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CANBERRA (Reuters) – King Charles was accused of “genocide” by an Indigenous senator at Australia’s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his “respects to the traditional owners of the lands”. Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed …

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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -A British police officer was acquitted on Monday of the murder of a Black man he shot dead in London two years ago, an incident that led to large protests and anger among the capital’s Black community. Martyn Blake, 40, had pleaded “not guilty” to the murder of Chris Kaba, …

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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will lend Ukraine 2.26 billion pounds ($2.94 billion) as part of a much larger planned loan from the Group of Seven nations backed by frozen Russian central bank assets to help buy weapons and rebuild damaged infrastructure. Defence minister John Healey said the money donated by Britain would …

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By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Uncapped Essex wicketkeeper-batter Michael Pepper has been called up to the England ODI squad to tour West Indies and, in the absence of injured captain Jos Buttler, could open with Phil Salt, the ECB said on Monday. Pepper, 26, was Essex’s leading scorer in this year’s Vitality Blast and hit …

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(Reuters) – The story on the winner of the Men’s World Conker Championships having been exonerated of any accusations of cheating is withdrawn as the statement was sent to Reuters in error. There will be no replacement story. STORY_NUMBER: L8N3LW070 STORY_DATE: 20/10/2024 STORY_TIME: 1629 GMT (Editing by Alison Williams)

LONDON (Reuters) – Electric Light Orchestra, the 1970s and 80s group that brought classical influences to rock and pop in songs like “Mr. Blue Sky” and “Evil Woman”, will play their final show in London’s Hyde Park next July, organisers said on Monday. Formed in Birmingham in 1970, ELO enjoyed a string of hit albums …

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