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April 27, 2025
ICE and Florida cops arrest nearly 800 undocumented immigrants
ICE partners with more than 200 local law enforcement agencies in Florida, and more are coming across the country
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April 27, 2025
Ukraine news live: Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘propaganda tricks’ over Kursk claim
‘Our units continue to hold their positions,’ says Ukraine
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April 27, 2025
Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check
Active-duty guardsman’s wife arrested by immigration authorities inside residential section of Florida naval station
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April 27, 2025
Trump promised ‘full transparency’ over Epstein files. Are more documents coming?
Epstein was accused of orchestrating a massive child sex trafficking ring
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April 26, 2025
Trump’s Justice Department won’t protect journalists over leak investigations
Civil rights groups blast new Justice Department memo rescinding press protections
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April 26, 2025
Inside Trump’s 14-hour whirlwind trip to the pope’s funeral
The president met with his Ukrainian counterpart and parted ways with the First Lady after a 14-trip to Rome
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April 26, 2025
Three injured in Leeds after man ‘seen with weapons’
Police declared an ongoing serious incident after a man was seen with weapons in Leeds
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April 26, 2025
Virginia Giuffre’s sister speaks out after death: ‘The world lost a fierce warrior’
Giuffre was one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse
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April 26, 2025
Trump admin brainstorms aggressive tactics to clear homeless camps, report claims
Justice Department asks employees for ideas on how to ‘more efficiently shift chronic vagrants away from the public square and into a more c...
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April 26, 2025
Key seats to watch in the local elections and why they matter
Will a string of controversial policies be Labour’s downfall at the ballot box? And will Reform surge ahead leaving the Tories in their wake...
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April 26, 2025
Police release new videos in Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s deaths
In fresh footage, pest control worker tells authorities Hackman was using a cane and was ‘looking frail’
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April 26, 2025
Why these are the most important local elections since Boris Johnson won London
Polls have put Reform UK ahead for months now but these local elections will be the first test of whether the traditional two-party Labour-T...
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April 26, 2025
Julian Assange makes rare public appearance at Pope Francis’ funeral
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had received support from Pope Francis while he was in HMP Belmarsh
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April 26, 2025
Pope Francis’s Funeral in pictures: 400,000 people pay their respects
Pope Francis’s funeral brought together leaders from across the globe with potentially historic consequences as presidents Donald Trump and...
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April 26, 2025
Mourners fill St Peter’s Square as politics hangs over farewell to Pope Francis
Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of Rome to send the Pope to his final resting place
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April 26, 2025
Labour crisis as the city of John Prescott turns its back on Starmer
Canvas returns seen by The Independent suggest that Labour could be a distant third to Reform and the Lib Dems in their former heartland of...
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April 26, 2025
2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
Trump administration officials say child’s mother had said she wanted to bring girl with her to Honduras
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April 26, 2025
Katy Perry mocked for dance moves on Lifetimes tour: ‘Shockingly bad’
The ‘Dark Horse’ singer kicked off her tour in Mexico City
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April 26, 2025
Pope Francis would have been ‘filled with hope’ by Trump-Zelensky meeting
U.S. ambassador to Holy See says Pope would hope meeting would be good for Ukraine and world
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April 26, 2025
Netflix viewers make same point about Tom Hardy thriller: ‘Will never not be funny’
Hardy plays a detective from an unnamed US city in the film
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April 26, 2025
Driver ‘faces off’ with Just Stop Oil on ‘last day of action’
Just Stop Oil announced the group would stop direct action after it had won its demand to end new oil and gas.
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April 26, 2025
Trump administration blocked plan to retrieve Abrega Garcia from El Salvador: Report
Only a few days after government attorneys had discussed how to keep Abrego Garcia safe until he could be returned, the White House press se...
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April 26, 2025
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April 26, 2025
At least 516 injured following massive explosion and fire at Iranian port
Thick black smoke can be seen in the area with emergency services at the scene
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April 26, 2025
Karoline Leavitt claims ‘Trump 2028’ hats are ‘flying off shelves’
Karoline Leavitt has claimed “Trump 2028” hats, which refer to an unconstitutional third term for Donald Trump, are “flying off shelves” sin...
