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Protests sweep France, as student walkouts tap into public discontent
A nationwide day of protest follows more than two weeks of demonstrations and blockades over school conditions. More than 5,000 people have been detained, many of them minors.
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White House defends Trump comment to let Iran ‘take out’ LA and San Diego
Donald Trump's remark that Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego has sparked fierce backlash from California politicians - and a strongly worded rebuttal from the White House.California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the comment - made by...
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Germany arrests former intelligence chief in espionage case
The former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of “treasonous espionage,” including seeking to hand state secrets to foreign governments, in what could be the worst security breach to roil the agency since the...
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‘There are now thousands of people’: At the scene of student protests in Lille
A large crowd with thousands of student protesters has gathered in Lille's Place de la République, in northern France.Demonstrations are continuing across France on Tuesday against what protesters describe as under-investment in high schools.The BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake,...
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AfD candidate Rausch elected speaker of German regional parliament for first time
A month after Germany's far-right AfD scored a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the party's candidate Tobias Rausch has been elected as parliament speaker there too.Not since World War Two has a far-right party secured the...
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Defence lawyer in Cornell University case calls for special prosecutor to be removed
New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week appointed James as a special prosecutor to investigate the case and how law enforcement and the university initially responded to the allegations made by a woman identified in the lawsuit as Jane...
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Russia responds to US help offer after death of plague researcher
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged people not to "listen to various rumours" after a Russian lab technician died at a plague research centre in Siberia.Peskov called for people to follow only information from Russia's public health watchdog, which...
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US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86
US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar media empire before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy, has died aged 86.Bakker and his then-wife Tammy Faye founded a Christian television programme called The PTL Club in 1974, which at...
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Rubio calls on Russia to disclose more about potential plague case
Secretary of State Marco Rubio implored Russia on Tuesday to share more about the death of a Russian laboratory worker that was potentially related to pneumonic plague. “It’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world,”...
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Rubio calls on Russia to be more transparent about plague lab worker’s death in Siberia
Geneva — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Russia to be more "transparent" about the recent death of a plague research center scientist and any risks associated with the incident, which Russian authorities...
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Katie Zacharia leaving White House role less than five days into job
Katie Zacharia will be leaving her post as White House press secretary, just five days after her shaky public...