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Sport

Ogier takes over the lead at season-opening Monte Carlo Rally

M-Sport’s Sebastien Ogier surged into the lead at the Monte Carlo Rally after overnight pacesetter Thierry Neuville lost considerable time because of a mechanical problem in Saturday’s 13th and final…

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Germany flies high at World Cup team event

Germany’s Markus Eisenbichler, Stephan Leyhe, Andreas Wellinger and Richard Freitag joined forces in fine fashion to win a world cup ski jumping team competition in Zakopane…

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Porte closes in on Tour Down Under title

Australian Richie Porte all but guaranteed his maiden victory at the Tour Down Under on Saturday after winning the penultimate stage five to stretch his lead at the top of the overall…

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Speed queen Vonn triumphs in second race back from lengthy injury layoff

Former Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn stormed to victory in a women’s World Cup downhill at the German resort of Garmisch Partenkirchen in only her second race since returning from an 11-month injury…

Italy

At least 16 dead after coach carrying students crashes in Italy

It is reported the students were teenagers from Hungary and had been travelling back to Budapest from France

Romania

Panic as fire breaks out in Bucharest nightclub

One person is in a serious condition and more than 40 have been treated for smoke inhalation and hypothermia after a fire broke out in a nightclub in Bucharest.

Jordan

Suspected car bombing in Jordan refugee camp

At least four people are dead after an explosion in a refugee camp in Jordan on the border with Syria.

Germany

Brexit 'will bring down all of Europe', Marine Le Pen declares

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has said Brexit will trigger a domino affect which will bring down all of Europe.

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Demonstrators in Mexico City build a wall outside the US embassy

Protesters in Mexico City used boxes to build a makeshift wall outside the US embassy on Friday (January 20) to protest against plans by US President Donald Trump to build a border…

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Anti-Trump protests started in Australia

Thousands of protesters in Sydney on Saturday (January 21) joined the first of hundreds of womens’ marches organised around the world in a show of disapproval of…

Gambia

Gambian leader finally agrees to step down amid military pressure

Yahya Jammeh had refused to concede defeat to President Adama Barrow after elections in December

Pakistan

Deadly bomb blast hits market in northern Pakistan

At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in a market in northern Pakistan.

Italy

Italy avalanche: rescue teams pull out four more survivors

11 people have now reportedly been pulled alive from the rubble of an Italian hotel which was destroyed by an avalanche.

Turkey

Turkish parliament approves controversial constitutional reforms

339 MPs voted in favour of giving more executive power to the country's president, 142 were against, with no abstentions

Turkey

Turkish MPs approve bill to extend president's powers

The bill would see changes in the system of government which would allow the president to keep ties with his party and restructure the country's highest judicial body.

Italy

Ten found alive in Italy avalanche-hit hotel

Buried under snow for two days, four children and a woman have been pulled from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy flattened by an avalanche.