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    Uncontacted humans are filmed in Peru

    Humans who are unaware that the rest of humanity exists have been filmed in Peru. Apart from the loggers felling trees where they live the Peruvian tribe is unaware that 8 billion other humans exist. They think they are the only ones. In 2022, the tribe killed a logger with a six foot arrow...
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    King Charles III opens the new UK Parliament

    In a ceremony that is around 700 years old, the British monarch today opened the new Parliament. This Parliament is massively changed as Labour are now the governing party with a huge 412 seats. It's only the third time since 1979 that a different party has taken to power in Britain (and they...
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    King and Queen pulled away from Jersey event after false alarm

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla were pulled away from an event on the island of Jersey today after their Close Protection Officers - the British equivalent of America's Secret Service - became concerned about something. The Queen, 76, who was eating ice cream and enjoying herself, was...
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    Double murderer sentenced to die in prison

    An abuser who stabbed to death his ex-partner and a man she was dating in a "ferocious and merciless" attack was sentenced to a whole life order. Marcus Osborne murdered Katie Higton, 27, and Steven Harnett, 25, in May 2023 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Osborne stabbed Higton 99 times...
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    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    In a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 61, and members of his new Labour Government (including Home Secretary Yvette Cooper) and actor Idris Elba, King Charles III, 75, spoke of his desire for them to tackle knife crime, so prevalent in the nation's big cities. "You have the right to...
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    Starmer makes international debut as PM

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met Zelensky and Biden at the NATO summit in Washington DC just days after becoming British PM in a huge landslide. He promised Zelensky that British support for Ukraine will continue as it did under the Tories. The British have had meetings with both...
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    Paedo rocker is paying other prisoners for protection

    Paedo rocker Ian Watkins is paying other prisoners for his protection. Watkins, the former lead singer of Welsh heavy metal band Lostprophets, was found guilty in 2013 of sexually abusing children. For the crimes, he received 29 years in prison and he is currently serving in HMP Wakefield in...
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    Irish PM: UK and Ireland have real opportunity to press reset

    Simon Harris, the Prime Minister (Toiseach) of Britain's nearest neighbour Republic of Ireland and leader of Fine Gael, has said that the "British-Irish relationship is really strong" and the two countries now have a "real opportunity" to "press reset". He said: "Politics aside... at the end of...
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    Badenoch, Braverman and Jenrick in the frame to be next Tory leader

    Badenoch is the favourite to be new Tory leader The once mighty Conservative Party is just a shadow of its former self having been reduced to a rump of just 121 MPs out of 650 in the House of Commons. The world's oldest political party is also one of the world's most successful having been...
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    Trade opportunities with EU coils be explored, says Reynolds

    New Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has told Sky's Trevor Phillips, constitutional arguments - like Brexit - will not be revisited with the EU, but trade opportunities could be explored. He said: "When it comes to trade, it's really about standards on food, we've got the same standards as...
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    Serial child killer given 15th whole life tariff for attempted murder

    Serial child killer nurse Lucy Letby is already condemned to spend the rest of her life in prison with no possibility of parole after receiving, in 2023, not one but FOURTEEN whole life tariffs for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others that were in her care at a Chester...
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    Britain performed its usual pomp and pageantry as it today welcomed the Emperor and Empress of Japan for a State Visit. The Japanese Head of State Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako were given a warm welcome by British Head of State King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla. Also...
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    Kings heirs jump for joy a Prince of Wales turns 42

    Britain's four immediate Heirs to the Throne leapt for joy on a beach as the Prince of Wales celebrated his birthday. Prince William turned 42 on 21st June and the Heir to the Throne was pictured leaping on a beach with his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - 2nd, 3rd...
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    Princess Anne in hospital after being injured by a horse

    The King's sister, 73, is in hospital tonight after being injured by a horse while out walking on her Gloucestershire estate. She is expected to make a full recovery but will spend several days in hospital. Her working visit to Canada has been postponed. Like her mother, Queen Elizabeth II...
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    Shrinking 10x every 21 seconds until you're the size of an atom

    Time to go an an adventure among tardigrades and red blood cells
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    Heirs to the Throne gather to mark Father's Day

    A new photo has been released showing Prince William, the Prince of Wales, with his three children to mark Father's Day. The Heir to the Throne, 41, was pictured on a beach with Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, who are 2nd, 3rd and 4th in line respectively. The...
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    King and Queen lead Order of the Garter ceremony

    In one of those ancient British traditions which dates back centuries - in this case around 700 years - King Charles III and Queen Camilla donned robes and ostrich feathers in the Order of the Garter ceremony on Monday 17th June. Ladies and Knights of the Garter processed through the grounds of...
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    Euro 2024

    Euro 2024 gets underway on Friday night between hosts Germany and Scotland. The tournament to crown the European Champions sees France and England as the favourites to win it, with England losing against Italy in the Euro 2020 Final and France losing against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup...
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    King bestows new colours onto the Irish Guards

    British monarch King Charles III has bestowed new colours onto the British Army's Irish Guards in an age-old ceremony. The King, who is not only Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces but is also Field Marshal in the British Army, wore his Field Marshal uniform as he bestowed the new...
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    French President Macron calls snap election after Far Right surge

    The French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in panic after Marine Le Pen's hard right party were successful in France in the EU Elections. The hard right were not only successful in our next door neighbour to the south but also a number of other EU states, with many millions...