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• Newcastle beat Blackburn in FA Cup shootout thriller

  27-02-2024 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newcastle beat Blackburn in a dramatic penalty shootout to edge into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a pulsating fifth-round tie at Ewood Park.
  
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• Women’s violence adviser speaks out about own rape

  27-02-2024 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Johanna Robinson says she was raped in her early 20s and is speaking out to help others.
  
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• Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say

  27-02-2024 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Owasso police spokesperson said that previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.
  
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• Seven women in Turkey ‘savagely killed’ by current or ex-spouses in single day

  27-02-2024 23:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Rise of femicide follows country’s 2021 withdrawal from Council of Europe convention on preventing violence against womenSeven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk.“In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,” Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Kornacki: Why Trump wins independents in polls while struggling with them in primaries

  27-02-2024 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump is weak among independents in GOP primaries but winning them in national general election polling. Here's why: They are very different groups.
  
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• Plaid Cymru joins calls for Speaker to quit

  27-02-2024 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party says the handling of last week's vote on Gaza showed a "disregard for smaller parties".
  
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• Nathan Wade's former divorce attorney testifies on Fani Willis misconduct allegations

  27-02-2024 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former divorce attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, special prosecutor Nathan Wade was back on the witness stand Tuesday afternoon at a hearing pertaining to the romantic relationship between Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis and said he couldn't remember when their relationship began.
  
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• Biden to visit Teamsters headquarters as the union weighs its 2024 endorsement

  27-02-2024 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump, who is also seeking the Teamsters' endorsement, visited their headquarters last month. The 1.3 million-member labor union endorsed Biden in 2020.
  
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• WATCH: Baby has hilarious reaction to his dad’s loud snoring

  27-02-2024 23:25
  
  That’s a sound this little guy will never forget.
  
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• Godson and friend guilty of Run-DMC star's murder

  27-02-2024 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Karl Jordan Jr, 40, and Ronald Washington, 59, targeted the musician after being cut out of a drug deal.
  
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• UK arrests another Bulgarian national in Russian espionage scheme

  27-02-2024 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  British authorities on Tuesday charged another Bulgarian national living in England with conspiring with five other compatriots to spy for Russia.The group of six, who are all in custody, are alleged to be part of a network conducting surveillance on behalf of Russia. Much of the activity took place abroad, but coordination took place in the U.K., prosecutors said.Tihomir Ivanchev, 38, was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday on a charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage between August 2020 a
  
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• Kosovo sentences 2 ethnic Serbs to 6 months each for attacking NATO peacekeepers

  27-02-2024 23:20 via foxnews.com
  
  A Kosovo court on Tuesday sentenced two ethnic Serbs to six-month jail terms for attacking NATO-led peacekeepers a year ago.But one of them will be released for time served, and the other can avoid jail time if he pays a 6,000 euro ($6,500) fine.Local media named them as Radosh Petrovic and Dusan Obrenovic, who had attacked KFOR troops in Zvecan, a municipality in Kosovo’s north, where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives.MOSCOW ALLY SERBIA CRACKS DOWN ON ANTI-WAR RUSSIANS LIVING IN THE
  
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• Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro under investigation for allegedly harassing a humpback whale

  27-02-2024 23:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for having allegedly "harassed" a humpback whale while riding a personal watercraft off Sao Paulo's coast last year.Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to meet with officers, along with his lawyer and former adviser who was also present at the time of the alleged incident.The investigation is just one of the many legal headaches the former far-right leader is facing. Since leaving office a year ago, Bol
  
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• Study shows 2023 had high Atlantic ocean heat and low Antarctic sea ice

  27-02-2024 23:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Off the charts "crazy" heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. They are more like what happens at twice this amount of warming, a new study said.The study’s main author worries that it’s a "harbinger of what’s coming in the next decades" and it’s got him not just concerned, but wondering why those two climate indicators were so beyond what
  
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• Tories putting party reputation before sexual assault claim, says alleged victim

  27-02-2024 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Woman says central party paid £15,000 for her private health care but did not investigate her allegation against MPAn alleged victim of a serious sexual assault by a Conservative MP has accused the central party of being more concerned with protecting its own reputation than her welfare after it failed to formally investigate her complaint.The woman, who must remain anonymous for legal reasons, claims to have told party whips about the alleged attack almost immediately afterward
  
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• Post Office confirms boss is under investigation

  27-02-2024 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company's statement follows Henry Staunton's revelation in a hearing about postmasters' compensation.
  
