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Hong Kong: UK and US criticise erosion of rights and freedoms 25 years since handover

June 30, 2022

Boris Johnson and Antony Blinken point to dismantling of democratic rights as well as crackdowns on independent media and personal freedoms UK and US leaders …

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Peru wildfire threatens Machu Picchu as remote location hampers efforts to control blaze

June 30, 2022

Twenty hectares near Inca ruins affected in blaze started by farmers burning grass before sowing crops Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire …

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Blood pressure checks in betting shops as a result of NHS shake-up

June 30, 2022

A total of 42 new integrated care systems come into force on Friday.

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Disabled students need earlier support to reach university, says Ucas

June 30, 2022

A Ucas report has found disabled students are much more likely to defer or delay their course if they do not get timely support.

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Cost-of-living crisis puts domestic abuse refuges under strain

June 30, 2022

Families are spending longer in refuges as the cost of moving on has risen by £5,000 since 2020.

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British Army launches recruitment campaign featuring robots

June 30, 2022

The campaign is called Nothing Can Do What A Soldier Can Do.

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Michelle O’Neill to lay a wreath for Battle of the Somme anniversary

June 30, 2022

While Sinn Fein mayors in Belfast have laid a laurel wreath in previous years, this will be the first time the party leadership will take …

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Johnson faces calls to expel ex-Tory deputy chief whip from the party

June 30, 2022

Chris Pincher quit after he ’embarrassed myself and other people’ in a reported drunken incident at the Carlton Club.

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Danish mink cull: PM Frederiksen and officials heavily criticised

June 30, 2022

Mette Frederiksen is found to have misled the public while officials are accused of misconduct.

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Breastfeeding improves cognitive ability for children of poorer mothers – study

June 30, 2022

Analysis of data on almost 6,000 children found breastfeeding boosted brain development in disadvantaged mothers’ babies Children of poorer mothers who breastfeed are much better …

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Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 energy hit due to poor insulation

June 30, 2022

Better insulation would save large sums for millions struggling with the cost of living, finds LGA report People in “fuel-poor” households in England are facing …

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Boost for British hopes as Katie Boulter, Liam Broady and Heather Watson all win

June 30, 2022

The trio joined Cameron Norrie in the third round at Wimbledon.

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Raye: ‘I’m a young woman of colour who is fed up with being controlled and manipulated’

June 30, 2022

Released from the clutches of a major label, Raye is now making music on her own terms. Annabel Nugent meets the London singer for an …

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Driver of doomed San Antonio truck smuggling migrants was high on meth: Texas congressman

June 30, 2022

Family members say accused driver used drugs and had past arrests

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Who is playing at Wimbledon tomorrow? Day 5 order of play including Novak Djokovic, Cameron Norrie and Heather Watson

June 30, 2022

Djokovic and Norrie will both take to Centre Court

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Jack Draper vows to return to Wimbledon ‘a different player’ after battling loss

June 30, 2022

The 20-year-old won the first set but was beaten 5-7 7-6 (0) 6-2 6-3 by the 19th seed on Court One.

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How wobbling black holes explain blinking cosmic lights

June 30, 2022

The mystery of why some of the brightest lights in the cosmos blink on and off may lie in how big stars die, and black …

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Capitol Police arrest 181 people including congresswoman at abortion rights protest near Supreme Court

June 30, 2022

‘Lives are at stake and this fight is far from over,’ Judy Chu said in a statement

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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US top court

June 30, 2022

Justice Jackson will join the highest court in the US at a pivotal moment in its 233-year history.

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Lost in space: returned astronauts struggle to recover bone density, study finds

June 30, 2022

Lack of gravity and weightlessness means the longer astronauts stay in space, the more bone mass they lose Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass …

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Woman charged with murder after alleging firefighter husband killed himself

June 30, 2022

Ms Auman told 911 that her husband said ‘he couldn’t do it anymore’

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Borough Market’s hottest oyster man has people booking flights to London: ‘I volunteer as tribute’

June 30, 2022

‘Not me looking at flights to London’ said one commenter on a TikTok of the oyster shucker

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The Undeclared War review: Simon Pegg-starring cyber crime drama is naff and politically muddled

