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Kim Wall murder: police find head of Swedish journalist

Danish police investigating the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall have found body parts, including her severed head.

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Pakistani Taliban starts magazine for would-be female jihadists

The Pakistani Taliban have published the first edition of a magazine aimed at convincing women to join them and practise jihad.

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General Motors recalls 800,000 trucks worldwide over steering defect

General Motors Co is recalling nearly 800,000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks worldwide that could lose power steering, according to documents made public on Friday.

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Yoga in the office? Firms should help us stay well

Lunchtime yoga classes, providing help to remove ingrowing toenails and holding meetings while walking around the office – these are just some of the strategies that employers should use to boost staff fitness, according to the NHS public health chief.

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Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well

GPs prescribing arts activities to some patients could lead to a dramatic fall in hospital admissions and save the NHS money, according to a report into the subject of arts, health and wellbeing published after two years of evidence gathering.

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Scandals threaten Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's grip on power

Shinzo Abe is fighting for his future as Japan’s prime minister as scandals drag his government’s popularity close to what political observers describe as “death zone” levels.

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All by myself: The greatest solo film performances worked their magic

In Les Miserables, Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for crying – but how is she with cryo? She’s just signed up for O2, a race-against-time movie centred on a woman who wakes up trapped in one of those sci-fi hypersleep pods so beloved of the Alien franchise.

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Trump Jr and Paul Manafort to testify before Congress about Russia

Donald Trump Jr, along with the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, are scheduled to testify publicly before Congress on 26 July.

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Member of India's lowest caste expected to be elected president

A member of India’s poorest and most oppressed caste is expected to be elected president.

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Trump approval rating at 70-year low as Russia scandal swirls

Donald Trump’s approval rating has plunged in a national poll, published on Sunday, that charts Americans’ perceptions of a stalling domestic policy agenda and declining leadership on the world stage.

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Police remove 2,000 refugees and migrants sleeping rough in Paris

Police have moved more than 2,000 refugees and migrants off the streets of Paris, where they had been sleeping rough for weeks in squalid and insanitary conditions.

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Hopes of mild climate change dashed by new research

Hopes that the world’s huge carbon emissions might not drive temperatures up to dangerous levels have been dashed by new research.

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Brexit: British officials drop 'cake and eat it' approach to negotiation

British officials have quietly abandoned hope of securing the government’s promised “cake and eat it” Brexit deal, increasingly accepting the inevitability of a painful trade-off between market access and political control when the UK leaves the EU.

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US woman killed by police while children were home after reporting theft

Seattle police shot and killed a mother of four inside her apartment in the presence of her young children after she called law enforcement to report a burglary.

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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong denounced by siblings

The younger siblings of Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, have launched a scathing personal and political attack on him, saying they have lost confidence in him as a leader and accusing their “big brother omnipresent” of abusing his power.

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Shaken it off! Taylor Swift ends Spotify spat

Taylor Swift has made her entire back catalogue available on Spotify, ending a three-year boycott of the streaming service following a row over artist royalties.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen cut ties with Qatar

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terror, in the Gulf Arab region’s most serious diplomatic crisis in years.