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Major incident declared as thousands without water
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Death toll from protests in Iran increases as Trump says Iran wants to talk
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Minneapolis protesters hold noise demonstration
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Russia's use of hypersonic missile brings fresh threat to Europe and NATO
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Swiss search souls and question government after ski resort fire
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Venezuelan government begins releasing political prisoners
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