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The time of day you drink a cup of coffee may lower the risk of an early death, new research suggests.

The study found that people who drank coffee in the morning had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and had a lower mortality risk than all-day coffee consumers - but the research could not prove whether coffee was the sole cause.

Dr Lu Qi, lead researcher and director of Tulane University Obesity Research Center, said while the study does not show why drinking coffee in the morning reduces the risk, one explanation could be that consumption later in the day may disrupt a person's internal body clock.

The study was published on Wednesday in the European Heart Journal.

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Denmark has made clear that Greenland is not for sale and that it belongs to its inhabitants, after the US president-elect refused to rule out using military force to seize Denmark's autonomous territory.

Germany and France have also warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland.

On Tuesday, Trump reiterated his desire to acquire Greenland, saying that the Arctic island was "critical" for national and economic security.

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At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured as firefighters in Los Angeles battle wildfires around the city.

LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley says the four ongoing fires - Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Woodley - are "stretching the capacity of emergency services to their maximum limits”.

The Palisades fire, which broke out yesterday, has so far burnt more than 1,000 structures with 37,000 residents under an evacuation order, officials say.

A further 32,500 people have been told to flee their homes as a result of the Eaton Fire.

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Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.

The town has borne the brunt of Russian advances in recent months and is a stepping-stone to the key logistical hub of Pokrovsk.

Ukraine has not acknowledged the fall of Kurakhove, which is 35km (21 miles) south of Pokrovsk.

Meanwhile, Ukraine military has said it hit a Russian oil depot in a city of Engels that supplies fuel to an important military airbase.

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More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake struck in a remote part of western China.

At least 126 people have been killed while more than 400 people have been rescued, Chinese state media says.

The rescue operation is being hampered by winter temperatures that dropped to -16C overnight.

Earthquakes are common in the region, which lies on a major geological fault line, but Tuesday's was one of China's deadliest in recent years.

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Firefighters in California are battling three different blazes in and around Los Angeles, including a ferocious one that has ripped through the affluent Pacific Palisades neighbourhood.

At least 30,000 people were ordered to evacuate as the blaze in the west of the city exploded rapidly from 10 acres to nearly 3,000 in size.

Los Angeles residents abandoned their cars to flee a fast-moving wildfire as it closed in on a picturesque celebrity enclave, eyewitnesses say.

The fire - which broke out about 10:30 (18:30 GMT) on Tuesday - rapidly spread in incredibly dry conditions and high winds.

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Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency as a wildfire exploded from 10 acres to more than 2,900 acres in hours.

Officials say the blaze grew from 20 acres to more than 200 acres in about 20 minutes after it was reported about 10:30 local time.

Fire chief Kristin Crowley has ordered more than 30,000 people to evacuate, and said 13,000 buildings are under threat.

The wildfire’s growth has been fuelled by a fierce wind event that has placed a large portion of the state under a red flag warning.

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The US President-elect Donald Trump has ramped up threats to seize control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to US national security.

Asked at a press conference if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the autonomous Danish territory or the Panama Canal, he responded: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two…. but I can say this, we need them for economic security.” Both Denmark and Panama have rejected any suggestion that they would voluntarily give up their territory.

Mr Trump also said he planned to use “economic force” when asked if he would attempt to annex Canada, calling the US-Canada border an "artificially drawn line".

During the news conference at Mr Trump’s Mar-a- Lago estate in Florida he also criticised environmental regulations, the US electoral system and suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America”.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith.

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Today, we look at why Meta is bringing to an end the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram - and replacing them with ‘community notes’.

In a video posted online Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were "too politically biased" and it was "time to get back to our roots around free expression". Adam is joined by Vivian Schiller, vice president and executive director of Aspen Digital, and former head of news at Twitter.

And, as Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to launch a UK-wide investigation into grooming gangs, Adam speaks to Tom Symonds, the BBC’s political correspondent, and Alison Holt, the BBC’s social affairs editor, about what was learnt from past inquiries into child sexual abuse.

You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened "very high" tariffs on Denmark if it resists his effort to take control of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.

Asked during a news conference Tuesday if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take control of the strategically-important island, he said: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two."

"I can say this, we need them for economic security," he said.

Trump also said he would use "economic force" against Canada and called the US-Canada border an "artificially drawn line".

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