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Five London towers evacuated over fire safety fears
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 08:50am on June 24, 2017
Residents of 800 London flats were hurriedly evacuated Saturday due to fire safety fears over their tower blocks' external cladding, after urgent testing prompted by...
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Britain's Labour leader Corbyn overtakes PM May in YouGov poll
Reuters | Updated at 12:50pm on June 23, 2017
Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has overtaken Theresa May for the first time as voters' choice for who would make the best prime minister,...
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Merkel says May’s offer on expats ‘good start’ but many questions remain
Reuters | Updated at 10:49am on June 23, 2017
German chancellor Angela Merkel described British prime minister Theresa May’s offer on the rights of EU citizens after Brexit as ‘a good start’ but...
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Man died of injuries in van attack on Muslims in London
Reuters . London | Updated at 12:48am on June 23, 2017
Police said on Thursday the cause of death of a man at the scene of a van attack on Muslim worshippers in London this week...
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Brexit and security loom large at EU summit
BBC | Updated at 09:56am on June 22, 2017
EU leaders are heading to a Brussels summit amid heightened security after a foiled terror attack at the Belgian capital's main railway station...
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London council chief quits amid Grenfell criticism
BBC | Updated at 09:05am on June 22, 2017
The chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council has resigned amid criticism over the borough's response to the Grenfell Tower fire...
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Belgian troops kill ‘terrorist’ bomber in Brussels train station
Reuters | Updated at 08:50am on June 21, 2017
Belgian troops shot dead a suspected suicide bomber in Brussels' central train station on Tuesday but there were no other casualties, in what authorities were...
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US sanctions to stay until Russia quits eastern Ukraine
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:19am on June 21, 2017
US sanctions on Russia will remain in place until Moscow withdraws from eastern Ukraine, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday.‘It’s part of the reason...
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Car rams police van on Paris' Champs Elysees, driver dead
Reuters | Updated at 09:25am on June 20, 2017
A man deliberately rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue...
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London mosque attack suspect named
BBC | Updated at 08:55am on June 20, 2017
The family of a man arrested after a terror attack near a London mosque says they are ‘shocked’ and ‘devastated’...