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American love story: Jimmy Fallon, 45, gushes over wife of 13 years Nancy Juvonen, 52

The former actor told People it was his 52-year-old wife Nancy Juvonen who was the 'brains' behind his at-home The Tonight Show, figuring out the tone, the setting and the props.




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Val Kilmer, 60, admits to watching Top Chef because he misses eating food after throat cancer battle

Val Kilmer is opening up about the highs and lows of his decades-long career, as well as his battle with throat cancer.




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Miley Cyrus' sister Noah, 20, demands the 'hatred' she has received since age 12 over her looks stop

'Im so f***ing tired of y'all commenting on every damn thing i do since i was a f***ing kid,' the sister of Miley Cyrus e said on Twitter.




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Israeli PM praises Trump for killing top Iranian general and says US has 'right to defend itself'

As he boarded a flight home after cutting short a visit to Greece (pictured today), Netanyahu said: 'Just as Israel has the right of self-defence, the United States has exactly the same right.'




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Mike Pompeo slaps aside French warning that killing Qassem Soleimani makes the world more dangerous

France's top European diplomat said Friday that 'we have woken up to a more dangerous world.' Pompeo fired back on CNN . 'Yeah, well, the French are just wrong about that,'




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CCTV of US drone strike that killed Qassam Soleimani of Iran

This is the moment and American guided missile slammed into a convoy carrying Iranian Quds commander Qassem Soleimani, killing him along with four other high-ranking figures.




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Australians in Middle East told they should LEAVE NOW after US drone strike kills top general

Australians in the Middle East have been told they should leave now after rising tensions following the killing of an Iranian general by a US drone strike. 




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Video game firm is slammed as 'beyond disgusting' for 'World War 3' advert

Video game Conflict of Nations: World War 3 tweeted: 'Iran starting World War 3? Simulate any #WWIII scenario you can think of in Conflict of Nations right now!'




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Benjamin Netanyahu 'was warned by US of plans to kill Qassem Soleimani ahead of drone strike'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to Netanyahu on the phone on Wednesday night, and the following morning the Israeli leader tweeted about 'very, very dramatic things' in the region.




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Thousands of Fort Bragg soldiers board flights as they are deployed to the Middle East

The troops are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the US Embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen.




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US secretary of state Mike Pompeo slams European response to assassination of Qassem Soleimani

Mike Pompeo has accused European allies including the UK, France and Germany of 'not being helpful enough' over the attack while heaping praise on regional allies including Israel.




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Iran's army chief says US lacks 'courage' for conflict after Trump's threat to hit dozens of targets

Iran's Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said: 'In a potential conflict in the future, which I don't think they have the courage to carry out, it will become clear where five and two will belong.'




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White House formally notifies Congress of airstrike that killed Iranian general

The notification is classified and likely describes Trump's justification for the attack that killed the high-level Iranian official, who was considered second in power to the Ayatollah.




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Warriors coach Steve Kerr slammed for accusing Pence of lying about Soleimani involvement in 9/11

Kerr, left, tweeted Friday to say Pence, right, 'is lying about Soleimani's involvement in 9/11'. He added: 'One thing I've learned...is to not believe our government when it comes to matters of war.'




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Palestinians burn US flags: World reacts to airstrike death of Iran commander Soleimani 

Protesters across the West have gathered today to condemn the US drone strikes following the death of Iran's highest ranking general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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Iranian MPs chant 'death to America' in fist-clenched fury over US drone death of Soleimani

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani compared Soleimani's killing to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that cemented the shah's power and to the U.S. Navy's shootdown of an Iranian passenger plane.




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Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions with Saudis' when he was killed, PM says

Adel Abdul Mahdi (left), Iraq's caretaker prime minister, said he was due to meet with top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani (right) on the day he was killed in Baghdad on Friday.




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Iraqi Hezbollah threatens to turn US airbases 'to rubble'

Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia in Iraq at the centre of current tensions between Washington and Tehran, has threatened to attack US air bases in the country in revenge for the killing of Soleimani.




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Putin visits Assad in Syria amid heightened tensions between US and key Syrian ally Iran 

The Russian President shook hands with Syria's dictator on Tuesday as visited the headquarters of his forces in Damascus to hear military reports, amid fears of a war between ally Iran and the US.




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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sends prayers to Australia amid bushfires

Pompeo said the US-Australian alliance was unbreakable and American firefighters had flown to Australia to help.




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Qassem Soleimani laid to rest as thousands line the streets after Iranian missiles hit Iraq US bases

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Qassem Soleimani hometown before the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force was laid to rest.




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Oil up, stocks down after Iran missile attack on US troops

Brent crude futures, spiked by more than $3 per barrel in London before retreating as stock markets in London and Frankfurt opened lower before recovering some of its losses.




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Iran fires TENS of ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strike which saw 22 ballistic missiles fired at two US bases in Iraq was 'not enough' to punish the US while vowing to kick all American forces out of the Middle East.




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Qantas will divert non-stop flights from Australia to London after Iranian missile attack

The US Federal Aviation Authority on Wednesday also barred US airliners from flying over Iraq and Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.




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Australian soldiers WON'T be pulling out of Iraq immediately in wake of Iran strike

Iran on Wednesday launched more than a dozen missiles against two US-led military bases in response to the US assassination of an Iranian military chief.




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Australian troops in danger as Iranian launches missile attack on US airbases in Iraq

Australia could potentially find itself embroiled in another conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a revenge rocket attack on American air bases in Iraq .




