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France

Yellow vest protests close tunnel on French-Italian border

Long queues of trucks were lined up on both sides of the border.

USA

Southern Alaska jolted by magnitude 7.0 earthquake

The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 13 km north of Anchorage, a city of 300,000 residents.

France

France's Davis Cup final hopes still alive - but Croatia set to win

The odds are still stacked in Croatia's favour as no team has recovered from 2-0 down to win the trophy since Australia beat the United States in 1939.

United Kingdom

British film director Nicholas Roeg dies at 90

His most famous film was Don't Look Now in 1973 which starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.

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Spain

EU now likely to sign off Brexit deal after Gibraltar row resolved

It looks like the EU will approve British prime minister Theresa May's draft Brexit deal when its 27 leaders meet with her on Sunday.

Italy

Sicily seizes one and half billion euros of mafia-linked property

The houses were seized from the heirs of a businessman alleged to have had links to the mafia

France

Police fire tear gas at yellow vest protesters in Paris

The yellow vest protests, now in their second week, oppose rising fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies.

France

One dead and over 200 injured in fuel protests across France

The diesel tax increases, designed to encourage drivers to switch to more environmentally-friendly cars, were approved in late 2017.

Thailand

Tourist boat that sank in Thailand is raised to surface

A group of senior police officers witnessing the operation stood in silence for one minute on Saturday in commemoration of the victims.

United Kingdom

Environmentalists occupy five bridges in central London

They demanded the British government take urgent action to fight climate change.

United Kingdom

Is Britain's Prime Minister facing Mayday over her Brexit plan?

She's survived a week that saw two of her cabinet ministers resign - so will she face a leadership challenge?.

France

France's fuel price protests turn deadly

Around 50,000 people are estimated to have joined the "yellow vests " in over a thousand locations the Interior Ministr said on Satuday.

France

France's En Marche party joins EU parliament's liberal bloc

The Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe could now move up from being the fourth largest to the second largest party in the parliament.

United Kingdom

Leicester FC remember their beloved owner with city march

The Thai owner of the club tragically died with four other pasengers in a helicopter crash.

Italy

Rome's mayor acquitted of lying in corruption trial

The ruling has averted a crisis in her party, the ruling 5-Star movement.

France

Trump begins spat with Macron before marking WW1 centenary

On Twitter, Mr Trump had said it was "very insulting" that his host had called for a joint EU army to handle threats from the US, China and Russia.

Portugal

Portugal to demolish buildings threatened by coastal erosion

Portugal plans to spend almost 470 million euros to try to reduce the risks to it population from coastal erosion and its vulnerability to climate change.

France

French bishops meet victims of abuse for first time

One of them, who was abused at a summer camp in 1993, said they had not yet reconciled themselves to what had happened.

Pakistan

Islamist party in Pakistan prevents Christian woman from fleeing

An Islamist party in Pakistan has said it will call off protests it was planning after a Christian woman was found not guilty of committing blasphemy.

USA

President Trump sends thousands of troops to the Mexican border

Trump has said he'll send up to 15,000 troops to the border to confront a migrant caravan of Central Americans which is slowly heading through southern Mexico towards the US.

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