June 30, 2022

Hannah Khalique-Brown and Adrian Lester also star in Peter Kosminsky’s ambitious but flawed Channel 4 series

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Chris Pincher ‘groping’ resignation shows Tories are ‘mired in sleaze’, says Angela Rayner

June 30, 2022

PM ‘has serious questions to answer about why he was given role in first place,’ the deputy Labour leader said

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Most Americans support transgender rights despite believing gender is determined at birth, new study shows

June 30, 2022

A new survey found that a rising number of Americans believe gender is determined by the sex assigned at birth, despite a majority of adults …

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Travis Barker’s daughter Alabama shares new photo with father amid hospitalisation

June 30, 2022

The Blink-182 drummer was hospitalised on Tuesday following reports of pancreatitis

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Love Island: ‘Michael Owen’ trends within minutes as Gemma and Luca spend night in hideaway

June 30, 2022

‘Michael Owen calling Ofcom rn,’ one person joked

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R Kelly sentencing – live: Disgraced artist gets 30 years in prison for sex trafficking

June 30, 2022

Prosecutors had called 25 years behind bars in order to ‘protect the public’

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Paris Hilton reveals she turned down request to DJ for President Biden to attend Britney Spears’ wedding

June 30, 2022

Heiress says President Biden’s team offered to send her a helicopter

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Nadine Dorries: Culture secretary confuses rugby codes in speech at Rugby League World Cup event

June 30, 2022

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries confuses the two rugby codes in a speech at a Rugby League World Cup event in St Helens.

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TV ad breaks could get longer as rules are reviewed

June 30, 2022

The frequency of advertising breaks will be reviewed by Ofcom, which says it will consult viewers.

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Erdoğan warns Turkey could still block Finland and Sweden’s accession to Nato

June 30, 2022

Turkish president stressed the countries must meet Ankara’s demand to extradite terror suspects Just two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and …

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‘Please don’t kill me’: Oleksandr Usyk opens up on his real fight in Ukraine before Anthony Joshua rematch

June 30, 2022

Interview: The unbeaten Ukrainian reveals his reluctance to leave his invaded country to prepare for his August clash with Joshua

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Boulter beats last year’s finalist Pliskova in gritty fightback

June 30, 2022

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LIV Golf LIVE: Leaderboard and Day 1 scores as Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau join rebel tour in Portland

June 30, 2022

Follow all the action from the second event of the Saudi-funded breakaway series

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Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher resigns over ‘groping’ claims

June 30, 2022

‘I’ve embarrassed myself and other people, which is the last thing I want to do,’ the MP said

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Jon Voight’s call for President Joe Biden’s impeachment sends Twitter into uproar

June 30, 2022

Actor blamed the President for having ‘wronged this nation’s glory’

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Europe heatwave breaks multiple June records

June 30, 2022

An oppressive heatwave has broken temperature records from the Arctic Circle to North Africa.

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Bulb boss Hayden Wood to step down from collapsed energy firm

June 30, 2022

Hayden Wood had stayed on with a £250,000 salary after the government put the company into administration.

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Tory whip resigns saying he ’embarrassed himself’

June 30, 2022

Chris Pincher writes to the PM to step down following an incident on Wednesday evening.

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Universities to defy government pressure to ditch race equality group

June 30, 2022

‘Line has been crossed’ say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority students Universities in England have launched a fightback …

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Tory deputy chief whip resigns after ‘embarrassing myself and others’

June 30, 2022

In letter to Boris Johnson Chris Pincher says he ‘drank far too much’ and apologises to ‘those concerned’ The Conservative deputy chief whip has resigned …

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Halifax hits back at customers who oppose personal pronoun badge policy

June 30, 2022

The bank gives staff the option of displaying their preferred pronouns on name tags

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Ryan Fox surprised to be leading after first round of Irish Open

June 30, 2022

The New Zealander carded a flawless 64 to set the pace at Mount Juliet

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Family of US veteran detained in Ukraine say Russia-backed captors want to negotiate his release

June 30, 2022

Mr Drueke said he has not seen Mr Huynh in several days

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Boris Johnson’s 2030 military spending pledge ‘feeble’, say senior Tories

June 30, 2022

PM commits to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of decade

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‘Third-class citizens’: The EU nationals in UK waiting on settlement decisions a year on from deadline

June 30, 2022

Warnings of ‘serious consequences’ of persisiting delays for people’s job prospects, travel and housing

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Russian forces retreat from Snake Island, defence ministry says

June 30, 2022

The island was first defended by Ukrainian forces who told a Russian warship ‘go f*** yourself’

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What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner?

