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He really is The Mountain! Game of Thrones star Hafþór Björnsson breaks world deadlifting record

Björnsson  - who is best known for playing 'The Mountain' on the hit HBO series - performed the deadlift in an empty Reykjavík gym due to coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings.




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Ted Cruz gets a haircut at the Dallas salon whose owner was jailed for keeping it open

The Republican senator boasted about getting his hair cut at Salon A la Mode as he vocalized his staunch support of owner Shelley Luther and others wanting to make a living during the pandemic.




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Doctors at hospital's children's unit fix cartoons to their masks to reassure young patients

Staff working in the children's Panda Unit at Salford Royal came up with the innovative way to reassure young patients after fearing they could be spooked by the medics' concealed faces in PPE.




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Kayleigh McEnany says the FBI interview with Mike Flynn was 'a trap' and that justice has prevailed

'The interrogation of Michael Flynn was not an inquiry. Make no mistake, it was a trap,' White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a long speech at the top of her press briefing Friday.




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Tribal payback after a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy allegedly 'stoned' a young mother to death weeks

The body of Britney Watson was discovered in a wheelie bin just four weeks after she gave birth, with a 17-year-old boy accused of killing her and dumping her body.




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Tragedy as care home resident, 92, dies from COVID-19 taking the national death toll to 98 

Fay Rendoth, 92, has been remembered by her loved ones after she died on Friday, bringing Australia's national death toll to 98.




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Eleven Secret Service members test positive for COVID-19 and 23 others have recovered from disease

Secret Service declined to say whether infected employees were in close proximity to Trump (seen above). Katie Miller (top left), an aide to Pence (bottom right), also tested positive for COVID-19.




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Emails show 'the highest levels of the White House' buried CDC report advising how to reopen America

Experts at the CDC spent weeks working on a report titled 'Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework', but it was blocked by The White House.




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Customers flock to the shops but are temperature checked to get into Kmart

Shoppers at some stores were given health screenings by staff before they were allowed to enter, with all abiding by strict capacity limits.




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Gym manager, 57, conned Black-ish star Jenifer Lewis and three other women in a romance scam

Antonio Mariot Wilson, 57, of Santa Monica, California, pled guilty to conning Jenifer Lewis and others of nearly $400,000




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Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrate at petrol station where police Tasered father

A group of up to 15 people observed Covid-19 social distancing rules as they gathered at a petrol station forecourt in Stretford, Manchester, where the incident took place.




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Travellers will be quarantined for TWO WEEKS and face £1,000 fines if they break rules

From June, all arrivals in the UK - including returning Britons - will be quarantined for two weeks and face £1,000 fines or deportation if they fail to do so.




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What could the exit strategy from lockdown look like?

With ministers under growing pressure to give the public a clue about how and when life might return to normal, the Daily Mail's DAVID BARRETT examines how the coming weeks could play out.




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Why the Bundesliga returning next month is a perfect televised tonic

The Bundesliga's tentative plans to restart the season next month have got us dreaming of better days ahead, and should they return to action as planned it could well be the perfect televised tonic for UK fans.




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German zoo warns it will have to feed some animals to others as coronavirus keeps visitors away

In Germany, zoos such as Berlin Zoo, pictured with empty seats, are struggling to afford to look after their animals as their doors remain closed to the public during the coronavirus lock down.




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ISS appears as a speck as it transits in front of the Sun

An amateur photographer from Germany has captured beautiful images of the International Space Station as it passes in front of our glowing orange Sun in less than a second.




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Second World War veteran and his wife of 78 years who contracted coronavirus die on the same day

Massachusetts couple David, 102, and Muriel, 97, Cohen died within hours of each other Friday after 78 years of marriage.




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Einstein was right: Star orbiting the Milky Way's supermassive black hole behaves as he predicted

The star, called S2, orbits Sagittarius A* in a rosette shape rather than an ellipse or circle - an idea predicted by Einstein in his century old general theory of relativity.




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Katherine Jenkins talks about her NHS Charity duet We'll Meet Again with Dame Vera Lynn

The opera singer, 39, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday to talk to Piers Morgan about their rendition of We'll Meet Again. 




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Wearing face masks is vital in the fight against coronavirus... writes Dr MARTIN SCURR

DR MARTIN SCURR: Too often in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has lagged behind other countries.




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Inside Ravensburg - the town trying to keep up with the demand for puzzles during lockdown

Jigsaw sales have gone through the roof during the coronavirus pandemic. Here Lizzie Enfield remembers a trip to Ravensburg in Germany, which is one of the world's chief producers of jigsaws.




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UK parents are among the most vehement anti-vaxxers in Europe with one in 30 against all vaccines

A survey of five European countries revealed that parents in Spain have the most positive feelings towards vaccination, while their French counterparts have the least.




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RB Leipzig star Timo Werner 'ready to join Liverpool if they pay £52million release clause'

The 24-year-old German has scored 27 goals in all competitions this season and has fired RB Leipzig into the Champions League quarter-finals and made them Bundesliga title contenders.




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Coronavirus: Bundesliga stars 'may have to play in MASKS... with games STOPPED if they slip off'

Leaked documents in Germany have revealed the plans to equip all the players with masks to be worn throughout the entirety of a match.




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German fans are NOT happy that the Bundesliga set to return with concerns growing over May 9 date

KIT HOLDEN: With the Olympics and the Euros suspended and no end in sight to the freeze on other football leagues, there will be millions hoping to get some kind of fix from Germany.




