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Suspect arrested in pipe bomb incident on eve of 2021 Capitol riot - The bombs were placed the night before the 6 January riots, and were discovered as rioters began to storm the Capitol. Just now - US & Canada

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Just now -- US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn voting maps in midterms -- The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections. -- Just now

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Admiral testified Hegseth did not give 'kill them all' order, US lawmakers say -- Admiral Frank Bradley, who gave the order for a second strike on a drug boat, was on Capitol Hill briefing lawmakers about the September incident.

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Hegseth could have endangered troop safety with Signal chat - Pentagon watchdog -- In sharing details about an attack in a group chat on the unsecured app, the defence secretary put troops at risk, inspector general finds.

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They contracted hepatitis before the vaccine was given at birth - now the shot may be delayed again -- US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has questioned the safety of the vaccine and downplayed the risk of contracting the virus.

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Leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal alongside Donald Trump - DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's Paul Kagame have signed an accord aimed at ending a decades-long conflict in the region.

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Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says -- US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet senior Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday.

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Was Harry referencing Trump in joke for Late Show sketch? -- Prince Harry appeared in a sketch with Stephen Colbert, auditioning for a "Christmas prince" film role.

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Watch: Quebec debates stricter rules on religion in public spaces -- From a frigid Montreal, Quebecois talk to the BBC about a new bill aimed at reinforcing state secularism.

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Trump and Infantino - too close for comfort? -- Friday's World Cup draw in Washington will be the latest sign of an ever-closer relationship for the US president and the Fifa boss.

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US Institute of Peace renamed after Trump -- Control of the organisation, which was founded as an independent think tank, is the subject of a legal battle.

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Previously unseen images of Epstein's island released -- The new images come as a deadline for the broader release of documents held by the US government looms.

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California doctor sentenced to 30 months in Matthew Perry overdose case -- Dr Salvador Plasencia is the first of five people to be sentenced in the Friends star's overdose death.

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What is an autopen? The machine behind Trump's mockery of Biden -- What is an autopen, and why does Trump use it as one of his favorite topics to mock Biden?

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Watch: Newly released video shows Jeffrey Epstein's private island home -- Democrats released a new tranche of materials obtained through a subpoena to the US Virgin Islands, where the residence is located.

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Watch: What Tennessee's special election means for the Republican party -- Republican Matt Van Epps won, but his margin of victory was less than half of what it was just over a year ago for President Trump in the same district.

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Watch: Driver hoisted to safety from truck dangling over West Virginia bridge -- A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an icy bridge road in the US

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Watch: Moment snowboarder is rescued from stuck chairlift -- Thirteen other people were also safely lowered to the ground after a power outage hit the Sunburst Ski Area in the US state of Wisconsin.

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'Not becoming of a president': Somali-Americans respond to Trump's 'garbage' remarks -- Somali-Americans tell of their heightened fear after the US president intensified his criticism of the community.

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How the White House account of September boat strike has evolved -- Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has distanced himself from a follow-up attack on a suspected drug vessel.

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What was Honduras ex-president convicted of and why has Trump pardoned him? -- Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with cocaine, walked free after the pardon.

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Tracking build-up of US military planes and warships near Venezuela -- The US has justified its air and naval campaign as necessary to fight drug smuggling into the US.

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How were Afghan evacuees vetted under Biden? -- BBC Verify looks into claims that the Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington DC entered the US unvetted.

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Alert sent for Nevada earthquake that did not happen -- An erroneous alert warning of a major Nevada earthquake reached as far as California before being withdrawn.

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Weekly quiz: Where did shopkeepers find a drunk raccoon? -- How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

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