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Trump 'not convinced' Russian meddling took placeAnthony Scaramucci says Trump’s view is ‘Maybe they did it, maybe they didn’t do it’ -
UK approved arms sales to Saudis after airstrike on funeralCampaigners say Britain should have halted weapons exports after attack that caused international outrage
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At least one person killed in shooting near Israel embassyIsraeli man injured in Amman days after anti-Israeli protests in the Jordanian capital -
Eight people found dead in trailer outside Texas WalmartPolice ‘looking at a human trafficking crime’ after driver arested, as Walmart CCTV footage shows vehicles picking up other people from tractor-trailer -
Israel refuses to remove mosque metal detectors despite rising violenceIsraelis and Palestinians braced for further confrontations in Jerusalem as death toll rises in wake of new security crackdown
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Sri Lankan navy rescues two elephants washed out to seaWild elephants brought ashore after rescue involving navy divers, ropes and flotilla of boats to tow them
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UKUKPersonal photos from Princess Diana's collection publishedNearly 20 years on from their mother’s death, William and Harry have spoken about their grief and childhood memories
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EuropeEuropeHow has Brexit vote affected UK economy? July verdictEach month we look at key indicators to see what effect the Brexit process has on growth, prosperity and trade in the UK
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Cocktail of drugs could prevent 10,000 HIV deaths a year, claim scientistsAs experts converge on Paris for major summit on HIV science, study highlights potential benefits of deploying low-cost drug combination in sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Ellen Johnson Sirleaf save Liberia?Africa’s first elected female president has made giant steps in ridding her country of warlords, rape and child soldiers but, as she tells Afua Hirsch, much remains to be done
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With thousands of people marooned in Greece, Serbia and Italy, Europe is split down the middle about how to deal with the influx of migrantsDivided Europe seeks a long-term answer to a refugee crisis that needs a solution now
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Italy feels the heat as EU shuts doors to migrantsVentimiglia is the new frontier of a humanitarian crisis
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Pardon me? Legal experts doubt Trump could absolve himself in Russia inquiryThe president, under pressure over a deepening scandal, says ‘all agree’ that he has ‘the complete power to pardon’, but analysts suggest this is not the case
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Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare billAfter a six-month debate and seven years of promising they would repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans don’t have many good options left to pass a bill
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Anthony Scaramucci: leakers will be punished – videoWhite House communications director Anthony Scaramucci calls leaks coming from the White House ‘un-American’ and ‘an injustice to the institution of the American presidency’ and said those leakers will be fired. Scaramucci added that Donald Trump has ‘no reason to pardon anybody’ and ‘did nothing wrong’. He was referring to Trump’s tweet on Saturday saying he had ‘complete power to pardon’ amid ongoing investigations of possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia.
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Venice residents protest against excessive tourism – videoEarlier this month an estimated 2,000 Venetians marched against a tourism industry they argue has eroded their quality of life, that is damaging the environment and driving residents away. Venice’s population has fallen from about 175,000 in the post-second world war years to 55,000 today.
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San Antonio police confirm eight found dead in trailer – videoEight people were found dead inside a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked behind a Walmart in San Antonio early Sunday, says police chief William McManus
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Christopher Street Day parade, Berlin – in picturesOn Christopher Street Day thousands of people demonstrate for the rights of LGBT people with a parade of colourful floats and music
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Prosecutor confirms German girl arrested in Iraq is Linda Wenzel – videoLorenz Haase from the eastern German city of Dresden says the girl arrested in Iraq last week is 16-year-old Linda Wenzel
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Putin yet to decide whether to run for president again – videoRussian president says he has not yet decided whether to run for re-election in 2018, but says he will not change the constitution to allow him to keep on running for Russia’s top political post indefinitely
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