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After Spending Countless Hours Testing Security Cameras, I Recommend These 3 for Prime Day Deals
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Maximizing Privacy? New Apple Home Security Cameras Reportedly Won’t Record Video
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Unidentified Flock Cameras in Florida
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I’ve Tried All the New Video Doorbells, and These 3 Are the Best Amazon Prime Deals This Year
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Connected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform
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For the Sake of Your Home, Never Put Smoke Alarms in These Spots
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I Want Better Reporting on AI Genie Behavior
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Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal
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Stop Creating a Fire Hazard by Leaving These 7 Things Plugged in When You Leave
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Home Security Cheat Sheet: CNET’s Best Advice in One Place
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New Attack Against RSA
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Grab the Ring $70 Doorbell and Double Up Your Security Without Breaking the Bank
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Best Home Security Systems in 2026: Every Sensor Tested
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Best Light Bulb Security Cameras of 2026: Tested in Our Sockets
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On Anthropic’s AI Misuse Report
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Malicious npm Packages That Evade Defenses
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Get $30 Off a Loxx Boxx and Give Your Parcels the Ultimate Security Upgrade
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Research on Models Engaging in Genie-Like Behavior
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Reverse-Engineering Flock Cameras
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I Tried Two Extraordinary Security Gadgets Made for Spots Other Tech Can’t Reach
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The 3-2-1 backup rule everyone repeats is missing a step, and I found out the hard way
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Gmail stopped loading hidden trackers when I changed this one setting
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Your Driverless Cab Is Spying on You
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Hidden Windows 11 security settings you should enable right now
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Security doesn't have to cost thousands per year, and these free apps prove it
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Changing your DNS makes browsing safer, but it won’t hide your history from the people who matter most
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Your Excel file is secretly sharing more than you think. Here's how to check
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The smart home sensor you should buy before any smart bulb, plug, or speaker
Read more →These 3 Google Pixel features are saving more personal info than you realize
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Every major browser has a setting that can completely punch through your network-wide DNS filtering
Read more →De-Googling Android isn't about losing features—it's about gaining control
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Five Ad Blocker Hacks Every Android User Should Know
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Google Play’s biggest open-source rival finally got the update it desperately needed
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Your Galaxy's hidden maintenance mode keeps repair technicians out of your personal data
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This Battery-Powered Blink Floodlight Camera Is Just $40 Right Now
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Samsung's Secure Folder is basically a second phone hiding inside your Galaxy
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Meta Pinky Promises Its Smart Glasses Will Be Private Soon
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10 uBlock Origin Hacks Everyone Should Know
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My smart TV really got way faster when I blocked the ads
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How to Configure Your VPN to Work at the Router Level (and Why You Should)
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This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse
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Your gut may be making a molecule that raises Alzheimer’s risk
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How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
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October 1 ushered in a new era in U.S. foreign aid. What's the plan? Will it work?
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Read more →Heat-related deaths in Phoenix rise, after two years of decline
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Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may have a reversible weakness
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This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
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Creatine may help build muscle even without exercise, researchers find
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Cannabis users were twice as likely to commit violence, review finds
Read more →The poverty rate among older Americans is rising, survey shows
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This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies
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Scientists find new virus behind mysterious tick illness
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Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space
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Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain
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5 tips for parents worried about their kids' screen time and online safety
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Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth
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Glucosamine, a popular joint supplement, linked to faster Alzheimer’s progression
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NIH launches new PubMed tool to strengthen research replication and reproducibility
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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
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Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name
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Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit
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We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data
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Victory! California Appeals Court Refuses to Revive Surveillance Tech CEO’s Meritless Lawsuit Against Journalist
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Will Trump Administration Officials Be Held Accountable for Defying a Court Order? The Courts Are Still Deciding.
