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Cinema

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Dr Strange

Doctor Strange', no love at the end of this one, follows the story of neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, learns the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and altern

Sci-Tech

Cloning giant sequoias to battle climate change

California's Sierra Nevada Mountains host the biggest and oldest sequoia on earth, some close to 100m tall and up to 3000 years old.

Cinema

Hold your 'Nerve' in a sinister, adrenalin fulled game

'Nerve' is a science fiction thriller directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Juliette Lewis.

Germany

Munich killer no links to any terrorist organisation

The teenage killer who murdered nine people in Munich and then turned the gun on himself was a loner obsessed with mass murder.

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Germany

Munich struggles to come to terms with the killings

Munich is coming to terms with the trauma of the killings that left nine innocent people dead.

Turkey

Erdogan addresses Turkish MPs for the first time

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has addressed the country's MPs for the first time following the failed coup attempt.

Sport

Nothing is smooth in the Silk Way Rally

Stunning but challenging terrain in stage 12 of the Silk Way Rally the 666.9 km from Jiayuguan to Alashan in China.

Sport

Court upholds IAAF ban on Russian athletes from competing in Rio

The ban on Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics is set to stand after the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out an appeal by 68 Russian athletes.

Sport

Former Porto boss Julen Lopetegui appointed new coach of Spain

Spain have appointed Julen Lopetegui as their new coach.

Turkey

Erdoğan's post coup attempt purge hits 50,000

The evisceration of elements of Turkish society continues unabated following last Friday's failed coup attempt.

World News

Radicalisation the key ISIL strategy

Politicians in the West along with security services, the business community and the general public feel ever more under threat.

Sport

Demon on the descent Froome the zoom in yellow

Stage 8 of the Tour de France saw holder, Sky's Chris Froome, flex his muscles in the 2016 race.

USA

Four children stabbed to death in Memphis, Tennessee

Four children under six have been stabbed to death in Memphis, Tennessee.

Italy

Colosseum makeover gets the thumbs up from Italian PM Renzi

Italy has portrayed the latest phase of the restoration of Rome's Colosseum as the standard bearer for the protection of the country's vast cultural heritage.

Israel

Israel seals off Hebron in the occupied West Bank as violence grows

Israel has sealed off the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank after an upsurge in violence.

Angola

Book club activists freed in Angola

A court in Angola has released 16 activists, including the well known rapper Luaty Beirão, after they were imprisoned for rebellion against long serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Italy

Gentle giant Bud Spencer laid to rest in Rome

Hundreds of family and friends have attended the funeral of Italian actor Carlo Pedersoli, better known as Bud Spencer.

World News

Putin rejects new arms race and builds bridges with Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed his country's diplomats in Moscow.

Egypt

Black box confirms smoke on board doomed EgyptAir flight

Air crash investigators say a black box recording from the doomed EgyptAir flight confirms smoke on board the aircraft.

Belgium

Nicola Sturgeon gets 'sympathetic' reception in Brussels over Brexit

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been in Brussels for talks with senior EU officials.

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