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  "id": 16897301,
  "title": "Henry defends himself after Ballon d'Or criticism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/henry-defends-himself-after-ballon-dor-criticism",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:13:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm369r0n0zk5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry responds to criticism of a number of comments he made during Monday's Ballon d'Or ceremony and claims they were \"jokes\".",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Harry Kane wins Ballon d'Or, with Kylian Mbappé second ahead of Lamine Yamal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/harry-kane-wins-ballon-dor-with-kylian-mbappe-second-ahead-of-lamine",
        "published": "2026-10-27T08:17:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Kane’s childhood photo with Katie Goodland resurfaces after Ballon d’Or win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/kanes-childhood-photo-with-katie-goodland-resurfaces-after-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-27T10:57:46.000Z"
      }
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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."
}