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• Glowing spiral in UK sky believed to be caused by SpaceX launch

  24-03-2025 23:55 via bbc.com
  
  The shape is thought to be the result of leftover fuel released into space as the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth.
  
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• Legal showdown over Trump’s deportation of alleged migrant gang members

  24-03-2025 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  In a federal appeals court, the Trump administration defended the president’s move to deport alleged migrant gang members, using a law giving him wartime powers. A federal judge recently blocked those deportation flights. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports.
  
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• Trump bemoans a portrait of him - but gets a new one from Putin

  24-03-2025 23:45 via bbc.com
  
  A "distorted" portrait in the US was removed after the president complained, but he was "touched" by a Russian gift.
  
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• Second woman is strangled during an overnight visit at California prison

  24-03-2025 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of a woman who died of strangulation during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison is questioning why a man convicted of murdering four people was allowed to have family visits.
  
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• Teen of former Yankees star apparently died by asphyxiation after eating, Costa Rica officials say

  24-03-2025 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Miller Gardner, the teen son of ex-Yankees star Brett Gardner appears to have died by asphyxiation after possibly getting sick from eating something during a family vacation in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday.
  
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• GOP leaders raise alarm bells over a Florida special election in a deep-red district

  24-03-2025 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican are concerned about the lackluster fundraising from state Sen. Randy Fine, the party's candidate in next week's special election in Florida's 6th District.
  
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• Want to reach 70 without chronic disease? Eat plants and avoid processed food, study says

  24-03-2025 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Following a healthy diet — one primarily plant-based with minimal processed food — can raise the chances of reaching 70 without a chronic disease, a study found.
  
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• Erdogan calls Turkey protests 'evil' as unrest continues

  24-03-2025 23:03 via bbc.com
  
  Protesters gather for a sixth night in Istanbul after city Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest.
  
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• The plight of boys and men, once sidelined by Democrats, is now a priority

  24-03-2025 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic Governors Wes Moore, Gretchen Whitmer and Ned Lamont are highlighting the plight of men and boys. Experts say it's badly needed and could help the party with male voters.
  
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• Meghan launches online shop for fans to buy her fashion favourites

  24-03-2025 22:20 via bbc.com
  
  The ShopMy platform is marketed at "elite creators" for them to earn money from links they have shared.
  
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• Raducanu powers into Miami Open quarter-finals

  24-03-2025 22:03 via bbc.com
  
  Emma Raducanu is through to her first WTA 1,000 quarter-final after a blistering straight-set win over 17th seed Amanda Anisimova in Miami.
  
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• Russia accused of 'hollow' peace talks as strike injures dozens

  24-03-2025 21:59 via bbc.com
  
  Russia hits northern Ukraine as its negotiators meet US officials in Riyadh to discuss a ceasefire.
  
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• 'We warned of power issues before Heathrow outage'

  24-03-2025 21:51 via bbc.com
  
  Business groups and a council say there were energy capacity problems before a fire near Heathrow.
  
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• Judge: US treated Nazis better than Venezuelan migrants who were deported

  24-03-2025 21:31 via bbc.com
  
  A US appeals judge questioned the government's power to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process.
  
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• WATCH: Identical twin brothers take on ballet world

  24-03-2025 21:03
  
  Naazir and Shaakir Muhammad reflect on professional ballet career while breaking down stereotypes along the way.
  
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• Trump holds Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk to talk DOGE and tariffs

  24-03-2025 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports on President Trump's Cabinet meeting with his administration and Elon Musk, where the secretaries and president talked cuts from DOGE and tariffs ahead of their implementation.
  
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• Venezuelan immigrants deported from US to Venezuela via Honduras

  24-03-2025 20:04 via theguardian.com
  In apparent deal between three countries, Venezuelan official said country would resume accepting US deporteesA group of Venezuelan immigrants have been deported from the US to Honduras and then sent on to Venezuela, after an apparent deal between the three countries.The flights came one day after a Venezuelan government official announced on social media it would resume accepting deportees from the US. Deportations from the US to Venezuela, which have rarely taken place, have been a point of di
  
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• BBC Verify: Israel's hospital assassination in Gaza

  24-03-2025 19:42 via bbc.com
  
  An air strike on a hospital in Gaza is reported to have killed a senior Hamas leader
  
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• Boxer who fled UK after supplying drugs jailed

  24-03-2025 19:36 via bbc.com
  
  Lennox Clarke, who supplied drugs to a dealer in Cheltenham, went on the run to Ireland, Mexico and Thailand.
  
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• Talking About Talking About Peace Talks

  24-03-2025 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US and Russian officials are discussing a possible truce in the Ukraine war.
  
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• Radio host Chris Stark diagnosed with testicular cancer

  24-03-2025 19:25 via bbc.com
  
  The Capital Breakfast host said he was 'effectively cured' after the disease was caught early.
  
