'There's a strange, angry,uncertain mood out there'
Nick Miller They were prophetic words. Two days later, the Brexit war came to a terrible halt.
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Arrests linked to Euro 2016 terror bid
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Ian Wishart and Fabio Benedetti-Valentini 8:41 PM Three charged amid press reports of a plot to attack fans gathering to watch the national soccer team.
US anger over Russian strike on base
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff 4:08 PM Pentagon "please explain" after Russian cluster munitions filmed near base of US-backed rebels.
Trump accuses Jeb Bush of plotting
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Sean Sullivan and Jackie Valley 5:12 PM "We are going to beat Hillary. And it would be helpful if the Republicans could help us a little bit."
Man arrested as 12 Amish girls found in home
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A 51-year-old man was found living with 12 girls, including two he fathered, after sexually assaulting a teenager he considered his wife, authorities said Friday.
Man charged over murder of British MP
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Nick Miller Police have charged Thomas Mair with the murder of British MP Jo Cox, after Nazi regalia and far-right wing literature were reportedly found at his home.
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Britain's rival EU campaigns restart as polls show momentum for 'In'
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William James 3:20 AM David Cameron is warning Britons they faced an "existential choice" at Thursday's EU referendum.
Turkish border troops 'kill 11 Syrian refugees, including women and children'
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Suleiman Al-Khalidi 2:59 AM Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from north-western Syria, says an independent monitoring group.
US authorities to release 911 call transcripts from Orlando shooting
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Amber Phillips 1:48 AM United Stated Attorney General Loretta Lynch says authorities will release redacted transcripts of the phone calls between Orlando shooter Omar Mateen and police.
EgyptAir flight recorders severely damaged
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Ahmed Aboulenein 1:28 AM The memory units of both flight recorders from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 are severely damaged and will require "lots of time and effort" to fix, Egyptian aircraft accident investigation committee sources said.
Three lifelong friends celebrate 100th birthdays together
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Perry Stein 5:42 PM The mayor wished them happy birthdays. So did their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Even Oprah sent them a video message.
Tension at funerals for Orlando victims with protest, irate driver
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Bernie Woodall 3:34 PM Funerals for two of the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a nightclub in Florida were marked by tense scenes on Saturday.
Latest UK polls give boost to David Cameron's fight against Brexit
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William Schomberg 2:36 PM The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union regained its lead in two opinion polls published on Saturday, as a leading right-wing newspaper also backed staying in.
Alleged rapist Lee Kaplan accused of getting girl as gift
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2:34 PM A Pennsylvania man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager whose parents police say gave her to him when she was 14 because he helped them financially.
Suspect killed in shootout as crackdown continues in Bangladesh
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Ruma Paul 1:09 PM A suspected Islamist militant was killed on Saturday in a shootout in Bangladesh, days after he critically wounded a Hindu college teacher in the latest attack on minority groups.
The volatile life of Omar Mateen
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Kevin Sullivan and William Wan 9:48 AM He often masked his turmoil, but over the years, the Orlando shooter’s inner conflict seemed to explode again and again — toward classmates, toward co-workers, toward his first wife and finally toward the 49 strangers he left massacred on the bloody floor of the Pulse nightclub.
'A heinous and senseless crime': pregnant woman allegedly killed by co-worker
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Elahe Izadi 7:37 AM Workers spraying pesticides on a sugar cane field discovered the badly decomposed body in a ditch just south of Baton Rouge.
Mother fights off mountain lion that attacked her five-year-old son
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Elahe Izadi 7:25 AM ​The woman was inside of her Colorado home Friday night when she heard the screams.
Malaysia's Najib Razak boosts grip on power with by-election wins
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Shamim Adam and Niluksi Koswanage Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's coalition won a pair of by-elections on Saturday with bigger majorities, helping him solidify his grip on power.
ISS astronauts land safely on Earth
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Vladimir Isachenkov An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely on Saturday in Kazakhstan.
Accused killer of British MP gives name as 'death to traitors, freedom for Britain'
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Griff Witte and Karla Adam Birstall: The man charged with shooting and stabbing to death a popular British lawmaker gave his name Saturday as "death to traitors, freedom for Britain" during his first court appearance since the killing stunned this nation on Thursday.
Brexit war comes to terrible halt in wake of Jo Cox murder
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Nick Miller They were prophetic words. Two days later, the Brexit war came to a terrible halt.
Liam's legacy: the fight to combat killer cocktails in Indonesia
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Jewel Topsfield It was New Year's Eve 2012 and Australian teenager Liam Davies was celebrating with mates on Gili Trawangan, a tourist island off the northwest coast of Lombok.
Rye Hunt's sister bids goodbye to brother, welcomes son home
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Neelima Choahan With a gap of nearly seven years between them, Romany Brodribb always considered her younger brother, Rye Hunt, her baby.
Obama not planning strikes on Assad forces despite diplomatic call
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Arshad Mohammed and Matt Spetalnick A leaked "dissent memo" signed by dozens of American diplomats unlikely to make Barack Obama consider military strikes against Bashar al-Assad.
Iraq forces retake Fallujah, facing little resistance from Islamic State
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Gregory Viscusi The Iraqi flag flies over the city and thousands of civilians flee after being used as human shields by IS.