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• Saturday's gossip: Silva, Moyes, Tchouameni, Amrabat, Vlahovic, Alvarez, Walker

  04-08-2023 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona make Bernardo Silva a priority, West Ham boss David Moyes' job at risk, Manchester United want Aurelien Tchouameni, plus more.
  
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• Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe

  04-08-2023 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Voyager 2 has restored its communication with Earth months earlier than expected.
  
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• Ethiopia declares state of emergency as regional violence spirals out of control

  04-08-2023 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify there between regional forces and the military. The prime minister’s office announced the decision on Friday after the region’s leader said regular law enforcement was no longer able to contain the violence. The declaration needs approval from Parliament. ETHIOPIA’S AMHARA ETHNIC GROUP ACCUSES BIDEN OF IGNORING ATRO
  
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• Wild boar killed after attacking woman, teenage boy in Hong Kong train station

  04-08-2023 23:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A 154-pound wild boar was caught and put down after it attacked a woman and a 15-year-old boy outside a train station in Hong Kong, making it the 541st to be captured and killed by officials since 2021. According to officials, the pig bit the teen's hand and the woman's leg July 28, the South China Morning Post first reported. Both victims were transported to a hospital for treatment. Following the attack, officers in the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department were called to find and
  
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• Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Southampton: Che Adams scores winner as Saints start with win

  04-08-2023 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton make the perfect start to life back in the EFL thanks to Che Adams' late winner at promoted Sheffield Wednesday.
  
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• Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager considered his Premier League future after missing out on title

  04-08-2023 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta says he weighed up his Arsenal future after last season's title blow before a "big reflection" convinced him to stay on.
  
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• New coup plot details fuel fears Germany's far right is getting more extreme as it gains support

  04-08-2023 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  New details about the Reichsburger coup plot in Germany this week add to growing fears about the fa-right AfD party getting more extreme as it gains support.
  
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• Maine woman, 87, fights off then feeds hungry burglar

  04-08-2023 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marjorie Perkins woke to find an intruder standing over her. Neither of them expected what happened next.
  
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• WATCH: Taylor Swift gifts '22' hat to Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's daughter Bianka

  04-08-2023 22:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Bianka Bryant was all smiles after Swift gifted her the hat and hugged her!
  
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• Employee fired for allowing diesel fuel to leak into city water supply

  04-08-2023 22:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Germantown, Tennessee, staffer has been fired after an investigation revealed they did not monitor the refueling of a generator powering a water treatment facility.
  
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• TikTok influencer guilty of murdering men in UK crash

  04-08-2023 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mahek Bukhari and her mother were behind a crash in which the two victims were rammed off the road.
  
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• Mark Margolis: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor dies at 83

  04-08-2023 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Margolis once said he based his role of drug kingpin Hector Salamanca on his mother-in-law.
  
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• African president warns of 'opportunity' for Russia as political unrest continues

  04-08-2023 22:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Niger’s president, in an op-ed published Thursday, raised concerns that the political unrest in his country will present Russia with an opportunity to gain a foothold and advance its interests on the African continent.  "With an open invitation from the coup plotters and their regional allies, the entire central Sahel region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner Group, whose brutal terrorism has been on full display in Ukraine," Niger President Mohamed Bazoum wrote in The Was
  
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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 19 years in prison

  04-08-2023 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated. The new charges are related to the activities of Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation and statements by his top associates. It was his fifth criminal conviction and his third and longest prison term — all of which his supporters see a
  
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• Italian police dog sniffs out jaw-dropping stash in suitcase

  04-08-2023 21:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Italian police say a cash-smuggling operation was thwarted when a police dog in a bus station in a small town near Florence sniffed out a stash of millions of euros in two suitcases uncovered Wednesday, the agency shared on social media. Authorities in the Guardia di Finanza — an Italian police agency focused on financial crimes —seized €1,075,600 in currency, or approximately $1.18 million.  Elio, a black Labrador, led police officers to the stash during a routine bus insp
  
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• Harry Kane: Bayern Munich want decision from Tottenham on England striker by end of Friday

  04-08-2023 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich tell Tottenham they want a decision on whether they are prepared to sell Harry Kane by the end of Friday.
  
