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Police investigate Golders Green bank evacuation

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

A bank in Golders Green was evacuated on Friday after multiple people reported feeling unwell.

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How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Many voters have turned to Reform UK with devastating consequences for the main two parties, Labour and the Conservatives.

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Lebanon says Israeli strike on south kills seven including child

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade fire despite a ceasefire deal being announced last month.

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Boos, no intensity and no identity - what is Slot's Liverpool?

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

More boos at Anfield highlight why Liverpool must change their style during a seismic summer for Arne Slot.

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SNP leader John Swinney rules out Holyrood talks with Reform UK

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

The nationalists secured 58 seats in their fifth consecutive election win, but that is short of an overall majority.

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Man critically injured after car hits pedestrians in Nottinghamshire town

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Police say an argument is believed to have taken place before a car crashed into five people.

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PM turns to old Labour hands after election losses but some MPs left baffled

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses.

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I will serve - not rule over Hungary, says new PM

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Nearly a month ago Péter Magyar steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.

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Frontier Airlines plane strikes and kills pedestrian

NPR May 9, 2026

Denver International Airport said the person had jumped a fence and dashed into the aircraft's path minutes before being struck.

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HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz mission

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

The Ministry of Defence says the ship will prepare to join an international mission to safeguard shipping, but only when fighting in the region ends.

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Plaid Cymru wants to run Welsh government on its own, leader says

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Rhun ap Iorwerth said he will try to run a minority government after his party's Senedd election triumph.

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Lib Dems offer alternative to extremes of Reform and Greens, Davey says

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Lib Dem leader hails gains in England and Scotland as his party profits from slump in support for Labour and the Tories.

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Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

BBC Front page May 9, 2026

Even the prime minister's most loyal ministers are pushing him to change, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations to end the war on Iran

NPR May 9, 2026

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Mehrzad Boroujerdi of the Missouri University of Science and Technology about the status of the Trump Administration's negotiations to end the war on Iran.

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Why saying hello to strangers can be good for you

NPR May 9, 2026

A study establishes that "social ties" — a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know — has benefits. A teacher asked her students to test the thesis in real life.

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Forced to dance for Mengele at Auschwitz, she was called to help others heal

Washington Post May 9, 2026

Psychologist Edith Eger, who has died at 98, treated veterans and abuse victims. She had to heal herself first, she said, to truly help her patients.

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Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala talks Pope Leo, migrants and bluegrass music

Washington Post May 9, 2026

The Salvadoran-born bishop is leaving Washington to lead the Catholic Church in West Virginia, where Catholics and Latinos are a tiny slice of the population.

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Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

Washington Post May 9, 2026

This week’s hack into information from almost 9,000 schools included personally identifying data. It was not the first big edtech breach.

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They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work

NPR May 9, 2026

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.

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Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

NPR May 9, 2026

The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.

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Soccer was once considered niche in the U.S. Then came the 1994 World Cup

NPR May 9, 2026

Soccer — or football as it's known around the globe — was far from mainstream in the U.S. leading up to the 1994 World Cup. But in the end, the tournament was considered a resounding success. How exactly did that happen?

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