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Boy hospitalised after shark attack in Australia
30 Jun 2025It is unknown what type of shark attacked the teen.
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Fires break out in Europe as heatwave intensifies
30 Jun 2025Firefighters backed by specially adapted planes are battling blazes in France and Turkey.
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Iran could be enriching uranium within months, IAEA chief says
30 Jun 2025The head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi US strikes were a significant setback to Iran's progamme but "one cannot claim everything has disappeared'.
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Ukraine loses an F-16 pilot and his jet in one of Russia's biggest ever aerial attacks
30 Jun 2025A Ukrainian pilot was killed and his F-16 fighter jet crashed after Russia launched a huge aerial assault involving hundreds of drones and scores of missiles overnight, the Ukrainian military says.
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'Not only were we starving, but we were freezing'
29 Jun 2025Beth Rodden - one of the world's greatest free climbers - was tackling a sheer face in Kyrgyzstan, when a nightmare began.
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Trump's Big Beautiful Bill clears first political hurdle
29 Jun 2025The US President's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill has narrowly advanced past the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Trump slams Israel's prosecutors over Netanyahu corruption trial
The Israeli Prime Minister's trial began in 2020 and involves three criminal cases.
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Former Beauty and the Geek contestant accused of murder
Tamika Chesser is accused of killing her partner Julian Story, with some of his remains yet to be found.
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Streaming giants help bring Korean dramas to world - but much lost in translation
29 Jun 2025The global rise of a small subset of K-dramas is impacting the entire Korean TV landscape - and it's not all for the best.
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Thousands gather in Budapest to defy ban on Pride events
Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation barring Pride events and permitting the use of facial recognition to identify participants.
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Serbia's police clashes with anti-government protesters
Months of protests call for an early election to end the 12-year rule of President Aleksandar Vucic.
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After Operation Midnight Hammer, pilots reveal realities of marathon B-2 bomber missions
29 Jun 2025There are very few Americans who know what it's like to fly a B-2 stealth bomber and even fewer that have piloted one for more than 30 hours straight.
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Your leg or your life: Inside a perilous 24-hour wild river rescue
29 Jun 2025When Valdas Bieliauskas fell into the Franklin River, it triggered an extraordinary rescue mission that pushed everyone to the brink.
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Incendiary Irish rappers Kneecap lead anti-Keir Starmer chant at Glastonbury
Politicians and music industry bosses called on organisers to pull the group from the Glastonbury line-up.
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Trump wins as judges curbed, but may yet lose on birthright citizenship
29 Jun 2025Trump's executive order directs federal agencies to refuse to recognise the citizenship of children born in the United States who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful…
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US Senate Republicans push ahead on Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill
29 Jun 2025The bill is Trump's top legislative goal.
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Iran holds funeral for commanders, scientists killed in war with Israel
29 Jun 2025The funeral, dubbed the "procession of the Martyrs of Power", was held for a total of 60 people killed in the war, including four women and four children.
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Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill three
29 Jun 2025The attacks came a day after Israel killed a woman and wounded 25 other people in strikes across the country's south.
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A Trump political dynasty? His son Eric says maybe
28 Jun 2025Trump's children and his close family have long been involved in his business life, and have also taken major roles as he moved into politics and took the White House in 2017.
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Trump says he would consider bombing Iran again, drops plan to lift sanctions
28 Jun 2025US President Donald Trump has dropped plans to lift sanctions on Iran.
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Lewis Capaldi makes emotional return to UK's Glastonbury Festival
28 Jun 2025It comes two years after he struggled to finish "Someone You Loved" while performing at the festival, and took a break to focus on his mental health.
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California Governor sues Fox News for $1.3 billion over Trump phone call
28 Jun 2025He claims the network defamed him by lying about his phone call with Donald Trump.
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Bezos, Sanchez say 'I do' in a divided Venice
28 Jun 2025Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have tied the knot at a sumptuous ceremony.
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Stepson of heir to Norway's throne charged with rape, sexual assault
28 Jun 2025Marius Borg Høiby faces multiple charges but his lawyer said he doesn't accept wrongdoing in most of the cases.
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