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At least 6 killed as Category 4 Hurricane Beryl rages on

Serious concerns have been raised as Beryl continues its course. Dwayne Francis of Spanish Town, Jamaica, shares his experience from the aftermath of the storm.
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VIDEO: At least 6 killed as Category 4 Hurricane Beryl rages on
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Death toll climbs to 6 as Beryl is downgraded from a Category 5 hurricane

Hurricane Beryl is expected to produce rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches.
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Satellite imagery provided by GOES-16 satellite shows Hurricane Beryl over the Caribbean Sea, July 1, 2024, in this screen grab taken from a handout video.
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Record-breaking Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean

The Category 4 storm is off to a ferocious start, hitting several islands in its path, killing at least six people. ABC News meteorologist Kenton Gewecke tracks the storm.
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VIDEO: Record-breaking Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean
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A white rhino is born in a Chilean zoo, boosting the near-endangered species

Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, gives hope to conservationists worldwide
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Silverio, a twelve-day-old white rhino, walks beside his mother Hannah during his presentation at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The baby rhino’s birth is the third of this endangered species born at the Buin. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners of prestigious award

Nine historians have been awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize
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A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years

More than 100 people have been killed in a stampede in northern India following a Hindu religious gathering
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Relatives mourn next to the bodies of their relatives outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India has killed at least 105 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, with many women and children among the dead. (AP Photo)
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French bishop puts off decision on ex-Jesuit's mosaics on Lourdes shrine but says he favors removal

A French bishop has put off any decision on whether to remove mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women, saying that they will stay for now on the Lourdes shrine but that eventually they should be removed
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A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, in Rome Friday, June 28, 2024. Five women urged Catholic bishops around the world to remove from their churches Rupnik's mosaics after they accused him of psychologically, spiritually and sexually abusing them. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city

Palestinian families are streaming out of a southern Gaza city after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation of much of Khan Younis
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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave the eastern part of Gaza Strip's second largest city on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)
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Clashes between police and protesters disputing Mauritania's presidential election result kill 3

Authorities in Mauritania say clashes between security forces and protesters rallying against the reelection of President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani have left three people dead
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Presidential candidate Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, center, takes part in a rally among his supporters, ahead of the presidential election end of the month, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)
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Author Paige McClanahan on how tourism shapes the world

She highlights how tourism has shaped the world for better and for worse.
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VIDEO: Author Paige McClanahan on how tourism shapes the world
July 02

Hot, dry weather poses threat for wildfires amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

As Iran-backed Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel spark fires, locals worry about safety and environmental destruction.
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As Iran-backed Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel spark fires, locals worry about safety and environmental destruction.
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Over 100 killed following stampede in India

The stampede occurred after a religious gathering with Hindu figure Bhole Baba as participants rushed to leave.
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VIDEO: Over 100 killed following stampede in India
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IDF orders more evacuations from southern Gaza

More than 250,000 civilians have been ordered to evacuate the southern city of Khan Younis as operations continue
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VIDEO: IDF orders more evacuations from southern Gaza
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Venezuela's opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro's plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US

Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has welcomed President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement about his intentions to jumpstart negotiations with the United States this week
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks after signing an agreement to respect the results of the upcoming presidential elections, at the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment

Police have arrested an Italian farm owner after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled to death after his arm was cut off by a piece of farm equipment
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Brazil data regulator bans Meta from mining data to train AI models

Brazil’s national data protection authority determined on Tuesday that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence
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Lebanese authorities charge US Embassy shooter with affiliation to militant Islamic State group

A judge at Lebanon’s military court has charged the gunman who opened fire at the U.S. embassy near Beirut with being affiliated to the militant Islamic State group
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FILE - Lebanese special forces sit in their vehicle as they patrol on a road that leads to the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 5, 2024. On Tuesday, July 2, a judge at Lebanon's military court charged the gunmen who opened fire at the U.S. embassy near Beirut with being affiliated to the militant Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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Taiwan says China's coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel and demands its release

