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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian ballistic missile hits Zelensky’s hometown as Moscow cargo ship sinks

  25-12-2024 04:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky warns of greater military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, including sending more troops and military equipment
  
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• Mega Millions prize soars to $1.15 billion, the highest ever in month of December

  26-12-2024 01:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  If a winner is drawn this week, they’ll win the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Biden vows surge in weapons for Kyiv after ‘outrageous’ attack by Putin

  25-12-2024 23:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least one person killed and six wounded as Putin launches more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Christmas Day
  
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• Trump trolls Canada in Christmas message by claiming ex-hockey star Wayne Gretzky should be PM – or governor

  25-12-2024 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect says hockey great ‘had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement’
  
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• Twenty big cats die after contracting bird flu at Washington State animal sanctuary

  25-12-2024 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The sanctuary has now begun a months-long sanitation process
  
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• Systane eye drops recalled over possible fungal contamination

  25-12-2024 21:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The recall comes after a customer complained about a ‘foreign material’ in their eye drops
  
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• Blake Lively's claims that movie co-star launched smear campaign gets support in publicist's suit

  25-12-2024 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Blake Lively's claims that “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni unleashed a smear campaign against her have gained support from a new lawsuit that Baldoni's former publicist filed against him
  
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• Trump’s net worth rose by billions this year despite legal challenges and wild stock market. Here’s what it is now.

  25-12-2024 20:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s net worth, tied to the value of TMTG shares, fluctuated heavily during 2024
  
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• Everything we know about the woman fatally burned on the New York City subway

  25-12-2024 20:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway made his first appearance in court on Tuesday
  
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• Russian ship under US sanction sunk in ‘act of terrorism’, says owner

  25-12-2024 20:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Three explosions ripped through the engine room of Ursa Major before it sank off the Spanish coast, says the owner which is linked to Russia’s defence ministry
  
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• Texas man accused of threatening to slaughter Capital One execs who robbed him of ‘life he deserves’

  25-12-2024 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  “Please call me before I do things that are unforgivable and will make your executive team question their life choices,” 34-year-old Taylor Bullard warned, according to the FBI.
  
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• ‘I have to be here. My family understands’: Christmas on the frontline with Ukraine’s drone brigade

  25-12-2024 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces
  
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• Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 – but 29 survive

  25-12-2024 18:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The flight was bound for Russia’s Chechnya region but diverted and appeared to have control problems
  
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• Trump aims dig at Obama in bizarre hour-long Christmas Day Truth Social posting spree

  25-12-2024 18:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump reeled off 34 posts on his social media platform within a one-hour period
  
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• Russia accused of ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ with huge attack on Ukraine’s energy targets on Christmas Day

  25-12-2024 18:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia confirmed it fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Christmas Day
  
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• Suspect in custody after 2 people slashed in Grand Central subway station attack on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 17:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Both victims were taken to hospital and are in stable condition, the NYPD confirmed
  
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• Israel and Hamas blame each other for delays in ceasefire talks as deal inches closer

  25-12-2024 17:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of lying and ‘reneging on understandings already reached’
  
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• Bryan Kohberger investigated for home invasion year before alleged murders of four University of Idaho students

  25-12-2024 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kohberger is no longer being investigated in connection with the home invasion
  
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• Kremlin rejects claims exiled Syrian dictator Assad’s wife is seeking a divorce in Moscow

  25-12-2024 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reports claim Syrian dictator’s British-born wife wishes to return to UK
  
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• Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve - including legislation supported by Paris Hilton

  25-12-2024 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act is designed to hold teenage treatment centers and care facilities accountable
  
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• A very MAGA Christmas: How Trump’s inner-circle are marking the holidays

  25-12-2024 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump toned down his annual festive message this year but MAGA is out in full force
  
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• Trump shares Christmas message as Denmark responds to Greenland threats by boosting defense: Live

  25-12-2024 15:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Danish defense minister says country will spend $1.5 billion to ensire ‘stronger presence’ in Arctic
  
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• Denmark responds to Trump’s Greenland ownership comments by boosting defense spending: Live

  25-12-2024 15:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gaetz stands accused of buying and using illegal drugs and paying for sex with a high schooler
  
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• ‘It never left’: GOP senator mocked for claiming Trump has brought Christmas ‘back in America’

  25-12-2024 14:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  People were quick to confirm that they have, indeed, celebrated Christmas during the period when Trump was not president
  
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• From halibut and hot dogs to unlikely friendships: This is what happens inside the Senate lunch room

  25-12-2024 14:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senators might lose their ‘French working week’ under Trump. That could be a very good thing, writes Eric Garcia
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s ‘inhumane’ Christmas Day attack leaves half a million without heating

  25-12-2024 13:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least one person killed and six wounded as Putin launches more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Christmas Day
  
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• Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

  25-12-2024 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79
  
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• Saving Gaza’s forgotten animals: The family risking all to rescue cats, dogs and donkeys in war this Christmas

  25-12-2024 13:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sulala Rescue has rescued hundreds of animals despite facing a shortage of food and medicine
  
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• The world's most extreme stag trip to the North Pole - which costs £25k each

  25-12-2024 10:36 via express.co.uk
  
  Would-be grooms will have an excuse for getting cold feet if they go on the world's most extreme stag do - to the North Pole.
  
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• More than 30 feared dead as Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

  25-12-2024 10:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  67 people, including five crew members, were on board the plane
  
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