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Daniel Bellamy

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Football violence stops French Cup match in Paris

Crowd trouble forced the Round of 64 domestic cup match between Lyon and host Paris FC to be called off after half-time on Friday.

Turkey

Turkey's Africa summit a chance to sell more drones

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has deepened his defence ties with African countries ahead of the gathering of the continent's leaders in Istanbul.

Russia

Moscow demands NATO pulls back as tensions mount over Ukraine

Moscow wants NATO to pledge that former Soviet states will never join the bloc and that its forces will pull back from Russia's borders.

Spain

Spanish police protest plan to reform unconstitutional "gag law"

Critics of the Citizens Security Law passed by the previous conservative government in 2015 say it gives too much power to security forces.

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Russia

Mine officials remanded in custody in Siberia after deadly blast

On Friday Russian authorities had released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a methane explosion the day before in the Listvyazhnaya mine.

World News

Calm returns to Solomon Islands after deadly protests and riots

Police found three bodies and arrested more than 100 people in three days of unrest, sparked by concerns about the nation's increasing links with China.

Russia

Russia hosts rare talks between arch rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan

President Putin met the leaders of both countries, on the anniversary of a peace deal ending a conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

France

Protesters demand more is done to stop violence against French women

Tens of thousands of people marched on Saturday through Paris and other cities urging the government to do more to prevent violence against women.

Iran

Thousands of Iranian farmers protest against severe water shortages

Thousands of protesters in Isfahan in central Iran have voiced their anger after the city’s lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion.

Vietnam

Vietnam allows first tourists since borders were closed due to COVID

The visitors were all fully-vaccinated, tested on arrival, and then had to wait for a negative result before going sightseeing.

Belarus

Poland says migrants are still trying to cross the border from Belarus

"The new method has been adopted by migrants and Belarusian services," Poland's defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

China

Peng Shuai: China tries to play down disappearance of tennis star

A Chinese state TV employee has posted photos of Shuai online.

Serbia

Rights groups in Serbia fear workers at Chinese factory were trafficked

Vietnamese workers at the first Chinese car tyre factory in Europe are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money.

Mobility

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sells off around €600 million in shares

The CEO of Tesla has pledged to liquidate 10 per cent of his holdings in the electric car maker.

France

French bishops pray for forgiveness for 'massive phenomenon' of abuse

Bishops in the holy town of Lourdes prayed on their knees in a penitential gesture to ask god for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

Spain

Suspected illegal migrants flee plane after Mallorca emergency landing

It appeared to be an elaborate scheme to enter Spain by would-be migrants from Morocco.

United Kingdom

Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe vows to continue hunger strike

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said he's determined to "continue" his hunger strike which he started almost two weeks ago.

France

Wonder of the Seas is the latest and largest cruise ship in the world

The 362 metre long vessel finally left the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in the French port of Saint Nazaire on Friday evening.

Brazil

Brazilian pop singer Marília Mendonça dies in plane crash

Four other passengers also perished after the plane crashed between Mendonça's hometown of Goiania and Caratinga, a small city in Minas Gerais state.

Sierra Leone

Fuel tanker fire kills more than 90 outside Sierra Leone's capital

The explosion occurred after a large crowd had gathered to collect leaking fuel after a bus collided with the tanker late on Friday.

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