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    Three die in helicopter crash during Royal Navy exercise

    03/06/2026 | 29 mins.
    The Princess of Wales has expressed her sorrow at the death of the three Royal Navy personel who died after their helicopter came down during a training exercise in Devon early this morning.
    The Chief Constable of Hampshire Policehas has apologised for his force's handling of the murder of the teenager Henry Nowak, which sparked violent unrest in Southampton.
    The former Head of MI6 - Sir Alex Younger - has died at the age of 62 after being treated for cancer.
    President Trump has suggested he would be willing to meet the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, if an agreement can be reached between Iran and the US.
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    PM says 'serious questions' for police over student murder

    02/06/2026 | 30 mins.
    The Prime Minister has said there are "serious questions" for the police to answer about the murder of a student who was handcuffed and arrested while he lay dying - after his killer falsely accused him of racism. Henry Nowak was stabbed as he returned from a night out in Southampton in December last year. Also: New phase of the El Niño could be one of the strongest ever recorded. Evacuations in Ukraine's Kharkiv region as Russian attacks intensify. UK Athletics fined for manslaughter after athlete killed by collapsing shot-put cage. And: Knighthoods and Damehoods for Idris Elba, Torvill and Dean and Meera Syal.
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    More Mandelson Documents Published

    01/06/2026 | 30 mins.
    Thousands of documents published by the government have revealed that while Lord Mandelson was the US ambassador, he repeatedly criticised Sir Keir Starmer's leadership in discussions with ministers. The exchanges were released as part of the publication of the second set of documents relating to Lord Mandelson's time in Washington. In other news, Israel's military has told residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his forces to target the area; and an international court has ruled that the UK will not have to pay Rwanda costs or compensation for the Labour government's decision to scrap the Conservatives' plan to deport some migrants there.
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    Nicola Sturgeon Speaks to BBC About Peter Murrell's SNP Embezzlement

    31/05/2026 | 16 mins.
    The former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has insisted she knew nothing about her estranged husband's crimes, after his admission of embezzlement. Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to spending more than £400,000 of Scottish National Party funds. In other news, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered his troops to advance further into Lebanon as Israel fights the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah; and thousands of Arsenal fans have filled the streets of north London to celebrate winning the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.
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    Charity Warns of DRC Ebola Spread

    30/05/2026 | 16 mins.
    The charity, Médicins Sans Frontières, has warned that no previous outbreak of Ebola has recorded as many cases at such an early stage as the current one in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has spent the day in the city of Bunia in the north-east of the country - the epicentre of the outbreak.
    In other news, it's emerged that Buckingham Palace was handed emails six years ago that appear to show the then-Prince Andrew was sharing confidential government information while he was a trade envoy. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under investigation on suspicion of misconduct in public office and has consistently denied wrongdoing.
    And Liverpool have sacked their manager, Arne Slot, saying the club was looking for a "change of direction."
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