North Korea continuing nuclear programme - UN report

Pyongyang has been defying sanctions and trying to sell weapons abroad, a report to the UN says.

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Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort's 'income doctored'

Paul Manafort's accountant says she helped to disguise his foreign income so he could pay less tax.

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Denmark veil ban: First woman charged for wearing niqab

She is the first to be fined under controversial new legislation banning full face coverings in public.

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Russian helicopter crashes, deaths feared

The MI-8 helicopter crash-lands in Siberia, with reports saying at least 18 people are dead.

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Harvey Weinstein seeks to dismiss case based on accuser's emails

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers cite "warm" emails the producer received from an accuser.

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Chile bans plastic bags for businesses

It is the first South American country to enact a ban - and businesses flouting it will be fined $370.

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Zimbabwe election: President Mnangagwa calls for unity

The aftermath of a disputed election has seen violence and opposition claims of fraud.

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Osama Bin Laden: Mother Alia Ghanem remembers 'good child'

Alia Ghanem gives her first interview, saying she was "upset" that her son became al-Qaeda leader.

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Andrea Bocelli to perform for Pope at Dublin event

The world-renowned Italian tenor will sing at a concert during Pope Francis's two-day visit to Ireland.

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Arizona care worker accused of migrant shelter child abuse

The 25-year-old, who is HIV positive, is accused of targeting boys between the ages of 15 to 17.

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Lynchburg floods: Flooding fears spark evacuations in US city

Authorities warn 17ft of water could hit Lynchburg in Virginia in minutes if a dam overspills.

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Afghanistan mosque attack: At least 29 Shia worshippers killed in Gardez

Two men arrived at the mosque in eastern Afghanistan dressed in full-face veils., officials say.

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China plans tariffs after latest US trade threat

China targets $60bn of US products, as tensions between the world's two biggest economies escalate.

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North Korea warns of 'natural disaster' amid heatwave

Citizens are urged to "join the struggle" to save precious crops from drought.

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American lone sailor held in far east Russia near Alaska

Border guards in Chukotka hold an American who turned up in a dinghy.

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Three Moscow sisters accused of murdering abusive father

Three teenagers are accused of killing their father in a frenzied knife attack.

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WWE star Glenn Jacobs, aka Kane, elected mayor in Tennessee

Glenn Jacobs, who played a "monstrous abomination" in the ring, won in Knox County, Tennessee.

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Thailand mural celebrates cave heroes

The artwork features the rescued schoolboys and those who helped to get them out of the cave.

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Meet Nasa's commercial flight astronauts

They will be aboard the first US flights to the International Space Station since the shuttle programme ended.

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From solar car inventions to beds that power phones

Samuel Karimbo is a Kenyan inventor who prides himself on thinking outside the box.

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ICYMI: Ready, steady, slow

The Snail Racing World Championships, a lucky escape and other stories you may have missed.

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Trump: 'I was waiting 15 minutes for the Queen'

The president hit back at claims that he was late for his meeting with the Queen in July.

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Massive dust storm rolls through Phoenix, AZ

Forecasters warned the storm would cause zero visibility and winds topping 60mph.

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Japan airport to gift people who hand in old suitcases

Discarded luggage at Kansai International Airport has posed a heightened security threat, so it wants people to hand unwanted suitcases in.

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In pictures: Europe swelters

Shrunken lakes and dry riverbeds are seen across Europe as people battle to stay cool

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Hector vs. Kilauea: Hurricane on track to skirt past Hawaii's erupting volcano

Two of Mother Nature's most potentially devastating forces - a major hurricane and an erupting volcano - appear headed for a close encounter on Hawaii's Big Island next week, weather forecasters said on Friday.

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Thousands more evacuated from California's largest wildfire

Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from the path of California's biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state's worst fire seasons in a decade.

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Trump administration lifts GMO crop ban for U.S. wildlife refuges

The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted.

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U.S. court orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA program

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore a program that protects from deportation some young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children, including accepting new applications for the program.

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Brookfield gains lease on Kushner's landmark New York tower

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management said on Friday it acquired a 99-year lease on a flagship New York office tower controlled by the family of Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, capping a long saga to refinance the building.

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Texas jury indicts Arkema, two executives over chemical releases

A Texas grand jury on Friday indicted chemicals manufacturer Arkema North America and two of its executives for releasing emissions that allegedly endangered the public after a 2017 hurricane.

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Worker dies from injuries in west Texas pipeline blaze

One worker died after a fire and series of pipeline explosions two days ago in Midland County, Texas, officials said on Friday.

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New York's Cuomo rejects NRA claim that 'blacklisting' jeopardizes mission

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday rejected a claim by the National Rifle Association that his efforts to get banks and insurers to stop doing business with the group threatened its ability to advocate for gun rights.

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Man in Yellowstone bison video arrested on wildlife harassment charge

A man seen in a widely circulated video provoking a Yellowstone National Park bison by waving his arms at the creature, prompting it to charge him, was arrested by rangers on suspicion of harassing wildlife, park officials said on Friday.

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U.S. deports Mexican wife of American Marine veteran

The U.S. government deported a Mexican woman on Friday who had lived in the country illegally for nearly two decades despite efforts by lawmakers to keep her in Florida with her husband, a Marine Corps veteran, and her two American children.

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Judge calls U.S. efforts to reunite deported parents 'unacceptable'

A federal judge on Friday described as "unacceptable" the U.S. government's progress in reuniting immigrant children in the United States with deported parents and ordered the government to appoint a person to take charge of its efforts.

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Police find Chinese girl who disappeared from Washington airport

A 12-year-old Chinese girl who went missing from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been found with her parents in the New York borough of Queens, authorities said on Friday.

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No clear motive found for 2017 Las Vegas massacre: sheriff

Police have uncovered no clear motive for the gunman who killed 58 people at outdoor concert in Las Vegas last year, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a sheriff said on Friday.

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