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France

Macron launches environmental counter-initiative to Trump's COP 21 snub

French President Emmanuel Macron will take a "World Pact for the Environment" to the UN in September

World News

Muslim world readies for Eid al-Fitr but shadow hangs over festival in places

Iraq has high hopes ahead of Eid al-Fitr, but in Philippines Muslim festival is sombre affair this year

China

First lives saved in Chinese landslide rescue effort

A family of three has been saved from the ruins of Xinmo village in Sichuan, China, but nearly 120 people remain trapped underground after a landslide.

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Serial record-breaker misses a close shave with lawnmower feat

A man has broken his own record for balancing a running lawnmower on his chin

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More deaths in Venezuela as anti-Maduro protesters threaten airbase

Venezuelan troops kill another protester after a crowd tries to storm an air base

Italy

Child's death from measles caught from unvaccinated brother reignites debate in Italy

Iraq

Universal condemnation follows ISIL's destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

"An admission of defeat" is how Iraq's PM greeted the news ISIL had destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul.

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Japan's security forces prepare for Olympic games

In preparation for the 2020 Olympic games Japan's security forces have been test-driving anti-terrorist protocols

Italy

A year on, few signs of recovery in Italy's earthquake-struck centre

A year after devastating earthquakes in central Italy many villages remain abandoned and most of the rebuilding has yet to be done.

France

Macron's new party wins majority in parliamentary elections

It's a slightly smaller than expected landslide for en Marche as voter turnout plummets.

United Kingdom

Brexit could be a matter of life or death for Northern Ireland

The intractable problem of Northern Ireland gets an added complication with the implications of Brexit.

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Peak beard still far away as France holds first national championships

France has organised its first national beards competition.

Iraq

Final assault on Mosul raises fears for 100,000 trapped civilians

Iraqi forces have begun to push into Mosul's Old City, ISIL's last stronghold there, but 100,000 civilians are trapped inside.

USA

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark "devil horns" gesture

Kiss frontman Gene Simmon's bid to trademark the hard rock "devil horns" salute as his creation is being ridiculed

Vatican

Angela Merkel meets Pope Francis ahead of G20

Angela Merkel has her fourth private audience with Pope Francis.

United Kingdom

Eyewitness say they were horrifed by London tower block fire

Eyewitnesses recount the drama of the London tower block fire

Sport

Ronaldo proclaims innocence in tax fraud case

Cristiano Ronaldo says his "conscience is clear" the day after Spanish tax authorities file a lawsuit claiming nearly 15 million euros.

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Fears for people trapped inside blazing London tower block

At least six people are known to have died and several are missing following an early-morning blaze in a London tower block

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At least six people are dead in a tower block blaze in London

A tower block blaze in London's East End has claimed the lives of at least six people.

Kenya

Rescuers save young family from building collapse in Nairobi

Another building has collpased in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, but resuers have managed to save a young family from the rubble.

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