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• Boy accidentally destroys 3,500-year-old artifact in Israeli museum

  28-08-2024 23:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A boy on a visit to a museum in Israel accidentally knocked over a 3,500-year-old jar, shattering the relic. "There are instances where display items are intentionally damaged, and such cases are treated with great severity, including involving the police," Lihi Laszlo of the Hecht Museum told the BBC. "In this case, however, this was not the situation," Laszlo said. "The jar was accidentally damaged by a young child visiting the museum, and the response will be accordingly."The j
  
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• Russia faces "difficult fight" to retake Ukraine-held area, says top US spy

  28-08-2024 21:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday.Cohen told a national security industry conference that the significance of the Ukrainian incursion, which has overrun some 300 square miles (777 square km) of the Russian province, remained to be seen.PUTIN HITS UKRAINE WITH 200 MISSILES, DRONES IN MASSI
  
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• Vance dismisses reported Arlington cemetery altercation as ‘a little disagreement’ – live

  28-08-2024 21:43 via theguardian.com
  Trump campaign staffers reportedly got in an altercation with a Arlington official for filming and taking pictures in a restricted areaTrump staffers reported over altercation at Arlington cemeteryMark Esper, a former defense secretary under Donald Trump, told CNN that he hoped the reported altercation between the former president’s staff and an official at Arlington national cemetery was investigated, while saying that the grounds should never be used for “partisan political purpose
  
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• Trump shooter saw rally as ‘target of opportunity’ after researching Biden and Trump, FBI says – live

  28-08-2024 21:24 via theguardian.com
  Senior agent says Thomas Crooks had made ‘sustained, detailed effort to plan an attack’Trump staffers reported over altercation at Arlington cemeteryTrump lays blame for assassination attempt on Biden and HarrisMark Esper, a former defense secretary under Donald Trump, told CNN that he hoped the reported altercation between the former president’s staff and an official at Arlington national cemetery was investigated, while saying that the grounds should never be used for “
  
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• Man arrested over death of 23-year-old woman in Glasgow flat

  28-08-2024 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Police Scotland arrest 52-year-old after decision made to open murder inquiry based on postmortem resultsA 52-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Scotland, police said.Brodie MacGregor, 23, was pronounced dead inside a flat after emergency crews were called to an address in the Springburn area of Glasgow at about 10.15am on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Three die in road collision in Anglesey

  28-08-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Police appeal for witnesses and advise people to stay away from scene of crash on seafront in BeaumarisThree people have died in a road collision in Anglesey (Ynys Môn), police have said.North Wales police said officers responded to reports of a collision in Beaumaris shortly after 2.45pm on Wednesday. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene in Alma Street, on the seafront near Beaumaris pier. Continue reading...
  
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• US supreme court will not reinstate Biden’s student loan repayment plan

  28-08-2024 20:52 via theguardian.com
  Ruling on multibillion-dollar Save program, which aims to lower monthly payments, has no immediate effect on borrowersThe US supreme court decided on Wednesday that it will not reinstate the Biden administration’s multibillion-dollar student loan repayment plan, Save, which aims to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.The plan was blocked by a federal appeals court earlier this summer as a result of a legal challenge led by several Republican states. Continue reading...
  
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• Pope Francis says intentionally allowing migrants to die is a 'grave sin'

  28-08-2024 20:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis is urging countries not to turn their backs on migrants at risk of dying as they seek refuge abroad.The pontiff deviated from his catechesis series during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square this week, instead focusing on what he called the "grave sin" of intentionally allowing migrants to die in extreme conditions."Brothers and sisters, we can all agree on one thing: Migrants should not be in those seas and in those lethal deserts," Pope Francis said. "And, unfortu
  
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• Gunman at Trump’s rally saw it as ‘target of opportunity’, FBI official says

  28-08-2024 20:38 via theguardian.com
  The shooter had done extensive research and had also searched online for events and targetsThe gunman in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump searched online for events of both the former president and Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity”, a senior FBI official said on Wednesday.Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot at Trump from a nearby roof before being killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper, did extensive
  
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• India's tallest waterfall, Kunchikal Falls, is a picturesque oasis, cascades nearly 1,500 feet

  28-08-2024 20:32 via foxnews.com
  
  The world is full of magnificent waterfalls that will surely take your breath away. Kunchikal Falls is India's highest waterfall, measuring 1,493 feet, according to The Times of India. This waterfall can be found in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, where many other magnificent waterfalls can also be found, including Jog Falls. The Facebook account, Geography Zone, shared a video on the social media platform showcasing the tallest waterfall in India. HOT TRAVEL TREND HAS PEOPLE S
  