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• Two women who spied for Russia tracked down and named by BBC

  24-03-2025 19:22 via bbc.com
  
  Bulgarian nationals Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva worked with six spies convicted in London.
  
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• Netflix's Adolescence makes UK TV ratings history

  24-03-2025 19:19 via bbc.com
  
  The hit drama becomes the first streaming show to top the UK's overall weekly TV ratings.
  
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• Trump's tariff 'Liberation Day' is a little over a week away, but the details are still a mystery

  24-03-2025 19:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Markets remain locked into the slightest developments in President Donald Trump’s tariffs strategy — the result of a vacuum of uncertainty that’s forced investors to try to fill in the blanks.
  
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• Britain's Brennan, 19, wins Volta a Catalunya stage one

  24-03-2025 18:55 via bbc.com
  
  British teenager Matthew Brennan claims his first World Tour race win with a stunning victory on stage one of the Volta a Catalunya.
  
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• Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours, says health authority

  24-03-2025 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Palestinian health authority said on Monday, nearly a week after Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas.Palestinians in Gaza have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel launched its new offensive in the territory, which started on Tuesday last week with a wave of ai
  
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• Mark Carney laments Canada’s lost friendship with US in visit to 9/11 town

  24-03-2025 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Canadian PM makes remarks on visit to Newfoundland town that sheltered US airline passengers after attacksMark Carney has lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks.The Canadian prime minister’s visit to Gander, Newfoundland, on the second day of a national election campaign comes against the backdrop of a trade war and sovereignty threats from Donald Trump. Co
  
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• Star of Sidemen's reality show reveals 'evil' racist abuse

  24-03-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  Ex-Love Islander Whitney Adebayo says she was abused online after appearing on the Netflix show.
  
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• Faisal Islam: No tax rises and no return to austerity but will it last?

  24-03-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  The Spring Statement is "not a Budget", but the chancellor is facing major tax and spending challenges.
  
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• Fatal park attack victim, 80, made 'slapping motion' at girl, jury told

  24-03-2025 17:22 via bbc.com
  
  Two children are on trial over the death of Bhim Kohli who was attacked in a park in Leicestershire.
  
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• Meta considers charging for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in the UK

  24-03-2025 16:45 via bbc.com
  
  The firm is considering asking people to pay to remove ads if they do not want their data to be tracked.
  
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• Morrisons to close 52 cafes and 17 convenience stores

  24-03-2025 16:25 via bbc.com
  
  The closures are expected to take place over the next few months, leaving hundreds of jobs at risk.
  
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• Turkey protests are about far more than fate of Istanbul's mayor

  24-03-2025 16:21 via bbc.com
  
  Freedom and democracy have been steadily eroded in the Erdogan era, writes Orla Guerin.
  
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• Video shows 'highly skilled' pilot's final moments before fatal air show crash

  24-03-2025 16:20 via foxnews.com
  
  A "highly skilled" pilot’s final moments were captured on video before he died in a crash at an air show in South Africa over the weekend. The fatal incident involving James O’Connell unfolded Saturday at the Saldanha Bay Airfield outside of Cape Town. Footage showed a plane performing an aerial maneuver before crashing into the ground, generating a fireball and drawing screams from those in attendance. "It is with profound sadness that the organizers of the West Coast Airs
  
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• South Korean PM Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned

  24-03-2025 16:04 via foxnews.com
  
  South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking imposition of martial law in December.Many observers said the 7-1 ruling in Han's case did not signal much about the upcoming verdict on Yoon, as Han wasn’t a key figure in imposing martial law. But the ruling could still embolden Yoon&
  
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• England's Wigglesworth set to join Lions' coaches

  24-03-2025 15:48 via bbc.com
  
  England senior coach Richard Wigglesworth is set to join the British and Irish Lions coaching staff for the tour of Australia.
  
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• WATCH: High school coach fired for pulling player’s hair

  24-03-2025 15:45
  
  Hailey Monroe can be seen in a video looking upset on the sideline before coach Jim Zullo pulled her hair after Northville High School lost the state championship.
  
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• Museum burglars guilty of cage fighter murder plot

  24-03-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  
  Paul Allen was shot twice while standing in his kitchen in east London in an "assassination attempt".
  
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• Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five, including senior Hamas figure

  24-03-2025 15:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Ismail Barhoum and medics die in attack, which Israel says was based on extensive intelligenceAn Israeli airstrike on Sunday night hit the largest hospital in southern Gaza, killing five people, including a Hamas political leader.The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in the city of Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Continue reading...
  