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• Warlord behind 1,500 murders returns to Colombia after 12-year sentence in US

  27-02-2024 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Salvatore Mancuso was taken into police custody and is expected to cooperate with investigation into war crimes in 1990s and 2000sA Colombian warlord found responsible for more than 1,500 murders and cases of forced disappearance has been returned to his native country after serving a drug-trafficking sentence in the United States and being denied several requests to be sent to Italy, where he also has citizenship.Salvatore Mancuso arrived in Bogotá’s El Dorado airport on a charter
  
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• Uri Geller and BBC face off in spoon bending challenge

  27-02-2024 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The original spoon-bender speaks to presenter Maryam Moshiri after her viral moment on the BBC News Channel.
  
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• Fatawu scores 'brilliant' extra-time winner for Leicester

  27-02-2024 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester City winger Abdul Fatawu scores a "brilliant" long-range effort to fire his side ahead in extra time against Bournemouth in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at the Vitality Stadium.
  
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• Football star Eni Aluko's battle against online misogyny and racism

  27-02-2024 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Football star Eni Aluko's battle against online misogyny and racism.
  
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• Storm brewing in college basketball: Should fans be banned from rushing floor?

  27-02-2024 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Injuries are part of the game — but Duke men's basketball coach Jon Scheyer takes issue when those bumps and bruises come after time expires and during stampedes of celebrating fans.
  
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• Congress nears a partial spending deal, but ticking clock raises fears of a shutdown

  27-02-2024 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Congress is running out of time to avoid a government shutdown, with members warning that they'll need to pass another short-term bill to keep funding going through the weekend.
  
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• Cartels suspected of gunning down 2 mayoral candidates in same Mexican city

  27-02-2024 22:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Two candidates running for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio were gunned down within hours of each other as cartels allegedly targeted them in the run-up to a very tense June election. "This illustrates the extremely serious level of violence and lack of safety that prevails ahead of the most important elections in Mexican history," Marko Cortes, leader of the conservative National Action Party, wrote on social media following the deaths. The ruling party Morena confirmed that aut
  
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• Royals mourn Prince Michael of Kent's son-in-law Thomas Kingston

  27-02-2024 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The husband of Prince Michael of Kent's daughter has died at the age of 45, says a palace statement.
  
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• Lobbying scandal MP recall petition triggered

  27-02-2024 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Commons vote paves the way for a by-election in MP Scott Benton's Blackpool South constituency.
  
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• Prison inmates moved over radon gas levels

  27-02-2024 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prison Service says "higher-than-normal" levels of the radioactive gas were found at the site.
  
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• Netanyahu and Biden spar over Israel-Gaza war support

  27-02-2024 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel's PM says Americans back the war with Hamas, despite President Biden arguing it could "lose support".
  
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• Nato allies reject Macron idea of troops to Ukraine

  27-02-2024 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US and the UK are among those to say they will not deploy troops after remarks by Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• Gazans in survival mode with cold nights and food rations

  27-02-2024 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC speaks to people in Gaza who are scouring markets for food and working in overcrowded hospitals.
  
