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• Zelenskyy visits Poland as sides reach deal on exhuming Polish victims of WWII-era massacres

  15-01-2025 08:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists
  
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• Israeli soldiers are risking jail by refusing to fight in Gaza

  15-01-2025 11:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Soldiers say they saw or did things that crossed ethical lines
  
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• Trump’s cabinet hopefuls set for Senate grillings as Newsom urges him to visit LA: Live

  15-01-2025 11:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, among those facing senators on Wednesday
  
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• Israel-Hamas ceasefire live: Truce talks ‘on the brink’ as Hamas ‘waiting for troop withdrawal maps’

  15-01-2025 11:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised
  
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• Elon Musk sued by US government for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter stock ownership

  15-01-2025 11:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  SEC alleges Musk was able to underpay ‘by at least $150 million’ for Twitter shares he bought after he should have disclosed his ownership of more than 5%
  
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• Ahead of farewell address, Biden declares nation is ‘stronger, more prosperous, and more secure’

  15-01-2025 11:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘History is in your hands. The power is in your hands. The idea of America lies in your hands,” Biden wrote in a heartfelt letter the day before his farewell address Wednesday night
  
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• Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

  15-01-2025 10:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  New species of funnel-web spider found in Newcastle has been dubbed ‘Big Boy’
  
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• Why herds of manatees are huddling in water near America's power plants

  15-01-2025 10:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. in a blow to the manatee population
  
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• Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio set for Senate grilling as Newsom issues call for Trump to visit LA: Live

  15-01-2025 10:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state among those facing senators on Wednesday
  
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• Israel-Hamas ceasefire live: Negotiations ‘on the brink’ as far-right try to block Gaza deal

  15-01-2025 10:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised
  
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• Fire tornadoes: Firefighters in California face a rare and dangerous phenomenon

  15-01-2025 10:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  High winds and severely dry conditions have created a ‘particularly dangerous situation’
  
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• LA fires latest: ‘Most extreme’ weather alert issued as strong winds return and death toll climbs to 25

  15-01-2025 09:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials warn that Angelenos are ‘not out of the woods’ with the Santa Ana winds expected to pick up Wednesday, fanning the flames of the Palisades and Eaton blazes raging through southern California
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Power outages across Ukraine as Putin strikes energy grid

  15-01-2025 09:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Six regions without power as Lviv mayor says Russia ‘continues to terrorise Ukrainians’
  
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• Russia open for talks with Trump after Putin’s diplomat praises his attack on Nato

  15-01-2025 09:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has echoed Moscow’s rhetoric, which has described its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as a response to planned Nato membership for Kyiv
  
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• Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

  15-01-2025 09:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc
  
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• LA fires latest: Residents warned to ‘stay on guard’ amid wind gusts as LAPD bust arson and looting suspects

  15-01-2025 08:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as the death toll reaches 25
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Power outages across Ukraine as Putin strikes its energy grid

  15-01-2025 08:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Six regions without power as Lviv mayor says Russia ‘continues to terrorise Ukrainians’
  
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• How an AI Brad Pitt fraudster convinced woman to split with millionaire husband and fund ‘cancer treatment’

  15-01-2025 08:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Computer-generated fake of the Fight Club star tricked the victim into thinking he was hospitalised with kidney cancer and Angelina Jolie was blocking access to his fortune
  
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• LA fires live updates: Residents warned to ‘stay on guard’ amid fire-fueling wind gusts as LAPD bust arson, looting suspects

  15-01-2025 07:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as the death toll reaches 25
  
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• Families of Americans held by Taliban plead with Biden to ‘do the right thing’

  15-01-2025 07:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Taliban say it is negotiating with US to swap three Americans for a former aide to Osama bin Laden
  
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• Moscow open for talks with Trump after Russian diplomat praises his attack on NATO

  15-01-2025 07:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has echoed Moscow’s rhetoric, which has described its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as a response to planned NATO membership for Kyiv
  
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• California pulls back EPA requests for approval to phase out diesel-powered trains and big rigs

  15-01-2025 06:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  California has withdrawn requests for the EPA to give the state authority to enforce rules limiting emissions from diesel-powered trains and big rigs
  
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• Oscar Jenkins: Australia summons Russian ambassador over video of captured Melbourne man

  15-01-2025 06:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Anthony Albanese vows ‘strongest action possible’ if reports of Oscar Jenkins’s killing turn out to be true
  
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• Firefighters prepare for increasing gusts following brief reprieve for LA area

  15-01-2025 06:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are readying for another round of critical fire weather after calmer than expected winds gave them a much-needed reprieve
  
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• LA fires live updates: Residents warned to ‘stay on guard’ amid fire-fueling wind gusts as police bust arson, looting suspects

  15-01-2025 05:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as the death toll reaches 25
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv fires British Storm Shadow missiles in largest attack on key Russian targets

  15-01-2025 05:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia says it shot down two Storm Shadow missiles over the Black Sea
  
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• Israel-Hamas ceasefire live: Gaza truce ‘could come at any time’ as Netanyahu minister tries to kill deal

  15-01-2025 05:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised
  
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• Trump announces puzzling new ‘External Revenue Service’ to collect tariffs, other foreign income

  15-01-2025 05:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man who wants to shrink the government will be adding a new agency performing tasks already covered by other agencies
  
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• Israel-Gaza ceasefire live: Hamas truce deal ‘could come at any time’ says Blinken as hostage release details emerge

  15-01-2025 05:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg defends Carrie Underwood’s decision to perform at Trump’s inauguration: ‘I won’t be watching’

  15-01-2025 04:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The View’ host’s remarks came after the country singer was hit with immense backlash online
  
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