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How did social media react to Trump's State of the Union speech?

The address generated a record-breaking 4.5 million tweets, but what were people talking about?

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How some of Trump’s State of the Union claims stand up to reality

A fact-check of some of the key claims from Trump's speech.

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11 things you need to know about Trump’s State of the Union speech

From boasts of boosting the economy, to pledges on immigration and foreign policy threats, here are the key takeaways from Trump's address.

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Glee actor Mark Salling found dead

Salling, who played a supporting role in the TV show "Glee," died weeks before his sentencing on child pornography charges.

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Brexit impact report 'will not be published in full'

Brexit Undersecretary Steve Baker says publishing the report could damage EU-UK divorce negotiations.

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Fitness tracking app gives away military base locations

Heatmaps created by fitness tracking app Strava appear to reveal military US and Western military outposts

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Scale of Russian bots promoting Trump on Twitter revealed

Russian bots retweeted Donald Trump almost half a million times in the run-up to the US presidential elections

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Bearing up: black bears re-released after holistic treatment for burns

Fish skin was stitched to their poorly paws after they suffered burns in the recent California wildfires.

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Trump ‘ready to apologise’ for UK far-right group retweet

The US president says he knew ‘nothing’ about Britain First and did not mean to endorse ‘horrible, racist people’.

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Symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' moves 30 seconds closer to midnight

World security situation now "as dangerous as it has been since World War II," says Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

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Trump trumpets 'tremendous' boost in US-UK trade

Who said the British-American relationship was frosty? "We like each other a lot," said President Trump as he met with Prime Minister Theresa May, adding their two countries would be seeing a "tremendous" boost in bilateral trade.

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NYC sues Big Pharma over opioid crisis

The lawsuit alleges drugmakers and distributors used "deceptive marketing" that got millions of Americans hooked on potent painkillers.

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Eyewitness films school bus skidding down an icy hill in Massachusetts

29 children were on board the bus at the time.

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Senate confirms Powell as next Federal Reserve chairman

The US Senate overwhelmingly approves President Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell.

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UN: deadlock over use of chemical weapons in Syrian civil war

Russia wants a new independent investigation but the US wants to press ahead with prosecuting the Assad regime. Meanwhile chemical attacks are reportedly ongoing.

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Mike Pence visits Western Wall amid tension with Palestinians

Palestinians in Jerusalem closed up shop in protest against Pence's visit, a day after the vice president said the US would open its embassy there by the end of next year.

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Doctor faces deportation 26 years after committing minor offence

His detention stems from two minor crimes he committed as a 17-year-old: destruction of property worth less than $100, and receiving and concealing stolen goods.

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Ankara-Washington talks scheduled as Turkey pushes ahead in Syria

Ankara announces President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak to his US counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday.

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Alaska earthquake sparks brief tsunami fears along US west coast

A magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck the Gulf of Alaska early on Tuesday, prompting authorities to warn of a possible tsunami in the area and all the way down the US west coast, where the alert was later lifted.

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US government shutdown looms

Congress scrambles to prevent a potential US government shutdown ahead of Friday's midnight deadline.

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