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Emma Beswick

USA

US to withhold over half $125m aid for Palestinians, says official

US to withhold $65m of $125m it gives to UN relief agency for Palestinians, say officials

Iceland

Female priests join #MeToo movement in Iceland

A statement, signed by 65 clergywomen, also described 64 accounts of gender-based discrimination and violence from women priests working in the national church

Australia

Police chase wallaby across Sydney Harbour Bridge

The small marsupial stopped traffic at dawn.

Economy

EU Parliament votes to ban electric pulse fishing

The amendment was passed by 402 votes to 232, with 40 abstentions, and called for a total ban on the use of electric current for fishing.

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France

Paris man stabbed to death in metro as 'onlookers film, post on social

The victim's mother said "no one lifted a finger," when her son was attacked.

USA

Firefighter catches child dropped from burning building

The firefighter can be seen catching the child who was tossed down into his arms.

Denmark

Danish police charge 1,000 young people for sharing sex videos on Face

The case comes amid growing concern about sexting among school children and revenge porn.

USA

Film-maker projects 'shithole' on Trump hotel in Washington

The phrases "this is not normal," "the president distracts us from politics that are harming us," "stay vigilant," and "this is not a drill," also lit up the facade.

Papua New Guinea

Islanders flee as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts - video

The Kadovar Island volcano was thought to be dormant before it started erupting on Friday.

World News

Turkey: Plane skids off runway landing metres from sea

Had the plane skidded three metres further it would have landed in the Black Sea, reports suggest

France

Macron wants French baguettes UNESCO listed

A daily part of French life, the country consumes six billion baguettes each year and now President Macron has backed a bid to cement their cultural status

USA

Texas city trains volunteers to catch drivers who park in disabled spa

Houston city council is running an initiative "empowering" citizens to issue tickets to drivers who violate handicap parking spaces.

USA

KKK 'Mississippi Burning' murderer Edgar Ray Killen dies

The 1960s preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted of the infamous deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi has died.

Iran

Iran's transgender community: Legally recognised yet socially ostracis

Transgender people in Iran are both legally and religiously accepted in the country but their existence in Iranian society is not easy.

Pakistan

Pakistani TV anchor brings young daughter on air to protest rape, kill

"I want the culprit to hang and justice for Zainab," she told Euronews.

United Kingdom

Donald Trump cancels February visit to London

The president will no longer open a new US embassy in the British capital, with secretary of state Rex Tillerson set to attend in his place

Thailand

Thai PM leaves cardboard cutout of himself to answer journalists' ques

"If you want to ask any questions on politics or conflict, ask this guy."

Algeria

Snow falls in the Sahara Desert

Not even the Sahara can escape January's cold snap

Vatican

'Feel free to breastfeed here', Pope tells mothers in Sistine Chapel

"Don't be afraid, feed them, because this too is the language of love," said the Pope.

United Kingdom

BBC editor quits over gender pay row

Journalist Carrie Gracie resigned as the BBC’s China editor in protest at the corporation paying men more than women for doing the same job.

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