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Oil clean-up 'scam' warnings ignored by Shell, whistleblower tells BBC
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Rubio: US walking away from 'foreign aid that is dumb'
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AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders including Giorgio Armani
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Italian tycoons targeted by fake defence minister in suspected AI scam
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Merz’s gamble: Germany’s centre-right leader splits voters by flirting with hardline AfD
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Red Cross 'increasingly concerned' at conditions for freed hostages
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