June 30, 2022

Ms Griner has been detained in Russia for five months and counting

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Rafael Nadal overcomes errors and Ricardas Berankis to reach Wimbledon third round

June 30, 2022

Nadal emerged from a 50-minute rain delay in the fourth set to wrap up a 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-3 win

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Iran accused of making ‘maximalist demands’ in nuclear deal talks

June 30, 2022

Talks to save 2015 deal now on brink of collapse as Tehran also accused of testing missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons Iran has been …

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Uniformed police not welcome at Pride in London, say organisers

June 30, 2022

Peter Tatchell says officers are welcome to join as civilians but the Met needs to be challenged over homophobia Pride in London says uniformed officers …

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Impact of Brexit leads to 14% fall in UK exports to EU

June 30, 2022

Goods and services exported to bloc affected by rise in paperwork, figures suggest The negative impact of Brexit on the UK’s trade with the European …

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Eric Adams blames ‘oversaturation of guns’ after 20-year-old mother shot dead

June 30, 2022

New York mayor Eric Adams, has blamed the “oversaturation of guns” after a 20-year-old mother was shot dead while she was pushing her three-month-old toddler …

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Man unable to work after Home Office mistook him for murderer brother

June 30, 2022

Exclusive: Hussen Mohamed, Somali-Dutch national who has lived in UK since age of 10, left in limbo for nearly three years because government confused him …

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Florida judge blocks state law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy

June 30, 2022

The decision comes with a wave of state-level lawsuits to block ‘trigger’ bans and anti-abortion laws after Supreme Court guts constitutional right to abortion

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Aspiring nurse named as mother shot dead while pushing her baby in stroller on Upper East Side

June 30, 2022

Azsia Johnson, 20, died on Wednesday night after she reportedly planned to meet up with the father of her three-month-old baby

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Teenager, 14, who murdered Logan Mwangi, 5, named as Craig Mulligan

June 30, 2022

The boy suffered 56 ‘catastrophic’ external injuries similar to those found in victims of a high-speed crash

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Wimbledon live stream: How to watch Rafael Nadal and Coco Gauff online today

June 30, 2022

British stars Jack Draper and Katie Boulter continue their Wimbledon campaigns on Thursday

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Lewis Hamilton: ‘Older voices’ should be refused platform to make offensive comments

June 30, 2022

Lewis Hamilton has called for “older voices” with offensive views to be refused a platform on which to make offensive comments.

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Teenager moved into Logan Mwangi’s home days before murdering him

June 30, 2022

Craig Mulligan, 14, detained for at least 15 years for murder of five-year-old in south Wales The teenager who murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi moved into …

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Nerve-cooling implant could offer pain relief alternative to opioids, say researchers

June 30, 2022

Device which can dissolve in the body represents an ‘engineering approach to treating pain’ An implant which can cool nerves to block pain signals has …

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New calls to restrict Wimbledon’s plastic bottles – despite Nadal’s ritual

June 30, 2022

The Spaniard likes to line single-use bottles up, but Laura Robson says the tournament must up its environmental game The former junior Wimbledon champion Laura …

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‘A bloodbath’: refugees reel from deadly Melilla mass crossing

June 30, 2022

Human rights groups say there have been no autopsies or identification of the 23 people killed trying to cross into Spain Seconds after Mohamed stepped …

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Toy Story star Tim Allen criticises Lightyear: ‘I wish there was a better connection to the toy’

June 30, 2022

Buzz Lightyear is voiced in new pixar film by Chris Evans

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Baby’s father is person of interest in fatal shooting of young mother on Upper East Side, reports say

June 30, 2022

Victim was reportedly planning to meet the father of her three-month-old baby on the night she was shot and killed

