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• Aston Villa 4-0 Everton: 'Worrying how bad Toffees were at basics' - Martin Keown analysis

  20-08-2023 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MOTD2 pundit Martin Keown says it was worrying to see exactly how bad Everton's basics were in the 4-0 defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday.
  
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• Two men die during swimming portion of Ironman event in Ireland

  20-08-2023 23:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Local authorities say two men died during the swimming portion of an Ironman event in Ireland
  
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• World Athletics Championships 2023: Katarina Johnson-Thompson & Zharnel Hughes star for GB

  20-08-2023 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson says winning world heptathlon gold in Budapest is "like being in a dream" on a stellar night for GB in Budapest.
  
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• GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race

  20-08-2023 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said that he thinks Donald Trump should drop out of the 2024 election as the former president faces four indictments.
  
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• Ecuador heads to the polls amid high security after candidate’s murder

  20-08-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, voters are hoping the next president can overturn rising violence and economic turmoilEcuadoreans are choosing a new president in early elections amid a powerful display of security after the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio less than two weeks before the vote.Voters are heading to the polls in the backdrop of rising crime, violence and economic turmoil. Continue reading...
  
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• Store owner killed in dispute over displaying Pride flag: Police

  20-08-2023 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California clothing store owner Laura Ann Carleton was allegedly killed by a gunman who confronted her about a rainbow Pride flag outside her business, police said.
  
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• Court records detail basis for police raid on Kansas newspaper

  20-08-2023 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Reporter Phyllis Zorn and editor Eric Meyer said no laws were broken in their investigation of local restaurateur Kari NewellThe police chief who led the raid of a Kansas newspaper alleged in previously unreleased court documents that a reporter either impersonated someone else or lied about her intentions when she obtained the driving records of a local business owner.But reporter Phyllis Zorn, Marion County Record editor and publisher Eric Meyer and the newspaper’s attorney said on Sunda
  
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• Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend

  20-08-2023 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Maui wildfires, Hawaii, Hurricane Hilary, Tropical Storm Hilary, weather, FIFA Women's World Cup, Rudy Giuliani, Taylor Swift, TikTok, Eras Tour, 2024 Olympics
  
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• Former top Trump aide says he was unaware of document declassification – report

  20-08-2023 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows’ admission could complicate the ex-president’s defense in his classified documents caseThe former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told investigators he had no knowledge of Donald Trump either talking about or declassifying confidential information, it was reported on Sunday, potentially skewering the ex-president’s defense in his classified documents case.Meadows’ alleged admission to the special counsel Jack Smith, reported by ABC N
  
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• CPAC Australia defends comedian who referred to traditional owners as ‘violent black men’

  20-08-2023 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  CPAC Australia, an organisation chaired by Warren Mundine, calls speaker’s comments a ‘comedy’ skitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe anti-Indigenous voice campaign leader Warren Mundine’s organisation, CPAC Australia, has defended a comedian who referred to traditional owners as “violent black men” and called the Indigenous leader Bennelong a “woman-basher&rd
  
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• Mike Pence says he didn't know of 'any broad-based effort' by Trump to declassify documents in office

  20-08-2023 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mike Pence, a GOP presidential candidate, said Sunday he did not know of any “broad-based effort” by Donald Trump to declassify docs before he left office.
  
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• Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to evacuate

  20-08-2023 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials restrict travel to Kelowna, a lakeside city of 132,000 people where smoke hangs on the water.
  
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• Ten-year-old Sara Sharif known to Surrey authorities before her death

  20-08-2023 21:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Council is conducting rapid safeguarding review after death that has sparked international manhuntA 10-year-old girl whose death sparked an international manhunt was previously known to the authorities, Surrey county council has confirmed.Sara Sharif was found dead at her home near Woking on 10 August having suffered multiple and extensive injuries, which Surrey police said were likely to have been caused “over a sustained and extended period of time”. Continue reading...
  
