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#01Married at First Sight UK brides tell BBC they were raped by on-screen husbands

📍 BBC News

Channel 4 was aware of one of the rape claims before broadcast, but the woman involved still featured in the show.

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8pz1k4r2lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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#02Burnham pledges not to 're-run' Brexit arguments

📍 BBC News

The potential leadership challenger says he is not proposing the UK considers rejoining the EU.

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21en4807wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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#03Musk loses OpenAI court battle after jury finds he waited too long to sue

📍 BBC News

Jurors spent weeks hearing about Musk's claim that Altman had "stolen a charity."

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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#04Trump says he called off new Iran attack at request of Gulf states

📍 BBC News

The US president says he is holding off on a US attack planned for Tuesday as "serious negotiations are now taking place".

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7079e55zjro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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#05In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland

📍 NY Times World

Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/europe/us-greenland-talks-trump.html

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#06Graham Calls For 'Short But Forceful' New Strikes On Iran, Complains Waiting For 'Status Quo' Talks Looks Weak

📍 ZeroHedge

Graham Calls For 'Short But Forceful' New Strikes On Iran, Complains Waiting For 'Status Quo' Talks Looks Weak At a moment the US-Iran ceasefire is officially on life support, and with the world's most critical energy chokepoint remaining blocked while the American consumer is paying the price at...

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/graham-calls-short-forceful-new-strikes-iran-complains-waiting-status-quo-talks-looks

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#07Trump: Holding Off 'Planned' Attack On Iran At Request Of Gulf Allies, 'Deal Will Be Made'

📍 ZeroHedge

Trump: Holding Off 'Planned' Attack On Iran At Request Of Gulf Allies, 'Deal Will Be Made' Summary Trump says holding off on 'planned' Tuesday attack upon request of Gulf states. US denies earlier Tasnim report of agreeing to lift oil sanctions during talks; Trump tells NYP 'not open' to Iran con...

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/oil-slides-iran-says-us-agreed-lift-oil-sanctions-during-negotiation-period

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#08Watch $134 Million Go Up In Smoke As Navy Jets Collide At Air Show

📍 ZeroHedge

Watch $134 Million Go Up In Smoke As Navy Jets Collide At Air Show As if Pentagon losses in the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran weren't already sapping them enough already, American taxpayers were losers again on Sunday when two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers blew up in spectacular fashion after colliding...

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/military/watch-134-million-smoke-navy-jets-collide-air-show

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#09Saylor's Strategy Scoops Up Another $2B Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 843,738 BTC

📍 ZeroHedge

Saylor's Strategy Scoops Up Another $2B Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 843,738 BTC Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, made another massive BTC acquisition last week as the crypto asset hovered around $80,000. Strategy acqu...

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/saylors-strategy-scoops-another-2b-bitcoin-holdings-reach-843738-btc

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#10Kremlin details Putin’s official visit to China

📍 RT News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will discuss a range of issues in Beijing, the Kremlin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

🔗 https://www.rt.com/news/640138-putin-china-visit-xi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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#11‘Active shooter’ reported at mosque in San Diego

📍 RT News

Active shooter situation reported at Islamic Center of San Diego Read Full Article at RT.com

🔗 https://www.rt.com/news/640151-active-shooter-situation-reported-mosque-san-diego/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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#12Europe’s search for a Putin negotiator deadlocked

📍 RT News

The EU is reportedly considering Angela Merkel, Alexander Stubb, and Mario Draghi as potential envoys to Russian President Vladimir Putin Read Full Article at RT.com

🔗 https://www.rt.com/news/640148-eu-negotiator-putin-merkel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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#13Why Trump’s China trip signifies the end of American primacy

📍 RT News

Washington no longer confronts Beijing from a position of unquestioned domination Read Full Article at RT.com

🔗 https://www.rt.com/news/640137-trump-china-american-primacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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#14Lavrov Urges UN Alliance of Civilizations to Address Kiev’s Persecution of UOC

📍 Sputnik

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Miguel Moratinos to respond to Kiev's persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

🔗 https://sputnikglobe.com/20260518/lavrov-urges-un-alliance-of-civilizations-to-address-kievs-persecution-of-uoc-1124146005.html

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#15Trump Says 'Not Open' to Any Concessions After Iran's Latest Peace Proposal

📍 Sputnik

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was "not open" to any concessions after receiving Iran's latest peace proposal.

🔗 https://sputnikglobe.com/20260518/trump-says-not-open-to-any-concessions-after-irans-latest-peace-proposal-1124145680.html

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