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Now playing Next no comment Brexit bill backed by parliament After three days of debate and the scrutiny of over 140 pages of amendments Westminster has passed The European Union Notification of Withdrawal Bill. 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next Israel Rights groups challenge controversial new Israeli settler law Rights groups in Israel have petitioned the country’s Supreme Court against a new law which legalises settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West… 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next Afghanistan Red Cross halts Afghan operations after six staff die in suspected ISIL attack The Red Cross has put its aid activities across Afghanistan “on hold” after at least six of its staff were killed in a suspected ISIL attack. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next United Kingdom Rolf Harris cleared in new sex crime trial 86-year old cleared of new charges, still imprisoned on earlier convictions 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next Turkey Mass sackings in latest Turkish government purge Thousands of public workers sacked in Turkish government crackdown. 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next USA Trump's cabinet nominations slow to get Senate approval Donald Trump is finding it more difficult than any other president to get his nominations to the cabinet approved. Almost three weeks after his inauguration and there are only five confirmed cabinet p 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next Romania Romania's government survives no confidence vote as protests go on Romania’s government has easily survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote, three days after mass protests forced it to ditch a controversial corruption decree. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Business Series European court rules size doesn't matter in supermarket ads European Court of Justice rules on a case involving Carrefour and Intermarché over comparisons in adverts between prices in different sized retailers. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Ukraine Separatist commander killed in east Ukraine A key commander of the Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine, Mikhail Tolstykh has been killed. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Sport Erik Guay wins Super-G Gold Canadian Erik Guay produces a stunning run to take Super-G gold 08/02/2017
Now playing Next United Kingdom May reiterates no veto for Scots on Brexit Brexit for Britain as May pays lip service to Scottish vote to remain 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Economy Trump ban hits travel to the United States Travel analysis company ForwardKeys concludes President Donald Trump's travel ban immediately caused a significant drop in bookings to the USA. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Colombia Can Colombia's last rebel group find peace? Colombia's second largest rebel group, the Marxist ELN, is seeking peace after the bigger FARC group has made peace with the government. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Romania Euroviews. How Romanian 'people power' defies corrupt 'business as usual' -view The people were out on the streets because they felt it was a crucial moment for the country, lying at the crossroads: either corruption and oligarchs will take over the country or transparency, good governance, anticorruption and rule of law will prevail. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Vatican Pope slams people trafficking and Rohingya abuse People trafficking and Rohingya abuse 'intolerable' says pope 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Europe News EU refuses to rule out legal action over refugee relocation EU countries have taken in just 12,000 migrants from Greece and Italy in a year and a half. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Cult David Hockney retrospective at the Tate breaks records It is the fastest-selling exhibition in the history of Britain’s Tate Gallery. 08/02/2017
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