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• WATCH: Home collapses into river amid flooding in Alaska after glacial break

  06-08-2023 23:48
  
  Bystanders could only watch as a home collapsed into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, amid major flooding in the state.
  
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• WATCH: Deputy intercepts runaway boat

  06-08-2023 23:12
  
  Body camera footage shows a deputy in Clearwater, Florida, chasing after a speeding vessel, working to slow it down. The boat’s driver had fallen off, but was rescued by a good Samaritan.
  
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• The Irish Light: Woman abused by paper which falsely said vaccine killed her son

  06-08-2023 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Promoting a Covid conspiracy theory, the Irish Light's editor accuses the mum of "massive fraud".
  
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• Arizona woman accused of trying to kill husband by lacing coffee with bleach

  06-08-2023 21:38
  
  A state grand jury indicted Melody Felicano Johnson in Tucson in July after her husband sent video to policeAn Arizona woman tried to kill her husband – a US military member – by poisoning his coffee with bleach daily since March before her arrest, authorities allege.Melody Felicano Johnson faces charges of attempted first-degree homicide, attempted aggravated assault, and adding poison to food or drink after her husband sent video to police of her apparently pouring bleach into his
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced

  06-08-2023 21:30
  
  Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buriedA fleeting installation honouring Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on a hillside overlooking the Irish seaside town of Bray, where she is to be buried on Tuesday.A message in 30ft-tall letters spelling out “ÉIRE ♡ SINÉAD” that was visible from the air appeared on Sunday outside the County Wicklow town, south of Dublin, that was her home for 15 years. Contin
  
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• Bodies of woman and toddler found after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa

  06-08-2023 20:24
  
  Italian coastguard says two bodies recovered, amid reports of at least 30 people missing from two vessels that sailed from Tunisia The bodies of a woman and toddler were recovered by the Italian coastguard after two shipwrecks overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa.Fifty-seven people were rescued and more than 30 were believed to be missing as of Sunday afternoon in what was described as “more tragic news” regarding those making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean i
  
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• Swedish mountain lodge closes as stomach bug spreads among hikers

  06-08-2023 20:15
  
  Guests told to leave STF Kebnekaise mountain station and nearby campers evacuated from country’s highest peakA popular lodge on Sweden’s highest peak has been forced to temporarily close after a stomach bug rapidly spread among hikers.STF Kebnekaise mountain station, which lies at the foot of the 2,096m Kebnekaise massif, had quarantined several guests who had caught the bug in recent days but decided to take a more drastic measure after it was also detected in hikers camping in the
  
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• Dozens die in train crash in southern Pakistan after 10 carriages derail

  06-08-2023 20:04
  
  Thirty people reported dead and more than 90 injured after Rawalpindi-bound express overturnsA train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90.Ten carriages of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah on Sunday, trapping many passengers, said senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho. Officials said rescue operations had been completed by early evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Fears grow Pakistani government will delay general election due this year

  06-08-2023 19:59
  
  Law minister claims new census needed for vote but supporters of Imran Khan, who is facing jail, believe his popularity is a factorConcerns are mounting in Pakistan that a general election due later this year could be delayed after the government announced that the vote could take place only after a new census was completed and new constituency boundaries drawn.The announcement from the nation’s law minister that it could take four months to complete the process came on the same day that t
  
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• Niger: thousands gather for rally to cheer generals who led coup

  06-08-2023 19:36
  
  Supporters wave Niger and Russia flags as Ecowas deadline for military to cede power approachesThousands of coup supporters in Niger gathered on Sunday for a rally to cheer on the generals claiming power, as a deadline set by the west African bloc for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention was due to elapse.The Ecowas bloc, chaired by regional military powerhouse and Niger’s neighbour Nigeria, had given the troops that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum on 26
  
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• WATCH: Man befriends dog before stealing bike from garage

  06-08-2023 19:19
  
  As a suspected bike thief was about to get away, he was stopped by the family dog for some belly rubs.
  
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• Donald Trump says he will ask the Judge to step aside

  06-08-2023 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former US President Trump says that his lawyers will ask for a recusal of the judge on his election fraud case.
  
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• US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska

  06-08-2023 18:53
  
  Combined naval patrol appeared to be largest such flotilla to approach US territory and ‘highly provocative’, expert saysThe US dispatched four navy warships as well as a reconnaissance airplane after multiple Chinese and Russian military vessels carried out a joint naval patrol near Alaska last week.The combined naval patrol, which the Wall Street Journal first reported, appeared to be the largest such flotilla to approach US territory, according to experts that spoke to the outlet.
  
