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Bomb hoax arrest after Peter Kay show evacuated
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Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner
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Hegseth faces questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began
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Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of deadline
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Trump says he is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Iran feud
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French teen charged in Singapore over a vending machine straw-licking video
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What we know about the attack
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Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms
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Red cards can be given to players who cover their mouths while confronting opponents
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Trump talks about Iran war while toasting King Charles
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Five takeaways from the King's historic address to Congress
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Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption
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Antiquities dealer who exposed British Museum thefts dies aged 61
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Austrian goes on trial accused of plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert
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Mali defence minister killed during major assault by insurgents
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Alleged Colorado attacker's family released after nearly a year in detention
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Monte Coleman, who won 3 Super Bowls as a Washington linebacker, dies at age 68
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Palestinian officials hail local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank
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A 'lone wolf whack job': What we know so far about suspected gunman at dinner attended by Trump
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Suspect in White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting identified
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Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74
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Hungary's Viktor Orbán steps down from parliament after a landslide defeat, vows to rebuild
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Man extradited from the UAE to appear in London court charged with woman's murder
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Judge questions legal basis for Trump's $10 billion case against IRS
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Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal
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Iran's foreign minister awaits U.S. delegation to Pakistan for peace talks
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Microsoft and Meta to cut thousands of jobs
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Starmer 'put a nuclear bomb' under Mandelson row by sacking Olly Robbins
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EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto
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