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Sonic boom as fighter jets scramble to intercept plane over Washington DC

The unresponsive aircraft later crashed in Virginia, officials say, and it is unclear what happened.

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Brian Cox 'hasn't watched Succession finale'

The actor revealed a few spoilers when he spoke to Laura Kuenssberg about the show's ending.

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Heat level NBA Finals thanks to key road win

The Miami Heat inflict a first home defeat of the play-off series on the Denver Nuggets to level the NBA Finals at 1-1.

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Elon Musk: Twitter snaps up top NBCUniversal executive

It comes just weeks after NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino was named as Twitter's CEO.

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Prince Harry latest: Hacking case against Mirror group in High Court

Prince Harry's lawyer sets the stage ahead of the Duke of Sussex's appearance in the witness box on Tuesday.

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Li Shangfu: War with US would be unbearable disaster, says China defence minister

Defence Minister Li Shangfu says Beijing is open to dialogue in his first major speech in the role.

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Afghan women face 'pandemic of suicidal thoughts'

Afghanistan faces a worsening mental health crisis amid a clampdown on women's freedoms and rights.

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Odisha train accident: Indian Railways seek police probe into crash

The railway minister announced the decision but did not give more details.

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Kathleen Folbigg: Woman jailed over infant deaths pardoned

A recent inquiry heard fresh evidence that Kathleen Folbigg did not kill her four children.

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Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive

Moscow claims to have killed 250 Ukrainian troops, but this has not been independently verified.