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  "id": 17121505,
  "title": "UK police refer themselves to watchdog over Markle child abuse allegations letter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/uk-police-refer-themselves-to-watchdog-over-markle-child-abuse",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T20:14:03.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-30/meghan-markle-father-child-abuse-allegations-letter-and-police/107326392"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The UK's Metropolitan Police has referred itself to a watchdog after failing to tell overseas authorities about child abuse image accusations against Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex.",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "BBC in the Philippines where Thomas Markle is expected to be investigated",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/bbc-in-the-philippines-where-thomas-markle-is-expected-to-be",
        "published": "2026-10-29T07:28:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Philippine police obtain warrant to search Thomas Markle’s devices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/philippine-police-obtain-warrant-to-search-thomas-markles-devices-17131933",
        "published": "2026-10-29T21:24:00.000Z"
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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."
}