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Speaker concerned about number of protesters targeting female MPs outside parliament
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Actor will face a maximum of five years in prison if convicted over groping incident that allegedly took place at a bar in 2016
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President has also reportedly asked TV networks to carry a primetime address on the shutdown on Tuesday
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Thai authorities say 18-year-old will not be forced to return with her father to the Middle East, where she claims her family will kill her
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Edouard Philippe says government considering football hooligan-style register
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Council members urge New Yorkers to demand concessions like labor standards before company gains foothold in city
Spotlight
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Seas absorb 90% of climate change’s energy as new research reveals vast heating over past 150 years
Around the world
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Brussels seeks to help UK prime minister in run-up to next week’s vote in Commons
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Driven from their rural homes by family problems and lack of opportunity, more and more children are making for Addis Ababa
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Stranded in arrivals in Kuala Lumpur for eight months, Hassan al-Kontar was granted asylum to make Whistler his home
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Opinion & analysis
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The fall of the Saudi crown prince after the Khashoggi affair is a cautionary tale for all authoritarian rulers
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Venice, Florence, Rome are all struggling to cope with selfie-stick sightseers, but turnstiles at city gates will worsen the problem
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As the shutdown’s toll becomes clearer, the president aims to keep his pledge – but Democrats have reason to resist
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The lack of global outcry over the detention of two Canadians virtually guarantees the next such case
Pictures and video
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A former professional boxer allegedly filmed attacking a police officer during gilets jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrations in Paris at the weekend is in custody after turning himself in to authorities. A separate investigation has been launched after a police chief was seen on video assaulting a protester in the southern French city of Toulon
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Soldiers in Gabon have appeared on state television saying they have launched a coup in the west African country. Early on Monday an army soldier, flanked by two others holding guns, read out a statement saying the military had seized control of the government 'to restore democracy'.
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Donald Trump has threatened a national emergency in the 'next few days' to allow him to build a wall on the US-Mexico border
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Following a meeting between top Democrats and the president that failed to break the congressional deadlock, Trump says the government shutdown could continue for years
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Youngest US Congresswoman in history posts a video of her dancing outside her office after an attempt to humiliate her on Twitter backfired
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Nancy Pelosi, the newly elected House speaker, insisted Trump's border wall would not receive funding
Baghdad at 10 million: fragile dreams of normality as megacity status beckons