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• UK scouts pulled out of camp after S Korea heatwave

  04-08-2023 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 4,000 UK scouts hit by heatwave at World Jamboree to be moved into hotels.
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader's jail term extended to 19 years

  04-08-2023 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian opposition leader is found guilty of further offences in a trial held at a prison colony.
  
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• Prosecutors pull 'U-turn,' charge army vet over silent prayer within abortion clinic 'buffer zone'

  04-08-2023 19:58 via foxnews.com
  
  A United Kingdom military veteran has been criminally charged by authorities in Bournemouth, England, for silently praying in a "buffer zone" outside an abortion clinic.  Remorseful for paying for an ex-girlfriend's abortion, Adam Smith-Connor said he prays for the unborn son he lost and for those who are contemplating abortion, doing so occasionally outside clinics. He said his silent praying is indistinguishable from someone looking down at their cell phone or waiting for a taxi.  Ho
  
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• Florida deputy jumps onto a speeding runaway boat

  04-08-2023 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dramatic bodycam footage captures a Florida deputy's daring leap onto an out-of-control vessel.
  
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• Mark Margolis, actor known for 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul,' dies at 83

  04-08-2023 19:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mark Margolis, a journeyman actor best known for playing a wild-eyed drug lord on the AMC shows "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," died.
  
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• Mexican marines find 110 pounds of dynamite in meth lab, possibly meant for attack on law enforcement

  04-08-2023 18:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexican marines found 110 pounds of dynamite hidden in a methamphetamine laboratory run by a drug cartel, the navy said Thursday. The navy said the explosives may have been intended for use in "mines and explosive artifacts" of the kind that cartels have been increasingly using to attack law enforcement personnel in Mexico. "It could be used to manufacture bombs, as well as mines and other explosive artifacts that would be capable of damaging highly armored vehicles," the Navy Department said in
  
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• Haiti expresses skepticism over Kenya’s offer to send police to combat Haiti’s gang violence

  04-08-2023 18:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead an international police force aimed at combating the gang violence that has wracked the Caribbean nation. They say the sexual abuse and a devastating cholera outbreak that have accompanied foreign forces in past decades don't inspire much trust. But Haitians also say uncontrolled bloodshed in their country leaves them with few other options. Florence Casimir, an elementary school teacher, said that while past international interve
  
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• WATCH: Disney's Animal Kingdom welcomes adorable baby monkey

  04-08-2023 18:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Saffron, a 3-pound baby mandrill, resides with her mom Hazel in the treetops of her habitat on Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
  
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• Chris Christie meets with Zelenskyy in unannounced trip to Ukraine

  04-08-2023 18:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie on Friday made a surprise visit to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, the nation's capital.
  
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• Italy’s ‘Attenzione pickpocket!’ social media star found to have far-right links

  04-08-2023 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Monica Poli, who found fame challenging petty thieves, is a councillor for Lega, which backs anti-Roma policiesHer bellowing cry – “Attenzione pickpocket!” – has turned her into a social media superstar, with videos featuring her crusade against petty crime racking up millions of views, spawning a trove of flattering news profiles and even a handful of dance tracks that riff on her signature catchphrase.This week, however, it emerged that Monica Poli, TikTok’s celeb
  
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• California judge arrested after wife found fatally shot

  04-08-2023 18:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 72-year-old California judge was arrested following the fatal shooting of his wife on Thursday, according to the Anaheim Police Department.
  
