world news
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Mediation efforts come amid panic buying in Doha after Saudi-led efforts to isolate kingdom over claims it supports extremists
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Operation to recapture Islamic State ‘capital’ expected to be long and bloody and may mark turning point in war
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Suspect shot and injured by police after reportedly trying to attack officer with hammer outside cathedral in centre of French capital
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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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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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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
around the world
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UKUKNotre Dame incident: police shoot man who attacked officer in Paris – livePolice say attacker Khuram Butt was investigated in 2015 but ruled out as potential terrorist
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EuropeEuropeAlmost one in three drugs overdoses in Europe occur in the UKBritain has Europe’s highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency
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Documents show JBS, which supplies beef to retailers including Waitrose, previously bought cattle from Brazilian farm now being investigated for labour abuse
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Military pledges zero tolerance after allegations of abuses by Human Rights Watch, but some fear court will not bring troops to justice
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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
pictures and video
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White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells a press briefing that Twitter gives US president Donald Trump a ‘communications tool that isn’t filtered through media bias’, but also at the same time says she believes that the press puts to much emphasis on what he communicates through social media.
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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
Beauty amid the chaos: a snapshot of Syrian cities through Instagram