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• Police investigate five people for enabling Al Fayed's sexual abuse

  27-11-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police says it believes several people may have helped or enabled Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual offences.
  
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• Republican senator introduces bill to abolish US Department of Education

  27-11-2024 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Mike Rounds submitted bill that needs supermajority to pass, unlikely even in GOP-controlled Senate next yearA bill that would accomplish Donald Trump’s goal of abolishing the federal Department of Education has been introduced into the US Senate.The Republican senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota introduced the bill, called the Returning Education to Our States Act, on Thursday. If passed, the bill would see $200bn in funding and the work of the education department redistributed to other
  
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• Relentless Liverpool beat Real Madrid in thriller

  27-11-2024 23:17 via bbc.com
  
  Watch as Liverpool finally end their Real Madrid curse with a brilliant 2-0 win at Anfield to maintain their 100% record in the Champions League.
  
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• Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage

  27-11-2024 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearbyThe Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a suspected sabotage attack on undersea cables.The Swedish prime minister declined to speculate on who may have been responsible for the severing of two fibre optic telecoms cables in the Baltic last week. A Chinese ship – the Yi Peng
  
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• Judge upholds Missouri law requiring voters to show photo ID to cast regular ballot

  27-11-2024 23:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A judge has upheld a Missouri law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot
  
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• Thousands return to southern Lebanon amid uneasy ceasefire

  27-11-2024 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Displaced people make their way home despite volatile situation and warnings from Israeli militaryMiddle East crisis – live updatesThousands of people displaced from war-torn southern Lebanon have begun returning home after a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah took effect on Wednesday, amid fears on both sides of the border about whether the truce would hold.Israel heavily bombed the capital, Beirut, and the south of the country throughout Tuesday, killing 42 peopl
  
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• Russia’s sabotage of western targets ‘could trigger Nato defence clause’

  27-11-2024 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
  German intelligence chief warns continued hybrid warfare by Moscow increases risk of alliance invoking Article 5Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt Nato to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.Speaking at an event of the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) think tank in Berlin on Wednesday, BND chief Bruno Kahl said he expected Moscow to further
  
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• Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director

  27-11-2024 22:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health.
  
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• Trump picks Keith Kellogg to serve as special envoy to Ukraine and Russia

  27-11-2024 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Retired US army general and former Pence aide tapped for newly conceived role to negotiate amid ongoing warDonald Trump has picked Keith Kellogg to serve as a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, a newly conceived role given the ongoing war between the two countries.Kellogg, an 80-year-old retired US army lieutenant general, would start in the role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its third year. Continue reading...
  
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• Centrist group No Labels sues Democratic operatives over efforts to derail it

  27-11-2024 21:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  According to a lawsuit filed by No Labels, Democratic operatives attempted to sabotage it attempts to run a third-party presidential candidate, according to a lawsuit.
  
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• 'Nowhere else on Earth are so many children fleeing war' - Lyse Doucet reports from Sudan

  27-11-2024 21:10 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC's Lyse Doucet writes about the horrific effects of the 19-month civil war in Sudan.
  
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• Bombshell police report details alleged Bolsonaro plot to stage rightwing coup

  27-11-2024 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president accused of leading role in apparent scheme to overturn 2022 election defeat by rival LulaBrazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has moved a step closer to jail after a federal police investigation laid bare what it called a murderous authoritarian plot to explode the country’s democratic system with a military coup that the far-right populist allegedly helped mastermind.Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied involvement in an attempt to overturn the result of the 2022 p
  
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• UN chief says Lebanon ceasefire ‘first ray of hope amid darkness’ in conflict – as it happened

  27-11-2024 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:Full report: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into forceDown to the final half-hour before the ceasefire comes into effect and AFP is reporting strikes on south Beirut after the Israel army’s evacuation warning.“Urgent warning to residents of the Beirut area,” army spokesperson Avichay Adraee had earlier said in a post on X, telling people in the Bachoura area in the city centre to leave, as well as “a
  
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• The Lebanon ceasefire is a respite, not a solution for the Middle East

  27-11-2024 20:50 via bbc.com
  
  What the latest developments mean for Iran's position - and for the prospect of peace in Gaza
  
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• How far does presidential immunity go? Questions after Trump cases dropped: ANALYSIS

  27-11-2024 20:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The dismissal of special counsel Jack Smith's federal election subversion case against Donald Trump leaves key questions about the extent of executive power unanswered.
  