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• Frustrated Lufthansa pilot flies plane in 15-mile long penis pattern after being diverted to different airport

  04-08-2023 18:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A Lufthansa pilot reportedly flew a plane full of passengers in a flight pattern that resembled a penis on radar after being asked to divert the flight to a different airport. The pilot of Lufthansa Flight 306, who has not been identified, is believed to have gotten frustrated after his flight from Frankfurt, Germany, was not able to land at the Fontanarossa Airport in Catania on the island of Sicily, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported.  The airport had been forced to cut down on the
  
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• Eddie Izzard launches plan to become Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion

  04-08-2023 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor and comedian throws her hat into the ring for the East Sussex constituencyEddie Izzard has announced her plan to become Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion.The 61-year-old actor and comedian has thrown her hat into the ring for the East Sussex constituency, well before the party has begun its selections process to find its next parliamentary hopeful. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-TikTok influencer and her mother guilty of murdering two men

  04-08-2023 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Mahek Bukhari and Ansreen Bukhari convicted with others over deaths of two men in car crash near LeicesterA former TikTok influencer and her mother have been found guilty of murdering two men who died in a fireball when their car was rammed off the road during a late-night chase outside Leicester.Mahek Bukhari, 24, and her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, 46, were convicted alongside two other defendants of killing Saqib Hussain and his friend Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, in February last year. C
  
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• Brown-Finnis' predictions for World Cup last 16

  04-08-2023 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport's football expert Rachel Brown-Finnis gives her predictions for the last-16 matches at the Women's World Cup.
  
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• Greenpeace defends protest at PM’s home as ‘proportionate response to a disastrous decision’ – as it happened

  04-08-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amid criticism of its anti-oil protest at constituency manor, group says action would not have gone ahead if Sunak had been at homeKhan suggests drivers start looking for alternative cars now, when asked if there is enough time to buy a Ulez-compliant vehicle with the £2,000 scrappage grant before the expansion comes in on 29 August.Well, the good news is that people can now start looking for alternative cars if their car’s not compliant, but the even better news is more than likely
  
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• England v Nigeria - key battles that may decide World Cup last-16 match in Brisbane

  04-08-2023 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Where might the match be won when England face Nigeria in the first knockout stage of the Women's World Cup in Brisbane?
  
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• Does Trump have any legal defenses against the special counsel's charges? Here are four

  04-08-2023 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Experts say Trump can raise a number of plausible legal defenses against federal charges that he conspired to defraud the U.S. with bogus claims of election fraud, obstruct Congress in its counting of electoral votes, and deprive Americans of their rights.
  
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• Kenyan doctors report that protesters were shot while running from police or attempting to surrender

  04-08-2023 17:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests in two counties last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender, according to a report released Friday. The report by the Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya looked at three days of protests in the western counties of Kisumu and Kisii, part of the opposition’s stronghold. It confirmed at least 11 people killed, most o
  
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• This couple had 4 Disney weddings. Now, they’re planning 2 more.

  04-08-2023 17:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Shellie has gone viral online for having repeat Disney weddings with her husband. After four ceremonies, the couple is planning two more, despite the cost.
  
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• Six former Mississippi officers plead guilty to torturing two black men

  04-08-2023 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US attorney general says the six officers tortured and inflicted unspeakable harm on their victims.
  
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• Lebanon marks 3rd anniversary of Beirut explosion with continued disputes over death toll

  04-08-2023 17:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Three years after Beirut’s massive port blast, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue, the final death toll remains disputed and many Lebanese have less faith than ever in their disintegrating state institutions. As the country marks the anniversary Friday, relatives of some of those killed are still struggling to get their loved ones recognized as blast victims, reflecting the ongoing chaos since the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion. The blast killed at least 218 pe
  
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• UN investigates child sexual abuse allegations against Japanese boy band producer

  04-08-2023 17:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations. Damilola Olawuyi, chair of the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Rights, told reporters Friday the number of victims may total several hundred, and he accused Japan's mainstream media of standing silent about the alleged abuse for decades. Olawuyi raised serious questions about the sincerity of the response from the talen
  
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• Ukraine says it has put Russian warship out of action in sea drone attack

  04-08-2023 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage appears to show a strike on Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship, which transports troops and military hardwareRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Russian landing ship was struck and disabled in the country’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk by an unmanned Ukrainian boat, known as a sea drone, Kyiv said, as onboard camera footage appeared to confirm the success of the night attack.The 112-metre Olenegorsky Gornyak from Russia’s Northern Fleet, which has been used to tra
  
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• Flooding in China worsens, prompting thousands to evacuate

