Watch live as US House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Scalise, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, and others hold a news conference after meeting on Tuesday, 7 May.

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Holly LeGresley admitted uploading 22 images and 132 videos of animal cruelty to online chat groups

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Ms Navalnaya, the wife of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, urged her supporters to continue the ‘fight’ against Putin’s ‘corrupt’ regime

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Israel has rejected the ceasefire proposal as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip would ‘leave Hamas intact’

Beauty pageant star stepped away from the crown with a social media post on Monday (6 May)

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Fans speak out against racist comments allegedly directed at group by some photographers at event

Ancient monument’s station stones may have been placed to align with moon’s extreme positions during ‘major lunar standstill’, which occurs every 18.6 years

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Ukranian intelligence agents say they have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky.

The former president has been held in contempt of court for violating a gag order for the 10th time in his hush money trial in New York

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Shadow chancellor to accuse ministers of ‘deluded’ and ‘out of touch’ statements on economy

The Muslim Vote, which aims to organise voters against MPs who did not back a ceasefire in the conflict, has called for the Labour leader to apologise for his early stance on Israel’s campaign against Hamas

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Prince Harry last visited following King Charles’s cancer diagnosis

Russian leader starts new six-year term as his military ramps up war in Ukraine

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