Exclusive: Ukrainian husband and wife Serge and Olena Kravchenko tell Sam Kiley this is no time for peace

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Web searches for “VPN” spiked in the minutes after US users lost access to TikTok

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Most presidents get to move into the White House once

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The ski lift collapse left at least 30 people injured at the resort of Astún, in the Pyrenees mountain range

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Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ceremonies due to unusually warm winter temperatures

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Long-awaited truce has begun after last minute tensions between Israel and Hamas, clearing the way for hostages to be released after 15 months of captivity

Before the president-elect’s win, comedian said he wanted to host the show to get rid of his Trump jokes

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Tennis star was mourning the loss of the popular app back home

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The move comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law barring it for U.S. users

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The app’s owners had 270 days to sell it or face ban

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President-elect will reportedly focus on ‘unity, strength and fairness,’ a contrast from his ‘American carnage’ message to the nation in 2017

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Trump’s former White House strategist fires latest volley in MAGA civil war as he compares tech titans to Imperial Japan’s generals giving their unconditional surrender

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The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist future with their US allies

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As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Richard Hall speaks to therapists about how their (mostly liberal) clients are preparing for the chaos of a second term

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Zelig Williams, who has performed in hit shows ‘Hamilton’ and ‘MJ The Musical,’ has been missing for over three months and there have been no answers on where he might be. Andrea Cavallier talks to his distraught family who haven’t given up as they share next steps in the search and explain why they believe there will be answers soon

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Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded gifts with her dad – a flashlight – for the winning ticket

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Autumn Mercado, a 39-year-old mother-of-three, died at the family home in Salt Lake City on Monday

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Long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is due to begin at 630am GMT on Sunday – but hostages’ families and Palestinians all fear the deal could fall at the final hurdle

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Exclusive: With Donald Trump set to be sworn in as the 47th US president on Monday, the nomination of Lord Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US is still causing problems

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Jennifer Gallegos’s four-month-old poodle-bichon mix, named Phoebe, reportedly vanished while staying with a highly rated sitter

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