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The Texan city mayor fighting Trump on climate change

Georgetown in Texas is the largest US city to be powered by 100% renewable energy. It happened under the watch of Republican mayor Dale Ross, an unlikely climate change hero.

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Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal

Ukraine PM warns of Third World War if Russia wins

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Stabbed Sydney bishop forgives his alleged attacker

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Columbia University president answers on antisemitism

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Ballerinas break world record standing 'en pointe'

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Watch: Volcano in Indonesia spews lava and smoke

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Runaway circus elephant stops traffic in Montana

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Footage shows laser being shone at plane

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Emma Adams

'The wait for a child speech therapist was a shock'

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Explosion at factory in Monmouthshire

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Airport runway submerged in Dubai flash floods

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Car's crash into home captured on CCTV

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Mansfield Town fans spill on to pitch after promotion

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Watch again: Liverpool City Region mayoral election debate

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Sunak: Our plan is working, delivering brighter Britain

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SNP Westminster leader asks PM about Brown's Scotland claims

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Starmer challenges Sunak over Truss' book of memoirs

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Video shows 100mph drunk-driver who had child in car

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'Almost hit my son' - Space junk lands on Florida home

Three years ago the International Space Station took the trash out. Some of it just hit a home in Florida.

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Could you be a fair juror for Trump? We asked New Yorkers

An impartial 12-person jury is needed for his first criminal trial - dozens have already been excused.

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Video shows people damaging ancient rock formations

A hiker recorded two men pushing rocks from the ancient formation in a Nevada park.

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Huge fires blaze along Miami highway

Stubborn brush fires in Miami, Florida, have been burning for several days.

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A view from inside court for Trump's blockbuster trial

Monday marked the start of Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York City. Here's how the day unfolded.

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Pro-Palestinian protest blocks Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was blocked for hours during a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

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Watch: Rust armourer sentenced to prison

"You alone turned a safe weapon into lethal one," the judge said to weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

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Endangered California condor chicks hatched in LA

The endangered birds are part of a recovery programme that aims to release them into the wild.

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Press, police and protesters: Outside Trump courthouse

Scenes from outside the lower Manhattan court as former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial begins.

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Robot dog trains to walk on Moon in Oregon trials

US engineering team has a two-year, $2m grant to help Nasa study the Moon's surface.

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Tornadoes and flooding as storms hit southeast US

A deadly storm system has moved through Louisiana and into Florida, leaving behind damaged homes.

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Why these Arizonans disagree on the abortion debate

People in the state are divided after its Supreme Court reinstalled a near-total abortion ban from 1864.

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OJ Simpson

OJ Simpson: His life and the trial that defined it

Former American football star OJ Simpson, acquitted of his ex-wife's murder in a 1995 trial, has died at 76.

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How OJ Simpson's 'trial of the century' unfolded

The former American football star was accused in 1994 of the murder of his ex-wife and a friend.

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Watch OJ Simpson's notorious 1994 car chase

Archive video shows the police pursuit of a white Ford Bronco carrying Simpson as he fled in Los Angeles.

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Shouts of 'shame' as Arizona lawmakers spar on abortion

Yelling broke out as Republican lawmakers shut down a plan to repeal a state law criminalising abortion.

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Skydivers witness total solar eclipse mid-air

Dramatic video shows a woman and her father jumping from 14,000ft (4,267m) as the sky begins to darken.

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Floods and tornadoes cause damage in US Gulf states

Some regions of Louisiana and Alabama have been under tornado alert as storms hit the region.

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'Very fortunate' no one died in shooting, police say

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said quick action helped to avoid a worse outcome in Philadelphia shooting.

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Biden says Netanyahu making 'a mistake' in Gaza

In an interview with Noticias Univision, the US President said he did not agree with the Israeli leader's approach.

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