world news
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Federal contractor arrested and charged with removing classified material after NSA report said cyber-attack on software supplier and phishing emails hit officials
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Qatari diplomats ejected and land, air and sea traffic routes cut off in row over terror and regional stability
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Woman publicly known as ‘Kacey’ says attack occurred at Bel Air hotel in 1996, after he asked her to bring food to his room
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Unnamed sources said David Rank had resigned as he could not support Donald Trump’s decision last week to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement
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Fall of key town Baaj to Shia forces leaves pocket of west Mosul and Bukamal as only urban centres in Iraq with big Isis presence
spotlight
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For over 100 years, a small minority have battled the very idea of national land. As efforts are renewed, all Americans must face the fight
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UKUKLondon attack: police name Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane as two of three perpetrators – latest updatesButt, 27, was British citizen born in Pakistan, previously known to both police and MI5. Redouane, 30, had claimed to be both Moroccan and Libyan
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EuropeEuropeHopes of EU-US trade agreement put on ice, say Brussels sourcesUncertainty grows about trade deal with the EU that some in the US felt would be more important to its interests than a post-Brexit deal with Theresa May
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Campaigners urge world leaders to keep global education targets on track after figures reveal education receives same level of aid funding as transport
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Immediate and sustained action urged as diarrhoea remains among leading causes of child mortality despite improved access to clean water and sanitation
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opinion & analysis
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Several Arab countries are breaking ties with Qatar. We look at the reasons why, and what the consequences may be
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Emboldened by renewed US support, Riyadh has moved quickly to demand its partners align their agendas to theirs
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New French president has been confident and sure-footed in first weeks, say analysts
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The FBI are scrutinising the December meeting between Kushner and the head of Vnesheconombank, the US-sanctioned bank that funds Putin’s pet projects
pictures and video
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White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders denies that Donald Trump is picking a fight with London’s mayor following the president’s criticisms of London mayor Sadiq Khan over Twitter following the London Bridge attack
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Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says a ‘disgruntled’ employee who was recently fired from his job at an Orlando business shot and killed five people in what he calls a ‘workplace violence incident’
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The world is changing at dizzying speed – but for some thinkers, not fast enough. Is accelerationism a dangerous idea, or does it speak to our troubled times?
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A newsreader on Saudi TV announces that the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to sever diplomatic and consular relations with Qatar, also cutting all land air and sea contacts
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Members of the KKK, the Traditionalist Worker party and the National Socialist Movement gathered for a weekend of speeches and demonstration in rural Kentucky
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Thousands of marchers gathered in cities across the US to call for a fair and impartial investigation into alleged Russian influence in 2016 US elections, and for US President Donald Trump to release his tax returns
Lawnmower man Canadian cuts lawn as tornado looms – and photo goes viral