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• Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in northern Mexico as it heads for California

  20-08-2023 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Catastrophic’ flooding expected despite weakening as storm with 80mph winds approaches the US south-westTropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Mexico over the Baja California peninsula on Sunday and is expected to head towards the US south-west until Monday as authorities warn of life-threatening and catastrophic flooding.Despite weakening to tropical storm, the storm was still packing winds of 80mph as it approached the south-western US, with “catastrophic” flooding exp
  
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• British Museum: How easy is it to steal from a museum?

  20-08-2023 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stolen items from the British Museum spark debate over the safety of the world's greatest treasures.
  
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• Tenerife wildfire ‘started deliberately’ as blazes in Greece force evacuations

  20-08-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Canary Islands regional president opens inquiry into fire, while people flee from four Greek villagesAn out-of-control wildfire on Tenerife that has forced thousands to flee was started deliberately, authorities have said, as four more villages in Greece were evacuated in the face of another advancing blaze and more than half of mainland France was on extreme heat alert.As much of southern Europe continues to roast after July was named the world’s hottest month on record, the Canary Island
  
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• New York City politician kissed by stranger during TV interview: ‘Very creepy’

  20-08-2023 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Brooklyn councilwoman Inna Vernikov was visibly shocked after being accosted by a stranger on Brighton BeachA New York City councilwoman was left shocked when in the middle of a television interview a stranger approached and kissed her on the cheek without asking for her consent.In video posted on Twitter, Inna Vernikov can be seen being interviewed on Brighton Beach in Brooklyn by Hannah Kliger of CBS New York. A man wearing a gray hat approaches Vernikov and kisses her on the cheek before walk
  
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• Sweltering temperatures bake central US as heatwave expected to continue

  20-08-2023 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  From the Gulf of Mexico and almost to the Great Lakes, the US is still suffering from extreme heat during a record-breaking summerSweltering temperatures lingered on Sunday in a large swath of the central US, causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes.Record high temperatures were recorded in Texas and other states. People were told to chug extra water while mowing lawns or exercising outdoors, and to check on neighbors to ensure air conditioning is available. Continue read
  
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• Baghdad advertising boards turned off over porn screening

  20-08-2023 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electronic screens were shut down after a hacker used one to run a pornographic film.
  
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• California shop owner shot dead over LGBTQ+ Pride flag displayed at store

  20-08-2023 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  An man made comments about flag at Laura Ann Carlton’s store in Cedar Glen and killed her before being shot and killed by policeA business owner in California was shot and killed after a dispute over a LGBTQ+ Pride flag displayed outside her store, authorities said.Officials from the San Bernardino county sheriff’s office said Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting on Friday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Netherlands and Denmark to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Dutch PM says – as it happened

  20-08-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Pledge comes a few days after US approved the possible delivery of the fighter jetsWhat we know on day 543 of the invasionFormer Kherson region residents struggling for money are taking advantage of a Russian scheme offering free housing, the Kyiv Post reports.A scheme set up by the Kremlin last autumn provides housing vouchers to Ukrainians in occupied territories who are willing to accept Russian passports.Russia’s Kursk and Rostov regions, both of which border Ukraine, reported drone st
  
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• TV presenter Phil Spencer pays tribute to parents killed in car crash

  20-08-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Location, Location, Location star’s parents, Anne and David, died after their car toppled off a bridge into riverThe TV presenter Phil Spencer has said his parents “would have held hands” after their car crashed into a river on their farm.The Location, Location, Location presenter paid an emotional tribute to Anne and David Spencer on Instagram after the accident on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police fear

  20-08-2023 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitalsPolice believe Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, may have harmed dozens more infants at two hospitals in the north-west of England, the Guardian has been told.A source with knowledge of the police investigation said detectives had identified about 30 babies who suffered “suspicious” incidents at the Countess of Chester hospital wher
  
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• Netherlands and Denmark to donate up to 61 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

