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A petition to cancel Brexit and for the UK to remain in the EU and revoke Article 50 has been signed by more than half a million people. The number of people signing the online petition suddenly rose overnight following Theresa May’s speech…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist right-wing ideology following last week's deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch.In one of her first interviews since then, she told the BBC…
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Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique as the full scale of the disaster becomes clear.Charities say thousands of people are stranded by catastrophic flooding, clinging to roofs or stuck in trees.In the…
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A BUS full of schoolchildren was hijacked by its driver who threatened to kill them all before setting the coach on fire today. He shouted “No one will survive” as he rammed cars and vowed to douse the children with petrol on a terror…
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Ceremonies have been held in Ethiopia and Kenya for the 157 victims of last week’s Ethiopia Airlines plane crash. Relatives wept and threw themselves on the red coffins of the 12 Ethiopian victims at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the…
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Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wounded in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques. Tarrant, handcuffed and wearing a…
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The death in Italy of a Moroccan model who was a regular guest at former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex parties is being treated as a possible murder, magistrates say. Imane Fadil, 33, died in a Milan hospital on 1 March, a month…
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A tropical storm has swept away bridges and homes in eastern Zimbabwe, killing at least 24 people, officials say. Cyclone Idai cut off power and communications in parts of Manicaland province on the border with Mozambique. Some 40…
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President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Lawmakers, including 12 Republicans, had passed the rejection resolution on Thursday in a surprising rebuke…
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People living in one of Mozambique’s largest cities have been warned to expect the “worst-case scenario” as a major cyclone makes landfall. Cyclone Idai, which is carrying winds of up to 225 km/h (140 mph), is making landfall near the…
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