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08 May 2024 776

Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter

Jury hears from adult film star on 13th day of ex-president’s criminal trial in New York

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07 May 2024 757

Putin ready to launch invasion of Nato nations & could annex parts of Estonia & Sweden to test West, warns top spy boss

Recent weeks have seen European members of Nato warning the public that Russian action may be imminent

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07 May 2024 851

TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban

TikTok sued Tuesday to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app, following through on legal threats the company issued after President Joe Biden signed the legislation last month.

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06 May 2024 637

Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order

A judge in New York has warned Donald Trump that he could be placed in jail if he continues to violate a gag order during his trial over alleged hush money payments.

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06 May 2024 591

Hamas ‘accepts terms of ceasefire deal with Israel’

After months of multiple negotiations, Hamas leadership has accepted the terms of a ceasefire deal in Gaza.

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06 May 2024 737

Rafah residents flee strikes after Israeli evacuation order

Israel’s military struck Rafah from the air on Monday and residents packed up their tents to take flight, hours after Israel ordered them to evacuate some parts of the city, which has been sheltering more than a million people uprooted by war.

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06 May 2024 688

Children cling to life as safety bar detaches from fairground ride

This the moment children hung on for their lives after a safety bar on a fairground ride came loose.

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06 May 2024 962

Berlin wants to give away Joseph Goebbels’ countryside villa

Berlin’s finance minister says property owned by Hitler’s propaganda minister will be demolished if taker not found

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05 May 2024 710

Israel announces closure of Al Jazeera news network within the country

Israel has ordered the closure of Al Jazeera in the country, a move the Qatar-based news network called a “criminal act.”

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05 May 2024 841

Australian police shoot dead ’radicalised’ 16-year-old after he stabs 30-year-old victim in Perth car park

COPS shot dead a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy who stabbed a man in a car park.

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04 May 2024 794

Ceasefire optimism grows with Hamas delegation’s arrival in Cairo

Egyptian and US mediators report signs of compromise, but many analysts remain pessimistic

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04 May 2024 733

Russia places Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.

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04 May 2024 853

UK doctor barred from France after condemning Gaza ’massacre’

Ghassan Abu-Sitta, who was due to speak in French senate, is told Germany has enforced Schengen-wide entry ban

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04 May 2024 762

A man who was discovered partially buried while still alive has passed away following purported torture at a farm

A 23-year-old man has died after he was allegedly tortured and partially buried alive at a farm in Queensland, Australia.

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03 May 2024 695

Ukraine eliminates 100 Russian troops with missile secretly supplied by US

Ukraine killed more than 100 of Putin’s troops in a ballistic missile strike in what could be the largest loss of Russian troops in months.

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03 May 2024 799

Germany summons Russian envoy regarding cyber-attacks in 2023

Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector

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02 May 2024 868

Turkey tourist minibus crash leaves 15 injured - including British man in life-threatening condition

A witness claimed two tourist vehicles collided, causing one of them to overturn. It happened in the popular Manavgat district of Antalya.

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01 May 2024 719

Active school shooter armed with rifle plunges Wisconsin’s Mount Horeb district into lockdown

A Wisconsin school district has been plunged into a terrifying lockdown as reports are coming in of an active shooter "armed with a rifle" near the campus.

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01 May 2024 606

Harvey Weinstein set to appear in court following quashed conviction

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected back in a New York court on Wednesday, days after his state rape conviction was overturned.

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01 May 2024 837

Russia displays Western military equipment seized during Ukraine conflict

I’m in Victory Park, Moscow’s giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. A new open-air exhibition has just opened.

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01 May 2024 784

Dutch woman arrested over shooting of Spanish former politician

Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last year

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01 May 2024 624

Georgian protesters against ’foreign agents’ bill faced teargas and stun grenades

Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass

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01 May 2024 759

Former Italian foreign minister convicted for involvement in Monte Carlo apartment sale

A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of an apartment in Monte Carlo inherited by his right-wing party.

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01 May 2024 881

Half a ton of cocaine was found on a fishing boat in Australia

Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine busts

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30 Apr 2024 651

Ex-president Trump faces jail threat if he continues to defy gag order, receives $9k fine

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has threatened him with jailtime if he continues to violate a gag order in the case, after hitting him with a $9,000 fine for nine separate violations.