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Fresh calls for tighter firearms control following second-deadliest school shooting in US history

Minister in Emmanuel Macron’s new government accused of raping two women

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Former MI6 chief suggests Russian leader may be forced into a sanatorium

Police leak provides new insight into Beijing’s mass incarceration system

Hollywood stars back in court after break in second libel case

Supermodel Kate Moss is due to testify in court about her relationship with the Hollywood actor

Ukraine’s head of intelligence claims Russian president has been target of hit

Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – have lost a decade-long legal battle

Heat and humidity combine to create deadly conditions that will only get more common

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US would defend Taipei if attacked by Beijing

Patriarch Kirill I facing EU sanctions over support for Ukraine invasion

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Are we closer to understanding sudden infant death syndrome? Has a Trump-appointed judge given hope to trans Americans? And do too many British police…

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Supply chains went into crisis after major supplier shut down factory following two infant deaths

While avoiding direct involvement, Nato has played a crucial role in the Ukraine war

The next few years are likely to be ‘chaotic or worse’, predicts the Los Angeles Times

Moscow deploys armoured fighting vehicles in ‘sign of increasing frustration’

Supreme leader has now announced that all women must cover their faces in public

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Manifesto linked to Buffalo shooting suspect Payton Gendron described black Americans and immigrants as ‘replacers’

Shortages of grain and fertiliser could last years, UN warns

Ankara delays early vote on Sweden and Finland joining military alliance

McDonald’s exit from Russia will put pressure on other big companies

Authorities planning to demolish historic graves in bid to ease traffic congestion

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Notoriously secretive state ‘on verge of catastrophe’

Reports of unidentified aerial phenomena have doubled in the last year, say intelligence officials

Azovstal steel works ‘heroic hold-out’ could prove decisive

Russian MPs call for fighters evacuated from Azovstal steelworks to be put to death

Joe Biden overturns Trump-era decision to withdraw from African terrorism battle