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• CHNV recipients will need to find alternative benefits, or leave the country: DHS

  04-10-2024 23:57
  
  Parole program CHNV recipients will need to find alternative benefits, or leave the country: DHS
  
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• The week that pushed the Middle East closer to all-out war

  04-10-2024 23:47 via bbc.com
  
  There have been many moments of extreme danger over the past year. This is the worst.
  
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• Should you tip even if the service wasn't worth it?

  04-10-2024 23:32 via bbc.com
  
  There are no set rules when it comes to tipping but here's what hospitality staff, customers and experts have to say.
  
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• WATCH: Moose rescued after getting stuck in backyard swimming pool

  04-10-2024 22:54
  
  Police and firefighters in New Hampshire responded to an unusual call on Thursday morning: A moose trapped under a pool cover in a backyard pool.
  
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• NHS bosses want chippy to sell fruit and veg

  04-10-2024 22:44 via bbc.com
  
  Plans for a new takeaway prompt health bosses to chip in with their own suggestions.
  
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• A French judge in a shocking rape case allows the public to see some of the video evidence

  04-10-2024 22:38
  
  A French judge in the trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose now former husband had repeatedly drugged her so that he and others could assault her has decided to allow the public to see some of the video recordings of the a...
  
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• NFL Week 5: What to watch in Texans-Bills and Sam Darnold's matchup with New York

  04-10-2024 22:10
  
  Week 5 of the NFL season is here and we have a full slate of intriguing storylines to follow, led by a pair of players facing former teams.
  
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• 12 people have been killed in coordinated attacks in violent Mexican city

  04-10-2024 22:09
  
  Authorities in the north-central Mexican state of Guanajuato say that 12 people are dead following coordinated and near-simultaneous attacks in the city of Salamanca on Thursday
  
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• US provides $72M to vaccine manufacturers to advance bird flu shot preparedness

  04-10-2024 22:02
  
  There are currently no recommendations for anyone to be vaccinated against bird flu and federal health officials note this is being done out of "an abundance of caution."
  
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• Canadian child dies from rabies after bat found in bedroom

  04-10-2024 21:03 via bbc.com
  
  It marks the first domestically-acquired case of human rabies in Ontario since 1967.
  
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• US supreme court will rule on $10bn suit Mexico filed against US gun makers

  04-10-2024 20:16
  
  Mexico argues negligence from makers such as Colt and Glock has led to gun trafficking to drug cartels and criminals The US supreme court said on Friday it will decide whether to block a $10bn lawsuit Mexico filed against US gun manufacturers and distributors that argues that their negligent and illegal commercial practices have unleashed bloodshed in the country.The lawsuit, filed in Boston in August, names Smith & Wesson, Barrett Firearms, Beretta, Colt and Glock, as well as Boston-area wh
  
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• Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism

  04-10-2024 19:59
  
  PM says deal has secured future of US-UK military base as Conservative leadership hopefuls play blame gameKeir Starmer has defended giving up UK control of the Chagos Islands, as the decision has descended into a political blame game among Conservative leadership candidates.The prime minister said the agreement with Mauritius over the islands would secure the long-term future of a joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, which he deemed as the “single most important thing”. Continu
  
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• WATCH: The need for food after Hurricane Helene

  04-10-2024 19:20
  
  ABC News' Will Reeve  visits Asheville, North Carolina, to share how the community is coming together as the need for food grows exponentially.
  
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• Blockbuster jobs report paves way for US economy to avoid recession: Experts

  04-10-2024 18:24
  
  The U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs in September, fresh data showed.
  
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• Obama to campaign for Harris in final weeks before Election Day

  04-10-2024 18:23
  
  Former President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail for Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz starting next Thursday, Oct. 10, through election day.
  
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• Israeli military kills 250 Hezbollah terrorists since start of limited ground operation in Lebanon

  04-10-2024 17:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces announced Friday that 250 Hezbollah terrorists, including nearly two dozen commanders, have been killed since the beginning of its limited ground operation in southern Lebanon. "Approximately 250 terrorists have been eliminated by land and air, and more than 2,000 military targets have been attacked, including terrorist elements and facilities, military buildings, weapons depots, missile platforms, and the like," IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on
  
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• More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti

  04-10-2024 17:40
  
  Nearly 50 people dead and 108 unaccounted for after smugglers apparently force passengers into the waterMore than 100 people are still missing after smugglers apparently forced migrants to leave their boats and swim in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration has said.Forty-eight people have so far been confirmed dead after the incident on Monday, which involved two boats that had left Yemen for Djibouti with a total of 310 people onboard, said Frantz C
  
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• Sanxingdui Ruins were discovered accidentally by a farmer; has since been the site of over 60K relics

