5 h. ago ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: What is the least spherical celestial body?

A celestial body is any natural object outside Earth's atmosphere. This includes stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets and meteoroids.

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7 h. ago Son was told location of his mum's body by dad who murdered her

Yazan Khatib has spoken for the first time after remains were found in the search for Rania Alayed, 12 years on from her killing.

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8 h. ago 'Alien' fish with huge body, sharp teeth and gaping mouth caught by terrified fisherman

A deep sea fisherman has shown off his latest catch, a nightmarish creature with a huge, bulbous body, shrunken eyes and gaping mouth that makes it look like something from another planet

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8 h. ago Horrified mum of missing chef discovers hidden part of home 'cops may have missed'

Joan Lawrence has been searching for answers to her daughter, Claudia Lawrence's disappearance for 16 years and says she has lost confidence in North Yorkshire Police

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8 h. ago Infuriating response of Belize police to mysterious deaths of three American girls found dead in hotel room

City officials in Revere, Massachusetts are demanding answers from Belize authorities after three young American women were found dead in a resort over the weekend.

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10 h. ago Mystery as missing teen girl is found dead next to torched car

Shaylee Snyder, 15, had been missing for two weeks when her body was tragically found close to a burned out Chevrolet Sedan next to railroad tracks

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11 h. ago Body found in search for woman murdered by her husband more than 11 years ago

Rania Alayed was lured to her death by her husband, who then wore her clothing to convince her family and friends she was still alive.

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11 h. ago FIA governing body barred key figures from FIA meeting amid Mohammed Ben Sulayem dispute

A meeting of the FIA’s world motorsport council was held on Wednesday but a number of members of the organisation were banned from attending amid a row with Mohammed Ben Sulayem

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12 h. ago Terrifying mystery as girl, 15, is found dead next to burning car and railroad tracks

A terrifying mystery has left the family of teen girl scrambling for answers after she was found dead next to railroad tracks and beside a burning car.

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12 h. ago Finally, murdered mum Rania Alayed can be laid to rest after 12 years of heartbreak for her family

Until now, police could not find her body. But finally, after new information was received, Rania's remains are believed to have been found

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12 h. ago Human remains found in search for woman murdered 12 years ago by husband

Police dig in Yorkshire after tip-off

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13 h. ago Kevin Campbell's family demands answers over Arsenal star's death at 54 after review found 'shortcomings' in his hospital treatment, inquest hears

Mr Campbell died at the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) on June 15 last year with a provisional cause of death given as multi-organ failure due to a heart infection.

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14 h. ago Human remains found in search for missing woman murdered 12 years ago by husband

Rania Alayed was 25 when her husband Ahmed Al-Khatib killed her in June 2013, and 12 years on police searching for her body 'strongly believe' they have finally found her remains

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14 h. ago Remains found in search for body of Rania Alayed 12 years after being murdered by her husband

The find was made in a copse near the A19 at Thirsk, North Yorkshire

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14 h. ago Outcry as White House starts dictating which journalists can access Trump

Even Fox News correspondent decries move that journalists say will ‘tear at independence of a free press’ in USThe Trump administration announced it will take control of the White House press pool, stripping the independent White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) of its longstanding role in deciding which journalists have access to the president in intimate settings.The move has immediately triggered an impassioned response from members of the media – including a Fox News correspondent who called it a “short-sighted decision”. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Cops in Kenya hunt mystery man caught on CCTV with murdered Scot Campbell Scott

It’s feared the 58-year-old was abducted and tortured before his body was dumped in a remote forest.

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15 h. ago Is Caleb leaving Emmerdale? Soap future 'sealed' for Will Ash amid new storyline

Will Ash's Emmerdale character Caleb Miligan is at the centre of a big storyline on the ITV soap following the death of Anthony and the discovery of Nate's body

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15 h. ago As the far right surges around the globe, what can a new TV series about Mussolini teach us? | Caroline Moorehead

Joe Wright’s new drama gives a theatrical take on the dictator’s flaws but there is so much more history viewers need to knowOn 3 January 1925, Benito Mussolini delivered the most important speech of his life to the Italian parliament. His career was about to be over. The body of the socialist deputy and his bitter foe, Giacomo Matteotti, had been discovered in a shallow grave near Rome and mounting evidence pointed to Mussolini’s responsibility for his murder. With the king, the old liberal democratic elite, the left and many of his own party pressing for his dismissal, Mussolini declared that everything – the fascist violence, the immorality, the turmoil into which Italy had sunk – was his fault, “because I, I alone, created it”. By the same token, he alone was the man “capable of dominating the crisis”. Parliament, stunned, sat silent. There was no voice of protest. The dictatorship was saved.Based on the first volume in a trilogy of the same name by Antonio Scurati and garlanded...

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16 h. ago 'Highly contagious virus outbreak' alert for 57 countries after surge in cases

A level one 'Travel Health Notice" has been issued by a US public health body

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16 h. ago Dark secrets of Kenyan forest where body of Scots businessman Campbell Scott was found in sack

Fearful locals have told of dumped corpses and abandoned babies at the Makongo forest - where 58-year-old Campbell Scott, from Dunfermline, Fife, was found dead on Saturday.

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