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2017-11-05

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Belgium

Catalonia leader Puigdemont has turned himself in to Belgian police

The Catalonian leader Carles Puigdemont has handed himself into the authorities in Brussels following a European arrest warrant issued by Spain

USA

US commerce secretary's links to Putin's circle exposed

Leaked documents obtained bc NBC News indicate Wilbur Ross did not reveal business dealings with senior Russian figures.

Japan

Trump and Abe talk trade and golf tactics at start of Asian tour

The US president's visit to Asia is the longest tour by an American leader in a quarter of a century

Russia

Bomb threats force evacuation of Moscow landmarks

Bolshoi theatre, Metropole hotel and Red Square GUM department store among buildings evacuated.

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United Kingdom

May in more trouble as fresh sexual allegations emerge over key aide

The British government is under renewed pressure over the behaviour of its MPs

Russia

Unity Weekend in Moscow a busy one for police

The centenary weekend of the 1917 October Revolution has seen protests and scores of arrests in Moscow.

Spain

Catalan separatists defy Madrid and choose Puigdemont to lead election campaign

The Catalan European Democratic party reselects its jailed leader and promises its supporters a "landslide" in December.

Saudi Arabia

Who is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal?

Prince Alwaleed has been detained as part of Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption probe, to the shock of global financial centres.

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Activists enter the grounds of a brown coal mine near Bonn

Syria

Ruins ISIL's only legacy in Deir El-Zour

The Syrian army has recaptured Deir El-Zour at the heart of its oil-producing region, but there is little worth saving among the ruins ISIL leaves behind.

Italy

Bodies of 23 migrants recovered from Mediterranean Sea

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Mexico City's zombie walk attracts tens of thousands

World News

Australia rejects New Zealand refugee offer

The Australian PM has turned down an offer by his New Zealand counterpart to help asylum seekers saying he wants to work with the U.S.

United Kingdom

Bonfire night in Britain burns some topical 2017 villains along with 1605 plotters

Britain's Bonfire Night, which celebrates the foiling of a Catholic plot to blow up parliament and the King in 1605, has had one new addition to its rogues' gallery of conspirators and priests - Harvey Weinstein.

Sport

Triathlon World Cup winners crowned

Cook and van Riel take home gold in the 2017 ITU Trithlon World Cup

Belgium

Puigdemont faces possible detention in Belgium on European Arrest Warrant

The legal ball is now in Belgium's court as it decides how to apply the European Arrest Warrant to the runaway Catalan leaders.

Sport

World record for England golf team

Team England have broken the world record for the 'fastest hole of golf by a team of four'

Saudi Arabia

Princes are detained in Saudi anti-corruption purge

In all, dozens of people have been targeted in an unprecedented crackdown

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia intercepts missile near Riyadh

Yemen's Houthi rebels said they fired the missile and that the target was the Saudi capital's King Khaled Airport