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Watch live view of Baltimore bridge wreckage after two bodies found during recovery mission
Watch a live view of the wreckage of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday, 29 March. The men have been identified as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35 of Baltimore and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26 of Dundalk. Mr Fuentes was from Mexico and Mr Cabrera from Guatemala.
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8 of the best places to go in Cornwall to avoid the crowds
Avoid the well-trodden tourist trail and visit these quieter spots in one of the UK’s premier staycation destinations
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VideoDaily politics briefing - March 29
Daily politics briefing for March 29, as Humza Yousaf marks first anniversary as Scotland’s First Minister.
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Ukraine-Russia war – live: Russia launches missile strikes as Poland activates fighter jets
Moscow has claimed it has evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert hall last week were linked to ‘Ukrainian nationalists’
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Trump attends wake of slain NYPD officer as attorneys argue for Georgia election case to be thrown out: Live
In court, former president’s legal team argues false claims about 2020 vote being stolen were protected under First Amendment
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Urgent 999 warning amid phone outage in Glasgow
An urgent warning has been sent out by police as phone services are down in some parts of the city.
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Bangladesh opens mosque for transgender hijra community
Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh's transgender hijra community have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of worship without discrimination.- 'Like any other people' - Hijra have been the beneficiaries of growing legal recognition in Bangladesh, which since 2013 has officially allowed members of the community to identify as a third gender.
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