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  "id": 828357,
  "title": "UK vote count under way in Farage, Binface showdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/uk-vote-count-under-way-in-farage-binface-showdown-828357",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T01:09:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0814/1587825-uk-election-clacton/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vote counting was under way after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "UK vote count under way in Farage, Binface showdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/uk-vote-count-under-way-in-farage-binface-showdown",
        "published": "2026-08-14T01:09:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Breaking: Farage wins Clacton by-election over Count Binface",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/breaking-farage-wins-clacton-by-election-over-count-binface",
        "published": "2026-08-14T03:48:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Farage declares victory in UK by-election as count continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/farage-declares-victory-in-uk-by-election-as-count-continues",
        "published": "2026-08-14T04:17:44.000Z"
      }
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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."
}