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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow launched 300 attack drones in first 3 days of 2025, Zelensky says

  04-01-2025 06:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump ‘capable of stopping Putin or, to put it more fairly, help us stop Putin’, says Zelensky
  
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• Justin Trudeau - latest: Canadian prime minister resigns after nearly 10 years in office

  06-01-2025 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pressure grew on Canada’s leader from within his Liberal Party over his handling of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs
  
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• The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau as Canadian prime minister resigns

  06-01-2025 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The leader was once a poster boy for liberalism but has now resigned after nearly 10 years in office
  
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• Ukraine Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes three Russian air defence systems as surprise Kursk attack rolls on

  06-01-2025 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The value of the Russian air defence systems reportedly damaged by Ukraine in just one day is over £24 million
  
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• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepping down as party leader after nearly 10 years in office

  06-01-2025 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The leader propelled the Liberals to power in 2015 promising ‘sunny ways’ and a progressive agenda
  
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• What happens now that Justin Trudeau has resigned?

  06-01-2025 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trudeau will remain prime minister until the Liberal Party chooses a new leader
  
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• ‘I could see the chaos filtering down’: Former Boeing staffer blows whistle on planemaker’s practices

  06-01-2025 17:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I wondered what was going on and why we were accepting substandard, incomplete work,’ says Douglas Dorsey, a former manufacturing engineer  
  
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• Watch live as Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau expected to announce resignation

  06-01-2025 16:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as Justin Trudeau is set to make an announcement from his Ottawa residence on Monday (6 January) amid reports that he is expected to resign as Canadian prime minister.
  
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• Trump tries to stop hush-money sentencing as Congress meets to certify his election victory: Live updates

  06-01-2025 16:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect tries to stave off hush money conviction sentencing as Congress meets to formally recognize Trump’s November victory over Kamala Harris, four years on from attempted insurrection by his supporters
  
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• Justin Trudeau - latest: Canadian prime minister expected to resign in imminent announcement

  06-01-2025 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pressure is growing on Canada’s leader from within his Liberal Party over his handling of US president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs
  
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• Ukraine attacks Russia’s Kursk from multiple directions in surprise assault

  06-01-2025 16:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s top presidential advisor, Andriy Yermak, says the fresh counterattack is what Russia deserves
  
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• ​​Biden levels two-sentence jab at Trump ahead of election certification

  06-01-2025 16:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Four years ago, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was trying to certify the 2020 election results
  
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• Storm Blair live: Seven states declare emergencies and airports in chaos as 63 million hit by deadly snow and ice

  06-01-2025 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of flights have been canceled throughout the US amid the dangerous winter storm
  
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• Justin Trudeau - latest: Canadian prime minister sets morning announcement amid reports he’ll resign

  06-01-2025 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pressure is growing on Canada’s leader from within his Liberal Party over his handling of US president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 12-18

  06-01-2025 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Jan. 12-18 include actor Jason Bateman, radio and TV personality Howard Stern and “The Hunger Games” actor Liam Hemsworth
  
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• French police arrest three in crackdown on social media influencers inciting violence

  06-01-2025 15:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The arrests were announced on Sunday evening
  
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• Biden awkwardly scolds reporters after being asked about age: ‘I know more world leaders’

  06-01-2025 15:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘My being the oldest president, I know more world leaders than any one of you ever met in your whole goddamn life,’ president tells reporters
  
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• The Latest: Snow, ice and frigid temperatures make for a dangerous winter mix

  06-01-2025 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close
  
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• French police arrest three Algerians in crackdown on social media influencers

  06-01-2025 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  A police dragnet in France has swept up three Algerians described by authorities as social media influencers who are accused of posting videos inciting violence
  
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• French former PM Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal funding from Gaddafi

  06-01-2025 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former leader denies all the charges against him
  
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• Corey Pritchett aka CoreySSG charged with aggravated kidnapping charges against two women

  06-01-2025 14:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The rapper is reported to have fled the U.S.to Dubai on December 9, according to the FBI
  
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• Hairstylist Noushin Faraji says Skip Bayless offered her $1.5m for sex in blockbuster lawsuit

  06-01-2025 14:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pundit accused of sexual harassment by ex-Fox Sports colleague
  
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• Ukraine Kursk offensive: What Kyiv stands to gain and lose in surprise counter-attack on Russian soil

  06-01-2025 14:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian military commentators say they are ‘worried’ about the multipronged Ukrainian attack in the border region of Kursk
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches surprise Kursk attack on Putin’s forces in three directions

  06-01-2025 14:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia has lost ‘up to a battalion’ of North Korean and its own forces in past 48 hours, says Zelensky
  
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• Biden blocks oil and gas drilling across huge stretch of US coastline weeks before Trump’s inauguration: Live

  06-01-2025 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  President makes power move to protect environment ahead of joint-session to formally recognize president-elect’s November victory over Kamala Harris, four years on from attempted insurrection by his supporters
  
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• Storm Blair live: Seven states declare emergencies as 63 million hit by snow and ice, causing flight chaos

  06-01-2025 13:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of flights have been canceled throughout the US amid the dangerous winter storm
  
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• Florida porn law sees 10-fold increase in VPN demand

  06-01-2025 13:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Porn restrictions are now in place across 17 US states, with more to follow
  
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• Biden is traveling to New Orleans following the French Quarter attack that killed 14 and injured 30

  06-01-2025 13:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden is heading to New Orleans as the city reels from the deadly New Year’s attack in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers, killing 14 and injuring 30 more
  
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• The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau as Canadian prime minister on the brink of resigning

  06-01-2025 13:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Canadian prime minister was once a poster boy for liberalism but is now said to be ready to resign
  
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• Watch live as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged €50 million Gaddafi pact

  06-01-2025 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday (6 January) after his 2007 presidential campaign was allegedly financed by late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
  
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