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Watch: Moment a sinkhole in Omaha traps cars and drivers

Watch: Jesse Jackson's life in civil rights, diplomacy, and politics The civil rights leader, who ran for president twice in the 1980s, leaves a lasting legacy. US & Canada Watch: Moment crew docks at International Space Station The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop …

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Faisal Islam: Is Reeves right in saying the UK economy's turning a corner?

On the day households found out their energy bills would fall in April, the Chancellor chose to go to the headquarters of the company that has quietly become the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier, Octopus. Rachel Reeves was shown the screens displaying the real-time management of energy demand for electric …

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The Papers: 'Met exposed Hoyle' and 'Iran tempts Trump'

'Met exposed Hoyle' and 'Iran tempts Trump' BBC News observes strict reporting restrictions on polling day when elections are held in the UK. We have omitted or cropped some of Thursday's front pages in connection with the Gorton and Denton by-election. The Daily Mail focuses on Scotland Yard's "extraordinary apology" …

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Yungblud festival goes international, but not everyone's convinced

Yungblud festival goes international, but not everyone's convinced 12 hours ago Peter GillibrandBBC Newsbeat Rock singer Yungblud is taking his music festival BludFest abroad, but the move has split fans. The third edition of the event is going to take place in the Czech Republic in June, after being held …

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US and Iran to hold talks as pressure for nuclear deal builds

US and Iran to hold talks as pressure for nuclear deal builds 6 hours ago Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem US and Iranian officials are due to meet in Geneva on Thursday for a third round of indirect talks, as President Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran if a nuclear …

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Met apologises to Commons Speaker for sharing Mandelson tip-off

The Metropolitan Police has apologised to the Commons Speaker for "inadvertently revealing" he was the source of information relating to Lord Mandelson's arrest on Monday. It comes after Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed he had passed on information to the force suggesting the peer could be a flight risk. Lord Mandelson's …

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Orbán accuses Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies to Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he has stationed soldiers at key energy facilities across the country after he blamed Ukraine for disrupting energy supplies. Orbán has accused Kyiv of imposing an "oil blockade" on Hungary by deliberately delaying the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline, the main route for delivering …

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Media tycoon and UK citizen Jimmy Lai wins appeal against lesser conviction in Hong Kong

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon, has won an appeal against a fraud conviction in 2022, which had seen him sentenced to nearly six years in jail. On Thursday, Hong Kong's Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Lai and another defendant who had been accused of illegally subletting …

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Cuba says it shot dead four people on US-registered speedboat

Cuba says it shot dead four people on US-registered speedboat 3 hours ago Bernd Debusmann Jr ,White House reporter and Max Matza Four people shot dead by Cuban border guards in a US-registered speedboat were Cuban nationals living in the United States, Cuba's government said. In a statement posted online, …

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Shot in school uniform: BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings

Shot in school uniform: BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings 6 hours ago Subina Shrestha ,BBC Eye Investigationsand Deepak Kharel ,BBC Eye Investigations An order allowing the use of lethal fire against thousands of young, unarmed protesters in Nepal was issued by the country's former police …

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