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Boycotts, security fears and power struggles collide as cricket’s most profitable event begins in South Asia this weekend. Namita Singh reports from Delhi
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Pope, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message
Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis player, marks the start of the Winter Games by praising sports for promoting positive values and fair play
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TV licence fee will go up in April, BBC reveals
The broadcaster will raise the licence fee by £5.50 from April
Reform’s by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have children should pay more tax
Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader warned
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Dave Mustaine shares his biggest regret after releasing Megadeth’s final album
Exclusive: Heavy metal frontman reflects on the band’s farewell while addressing his many health issues over the years, and the stories behind Megadeth’s last album
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Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM ‘needs a miracle’ for leadership to survive Epstein scandal, says Labour MP
PM under increasing pressure from Labour MPs as leadership speculation intensifies amid widespread anger over scandal
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Homes left without water and schools shut after ‘very large’ pipe bursts
Several schools have closed as a result of the incident
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Warning millions more could be stung by Reeves’ tax raid on pensions
A 2,000-a-year cap on salary sacrifice contributions will come into effect from 2029
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Trump: ‘It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton’
Donald Trump said he is "bothered" by the House Oversight investigation into Bill Clinton’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Sadiq Khan told to apologise to sacked bus driver who knocked out thief after they stole passenger’s necklace
Mark Hehir has called the mayor’s silence ‘disappointing’
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North Korea sits out Winter Olympics as it holds own national games
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North Korean teenagers ‘executed for watching Squid Game’ as regime wages war on TV and pop music
‘They took us to executions and showed us everything,’ said one former student
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Doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients’ liver transplants
Dr John Stevenson Bynon Jr. is accused of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant
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Winter Olympics 2026 LIVE: Team GB curling updates and controversy over penis injections ahead of Opening Ceremony
The Winter Olympics officially get underway on Friday 6 January with the Opening Ceremony
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Pardoned Jan 6 rioter Jake Lang arrested in Minneapolis for vandalism
Jake Lang posted a video of himself kicking down an anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol, before triumphantly declaring: “Pro ICE baby! America first, America only”
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A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 15 and wounds dozens
Pakistani rescuers and witnesses say a massive bomb has ripped through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, killing at least 15 people and wounding nearly 50 worshippers
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Robert Redford's character in 1969 film 'Downhill Racer' still resonates with American ski racers
David Chappellet, a fictional downhill racer played by Robert Redford in the 1969 film "Downhill Racer," continues to inspire skiers
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison routine revealed in new video released in Epstein files dump
When the video was taken, Ghislaine Maxwell was being held at a prison considered to be ‘one of the most troubled’ in the US
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