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• Musk team given access to sensitive federal payment system - reports

  02-02-2025 23:54 via bbc.com
  
  The Trump administration grants Musk's team access to system that controls the flow of trillions of dollars in funds, US media report.
  
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• Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur 'buy local' pledge

  02-02-2025 23:35 via bbc.com
  
  Canadians have begun booing the US anthem at sports games, signalling the depth of anger at steep tariffs issued by Trump.
  
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• Air traffic control staffing 'not normal' during DC crash - officials

  02-02-2025 23:08 via bbc.com
  
  US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there was a "consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was supposed to happen".
  
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• 'I just want to play football' - Rashford joins Villa on loan

  02-02-2025 23:05 via bbc.com
  
  Aston Villa complete the loan signing of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.
  
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• Aston Villa complete Marcus Rashford loan deal

  02-02-2025 23:05 via bbc.com
  
  Aston Villa complete the loan signing of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.
  
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• Toronto Raptors fans boo US national anthem after Donald Trump tariffs

  02-02-2025 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Canadian NHL fans also booed Star-Spangled BannerApplause breaks out during Canadian national anthemFans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada.Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the US anthem before the Raptors’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Scotiabank Arena in downtown Toronto. Similar reactions broke out on Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa and Calgary, wher
  
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• 'Urgent changes' needed to government spending plan

  02-02-2025 22:45 via bbc.com
  
  The Senedd will vote on the spending plans on Tuesday, ahead of a final vote in March.
  
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• 'Who are you?' Everyone knows who Lewis-Skelly is now

  02-02-2025 22:14 via bbc.com
  
  Five months ago, Erling Haaland responded to Arsenal teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly's attempt to confront him with a dismissive: "Who are you?" The Man City striker knows now, writes Phil McNulty.
  
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• 'The NBA is wild, man' - Lakers confirm Doncic trade

  02-02-2025 21:26 via bbc.com
  
  Five-time NBA All-Star Luka Doncic joins the Los Angeles Lakers in a huge three-way trade deal.
  
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• Wall Street Journal editorial calls Trump tariffs ‘dumbest trade war in history’

  02-02-2025 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Some US business leaders reacted neutrally, while JP Morgan CEO says tariff threats can be used effectivelyUS business leaders are offering a mixed reaction to the steep trade tariffs that Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on Canada, Mexico and China, as the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal called it “the dumbest trade war in history”.Donald Trump hit Canada and Mexico with a 25% tariff on imports, and China with 10%, on Saturday in a move that launched a new
  
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• Pub free pint offer backfires after Forest's 7-0 win

  02-02-2025 21:11 via bbc.com
  
  The home team delivered for thirsty punters at the Gedling Inn in Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86

  02-02-2025 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  NEW YORK— Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died.
  
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• Holly Willoughby hits the jungle and Olly Alexander's album: What to stream this week

  02-02-2025 21:00 via bbc.com
  
  Leon Edwards will also be talking to Louis Theroux, and it’s the 25th anniversary of The Sims.
  
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• Santorini on alert as tremors rattle Greek island

  02-02-2025 19:59 via bbc.com
  
  Authorities advise against gatherings in enclosed spaces following a flurry of seismic activity nearby.
  
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• Man Utd 'trying everything' to strengthen - but won't repeat 'mistakes'

  02-02-2025 19:36 via bbc.com
  
  Ruben Amorim says Manchester United are "trying everything" to strengthen his squad before the transfer window closes following another home defeat – but will not repeat "the mistake of the past".
  
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• Egg prices have soared as farmers contend with bird flu outbreak

  02-02-2025 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The average price for a dozen eggs in the U.S. has jumped 50% in the past year and the cost increase appears to have accelerated since November.
  
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• Four crash victims were university students, police say

  02-02-2025 19:08 via bbc.com
  
  Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen a seen black Ford Focus at the time.
  
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• Four crash victims were university students

  02-02-2025 19:08 via bbc.com
  
  Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen a seen black Ford Focus at the time.
  
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• Syrian leader meets Saudi crown prince for first official foreign visit

  02-02-2025 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on trip that highlights reset of regional alliances after end of Iran-backed Assad regimeSyria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh on Sunday in his first foreign trip as Syrian leader, in a sign of the major shifts under way in regional alliances.Sharaa assumed power as transitional president last week, after leading a rebel campaign that ousted the longtime Iran-backed leader Bashar al-Assad, whose
  
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• Tony Martin, who killed burglar at farmhouse, dies

  02-02-2025 18:41 via bbc.com
  
  Martin was jailed for killing intruder Fred Barras, 16, in a case that sparked national debate.
  
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• The painful divorce of Rashford and Manchester United

  02-02-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  
  After 20 years at Manchester United, Marcus Rashford has left for Aston Villa, leaving many questions and few answers.
  
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• The painful divorce of Marcus Rashford and Manchester United

  02-02-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  
  After 20 years at Manchester United, Marcus Rashford has left for Aston Villa, leaving many questions and few answers.
  
