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Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, died after tripping and falling between boulders on the beach at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Horror as young mum trapped in rocks drowns at beach

Rescuers were forced to watch helplessly as a mother drowned after becoming trapped in rocks. 

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 It’s not good enough that Anthony Albanese repeatedly refused to comment on Donald Trump’s shock Gaza plan, writes Nicola Smith.

Albo must rise to occasion after Trump lays down gauntlet

NICOLA SMITH: It’s not good enough that Anthony Albanese repeatedly refused to comment on Donald Trump’s shock Gaza plan. We don’t have the luxury of sitting in isolation on this one.

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New evidence could lead to a retrial in the Lucy Letby case.

Lucy Letby: Guilty or a shocking miscarriage of justice?

How 18 months of twists and turns — and new evidence — could now lead to a retrial for the alleged baby-killer nurse Lucy Letby.

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Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life sentences after being found guilty of murdering seven infants in a UK hospital.

Medical panel delivers bombshell on serial baby killer Letby

The former nurse’s barrister warned that if the international panel of experts was correct, a 35-year-old woman was sitting in prison for the rest of her life ‘for a crime that just never happened’.

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The Aga Khan evolved into a business magnate, moving between the spiritual and the worldly. (AP PHOTO)

The Aga Khan, leader of Ismaili Muslims, dies at age 88

The Aga Khan IV, leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, who fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy has died aged 88.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald J. Trump talk with reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump says US will make Gaza ‘Riviera of Middle East’

The US President’s audacious proposal followed his suggestion that Palestinians displaced from the enclave should be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory.

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Australian citizen Oscar Jenkins was captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine. (HANDOUT/'SLADKOV+' TELEGRAM ACCOUNT)

Ukraine promises to negotiate swap for captured Aussie fighter

The leaders of Australia and Ukraine have discussed military aid and captured Australian Oscar Jenkins in a call ahead of the anniversary of Russia's invasion.

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Sam Kerr is facing a racially aggravated public order charge at Kingston Crown Court in London. (AP PHOTO)

Cop felt ‘humiliated’ after Kerr called him ‘f***king stupid and white’

A jury has heard a remorseful Sam Kerr admit she was drunk, angry and scared and should have ‘just walked away and gone home’ and avoided a row with London police officers that ended with her arrest.

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Emergency personnel gather after a shooting at Risbergska School in Orebro, Sweden.

At least 10 killed in Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting

Police are continuing to look for victims after a gunman opened fire at an adult education centre.

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The University of California is being sued after increasing diversity among the student population.

University of California sued for increasing diversity

Over the past few months, University of California officials have boasted that they have admitted the most racially diverse class ever to their sprawling system. Now they’re facing a lawsuit.

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Freddie Farrow, five, was in the lingerie department of Fenwick with his mother when he touched the 8ft 6in tall mirror weighing 11st (69.85kg) before it toppled from the wall.

Boy, 5, dies after mirror falls on him in department store

A boy suffered terrible and fatal head injuries when a mirror fell on him at a high-end department store in a ‘preventable’ incident, an inquest heard yesterday. 

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr met with Samoan PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi during his 2019 visit.

‘Total fabrication’: RFK Jr accused of misleading Senate on outbreak

Samoa's top health official has taken aim at Robert F. Kennedy Jr over claims he made regarding measles deaths in the Pacific nation.

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Hari Mann was wearing a high-vis jacket and carrying a fake automatic weapon.

Man dressed as cop fired blanks at real police in standoff

Police had been called to a pub car park following reports of a man pointing a firearm at a member of the public last June.

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A large portion of the damaged plane fuselage is lifted from the Potomac River.

Eerie sight as crashed plane parts retrieved from river

Six days after a passenger plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in a fiery crash that left no survivors, wreckage is still being retrieved from the Potomac River.

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The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement.

Baby shark born in aquarium tank of only females

The sharks had not had any contact with a male for more than three years.

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