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Deborah and Peter McGuinness both served tours of Iraq
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A former army couple killed themselves in a suicide pact the day after throwing a fancy dress party for friends, an inquest was told. Peter McGuinness and his wife, Deborah, a former PA to three heads of the army, were found dead in a Land Rover at a remote beauty spot after weeks of planning. Mr McGuinness, 54, had suffered from depression, possibly caused by post-traumatic stress disorder after several tours of Iraq, and had talked about taking his life. Mrs McGuinness, 49, was given the all-clear from cancer five months before her death and had no history of mental illness, Bournemouth coroner’s court was told. Source: The Times
 

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Vilanova I la Geltru, Spain
A view of the crowd at the Vida festival, the first festival held in Spain without social distancing rules since Covid. All attendees have to pass a test to access the festival site each day. Photograph: Xavi Torrent/Getty Images
 
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Paris, France
A member of the Grande Loge Mixte de France poses in masonic attire. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images
 

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Winnipeg, Canada
A statue of Queen Victoria after it was toppled during a rally following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former Indigenous residential schools. Photograph: Shannon Vanraes/Reuters
 
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A member of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party demands during a rally on Friday in the capital, Pretoria, that Covid vaccines from Russia and China be approved by the country’s regulatory body. AFP
 
One island, two countries

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HEAVEN SCENT: Mia Finlan, from Finglas, visiting the rose garden at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, for shots before her first holy communion with 2nd class students from St Canice's Girls School, Finglas. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

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RAIN ON DRUMCREE: An Orangeman struggles with his umbrella as loyal order members take part in a march at Drumcree Church in Portadown, Armagh, Northern Ireland. Orangemen have held a weekly protest near Drumcree Church since late 1998, when they were banned from marching on nearby nationalist Garvaghy Road after a service. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty
 
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The group with Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides towards Cormet de Roselend pass during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 144.9 kilometers with start in Cluses and finish in Tignes, France.
 
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The Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days will be set free this week after the canal authority and owner settled a dispute over compensation. Neither party has released full details of the agreement. The ship and it’s crew haven't been allowed to leave since it got stuck on March 29. The authorities say it will get a tugboat with a pulling capacity of about 75 tonnes.
 
mellowyellow said:
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Deborah and Peter McGuinness both served tours of Iraq
HYDE NEWS & PICTURES LTD

A former army couple killed themselves in a suicide pact the day after throwing a fancy dress party for friends, an inquest was told. Peter McGuinness and his wife, Deborah, a former PA to three heads of the army, were found dead in a Land Rover at a remote beauty spot after weeks of planning. Mr McGuinness, 54, had suffered from depression, possibly caused by post-traumatic stress disorder after several tours of Iraq, and had talked about taking his life. Mrs McGuinness, 49, was given the all-clear from cancer five months before her death and had no history of mental illness, Bournemouth coroner’s court was told. Source: The Times
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Maybe more than meets the eye ... read that the police raided home of PTSD suffering ex-soldier and his Army veteran wife in child porn probe four days before they killed themselves in suicide pact
 
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The group with Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides towards Cormet de Roselend pass during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 144.9 kilometers with start in Cluses and finish in Tignes, France.
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West Australia's Ben O'Connor wins stage nine of the Tour de France.

It's the biggest win of his professional career.

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It is only the second time an Australian has won a mountain-top finish at the Tour de France. His win places him second place for the yellow jersey behind Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar.
 
Gatehead, England
Visitors admire the Angel of the North statue. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian


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A Chopard representative displays the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films, before the start of the Cannes film festival. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
 
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People wait in line for a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Gostinny Dvora, a huge exhibition place in Moscow on 6 July 2021 as the country faces a sharp surge in coronavirus cases.
 
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New laws aim to clamp down on Channel migrants — so far this year 6,600 people have arrived illegally in small boats PA

Border Force agents will for the first time be given the legal power to use “reasonable force” to detain asylum seekers crossing the Channel under laws published today. They will be authorised to stop, board, divert and detain any vessel they suspect of carrying people seeking to enter the UK illegally under the Nationality and Borders Bill. Existing laws allow Border Force officials to use batons and handcuffs for personal protection but under the new legislation, they will be allowed to use these devices when boarding migrant boats if people resist arrest or pose a threat.
 
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Viktor Babariko, one of the president’s most prominent critics, has been sentenced to 14 years in a prison camp
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A court in Belarus has sentenced one of President Lukashenko’s most prominent critics to 14 years in a maximum security prison camp on fraud charges that were widely viewed as politically motivated. Viktor Babariko, a former banker, was arrested in June 2020 as he attempted to register as a presidential candidate in Belarus.
 
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Amsterdam
People look on as police officers secure the area where Dutch celebrity crime reporter Peter R de Vries, known for his reporting on some of the most renowned criminals in the Netherlands, was reportedly shot and seriously injured in Amsterdam, 6 July 20201. Reuters/Eva Plevier
 

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