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    Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russia this year

    16/08/2026 | 16 mins.
    Kyiv's overnight attacks on Russia have been described as the largest this year. They set another depot of the online retailer, Wildberries, on fire. Also: a growing wildfire in Belgium has been deemed the country's largest in modern history. And the government is giving stronger protections to pubs to stop them from being turned into housing or offices.
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    Andy Burnham says death of Jason Arday is a 'tragedy'

    15/08/2026 | 16 mins.
    Firefighters are battling hot spots still burning in the West Midlands; a blaze that devastated the town of Stourbridge is under control.
    Dozens of people are killed in a powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Flores.
    Lyse Doucet reports from Kabul where supporters of the Taliban celebrate five years since the western-backed government was forced out of power.
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    PM says Britain is 'a tinderbox' as homes destroyed in wildfire

    14/08/2026 | 30 mins.
    Nineteen houses have been fully destroyed in multiple blazes across the West Midlands - eighteen others were damaged as firefighters fought to gain control.
    Parliamentary investigators re-open their examination of a £5 million gift to Nigel Farage - just hours after the Reform UK leader's resounding by-election victory.
    Luigi Mangione -- accused of shooting dead a health insurance executive in New York - - has pleaded guilty to the killing.
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    Israeli military tackles blockade by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank

    13/08/2026 | 30 mins.
    Israel sends in more troops to try to break up an Israeli settler blockade of two families in a village in the occupied West Bank. Also: a train derails near Lewes in East Sussex. And there has been an increase in the proportion of A-levels awarded at the top grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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    Millions watch the UK's most significant solar eclipse since 1999

    12/08/2026 | 30 mins.
    Millions of people across the UK witness the country's most significant solar eclipse since 1999. Also: The serial sex offender Simon Levy has been given a whole-life order after murdering two women and raping another. And a chocolate bar has been made entirely from ingredients grown in Britain for the first time in more than 90 years.
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