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Once again, Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

NPR Apr 15, 2026

President Trump once again threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and doubled down on a discredited probe of the central bank.

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Starmer says he is 'not going to yield' to pressure from Trump on Iran war

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

It follows a warning from the US president that America's trade deal with the UK "can always be changed".

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Greetings from Nairobi, where taking a matatu is no ordinary bus ride

NPR Apr 15, 2026

The moment you board, the music grabs you. These privately owned, brightly painted minibuses are moving canvases, mobile sound systems — rolling declarations of what young Nairobi finds cool.

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Jessie Ware on the 'hyper-surreal' high of her first arena tour

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

The singer will play three UK arenas later this year, 14 years after her first album came out.

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From One Day to One Ring: Leo Woodall joins new The Lord of the Rings cast

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

Lee Woodall, Jamie Dornan and Kate Winslet will join LOTR returning actors Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood in Middle Earth

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Trump's rift with Pope is playing out in public - it's costing him valuable support

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

Leading conservative Catholics tell the BBC why they back the American pontiff in his spat with Trump.

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Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

In the second part of an undercover investigation, the BBC exposes elaborate deceptions being used to bolster fake asylum claims.

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Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia - their first since 2018.

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Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

BBC Business Apr 15, 2026

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia - their first since 2018.

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'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?

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How Lebanese Taverna’s founder made an outsize impact on D.C. dining

Washington Post Apr 15, 2026

The restaurant’s patriarch, Tanios Abi-Najm, fled war-ravaged Beirut before starting Lebanese Taverna in 1979. He died last week at 94.

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Woman, 96, enlists 150-pound dog to plant spring flowers: She points, he digs

Washington Post Apr 15, 2026

A video of Barbara Collins and Chewy gardening together has amassed millions of views on social media.

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The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.

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Kanye West postpones France gig following UK ban

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

It comes a week after the UK government announced it would block the rapper from entering the country.

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Kanye West postpones France gig following UK ban

BBC Business Apr 15, 2026

It comes a week after the UK government announced it would block the rapper from entering the country.

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Oldest known meteor shower to light up UK skies this week

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

Resulting from the Earth passing through dust left behind by Comet Thatcher centuries ago, the Lyrid meteor shower starts this week.

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'Lyndon Laney shaped the sound of a generation of musicians'

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

The innovator is described as "one of the true pioneers of British musical equipment".

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My brother's killer brags on TikTok about partying in jail

BBC Front page Apr 15, 2026

Ben McCulloch, who stabbed his victim and left him to die, recently posted videos of a party inside a Scottish jail.

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South Korea jails American YouTuber for public nuisance

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

Johnny Somali sparked outrage after kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves.

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South Korea jails American YouTuber for public nuisance

BBC Business Apr 15, 2026

Johnny Somali sparked outrage after kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves.

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Stormzy's stab vest goes on display in landmark exhibition of black British music

BBC Entertainment Apr 15, 2026

The Banksy-designed vest features alongside artefacts from Shirley Bassey, Sade and Craig David.

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