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  "id": 16488659,
  "title": "Dakar rally will not be hosted in Saudi Arabia in 2027: organisers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/dakar-rally-will-not-be-hosted-in-saudi-arabia-in-2027-organisers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:18:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dakar-rally-will-not-be-hosted-saudi-arabia-2027-organisers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dakar rally will not be hosted in Saudi Arabia in 2027: organisers Saudi Arabia will not be hosting the Dakar rally in 2027, the organisers announced on Sunday. The driving competition would not be taking place in the kingdom \"following recent developments in the region\", said the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in a statement. \"This decision is exceptional and one-off and was…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-10-25T12:19:07.000Z"
      },
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        "published": "2026-10-25T13:49:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}