  20-08-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Danish PM says country will provide 19 in stages when pilot training is completed as Dutch counterpart pledges up to 42 planesThe Netherlands and Denmark have announced they will donate up to 61 F-16 fighter jets between them to Ukraine once pilot training has been satisfactorily completed, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited both countries after months of entreaties to bolster the Ukrainian air force.Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said her country would provide 19 jets – &l
  
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• Call for investigation into Nadine Dorries over failure to quit as MP

  20-08-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  More than half of people believe MP’s absence is significantly damaging parliament’s reputation, poll showsA campaign group has written to the standards watchdog asking for an investigation into Nadine Dorries after its poll suggested more than half of people believe her absence as an MP and failure to quit has significantly damaged parliament’s reputation.Tom Brake, the director of Unlock Democracy, called for an inquiry after the group commissioned an Opinium survey that foun
  
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• ‘I’m so happy as a woman and as a Spaniard’: World Cup joy in Madrid

  20-08-2023 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Jubilation at victory over England will take a while to sink in – and there are hopes it will bring lasting changeBy mid-afternoon on Sunday, the August-quiet, sun-fried streets around Madrid’s WiZink Center had begun to fill with red strips, dazed and happy faces, and the inevitable chorus of horns from the capital’s jubilant motorists. Spain had done it. But the fact they had done it was going to take a while to sink in.Among the hundreds of people milling about outside the s
  
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• Lionesses may get awards after reaching World Cup final

  20-08-2023 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  No 10 says it will find ‘appropriate’ way to celebrate defeated finalists as Labour calls for full-team honoursNo 10 is considering awards for England’s female footballers for reaching the World Cup final, as Labour called for the whole team to get honours.Downing Street said it would find a way to reward the players after they lost 0-1 in the final to Spain in Australia on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• California store owner, mother of 9, fatally shot over a Pride flag displayed in her shop

  20-08-2023 18:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A business owner was fatally shot Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California.
  
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• Women's World Cup: Fans proud of England's Lionesses after defeat to Spain

  20-08-2023 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tearful fans still adore this England side after Women's World Cup final heartbreak.
  
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• Biden will reassure Maui fire victims they will control rebuild, says Fema chief

  20-08-2023 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Deanne Criswell says the president will visit Lahaina on Monday to meet with first responders, officials and victimsThe administrator of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, said Joe Biden will on Monday reassure the people of Lahaina they will be in control of how they rebuild when he visits the Maui community devastated by a historically deadly wildfire.The president and the first lady, Jill Biden, will meet first responders, officials and victims, getting a first-hand
  
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• Women's World Cup: Fans rejoice in Madrid as Spain makes football history

  20-08-2023 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As their team wins its first-ever World Cup in Sydney, supporters of women's football celebrate back home.
  
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• Clamour grows for Nike to sell replica Mary Earps shirt after World Cup final

  20-08-2023 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Company faces mounting criticism for not offering goalkeeper’s England kit as player wins tournament’s Golden Glove awardNike is facing increased demands to sell a Mary Earps shirt after the England player saved a penalty in the World Cup final and was named the tournament’s best goalkeeper.Despite winning the Fifa award for best women’s goalkeeper last year, having conceded just two goals all tournament when England were crowned Euro 2022 champions, fans have been unable
  
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• Man kills shopkeeper in US state of California after disparaging Pride flag

  20-08-2023 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The gunman is shot dead by police, as Hollywood director Paul Feig pays tribute to the victim.
  
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• Charlotte police fatally shoot man who stabbed officer in the neck, authorities say

  20-08-2023 18:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Officials say the suspect stabbed an officer in the neck with a knife.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: Jorge Vilda says Spain players are 'eternal' after they beat England

  20-08-2023 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spain boss Jorge Vilda says his players are "eternal" and have a "star on their chest forever" after they defeat England to win the Fifa Women's World Cup.
  
