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November 1, 2020
The Endgame

"Election Outcome Highly Uncertain" - New York Times headline, US election day, 1952.

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October 31, 2020
Trump failed to take pandemic and presidency seriously, says Obama

Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as he campaigned alongside Joe Boden in Michigan on the final weekend of the...

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October 31, 2020
Trump failed to take pandemic and presidency seriously, says Obama

Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as he campaigned alongside Joe Boden in Michigan on the final weekend of the...

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October 31, 2020
Boris Johnson announces new lockdown for England as UK coronavirus cases pass one million

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened...

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October 31, 2020
Boy, seven, completes 30-mile walk to raise more than £21,000 for RAF charity

A seven-year-old boy has raised more than £21,000 battling the wind and rain to complete a two-day walking challenge on his birthday.

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October 31, 2020
Artist labelled ‘genius’ for Covid app-inspired Halloween outfit

A voiceover artist and writer has been described as a “genius” after she created a Halloween costume based on the NHS Covid-19 app.

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October 31, 2020
Orthodox priest shot at church in France

A Greek Orthodox priest has been shot outside his church in the city of Lyon, and police are hunting for the assailant, French police have said.

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October 31, 2020
Three men rescued from tumble dryer in Essex

Firefighters have had to rescue three young men who became stuck in a tumble dryer in Essex on Friday night.

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 30 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 30 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 37 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 38 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 38 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 39 after Turkey quake

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the...

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October 31, 2020
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar facing calls to address ‘leak’ claims

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is facing a growing number of calls to address claims he gave a confidential government document outlining a GP pay deal agreed with the Irish Medical Organisation...

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October 31, 2020
How James Bond role catapulted Sir Sean Connery to stardom

He enjoyed a long and varied film career spanning 50 years, but Sir Sean Connery will undoubtedly be remembered as the first – and some say definitive – James Bond.

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October 31, 2020
James Bond actor Sean Connery dies aged 90

FORMER James Bond actor Sean Connery has died at the aged of 90, BBC have reported.

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October 31, 2020
Huge crowd turns out for LGBT march in Taiwan

A huge and festive crowd marched in Taiwan's capital on Saturday in the annual LGBT Pride event.

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October 31, 2020
Rescuers search for survivors as Aegean earthquake death toll rises

Rescue teams are scouring the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island of...

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October 31, 2020
Ex-music teacher with dementia goes to number one with charity single

A piece of music improvised by a former music teacher living with dementia is topping the charts after it was released as a charity single.

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October 31, 2020
Church attack suspect’s family demands answers

A third suspect has been arrested in France following an Islamic extremist knife attack at a church in Nice in which three people were killed.

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October 31, 2020
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Cerberus grace the Halloween pumpkins of 2020

People all over the world have been sharing their best pumpkin efforts for Halloween 2020, with topical satire and artistic genius the order of the day.

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October 31, 2020
Great fox-spider spotted for first time in 25 years in Surrey

One of the UK's largest and most endangered spiders has been spotted for the first time in more than 25 years.

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October 31, 2020
England faces national lockdown next week under plans considered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is considering imposing stringent new national lockdown restrictions within days after scientists warned that half a million people were being infected with coronavirus each week.

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October 31, 2020
Three in custody in France following Nice attack

A third person was taken into custody in France in connection with the knife attack which left three dead in Nice on Thursday, a police source said on Saturday.

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October 31, 2020
Berlin’s new airport opens nine years late with little ceremony

Berlin's new airport was finally opening on Saturday, nine years late and far above its original budget, and, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, with little ceremony and few passengers.

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October 31, 2020
Death toll increases following strong earthquake off Turkish coast

The death toll has risen after a strong earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, with officials saying least 26 people...

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October 31, 2020
Rescuers search for survivors as Aegean earthquake death toll rises to 26

Rescue teams are searching through the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island...

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October 31, 2020
Rescuers search for survivors as Aegean earthquake death toll rises to 27

Rescue teams are searching through the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island...

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October 31, 2020
New Orleans police officer shot in the head by pedicab passenger in ambush

A man has been arrested after two New Orleans police officers were shot in the city's French Quarter in what the police chief described as an “ambush” by a suspect...

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October 31, 2020
Teenager accused of shooting protesters extradited from Illinois to Wisconsin

A 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators has been extradited to Wisconsin just hours after an Illinois court judge ordered he should face homicide charges across the...

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October 31, 2020
Belgium imposes partial lockdown to control coronavirus

Belgium has imposed a partial lockdown in a new bid to gain control of the pandemic that has hit the country worse than any other in the European Union.

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October 31, 2020
Obama to join Biden in final push before election day

Joe Biden will be joined by Barack Obama, the former president under whom he served as vice president for eight years, for joint speeches today in a campaign first.

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October 31, 2020
President’s campaign pins hopes on converting new voters

It is voters like Angel Fraijo that give Donald Trump hope. The 36-year-old marketer did not back the US president at the last election. In fact, he has never backed...

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October 31, 2020
Russian hackers hit US hospitals in extortion scam

A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against US hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple at least 10 more, cybersecurity firm Prevailion has warned.

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October 31, 2020
Starmer keen to avoid ‘civil war’ after Labour suspends Corbyn

Keir Starmer says there is "no reason for a civil war" in the Labour Party after anger from some on the left over Jeremy Corbyn's suspension for his response to...

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October 31, 2020
Tantrums, tweets and tribulations – The Trump Show

Going down in the history books as the most scandal-ridden President of the United States is quite an achievement for Donald Trump. Big league. The 45th US President didn't declare...

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October 31, 2020
Backing for anti-Covid wipe made in Ireland

An Irish medical technology company working in collaboration with the Defence Forces has been given independent backing for an anti-Covid-19 wipe that has been found to provide near-complete protection from...

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October 31, 2020
Between hope and despair, we must try to hold the line in the face of the coronavirus

This has been a terrible fortnight. Who could have predicted that the coronavirus pandemic would be eclipsed by a series of family tragedies that feel almost too sad to process?...

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October 31, 2020
Clothes shopping rules descend into farce as customers told buy only on ‘compassionate grounds’

Confusion over the rules surrounding shopping in lockdown descended into farce as consumers were told they could buy clothes 'for compassionate reasons'.

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