  04-10-2024 17:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Sanxingdui Ruins is an archaeological site located in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The site has undergone heavy exploration through the years, with thousands of notable artifacts coming out of excavations. The Sanxingdui Ruins lie in Guanghan City. The site was first discovered in 1929 by a farmer who came across jade and stone artifacts while repairing a sewage ditch, according to Live Science. It was not until 1934 that an official scientific excavation commenced, according to Chin
  
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• Dutch feminists campaign for national monument to ‘witches’

  04-10-2024 17:22
  
  Thousands have been raised for site to commemorate victims of Satanic panic in 15th to 17th centuriesThree feminist campaigners in the Netherlands want to reclaim the insult “witch” and recognise the innocent victims of Dutch witch-hunts from the 15th to the 17th centuries with a national monument.Susan Smit, Bregje Hofstede and Manja Bedner, the chair and board members of the National Witches Monument foundation, have raised €35,000 (£29,000) for an official site of memor
  
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• EU court rules gender and nationality enough to grant Afghan women asylum

  04-10-2024 16:42
  
  ECJ ruling follows Afghan women’s challenge to Austrian court refusal to give them refugee statusThe European court of justice (ECJ) has ruled that gender and nationality alone are sufficient grounds for a country to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban have sharply curtailed women’s rights.Authorities in Austria refused refugee status to two Afghan women after they applied for asylum in 2015 and 2020. The women challenged the refusal before the Austrian s
  
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• Argentina’s Javier Milei accused of plagiarising UN speech from West Wing

  04-10-2024 16:04
  
  Populist leader alleged to have ‘copied word for word’ a monologue by TV show’s fictional president Jed BartletArgentina’s rightwing populist president, Javier Milei, has been accused of plagiarising a chunk of his recent speech to the United Nations general assembly from the political drama The West Wing.“It seems like fiction, but it isn’t,” the left-leaning Buenos Aires newspaper Página 12 reported on Friday, claiming Milei had “copied, w
  
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• In maps: Where is fighting happening in Lebanon?

  04-10-2024 15:54 via bbc.com
  
  A visual guide to the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
  
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• Obama to campaign for Harris; Marjorie Taylor Greene spouts weather conspiracy theory as Helene death toll hits 215 – US elections live

  04-10-2024 15:49
  
  Congresswoman’s bizarre claim mirrors her earlier conspiracy theories as US south-east faces devastation; former president to tour battleground statesCongresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right congresswoman of Georgia, is once again facing criticism for peddling a baseless – and just plan bizarre – claim about the weather.“Yes they can control the weather,” Greene said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie
  
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• Will conflict in the Middle East impact the US election?

  04-10-2024 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And how much influence will the next president have on the region?
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israel says Hezbollah commander killed as Red Cross warns of region-wide conflict

  04-10-2024 15:39
  ICRC says Middle East on the ‘precipice of a region-wide armed conflict’ after Israeli strikes in Lebanon intensified overnightLiving in Lebanon: how have you been affected by the recent violence?The Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut on Thursday night, in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week.A source close to Hezbollah told the AFP news agency that Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group&rs
  
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• Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands deal after Boris Johnson accuses Labour of ‘sheer political correctness’ – UK politics live

  04-10-2024 15:39
  PM says deal ensures continuation of UK-US military base on the islands and has been welcomed with ‘warm words’ by USJonathan Powell, who was leading negotiations for the new government with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, offered a robust defence of the government’s agreement in media appearances this morning.Saying it had been a long process, involving 13 rounds of negotiations, he pointed out that 11 of them had been under the previous Conservative government, and singled
  
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• Leicester South reveals the Gaza war’s impact on British life

  04-10-2024 15:33
  Independent MP Shockat Adam says his election exposed the ‘chasm’ between politicians and constituentsWhen Shockat Adam, the newly elected independent MP for Leicester South, addressed his supporters at the July election count, he brought his speech to an end with a dedication – not to the constituents of the East Midlands city he now represents, but to people more than 2,000 miles away.“This is for the people of Gaza”, he said, holding a Palestinian keffiyeh aloft.
  
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• Euston station’s big advertising screens turned off after overcrowding fears

  04-10-2024 15:29
  
  Network Rail promises to turn round station after criticism from passengers and watchdogsBusiness live – latest updatesLondon Euston’s vast advertising screens are to be switched off as Network Rail promised to turn round the station after scathing criticism from passengers and watchdogs.The garish overhead displays were installed in January after the station’s main departure information boards were removed. Continue reading...
  
