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Nine dead after US Army helicopters crash

Military officials confirm nine service members died in the incident near a base in Kentucky.
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Report criticises Mounties over Nova Scotia rampage

The RCMP could have saved lives during a two-day shooting spree that left 22 dead, the report says.
US & Canada
Jury begins deliberations in Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial

Lawyers representing the actress and retired eye doctor Terry Sanderson have set out out their closing arguments over the 2016 skiing accident.
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Women's Champions League: Chelsea and Lyon both miss big chances

Follow live text and radio commentary as Chelsea host Lyon in the Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Football
Abandoned as a baby, raised up by Gaelic football

Gaelic football has been an unlikely source of joy, adventure and boundary-breaking change for young people in Cambodia.
Sport
Human rights abusers banned as PL tightens rules

The Premier League tightens its ownership rules to ensure anyone found to have committed human rights abuses cannot run a club.
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