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Judge halts above-ground construction of Trump's White House ballroom

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Ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon comes into effect -- The agreement is welcomed by Lebanon's president, while Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says it presents a "historic" opportunity for peace.

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LIVE - Spacecraft's splashdown was like diving off a skyscraper backwards, Artemis astronaut says - The Artemis II astronauts talk about their experiences after the 10-day mission around the Moon.

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Lawmakers clash with RFK Jr as he shifts focus away from vaccines

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Ex-Virginia deputy governor kills wife and himself in murder-suicide, police say

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US lawmakers reject measure to block Trump from striking Iran

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School shootings a new trauma for Turkey as nation mourns

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Fifa blamed for $100 World Cup trains from New York

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Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning -- Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

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Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero -- The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny

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Covid jabs huge success, but work needed on trust in vaccines - key findings from UK report -- Immunisation saved hundreds of thousands of UK lives, but vaccine hesitancy remains an issue.

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Breakthrough £90,000 Alzheimer's drugs unlikely to benefit patients, report suggests -- A major review has provoked a backlash after concluding the medicines provide too little benefit to be noticed.

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Huge hidden cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find -- Archaeologists have so far uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals at the cave.

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Howl recordings and an AI image: Inside South Korea's long hunt for an escaped wolf -- Hundreds have been deployed to find Neukgu, a young wolf that has eluded capture for a week and counting.

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Is Trump meeting the moment for US conservatives?

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Lyse Doucet in Iran: Destruction shows huge civilian cost of the war

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How could the Iran war affect fizzy drinks in the UK?

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Trump plans new arch twice as tall as Lincoln Memorial - this is where it would go

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Watch: Rising prices threaten Minnesota's meat raffles

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UK prepares for food shortages in worst case scenario as Iran war continues -- The UK could face some food shortages by the summer under a worst case scenario drawn up by government officials.

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Rescuers to use air cushions in latest effort to save stranded whale -- "Timmy" has been stranded in the Baltic Sea for weeks despite several attempts to free the ailing animal.

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Ex-keeper Manninger dies after car hit by train -- Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger dies at the age of 48 after his car is struck by a train.

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Shakespeare's 'missing' home mapped with discovery -- A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.

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Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world' -- Alongside her husband, the Duchess of Sussex was speaking to young people in Melbourne about the harms of social media.

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Trump picks Erica Schwartz as next head of CDC

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Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars after Trump spat

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Europe has 'maybe six weeks of jet fuel left', energy boss warns

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Beckhams have 'always tried to be best parents', Victoria says after Brooklyn row

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Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed

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Andrew invited to relinquish Freedom of City

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Villa & Forest to meet in Europa League semi-finals, Palace through in Conference League -- Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest reach the Europa League semi-finals, as Crystal Palace progress in the Conference League.

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Italy made me a manager when England 'discouraged' me - Cole -- Ashley Cole won 107 caps for England, seventh on the all‑time list, but says he was "discouraged" by those in the football pyramid from becoming a head coach.

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Doncic & Cunningham eligible for NBA awards after appeal -- Los Angeles Lakers' Luka Doncic and Detroit Pistons' Cade Cunningham are eligible to win NBA end-of-season awards after successful appeals.

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Is this the beginning of the end for LIV Golf? -- With speculation continuing over LIV Golf's future, BBC Sport analyses whether the breakaway tour will continue. -- Golf

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Barca say refereeing 'errors' cost them semi-final spot -- Barcelona say refereeing "errors" cost them a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and have caused "significant sporting and financial harm to the club". -- European Football

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Kildunne shifts to wing and Burton to play at lock as England ring changes -- Ellie Kildunne is named on the wing, rather than in her regular full-back role, as part of a much-changed England line-up to face Scotland in the Women's Six Nations on Saturday. -- England

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