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• Royal Navy chief apologises for ‘intolerable’ misogyny in Submarine Service

  04-10-2024 15:19
  Ben Key confirms several personnel have been sacked, demoted or disciplined as a result of investigationsThe head of the Royal Navy has issued an unreserved public apology for “intolerable” misogyny within the Submarine Service after several investigations exposed sexual harassment, bullying and assault within its ranks.Admiral First Sea Lord Adm Sir Ben Key said he was “truly sorry” to the women in the service who had experienced “misogyny, bullying and other unacc
  
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• Six hours at hands of Hamas - new accounts reveal how Israeli base fell on 7 October

  04-10-2024 15:06 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC has seen an army account of how Hamas overran a base, and spoken to survivors and bereaved families.
  
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• Women in England with ‘worrying’ breast lumps to be referred directly to specialists

  04-10-2024 15:05
  Trial forms part of government plans to expedite referrals for patients with cancer symptomsWomen who are concerned about lumps in their breasts will be able to book an appointment to see a specialist via the NHS app, without seeing a GP first, in a pilot scheme aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, announced the move in a speech to hundreds of family doctors at the Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) annual conference in Liverpool on Friday.
  
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• EU leaders back extra Chinese EV tariffs despite split vote

  04-10-2024 15:01
  Decision opposed by five countries including Germany, where car firms say it could be ‘fatal’ blow for industryCarmakers ramp up pressure on chancellor for EV sales subsidiesEU leaders have given the green light to extra tariffs on electric vehicles from China despite opposition from five countries including Germany, where car manufacturers condemned the decision as a potential “fatal” blow for the auto industry.The European Commission – which provisionally approved
  
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• Ex-Police Federation chair found guilty of misconduct over remark about widow

  04-10-2024 14:57
  Disciplinary tribunal finds against John Apter over sexual comment about police widow Lissie HarperA former police leader has been found to have committed gross misconduct after making a sexual remark about an officer’s widow.John Apter, the former chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, was alleged to have told colleagues he would like to “comfort” Lissie Harper in his hotel room, months after her husband Andrew’s death. Continue reading...
  
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• Ten experts analyse what might happen next

  04-10-2024 14:51 via bbc.com
  
  A group of experts on whether the map of the region is being redrawn, what comes next, and what can help avert all-out war
  
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• US adds over 250,000 jobs in September, defying fears of slowdown

  04-10-2024 14:40
  
  Job creation unexpectedly accelerated in September as unemployment rate slipped to 4.1%American employers added 254,000 jobs last month in the penultimate jobs report before the US election, defying fears of a slowdown in the labor market.Job creation unexpectedly accelerated in September, while the headline unemployment rate slipped to 4.1% from 4.2% in August. Continue reading...
  
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• Barratt’s £2.5bn takeover of Redrow given go-ahead by UK regulator

  04-10-2024 14:29
  CMA accepts undertakings by both housebuilders to address concerns over a potential local competition issueThe £2.5bn acquisition by the UK’s biggest housebuilder, Barratt, of its smaller rival Redrow has been given the green light by the UK’s competition watchdog.The Competition and Markets Authority said it had decided to accept undertakings made by the two companies to address its concerns over a potential local competition issue, which means the deal will not be referred fo
  
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• Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon

  04-10-2024 14:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared in a rare sermon Friday that his country’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this week was "legal and legitimate" and that the "resistance in the region will not back down even with the killing of its leaders." The public address from Khamenei was his first during Friday prayers in Tehran in nearly five years, according to the AFP.  Khamenei said Iran will not "procrastinate nor act hastily to carry out its duty"
  
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• Israeli strikes hit Beirut as key route out of Lebanon cut off | First Thing

  04-10-2024 14:24
  
  Israel has ordered people in 20 more towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately. Plus: the future of the death penalty in JapanDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.As Hezbollah continued to attack northern Israel, the Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week. The New York Times and Axios have reported that Hashem Safieddine, the most likely
  
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• Mike Lynch died from drowning, Bayesian yacht inquest hears

  04-10-2024 14:20
  
  Tycoon’s daughter’s cause of death still under investigation after vessel sank in AugustThe millionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s cause of death has been recorded as drowning after the Bayesian superyacht disaster but his daughter’s cause of death is still under investigation, an inquest has heard.Seven of the 22 people onboard the Bayesian died when it sank in a storm in August. On Friday, inquests into the deaths of the four British nationals – 59-year-old Lynch, h
  
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• ‘Slick talker’ v ‘sincere and truthful’: Guardian readers respond to VP debate

  04-10-2024 14:10
  Our readers had varied responses but a common refrain: Walz and Vance managed to treat each other with civilityUS politics live – latest updatesWalz was rushing and appeared to want to discuss complex issues with depth but didn’t have enough time to delve into some of the points. He had more substance and came across as more sincere than Vance, who was slick, polished and said little of consequence. Continue reading...
  
