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Russia Ukraine war: US to send advanced rocket system to Ukraine
Ukraine’s military hope it will help them hold the line in the east of the country and the onslaught.
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Texas shooting: Biden faces calls to take action after Uvalde visit
The US Justice Department has said it will investigate the police response to last week’s mass shooting in Texas, after it emerged that officers delayed entering the school for more than 40 minutes.
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NRA delegates reject calls for stricter gun controls as Trump speaks at convention
You cannot outlaw tragedy – but we can make America safer. That’s what President Biden declared today – promising to take the necessary action to protect lives in the wake of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas.
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Lawyers deliver closing arguments in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial
Seven weeks of testimony on both sides have been painfully played out in court, with Ms Heard claiming she had been abused by a man wielding great power and influence – while Mr Depp’s lawyers claimed she had ruined his life.
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Texas shooting: Police admit ‘wrong decision’ to delay confronting gunman
Police chiefs in Uvalde, Texas, have admitted that the delay in confronting the gunman who shot 19 children and two teachers at a primary school was the “wrong decision” – and revealed that at least two children inside the school called 911 as the attack was taking place.
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Lack of gun control is costing us our children, says human rights lawyer
We were joined from Washington by American human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid, who has called on President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to enact tougher gun controls.
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San Antonio Archbishop calls for US lawmakers to be ‘consistent’ on abortion and guns
We spoke to Gustavo Garcia-Siller, the archbishop of San Antonio, the closest city to Uvalde, and began by asking him what the situation is there.
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Texas shooting: Why did it take nearly an hour for police to enter the school?
Police in Uvalde, Texas, have been criticised for the time it took to stop 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos in the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. He was reportedly in the school between 40 minutes and an hour before he was killed.
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Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges against three men
In the past few years the actor Kevin Spacey has been airbrushed from our screens following sexual misconduct allegations.
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Biden: Finland and Sweden joining Nato has ‘complete backing’ of US
President Biden has been meeting the prime minister of Sweden and president of Finland at the White House.
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Buffalo shooting: Self-confessed white supremacist wanted to ‘take as many black lives as possible’
Residents living near the scene of this weekend’s racist massacre in Buffalo, New York, have gathered for a vigil to remember the10 people who died.
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Inside the last abortion clinic in Oklahoma
In the US, Democrats in the Senate have failed to get a bill passed that would enshrine women’s right to abortion in federal law. They were trying to combat the anticipated overturning by the Supreme Court of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that protected abortion rights for half a century. Meanwhile Republican-run states in…
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Depp v Heard: Tears as Amber Heard describes alleged abuse by former husband Johnny Depp
Amber Heard has been telling a court in Virginia about the moment her former husband Johnny Depp hit “rock bottom” over his drug and alcohol abuse – as she took the stand at his defamation trial for a second day.
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‘Protecting life is Trump’s greatest legacy’, says Republican strategist
We were joined by the Republican strategist Deana Bass Williams.
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Roe v. Wade: ‘Politicians have to stay out of healthcare decisions’, says civil liberties group
We were joined by Tamya Cox-Toure, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in the state of Oklahoma, which has voted for one of America’s toughest abortion bans.