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Joe Biden vows to visit Hawaii ‘as soon as he can’
Reuters US President Joe Biden says he will travel to Hawaii “as soon as he can” following deadly wildfires. Speaking in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Mr Biden said he wanted to ensure that the people in the state had “everything they need”. Nearly 100 people have so far been confirmed dead in the fires. The president…
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Rudy Giuliani jailed mobsters with a charge he now faces
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington As a federal prosecutor in the 1980s, Rudy Giuliani made headlines around the world for aggressively going after New York’s organised crime families. To do so, he pioneered the use of a federal anti-racketeering act aimed at prosecuting ongoing criminal “enterprises”. Nearly 40 years later, the…
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Plane fault scuppers German foreign minister’s Sydney trip
Team Luftwaffe/X By Jenny Hill in Berlin & Jaroslav Lukiv in London BBC News German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has cancelled a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after her government plane was forced to make a second emergency landing in two days. She was left stranded in Abu Dhabi after the 23-year-old Airbus…
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Mother of six-year-old who shot Virginia school teacher pleads guilty
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington The mother of a six-year-old who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom has pleaded guilty to a charge of felony child neglect, US media report. Deja Taylor, 26, entered the guilty plea as part of a deal with prosecutors to lessen the sentencing from up to…
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Madonna announces rescheduled dates for her Celebration tour
Joshua Brandao By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Madonna has announced rescheduled tour dates for her world tour, as she marks her recovery from a bacterial infection that left her in intensive care. The Celebration tour will now kick off in London on 14 October, three months after it was originally due to begin in…
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US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk
Getty Images By George Wright BBC News Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors. The two men were found by security guards in the early hours of Monday. They paid to scale the Parisian landmark at around 22:40 (21:40 BST) on Sunday and…
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Raccoon with jar stuck on head helped by police
Two Ohio police officers were in the right place at the right time, when they came across a raccoon with a jar stuck on its head. Bodycam footage shows the Perkins County Township Police officers approaching the animal, before one of them manages to pull off the jar, freeing the animal, which ran off.
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Matildas mania sweeps Australia ahead of England semi-final
Getty Images By Tiffanie Turnbull & Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney Lizzie Wilson was never a sports fan. A month ago, the 24-year-old hadn’t ever sat through a match – of any kind – or even heard of the Matildas. Now, she lives and breathes football. “I’m one of the Matildas many new followers on…
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How Suits became TV’s most popular show
Since the Meghan Markle-starring legal drama moved to Netflix and Peacock it has surged in popularity, but there could be more behind its success, writes Louis Staples. Twelve years after its first episode premiered on US cable TV, the legal drama Suits is experiencing a huge resurgence in popularity. According to Nielsen’s streaming charts, the…
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Tearful reunions as 20 dogs rescued from flash flood
Strong storms Monday evening, flooded parts of Washington DC with waters rising up to 6ft (1.8m). A dog daycare centre was flooded when a wall collapsed under pressure from flood waters. Firefighters were able to save 20 dogs and reunite them with their owners, but some dogs did not survive.