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LIVE - The Masters: Rose two off McIlroy's joint clubhouse lead - listen & follow - Follow live text updates and listen to BBC 5 Live coverage from Augusta National as the 90th Masters gets under way.

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US has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African -- Trump has given priority to Afrikaners, a white minority group he says is being persecuted. South Africa has objected to his characterisation.

5 minutes ago

Melania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein and urges hearing for survivors -- She called rumours that Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump "mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation".

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Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries -- The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories". -- US & Canada

3 hours ago

Melania Trump: 'I never had a relationship with Epstein' -- Watch the first lady's full statement from the White House as she addresses her links to the late sex offender.

1 hour ago

Canada's Carney welcomes another defector to Liberals as he nears majority -- The prime minister needs only one more MP to join the Liberals to form a majority government after Marilyn Gladu of Ontario defected this week.

7 hours ago

Best-selling The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals true identity -- One of the biggest mysteries in publishing is solved, as The Housemaid writer reveals her real name.

9 hours ago

Husband arrested over disappearance of Michigan woman in Bahamas -- The lawyer of Brian Hooker, who was identified as the arrested man by US media, says he denies any wrongdoing.

11 hours ago

Hawaii doctor found guilty of trying to kill wife on hike -- His wife said he beat her with a rock and tried to stab her with a syringe after pushing her near the edge of a cliff.

8 hours ago

Amazon to end support for older Kindles, prompting user outcry -- The move means owners of Kindles released before 2013 will be unable to download new e-books.

5 hours ago

'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry overdose death -- Jasveen Sangha was found guilty of selling drugs that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry who had struggled with addiction for years.

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Canada's Mark Carney 'so proud' of astronauts in call to Artemis II -- Jeremy Hansen received a call from the prime minister as Canada's first astronaut to travel into deep space as part of the Artemis II mission.

7 hours ago

Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters -- US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

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Watch: Cold-blooded trespasser found lurking in Florida pool -- Police were called when a homeowner found a nine-foot alligator in the pool area of his Tampa residence. A specialist later removed the animal.

1 day ago

Key moments in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case -- Rex Heuermann has pled guilty in the murder of eight women killed between 1993 and 2010 on Long Island.

1 day ago

Americans react to Trump's 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' warning -- The US president issued the warning to Iran if it does not reach a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline.

1 day ago

'Cold as ice': Serial killer admits to eight murders in case that haunted Long Island for years -- Rex Heuermann's plea ends a case that police took 13 years to solve, frustrating the public and victims' family.

7 hours ago

Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost -- The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.

1 day ago

The US refinery now processing Venezuelan oil -- Chevron is now importing 250,000 barrels of crude per day from Venezuela.

1 day ago

Earthset and a solar eclipse: Nasa releases first images from Moon fly-by -- The first two images show an 'Earthrise' and the solar eclipse the astronauts viewed.

2 days ago

Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? -- The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface?

2 days ago

BBC tours Orion spacecraft model ahead of Artemis II return -- The Orion spacecraft is scheduled to bring the Artemis II crew back to Earth on 10 April.

1 hour ago

Watch: How the US Navy will help recover the Artemis II crew -- The Orion spacecraft is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego on 10 April.

5 hours ago

US plans to automatically register men for military draft eligibility -- The proposed new rule would end decades of mandatory self-registration for Selective Service in the US.

7 hours ago

Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran? -- Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.

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