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France: 'Jungle' migrant camp is partly demolished

The makeshift migrant camp on France’s northern coast known as ‘The Jungle’ is being partially demolished. Officially, part of the sprawling site

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Austria

Austria considers tougher border controls to stop migrant flow

Freezing temperatures and still they come….Around 850 refugees battled snowfalls on Monday as they trudged through Serbia heading towards northern

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Syria

Syria conflict: Question mark over next round of peace talks

Officially, the next round of peace talks for Syria is due to start in Geneva on January 25. But UN diplomats say a delay looks increasingly likely

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Sweden

Trial of doctor accused of drugging, raping and locking victim in bunker

The trial has begun of a Swedish doctor accused of drugging, raping and holding a woman in a self-built bunker for almost a week. The defendant

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United Kingdom

Cameron: Language classes for Muslim women can help fight extremism

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged 25 million euros (20 million pounds) for English classes for women in isolated communities. Cameron

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Ukraine

Ukraine says cyber attack on Kyiv airport was launched from Russia

Ukraine says that a cyber attack on Kyiv’s main airport was launched from a server in Russia. Malware found in an airport computer has prompted a

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Sport

Big Wave Tour: Kerr wins stage as Long tops standings

The fifth of seven events this season on the World Surf League Big Wave Tour took place on the Baja peninsula in Mexico. Australian Josh Kerr

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Europe News

EU's Mogherini urges world powers to broker Syria peace deal at Geneva talks

The EU’s top diplomat urged world powers to seize the chance to end Syria’s five-year conflict at peace talks in Geneva next week. Federica Mogherini

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United Kingdom

British lawmakers debate a ban on Donald Trump entering the country

A petition to bar Donald Trump from entering Britain was the object of debate at Britain’s Houses of Parliament. More than 500,000 citizens put

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Sport

2018 Winter Olympics: Japanese group donate bobsleigh to Jamaica

A group of small independent factories in Tokyo’s Ota Ward has donated a bobsleigh to help the Jamaican national team secure a spot at the 2018

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Yemen

New air raids on Sanaa cost at least 25 lives

There has been heavy loss of life in the latest of the Saudi-led coalition bombing raids on the Yemen capital Sanaa. The capital is being held by

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USA

USA: Clinton expresses 'outrage' at Flint water contamination scandal

A water pollution scandal in the US has risen to the surface of this year’s presidential campaign. Lead-contaminated drinking water was piped to

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Morocco

Morocco captures another alleged Paris plot member

Moroccan authorities have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan origins who is thought to have direct links with the attackers who carried out the Paris

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Iran

Iran 1979-2016, sanctions not over yet

The international agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme, billed as ‘historic’, ended years of sanctions that challenged the Islamic Republic. Long

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France

Avalanche kills five soldiers in French Alps

An avalanche has claimed the lives of five soldiers who were training off piste at the Valfréjus station in the French Alps, not far from the Italian

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Economy

How low can it go? Oil price slump pressures Gulf Arab states

Brent crude oil fell below $28 a barrel for a while on Monday for the first time since 2003 before recovering slightly. Low prices mean austerity looms for producers

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Hungary

Budapest cabbies protest and call for ban on Uber

More than 100 Hungarian taxi drivers brought the capital Budapest to a standstill today calling for a ban on Uber and other smartphone taxi

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Saudi Arabia

Saudis come under pressure to find regional deal with Iran

A day after the US announced fresh sanctions against Iran for ballistic missile tests Washington says flout UN rules, the EU announced it will

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World News

Bowie's seven star constellation a cosmic tribute to the spaceboy

''I could play the wild mutation as a rock & roll star'' slithered Ziggy Stardust back in 1973.

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Sport

Rooney lifts pressure off United and Van Gaal with Liverpool winner

Wayne Rooney once again lifted some of the pressure off Louis Van Gaal by firing Manchester United to victory in the North-West derby with arch

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Cinema

'Spotlight' tops Critics Choice Awards

Tom McCarthy’s journalism drama ‘Spotlight’ topped the 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winning Best Film, Best Ensemble and Best Original

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World News

The richest 1% own more than 99% of world's population

The super rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, according to a report by international aid charity Oxfam. The richest one percent

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Business Series

Renault's shares stay depressed despite strong 2015 sales

Renault's worldwide sales rose by 3.3 percent in 2015 and it has played down concerns about a government investigation into its reporting of engine emissions, but the share price remains under pressur

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Europe News

Poland moves to soothe tensions with the EU

The president of Poland has moved to boost his country’s battered reputation amid EU fears over the threat to the rule of law there. Officials are

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Business Series

Uber goes to new heights with Airbus

Uber and Airbus are to join forces for an on-demand ride service with helicopters at the Sundance Film Festival

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Series

Postcards from Uzbekistan: The Tosh Hovli Palace, Khiva

In this episode of Postcards we continue to explore the ancient city of Khiva in Uzbekistan

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Series

A peek inside a Khiva palace, a labyrinth of rooms and courtyards

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Turkey

ISIL accused of firing rockets from Syria at Turkish schools

At least three rockets were fired into Turkey from Syria on Monday aimed at the border city of Kilis. One struck two schools, killing at least one

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Takeaway: venoms that heal

This cobra can kill you… but its venom could also cure your diabetes… or your allergy. Thousands of toxins from 200 venimous species have been newly

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World News

Space X rocket destroyed after successful EU satellite launch

Space X’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has successfully put a European satellite into orbit, but what launch engineers described as a “hard landing”

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WATCH: Prague train accident leaves 25 injured

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Valencia to cut off electricity and water for illegal tourist lets

WATCH: Firefighters battle hundreds of fires across central Portugal

WATCH: Prague train accident leaves 25 injured

Von der Leyen’s portfolio paradoxes

Valencia to cut off electricity and water for illegal tourist lets

WATCH: Firefighters battle hundreds of fires across central Portugal

2016-01-18

Syria conflict: Question mark over next round of peace talks

Trial of doctor accused of drugging, raping and locking victim in bunker

Ukraine says cyber attack on Kyiv airport was launched from Russia

Big Wave Tour: Kerr wins stage as Long tops standings

EU's Mogherini urges world powers to broker Syria peace deal at Geneva talks

2018 Winter Olympics: Japanese group donate bobsleigh to Jamaica

New air raids on Sanaa cost at least 25 lives

USA: Clinton expresses 'outrage' at Flint water contamination scandal

How low can it go? Oil price slump pressures Gulf Arab states

Bowie's seven star constellation a cosmic tribute to the spaceboy

Rooney lifts pressure off United and Van Gaal with Liverpool winner

'Spotlight' tops Critics Choice Awards

The richest 1% own more than 99% of world's population

Renault's shares stay depressed despite strong 2015 sales

ISIL accused of firing rockets from Syria at Turkish schools