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• Uttar Pradesh: Row over claims of heatwave deaths in India state

  19-06-2023 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 50 deaths were reported in three days from just one district in Uttar Pradesh state.
  
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• Boris Johnson: Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he will vote on Partygate report

  19-06-2023 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs will debate a report that said the ex-PM deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers: Celtic to appoint their former manager as Ange Postecoglou's successor

  19-06-2023 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers is expected to complete a return to Celtic four years and four months after his abrupt exit to Leicester City.
  
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• AstraZeneca considers spinning off its China business

  19-06-2023 10:24 via theguardian.com
  
  UK’s largest stock-market-listed firm weighs up Hong Kong or Shanghai listing to shield it from geopolitical tensionsBusiness live – latest updatesAstraZeneca is considering spinning off its business in China and listing it in Hong Kong or Shanghai to shield the multinational drugmaker from geopolitical tensions.Britain’s largest stock-market-listed company has drawn up the plans in attempt to protect its business from the fallout from increasing tensions between China and the
  
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• Chaos on BBC sofa! Norway's Viggo leaves hosts in shock

  19-06-2023 09:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn made a high-energy entrance when he appeared on Breakfast.
  
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