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The US feared Israel would assassinate Iran parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

US warned Iran about Israel’s aims to assassinate leaders

Trump officials were so worried Israel would assassinate key Iranian peace negotiators it took the extraordinary step of asking intermediaries to warn Iran.

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Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been indicted for allegedly vandalising the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Canoeist faces 10 years jail if guilty of vandalising pool

Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn’s attorney’s said he is the victim of an “outrageous” prosecution brought by allies of President Donald Trump.

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The 4th of July is shaping up to be a star-spangled battle

Welcome to the 4th of July (Trump’s and Taylor’s versions)

It’s the battle for Independence Day, a culmination of a decade-long cultural Cold War between two of the world’s most famous people: Taylor Swift and Donald Trump.

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The FBI says Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance continues to be probed as a kidnapping-for-ransom case.

Man who faked Nancy Guthrie ransom notes learns fate

A California man has faced court, accused of writing a fake ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case.

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David Hearn, a former Olympian, was indicted on charges relating to vandalism at Washington's Reflection Pool.

Ex-Olympian charged over ‘disgraceful vandalism’

US President Donald Trump, who earlier called it ‘disgraceful vandalism’, has yet to comment on the indictment.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are rumoured to be getting married at Madison Square Garden this Friday.

Tay’s Garden party the worst-kept secret or biggest fake-out

If anyone else was getting married at Madison Square Garden, they’d be called tacky. Not Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

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At least 145 cases of a parasite which causes ‘explosive’ diarrhoea have been recorded.

‘Explosive’ diarrhoea parasite has doctors scrambling

More than 20 people have been hospitalised after contracting the infection.

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Donald Trump has made an unintentionally risque joke about his sons Eric and Donald Jr while talking about the US Medal of Honor.

‘We’ll have a threesome’: Trump’s speech takes strange turn

The US President has made a risque comment while talking about his ‘beautiful’ sons and the United States’ highest military honour.

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A 31-year-old woman has miraculously survived after falling more than 450 metres from a mountain.

Woman’s miraculous survival after 450m vertical fall

The 31-year-old was visiting a mountain as part of a group of novice climbers when the terrifying ordeal happened.

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Harvey Weinstein has reportedly been taken to hospital in yet another health scare.

Weinstein rushed to hospital after suffering heart failure

Reports have emerged that the incarcerated movie mogul was taken to hospital after a bout of pneumonia left him struggling to breathe.

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The FBI has determined the Nancy Guthrie "ransom notes" are fakes.

FBI’s huge revelation about Nancy Guthrie case

Two ransom notes were sent days after Nancy Guthrie vanished, and a third message from someone claiming to know ‌the kidnappers' identities were sent more recently.

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A US judge has denied Meta's motion to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged social media harms to kids.

Major update on lawsuit claiming Meta aims to addict kids

Meta gets verdict on bid to dismiss lawsuit over whether social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok aim to addict kids.

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A man named Santa Claus was arrested in a child exploitation operation.

Man legally named Santa Claus charged in child sex sting

Police have revealed ‘alarming’ details after arresting a 75-year-old man. WARNING: Sensitive content

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Brittany Clark was fatally mauled by an alligator as her boyfriend, Chance Allison, tried to save her from the reptile's jaws.

Harrowing details as woman mauled on swim with boyfriend

Distressing details have emerged of a young woman’s final moments before she was fatally attacked by an alligator as her heroic boyfriend tried to save her. WARNING: Graphic details.

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Tech bosses are being forced to seek permission to release cutting edge technology to the world.

Why Trump’s AI regime opaque, unpredictable & unsustainable

THE ECONOMIST: America has — until now — been synonymous with freedom, so why are tech bosses being forced to seek permission to release cutting edge technology to the world?

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Donald Trump said US envoys were on the way to the meeting in Doha which was “perhaps important, perhaps not”.

Trump says US and Iran will meet to negotiate after strikes

President Donald Trump said the US and Iran would meet in Qatar this week, at Iran’s request.

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‘Big oil' are making profits from war.

War strikes gold for big oil’s secret trading arms

THE ECONOMIST: Meet the corporate gamblers who never waste a good energy crisis.

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Polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman has been convicted on child abuse charges in Arizona.

Sect leader convicted of child abuse after girls found in trailer

Someone alerted authorities about the trailer in 2022 after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors.

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