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- Spain sends thousands more troops to flood epicentre
- Harris, Trump go toe to toe in frenzied final campaign weekend
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- Serbia to demolish 'German' bridge amid outcry
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- Van Nistelrooy wants to give Man Utd fans 'joy of winning'
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- UK's battered Tory party elects Badenoch as new leader
- Deadly Israeli strikes on 'apocalyptic' north Gaza
- Olympic medallist Koki Ikeda vows to clear name after doping suspension
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- Japan urges 200,000 people to evacuate due to heavy rain
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- Tatum propels Celtics over Hornets, Lakers hold off Raptors
- War decimates harvest in famine-threatened Sudan
- US-Israeli settlers hope to see a second Trump term
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- Man Utd said 'it was now or never', new manager Amorim says
- Trump, Harris clash over rhetoric as they battle for swing state votes
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- MLB star pitcher Snell opts out of Giants contract
- With stones and slings, supporters of Bolivia's Morales gird for battle
- Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Intel
- Sacked Ten Hag wishes 'trophies and glory' for Man Utd
- Wasteful Leverkusen held by Stuttgart
- Trump says RFK Jr will have 'big role' in health care if he wins
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