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Plane crash in South Sudan kills all 14 on board

The authorities are investigating but early reports suggest bad weather and poor...

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Claire's closes all 154 stores in UK and Ireland with loss of 1,300 jobs

All of the chain's standalone stores have stopped trading in the UK and Ireland....

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Claire's closes all 154 stores in UK and Ireland with loss of 1,300 jobs

All of the chain's standalone stores have stopped trading in the UK and Ireland....

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Pakistan accused of attacking Afghan university

Air attacks on the province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injur...

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Gunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap children

The attack saw 23 children and the facility's proprietress kidnapped by gunmen o...

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Which airlines are cancelling flights to the UK - and what can you do?

Airlines are putting up prices and cancelling flights in response to higher jet ...

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Which airlines are cancelling flights to the UK - and what can you do?

Airlines are putting up prices and cancelling flights in response to higher jet ...

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Russian fighters confirm withdrawal from northern Mali city after separatist attacks

Ethnic Tuareg fighters say they are in control of Kidal following a weekend of n...

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Why Elon Musk and Sam Altman are fighting over OpenAI

Musk, who co-founded the company that created ChatGPT with Altman, wants more th...

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Oil prices rise as US-Iran peace talks stall

President Trump said the US had cancelled plans to send a team to Pakistan for n...

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'There's so much I want to give my daughter - poverty means I can't'

Around a third of Welsh children live in poverty, the highest among the four UK ...

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China blocks Meta's $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus

It comes after months of scrutiny by Chinese regulators over deal struck with Fa...

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Sri Lankan monks arrested after 110kg of cannabis discovered in their luggage

Officials say each monk was found with around 5kg of Kush - a particularly poten...

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Performer describes locking eyes with Trump as they ducked for cover during shooting

Oz Pearlman - a self-described "mentalist" - was speaking to Trump, First Lady M...

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What we're learning about suspected Washington press dinner gunman

The man arrested at the event attended by President Trump is due in court on Mon...

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How Kenya's Sabastian Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier at the London Marathon

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe on becoming the first person to break the two-hour barrie...

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Colombia offers record $1.4m-reward for rebel it blames for deadly bomb attack

Officials say a rebel leader known as "Marlon" ordered the attack in which 20 pe...

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Archbishop praises Pope's anti-war comments during Vatican visit

Dame Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church of England, had a priva...

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Ukraine's drone commander has Russian oil, troops and morale in his sights

In a rare interview, Commander Robert Brovdi shared how his unit accounts for a ...

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Michael Jackson biopic smashes box office record

The film received poor reviews but has stormed the box office, taking $217m (£1...

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