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  Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal

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  Mid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight - The Latest

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  Andy Burnham’s big bold leap

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  Diesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The…

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  The P***y Riot activist turned Kremlin informer

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  RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot: five men arrested are all UK nationals –…

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  Banished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world

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  Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest

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  Marina Hyde on Trump, tech bros and Taylor Swift

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  Rogue AI hacks government system for first time – The Latest

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  Xi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards?

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  Has Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest

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  Trump v the media – The Latest

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  The Houthis’ shock advance and what it means for the world

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  Rise of the far right in Germany: how worried should we be? – The Latest