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• Ukraine prepares for winter power cuts after Russian attacks on energy sector

  28-08-2024 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Kyiv calling for more air defence support as repairs resume after latest strikes, with fears more could be catastrophicUkrainian authorities are scrambling to assess the damage caused by one of the biggest Russian airstrikes of the war earlier this week, which targeted energy infrastructure across the country, further crippling a sector targeted by Moscow multiple times in the spring.While much of Ukraine is still experiencing the tail end of a very hot summer, this week’s strikes have bro
  
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• Boy, 11, among 14 held over riots in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool

  28-08-2024 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Man, 20, jailed for trying to instigate riot in Huddersfield; boy, 15, admits throwing glass bottle in unrest in BoltonAn 11-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with this summer’s riots, as police vowed to continue catching people suspected of being involved despite dwindling prison places.The boy was one of 14 people, including a mother and son, held in dawn raids across Teesside over disorder in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman stabbed at Notting Hill carnival is in a coma, court told

  28-08-2024 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Cher Maximen’s condition ‘life threatening’, as Shakiel Thibou, 20, and his two brothers are remanded in custody A woman stabbed at the Notting Hill carnival as she tried to stop a fight is in a coma in a life-threatening condition, a court has been told.Shakiel Thibou, 20, appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday charged with the attempted murder of Cher Maximen, 32. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli forces kill at least 10 Palestinians in West Bank raids and strikes

  28-08-2024 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel says operations were to ‘thwart Islamic-Iranian terrorist infrastructures’ and claims all dead were militantsIsraeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids and airstrikes they said were intended to contain attacks on Israelis using Iranian-supplied arms.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the West Bank operations, some of the most extensive in recent years, were likely to go on for some days, in what it described as a preventive campaign to
  
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• Colorado man left behind during office retreat survives night on mountain

  28-08-2024 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Injured hiker became stranded after co-workers descended without him before storm in Rocky mountainsA Colorado man survived a night on a mountain by himself – while injured – after being left behind by his co-workers during an office retreat, which rescue officials pointed out may lead to some “awkward encounters at the office in the coming days and weeks”.Colorado’s Chaffee County Search and Rescue South (CCSAR-S) shared the hiker’s harrowing ordeal in a Face
  
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• Support planned for UK households struggling with winter energy bills

  28-08-2024 18:36 via theguardian.com
  Government discusses measures after criticism over cuts to winter fuel paymentsMinisters have committed to help households struggling with their gas and electricity bills this winter after energy industry bosses warned that consumer debt had climbed to more than £3bn.With Labour under fire for scrapping universal winter fuel payments to pensioners, ministers met energy industry bosses on Wednesday to discuss ways of supporting struggling households through the coming colder months. Continu
  
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• US imposes sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers in West Bank

  28-08-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Targeting of government-funded group active in Hebron hills brings punitive measures closer to Israeli cabinetMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US has announced new sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank who are funded by the Israeli government, as Washington steps up its attempt to rein in worsening settler violence.The new measures drew a sharp response from the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose office said it viewed them “with utmost severity&rdquo
  
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• Revealed: US airlines lobbied EU over its plan to monitor plane emissions

  28-08-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lobbyists from Airlines for America argued against European Commission draft rules to report cocktail of pollutants, freedom of information requests showUS airlines lobbied against plans to monitor the damage wrought by planet-heating pollutants pumped out of planes in a previously undisclosed meeting with the European Commission, the Guardian can reveal.Lobbyists from Airlines for America and some of its member companies met representatives of the European Commission’s climate team in May
  
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• Middle East crisis: 10 Palestinian militants killed in major West Bank raids; US announces new sanctions against Israeli settlers – as it happened

  28-08-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can find all our Middle East crisis coverage here:See all our Middle East crisis coverageIsraeli, American, Egyptian and Qatari negotiators were meeting in Doha on Wednesday for “technical/working level” talks on a ceasefire in Gaza, a source with knowledge of the meeting told Reuters without giving further details.At least 40,534 Palestinians were killed and 93,778 wounded in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, health authorit
  
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• The British athletes to follow in Paris

  28-08-2024 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  Learn more about some of the British athletes hoping to impress at the Paris Paralympic Games.
  