  04-08-2023 17:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. Hebei province, which surrounds the capital Beijing on three sides, issued alerts for several of its cities. The province of Heilongjiang to the north was evacuating entire villages in anticipation of life-threatening deluges. Rescue w
  
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• Outrage after DeSantis says he’d ‘start slitting throats’ if elected president

  04-08-2023 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  National Treasury Employees Union president calls Republican’s remark on federal jobs ‘repulsive and unworthy’ of campaign trailRightwing Floria governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis was widely condemned after he said that if elected to the White House, he would “start slitting throats” in the federal bureaucracy on his first day in power.The president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Tony Reardon, called the hardline Republican’s commen
  
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• Russian court sentences Alexei Navalny to further 19 years in prison

  04-08-2023 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin critic faces harsh prison regime after being found guilty of charges decried as politically motivatedA court in Russia has extended Alexei Navalny’s prison sentence by 19 years, and sentenced him to a special regime with the harshest prison conditions in the country.Navalny, 47, once led street protests against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, built a nationwide political opposition, and revealed salacious details of Kremlin officials’ corrupt lifestyles. As revenge, Russ
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv claims to have put a Russian Black Sea ship out of action

  04-08-2023 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Moscow has confirmed Ukrainian sea drones attacked a navy base near the Black Sea port of NovorossiyskRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceMore on Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visiting troops in Ukraine, via AFP:Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited a combat zone in Ukraine to inspect a command post and meet senior military officers, the army said Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Childcare sector in England must not become ‘playground for private equity’, experts say

  04-08-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Increasing involvement of investment funds could leave nursery places at riskGolden goose: why private equity is eyeing up UK essential services
  England’s childcare sector risks becoming a “playground for private equity”, experts have said, as exclusive analysis from the Guardian reveals investment funds have more than doubled their stake in the sector in just four years.The findings come as the Treasury prepares to spend an extra £4bn a year of taxpayers&rsquo
  
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• How lockdown may have provided ‘cover’ for deadly child abuse in England

  04-08-2023 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Sentencing of stepfather of Jacob Crouch for boy’s murder is latest case from first year of Covid-19Jacob Crouch’s stepfather jailed for life for baby’s murderArthur Labinjo-Hughes, Star Hobson, Finley Boden and Jacob Crouch were killed during a seven-month period in 2020 after being subjected to sustained abuse by adults who were supposed to be caring for them.Arthur, a six-year-old who loved football and superheroes, was murdered by his stepmother in June 2020 after weeks of
  
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• Gilgo Beach killings: police identify remains of another victim

  04-08-2023 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Jane Doe 7’ identified as Karen Vergata, who disappeared in 1996, after FBI conducted a genetic genealogy reviewAuthorities have identified the remains of another victim in the Gilgo Beach murders investigation as Karen Vergata, who disappeared in 1996.Vergata was 34 years old at the time of her disappearance on approximately 14 February 1996, said Ray Tierney, Suffolk county district attorney. Continue reading...
  
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• Gilgo Beach murder victim 'Jane Doe Seven' identified 27 years after she went missing

  04-08-2023 17:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of the victims in the Gilgo Beach murders, previously dubbed "Jane Doe Seven," has finally been identified, 27 years after her partial remains were found, officials announced Friday.
  
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• Georgie Grier plays to sell-out Edinburgh crowd 24 hours after tearful tweet

  04-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor and writer posted yesterday after performing her show Sunsets to one audience memberAn actor who went viral online after she posted a tearful tweet about performing her one-woman show to an audience of one at the Edinburgh festival fringe has played to a sell-out crowd only 24 hours later.The actor and writer Georgie Grier received messages of support from well-known comedians when she posted on Twitter on Thursday afternoon: “There was one person in my audience today when I performe
  
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• Australia’s defence department clamps down on private consultants

  04-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: federal government has moved to stop the re-engagement of consultants within Defence after more than $1.3bn spent in the last financial yearGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is moving to curb the revolving door between the Department of Defence and private consultants amid increasing scrutiny of the practice.Guardian Australia understands Defence has introduced a new moratorium on entering into contracts with personnel w
  
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