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• Electric cars produce twice as much CO₂ as trains, says rail group data

  27-02-2024 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Rail Delivery Group said it hopes analysis will allow businesses to make greener travel choices Travelling by train on Britain’s busiest business routes generates less than half the carbon emissions of a battery electric car, according to detailed analysis from the rail industry.Certain journeys on the greenest, fullest electric trains produce as little as one-fifteenth of the CO2 per person compared with the footprint of a sole occupancy petrol or diesel car, the data shows. Continue read
  
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• England give ‘many answers to questions’ - Wiegman

  27-02-2024 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England have given "many answers to questions we had" in friendly victories over Austria and Italy this month, says manager Sarina Wiegman.
  
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• Rishi Sunak faces fresh byelection as former Tory MP suspended

  27-02-2024 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Blackpool South’s Scott Benton had suggested to undercover reporters he would be willing to break lobbying rules for moneyRishi Sunak is braced for another byelection after former Tory MP Scott Benton was suspended from the Commons for 35 days over his role in a lobbying sting.MPs approved the suspension of the Blackpool South MP on Tuesday evening without the need for a vote. Continue reading...
  
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• Sixth person charged with spying for Russia in UK

  27-02-2024 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bulgarian national Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 38, will appear in court on Wednesday.
  
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• Congo begins exporting liquified natural gas under Italian firm's initiative

  27-02-2024 21:01 via foxnews.com
  
  The African nation of Congo became the latest exporter of liquified natural gas on Tuesday as it launched production of the first cargo load a year after Italian energy company ENI launched the Congo LNG project with local partners.The first cargo ship laden with LNG will head to the Italian regassification plant in the Tuscan city of Piombino in the coming days, ENI said in a statement.UN STATES MEET IN KENYA TO SHAPE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE FACE OF LOOMING CRISES"With the first carg
  
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• Boys arrested after animals killed at college

  27-02-2024 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some animals died and a barn owl is missing following the incident at a west London college campus.
  
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• Dense fog transforms New York into a city on clouds

  27-02-2024 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fog seen on Tuesday morning was caused by easterly winds blowing over the cool waters of Long Island Sound.
  
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• Lionesses comfortably beat Italy in friendly match

  27-02-2024 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lauren Hemp's double helps England to a routine victory over Italy in a friendly match played in Spain.
  
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• Perpetrator of failed German synagogue attack convicted in jailbreak attempt

  27-02-2024 20:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A German far-right extremist already serving a life sentence following an attempt to attack a synagogue in 2019 was convicted Tuesday of hostage-taking for his actions in a jailbreak attempt.Stephan Balliet, 32, was sentenced to seven years in prison, German news agency dpa reported. He also was ordered to make payments to several people.FORMER LEFTIST MILITANT ARRESTED AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON THE RUN, GERMAN AUTHORITIES SAYThe defendant acknowledged during the trial that he took prison offi
  
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• 2 wanted Taliban members, 1 police officer killed in Pakistan shootout

  27-02-2024 20:19 via foxnews.com
  
  A senior police officer and two wanted Pakistani Taliban members died in an intense shootout set off when police raided a militant hideout early Tuesday in the country's northwest, a local police official said.PAKISTAN’S IMRAN KHAN AND HIS WIFE PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN ANOTHER GRAFT CASE, ALLEGING POLITICAL CONSPIRACYTwo other police officers were wounded in the shootout early Tuesday in Mardan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The local official, Hidayat Ullah, identified the slain polic
  
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• Tory MPs have Badenoch’s back as they slog it out with former Post Office chair | John Crace

  27-02-2024 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Henry Staunton refuses to back down as he gives evidence to the business select committeeSo who do you trust? Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, whom she and many other MPs believe will be the next leader of the Tory party? A woman whose loyalty extends primarily to herself. Even her family takes contemporaneous notes of any meeting just in case they find that memories differ. The corridors of Westminster are littered with enemies and allies whom she has stabbed in the back.Or Henry Staunton
  
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• Germany considers getting its own nuclear weapons despite rejecting nuclear energy

