Friday, April 18, 2025

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The cost of Trump's cuts to foreign aid can be counted in deaths, his visit to the UK will take go ahead this summer and four dead after cable car collapses near Naples.

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1 | Cruel cost of Trump's cuts: 4 million people will die from Aids

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2 | Trump to visit UK and King Charles later this year

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3 | NHS to be pursued by equality watchdog if gender policies don't change

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4 | Four killed after cable car crashes to ground in Naples

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5 | Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe sues Nigel Farage for defamation

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New figures show the number of Aids-related deaths could jump from six million to 10 million in the next five years unless funding is reinstated, according to forecasts from the UN Aids agency (UNAIDS).

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