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Bagnaia wins Barcelona MotoGP sprint to take season to final race

Bagnaia wins Barcelona MotoGP sprint to take season to final race

Francesco Bagnaia produced a commanding performance to win Saturday's sprint at the Barcelona MotoGP, ensuring that the battle for the world championship title would go to the last race of the season.

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Super Typhoon makes landfall in the Philippines

Super Typhoon makes landfall in the Philippines

Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago's coastline.

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Ukraine's Zelensky says wants to end war by diplomacy next year

Ukraine's Zelensky says wants to end war by diplomacy next year

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through "diplomatic means", as both countries prepare for Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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Shiffrin wins Levi slalom for 98th World Cup victory

Shiffrin wins Levi slalom for 98th World Cup victory

US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first slalom of the World Cup season in Levi on Saturday, as she clinched her record-extending 98th win on the circuit.

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Israel pummels south Beirut as Lebanon mulls truce plan

Israel pummels south Beirut as Lebanon mulls truce plan

Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Lebanese government officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.

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Religious Jews comfort hostages' families in Tel Aviv

Religious Jews comfort hostages' families in Tel Aviv

Singing together in harmony, hundreds of religious Jews gather in a Tel Aviv square to listen to the devastated families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for 13 months.

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German Greens' Robert Habeck to lead bruised party into elections

German Greens' Robert Habeck to lead bruised party into elections

Germany's Greens have been environmental trailblazers but their top candidate, Robert Habeck, goes into snap national elections bruised by three stormy years in government that ended in a political crisis.

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Johnson bags five as Australia beat Pakistan to seal T20 series

Johnson bags five as Australia beat Pakistan to seal T20 series

Speedster Spencer Johnson took 5-26 to propel Australia to a tense 13-run victory over Pakistan in Sydney on Saturday and seal their three-match T20 series with a game to go.

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Zelensky says wants to end war by diplomacy next year

Zelensky says wants to end war by diplomacy next year

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through "diplomatic means", as both countries prepare for Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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Rugby Union: Wales v Australia - three talking points

Rugby Union: Wales v Australia - three talking points

Wales take on Australia on Sunday hoping to avoid a defeat which would consign them to a national record of 11 straight losses.

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