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Malaysia

Body found in Malaysia confirmed as missing teenager Nora Quoirin

The Lucie Blackman Trust confirmed "with great sadness that the body found today is that of missing teenager Nora Quoirin."

World News

EU asylum applications jumped 10% in first six months of 2019

Overall, just over a third of decisions (34%) issued in the first six months of 2019 were granted EU-regulated protection

United Kingdom

UK MPs running out of options to block no-deal Brexit, report says

There is no time for MPs opposing to a no-deal Brexit to legislate against it or to hold elections or a second referendum that would derail such an event, according to the Institute for Government.

France

This is the camp training France's new generation of climate activists

"The leitmotiv of all these people is that they have already marched for the climate this year but they want to go a little further," a spokesperson for the camp told Euronews.

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USA

'No indication' of racial motive for Ohio shooting say Police

Though police are "not close" in establishing a motive for the Ohio shooting, they've ruled a "racial motive".

United Kingdom

UK Border Force find 60 guns in car arriving in Dover from Calais

Britain's National Crime Agency said the find is believed to be "the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port."

France

French police and protesters clash in Nantes over man's death

The death of 24-year-old Steve Maia Canico in June has once again sparked a debate over police accountability and brutality in France.

Romania

Romania minister sacked over 'deeply wrong' comments on kidnapped teen

Romania's education minister, Ecaterina Andronescu, has been sacked over "deeply wrong" comments she made about a kidnapping case.

World News

Lull in terror attacks may not last 'until the end of 2019': UN report

The relative lull in Islamist terror attacks "may not last long, possibly not even until the end of 2019," UN monitors have warned in a report.

United Kingdom

Pro- and anti-Tommy Robinson protests to be held in London

"Experience has shown us that protests such as those planned for this weekend can create tension and disorder," a Met Police Commander said ahead of the rallies.

USA

US withdraws from key nuclear treaty with Russia

The collapse of the 1987 treaty banning intermediate-range missiles has some fearing the world could enter into a new arms race.

United Kingdom

Lib Dems win Welsh by-election, cut Johnson parliament majority to one

"My very first act as your MP when I arrive in Westminster will be to find Mr Boris Johnson, wherever he’s hiding, and tell him loud and clear: stop playing with the futures of our communities and rule out a no-deal Brexit," newly-elected Jane Dodds said.

United Kingdom

Scotland wants continued EU-protection for its whisky and salmon

Scottish authorities have called on the British government to secure mutual recognition of geographically protected produce with the EU even in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Turkey

Boris Johnson's ancestral Turkish village 'proud' over him becoming PM

The new British leader's great-great-grandfather was born in Kalfat, in central Turkey, in 1813.

USA

Licence To Buy: One of James Bond's Aston Martin DB5s up for sale

It's expected to fetch between €4.4 to €6.7 million.

United Kingdom

London Comic-Con kicks off with new Star Wars Zone

A bevvy of actors from some of the most iconic films and television series will attend the three-day event in the British capital.

France

Eurostar cancels trains amid 'severe disruption' in Paris

Eurostar warns its London-Paris passengers not to travel after powercut in French capital

Russia

Russian police raid opposition activists' homes ahead Moscow protest

Four opposition figures had their homes raided by police on Wednesday night, according to human rights activists. But on Thursday, they said they would press ahead with Saturday's rally in Moscow for fair elections.

Libya

Scores of migrants feared dead in 'worst tragedy' this year

More than 100 migrants are missing and feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Libya.

Switzerland

World temperatures hotter 'than at any point in the last 2,000 years'

"The speed of global warming has never been as high as it is today," a study released on Wednesday has found.

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