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Messi the dog poses for photographers upon arrival at the awards ceremony and the premiere of the film The Second Act during the 77th international film festival in Cannes, southern France

Messi the dog comes to Cannes for an encore

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Meryl Streep poses for photographers upon arrival at the awards ceremony and the premiere of the film The Second Act during the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France

Cannes opens with Greta Gerwig’s jury and honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep

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Canadian author Alice Munro in 2013

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dies aged 92

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Armed men hijack a prison van in Normandy. Inset: Mohammed Amra, nicknamed 'La Mouche' (The Fly)

Hundreds of French police officers join manhunt for gang boss ‘The Fly’ after two guards killed in ambush on prison van

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Argentina's Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher holding their awards during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony in Paris, France, in November 1986

Maradona heirs say Golden Ball trophy was stolen and want to stop its auction

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Bjoern Hoecke at his trial at the regional court in Halle, Germany

German court convicts prominent far-right politician of using Nazi slogan

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Ukraine that the US stands beside them, during a surprise visit to Kyiv.

'You are not alone': Blinken vows to bring Ukraine 'closer to Nato' during surprise visit to Kyiv

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The iconic children's meal has had a major revamp

McDonald's makes huge change to iconic Happy Meal for first time in 38 years

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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed

Armourer appeals against conviction over fatal film set shooting by Alec Baldwin

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Patrol of gendarmes during the carnival of the Grand Boucan

Two French prison officers killed and three injured in Normandy convoy attack

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Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly'

Who is Mohamed Amra - French ‘gang boss’ dubbed ‘The Fly’ who is on the run after prison van attack?

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Professor Richard Scolyer announced that his latest MRI scan has showed no recurrence of his cancer.

Doctor reveals he is cancer-free a year after undergoing own breakthrough treatment for incurable brain tumour

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Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court

Michael Cohen to face bruising cross-examination by Trump’s lawyers

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Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip

‘More than half a million people’ have fled fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza

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Protests have erupted and a brawl broke out in Georgia's parliament as MPs voted through a divisive "foreign agent" law

Georgia’s parliament approves controversial ‘foreign agent’ law that sparked mass protests

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A demonstrator wears a national flag as she argues with the police that blocked the road towards parliament during an opposition protest against 'the Russian law' in Tbilisi, Georgia,

Georgian parliament approves divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests

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Russian Lt Gen Yury Kuznetsov is seen during a military parade in a Russian military academy in Krasnodar, Russia

Second Russian defence ministry official arrested amid Kremlin shake-up

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Damage at a village affected by a flash flood in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers search through rivers and rubble after flash floods

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