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📱 Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access? | EFFector 38.17
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Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
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While the Country Rejects ALPR Mass Surveillance, SF Settles for Weak Safeguards
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EFF to San Francisco Police: Drones are Powerful Surveillance Tools That Require a Robust Policy
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The final whistle for the football booze ban? | Letters
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How the Trump administration is trying to defend its firing of Maurene Comey
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Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road
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EFF to Court: Trump's Use of Truth Social's Pay-To-See-Posts-First Scheme Violates Americans' 1st Amendment Equal Access Rights
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Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
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Family of Iranian twins sentenced to death and decades in jail ask UN for help
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OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information'
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Google Family Link helped me lock down 99% of my child's phone with ease — here's how
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Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock
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Ukraine drone chief targeted by $20 million Russian bounty warns 'humanity is losing control' as AI becomes a 'digital panopticon'
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A Hacking Competition Shows the Power of China’s Approach to A.I.
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OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information'
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The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries
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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
Read more →The Download: OpenAI’s chief research officer explains its hacking response
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Casio’s F-B100W smartwatch launches in the US after selling out in Japan
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Where to draw the line on AI: Lessons from digital forensics
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
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Sanctioned billion-dollar cybersecurity company from Russia finds 11 vulnerabilities in Google and Apple products — including a nasty one that compromised a device just through a malicious NFC tag
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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns
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Need for speed: Ukraine actively seeking Formula 1 expertise to design future Magura naval unmanned vehicles like ultra-lightweight racing machines
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Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID
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Forget the new Garmin Fenix 9 — this flagship-level alternative is already half price ahead of Amazon's second Prime Day sale
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OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Goodbye claims, hello prevention — how smart tech is transforming home insurance
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PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
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Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
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Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
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Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data
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OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
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Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
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The Secrets of the US Spyware King
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach
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Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
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Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads, and Macs for this urgent security fix
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Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders
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Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech
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One Packet Can Crash OT Servers in Industrial Sectors
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FBI reportedly declares ‘cyber security incident’ after hackers steal agents’ personal data
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OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
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OpenAI is preparing “o,” an always-on ChatGPT assistant that could handle email
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How the CISO CFO Relationship is a Key to Cybersecurity Success
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Warning: Two Unpatched Citrix NetScaler RCE Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation
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Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
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Michigan state police rule out claim that Larry Nassar was removed from sex offender registry
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‘It’s enraging’: lawmakers call for action after Guardian investigation into convenience store overcharges
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Trump threatens to double tariffs on South Korea if they do not pay for Alaska natural gas pipeline – as it happened
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Trump threatens to double tariffs on South Korea if they do not pay for Alaska natural gas pipeline – US politics live
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Hochul to address Cornell University case after appointing Leticia James to investigate alleged gang-rape – US politics live
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Trump doesn’t rule out sending ICE to polling sites; US supreme court to review policy to detain immigrants challenging deportation – as it happened
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Trump doesn’t rule out sending ICE to polling sites; US supreme court to review policy to detain immigrants challenging deportation – live
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Mamdani’s nuanced plan offers a roadmap to tackle antisemitism – and reignites criticism of the mayor
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Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
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Pete Hegseth confirms cutting 20% of US military generals and admirals
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Tennessee halts plan to execute woman for first time in 200 years
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‘Third country’ deportation can resume, US supreme court rules | First Thing
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Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries – live
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Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief for nuclear concessions – US politics live
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Trump doubles down on claims US will win war with Iran ‘one way or another’ as talks are in doubt – as it happened
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Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’ despite Trump claims – US politics live
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Republican senator criticizes White House for taxpayer-funded Trump ads
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Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It’s a privilege … not a right’
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Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages
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Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed execution
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Russia hits second major bridge in Ukraine's capital Kyiv
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Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with axe, UAE official says
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US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
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G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat
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Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
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'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot
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Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
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US death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injections
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Too early to say who was behind Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says
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What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to Israel
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One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
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Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's removal from flat
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Evicted Spanish pensioner can move back home, lawyer says
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Seoul summons Ukraine envoy over North Korean prisoner-of-war row
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Trump-Xi summit: What wasn't said might matter the most
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Inside Yemen's front-line city as Houthis battle for control
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Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead
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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days - but her defence say she's a victim too
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