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Germany's daily infection rate slows for second day with 2,055 new cases as crowds gather in Berlin

Saturday saw Germany confirm 2,055 new coronavirus cases, bringing to total figure to 152,438, and 179 new deaths, bringing the total fatalities in the country to 5,500 (graph pictured).




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Bundesliga bosses outline their blueprint for football's return on May 9

A document from the German football federation has mapped out how the game can return safely, how players will train and play matches as well as what happens if someone contracts Covid-19.




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Coronavirus: How Europe's top league will react to Ligue 1 cancelling their season

The decision in France sent shockwaves through football and arrived as a red flag to the Bundesliga, Premier League, Serie A and LaLiga as they all plot to finish the season by UEFA's August deadline.




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The Sun has been 'unusually feeble' over the past 9,000 years

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany compared the Sun to 369 similar stars and found it typically fluctuates five times weaker than them.




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Germany gives the green light for museums, churches and zoos to reopen

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte bemoaned the 'rashness' of local politicians who opened up bars and pizzerias at a 'delicate stage' of the coronavirus crisis, four days before the lockdown is due to end.




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Thai king and queen inspect PPE made by the military weeks after he 'self-isolated' at German hotel

The 67-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, was snapped at the King's Close Bodyguard regiment in Bangkok with his fourth wife Queen Suthida, aged 41.




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The last Victoria Cross hero before VE Day who was so brave even the enemy marvelled

By late April 1945, the German army was in retreat and, after nearly six long years of war, the Allies were finally poised to defeat Adolf Hitler.




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'Let us not forget the toils ahead': Churchill's VE Day message and photos of jubliant Londoners

As the country reveled in triumph on May 8, 1945, the streets of London were packed with overjoyed Britons weary from six years of war with the Axis powers in Europe.




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Couple stranded in Costa Rica travelling with pug are told they can be repatriated but without dog

Abbey Walsh, 25, and Hugh Thomas, also 25, were two months into a two-year world trip wit hthe beloved dog when they were stranded in the Central American country.




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Brilliant colourised photos show the Allies advancing into Germany ahead of the Nazis' surrender

Ahead of the historic day, colourised archived images of the Allied liberation of Germany from the Nazis in the run-up to the end of World War Two have been released (pictured).




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British tanks storming into Denmark - how the last days of WWII in Europe were reported in May 1945

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1945: The situation early this morning was moving quickly. British tanks were rolling into Denmark, crossing the German border into Jutland.




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Ariana Grande performs Needy as she wins Female Artist Of The Year at 2019 iHeartRadio Awards

She made waves after she cancelled her performance at the Grammy Awards last month. But Ariana Grande captivated the crowd at iHeartRadio Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.




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J.Lo's iconic Versace dress from the 2000 Grammy Awards is re-imagined as a pair of sneakers

It's the dress that launched Jennifer Lopez, pictured, into a global style icon, and now sneaker fans can snap up a piece of the pie.




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Lisa Rinna dresses up as Jennifer Lopez for Halloween in the actress' iconic green Versace gown

Last month, JLo closed the Versace fashion show in a recreation of the iconic green gown she wore to the 2000 Grammys. And Lisa Rinna summoned the spirit of that jungle-themed gown for Halloween.




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Dua Lipa gushes over 'lovely' Miley Cyrus as she confirms they're planning a potential collaboration

Dua Lipa, 24, has now teased a potential collaboration with superstar Miley Cyrus, 26.




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Robin Williams launched a '15-minute' routine to perk up Pink after she lost at the Grammys in 2003

The 40-year-old singer was up for two awards for her first foray into the solo world, but lost out to Norah Jones, which prompted Robin to turn on his charm.




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Charlize Theron calls for mainstream awards shows to introduce gender-neutral categories 'soon'

The actress, 44, was speaking ahead of the Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday when she was asked when such awards should be introduced and said: 'Let's hope soon'.




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Camila Cabello returns to LA after Time's 100 Next gala in NYC and winning at the Latin Grammys

She was the It Girl of the summer with one of the season's biggest hit songs, and her plate has been way more than full ever since. 




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Alicia Keys will host the 2020 Grammy Awards after her 'powerful experience' hosting the 2019 show

Keys will make Grammy history by becoming the first female recording artist to host the annual music awards show more than once.




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Ariana Grande and Lizzo are moved to tears as they react to Grammy Award nominations on social media

The 26-year-old Seven Rings hitmaker and 31-year-old Truth Hurts singer were both moved to tears as they lead the music stars reacting on social media.




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Scooter Braun gushes over Ariana Grande's Grammy noms during FaceTime chat together

Scooter Braun gushed over client Ariana Grande following her five Grammy Nominations during a FaceTime conversation: 'Super proud of this one.'




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Billie Eilish enjoys her holiday weekend with a walk through the snowy Angeles National Forest

She's fresh off of making history with her six nominations for the Grammy Awards.But, Billie Eilish, 17, appeared to take it easy over the holiday weekend with a nice stroll.




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Miranda Lambert is joined by The Pistol Annies bandmates at Grammy Awards party in Nashville

Miranda Lambert and her band the Pistol Annies are out celebrating award season. Ashley Monroe Angaleena Presley and Miranda all looked elegant as they arrived at the Grammy Awards party.




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Ariana Grande will serenade the 62nd Annual Grammys a year after backing out from awards performance

Ariana Grande took to social media on Saturday and announces she will perform at 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26.




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Demi Lovato will take to the 2020 Grammy's stage for her first performance since her 2018 overdose

Demi Lovato announced on Tuesday that she would be performing at the upcoming 2020 Grammy Awards. Her performance will be the first since her 2018 overdose.