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French police under fire over man missing at Nantes party
An inquiry has begun after French police broke up a group of revellers celebrating an annual music festival and a…
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Ukraine fury as Russia gets back Council of Europe voting rights
Five years after Russia had its voting rights removed because of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, the Council of…
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‘Climate apartheid’ between rich and poor looms, UN expert warns 2
A UN expert has warned of a possible “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape from hunger, “while the…
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Iran-US crisis: Rouhani derides new sanctions as ‘useless’
Iran’s president has responded with defiance to the latest sanctions imposed by the US, saying they show it is lying…
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Texas migrant children moved from ‘horrific cells’ after outcry
Some 250 migrant children have been moved from an overcrowded border station in Texas where they had been held for…
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West Bengal protests: Politicians hounded to return bribe money
People in India’s West Bengal state are up in arms against politicians for an unusual reason – they are demanding…
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Trump says sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll ‘not my type’
US President Donald Trump has again denied allegations he sexually assaulted a columnist in the 1990s, saying “she’s not my…
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Dutch emergency line hit by KPN telecoms outage
The Netherlands has been hit by its largest telecommunications outage in years, with the 112 emergency number knocked out across…
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Germany crash: Two Eurofighter jets collide near base
wo German armed forces Eurofighter jets have collided and crashed in the Müritz area of north-eastern Germany. Both pilots were…
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Cyprus serial killer Nikos Metaxas handed seven life sentences
A Greek-Cypriot army officer has been handed multiple life sentences for the premeditated murder of five foreign women and two…
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