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April 26, 2025
Why Pope Francis hasn’t been buried at the Vatican - breaking century-old tradition
His burial site reflects his humble approach to the grand office
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April 26, 2025
Why three tiny knitted hearts are priceless in helping mother’s grief
Lisa Coleman will always treasure the memory of her ‘little brave soldier’ son’s short life
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April 26, 2025
Trump doubts Putin’s willingness to end Ukraine war, threatening further sanctions
President says Russian leader ‘just tapping me along and has to be dealt with differently’
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April 26, 2025
Majority of Americans rate Trump as ‘terrible’ or ‘poor’ president, poll finds
Survey respondents call presidency ‘longest 100 days I’ve ever had to sit through’ and ‘just a lot more ridiculous’ than anticipated, though...
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April 26, 2025
Bowen Yang calls JD Vance ‘a pope killer’ sending The View hosts into hysterics
The U.S. Vice President met Pope Francis on Easter Sunday just hours before his death
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April 26, 2025
How did Trump get front-row seat at Pope funeral - and why was William on sidelines?
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April 26, 2025
George Lucas reveals why Yoda talks backwards in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
‘I had to figure out a way to get people to actually listen,’ explained the Star Wars creator. ‘Especially 12-year-olds.’
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April 26, 2025
Pope Francis funeral live: Trump and Zelensky meet in Vatican
The late pontiff’s coffin has been transported from St Peter’s Square to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where it will now be laid to rest
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April 26, 2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE went from cost-saving to immigrant hunting
In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Developm...
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April 26, 2025
Trump accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after ‘breaking dress code’
US president leaves straight after service and before procession through Rome to pontiff’s burial place
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April 26, 2025
Philip Lowrie, original Coronation Street star, dies aged 88
Actor played original bad boy Dennis Tanner in the ITV soap when it first launched in 1960
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April 26, 2025
Ryan Reynolds in ‘awe’ of Blake Lively as she ‘alludes to Justin Baldoni legal fight’
‘I have so much to say about the last two years of my life,’ said Lively in a recent public address
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April 26, 2025
Lana Del Rey sings ‘I kissed Morgan Wallen’ during festival performance
US artist reportedly sparked a wild reaction from her audience as she performed the song for the first time
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April 26, 2025
Who was Virginia Giuffre? Epstein survivor aided fight against sex trafficker
Giuffre was a ‘fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking,’ her family said following her suicide
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April 26, 2025
Health warning for Australians and their pets after rare virus kills 28
Bacterial infection that thrives in wet soil and stagnant water has hit particularly hard in regions affected by flooding earlier this year
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April 26, 2025
Pope Francis funeral: Watch key moments from historic service
Presidents, prime ministers and royalty were among those bidding a final farewell to Pope Francis at his funeral in St Peter’s Square on Sat...
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April 26, 2025
Noel and Liam Gallagher ‘perform for the first time in 16 years’ during secret set
Secret performance was apparently filmed for a promotional film, which is set to be released ahead of the band’s massive reunion tour
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April 26, 2025
Pope wanted to ‘build bridges, not walls’, cardinal says in apparent swipe at Trump
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re reminds millions that pope accused US president of not being Christian
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April 26, 2025
Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of trans ruling
Supreme Court’s verdict came after a number of legal challenges supported by the Harry Potter author
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April 26, 2025
Prince William joins world leaders to pay respects to Pope Francis at his funeral
Prince William and Sir Keir Starmer joined world leaders to pay their respects to Pope Francis at the late Pontiff’s funeral. The Prince of...
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April 26, 2025
How Ryan Coogler’s historic Sinners deal with Warner Bros could change his life
The’ Black Panther’ director will own the film after 25 years
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April 26, 2025
The sad unravelling of Virginia Giuffre
As it is announced that the woman who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse has died at the age of 41, Angela Mollard l...
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April 26, 2025
Pope Francis to be buried with heartwarming note in final tribute to late Pontiff
Deed honouring Francis’s life recalls ‘a simple and much-beloved pastor’ who loved the poor
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April 26, 2025
Kneecap call out ‘coordinated smear campaign’ after denouncing Israel at Coachella
Band said criticism of their stance on Israel and Palestine is ‘based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods’
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April 26, 2025