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• Iran’s Ali Khamenei vows Hezbollah and Hamas will not back down

  04-10-2024 14:04
  
  In rare public address, supreme leader defends missile attack on Israel and makes appeal for Muslim unityIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed that Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza will emerge with new leaders and will not back down, after a wave of Israeli strikes that have killed the groups’ senior figures.In a sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran in front of tens of thousands – a rare public address – Khamenei defended the ballistic missile attac
  
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• Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds

  04-10-2024 14:00
  
  Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coalExported gas emits far more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, despite fossil-fuel industry claims it is a cleaner alternative, according to a major new research paper that challenges the controversial yet rapid expansion of gas exports from the US to Europe and Asia.Coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels when combusted for energy, with oil and gas producers for years promoting clean
  
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• Israel launches intense attacks on Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut’s south

  04-10-2024 13:51
  
  Reports suggest strikes were targeting Hashem Safieddine, seen as most likely candidate to replace Hassan NasrallahMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut on Thursday night, in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week as Hezbollah continued to attack northern Israel.The raids came as Israel also cut off a key road near to Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria that has been u
  
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• Boris Johnson calls for referendum on leaving ECHR

  04-10-2024 12:35
  
  Move over European convention on human rights likely to put pressure on Tory leadership candidates to follow suitBoris Johnson has called for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European convention on human rights, a move likely to increase pressure on those vying for the Conservative leadership to follow suit.The former prime minister told the Daily Telegraph there was a “strong case” for a vote on the ECHR, which some Tories blame for hampering their efforts to deport
  
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• At least 78 dead and dozens missing after ferry disaster in DR Congo

  04-10-2024 12:11
  
  Overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu capsizes as it was about to dock near Goma, with death toll likely to rise significantlyAt least 78 people have drowned and many more are missing after a boat belived to be carrying 278 passengers capsized on Thursday morning just a few hundred metres from the shore of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The accident happened just as the vessel, MV Merdy, was about to dock at the port of Kituku, just outside the city of Goma, after crossing the lake fr
  
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• Far-right extremists flee from Telegram to SimpleX over privacy features

  04-10-2024 12:00
  
  App that doesn’t require users’ emails or phone numbers secured over $1m in funding with help from Jack DorseySome far-right extremists have fled Telegram for a new haven: SimpleX, a messaging service that just secured over $1m in funding with the help of Jack Dorsey, once the CEO of Twitter, now known as X.The migration from Telegram began after the app’s founder and chief executive, Pavel Durov, announced a crackdown on illegal content and cooperation with law enforcement req
  
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• Wildlife lover facing charges after allegedly assaulting passersby while attempting to capture a baby seagull

  04-10-2024 11:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A Belfast woman was in court for allegedly attacking good Samaritans who attempted to free a baby seagull she captured Aug. 14. Angela Wildman, 58, allegedly used a milk carton and a long-handled mop to attack passersby who tried freeing the waterfowl from her sports bag.Wildman denied charges in court of common assault, possessing an offensive weapon in public, disorderly behavior and resisting a police officer, according to the BBC. Wildman's defense attorney, Damien Trainor, said in
  
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• West Bank: 18 reported killed in Israeli strike targeting Hamas figure

  04-10-2024 11:24
  
  Palestinian security services say attack on Tulkarm refugee camp is deadliest in the territory for 24 yearsMiddle East crisis: latest updatesAt least 18 people have been killed in the occupied West Bank in an airstrike on a refugee camp in Tulkarm that the Israeli military has claimed killed a local Hamas leader.Among the dead, according to Palestinan reports, was a family of four including two children, named as Mohammed Abu Zahra, his wife Sajaa, and their two children, Karam and Sham. Continu
  
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• UK Palestinians on the nightmare of watching war unfold from afar

  04-10-2024 11:06
  
  One year on, we speak to those who have lost more than 50 relatives and who call some ministers’ support for the Israeli government ‘shameful’Daughter of hostage held by Hamas describes her family’s pain and traumaIn September 2023, 45-year-old Mohammed Ghalayini travelled to Gaza from Manchester, where he had lived since 2004, to visit family. He was still there on 7 October when Hamas’s attack on Israel killed 1,200 people. In Israel’s subsequent bombardment
  
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• Three men shot by police in unrelated Sydney and Melbourne incidents, two in critical condition

  04-10-2024 11:02
  
  NSW police fired at two men in a car allegedly driven at them, while in Hillside, Victoria police shot a man allegedly armed with a knife at scene of stabbingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree men have been shot by police in two separate and unrelated incidents – with two fighting for their lives in hospital – in Sydney and Melbourne.Acting assistant commissioner Paul Dunstan said at about 12.10pm on
  
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