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Alasdair Sandford

Venezuela

Venezuela: policeman killed as anti-government unrest spreads

France

Calais 'Jungle' camp clearance finished, prefect says

French authorities have finished clearing the shanty town known as the “Jungle” outside Calais, saying were confident of dispersing the last of its inhabitants around…

United Kingdom

Deja vu as Theresa May fends off 'shambolic' Brexit plan accusations

The British Prime Minister has again clashed in parliament in the face of opposition charges that the government has no plan for Brexit.

United Kingdom

Food and insults fly across the Brexit table

Attitudes are hardening ahead of eventual negotiations to take the UK out of the EU, while the pre-talks void is being filled with mud-slinging - and satire.

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France

Demolition due to begin as migrants continue leaving Calais 'Jungle'

More residents of the squalid camp on the northern French coast have been registering for accommodation elsewhere in the country.

USA

'Nasty woman' T-shirts bid to turn the tables on Trump

The US Republican presidential candidate's comments about Hillary Clinton have prompted a rush among Clinton fans for merchandise bearing the slogan.

France

Calais mostly calm as hundreds of migrants leave 'Jungle' voluntarily

The first buses have left the camp on France's northern coast, taking migrants to other centres in France as the authorities prepare to begin demolition work.

France

France: first migrants begin leaving Calais 'Jungle' camp

Hundreds of people are expected to be moved to centres for asylum seekers elsewhere in France as the authorities prepare to dismantle the camp.

Iraq

Iraq: UNICEF says up to 1.5 million may be affected by Mosul offensive

The UN agency believes half of the many people impacted by events in the northern Iraqi city may be children.

Syria

UN human rights chief accuses 'Syria and its allies' of war crimes in Aleppo

The UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, did not mention Russia by name and said all sides in the conflict had violated international law.

Iraq

Iraq's displaced Christians encouraged by drive to oust ISIL from Mosul

Christians living in Iraq's Kurdish region are watching events around Mosul closely as coalition forces try to drive the extremists out.

Spain

Catalonia vows to defy Spain court ruling overturning bullfight ban

Pro-independence politicians and animal rights activists have condemned the Madrid court decision saying the region had no right to ban bullfighting.

Italy

Video shows Italian police stopping migrant van at French border

A delivery van with 17 Africans crammed inside was intercepted close to Ventimiglia, which has become known as Italy's "mini Calais".

Iraq

Concern grows for civilians fleeing from Mosul amid Iraqi offensive

Families leaving the city have been picked up by soldiers in the desert, while others have been arriving at a UN refugee camp.

Iraq

Iraq rejects fears of Shi'ite revenge attacks in Mosul

The comments from Iraq's foreign minister came at a diplomatic meeting in Paris where several countries have been considering the city's post-ISIL future.

Iran

Iran jails American-Iranian father and son for 10 years for 'spying'

Siamak Namazi and his 80-year-old father Baquer were accused of cooperating with the US, according to Iranian media.

Iraq

ISIL 'could use chemical weapons' as Iraqi coalition advances on Mosul

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says the militants might use chemical weapons and use civilians as human shields as fighting approaches their last Iraqi stronghold.

Syria

Russia calls eight-hour 'humanitarian pause' in Aleppo

Moscow says bombing will stop in the Syrian city on Thursday to allow civilians and rebels to leave. The US dismisses the move.

United Kingdom

Brexit: how hard can it be?

A look at the clues so far as to future negotiations, as the British government adopts a hardline stance on immigration while the EU digs in on free movement - with Donald Tusk saying that far from be

United Kingdom

Government v Parliament: Britain's Brexit battle goes to court

Should Britain's government take decisions unilaterally on the process to take the UK out of the EU? Or should Parliament have a vote? A court will decide.

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