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  • PoliticsThe Independent

    Trump trial live updates: Trump claims he’s real victim of attacks in gag order hearing as testimony resumes

    Keith Davidson, former lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, is giving further evidence of ex-president’s hush money agreements with accusers

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Minister apologises to veteran turned away from polling station as ID refused

    Veterans minister Johnny Mercer has apologised to a former soldier after he was turned away at a polling station because his veterans card did not count as proper ID.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Biden condemns unrest following Gaza protests after police storm campuses: ‘Violent protest is not protected’

    President Biden on Thursday condemned the unrest and violence that has disrupted college campuses over the last week while stressing the importance of Americans’ right to protest peacefully in support of the Palestinian people’s treatment during Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. Mr Biden, speaking from the East Room of the White House, said peaceful protest is “in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues” because the US is “not an authoritarian nation where

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  • NewsReuters

    Russian guided bombs injure eight children in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

    The town of Derhachi where the incident occurred is a frequent target of Russian aerial strikes. Four of the children suffered moderate injuries and the others minor ones, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messaging app. Derhachi is near the border with Russia.

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  • NewsFrance 24

    Chad’s presidential candidate Succès Masra: opposition leader or secret government ally?

    Ten candidates are in the running for Chad's May 6 presidential election, but the race is dominated by the two frontrunners: General Mahamat Idriss Déby, who is currently serving as transitional president, and Prime Minister Succès Masra. Once a leading opposition figure, Masra has come under fire from other critics of the regime, who suspect him of striking a secret deal with Déby’s government. Campaigning is in full swing in Chad, where the current transitional president, Mahamat Idriss Déby,

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  • PoliticsThe Independent

    Watch: Joe Biden speaks amid pressure to address college Gaza protests

    Watch as Joe Biden speaks from the White House on Thursday 2 May. Escalating campus protests are forcing the US president to walk a careful line of denouncing antisemitism while supporting young Americans’ right to protest and trying to limit longer-term political damage. As violent police crackdowns and counter-protests greet spreading demonstrations across campuses, Mr Biden faces sharp criticism of his Israel policy from both the left and right.

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Russia used prohibited choking gas in Ukraine attacks

    The US State Department confirmed that Russia is using chloropicrin, a prohibited chemical deployed in the First World War.

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