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newsflash

 noun
     
Related topics: Television and Radio
news‧flash [countable] especially British English
AMT a very short news programme on radio or television, broadcast suddenly in the middle of another programme when something very important has happened [= news bulletin American English]
We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash.
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