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• Burnt-out shell of 1954 Ferrari fetches $2m at auction

  20-08-2023 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legendary car was left untouched for decades until a hurricane blew the roof off a Florida barn.
  
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• England lose Women's World Cup final: Lionesses miss opportunity to cement legend status

  20-08-2023 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When the full-time whistle was blown in Sydney, it felt like the Lionesses' best opportunity to win a Women's World Cup had passed them by.
  
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• GOP candidate Doug Burgum reluctant to talk Trump indictments: ‘It’s not the critic that counts’

  20-08-2023 17:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Sunday dodged repeatedly when asked for his position on Donald Trump's indictments during an interview on "Meet the Press."
  
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• Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez

  20-08-2023 17:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor threatens sanctions over reported practices of large minimum spends and selecting diners by size of previous billsThe mayor of St-Tropez has threatened “racketeering” restaurateurs in the Med’s most famous – and overpriced – former fishing village with sanctions after reports that some are selecting diners by the size of previous bills and are setting minimum spends.“These accusations are extremely shocking to me because they are unfortunately true,&rdqu
  
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• Victorian recycling company found to have systematically underpaid refugees and asylum seekers

  20-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Company formerly known as Polytrade fined more than $375,000 in the federal courtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRefugees and asylum seekers employed to sort rubbish were systematically exploited and underpaid by one of the biggest recycling organisations in Victoria.A recycling company formerly known as Polytrade, a linked subsidiary, and its owners, were fined more than $375,000 in the federal court
  
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• Qantas accused of misleading conduct over advertising flight own sales staff could not find

  20-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Airline denies misleading conduct after customer was unable to find flight to London for advertised $2,455 return priceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQantas has denied it is engaging in misleading conduct despite promoting a special return fare to London on its website that was scarcely available and which its own sales staff were unable to book for customers.The Australian Competition and Consumer Co
  
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• Australia’s population to grow at slowest rate since federation, intergenerational report forecasts

  20-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australians are expected to live longer and remain healthier to an older age, while having fewer children over the next 40 yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s population is forecast to grow at its slowest rate since federation, the latest intergenerational report from Treasury has found.The report, which forecasts what the next four decades will look like, has found population growth
  
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• Australia to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles in $1.7bn spend on long-range defence capability

  20-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Anti-radiation and anti-tank missiles among purchase which will be locked in just days after raucous internal debate at Labor conference over Aukus pactFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has announced a $1.7bn spend on hi-tech missiles which the defence minister, Richard Marles, said are needed “to hold our adversaries further from our shores and keep Australians safe”.
  
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• 1 dead, 8 wounded, in Philadelphia block party shooting

  20-08-2023 16:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A gunfight erupted at a Philadelphia block party over the weekend, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and eight other people wounded.
  
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• Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon

  20-08-2023 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Craft spun into ‘unpredictable’ orbit before planned touchdown could take place, Russia’s state space corporation saysRussia’s first moon mission in 47 years has failed after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon, dealing a significant setback to the embattled Russian space programme’s attempt to revive its Soviet-era prestige.The state space corporation Roscosmos said it had lost contact with the craft at 1157 GMT on Saturday after a
  
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• England 'heartbroken' after Women's World Cup final defeat by Spain, says Millie Bright

  20-08-2023 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Millie Bright says the defeat to Spain in the Women's World Cup final is "really hard to take".
  
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• Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending bid to reach lunar south pole

  20-08-2023 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said Sunday.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2023: 25 great images from Australia and New Zealand

  20-08-2023 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We have selected some of the best Women's World Cup photographs taken in Australia and New Zealand.
  
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• Earthquake hits Southern California as Hilary brings historic rainfall and heavy winds

  20-08-2023 15:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tens of millions of people are under a tropical storm warning as Hurricane Hilary moves towards southern California, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us star, dies aged 66

  20-08-2023 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US actor, won two Emmy Awards for his role in the TV series, had long-standing lung problems.
  
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