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• Sport-by-sport guide to Paris 2024 Paralympics

  28-08-2024 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  All you need to know about all the sports that feature at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
  
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• GB athletes to follow at Paris Paralympics

  28-08-2024 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  Learn more about some of the British athletes hoping to impress at the Paris Paralympic Games.
  
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• Everything you need to know about classification

  28-08-2024 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  How each of the 22 sports are classified at the Paris Paralympics.
  
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• People in England driving more, cycling less and walking further, survey shows

  28-08-2024 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Department for Transport’s annual travel poll shows car or van trips up 8% as Covid-era shift to cycling fizzles awayPeople in England are walking record distances, official figures show – but charities have said more needs to be done to get individuals on their feet.According to government data, the average walking journey increased in length last year, even as most other forms of day-to-day travel continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading...
  
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• Red Sea tanker attack: hopes rise that major oil spill can be averted

  28-08-2024 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Waters around vessel attacked by Houthi rebels last week appear to be free of oil, EU mission Red Sea saysThe area around a Greek-flagged tanker attacked last week by Yemen’s Houthi rebels appears to be free of oil, the EU mission in the Red Sea has said.The tanker came under fire last week off Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. The Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said they were behind the attack. Continue reading...
  
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• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hits $1tn valuation on Wall Street

  28-08-2024 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Vast conglomerate becomes the first non-tech company to hit the major stock market milestoneThe market value of Berkshire Hathaway surpassed $1tn on Wednesday, reflecting investor confidence in the conglomerate that Warren Buffett built over nearly six decades into what many consider a proxy for the American economy.Berkshire joined six other companies, mainly from the technology sector, above $1trn: Apple, Nvidia , Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon.com and Facebook parent Meta Platforms
  
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• Maduro regime accused of kidnapping lawyer as Venezuela braces for protests

  28-08-2024 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  A month on from disputed election, Perkins Rocha detained in crackdown that opposition fears will intensifyThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has accused Nicolás Maduro’s regime of “kidnapping” one of her key allies as protesters took to the streets to mark one month since the allegedly stolen presidential election and a cabinet reshuffle left government opponents fearing an upsurge in repression.Activists say more than 1,600 people have been de
  
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• Labour hopes to deepen economic ties with Europe outside EU’s structures

  28-08-2024 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Finding new trade arrangements to boost growth will be hard given party has ruled out rejoining single market and customs unionBefore a whistlestop European tour to Berlin and Paris, Keir Starmer promised to mend “the broken relationships left behind by the previous government” and drive forward UK economic growth.Changing the tone with European leaders is the easy bit. Changing the substance – especially finding new arrangements to boost growth – is a much taller order.
  
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• This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate

  28-08-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Extinct in central Europe for 300 years, 36 northern bald ibis are following an ultralight aircraft on their long-forgotten migration route from Austria to SpainThe northern bald ibis was extinct in central Europe for 300 years. Now, it has returned – and scientist “foster parents” aboard a tiny plane are teaching the birds to fly their long-forgotten migration routes.Thirty-six of these endangered birds are now following an ultralight aircraft 1,740 miles (2,800km ) from Austr
  
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• Australia’s electricity grid to remain reliable if renewable projects delivered ‘on time and in full’, Aemo says

  28-08-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Investments in solar, wind, batteries, pumped hydro and transmission links must be delivered ‘on time and in full’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s electricity authority has declared the country’s main power grid will remain reliable as it shifts from coal domination to running overwhelmingly on renewable energy – but only if investments in new generation are delivered “on time and in full”.The Australian Energy Marke
  
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• WATCH: Doorbell cam captures cyclist crashing into falling tree

  28-08-2024 16:46
  
  A doorbell cam captured the dramatic moment a tree came crashing down and nearly struck a cyclist as thunderstorms hit Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week.
  
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• ‘Injured’ Missouri bald eagle actually ‘too fat to fly’ after gorging on raccoon

  28-08-2024 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  X-rays show flightless bird found near Springfield was not wounded, but full of roadkill raccoonWildlife officials in Missouri rescued what they thought was an injured and flightless bald eagle, only to discover it had gorged itself on a roadkill raccoon and was “too fat to fly”.The bird was spotted on the ground near the boundary of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in Springfield, site of the first major civil war engagement west of the Mississippi river in 1861. Continue r
  
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• 'I never blamed rugby for my injury' - David Ross

  28-08-2024 15:56 via bbc.com
  
  Eleven years after suffering a life-changing injury, ParalympicsGB wheelchair rugby player David Ross is making his first appearance at the Games in Paris.
  
