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• North Korea benefiting from troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, US says

  09-01-2025 06:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pyongyang’s military ties with Russia ‘rendering it more capable of waging war against its neighbours’
  
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• Swiss national accused of spying takes own life in prison, Iran judge says

  09-01-2025 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Swiss Foreign Affairs Department confirmed the death
  
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• Here is why California can’t use ocean water to help fight the wildfires

  09-01-2025 20:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Salt water can wreck a fire, but it can also wreck equipment and vegetation as well
  
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• Trump’s conversation with Obama draws speculation at Jimmy Carter’s funeral: Live updates

  09-01-2025 20:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incoming commander-in-chief lashes out at long-standing Democratic foe over natural disaster engulfing Hollywood as his expansionist ambitions met with mockery
  
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• Wildfires continue to destroy Los Angeles. Its now up to hundreds of prison inmates to help slow the spread

  09-01-2025 20:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inmate firefighters make around $27 for a 24-hour shift
  
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• Drone footage shows desolate landscape of wildfire devastation in Los Angeles

  09-01-2025 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone footage has revealed the extent of the horrific devastation Los Angeles has suffered this week due to wildfires burning in California.
  
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• Israel rallies global support to win release of a woman believed kidnapped in Iraq

  09-01-2025 20:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  A senior Israeli official says the government is working with allies in a renewed push to win the freedom of an Israeli-Russian researcher who is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago
  
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• Why was LA Mayor Karen Bass in Ghana as devastating wildfires broke out?

  09-01-2025 19:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles mayor set off for African nation on Saturday despite reports of possible fire weather the day prior
  
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• New norovirus strain is stoking the stomach flu surge

  09-01-2025 19:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  This winter’s dominant norovirus strain is a newer variant called the G11.17 [P17]
  
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• Handshakes, chit chats and steely looks: All the awkward interactions between presidents at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

  09-01-2025 19:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, not known for being best buddies, engaged in some friendly chit-chat and shared a few laughs
  
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• Woman who lost hand fighting off a shark is raising money for a new prosthetic - after insurance refused to pay

  09-01-2025 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Without this hand, Elisabeth faces a future marked by limited skills, stunted mobility, and a diminished quality of life’
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: 39th president’s remains head to Georgia for burial next to wife Rosalynn

  09-01-2025 19:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Biden honored Carter’s ‘character’ during his eulogy as Trump, Obama and other former presidents attended the service at the Washington National Cathedral
  
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• ‘Actively dangerous’: 15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary

  09-01-2025 19:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
  
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• Trump will finish the Ayatollahs in Iran, says Mike Pompeo

  09-01-2025 19:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Trump’s former secretary of state and foreign policy chief told an Iranian pro-democracy conference in Paris that the change of administration in Washington will mark an end to the current regime in Tehran
  
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• From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history

  09-01-2025 19:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
  
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• Founder of website used by Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband charged

  09-01-2025 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  French prosecutors have connected Coco.fr to more than 23,000 criminal cases, includin ‘paedophilia, pimping, prostitution, rape, sale of narcotics, ambushes, and even homicides’
  
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• Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers pay tribute to LA amid fire crisis

  09-01-2025 19:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers all took a moment at the beginning of their shows on Wednesday night to share a serious message
  
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• LA officials condemn looters ‘preying’ on residents as wildfires devastate California

  09-01-2025 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles officials condemned looters targeting vulnerable communities affected by the devastating wildfires raging in California.
  
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• Newsmax host hysterically rages that California wildfires are ‘death by DEI’

  09-01-2025 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The right-wing media ecosystem has become inundated with talking points that diversity hiring initiatives are to blame for the devastating fire engulfing the Los Angeles region
  
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• Drunk firefighter causes chaos in first class — forcing pilot to make emergency landing, police say

  09-01-2025 18:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Robert Solesky admitted to ‘aggressively’ grabbing a flight attendant by the lapels, but insisted that “it was a kind gesture to say, ‘Thanks, man,’” according to court filings reported first by The Independent
  
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• Biden hails Jimmy Carter’s ‘strength of character’ in eulogy for 39th president

  09-01-2025 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Throughout his life, he showed us what it means to be a practitioner of good works and a good and faithful servant of God and of the people,’ Biden said Thursday at a service attended by all living presidents
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Garth Brooks performs 39th president’s favorite song as Trump, Obama share a laugh ahead of service

  09-01-2025 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shortly after President Biden honored Carter’s ‘character’ during a eulogy, the ceremony came to a close, meaning Carter’s remains will head to Georgia, where he’ll buried next to Rosalynn
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go

  09-01-2025 18:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Facebook and Instagram boss has shown just how deep he’s willing to stoop for the benefit of his commercial empire — and just how little his last eight years of promises really meant, writes Io Dodds
  
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• Donald Trump and Barack Obama share laugh as presidents unite for Jimmy Carter’s funeral

  09-01-2025 18:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Barack Obama and Donald Trump shared a laugh at Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, 9 January.
  
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• Los Angeles wildfires live: City braces for more destruction as blazes continue to burn in neighborhoods

  09-01-2025 18:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Death toll continues to climb as more than 7,500 firefighting personnel are deployed across California, with three of the most ferocious fires at zero percent containment
  
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• Biden hails Carter’s ‘strength of character’ in eulogy for 39th president

  09-01-2025 18:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  46th president eulogizes 39th at a state funeral attended by all living American presidents
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Trump, Obama and other presidents gather for service as Biden delivers eulogy

  09-01-2025 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are also in attendance and Joe Biden is set to deliver a eulogy to honor the 39th president
  
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• Why Michelle Obama skipped Jimmy Carter’s funeral

  09-01-2025 17:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michelle Obama was the only living first lady absent from the funeral
  
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• Melania Trump joins Donald on Hill as he tells GOP lawmakers plans to make Canada ‘51st state’

  09-01-2025 17:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former and future first couple arrived in the nation’s capital on Wednesday ahead of Jimmy Carter’s funeral
  
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• Family of missing father in ‘living nightmare’ as body found in Spain

  09-01-2025 17:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  John George’s family joined volunteers in the search for the 37-year-old before a body was discovered in Rojales on 7 January
  
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