Taiwan says that China’s coast guard has boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat and steered it to a port in mainland China
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FILE - A fisherman leaps to his boat docked in harbor in Toucheng, north eastern Taiwan, Aug. 21, 2013. Taiwan said the Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat Tuesday, July 2, 2024, before steering it to a port in mainland China, and demanded that Beijing release the vessel. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
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Taiwan says China's coast guard has boarded and detained a Taiwanese fishing boat, and calls for its release

Taiwan says China's coast guard has boarded and detained a Taiwanese fishing boat, and calls for its release
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UN experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter

U_N_ human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him “immediately.”
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)
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U.N. human rights experts say Russia violated international law by jailing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

U.N. human rights experts say Russia violated international law by jailing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
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Two plundered ancient Greek vases are repatriated from Switzerland

Two plundered marble vases that marked ancient Athenians’ graves more than 2,000 years ago, including one with an emotional family scene, have been returned to Greece from Switzerland
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In this undated photo provided on Tuesday, June 2, 2024 by the Greek Culture Ministry, an ancient marble vase with a family scene is displayed. Two plundered marble vases that marked ancient Athenians' graves more than 2,000 years ago, including one with an emotional family scene, have been returned to Greece from Switzerland.(Greek Culture Ministry via AP)
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Mexican president says a fight over drug and migrant trafficking was behind the massacre of 19

Mexico's president says a fight between gangs over drug and migrant trafficking routes was behind the massacre of 19 men in the southern state of Chiapas
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Greece deploys foreign firefighters for the third year running to help tackle wildfires

Greek officials say 240 firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania, will be deployed in Greece from early July until mid-September as reinforcements during the height of the summer wildfire season
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A firefighting helicopter throws water over a wildfire at Keratea area, southeast of Athens, Greece, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire

The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says the only definite path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza
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Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Kassem said that the only definite path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Hezbollah's deputy leader says fighting with Israel would stop "without any discussion" after a full Gaza cease-fire

Hezbollah's deputy leader says fighting with Israel would stop "without any discussion" after a full Gaza cease-fire
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At least 105 people have died in a stampede following a religious gathering in northern India, officials say

At least 105 people have died in a stampede following a religious gathering in northern India, officials say
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Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis

ABC News’ Matt Gutman discusses the status of getting aid to Gaza, a potential cease-fire deal and hostage release.
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VIDEO: Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis
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Prosecutors ask France's highest court to rule on validity of arrest warrant for Syria's president

French prosecutors have asked the country's highest court to rule on the validity of the international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad over complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war
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FILE - In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. The Paris appeals court is expected to decide on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, whether to uphold an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad that France issued last year for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war. (SANA via AP, File)
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40 people injured after turbulence launches plane passengers into ceiling

The flight was traveling from Spain to Uruguay when it was diverted to Brazil.
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Damage to the cabin is seen on an Air Europa following severe turbulence, July 1, 2024.
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British Nurse Lucy Letby, already convicted of killing 7 babies, found guilty in attempted killing

A British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others has been convicted of trying to kill another infant in her care
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Undated handout file photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary of child serial killer Lucy Letby, who has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a baby girl. Letby, a British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others was convicted Tuesday, July 2, 2024, of trying to kill another infant in her care. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)
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British neonatal nurse Lucy Letby who is imprisoned for killing 7 babies is convicted of trying to kill another infant

British neonatal nurse Lucy Letby who is imprisoned for killing 7 babies is convicted of trying to kill another infant
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Haiti police retake control of a police station in the capital that was attacked by gangs

Authorities in Haiti say they have regained control of a police station in Haiti’s capital that has been the target of armed gangs in recent months
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July 02

Protests continue in Kenya as some are now calling for the president to step down

Protests continue in Kenya’s capital and elsewhere over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in the wake of the storming of parliament last week
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Protesters block Nairobi - Mombasa road highway in the Mlolongo area, Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Protests have continued to rock several towns in Kenya including the capital Nairobi, despite the president saying he will not sign a controversial finance bill that sparked deadly protests last week. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Dozens rally in Pakistan after a Christian man is sentenced to death for blasphemy

Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society have rallied in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks in the country on Christians
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Members from Pakistan's minority community and civil society chant slogans during a demonstration against the conviction of a Christian man on charges of blasphemy and condemn the country's blasphemy laws, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A court had awarded a death sentence to Ehsan Shan after finding him guilty of sharing "hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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China and the Philippines hold crucial talks to ease tensions after intense clash in disputed waters

China and the Philippines have held a crucial meeting to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea last month
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In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, left, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong shake hands during the Philippines and China 9th Meeting of their Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday July 2, 2024. China and the Philippines held a crucial meeting Tuesday to try to ease escalating tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea that caused injuries to Filipino navy personnel, damaged two military boats and sparked fears of a wider conflict that could involve Manila's treaty ally the United States.(Department of Foreign Affairs via AP)
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At least 60 people have died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, officials say

At least 60 people have died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, officials say
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Leaders of Poland, Germany meet to mend strained ties and discuss Europe's security

Government leaders of Poland and Germany are holding consultations aimed at giving a new impulse to bilateral relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center left, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center right, review the guard of honor before German-Polish inter-governmental consultations in front of Prime Minister Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral

Vandals have beheaded a controversial sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz
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FILE - A Amazonian indigenous statue of a pregnant woman is seen as participants in the Amazon synod, attend the opening prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some traditionalist Catholics who said it was blasphemous. The identity of the vandals wasn’t known. But Alexander Tschugguel, an Austrian traditionalist Catholic responsible for the so-called “Pachamama” act of vandalism during the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod, said in a social media post Tuesday July 2, 2024 that he had been contacted by those responsible. Tschugguel became a hero to traditionalists in 2019, when he snuck into a Vatican-area church, stole Amazonian indigenous statues of pregnant women, and threw them into the Tiber River in a videotaped act that was quickly shared online. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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Pål Enger, Norwegian art thief behind famed 1994 heist of Munch's 'The Scream,' dead at 57

Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player and artist turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo has died
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FILE - Pål Enger, center, sits in court during his appeal case, in the Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo, Monday, April 7, 1997. Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned gentleman art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting at the National Gallery in Oslo and later exhibited his abstract paintings in a gallery, is dead at 57. Press officer Tina Wulf at Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club, told the Associated Press on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that Enger died Saturday evening. (Bjørn Sigurdsøn/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
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Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children

Authorities say more than 100 people in India were killed in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering rushed to leave a makeshift tent
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People stand around the bodies lying covered on stretchers outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India has killed at least 105 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, with many women and children among the dead. (AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)
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At least 27 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India, officials say

At least 27 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India, officials say
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French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government

French opposition parties making deals to block a victory for Marine Le Pen.
July 02
Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
July 02

2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict

Two aid workers have been killed in eastern Congo when their convoy was attacked
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UK's landmark postwar elections: When the first coalition government since WWII was formed in 2010

In 2010 Britain's Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost the election and handed power to a coalition government led by the Conservatives' David Cameron
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FILE - Conservative Party leader David Cameron gives the thumbs up during a visit to Chester city center, Chester, England, May 4, 2007. When Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the general election for May 2010, Labour, which had been in power for 13 years, its longest stretch in government, did better than expected and denied the Conservative Party, now led by the smooth David Cameron, a majority in the House of Commons. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)
July 02

Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a powerful Category 4 storm on a path toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
July 02
Fisherman Hamilton Cosmos looks at vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society

In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech
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A French flag is attached to a car's antenna in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's long-term political strategy, her party's electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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A court in Belarus sentences 20 analysts to prison terms on charges of conspiracy

A court in Belarus has sentenced 20 political analysts to prison terms of at least 10 years each after convicting them in absentia of conspiracy to overthrow the government and taking part in an extremist group
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A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, a report says

Intelligence officials in Norway says that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China
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