A key senator says he is standing by Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, and criticized "anonymous sources" casting doubt on his character.

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The attack happened at the supermarket in Beddington, Croydon

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The Blues won the September fixture between the two clubs at St Andrew’s 3-1

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All the movies and actors in contention for trophies

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The 12-volt battery may experience degradation and suddenly fail.

The 16-year-old struck nine fours and six sixes in a 127-ball 108 as the Lions recovered from 161 for seven to 319 all out in their first innings.

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The case has reignited a debate in France over women's rights

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Officials warned residents across the South that the effects of a major winter storm were not over, and that driving remained a hazard on roads frozen with slippery ice.

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Axel Rudakubana, 18, was removed from his sentencing hearing on Thursday after yelling in court. He pleaded guilty earlier this week to all charges.

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The media tycoon is happy to spend to contain a scandal -including in his legal battle with a British royal

ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.

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Rudakubana, 18, taken out of court after interrupting proceedings after earlier pleading guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe

The legal counsel for the defence and prosecution have entered court.

The prosecution is led by Deanna Heer KC, with her junior Philip Astbury.

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Jonathan Fadugba and Barney Ronay to discuss the Champions League action

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On the podcast today: PSG do the very thing PSG aren’t supposed to do and un-implode against Manchester City, coming back from 2-0 down to win 4-2 and leave Pep’s side with a chance of not making the Champions League playoffs.

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The former "Real Housewife" noted that in her Instagram Reel that she has known Jeff Bezos' fiancée "for 25 years, and [Sánchez] hasn't changed one bit."

Leaders in one Southern California city fed up with the state's immigration policies have voted to become a "non-sanctuary" city and ignore the state's sanctuary laws.

Bianca Jagger, Wild Swans author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life

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The Knicks can be scintillating. They can be fascinating. ... The Knicks can be agitating. They can be aggravating.

They had different views on ways of making payments and also the European convention on human rights, but did they agree on the return of Donald Trump?

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Occupation Studying for a PhD in political theory

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Tommy Walker speaks to LGBT+ couples in Bangkok – many who have been together for decades – as the country’s historic marriage equality law comes into force

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There had been fears that the film was ‘not safe enough to market’

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Words ‘at conception’ in order gesture to push by anti-abortion movement to give embryos and fetuses legal rights

One of Donald Trump’s new executive orders, which claims there are only two genders, quietly incorporates tenets of fetal personhood – the legal doctrine, pushed by the anti-abortion movement, that life begins at conception and that embryos and fetuses therefore deserve full legal rights and protections.

“‘Female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” reads the order, which was issued just hours after Trump took office on Monday. “‘Male’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”

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Axel Rudakubana, now 18, was removed from the courtroom at Liverpool Crown Court Thursday after he shouted out, "I feel pain. I feel ill. Don't continue."

Prince Harry has been engaged in a number of legal battles since stepping down as a senior royal in 2020

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