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Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks ...

Regime adviser warns Tehran could be forced into pre-emptive strikes if stalemate continues ...

Manchester United are closing in on agreeing a deal for Mauricio Pochettino if Michael Carrick is sacked in line with the recommendation to Sir Jim Ratcliffe ...

Three-story building was at the edge of a construction site where another edifice had been demolished ...

Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absent ...

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