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• Democrats criticize Harris for ‘self-congratulatory’ review of election loss

  27-11-2024 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Top campaign staff also under fire for saying party has to ‘dominate the moderate’ in Pod Save America appearanceUS politics – live updatesSome Democratic figures have accused Kamala Harris’s campaign of being self-congratulatory after a series of recent public appearances from the candidate and her senior staff in which they declined to admit making any errors that could have contributed to her defeat.Some of the criticism was aimed at Harris herself, following a video c
  
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• New York City found in contempt over conditions in city jails

  27-11-2024 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite 2015 settlement and consent decree, judge says conditions have worsened over the last decadeA federal judge found New York City in contempt on Wednesday over conditions in its city jails, saying things have only worsened in the nine years since the city settled accusations of abuse and violence.The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden administration claims win with Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire – but will it hold?

  27-11-2024 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Peace is shaky at best, as Israel will still strike targets in Lebanon and a power transition looms in the USThe Biden administration has claimed the long-awaited ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel as a diplomatic triumph achieved under tremendous pressure during a lame-duck period with a hostile Donald Trump administration waiting in the wings.Speaking from a lectern in the Rose Garden of the White House, Joe Biden called the result “historic” and said that it “reminds us
  
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• France says Netanyahu is immune from ICC warrant as Israel is not member of court

  27-11-2024 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Claim comes after Paris signalled it would fulfil obligations as signatory to Rome statute after arrest warrant issuedThe French government has claimed that Benjamin Netanyahu has immunity from arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court for war crimes on the grounds that Israel is not an ICC member.The claim came soon after Netanyahu’s cabinet agreed to a French-backed ceasefire in Lebanon and is in contrast to Paris’s attitude towards last year’s ICC war crimes
  
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• Abortions fell 2% the year Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, CDC report finds

  27-11-2024 20:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An annual abortion surveillance report, published Wednesday by the CDC, found the number of abortions performed in the U.S. fell slightly in 2022.
  
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• WATCH: ‘Tripod’ puppy doesn't let her missing paw hold her back

  27-11-2024 19:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Golden retriever puppy Cow was born without a paw but “doesn’t let it stop her,” her owner said.
  
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• Israel’s ceasefire with Lebanon makes peace in Gaza ever less likely

  27-11-2024 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden may have revived diplomatic efforts, but after compromising in Lebanon, Netanyahu has even less leeway in GazaJoe Biden has revived diplomatic efforts to achieve a truce in Gaza with the hope of building on momentum generated by the newly agreed ceasefire in Lebanon.There are doubts, however, that such momentum exists outside the Biden administration, which is anxious to use its last few weeks to salvage scraps of diplomatic honour after the bloody past 14 months in the Middle East. Co
  
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• Trump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be Secretary of the Navy

  27-11-2024 18:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has chosen John Phelan, a businessman and investor with no military experience, to become the next Secretary of the Navy.
  
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• Several Trump picks for top jobs targeted with bomb and 'swatting' threats

  27-11-2024 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several of President-elect Donald Trump's planned Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were subjected to bomb threats and "swatting" attacks.
  
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• Delta Airlines flight attendant allegedly slashes co-worker in New Orleans

  27-11-2024 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Delta flight attendant slashed a co-worker and hotel security guard after a late night and early morning of heavy, “blacked out” drinking, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• US sanctions 21 more Maduro allies accused of post-election repression in Venezuela

  27-11-2024 18:29 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them on Wednesday of perpetrating some of the repression with which officials in Venezuela responded to July's disputed presidential election.The security and cabinet-level officials sanctioned by the Department of the Treasury include the head of the nation's corrections agency, the director of an intelligence service and the minister of Maduro’s Office of the President. They jo
  
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• Drones spotted over military bases in the U.K. that are used by the U.S.

  27-11-2024 18:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The British military has increased security around four air bases in the country that are used by U.S. forces after "a number" of drones were spotted near them.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein's lawyers file complaint alleging 'gulag' conditions at Rikers Island

  27-11-2024 18:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is receiving poor medical care and living in an unhygienic environment at the Rikers Island jail complex.
  
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• Australian police officer who used Taser on 95-year-old woman found guilty of manslaughter

  27-11-2024 18:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A police officer who shocked a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a Taser was found guilty of manslaughter in an Australian court Wednesday.A jury found Kristian James Samuel White guilty in the trial in Sydney after 20 hours of deliberation. White, who is on bail, could get up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced later.Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who had dementia and used a walker, was refusing to put down the steak knife she was holding when the officer discharged his Taser at
  
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• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns with a few new surprises. Here's how to watch.

  27-11-2024 17:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Learn more about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, including what time to tune-in, how to watch and stream the event, who is performing and what to expect.
  
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• China releases three US citizens held for years in prisoner swap

  27-11-2024 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung freed after Biden administration forges rare agreement with BeijingThree American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released in a prisoner swap, the White House has said, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug char
  
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• What policies could RFK Jr. actually change at HHS?

  27-11-2024 17:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Named to lead the nation’s sprawling Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big ideas for busting public health policy norms.
  
