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Netanyahu to visit White House as Gaza truce pressure mounts
1 Jul 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next week for talks with President Donald Trump, a US official says.
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What we know about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old suspect in the Idaho fire shooting
1 Jul 2025The suspect who police believe killed two firefighters after starting a brush fire in Idaho wanted to pursue a career as a firefighter himself, his grandfather told CNN.
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US Senate begins nail-biting vote on Trump spending bill
1 Jul 2025The bill, described by Elon Musk as "utterly insane", is expected to pave the way for a redistribution of wealth from the poorest 10 percent of Americans to the richest.
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How jurors will decide the outcome of mushroom triple-murder trial
Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth at a lunch at her home in south-east of Melbourne.
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Shooter dead after firefighters killed in Idaho
30 Jun 2025Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris said a shelter-in-place order has been lifted, but an active wildfire remains on the mountain.
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Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan as China watches
30 Jun 2025Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a separatist and said it will choose his successor.
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Norwegian fund bars US, German arms makers over Gaza war
30 Jun 2025Norway's biggest pension fund has dropped companies from its portfolio for selling weapons and equipment used by Israel in Gaza.
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Jury to begin deliberating Diddy's fate
30 Jun 2025Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 55, faces upwards of life in prison if convicted on five federal charges that include racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation for purposes of prostitution.
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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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