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• Russia gives up on key Ukraine stronghold in fresh bid to cut off supplies

  13-01-2025 13:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The route is crucial for supplies feeding forces in the region
  
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• You might not like it, but a Trump-Obama friendship could save America

  13-01-2025 20:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  A friendly exchange between the two was reshared by Trump late Sunday, complete with fake subtitles. What that reveals about the current state of MAGA politics is telling, writes Holly Baxter
  
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• Biden: America is ‘winning the worldwide competition’ after my four years in office

  13-01-2025 20:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Our adversaries are weaker than they were when we came into this job four years ago,’ declares US president in final foreign policy address.
  
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• Newsom sparked conspiracy theories by hinting at invoking a ‘Marshall Plan’ to rebuild ‘LA 2.0.’ But what does he mean?

  13-01-2025 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘He is trying [to] turn Pacific Palisades into a communist dump,’ one social media user claims
  
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• LA fires live updates: Death toll jumps to 25 as winds return increasing fears of ‘explosive fire growth’

  13-01-2025 20:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return
  
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• Flight attendant on layover killed in random stabbing at Denver mall: One other dead, two slashed in attacks

  13-01-2025 20:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested after ‘indiscriminately’ attacking four people in a stabbing spree, police say
  
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• Philadelphia mayor announces new plan to keep 76ers arena in South Philadelphia, pursue WNBA team

  13-01-2025 19:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Philadelphia 76ers will partner with Comcast Spectacor to build a new arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal to move downtown
  
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• Who is performing at Trump’s inauguration?

  13-01-2025 19:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Country singer Carrie Underwood will perform ‘America the Beautiful’ just before Trump is sworn in
  
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• Frantic search underway for missing teenage girl in ‘throes of mental health crisis’

  13-01-2025 19:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘All [Lehigh Valley] police departments are on the job but we need your eyes, please’ urged her father
  
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• Immigration to abortion: Which states will help or hinder Trump’s second-term plans

  13-01-2025 19:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some Democrats are already mounting a resistance movement against Trump’s plans
  
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• Dad kills 4-year-old son after boy asked him to leave bedroom during argument, cops say

  13-01-2025 19:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mark Jones, 30, is charged with murder after he allegedly attacked his son Jacobi Jones, 4, at their Maryland home on Christmas Eve
  
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• Caitlin Clark’s suspected stalker arrested after sending threats and ‘sexually explicit’ messages to WNBA star

  13-01-2025 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Lewis, 55, was arrested in Indianapolis on Sunday in connection to the case
  
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• Justice Department can publish Jack Smith report on Trump’s election interference case, judge rules

  13-01-2025 19:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The special counsel resigned after submitting his two-volume report days before Trump returns to office
  
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• From criminal sentencing to inauguration: Timeline of Trump’s dramatic return to White House

  13-01-2025 19:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  During the two months since Trump won the election, states and Congress have certified the results, a new Congress has convened, and the president-elect has been sentenced in his hush-money case
  
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• This is what the Homeland Security secretary has to say about his border record

  13-01-2025 19:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has only days left in office
  
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• Trump judge allows release of Jack Smith’s Jan 6 report; Melania reveals White House plans: Live updates

  13-01-2025 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Soon-to-be first lady says she will revive ‘Be Best’ campaign and is already packed for return to Washington as Department of Justice cleared to released 2020 election interference investigation report
  
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• Oscars push back nominations announcement amid California wildfires

  13-01-2025 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires
  
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• What is Lemon8? The TikTok alternative gaining popularity that may also face a ban

  13-01-2025 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  If a ban comes into force, TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users could turn to its sister app Lemon8
  
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• Israel-Hamas war - latest: Progress made in talks over Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of ‘pivotal 24 hours’

  13-01-2025 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  A peace deal would put an end to more than a year of fighting, during which tens of thousands of people have been killed
  
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• Timeline of events – from Trump winning the election to becoming the 47th president

  13-01-2025 18:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  During the two months since Trump won the election, states and Congress have certified the results, a new Congress has convened, and the president-elect has been sentenced in his hush-money case
  
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• California fires latest: Los Angeles warns of ‘critical’ threat as death toll rises to 25

  13-01-2025 18:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return
  
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• Fox News gives Trump skeptic Neil Cavuto's old time slot to MAGA diehard Will Cain

  13-01-2025 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Neil Cavuto was one of the few dissenting voices against Trump on Fox News airwaves. His time slot will now be inhabited by Will Cain, who has become a MAGA culture warrior.
  
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• Israel and Hamas on brink of peace as official claims final draft of ceasefire deal being considered

  13-01-2025 18:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The administration of Joe Biden sees a possible truce being agreed as soon as this week
  
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• Sweden to test its new military technology allowing drones to ‘swarm’

  13-01-2025 18:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We will need to take some risks to build a stronger defence capability faster than we normally do,’ says country’s defence minister
  
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• Patient taken off life support after he was mistaken for his hospital roommate, lawsuit claims

  13-01-2025 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  “Do you want us to keep him on life support or do you want to pull the plug?” hospital staff asked the wrong family
  
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• MTG suggests cloud seeding could stop LA wildfires months after implying it was used to create hurricanes

  13-01-2025 18:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The controversial Georgia Republican has a long history of promoting weather-related conspiracy theories
  
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• Marine Le Pen will ‘never forgive herself’ for expelling father from far-right party he founded

  13-01-2025 18:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen was expelled for describing the Holocaust as a ‘detail of history’
  
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• Los Angeles couple says they were nearly crushed by ‘watermelon-size’ chunk of ice falling from JetBlue plane

  13-01-2025 18:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The projectile crashed through the roof of Michael Reese and Leah Ferrarini’s Inglewood home, and slammed into their bedroom, just inches from their pillows, according to court filings obtained by The Independent
  
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• Jan 6 rioter Pamela Hemphill says she will refuse Trump’s pardon

  13-01-2025 18:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reformed ‘MAGA Granny’, who spent 60 days in jail for her role in the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol, has since washed her hands of the president-elect’s movement, calling it a ‘cult’
  
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• Man attacked by shark says it wanted to kill him having mauled someone else – so he jabbed it in the eye

  13-01-2025 18:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Peppino Fappani, 69, narrowly survived the attack in Egypt
  
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