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• TikTok’s boss said the firm would challenge a potential US ban in court.

• Spain’s PM said he might quit as his wife faces a corruption inquiry.

• Five military horses ran loose through central London, injuring four people.


work

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courts

Premier League players arrested over alleged rape


world

How soaring chocolate price is causing trouble in Africa and South America


sensemaker

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film

AI creates a mad Putin to star in film about his life


UK politics


Middle East conflict



Russia’s war in Ukraine


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