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Five people wounded in Amsterdam stabbing, say police

The stabbing happened on Thursday near Dam Square in central Amsterdam.

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Police officers cordon-off an area after a stabbing near Dam Square in central Amsterdam

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk, Russia

Putin says US push for Greenland ‘rooted in history’

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Ukraine’s European allies not unanimous on armed force deployment – Macron

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives as he goes on trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Paris, France

Prosecutors seek seven-year sentence for Sarkozy in campaign financing trial

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AP renews court request for reinstatement after ban from White House press pool

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Egypt Submarine

Six dead after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast

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Salva Kiir, right, and Riek Machar, left

South Sudan opposition says peace deal has collapsed after arrest of its leader

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A wildfire spreads on a mountain in Sancheong, South Korea

South Korea struggles to contain wildfires after dozens killed

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Gerard Depardieu arriving at his trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021

Prosecutor calls for 18-month suspended sentence for Gerard Depardieu

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Police use force to break up protests at university in Turkey’s capital

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Gerard Depardieu arriving at his trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021

Gerard Depardieu branded a sexual predator in court as assault trial closes

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Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the Oval Office

Trump cries ‘witch hunt’ as White House says nothing classified shared on Signal

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South Korea Wildfires

South Korea in uphill battle to contain wildfires as death toll rises

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North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment

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US soldiers stand in the back of a vehicle on a road towards a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, in Lithuania

Nato says search is ongoing amid confusion over missing US troops in Lithuania

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Palestinians walk next to a tent camp for those displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip

Israeli strikes kill Hamas spokesman and family-of-six in Gaza

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Carney calls Trump’s car tariffs a ‘direct attack’ on Canada

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Woman charged in connection with alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann’s family

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Labour has history of difficult debates over welfare, says McFadden

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on stage

Farage rails against equality policies and says he is ‘not a fan’ of Andrew Tate

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Man guilty of knife attack on day he was let out of jail on early release scheme

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Hannah Cockroft at Buckingham Palace with the Princess Royal

Paralympian Hannah Cockroft: CBE comes at ‘unsure time’ for disabled community

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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn

Welfare reform is something that has to be done – Benn

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Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

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CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Glen Elmy handed back his keys after just three days

Dream home turned nightmare - Walsall man who won James Bond-style property 'handed keys back after three days'

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

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Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

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Lisa Wright and Valerie Jack

Woman who gave kidney to friend urges Scots to consider donation

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Police officers cordon-off an area after a stabbing near Dam Square in central Amsterdam

Five people wounded in Amsterdam stabbing, say police

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk, Russia

Putin says US push for Greenland ‘rooted in history’

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France Ukraine Coalition

Ukraine’s European allies not unanimous on armed force deployment – Macron

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives as he goes on trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Paris, France

Prosecutors seek seven-year sentence for Sarkozy in campaign financing trial

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Media Trump AP

AP renews court request for reinstatement after ban from White House press pool

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Egypt Submarine

Six dead after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast

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