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The Papers: Child benefit cap 'to be lifted' and fires 'twist'

Plans to lift limits on child benefit payments and calls to restore the winter fuel allowance lead the papers.

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Afghanistan hit by 4.2 magnitude earthquake, fifth in nine days

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Russia, Ukraine trade drone fire at capitals amid prisoner swap

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A record No. of Americans queue up for UK citizenship

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party asks Yunus to hold polls by December

“We have called for completing the reforms quickly and holding the national election by December,” BNP’s highest policy making standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said after meeting Chief Adviser Yunus

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Trump OKs US Steel-Nippon deal; says Apple can't escape US tariffs

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Nine of a doc's 10 kids killed in Israel airstrike

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How one woman's racist tweet sparked a free speech row

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White House accuses Harvard of 'coordinating' with China

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Nine dead in Colombia university outing bus accident

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Cypriots rush to save Sanna, a language with just 900 speakers left

In Cyprus, a language called Cypriot Maronite Arabic, or Sanna, faces extinction, with only 900 speakers remaining. Originating from Syrian Arabic and containing traces of Aramaic, the language was brought to Cyprus by Arab Christians c ...more

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South Western first rail firm renationalised by Labour

The first service under new public ownership will be partially operated by a rail replacement bus.

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