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Children are among the nearly 50 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd attending Liverpool FC's victory parade, the number of prison officers investigated over inappropriate relationships with inmates has surged, and Emmanuel Macron's office has played down a video of the president appearing to be shoved in the face by his wife.

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1 | Children among nearly 50 injured after car ploughs into Liverpool victory parade

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2 | Probes into relationships between prison officers and inmates soar

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3 | Macron looks stunned after wife shoves his face in 'squabble'

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4 | King Charles arrives in Canada for first visit as head of state

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5 | Navy to use AI to detect 'hostile' Russian activity in the Arctic

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