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  Last update: 16:36 GMT 02.08.2021

  16:36 GMT 02.08.2021

  US

  Pro-Trump Social Network GETTR Reportedly 'Exploited by Extremists’, Awash With Decapitation Videos

  GETTR, a social media platform created by Jason Miller, a former aide and spokesman for Donald Trump, and launched officially on 4 July 2021, was advertised as an alternative to mainstream social media - including Twitter and Facebook - which would be “free of bias and censorship”.

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  Last update: 14:33 GMT 02.08.2021

  14:33 GMT 02.08.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  Strange Mark, Bandage Spotted on Kim Jong-un's Head by Media

  The exact cause of the "spot" on Kim’s head wasn’t immediately clear, as it would be somewhat problematic to diagnose it based on images alone.

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  Last update: 11:25 GMT 02.08.2021

  11:25 GMT 02.08.2021

  US

  Johnny Depp Scores Legal Coup as Charity to Reveal if Amber Heard Acted On Divorce Settlement Pledge

  Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard pledged to donate her $7mln (£5mln) divorce settlement to the American Civil Liberties Union and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after the couple split in 2016.

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  Last update: 15:28 GMT 02.08.2021

  15:28 GMT 02.08.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  UK Tabloids Raise Alarm Over Russian Nuclear Subs Conducting ‘Sinister’ Deep Dive Operations in Atlantic

  The Borei-class submarine is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile-carrying boat with up to 16 Bulava nuclear missiles onboard. Russia currently has four of these subs in its arsenal, with a fifth expected to be commissioned in October and at least five more to be completed after that.

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  Last update: 11:44 GMT 02.08.2021

  11:44 GMT 02.08.2021

  World

  UK Prime Minister Johnson Blames Iran For 'Outrageous Attack on Commercial Shipping'

  Last week, the Liberian-flagged Mercer Street oil tanker – en route to the UAE from Tanzania with no cargo onboard – was targeted off the coast of Oman, about 300 km southeast of Muscat.

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  Last update: 13:25 GMT 02.08.2021

  13:25 GMT 02.08.2021

  UK

  Boris Johnson's Rating Among Tories Down to 3.4%, Survey Shows

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's rating among Conservative supporters plummeted 35 points to 3.4% after the attempt to avoid self-isolation, according to the Conservative Home survey.

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  Last update: 12:42 GMT 02.08.2021

  12:42 GMT 02.08.2021

  US

  Fauci Says Lockdowns Unlikely in US, Warns ‘Things Will Get Worse’ Due to Outbreak Driven by 'Delta'

  The Delta variant of COVID-19 has been fuelling a new wave of infections worldwide, with disease experts warning that it is "likely more severe" than earlier versions, according to an internal report by The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report made public on Friday.

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  Last update: 04:13 GMT 02.08.2021

  04:13 GMT 02.08.2021

  World

  Live Updates: NYC Transport Workers Will Be Required to Get Vaccinated or Tested Weekly - Cuomo

  The global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 4.2 million, while over 198 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.