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• Ukraine replaces soviet emblem on Motherland statue

  06-08-2023 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: Why exit of holders USA was a predictable 'catastrophe'

  06-08-2023 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The USA hoped to become the first team to win three successive Women's World Cup titles but made history of a very different kind.
  
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• Pence would be ‘best witness’ in Trump election conspiracy trial, attorney says

  06-08-2023 17:56
  
  John Lauro slams indictment as full of holes and says Mike Pence could help former boss fight off 2020 election conspiracy chargesDonald Trump’s attorney has suggested that Mike Pence could help his former boss fight off the 2020 election-related criminal conspiracy charges against Trump, claiming that the former vice-president would be the “best witness” for the defence.In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, attorney John Lauro played down differences betw
  
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• 'We can't win forever': Fans react as US World Cup reign ends

  06-08-2023 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stunned fans begin soul-searching after the US crashes out of the World Cup to Sweden on penalties.
  
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• Minibus plunges down Morocco ravine killing 24

  06-08-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is reported to be one of deadliest accidents in the country, which has a poor road-safety record.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Three dead in overnight shelling across Ukraine – as it happened

  06-08-2023 17:40
  
  Kyiv says 70 drones, cruise and hypersonic missile were used in attacks by RussiaAt a glance: what we know on day 529 of the invasionJapan’s prime minister has hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima today.Around 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and 74,000 in Nagasaki three days later, when the US dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities days before the end of World War II.Japan,
  
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• Four killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine that destroyed blood transfusion centre

  06-08-2023 17:39
  
  Multi-wave overnight attack said to be in retaliation for successful strikes against Russian naval vesselsRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA multi-wave overnight assault on Ukraine said to be in retaliation for successful strikes against Russian naval vessels killed four people and destroyed a blood transfusion centre even as the country’s air defences shot down 30 out of the 40 cruise missiles and tens of Shahed drones.Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the regional military administration in
  
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• Harry Kane scores four as Tottenham beat Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 in final pre-season friendly

  06-08-2023 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane scores four goals as Tottenham beat Shakhtar Donetsk in their final pre-season friendly before the start of the Premier League.
  
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• 'Guided bomb' hits blood transfusion centre in Ukraine

  06-08-2023 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a "war crime" and perpetrators as "beasts".
  
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• Pakistan passenger train derails killing 30

  06-08-2023 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several coaches of the Hazara Express overturned near the Sahara station in the south of the country.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: Retiring Megan Rapinoe makes tearful exit as USA bow out

  06-08-2023 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retiring USA forward Megan Rapinoe exits the Women's World Cup stage in tears as the defending champions are knocked out on penalties.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: Australia captain Sam Kerr returns against Denmark in last 16

  06-08-2023 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's all-time leading scorer Sam Kerr is fit to face Denmark in the World Cup last 16 on Monday.
  
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• Two migrants dead, 30 missing after shipwrecks off Italian coast

  06-08-2023 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Italian coastguard recovered the bodies of a one-year-old baby and a woman from the Ivory Coast.
  
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• Jamie Foxx apologizes after Instagram post draws accusations of antisemitism

  06-08-2023 15:56
  
  ‘I want to apologize to the Jewish community,’ says actor, who clarified that post was directed at ‘fake friend’ who betrayed himThe actor Jamie Foxx has apologized after a social media post from him drew accusations of antisemitism.Foxx’s post – on Instagram – read: “They killed this dude name Jesus … what do you think they’ll do to you???! #fakefriends #fakelove”. But the 55-year-old entertainer deleted the post after fellow us
  
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• Sweden 0-0 USA (pens: 5-4): World Cup holders knocked out on penalties

  06-08-2023 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sweden progress to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup thanks to a penalty shootout win over the USA.
  
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• Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan

  06-08-2023 15:24
  
  MULTAN, Pakistan — At least 15 passengers were killed and 50 more injured when a train derailed near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah in southern Sindh province, officials said Sunday.
  
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• Musk offers to pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform

  06-08-2023 15:08
  
  Comment comes as company is going through organizational changes and looking to boost falling advertising revenueElon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated “unfairly” by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter.“If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk
  
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• Big, hot steel boxes: Warehouses are booming as summers heat up and safety rules lag

  06-08-2023 14:00
  
  As e-commerce hastens a warehousing boom in some of the hottest parts of the U.S., regulations have struggled to keep up with growing workplace heat risks.
  
