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Coup bid ends with plotters killed, hostages freed in oil-rich Gabon

The West African country has been ruled for more than half a century by President Ali Bongo and his father, Omar, who died in 2009.

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Europe briefing: Seven stories to know about today

We take a look back at the biggest stories from across Europe this morning.

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Euroviews. Golden Globes disappoint with upsets like 'Green Book.' Here's the silver lining | View

Wins in the Globes' major movie categories can sometimes act as litmus tests for the ceremonies that follow.

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Pope Francis calls for 'solidarity' with migrants stranded at sea

"It's easy to be the Christmas saint but then come January, February and the summer period we would be told to do the same," Malta's prime minister said.

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Euroviews. Trump's 'I can't hear you' strategy no longer works. Pelosi knows it

The end of majority government means that the GOP will have to abandon a strategy that flouts public opinion.

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Saudi teen seeking asylum barricades herself in Thai hotel room

"They won't let me drive or travel. I am oppressed. I love life and work and I am very ambitious but my family is preventing me from living."

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Soldiers announce coup 'to restore democracy' to Gabon

President Ali Bongo's family has ruled the oil-producing West African country for nearly half a century. He is receiving medical treatment in Morocco.

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Europe briefing: 8 stories to know about today

We look back at the top stories from around Europe that you need to know about today.

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Report: Nearly all terror attacks in France carried out by suspects already known to police

A GLOBSEC report says nearly 80 percent of attackers behind 22 French incidents had been on terror watchlists; 97 percent had been on radar of authorities.

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Unveiling of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan to be delayed by months

National security adviser John Bolton toured tunnels beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, drawing criticism from Palestinian leadership.

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Poland shuts down 13 escape game sites due to safety flaws

Past participants had criticized the safety of the escape room where the five teens died, police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk said.

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Pesticides banned in the West are still being used on farms overseas

Such chemicals hit farmers' bottom line by limiting their ability to sell crops.

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Euroviews. Trump's dystopia is nothing like 'Blade Runner' or 'The Running Man'

This version of America has kinder reality television, fewer replicants and far less government media control... so far.

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U.S. troops deployed Central Africa amid fears of violence in Congo

President Donald Trump said military personnel deployed to nearby Gabon will secure U.S. citizens in Congo in the event "violent demonstrations" break out.

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Russian official says U.S. citizen detained in Moscow to be charged 'soon'

Also on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said the U.S. had detained a Russian citizen in the Western Pacific and not notified the Russian Embassy.

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Taiwan president calls for international support after Chinese threats

"We might have to ask which country might be next?" Tsai Ing-wen said in response to Beijing's claim over the island.

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Euroviews. The week that was: goodbye to 2018 but what next for 2019? | View

We bring you our usual weekly round-up, looking back over the last two weeks of debate on View.

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Poland to close 'Escape Rooms' that don't meet safety standards after fire kills 5 teenagers

A police spokeswoman in the city of Koszalin, Monika Kosiec, said Friday the teenage victims were probably celebrating one of their birthdays.

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Euroviews. Cumberbatch's Brexit movie explores voter anger, and causes some, too

A dramatization of the bitter and divisive mood the campaign unleashed has further fed that fever.

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Private data of hundreds of German politicians released online

The data released may have been stolen in multiple attacks but doesn't appear to be politically sensitive, a German government spokesperson said.