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• Mumbai comedy club ransacked after performer’s joke about local politician

  24-03-2025 14:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Shiv Sena party supporters tore apart the Habitat comedy club after Kunal Kamra’s satirical song about a top ministerA mob violently ransacked a Mumbai comedy club and its building has been partly demolished after one of India’s most prominent comedians performed a satirical song about a local ruling politician during a performance there.Kunal Kamra has a reputation for his acerbic comedy which often pokes fun at political figures. Few comedians in India dare to make political jokes
  
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• Pothole fixing progress by councils to be ranked

  24-03-2025 13:57 via bbc.com
  
  A red, amber and green rating system is being produced for English councils on pothole maintenance.
  
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• US peace talks with Ukraine, Russia get underway in Saudi Arabia

  24-03-2025 12:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Peace talks between U.S. and Russian delegations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are underway Monday in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. The discussions come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a delegation from his country had a "quite useful" meeting with an American team in Riyadh on Sunday. "Our team is working in a fully constructive manner, and the discussion is quite useful. The work of delegations continues. But no matter what we’re discussing w
  
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• More than 1,100 detained in Turkey amid huge demonstrations over mayor’s arrest – Europe live

  24-03-2025 12:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul with unrest likely to continue over treatment of presidential challenger to ErdoğanThe Danish national police force said it has sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by second lady Usha Vance, AP reports.Spokesperson René Gyldensten said the extra officers were part of regular steps taken during visits by dignitaries to Greenland, a self-governing, mineral-r
  
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• Greenland leaders call planned visit by US officials a ‘provocation’ as Trump talks of takeover – US politics live

  24-03-2025 12:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Outgoing prime minister says Greenland can no longer trust Americans ahead of visit led by Usha Vance and Mike WaltzDonald Trump’s second administration has shown an “unprecedented degree of resistance” to adverse court rulings, experts say, part of a forceful attack on the American judiciary that threatens to undermine the rule of law, undercut a co-equal branch of government and weaken American democracy.The attacks, experts say, threaten one of the fundamental pillars of Ame
  
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• Starmer confirms he wants to ‘take some money out of government’ as part of efficiency drive – UK politics live

  24-03-2025 12:20 via theguardian.com
  
  PM also claims government is spending record amount on pothole repairs amid criticism of spring statement plansThere have been a lot of claims recently, in the rightwing papers and on social media, that the government is wasting a fortune on expensive cars for disabled people getting benefits, through the Motability scheme. Archie Bland has a very good explainer setting out how the scheme actually works, and showing why many of these allegations are false or misleading.The forthcoming plan to fi
  
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• Greenland accuses Trump of interference ahead of visit by US delegation | First Thing

  24-03-2025 12:20 via theguardian.com
  Experts say US president’s expansionism is threatening rules-based global order in place since 1945. Plus, measles cases already higher than in all of 2024Good morning.Greenland’s prime minister has accused Washington of interfering in its political affairs with the planned visit of an American delegation this week to the Arctic island coveted by Donald Trump.What do Greenlanders think of Trump’s desire for the territory? A January opinion poll found 85% do not want to join the
  
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• Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson fires off faithful message after shocking NCAA title win in front of Trump

  24-03-2025 12:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson pulled off a stunning upset against Minnesota’s Gable Steveson on Saturday in front of President Donald Trump at the NCAA Wrestling Championships.Hendrickson won the national title in the 285-pound division. Steveson is an Olympic gold medalist who took a year off from collegiate wrestling to pursue NFL and WWE careers. He returned to school this season to finish up his eligibility and made it as far as he could go.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERA
  
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• Ukraine war live: US and Russia start ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia as attacks continue

  24-03-2025 12:02 via theguardian.com
  Kremlin claims that a suspension of strikes against infrastructure, as agreed in Trump-Putin call, remains in place despite ongoing attacksSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageWe have some information trickling in from what is being discussed in the talks between US and Russian officials at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Reuters is reporting that the Kremlin said that Moscow and Washington shared a common understanding on the need to move towards a settlement to end the war in
  
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• US education department insiders warn student loan system at risk: ‘The gatekeepers are gone’

  24-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Mass firings spark concern as department employees say cuts set stage for widespread fraud and abuseHundreds of firings inside the federal government’s student aid department have sparked concern among workers and student loan advocates, who warn that the student loan system is at risk.Linda McMahon, the wrestling industry billionaire now serving as education secretary, has presented the sweeping cuts as an efficiency drive. But employees within the US Department of Education warn they set
  
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• Trump can help America open a new frontier right here in the US

  24-03-2025 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Americans have always been defined by their frontier. It began with the vast, unexplored West, which historian Frederick Jackson Turner described in an influential 1893 essay as "a new field of opportunity, a gate of escape from the bondage of the past."  By the time Turner put pen to paper, the frontier was already closing. Space, the "final frontier" in "Star Trek," animated American imaginations for a time, but after the initial excitement of putting a man on the moon
  
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