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Australian troops WON'T be pulling out of Iraq

Hundreds of Australian troops will stay in Iraq after Iranian rockets fired on US-led military bases in the country. Australia has several hundred troops deployed to Iraq along with a team of diplomatic staff.




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US threatens to cut off Iraq's access to NY Fed if US troops are forced to withdraw

The State Department warned that Iraq's access to its main account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York could be shut off if the Iraqi government asks American troops to leave.




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Four wounded in attack on Iraqi military base that houses US forces

Four Iraqi soldiers were wounded in the attack, two military sources told Reuters. The military sources said the mortar bombs fell on a runway inside the base.




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Missiles strike US base in Iraq that also houses 200 British personnel

No coalition troops were injured in the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket attack on Camp Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday night.




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US military lost contact with drones overhead during Iranian ballistic missile strike

At the time the attack was launched at 1.35am on January 8, the US Army was flying seven unmanned aerial vehicles over Iraq to monitor bases where US-led coalition forces are deployed.




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Ex-Aussie special forces sniper dedicates life to wiping out poachers killing endangered animals 

Damien Mander spent three years in Iraq training the country's paramilitary, before finding his new calling in Africa training poachers to secretly track and arrest poachers illegally hunting animals.




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Veterans demand Trump apologizes for saying Iran missile attack injuries were just 'headaches'

Veterans of Foreign Wars said Trump (left) must apologize for saying concussion suffered by troops in the Iraq attack is 'headaches' - as Joe Biden (right) branded comments 'disgusting'.




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Three rockets 'score direct hits on the US embassy in Baghdad'

Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country.




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Donald Trump begins impeachment revenge, pushing Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman out of White House

President Donald Trump fired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman from the White House on Friday after the war hero testified against him in the House impeachment inquiry.




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Trump takes his revenge: Gordon Sondland FIRED just hours after Lt. Colonel Vindman is ousted

Gordon Sondland has become the second impeachment witness to be fired by President Trump, less than 48 hours after the Commander-in-chief was acquitted by the Senate on two charges.




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Widow blasts Army over mysterious death of her soldier husband, 33

Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan, 33, was found dead in his room at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. His body was so severely decomposed that his cause of death may never be established.




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Has Keir Starmer REALLY spent a lifetime seeking justice for the powerless?

As part of his bid to become the next Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has made political capital out of his legal career by highlighting the cases he has pursued on behalf of the 'underdog'.




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USA tops list of the world's most diplomatically influential countries, with Britain third

America ranked top in a new survey looking at 'soft power' - a country's ability to influence others without using military or economic might - followed by Germany and the UK, researchers found.




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PETER HITCHENS: Today, I'm publishing the document that could save us from war

It is my privilege to publish the defence of two scientists who could not abide the suppression of the evidence they had gathered regarding an alleged atrocity in Syria, writes PETER HITCHENS.




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Ex-SAS trooper who tried to kill Pablo Escobar auctions medals because they are too hard to dust

Peter McAleese (pictured serving in the South African Defence Force) joined the British Army aged 17 and became a 'gun for hire' after nine years of service to recapture the 'buzz'.




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Piers Morgan on Trump's 'Comical Ali'-style coronavirus claims

I watched President Trump's COVID-19 press briefing yesterday in which he stated with unequivocal confidence: 'It's something we have tremendous control of.' Really, Mr President?




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New bill will not protect Northern Ireland veterans from accusations of wrongdoing

Veterans accused of wrongdoing overseas are set to get protection with the introduction of a new bill, but it will not apply to soldiers who served in Northern Ireland, nor Afghan and Iraq veterans.




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Ritual site of a Mesopotamian war god found in Iraq that was used for animal sacrifices

Archaeologists have uncovered a sacred plaza in Iraq that was used to appease Ningirsu - a hero-god of war. Some 5,000 years ago, where people held feasts, rituals and animal sacrifices in the pit.




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50 Cent reacts to Australian street artist Lushsux's 'Swifty Cent' mural

An Australian street artist has reignited his feud with 50 Cent after painting a giant mural of the rapper's image combined with that of pop star Taylor Swift. 




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Kim Kardashian shares a passage from psychic Sylvia Browne that some claim points to the coronavirus

Kim Kardashian shared a tweet sent to her by her sister Kourtney featuring a passage written by the late psychic Sylvia Browne that some have suggested pointed toward the coronavirus years ago.




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Kim Kardashian shows off daughter North West's homemade cardboard 'quarantine' doll house

Kim said in the video: 'She made a quarantined section for Kim and Kanye.' She then revealed some rag doll versions of herself and Kanye sitting at a tiny table with a bottle of hand sanitizer.




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Kim Kardashian's kids build 'the ultimate fort' as the family stays home amid coronavirus pandemic

With schools moving to online learning, libraries closed, sports called off and enrichment classes cancelled, not to mention the social distancing movement, it's time to get creative.




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Kim Kardashian gushes over baby Psalm posts cute snap of infant amid coronavirus self-quarantine

The 39-year-old captioned the photo of Psalm, 10 months, sucking his thumb: 'My baby boy is so handsome and sweet.'




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Khloé Kardashian gushes over 'beautiful nephew' Ace after BFF Malika Haqq welcomes newborn

The 35-year-old reality star has been best friends with the 37-year-old new mother since 1999, so she was thrilled to become an 'auntie'