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In pictures: Queen's Windsor tour

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
A warm reception in Windsor
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Bahrain activist retrial rejected

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
The family of leading Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-khawaja denounce the decision to retry him and 20 other activists.
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No need for NIO says McGuinness

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has questioned whether there is still a need for the Northern Ireland Office and the Secretary of State.
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Federal judge stops Texas law on women's health

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting state funds through the Women's Health Program.

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled there is sufficient evidence that a law banning Planned Parenthood from the program is unconstitutional. He imposed an injunction ...

French Muslims get call to vote for president

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
PARIS (AP) -- They are France's millions-strong minority with a voice that usually falls silent at election time. But this year, there is a special new effort to mobilize French Muslims to speak up at the ballot box in Sunday's presidential race - amid a surge of Islam-bashing among the French right....

French Muslims get call to vote for president

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
PARIS (AP) -- They are France's millions-strong minority with a voice that usually falls silent at election time. But this year, there is a special new effort to mobilize French Muslims to speak up at the ballot box in Sunday's presidential race - amid a surge of Islam-bashing among the French right....

French Muslims get call to vote for president

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
PARIS (AP) -- They are France's millions-strong minority with a voice that usually falls silent at election time. But this year, there is a special new effort to mobilize French Muslims to speak up at the ballot box in Sunday's presidential race - amid a surge of Islam-bashing among the French right....

French Muslims get call to vote for president

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
PARIS (AP) -- They are France's millions-strong minority with a voice that usually falls silent at election time. But this year, there is a special new effort to mobilize French Muslims to speak up at the ballot box in Sunday's presidential race - amid a surge of Islam-bashing among the French right....

VIDEO: New York set for new tallest building

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
One World Trade Center is to overtake the Empire State Building to become New York's tallest building once a steel column is lifted into place on Monday.
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EPA official resigns over 'crucify' remark

Embattled Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz, under fire after being caught on video bragging that he'd "crucify" oil and gas companies in order to send a message to the industry, has stepped down.

"While I feel there is much work to be done for the people of this country ...

Birth injury girl awarded £10.8m

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
An 11-year-old Lincolnshire girl who suffered severe injuries at birth is awarded compensation worth £10.8m.
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Iraq VP Hashemi on murder charges

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
Iraq's fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi will face charges of murder, including those of six judges, when his trial opens this week, officials say.
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April is the wettest in 100 years

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
This has been the wettest April in the UK for over a century, with some areas seeing three times their usual monthly average, Met Office figures show.
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Rights group: US asylum likely for China dissident

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an agreement likely before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives this week, a U.S. rights campaigner said Monday....

Clemens' lawyer attacks 2008 congressional hearing

WASHINGTON — A federal court jury saw snippets of Roger Clemens denying steroid use at a now-famous 2008 congressional hearing, then listened Monday as Clemens' lawyer tried in fits and starts to declare that proceeding to be "nothing more than a show trial" that shouldn't have taken place.

The perjury ...

White House explains drone policy

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
A White House official details the US use of drones to kill members of al-Qaeda, and reveals that Osama Bin Laden's papers are to go online.
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EPA official quits over 'crucify' remark

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office in Dallas has resigned over comments he made in 2010 that became the focus of political condemnation last week.
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Deadly attack on Nigeria police

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
At least 11 people are killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy in north-eastern Nigeria, police say, a day after churches were targeted.
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With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC

NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday, as workers erected steel columns that made its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just ...

Trump suffers shock Worlds defeat

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 10:12
UK champion Judd Trump suffers a shock 13-12 defeat to Ali Carter, while Matthew Stevens beats Barry Hawkins 13-11.
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