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• Trump set to take office with razor-thin House GOP majority

  27-11-2024 17:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives that offers Republicans barely any margin of error.
  
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• The Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire

  27-11-2024 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And what it means for the Middle East…
  
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• WATCH: Brother and sister sneak into kitchen to steal popsicles

  27-11-2024 17:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Little did they know they were being watched!
  
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• 2,000-year-old fig unearthed in Ireland marks ‘oldest example of an exotic fruit’ discovered in the area

  27-11-2024 16:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A fig dating back 2,000 years ago was found during excavations of Drumanagh in Dublin. The finding shines light on the foods that were traded between the Roman Empire and Ireland thousands of years ago. The 2,000-year-old fig is one of many items that have been unearthed during excavations in the area. Among other finds include metal and ceramic objects, as well as additional food remains, according to University College Dublin's release about the ancient find. Food remains were able to sta
  
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• Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns, to lead National Institutes of Health

  27-11-2024 16:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor known for his criticism of Covid lockdowns, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
  
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• Pakistan army and police accused of firing on Imran Khan supporters

  27-11-2024 16:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Multiple protesters said to have been killed and hundreds injured in Islamabad amid calls for Khan’s release from jailPakistan’s army and police have been accused of firing on civilians, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries to hundreds of protesters who had stormed Islamabad on Tuesday to demand the release of the former prime minister Imran Khan from prison.As tens of thousands of Khan’s supporters stormed the capital on Tuesday in defiance of government orders, the army
  
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• 'Hamas has a choice to make,' Biden says, after Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire accepted

  27-11-2024 16:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a deal brokered by the U.S. "to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."
  
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• Three Americans detained by China are released

  27-11-2024 16:09 via msnbc.com
  
  Three Americans that were detained in China have been released, according to a State Department official. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports from the White House on the details of the release.
  
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• California man indicted after allegedly trying to fly with 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothes

  27-11-2024 15:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities arrested a man at Los Angeles International Airport after he tried to check suitcases filled with clothes soaked in meth, including a cow pajama onesie.
  
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• China releases 3 'wrongfully detained' Americans, White House says

  27-11-2024 15:12 via foxnews.com
  
  China is releasing three Americans Wednesday who the White House says were "wrongfully detained," Fox News has confirmed."We are pleased to announce the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung from detention in the People’s Republic of China," a National Security Council spokesperson said. "Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years. Thanks to this Administration’s efforts and diplomacy with the PRC, all of the wrongfully detaine
  
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• What Thanksgiving food dishes will TSA allow on flights?

  27-11-2024 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Turkey can go in your carry-on bag, but you’re gonna have to check the gravy.
  
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• D.C. protested Trump's first term. Now, Washingtonians worry he'll crush them in his second.

  27-11-2024 14:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Forget statehood. District of Columbia officials are just hoping to protect what little self-government they already have in Trump's second term.
  
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• Unidentified drones spotted over US bases in the UK do not appear to belong to 'hobbyists'

  27-11-2024 14:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Unidentified drones have been spotted over joint U.S.-U.K. bases in the U.K. for nearly a week.Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin reports that four U.S. military bases in the U.K. that house the American F-15 Strike Eagle and F-35 fighter jets have been targeted by "swarms of small drones" since Nov. 20. Military officials say they are "alarmed" at what appears to be a coordinated effort to test security at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell in eastern England, as well as RAF Fai
  
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• Watch: KC Chiefs player catches boy who falls out of stands

  27-11-2024 14:03 via today.com
  Video shows Kansas City Chief’s defensive lineman Tershawn Wharton catching a young fan who tumbled over a stadium railing, stopping a dangerous fall to the ground. Wharton says he hopes to reach out to the boy and give him tickets to another game.
  
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• WATCH: Celebratory gunfire in Beirut after Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

  27-11-2024 13:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  People were seen firing guns in celebration in Beirut on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be holding.
  
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• US-brokered cease-fire in effect between Israel and Hezbollah

  27-11-2024 13:44 via today.com
  A long-sought cease-fire brokered by the U.S. is now in effect between Israel and Hezbollah. Biden says the agreement was "designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities." However, questions remain over the fate of the hostages held captive for more than a year and about what happens next in Gaza. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
  
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• Coast-to-coast storm threatens Thanksgiving travel plans

  27-11-2024 13:31 via today.com
  A snow storm is racing from the Rockies to the Midwest, impacting airports from Denver, Colorado, to St. Louis, Missouri. On Thanksgiving, heavy rain is expected to move to the East Coast, bringing rainy I-95 conditions from Florida to Maine. TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the Thanksgiving holiday forecast.
  
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• Rich people are dominating holiday travel

  27-11-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Most hotel guests this holiday season will be people making six-figure incomes, a recent Deloitte survey found.
  
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