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✓The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era
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Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections, calling him 'great warrior prime minister'
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Arrests over Israeli settler attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats in West Bank
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✓Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited
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✓Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident'
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✓Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
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✓Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
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✓Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
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✓China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports
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✓How day of protests unfolded as disorder breaks out across France
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✓World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey
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Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check
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Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns
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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
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