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People-smugglers jailed for 25 years over 71 migrant deaths

The convicted men left the migrants to suffocate inside a truck they abandoned at the side of a motorway in Austria

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New perspective on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo

The exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum is called "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up"

Italy

Norway takes gold at Bocuse d'Or

The Mondo restaurant chef won the 6th edition in Torino to win a place in the final

United Kingdom

Britain's EU Withdrawal Bill pits Parliament against the government

Prime Minister Theresa May claims it is the government that represents the will of the people

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Italy

Almost a thousand migrants land in Sicily

The landing came as another ship headed to Spain after Italy refused to let it dock

Spain

Spanish police arrest paedophile suspects

Thousands of illegal images of minors being abused were found

Brazil

Brazilian police rescue baby buried alive for seven hours

The fifteen-year-old mother of the baby girl told police she thought the infant had died

Afghanistan

Afghan government welcomes Taliban ceasefire announcement

The ceasefire will run for three days over the Eid holiday that marks the end of Ramadan

Canada

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel takes pole position in Canadian Grand Prix

Title rival Lewis Hamilton is in fourth position

Romania

Thousands rally in Romania capital in corruption protest

The government supporters are angry at the manner in which corruption is being investigated

Germany

Iraqi failed asylum seeker returned to Germany on murder charge

Ali Bashar is accused of killing 14-year-old Susanna Feldman in May

USA

Trump breaks with G7 joint statement

The U.S. president originally endorsed the communique but withdrew in a row over tariffs

USA

Kim Jong-un sends a letter to President Trump

A previously cancelled summit between the two leaders is back on for June 12

Sport

World Cup fever breaks out on the International Space Station

Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station played a match in zero-gravity

Canada

G7 finance ministers isolate U.S.

Canada, Mexico and the EU all plan retaliatory measures

Spain

New Spanish prime minister sworn in

Pedro Sanchez takes over after winning a vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy triggered by a corruption scandal involving the PP

Economy

Europe to take U.S. tariff concerns to World Trade Organisation

All EU countries are members of the WTO

Economy

Fierce criticism of Trump trade tariffs

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian called the move brutal and unacceptable

Hungary

Budapest to ban Segways in city centre

The move is in line with other European tourist destinations

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Philippine president orders destruction of smuggled luxury cars

The measure is a part of Rodrigo Duterte's aggressive war on drug dealers

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