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• Why are buy-back transfer clauses on the rise in football?

  28-08-2024 15:54 via bbc.com
  
  More clubs are using buy-back clauses in the transfers of young players, but why are they on the rise?
  
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• What's happening and when? Your guide to the Games

  28-08-2024 15:45 via bbc.com
  
  Your day-by-day guide to what is happening when - and who to watch out for - at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
  
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• Henry Zeffman: Starmer tries to define his Europe 'reset'

  28-08-2024 15:38 via bbc.com
  
  A new UK-Germany treaty could offer clues to the PM's blueprint for relations post-Brexit.
  
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• Help with energy bills urged for struggling pensioners

  28-08-2024 15:36 via bbc.com
  
  The Citizens' Advice warning comes as energy firms meet the government for talks on help with bills.
  
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• Boy, 11, arrested in raids following riots

  28-08-2024 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  Cleveland Police has now arrested 110 people following widespread disorder almost a month ago.
  
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• Captain Pope looking to 'reward' England with runs

  28-08-2024 15:33 via bbc.com
  
  Stand-in captain Ollie Pope wants to "reward" his England side by scoring runs in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's.
  
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• Deaf athlete to hear Paralympics' crowds for first time

  28-08-2024 15:31 via bbc.com
  
  A rule change means swimmer Suzanna Hext is able to wear her cochlear implants during the games.
  
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• Israel's new ambassador issues stark warning to UN over Hezbollah, Iran inaction

  28-08-2024 15:29 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: The new Israeli ambassador to the United Nations has issued a stern warning to the international body amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah and concerns that Iran could be close to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Ambassador Danny Danon told Fox News Digital that Security Council Resolution 1701 "said very clearly that there would be no military force in southern Lebanon besides the Lebanese military, but look what happened since 2006.""Hezbollah took over, they controlled the re
  
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• Spencer Matthews says running 30 desert marathons was 'humbling experience'

  28-08-2024 15:27 via bbc.com
  
  The reality star now holds the record for most marathon distances completed on sand in one month by a male.
  
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• 'I feel sad' - Raducanu fights back tears after US Open exit

  28-08-2024 15:20 via bbc.com
  
  Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu fights back tears following her first-round defeat to Sofia Kenin in the US Open.
  
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• William and Kate send good luck message to Paralympians

  28-08-2024 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  The Prince and Princess of Wales posted on X hours before the Games' opening ceremony in Paris.
  
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• Starmer appears to leave door open for potential EU youth exchange scheme

  28-08-2024 14:57 via theguardian.com
  
  PM does not rule out setting up system in future after meeting with Olaf Scholz, who stressed desire for closer tiesKeir Starmer has held the door open for some form of youth mobility exchange with EU countries after talks in Germany with Olaf Scholz, who stressed to the British prime minister his wish for closer such ties.While Starmer said at a press conference with the German chancellor that the UK did not have plans to join the EU’s youth mobility scheme – with No 10 having previ
  
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• ‘I couldn’t believe it was my son who did it’: boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum

  28-08-2024 14:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Instead of chastising family over breakage, director of the Hecht Museum invites them backA rare bronze age jar – its history stretching back at least 3,500 years – had long graced the entrance of the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, offering visitors a closeup look at an intact artefact believed to predate the biblical King David and King Solomon.That is, until it was accidentally smashed by a four-year-old earlier this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Liverpool closing in on Juventus winger Chiesa

  28-08-2024 14:40 via bbc.com
  
  Liverpool hopeful of finalising £10.9m move for Italy and Juventus winger Federico Chiesa.
  
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• Thames Water says it needs 59% bill rise to survive

  28-08-2024 14:37 via bbc.com
  
  The boss of Water UK says the UK's system is old and that bill rises proposed should be higher.
  
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• Israel launches major West Bank counterterror operation that kills 9 militants, IDF says

  28-08-2024 14:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israeli military carried out a major operation in the West Bank this week that killed nine militants, Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday.The IDF said a large group of its forces entered the city of Jenin on Wednesday, adding that all nine people who were killed in the operation were militants. IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said three of the individuals were killed in an airstrike on Tulkarem, while four others were killed in an an airstrike in Al-Faraa.The final two were kille
  
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• Ryanair boss calls for two-drink limit at airports

  28-08-2024 14:29 via bbc.com
  
  Violent outbursts are occurring weekly on flights due to alcohol, according to Michael O'Leary.
  
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