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Syria conflict: Pompeo 'optimistic' on deal to protect Kurds
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Syria conflict: Pompeo 'optimistic' on deal to protect Kurds

**US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is optimistic an agreement can be reached with Turkey to...

US government shutdown becomes longest in history
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US government shutdown becomes longest in history

The US government shutdown is now the longest such closure in history. On Saturday, day 22, members...

China’s ambassador accuses Canada of ‘white supremacy’ in Huawei CFO arrest
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China’s ambassador accuses Canada of ‘white supremacy’ in Huawei CFO arrest

China’s ambassador to Canada has accused the country of “white supremacy” in calling for the release...

Trump wall: President addresses nation on border 'crisis'
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Trump wall: President addresses nation on border 'crisis'

**US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escala...

Donald Trump warns of ‘humanitarian crisis’ in TV address on border wall funding
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Donald Trump warns of ‘humanitarian crisis’ in TV address on border wall funding

Donald Trump called illegal immigration and drug trafficking “a crisis of the heart and a crisis of...

Japan sushi tycoon pays record tuna price
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Japan sushi tycoon pays record tuna price

**A Japanese sushi boss has paid a record $3.1m (£2.5m) for a giant tuna at the first new year's auc...

Escape room fire kills five teenagers in Poland
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Escape room fire kills five teenagers in Poland

**Five teenage girls have died after a fire broke out while they were playing an escape game in nort...

Trump ready for US shutdown to last 'for years'
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Trump ready for US shutdown to last 'for years'

**US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government - no...

Italy crime: Gang rips open security van with diggers near Bari
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Italy crime: Gang rips open security van with diggers near Bari

**Italian police are hunting for robbers who stole €2.3m (£2m; $2.6m) after trapping and ripping ope...

Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people
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Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people

**Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as a third gender, under a new law...

Kim Jong-un warns of change in direction on denuclearisation
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Kim Jong-un warns of change in direction on denuclearisation

**North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is committed to denuclearisation, but warned he will c...

Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays
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Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays

**Venice has won approval to introduce an entry fee of up to €10 (£9; $11.50) for short-stay tourist...

Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk
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Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk

**Rescuers in the central Russian city of Magnitogorsk are searching for survivors after an explosio...

Brexit: US ambassador to UK Johnson warns on trade deal
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Brexit: US ambassador to UK Johnson warns on trade deal

**Donald Trump's offer of a "quick, massive bilateral trade deal" won't be possible if Theresa May's...

Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility
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Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility

**In 2019 Germany will assume greater international responsibility and must stand up for its convict...

Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham
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Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham

**A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (...

Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow
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Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow

**Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a US citizen "caught spying" in Moscow.**I...

Georges Loinger: French hero who saved Jews in WW2 dies
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Georges Loinger: French hero who saved Jews in WW2 dies

**French resistance fighter Georges Loinger, whose bravery and invention saved hundreds of Jewish ch...

Indian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bid
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Indian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bid

A team of Indian navy divers has been deployed in a bid to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a floode...

Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' in raids after tourist bus blast
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Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' in raids after tourist bus blast

**Police in Egypt have killed dozens of militants during security raids on their hideouts, the inter...