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Prince Charles and Camilla took more than 40 private flights last year

June 30, 2022

Heir to throne is longtime environmentalist who has spent decades campaigning for better protections for the planet

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At least 700 court cases disrupted in first two days of barristers’ strike as action set to escalate

June 30, 2022

Three days of action are due to take place next week, as some trials delayed until 2023

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England vs Switzerland LIVE: Euro 2022 warm-up game latest updates as Lionesses being held in Zurich

June 30, 2022

Follow all the action from Zurich as the Lionesses finalise preparations for next week’s home European Championships

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Tens of thousands face ‘devastation’ if government fails to tackle rogue housing providers, charity warns

June 30, 2022

Ministers urged to act to stop ‘eye-watering’ sums of public money going to unscrupulous providers

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England’s hopes of rare home Test victory dashed by bad weather at Taunton

June 30, 2022

Play against South Africa was eventually called off after four rain delays.

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Downing Street disowns claim that inquiry into Partygate ‘lies’ will be ‘kangaroo court’

June 30, 2022

Allies of prime minister have mounted whispering campaign against probe – but foreign secretary calls for ‘trust’

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Four dead and three injured after alleged migrant smuggler crashed into truck in Texas

June 30, 2022

Four people were killed and three others are in critical condition following a car crash that involved an individual allegedly smuggling migrants in Texas.

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Number paying higher rate tax rises by two million

June 30, 2022

The number of workers in higher income tax bands has risen by almost two million in three years, says HMRC.

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Queen makes third public appearance in four days

June 30, 2022

The monarch was joined by the Prince of Wales for a parade in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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Emotional Boulter dedicates Wimbledon win to gran

June 30, 2022

British wildcard Katie Boulter enthrals Wimbledon’s Centre Court with a stunning fightback to beat 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova.

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Users of biggest NFT marketplace warned over phishing after data leak

June 30, 2022

OpenSea tells customers and subscribers not to open emails and files ‘sent by strangers’ after revealing breach The world’s biggest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) …

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UK ‘underspend’ on climate crisis to be used to bolster military aid for Ukraine

June 30, 2022

Britain has failed to deliver £250m of projects designed to help hit net zero emissions

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Boris Johnson news – live: ‘Cost of freedom worth paying’ says PM as inflation soars

June 30, 2022

A victory for Putin in Ukraine would ‘drive further global uncertainty,’ he said

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Best Lego deals for July 2022: Biggest discounts on kids’ and adult sets

June 30, 2022

From ‘Friends’ to ‘Harry Potter’, you can save on these builds right now

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Post-menopausal women at higher risk of dementia and stroke, study finds

June 30, 2022

There is also an increased risk of cognitive decline

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Kentucky judge blocks two anti-abortion laws from going into effect after Supreme Court ruling

June 30, 2022

A judge granted a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of state’s ‘trigger’ law and six-week ban

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Fugitive yoga teacher accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson arrested in Costa Rica

June 30, 2022

Kaitlin Armstrong had been on the run since 11 May

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Killer on loose after boy, 16, stabbed to death in Wolverhampton

June 30, 2022

Police launch manhunt after teenager stabbed to death on Wednesday night

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Man arrested as shocking video shows him pushing 11-year-old off his bike in suspected race hate crime

June 30, 2022

The suspect allegedly asked the child if he grew up in Connecticut before pushing him off of his bike

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Thousands of BT workers vote to strike over pay

June 30, 2022

The company says it is disappointed and will work to keep the country connected if walk outs go ahead.

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Boy, seven, to cycle from London to Paris in honour of late father

June 30, 2022

Bereavement charity that supported Rupert Brooke’s family will benefit from 200-mile trek A seven-year-old boy will become one of the youngest people to cycle between …

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Briton poses as worker to dangle one-handed from crane 1,200ft above Dubai

June 30, 2022

Adam Lockwood evades detection to scale crane atop skyscraper and cling from metal bar with just one hand A British free climber has dangled 390 …

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Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘a domestic threat we have never faced before’

June 30, 2022

Vice-chair of January 6 committee tells fellow Republicans it is impossible to be loyal to both Trump and the US constitution Congresswoman Liz Cheney, vice-chair …

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