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United Kingdom

Grenfell fire death toll rises as police give final figure

A stillborn infant, Baby Logan, has also been recorded as a victim.

USA

Necrophiliac killer arrested in US

Randall Toshio Saito escaped from a mental hospital in Oahu four days ago.

Zimbabwe

"A military coup is the nuclear option"

Zimbabwe's military seizes power but denies claims of a coup

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson meets Zaghari-Ratcliffe family

The UK Foreign Secretary is to meet the husband of a British-Iranian woman who is in jail in Iran.

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World News

Citizenship crisis threatens to engulf Australia's PM

"It is game on in Bennelong"

Korea

North Korean defector 'critical' after being showered with 40 rounds of bullets

The South Korean government says he has been operated on and doctors expect he will survive.

Iran

Iran: from rescue to recovery

Tehran says rescue operations have been ended in areas hit by a powerful earthquake at the weekend that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands.

Yemen

Millions could die in Yemen - UN

The country is facing a devastating famine unless the current air, sea and land blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition is lifted.

Venezuela

"Venezuela is going to export peace to the world"

The latin american country has approved legislation to clamp down on the media.

United Kingdom

Brexit - "what do we do if the British don't move?"

EU diplomats are sketching out a transition offer that could let the UK stay in the single market for around two years after it leaves the bloc.

USA

Big boost for US Democrats

Democrats have won two significant victories in the US in the first statewide elections since Donald Trump came to power.

South Korea

"North Korea is a country ruled by a cult" - Trump

The US president has issued a stark warning to leader Kim Jong-un

Russia

Navalny says he will sue Putin

Navalny said in recent days, the authorities across Russia have refused to let him and his team organise public meetings with voters

Iran

Putin makes visit to Iran

The visit is designed to underpin closer ties between two countries at loggerheads with the US

World News

"I feel impelled to ask if you are free for a drink anytime?"

The number two in the UK government has denied an allegation that he made an inappropriate sexual advance on a young woman.

World News

Several die as strong winds batter Europe

Strong winds battered northern and central Europe on Sunday, killing two people in Poland, two in the Czech Republic and one in Germany.

Spain

Catalonia's controversial declaration

The semi-autonomous region has declared independence, in direct defiance of the government in Madrid which is preparing to impose direct rule over the region

World News

Why Australia has lost its deputy prime minister

"It is a tough game, politics. You take the hits and the sacrifices," Barnaby Joyce told reporters

Niger

"The militant threat is spreading"

Analysts say the use of armed Reaper drones on the continent of Africa signals a shift in policy for the United States.

South Africa

Balloon chair floats two kilometres up

A British adventurer has come back to Earth after drifting ten kilometres across the South African savannah in a camping chair attached to 100 balloons

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