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• Netanyahu heads for Trump talks in US amid uncertainty over Gaza truce

  02-02-2025 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Negotiations on second phase of ceasefire likely to be put back until after two leaders meet on TuesdayBenjamin Netanyahu has flown to Washington for Donald Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader since his return to office.The pair are due to meet on Tuesday, amid widespread uncertainty about the parameters of the encounter. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Crazy': NBA stars and pundits shocked by Luka Dončić trade

  02-02-2025 18:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kevin Durant called it "crazy."
  
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• Ireland should have had 'parallel' Omagh inquiry - Flanagan

  02-02-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Former Irish minister Charlie Flanagan says the decision not to have an inquiry in the Republic is a "lost opportunity".
  
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• I don't know how he survived, says niece of 80-year-old Israeli hostage

  02-02-2025 16:25 via bbc.com
  
  The niece of freed Israeli hostage Gadi Moses said he mostly ate bread and olives and did math to distract himself during captivity.
  
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• Justin Baldoni ramps up Blake Lively feud with new website

  02-02-2025 16:12 via bbc.com
  
  The two US actors are locked in a battle over happened on the set of their film, It Ends With Us.
  
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• Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan draws parallels to President Trump in fight for justice

  02-02-2025 15:38 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was jailed last month on charges of corruption, is being compared by supporters to President Donald Trump given the way they say authorities in Pakistan have persecuted him. Many have linked his situation to Trump’s and blamed the government for jailing the popular former prime minister. Khan’s plight has also been highlighted by longtime Trump ally and adviser Richard Grenell, who took to social media late las
  
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• Trump threat to deport pro-Palestinian students mirrors rightwing Heritage blueprint

  02-02-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New fact sheet bears similarity to Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther, which aims to quash US support of PalestineCritics warn that a new executive order from Donald Trump’s administration purporting to “combat antisemitism”, and a corresponding fact sheet suggesting deporting international students who protest Israel, could chill political speech on campuses.The fact sheet released before Trump signed the order on Wednesday quoted the president as saying: “To all
  
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• Arab countries reject Trump proposal to move Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt and Jordan

  02-02-2025 14:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A group of powerful Arab nations released a statement on Saturday rejecting President Donald Trump's proposal that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip be relocated to Egypt and Jordan. The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, as well as the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States met in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, and released a joint statement aft
  
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• Police take court action over Sheku Bayoh inquiry extension

  02-02-2025 14:17 via bbc.com
  
  Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained while in police custody in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.
  
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• Behind the Scenes of Labour's Path To Power

  02-02-2025 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And what they’re doing with it.
  
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• Pressure grows on EU to freeze minerals deal with Rwanda over DRC fighting

  02-02-2025 13:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Belgium leads calls for suspension of agreement after Rwanda-backed rebels captured city of GomaThe EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been blamed for fuelling the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Calls to freeze the agreement have grown after fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC, escalating a decades-old conflict and raising fears of a regional war. Contin
  
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• Shelling at busy Sudanese market 'fills mortuary with bodies'

  02-02-2025 12:33 via bbc.com
  
  The attack caused "utter carnage" at a nearby hospital, where dozens sought medical attention.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu departs for US to meet with Trump, hoping to strengthen ties with Washington

  02-02-2025 10:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for the U.S. on Sunday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, looking to strengthen ties with the U.S. government following tensions with the Biden administration over the war in Gaza.Netanyahu departed for Washington amid the ceasefire with Hamas – which includes hostage releases – still in effect and negotiations for a second phase expected to begin this week. He will be the first foreign leader to visit Trump since his inauguration
  
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• Trump aid spending freeze halts leading malaria vaccine programme

  02-02-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Global collaboration with US researchers likely to be set back by years, including on spread of drug-resistant HIVA flagship programme to create malaria vaccines has been halted by the Trump administration, in just one example of a rippling disruption to health research around the globe since the new US president took power.The USAid Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) – which works to prevent child deaths by creating more effective second-generation vaccines – funds research
  
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• King Charles says 'our hearts' are with United States after 'devastating loss of life' in DC plane crash

  02-02-2025 02:54 via foxnews.com
  
  King Charles III sent condolences Saturday to the U.S. and the families of the Washington, D.C., plane crash victims. "My family and I have been profoundly shocked and saddened by the dreadful news of the tragic air accident in Washington, D.C., which has led to such a devastating loss of life," the monarch said in a memo released by Buckingham Palace and shared by multiple news outlets. "Our hearts, and our special thoughts, are with the people of the United States, and our
  
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• 'Why we're selling family castle after 700 years'

  02-02-2025 01:13 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Thomas and Lady Ingilby say selling the estate will allow them to spend more time together.
  
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• Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?

  02-02-2025 01:04 via bbc.com
  
  The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national treasure".
  
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• What are tariffs, who pays them, and could they hurt US consumers?

  02-02-2025 00:13 via bbc.com
  
  Trump claims more taxes on trade wouldn't be a cost to the US - but almost all economists dispute this.
  
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