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US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power

USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioningA US guided-missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and without power in the South China Sea in July, furthering concerns about strain being placed on deployed militar...

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Cambridge chancellor criticises 'racist feeding frenzy' around Jason Arday

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, was found dead last week.

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Boy, seven, among four injured after crash that killed five teenagers

A car in which the five teenagers were travelling in was going the wrong way down a motorway in County Kildare.

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Australia's Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is appealing - here's what you need to know

The Australian, who notoriously poisoned her family members, is trying to overturn her conviction.

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People with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average

Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidablePeople living with severe intellectual disabilities are dying 24 years younger on average than the wider population, a study has found, with 40% of such deaths being avoidable.The study also fo...

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Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after negative response

Government concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sitesMinisters have dropped plans to relax affordable housing rules for developers in England after a backlash from housing experts who warned it could drastically cut the number of cheaper home...

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Trump’s move to gut South Korea alliance is ‘inane, haphazard decision’, lawmakers say

US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat saysUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s move to gut Washington’s 73-year-old military alliance with Seoul has been called “inane” and “shortsighted” as lawmaker...

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Does Reform's plan to cut £50bn in welfare spending add up?

BBC Verify breaks down what the party says it wants to do to cut the benefits bill - and how realistic it is.

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'Britain's most bashed' bridge hit twice in two days

A road in Hinckley is shut due to the "road traffic collision" with a bridge, police say.

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Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter

The couple's third child was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.

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Amanda Abbington awarded five-figure sum by BBC over bullying allegations on Strictly

BBC apologises to actor after review upholds ‘some’ of her allegations against dance partner Giovanni PerniceThe actor Amanda Abbington has reached a five-figure settlement with the BBC over bullying allegations she made about her time on Strictly Come Dancing.The programme was the subject of a revi...

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Tupac Shakur murder: trial of ex-gang leader accused of ordering killing begins

Prosecutors allege Duane Davis was ‘on-site commander’ in murder of Shakur who died after drive-by shooting in 1996Opening statements in the trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap star Tupac Shakur began in a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday morning.Duane “Keffe...

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Stag put down after attacking man in Richmond Park

Royal Parks said a male deer approached a picnic group looking for food before attacking the man.

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Netanyahu and Kushner talks make no breakthrough on stalled Gaza deal

Israeli PM again insists troops will not withdraw from strip until Hamas first disarms, but calls meeting constructiveBenjamin Netanyahu has told Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner there can be no progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire deal or an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal st...

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Labour MP under investigation by party over Covid loans to his businesses

Southend East & Rochford’s Bayo Alaba has been suspended while inquiry looks at bounceback loansA Labour MP has been suspended after being questioned about government Covid loans taken out by his businesses.Bayo Alaba, the MP for Southend East & Rochford, has referred himself to the Labour p...

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Jon Ossoff calls Trump’s handling of Iran war ‘uniquely despicable’ in excoriating speech

Georgia Democratic senator has stoked speculation for 2028 presidency bid by delivering stinging attacks on TrumpDemocratic senator Jon Ossoff has attacked Donald Trump’s “uniquely despicable” handling of the US-Israel war on Iran, accusing the US president of “re-rigging” a corrupt system for himse...

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Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years

Lev Schlosberg is found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's army - a verdict he condemns as punishment for his political position.

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Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter

The couple's third child was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.

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Labour MP suspended as party launches investigation into Covid loans

Alaba has said he took out two taxpayer-funded loans during the pandemic but insisted he had not tried to avoid paying the money back.

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Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is seeking to gain Israeli backing for the US-backed Gaza peace plan.

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European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide droughtSuccessive intense heatwaves and an increasingly severe, continent-wide drought have left many of Europe’s farmers in an “unprecedented” crisis, with vegetable and grain growers in par...

Jon Henley in Paris, Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Stephen Burgen in Barcelona 1 week ago

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Youthful Pocognoli the brave choice for Scotland job

The Scottish FA are all-in on Sebastien Pocognoli, 39, showing bravery and ambition - what everybody wanted, writes Tom English.

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Trump Threatens To Bomb "The S*** Out Of" Oman

Trump threatens US allies South Korea and Oman.

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Can Trump’s peace plan for Gaza be saved? – The Latest

Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is on a diplomatic mission in the Middle East to meet Hamas officials and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an attempt to salvage a ceasefire in Gaza.The talks come after Netanyahu rejected the US-backed 15-point peace plan for the territory i...

Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Devika Bhat; produced by Bryony Moore and Annie La Vespa; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin 1 week ago

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