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Emily Macdonald is a journalist based in New York, covering world news. Macdonald has embedded with troops in Afghanistan, hit campaign trails and reported on landmark court cases. She’s currently involved in a long term investigation into the best bagels in Brooklyn – at least that’s her story.

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This handout photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense taken on December 14, 2021 shows the US Army conducting live fire tests of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range American missiles, such as ATACMS, against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity, confirming media reports. (Photo by John Hamilton / DoD / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JOHN HAMILTON / US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Russia fires first intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine

Russia has launched a dangerous long-range missile at Ukraine for the first time since its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in 2022. Follow the updates.

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(FILES) US producer-musician Sean "Diddy" Combs poses with the Global Icon award in the press room during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on September 12, 2023. A judge denied Combs bail on November 27, 2024, according to a court filing, after he was charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. Judges had already denied bail twice for the rapper and prosecutors alleged in opposing the third bid that the rapper and producer has contacted witnesses and used unauthorized communications platforms while incarcerated. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

‘Motherf***ing devil’: Shocking new Diddy claim

Sean Diddy Combs is facing a fresh lawsuit containing a series of shocking new allegations against the music mogul.

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Hugh Jackman’s new life revealed

Hugh Jackman has moved on to a new life with a range of projects under way with a new rumoured romance, after he and Deborra-Lee Furness announced their split.

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Aldi store manager Aaron Nordbye of Melbourne, his partner Hariet and daughters Emily, 16, Ava, 14, and Audrey, 5, are stranded in Bali due to the volcano.

Mum’s anxious wait as dad stuck in Bali with three young daughters

Five-year-old Audrey Nordbye’s dream Bali trip is now a nightmare. She’s stuck with her two big sisters and dad due to flight delays from the volcano as mum waits at home in Australia.

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A new official royal portrait of Queen Mary of Denmark

Queen Mary’s breathtaking new photos

Striking official new portraits of Australian born Queen Mary of Denmark give a powerful insight into how the girl from Tassie has transformed into a bona fide world leader. See the full gallery.

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(FILES) This undated handout photo obtained July 8, 2019, courtesy of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Departmant shows Jeffrey Epstein. A New York judge began to unseal January 3, the identities of people linked in court documents to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes. The initial tranche includes 40 previously undisclosed documents with almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, with the final library of documents expected to name prominent individuals. (Photo by Handout / Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Clinton’s stunning admission on Jeffrey Epstein

Former US President Bill Clinton admits he found pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein “odd” adding that he wished he had never met him in his new memoir to be released next week.

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TOPSHOT - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference at the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Hungary, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Zelenskyy vows 2025 will be the year of peace for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explains how 2025 will be the year his people finally see peace despite fierce fighting with Russia which has seen North Korea join the fray.

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TOPSHOT - People gather as smoke rises from a UN school-turned-shelter after it was hit in an Israeli strike, in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on November 14, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

‘We call on Trump’: Hamas’ plea to the US President-elect

Terror group Hamas has made an astonishing cry for help to America’s incoming President Donald Trump as Gaza continues to suffer in their ongoing war with Israel. Follow the updates.

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Britain's King Charles III (L) speaks with pupils of the primary school Rye Oak benefiting from the Coronation Food Project, as he visits to the Coronation Food Project hub, located at the Deptford Trading Estate, in southeastern London, on November 14, 2024, during the centre inauguration. To celebrate his 76th birthday and the first anniversary of the Coronation Food Project, the King opened the initiativeâs first two Coronation Food Hubs â one in person and one virtually. The hubs are major distribution centres, designed to save and circulate surplus food and to support communities in need. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)

Kate and William’s cheeky birthday message to the King

It’s King Charles’ birthday and Princess Catherine and Prince William took the opportunity to give him a gentle ribbing.

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(FILES) In this file photo outgoing First Lady Melania Trump listens as her husband Outgoing US President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. - The backdrop of flowers, teapot and US flag said it all: Jill Biden will be no Melania Trump as America's new first lady. Where Donald Trump's ex-model wife cut a flashy but often distant figure, Jill Biden's appearance on a Zoom "virtual tea" party February 3 with military spouses affirmed her image as a down-to-earth, traditional FLOTUS. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)

‘Bidens are disgusting’: Melania’s White House snub personal

Melania Trump is defying decades of White House tradition by refusing to take tea with fellow First Lady Jill Biden. And there’s a very intimate reason why.

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