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• Harry and Meghan buy home on Santa Barbara estate that was subject of 1998 novel Riven Rock

  13-08-2020 17:18
  
  The intriguing tale of a trailblazing, women’s rights activist who married the youngest son and heir to a vast family fortune may be of great interest to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Not only does the relationship between Katharine and Stanley McCormick draw the odd parallel with their own, but the royal couple’s new Santa Barbara home is built on what was once McCormick family land. The fabled 87-acre estate in Montecito, California, boasts a fascinating history - the place where
  
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• Inside the Peaky Blinders unit in Ukraine launching devastating drone attacks on Putin’s forces

  09-03-2025 11:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The unit wear flat caps in camouflage, writes Barney Davis, with their motto embroidered on the back: ‘To Find and Destroy’
  
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• Vatican reports new ‘improvement’ in Pope Francis’ condition

  09-03-2025 10:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Doctors say the 88-year-old pope has shown a ‘gradual, slight improvement’ in recent days as he recovers from double pneumonia
  
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• 300,000 homes without power after ex-Cyclone Alfred leaves destruction along Australia’s east coast

  09-03-2025 10:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Approximately 316,540 properties in Queensland are without electricity
  
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• Trump golf resort covered in red paint and prize greens dug up over his Gaza ‘ethnic cleansing’ threat: Live

  09-03-2025 09:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Turnberry, president’s Scottish golf resort in Ayrshire, was covered in red spray paint and slogans, with prized greens dug up
  
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• Thousands without power after ex-Cyclone Alfred leaves destruction along Australia’s east coast

  09-03-2025 09:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Approximately 316,540 properties in Queensland are without electricity
  
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• Ukraine LIVE: Russian strikes 'targeted rescue workers' as Putin ignores Trump

  09-03-2025 08:16 via express.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump had threatened sanctions on Russia after previous missile attacks - Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed strikes this weekend targeted rescue workers.
  
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• The world's 'oldest' skyscrapers built in beautiful ancient city 492 years ago

  09-03-2025 08:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The world's first skyscrapers can be retraced to a once thriving ancient city that had residential high-rise buildings 492 years ago.
  
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• JD Vance's mad life before politics - scary relatives, white trash friends and drugs at 12

  09-03-2025 08:00 via express.co.uk
  
  JD Vance outraged many with his role in the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office debacle. His life story is quite extraordinary
  
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• Storm Alfred latest: At least 300,000 in blackout as Australian PM warns ‘worse to come’

  09-03-2025 07:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Flood warnings are still in place as heavy rainfall continued today
  
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• SNL mocks peacemaker Trump after Elon Musk and Marco Rubio clash in cabinet meeting

  09-03-2025 07:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The billionaire is ‘doing incredible things in terms of explosions and with regard to rocket debris’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian troops launch offensive to retake Kursk as Zelensky says Kyiv committed to peace

  09-03-2025 06:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said Russia’s strikes on Ukraine were “what anybody would do” hours before Moscow killed at least 25 Ukrainians and wounded 37 more in it’s latest aerial assault
  
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• The 'world's richest horse' worth huge £18mn and 'the perfect racehorse'

  09-03-2025 06:30 via express.co.uk
  
  This incredible thoroughbred racehorse is known for a number of notable winning which has landed him in becoming richest horse in the world
  
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• The world's richest country for gold with a huge £529bn fortune - 26 times more than UK

  09-03-2025 06:12 via express.co.uk
  
  This country has almost as much gold as the top three runners-up combined.
  
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• Civil rights groups warn against Trump plan to use AI to target pro-Palestinian protesters for deportation

  09-03-2025 06:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Activists say the move criminalizes peaceful political expression
  
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• South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline

  09-03-2025 06:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states
  
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• The world's richest ever jockey worth £750mn - more than AP McCoy and Ruby Walsh combined

  09-03-2025 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The jockey is seen as a 'god' in his home country thanks to his 2,710 wins.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Kyiv ‘fully committed’ to peace talks as 25 killed in missile strikes

  09-03-2025 05:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says Russia’s strikes on Ukraine were ‘what anybody would do’ hours before Moscow kills at least 25 people and wounds 37 more in it’s latest aerial assault
  
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• Muslim nations reject calls by Trump to empty Gaza Strip of Palestinian population

  09-03-2025 05:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Foreign ministers from Muslim nations support plan to rebuild Gaza put forward by Egypt and backed by Arab states
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Kyiv ‘fully committed’ to peace talks as 25 killed in missile strike

  09-03-2025 05:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said Russia’s strikes on Ukraine were “what anybody would do” hours before Moscow killed at least 25 Ukrainians and wounded 37 more in it’s latest aerial assault
  
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• The world's richest leader 'worth £162bn' - more than Donald Trump and Xi Jinping combined

  09-03-2025 05:14 via express.co.uk
  
  Donald J Trump is to date the richest man to ever become President of the United States. However, he isn't the richest leader in the world.
  
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• Africa's largest island is a hidden paradise and has more people than Australia

  09-03-2025 05:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The island is known for its incredible biodiversity, with more than 90% of its wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
  
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• Egypt's richest man worth huge £7bn - the fourth biggest fortune in Africa

  09-03-2025 04:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Nassef Sawiris is the richest man in Egypt, the fourth richest person in Africa, and the co-owner of Aston Villa FC.
  
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• Africa's mega-city that's set to become the world's largest with 100mn people

  09-03-2025 04:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Currently home to an estimated 20 million residents, it is already the biggest city in Africa by population.
  
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• Justice Department is now investigating soaring egg prices

  09-03-2025 03:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal investigators want to know if producers conspired to raise prices
  
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• Pro-Ukraine protesters dispute JD Vance’s account of confrontation he claims left his daughter, 3, ‘anxious and scared’

  09-03-2025 02:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators who questioned the vice president say he fabricated his account of the latest confrontation following a widely condemned Oval Office meeting with Zelensky
  
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• UFC boss and Trump ally Dana White filmed hugging accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate

  09-03-2025 00:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  self-described misogynist
  
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• New York brush fires prompt state of emergency as crews battle flames near Hamptons

  09-03-2025 00:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Several government agencies are responding to the scene
  
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• New York brush fires prompt road closure as crews battle flames near Hamptons

  08-03-2025 23:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Several government agencies are responding to the scene
  
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• Homeland Security performing lie detector tests on staff over immigration raid ‘leaks’

  08-03-2025 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kristi Noem and Tom Homan blame low arrest numbers on ‘leakers’ who allegedly shared information about immigration actions
  
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