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Australia police shooting suspect named as manhunt continues
Australian police are continuing a massive search for a heavily armed man suspected of shooting and killing two officers in a rural town. Ten police officers were fired upon on Tuesday after travelling to the property in Porepunkah – about 300km (186 miles) north-east of Melbourne – to execute a warrant for alleged sexual offences.…
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Bruce Willis’s wife says he is in great health but brain failing
Emma Heming Willis, the wife of retired US actor Bruce Willis, has spoken for the first time publicly about how his brain “is failing him” now and his “language is going”. The Sixth Sense and Die Hard star, 70, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia more than three years ago. “Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce…
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Teen avoids jail over plot to attack Taylor Swift Vienna concert
A 16-year-old who helped to prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year has avoided prison. Mohamed A was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law in Berlin on Tuesday. The Syrian, who prosecutors said was radicalised by Islamic State (IS) propaganda on the internet, was 14 when…
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How the double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital unfolded
On Monday, Nasser Hospital – the largest in southern Gaza and one of the few still partially operating in the Strip – was hit twice by Israeli strikes. At least 20 people were reportedly killed, including journalists and medical staff. The attack has drawn international condemnation and the United Nations has said “there must be…
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Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Russian ministry of defence Russia’s defence ministry released an image claiming to show Russian troops inside the village of Zaporizke, but Ukraine says it is still in control there Ukrainian forces have admitted that Russia’s military have crossed into the eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk and are trying to establish…
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UN demands justice over Israeli double strike that killed 20
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News Reuters The attack on Nasser hospital has drawn international outrage The UN has said “there needs to be justice” following Israel’s double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed at least 20 people, as an initial Israeli military probe said the strike had targeted a “camera positioned by Hamas”. Condemnation of…
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Artwork looted by Nazis 80 years ago spotted in estate agent ad
Robles Casas & Campos A Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken. A photo shows Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi hanging above a…
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Video platform Kick investigated over streamer’s death
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator during a live stream. Raphaël Graven – also known as Jean Pormanove – was found dead in a residence near the city of Nice last week. He was known for videos in which he endured apparent…
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US House committee requests Epstein ‘birthday book’ from his estate
Reuters A US panel investigating the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein has requested that the executors of his estate produce a number of documents, including a book said to have contained personal messages for his 50th birthday. The subpoena from James Comer, the leader of the House Oversight Committee, represents an expansion of his investigation into…
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Who is Lisa Cook, and what is Federal Reserve governor accused of?
Tom Geoghegan and James FitzGerald BBC News Getty Images President Donald Trump has demanded the removal of one of the governors of the US central bank, a move that escalates his long-running feud with the institution. Late on Monday, he posted on his Truth Social account a letter addressed to Lisa Cook, saying she was…
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