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Britain pledges 50-year AUKUS support in message to Trump
The UK government will sign a 50-year treaty with Australia to cement the AUKUS defence pact in a massive strategic and financial deal.
- David Crowe
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Two sailors rescued after ‘cool, calm and collected’ orcas ram yacht
Scientists are struggling to explain a phenomenon which has seen a particular group of orcas approach boats from the stern and hit their rudder before losing interest.
- James Crisp, Joe Pinkstone and James Badcock
Protests spread across UK as police admit drawing rival groups together
Anti-migrant demonstrators and refugee-advocate rivals are coming together outside asylum hotels as an explosive dispute about where to house thousands of people crossing the English Channel gathers pace.
- David Crowe
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- Vale
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76
The death of the “prince of darkness”, born John Michael Osbourne in 1948, has come only weeks after his farewell show.
- Mark Kennedy, Angus Thompson and Nick Newling
Prince George beams in 12th birthday photo shared by William and Kate
The eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and second in line for the throne, was photographed smiling as he leaned with his arms crossed against a wooden gate.
- Angus Thompson
Dramatic video shows Manchester bus roof sheared off by low bridge
Fifteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a double-decker bus smashed into a low bridge.
- Tom Housden
‘UK’s gone to hell’: Billionaire puts $500 million London mansion up for sale
A billionaire shipping tycoon is selling his 300-year-old Chelsea manor after fleeing Britain.
- Michael Bow
It’s a perfect English town. Now a battle over asylum seekers is ripping it apart
The quiet community – similar to leafy suburbs on the edges of Sydney and Melbourne – has become a flashpoint over asylum seekers as right-wing outsiders escalate the situation with violence.
- David Crowe
Nick Cave draws a crowd – but the queues aren’t to listen to his music this time
The Australian singer has given shoppers at a small store in England an unexpected insight into his creative life.
- David Crowe
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A fight at the opera as performer unfurls Palestine flag on stage
The London cast member fended off an attendant who tried to remove the flag during curtain calls at the Royal Opera House. Hours earlier, police arrested more than 100 people at protests across the UK.
- David Crowe
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