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At least 14 people were killed and more than 50 injured when heavy rain and strong winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday. Some were electrocuted by live wires as the tent caved in, and others…
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Three suspected al-Shabab militants have been killed after they attacked a police camp in Kenya's eastern County of Garissa, close to the border with Somalia, police say.Other fighters were repulsed by security officers, a statement said.At…
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France is braced for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C this week – potentially breaking the record for June.Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, and climb even further until the peak on Thursday…
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Thousands of people in Hong Kong have surrounded police headquarters, calling for an extradition bill to be scrapped. Police have asked the protesters to withdraw peacefully, saying their presence would "seriously affect" emergency…
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Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after grabbing a female Greenpeace activist at a black-tie City dinner. Mr Field has said he regrets confronting Janet Barker and marching her away as protesters interrupted a…
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The US government said it has suspended issuing visas for domestic employees of Malawian officials, Reuters news agency reports. It adds that this comes after one of Malawi’s diplomats failed to pay $1.1m (£866,000) in damages to a woman…
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President Donald Trump approved retaliatory military strikes against Iran on Thursday before changing his mind, US media report. The New York Times, citing senior White House officials, says strikes were planned against a “handful” of…
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Investigators probing the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in which 298 people died in 2014 are expected to name suspects. The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) will present new evidence and announce charges…
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The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million globally last year - the highest number in the UN refugee agency's almost 70 years of operations. The almost 70.8 million people forcibly displaced is 2.3…
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A baby cut from his mother's womb during a brutal attack in Chicago has died after two months on life support, a family spokeswoman has said. Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, the infant son of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, had been in intensive…
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