U.S. cities brace for immigration raids, say they will not participate

U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said on Friday they would not cooperate with federal authorities.

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Syria: Who's in control of Idlib?

Who holds sway in the last major stronghold of opposition forces fighting the Syrian government?

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Hong Kong protests: How Hallelujah to the Lord became an unofficial anthem

It's a Christian hymn but there are political reasons why protesters have picked up the simple tune

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The medical student who died of measles

The death of a student doctor from a preventable disease shows how Ukraine has become the measles capital of Europe.

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Afcon 2019: Meet the ‘animals’ competing for the Africa Cup of Nations

Eagles, elephants and lions are among the most popular sporting beasts at this year's tournament.

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Trump dismisses E. Jean Carroll rape allegation as 'fiction'

Writer E. Jean Carroll says Mr Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

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United Airlines suspends Newark-Mumbai flights over Iran airspace concerns

United Airlines said it had suspended flights from New Jersey's Newark airport to the Indian financial capital of Mumbai following a safety review after Iran shot down a high-altitude U.S. surveillance drone.

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Searching for truth in China's Uighur 're-education' camps

China is accused of locking up Uighurs in camps - which it denies. The BBC went inside one of them.

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Inside Pakistan's first retirement home for third-gender people

Pakistan's third-gender people are often rejected by their families - the first retirement home for them has just opened.

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Why the age of electric flight is finally upon us

Air travel accounts for 2%-3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Are electric engines an answer?

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Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence: The 3,100-mile race around a New York block

It lasts almost two months, with competitors running 18 hours a day. The 'Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence' is a race unlike any other.

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Fears for elephants facing 1,900 mile train journey in India

Four elephants are set to travel in 40C heat for days across India to participate in temple rituals.

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USOPC say it is making progress on reforms amid new legislation

A top U.S. Olympic official on Thursday said the organization is addressing its failure to protect its athletes from the sexual abuse of a team doctor, comments that come days after legislation was introduced aimed at reforming the body.

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France's Macron says three lead candidates failed to get EU leaders support

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday the three so-called spitzenkandidaten - or lead candidates - for the European Commission presidency had each failed to receive enough support among European Union leaders in Brussels.

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United Airlines suspends Newark-Mumbai flights over concerns about Iran's airspace

United Airlines said it had suspended flights from Newark to Mumbai after a safety review in light of events in Iran, which this week shot down a high-altitude U.S. surveillance drone.

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Fresh wave of protests as Hong Kong ignores deadline to scrap extradition bill

Several hundred people rallied in Hong Kong on Friday after the expiry of a deadline protesters set for the government to completely scrap a controversial extradition bill, in the latest wave of protests in the Chinese-ruled city.

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Trump says hard to believe Iranian shooting down of U.S. drone was intentional

U.S. President Donald Trump played down Iran's downing of a U.S. military surveillance drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and "it would have made a big difference" to him had the remotely controlled aircraft been piloted.

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Japan opposition leader sees 'double election' unlikely

Prospects are fading for a snap election for parliament's lower house in tandem with a summer upper house poll, the leader of Japan's second-biggest opposition party said on Thursday.

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Merkel cautions EU leaders over choice of EU Commission chief

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that EU leaders could provoke a crisis if they did not take into account the views of the European Parliament when choosing the next head of the EU executive.

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EU fails to agree on top jobs, more talks on June 30

European Union leaders will meet again on June 30 to seek agreement on who should inherit the bloc's top jobs - including the head of its central bank - after failing to get a deal at the second attempt in talks dragging into the small hours on Friday.

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Medic stuns courtroom saying he killed prisoner, not Navy SEAL on trial

A Navy SEAL medic testified on Thursday that he was responsible for the death of an Islamic State fighter - not the Navy SEAL defendant undergoing a court martial for war crimes - describing it as a mercy killing.

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Electric and petrol cars: Views of Milton Keynes drivers

Electric cars are expensive, the batteries run out and then they have to be charged up, but why are they so popular in Milton Keynes?

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Xi, Kim say boosting China-North Korea ties good for regional peace: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that amid "serious and complicated" international affairs strengthening bilateral ties was good for both countries and regional peace, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday.

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Two Chicago-area men convicted of providing support to Islamic State

Two Chicago-area men were found guilty on Thursday of supporting Islamic State in a federal case in which one of them was accused of saying he hoped to see the jihadist group's flag over the White House, local media reported.

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Has an internet blackout killed Sudan's revolution?

The Military Council has switched off the internet in response to protests that took place in early June.

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Inside Italy's war over vaccines

Fake news fuels the anti-vaccine movement and one government's vaccination efforts may be making it worse.

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Istanbul vote: Why rerun vote is key to Turkey's future

Turkey's ruling party narrowly lost the city's mayoral election in April and a rerun is scheduled for 23 June.

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