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Jul 2023
33m 36s

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey cleared of ...

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Speaking after the trial in London, Kevin Spacey thanked the jurors and said he was "humbled". Also: Niger president held in apparent coup attempt, and the Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56. 
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