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Catherine Hardy

Italy

"Rome was woken by shaking" - eyewitnesses describes Italy's huge earthquake

Sunday's tremor is the biggest since almost 300 people were killed in central Italy on August 24 by a quake that levelled several small towns.

Syria

Fierce fighting breaks out in northwestern Aleppo

A Syrian pro-rebel media outlet said on Saturday rebels had taken the area of western Aleppo in a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the city.

World News

All change on the ISS

A joint US, Russian and Japanese crew have landed back on earth after leaving the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.

World News

Icelanders vote in parliamentary election

Polls show the opposition, led by the anti-establishment Pirate Party, could topple the centre-right coalition.

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Turkey

Turkey marks Republic Day

Speaking at the event, the president likened events leading up to the founding of the country to the failed coup against his government on 25 July, 2016.

USA

Silky the naked hamster

Tiny rodent shivered in the raw before an intervention by a rescue worker saved the day.

World News

Belgium signs the CETA deal

It had been blocked by Belgium's regional parliament in Wallonia, effectively meaning it could not be signed by the national government, nor by the EU as a whole.

USA

Dramatic scenes as plane engine catches fire in the US

Watch footage from inside the plane as passengers exit via the emergency slides after it ground to a halt at Chicago's O'Hare airport.

Syria

Aleppo hospitals deal with patient surge after offensive

Hospitals in Western Aleppo are dealing with a surge in patients caught up in a rebel attack on government forces, who have the east of the city under siege.

USA

Scores arrested at North Dakota pipeline

Police in the US state have begun clearing a group of Native American and environmental protesters from an encampment near an oil pipeline construction site.

Iraq

Is Iraq facing the worst humanitarian crisis in its history?

More than a million people in Mosul are expected to be impacted by the military campaign aimed at retaking their city from ISIL.

World News

Penguin paradise - world's largest marine park agreed for Antarctica

24 countries and the EU agree the 1.55 million square kilometre Ross Sea marine park will be protected from commercial fishing for three to five years.

Italy

2016 - the deadliest year yet in the Med

With two months still to go, the deaths of refugees and migrants crossing to Europe has hit an all-time high

Slovenia

Whale sanctuary plan is harpooned at the IWC

A group of countries, led by Japan, have blocked a move by South American and African states to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic.

France

Work begins on dismantling the Jungle

Eyewitnesses say workers have started to tear down unoccupied tents and shacks. The work has begun by hand to avoid inflaming tensions.

France

Migrants begin to arrive at sites around France

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 1,918 people had been processed and sent to 80 centres around France by Monday evening.

Venezuela

Venezuela's government and opposition to meet on Sunday

The news comes as protests dubbed "The takeover of Venezuela" are planned for Wednesday

Slovenia

Saving the whale - IWC meets in Slovenia

Dispute between Australia and Japan is likely to feature near the top of the agenda at the organisation's biennial congress

Syria

Russia "currently not considering" fresh truce in Aleppo

Fighting has flared in the city and the province of Idlib after a three-day unilateral ceasefire declared by Moscow ended at the weekend.

France

Calm prevails as the Jungle is cleared

Bystanders describe the mood as one of resignation, following sporadic outbreaks of unrest overnight.

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