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Turkey’s Erdogan to drop lawsuits against people who insulted him
Turkey's president has said he is withdrawing all lawsuits against people charged with insulting him. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was inspired by the feelings of unity in the wake of the recent failed coup. But he also stepped up his attacks on nations criticising his crackdown in the wake of the coup attempt, telling them...
Syria conflict: ‘Families leave’ besieged Aleppo
Dozens of families have left besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says. The civilians boarded buses and were taken to temporary shelters, state news agency Sana said. Some rebels had also surrendered to government forces, the report said. Russia, an ally of the Syrian...
Родственники террориста из Ниццы сообщили поразительные сведения о нем!
Родственники террориста из Ниццы сообщили о нем важные сведения Семья водителя-террориста Мохаммеда Бухлеля, который убил 84 и ранил 202 человека в ходе теракта в Ницце, отрицает...
US election: Obama endorses Clinton as political heir
US President Barack Obama has delivered a stirring speech at the Democratic convention, hailing Hillary Clinton as his political heir and rounding on "home-grown demagogue" Donald Trump. "There has never been a man or woman, not me, not Bill, nobody more qualified than Hillary" to be president, he said. When...
France church attack: Second suspect in priest killing named
French prosecutors have identified the second man involved in the killing of a priest in a Normandy church on Tuesday as 19-year-old Abdel Malik Petitjean. Like the other attacker, Adel Kermiche, he was known to the security services. The teenagers were shot dead by police outside the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray where...
Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks
Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. She said the attackers "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this". But she did propose new...
WARNING: Just ONE of 2,000 terror suspects in Britain under surveillance amid attack fears
JUST one extremist in Britain is under curfew despite there being more than 2,000 terror suspects in the UK, it has been revealed. The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, known as T-Pims, is used by the police and MI5 to keep surveillance on terror suspects who are yet to be deported. But, as of May this year, the...
EU’s Brexit negotiator will have NO POWER in discussions, ex-minister tells Newsnight
JEAN-Claude Juncker’s chief Brexit negotiator’s role has been dismissed by a former cabinet member. Sir Malcolm Rifkind said former French foreign minister Michel Barnier was a “tough guy”. But the former foreign secretary played down Barnier’s role in the Brexit negotiations, claiming Theresa May...
Rio 2016: Russia sees off first contestants on flight to Brazil
About 70 members of Russia's Olympic team have left a Moscow airport for Brazil to take part in Rio 2016 while others stay at home, banned for doping. Members of the volleyball, handball, boxing, synchronised swimming and table tennis teams were seen off at Sheremetyevo Airport. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) wanted...
Hiroshima: Keep Pokemon away from atom bomb memorial
The Japanese city of Hiroshima has asked Pokemon Go's creators to keep its virtual monsters out of memorials to victims of the atomic bomb. It wants the monsters removed by 6 August, when an annual ceremony is held on the anniversary of the 1945 bombing. It follows a request by the operators of the Fukushima nuclear plant...
Florida investigates four mysterious Zika infections
Health officials in Florida are investigating four cases of Zika that do not appear to be related to travel. So far cases outside of Latin America and the Caribbean, where the virus is prevalent, have been spread by travel to that region or sexual transmission. The four Florida cases have raised the possibility that mosquitoes...
Nigel Farage ‘in talks to appear in next I’m a Celebrity after turning down Big Brother’
NIGEL Farage is reportedly set for a reality TV career after he entered advanced talks with producers of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The former Ukip boss allegedly turned down entering the Celebrity Big Brother house after producers refused to pay him a fee of £750,000. But negotiations are said to...