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UK marks London 7/7 attacks as king hails 'spirit of unity'

To mark the moment the first bomb went off Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan laid wreaths at the July 7 memorial in the capital's Hyde Park at 8:50 am (0750 GMT).  
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Israeli negotiators due in Qatar for Gaza truce talks

Netanyahu had earlier announced he was sending a team to Qatar, a key mediator in the conflict, though he said that Hamas's response to a draft US-backed ceasefire deal included some "unacceptable" demands.
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Hamas says ready to start Gaza ceasefire talks 'immediately'

The announcement came after it held consultations with other Palestinian factions and before a visit on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, where President Donald Trump is pushing for an end to the war, now in its 21st month.
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Sanctions? No big deal, say Russian middle-class couple

The Russian economy has been marked by volatility since Moscow launched its Ukraine offensive in 2022, a military assault that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths. The country reported strong economic expansion in 2023 and 2024, largely due to massive state defence spending on the confl...
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Hamas says ready to start Gaza ceasefire talks 'immediately'

Hamas said it was ready to start talks "immediately" on a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the civil defence agency said Israel's ongoing offensive killed 20 people on Saturday.
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Third person dies as firefighters master west Turkey blazes

Turkey was spared the recent heatwaves that hit the rest of southern Europe but firefighters have battled more than 600 fires in the drought-hit nation over the past week which have been fuelled by high winds.
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Family and football unite to bid Diogo Jota farewell

Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle veered off a motorway in northwestern Spain and became engulfed in flames, a week after the Portugal forward had got married.
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The "Madre Fire" broke out on Wednesday in San Luis Obispo, a rural county in the heart of the US state.  
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