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• A Mississippi community takes on a U.K. energy giant over pollution concerns

  06-08-2023 14:00
  
  During the last weeks of July, a handful of residents from Gloster, a majority-Black, low-income community in southwest Mississippi, prepared for a meeting with Drax Group, a U.K.-based energy company that operates a wood pellet production plant in the small town.
  
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• UK must stop funding detention of children in Syria, says David Davis

  06-08-2023 13:11
  
  Ex-cabinet minister calls on foreign secretary to reveal how many British minors are being held in campsThe UK must urgently end its policy of funding the illegal detention of children in north-east Syria, and disclose how many British minors are being held in camps run by Syrian Kurds on behalf of the west, the former cabinet minister David Davis has said in a letter to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly.The letter comes after it was revealed that Yusuf Zahab, a 19-year-old Australian citize
  
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• Ukraine replaces Soviet symbol on Motherland monument in Kyiv

  06-08-2023 13:08
  
  National trident has replaced the Soviet Union’s hammer and sickle on the shield of 62-metre tall monumentRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine’s national trident was installed on a monument depicting the Motherland in Kyiv on Sunday, replacing Soviet symbols in one of the most visible examples of breaking away from the past and Moscow’s influence.The monument, a 62-metre tall (200ft) steel statue of a female warrior, was built in 1981 on top of a hill on the ri
  
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• Niger coup: Ecowas deadline sparks anxiety in northern Nigeria

  06-08-2023 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Niger's junta has hours to restore the ousted president or face the possibility of military action.
  
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• Forget the lantern fly. A mysterious new pest has scientists sounding the alarm.

  06-08-2023 12:30
  
  Beech leaf disease has quietly raced across the country infecting a particular species of tree critical to forest ecosystems, the American beech.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: Keira Walsh could return for England's last-16 tie with Nigeria

  06-08-2023 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England midfielder Keira Walsh could be available for their Women's World Cup last-16 tie with Nigeria on Monday if she "recovers well", says manager Sarina Wiegman.
  
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• High-stakes Ohio ballot measure sets the stage for another hostile Senate race

  06-08-2023 11:00
  
  The first battle of Ohio's Senate race arrives Tuesday with a special election on a hot-button ballot measure.
  
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• Jamie Foxx apologises and deletes Instagram post

  06-08-2023 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor says he never intended to cause offence after his post was accused of being antisemitic.
  
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• Elvis Presley's coat fetches $160K at auction

  06-08-2023 10:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The custom-coat once worn by Elvis was bought by a US collector.
  
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• Our World Cup predictions for last-16 matches

  06-08-2023 10:44 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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• Netherlands 2-0 South Africa: Jill Roord and Lineth Beerensteyn score in World Cup win

  06-08-2023 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Netherlands beat South Africa 2-0 to set up a Women's World Cup quarter-final against Spain on Friday.
  
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• Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn

  06-08-2023 10:00
  
  Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37CExceptional winter heat in the Andean mountains of South America has surged to 37C, prompting local scientists to warn the worst may be yet to come as human-caused climate disruption and El Niño cause havoc across the region.The heatwave in the central Chilean Andes is melting the snow below 3,000 metres (9,840ft), which will have knock-on effects for people living in downstream valleys who depend on me
  
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• UK scraps prison costs rule for wrongly convicted

  06-08-2023 09:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be done.
  
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• Smuggled spider monkeys found in backpack in Texas

  06-08-2023 09:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Border Patrol seized seven animals as a person was arrested in Fort Brown, Texas.
  
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• Japan’s PM deplores ‘Russia’s nuclear threat’ on 78th anniversary of Hiroshima

  06-08-2023 08:40
  
  Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister has hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Around 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and 74,000 in Nagasaki three days later, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities days before the end of World War II. Continue reading...
  
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• Simone Biles makes winning return in US Classic after two-year break

  06-08-2023 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles wins the US Classic as she makes a triumphant return to gymnastics after a two-year break.
  
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• Elon Musk says X will fund legal bills if users treated unfairly by bosses

  06-08-2023 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk says X will support those treated "unfairly" by bosses due to behaviour on Twitter - now X.
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy suggests U.S. may be aiding Ukraine because of Hunter Biden

  06-08-2023 07:22
  
  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy implied Saturday that American involvement in the war in Ukraine may be because of President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden.
  
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• Philippines accuses China of water cannon attack in Spratly Islands

  06-08-2023 06:30
  
  Latest in long history of nautical intimidations by Beijing, which lays unrecognised claim to almost all of the South China SeaThe Philippines has accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, describing it as illegal and dangerous.The Philippine coast guard said its vessels had been carrying food, water, fuel and other supplies for Filipino military personnel stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands on Saturday. Continue
  
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