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Who’s next? Hugh Grant may be the next Doctor Who as show reboot looms

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Hugh Grant could be the next Doctor Who (Isabel Infantes/PA)
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From Love Actually to A Very English Scandal, it’s fair to say that Hugh Grant has dabbled in a range of TV and film genres during his time as an actor.

But could you picture him as the next Doctor Who?

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Roll Call on the Road: Courting the Carolinas

North Carolina has long been a Senate battleground, and this year its neighbor to the south is also part of the fight for control of the chamber. South Carolina hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1998, but Darline Graham, the appointed Republican incumbent, faces a tighter-than-expected contest against Democrat Annie…

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Italy to dispatch 500 troops to 'defend Milan' after protests and looting

Luxury stores on Milan's Via Montenapoleone cleared their windows and shut early, bracing for a return of the violence that hit the city over the weekend

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France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple ‘stripped and robbed’

AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show an elderly couple being “stripped and robbed” during unrest in France have racked up millions of views. Amplified by far-right accounts, the images fuelled inflammatory claims about Muslims, Jews and the riots. The FRANCE 24 Observers traced one image to an AI photo montage…

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Mississippi AG says officer's force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed

Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

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ICE agents allegedly run over man on an e-bike, then handcuff him: ‘So they run him over, breaking his arm, and still cuffed him?’

Not the first time ICE has been under the spotlight for the wrong reason.

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Over three dozen Congress members’ offices targeted with white powder envelopes

Envelopes containing powder come weeks before midterms as federal agents try to identify who is behind campaign

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Roll Call on the Road: Courting the Carolinas

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Italy to dispatch 500 troops to 'defend Milan' after protests and looting

Luxury stores on Milan's Via Montenapoleone cleared their windows and shut early, bracing for a return of the violence that hit the city over the weekend

The Independent UK

France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple ‘stripped and robbed’

France 24

Mississippi AG says officer's force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed

Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

The Independent UK

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ICE agents allegedly run over man on an e-bike, then handcuff him: ‘So they run him over, breaking his arm, and still cuffed him?’

Not the first time ICE has been under the spotlight for the wrong reason.

We Got This Covered

Over three dozen Congress members’ offices targeted with white powder envelopes

Envelopes containing powder come weeks before midterms as federal agents try to identify who is behind campaign

The Guardian - US

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