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Crucial State Department report expected to absolve Israel of breaking international law in Gaza

<p> ‎Australian brothers Jake Robinson, Callum Robinson, and their American friend Carter Rhoad, were shot and killed in Mexico during a surfing trip </p>

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Friends and family of murdered Mexico surfers say the men weren’t reckless, they were nature lovers

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Steve Bannon faces jail after losing appeal for contempt of Congress charge

<p>Footage shows Karen Read embracing and kissing her boyfriend, John O’Keefe </p>

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Footage shows Boston cop and girlfriend in bar hours before murder

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<p>Former President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche (R), speaks to the press as he arrives for his criminal trial on 10 May 2024</p>

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Hush money trial judge tells Michael Cohen to stop talking about Trump ahead of his hotly-anticipated testimony

Former US President Donald Trump (L) flanked by defense attorney Todd Blanche (R) speaks to members of the media as he arrives for his hush money trial on 10 May 2024

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What would jail be like for Trump over further gag order violations?

<p>Tangled webs: Donald Trump (right) is on criminal trial in New York over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels (right) ahead of the 2016 election. Mr Trump’s former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen (centre) is set to testify in court that he made payments on Mr Trump’s behalf </p>

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Michael Cohen was Trump’s inside man. Now he’s at risk, friends say

<p>A courtroom sketch depicts Stormy Daniels on the witness stand facing questions from Donald Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles on 9 May. </p>

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Stormy Daniels shoots down Trump attorney’s claim she made up sex story

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<p>Rebeca García, pictured, has been denounced by dozens of Venezuelan women who claim she has “stalked and harrassed them” for multiple years </p>

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'Venezuela’s baby reindeer’: Dozens of women say they’ve been stalked, harassed and threatened for years - but authorities ignored it because ‘she’s a woman’

Venezuelan authorities dismissed the case under the pretexts that ‘harassment between women doesn’t exist’ but federal prosecutors have now opened an investigation

Space

People in Alabama could see Northern Lights tonight due to severe solar storm

<p>Marlin Wakeman, 24, seen having treatment (left) after being attacked by two sharks in the Bahamas</p>

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‘It felt like a punch’: Shark attack victim speaks out after near-death experience

<p>Drake’s Toronto mansion has been targeted by a second intruder in two days </p>

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Drake’s Toronto mansion targeted by second intruder in two days

TV & Radio

Viewers horrified by ‘excruciating’ ‘unethical’ interview with real-life Baby Reindeer Martha

Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview was as bad as you’d expect

<p>Fiona Harvey claimed she was taking legal action against Netflix in a bizarre interview </p>

<p>Boeing's Starliner capsule at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve</p>

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Nasa contractor warns against Boeing launch due to ‘disaster’ risk

The warning comes two days after the space agency scrubbed the launch of the Starliner rocket

<p>Screenshot shows the Boeing 737 passenger plane in Fukuoka airport </p>

Travel

Boeing 737 forced to make emergency landing minutes after take-off

Social media users are scared to fly on Boeing planes

<p>Boeing 737 Max planes grounded in 2020 </p>

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Is it still safe to fly with Boeing? Everything you need to know after a string of high-profile incidents

<p>Santiago Paredes, a former employee of Spirit AeroSystems, has spoken about the inspection process for the 737 Max </p>

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New Boeing whistleblower claims he was pressured to hide plane defects

<p>Brent Norman regularly walked over 15,000 steps per day along the same stretch of shoreline </p>

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Man contracts flesh-eating bacteria infection from barefoot beach walk

<p>Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted on allegations of accepting bribes </p>

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Two people strike plea deals in congressman Henry Cuellar bribery case

<p>Seth Meyers mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene using a ‘backhanded compliment’ from a Donald Trump rally</p>

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Seth Meyers mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene over Trump’s ‘compliment’

<p>The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage in the shooting of Air Force service member Roger Fortson on Thursday</p>

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Bodycam shows fatal police shooting of Black airman after cops went to wrong apartment

Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel will ‘fight with fingernails’ if US stops arms

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Target to reduce number of stores carrying Pride-themed merchandise after last year's backlash

<p>Statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee being torn down in 2021 </p>

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Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names after bitter debate

<p>Failed 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, left, listens as conservative pundit Ann Coulter, right, as she says why she wouldn’t vote for him </p>

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Ann Coulter tells Vivek Ramaswamy she wouldn’t vote for ‘an Indian’

Fashion

The return of John Galliano will shake up a boring fashion industry

Stars including Zendaya and Kim Kardashian wore Galliano designs at this week’s Met Gala, suggesting that the controversial designer – who was effectively exiled after making racist remarks in 2011 – is back for good, writes Olivia Petter

<p>Zendaya wearing custom Galliano for Margiela at the Met Gala </p>

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Sussexes mobbed by fans in Nigeria as William gives Kate update

Meghan Markle gushes over Prince Harry during Nigeria visit

William broke new ground for the new facility during a visit to St Mary’s Community Hospital (Ben Birchall/PA)

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Kate doing well, William says, during visit to Isles of Scilly

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Meghan Markle reveals emotional exchange with daughter Lilibet

<p>The Netherlands’ Eurovision 2024 delegate Joost Klein</p>

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Eurovision investigating ‘incident’ involving Netherlands contestant

Lifestyle

Hailey and Justin Bieber are expecting their first baby together

Hailey Bieber reveals baby bump as she announces pregnancy with Justin

<p>Ashlin Couch breaks her silence about the murders of her friends </p>

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Ex-roommate of Idaho murders victims breaks silence

<p>Harvey Weinstein appears in Queens criminal court on Thursday in New York</p>

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Harvey Weinstein back in New York court as California requests extradition for rape conviction

<p>Roy Cohn, on the right, Donald Trump on the left </p>

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Roy Cohn: The ruthless McCarthy lieutenant-turned-Trump mentor so universally loathed he was ‘a new strain of sonofab****’

<p>Justice Arthur Engoron presides over Donald Trump Jr’s testimony in his family’s civil fraud case at the New York State Supreme Court on 13 November </p>

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Trump’s fraud trial judge probed after attorney claims he advised him

<p>Scott Perry at a conference in the Capitol 29 November 29, 2023. Mr Perry is accused of calling the KKK the ‘military wing of the Democratic party’ </p>

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Republican congressman caught on tape saying KKK is the ‘military wing’ of Democratic party

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The Independent’s Holly Bancroft scoops Amnesty International award

<p> The rapprochement between the two leaders after 7 October has eroded somewhat now</p>

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The rift between Biden and Netanyahu is widening

<p>Four flight attendants have been arrested inc connection of smuggling millions of dollars of drugs money from New York to the Caribbean </p>

Crime

Flight attendants arrested for smuggling $8m drug money to Caribbean

<p>Jim Mattis (left) and Donald Trump (right) speak at a 2018 press conference. Mr Mattis reportedly thought of Mr Trump as a ‘madman,’ a new book reveals</p>

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Jim Mattis says Trump was ‘madman in a circular room screaming’: book

<p>A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter carries rescuers from Hidden Valley Park on 9 May 2024 in Sandy, Utah</p>

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Two skiers killed and one rescued after Utah avalanche

Lifestyle

Chinese zoo ‘paints dogs’ black and white for ‘panda’ exhibit

<p>Kailtin Armstrong, pictured here entering a courtroom on the first day of her criminal trial, has been sued by the parents of Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson, the woman she killed, in a wrongful death lawsuit </p>

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Killer yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong sued by family of slain cyclist

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Police release bodycam footage in Air Force airman shooting

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Her husband pretended to be her stalker ex-boyfriend. Now he’s charged with her murder

Daniel Krug appeared on Thursday in a Colorado court accused of murdering his wife Kristil — but in a bizarre twist, authorities say Krug pretended to stalk his wife in order to frame her ex-boyfriend