  27-02-2024 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Germans are beginning to discuss whether the country will eventually need its own nuclear weapons amid fears of U.S. disengagement with Europe, even as Germany continues to spurn nuclear power.German officials have begun discussing a nuclear fallback plan with the U.K. and France, thanks in large part to Russia's continued aggression as well as former President Trump's pressure on European allies to meet defense spending thresholds, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.German Finance Ministe
  
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• D-Day veterans honor comrades as 13 names are added to UK memorial wall

  27-02-2024 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  With medals pinned to their chests, two D-Day veterans proudly represented their comrades as 13 new names were added Tuesday to a memorial wall in southern England that honors those who took part in the Normandy landings.British veterans Stan Ford and John Roberts and 11 others were added to the Normandy Memorial Wall at the D-Day Story Museum prior to an event marking 100 days until the 80th anniversary of the start of the invasion that ultimately ended World War II in Europe. The June 6 event
  
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• Macron faces EU backlash after suggesting sending troops to Ukraine

  27-02-2024 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  EU and Nato leaders quick to distance themselves from French president’s comments that ground troops should not be ruled outEmmanuel Macron has faced criticism from France’s Nato and EU partners and a warning of conflict from Russia after he suggested it might be necessary to send ground troops to Ukraine.After a high-level meeting in Paris of mainly European partners to discuss what urgent steps could be taken to shore up Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s recent frontline advanc
  
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• Sacked UK borders inspector tells MPs he was removed ‘for doing his job’

  27-02-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  David Neal criticises ‘shocking leadership’ at Home Office, as charities say asylum system is at risk The UK’s sacked borders inspector has told MPs he was removed “for doing his job”, as refugee charities told the home secretary that the sacking of David Neal had left the asylum system at risk.Neal, who was fired last week as the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, told a parliamentary committee of “shocking leadership” at the top of
  
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• Ukraine will be on back foot in war for months, says UK armed forces chief

  27-02-2024 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv unlikely to be able to mount fresh counteroffensive until late summer at very earliest, says Adm Sir Tony Radakin Ukraine is expected to remain short of ammunition and on the back foot in its war with Russia for several months until the west agrees further steps to support Kyiv, the head of Britain’s armed forces has acknowledged.Adm Sir Tony Radakin, speaking at a conference in London, did not directly comment on a French suggestion of deploying western ground troops in Ukraine, but
  
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• Japan's government urges action as country sees lowest number of births since 1899

  27-02-2024 19:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years.The 758,631 babies born in Japan in 2023 were a 5.1% decline from the previous year, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry. It was the lowest number of births since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899.The number of marriages fell by 5.9% to 489,281 c
  
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• Murder probe launched after dog walker shot dead

  27-02-2024 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 65-year-old man was killed on a Saturday morning while walking his labrador in Perthshire.
  
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• NATO chief, European allies distance themselves from Macron suggestion of troop deployment into Ukraine

  27-02-2024 19:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Western allies have strongly rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that European troop deployment to Ukraine remains an option."The Ukrainians haven’t asked for Western troops," Kenneth J Braithwaite, former Secretary of the Navy in the Trump administration and former ambassador to Norway, told Fox News Digital. "Instead, during my recent travels to Ukraine, they reiterated their need only for continued military and humanitarian support as they courageously defend th
  
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• Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’

  27-02-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Yuval Abraham criticises German officials, saying statement devalues term ‘antisemitism’ and puts Jewish lives in dangerAn Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel.Yuval Abraham, 29, was on Saturday awarded the Berlinale’s be
  
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• Latvia extends entry ban on Russian citizens until 2025, citing security concerns

  27-02-2024 19:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Latvia’s government has extended restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens into the Baltic country until next year, citing Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which officials say is "still posing a threat to the internal security of Latvia."The Cabinet of Prime Minister Evika Siliņa decided Tuesday to lengthen the entry conditions on Russian citizens until March 4, 2025.Russian citizens will continue to be banned from entering Latvia, a European Union country, for the pu
  
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