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Prince Andrew's accuser asks to be believed in first U.K. interview

"This is a story of being trafficked. This is a story of abuse and this is a story of your guys' royalty," Virginia Roberts Giuffre is quoted as saying.

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Palmerston the cat back at U.K. Foreign Office after time off for stress

"He is happy, healthy and full of energy. His pelt is glossy and mostly grown back. We need now to keep him that way."

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London Bridge attack prompts criticism of U.K.'s 'failing' prison system

The Ministry of Justice, which runs courts and prisons, will have faced a 40 percent budget cut over the decade to 2020, according to a London think tank.

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Anti-Semitism becomes defining issue for U.K.'s Labour Party ahead of election

"People want to excuse it by saying these are small numbers, but what happened to the principle that one racist is one too many?"

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U.N. chief warns of 'point of no return' on climate change

"Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that buried its head in the sand, that fiddled while the planet burned?" António Guterres warned.

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Three killed when small plane crashes in busy area of San Antonio

"As tragic as it is, it could have been much worse," the fire chief said. No injuries were reported on the ground.

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Burkina Faso leader says 14 slain in attack on church

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Sunday on Twitter that he condemned "the barbaric attack" in the town of Hantoukoura.

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Malta prime minister to resign amid protests over reporter's death

Joseph Muscat told the nation on Sunday he would resign in January after outcry over a 2017 car bombing that killed a journalist.

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Police identify London Bridge stabbing victims

Officials identified the two victims as Jack Merritt, 25, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire and Saskia Jones, 23, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

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22 killed in Tunisian bus crash, another 21 injured

It appeared the bus crashed into a metal barrier and plummeted into a valley, according to a statement from the Tunisia Ministry of Interior.

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London Bridge attack recasts U.K.'s 'Brexit election' with focus on terror

Friday afternoon's stabbing attack left two people dead at the hands of a man released from prison last year after a previous terrorism conviction.

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Thousands take to Hong Kong streets in fresh protests after week of victories

Demonstrators who gathered Sunday seemed determined to refocus attention on the issues at the heart of the movement that has roiled the semi-autonomous Chinese territory for months.

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At least 14 killed in Mexican shootout near U.S. border

The violence comes days after President Trump said he planned to designate the cartels as terrorist organizations.

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Leonardo DiCaprio refutes claim he funded Amazon wildfires

DiCaprio posted a statement on Instagram Saturday that "while worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted."

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Dutch police arrest suspect in stabbing of 3 teens

The victims, two 15-year-old girls and a 13-year-old boy, were treated in a hospital and released late Friday.

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Multiple people wounded in stabbing attack in The Hague

Several people were wounded Friday during a stabbing attack in a shopping district of The Hague, Dutch police said.

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Trump says Taliban talks back on, months after declaring them 'dead'

"The Taliban wants to make a deal, and we're meeting with them," the president said during an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Thursday.

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Police respond to 'incident' on London Bridge

A nearby terminus for commuters from across the southeast of England was closed due to an "emergency services incident."

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Iraq's prime minister submits resignation as deadly protests sweep country

The PM announced his intention to step down live on television the day after more than 40 protesters were killed in clashes with security forces.

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K-pop stars get prison terms for sexual crimes

A South Korean court found two stars, Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, guilty of illicit sexual relations with a woman.