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An aspiring footballer who was stabbed to death in east London has been named as 15-year-old Baptista Adjei. The young ‘popular’ boy was fatally knifed in his school uniform outside McDonald’s, in Stratford Broadway, at 3.20pm on…
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The acting head of US Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, has resigned after six months in the post. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said Mr McAleenan wanted to spend more time with his family. He said his replacement would be named…
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Six people have been arrested in Uganda for wearing red berets after they were banned earlier this week, a spokesman for Bobi Wine's People Power movement has told Reuters news agency. Former rapper and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who…
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The European Union is "open but not convinced" by the UK PM's new proposals for a Brexit deal with the EU, the president of the European Council says. Donald Tusk was among several leading EU voices to express doubt over Boris Johnson's…
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A reward of up to £100,000 ($124,000) has been offered for the return of a solid gold toilet stolen from a UK stately home, as police release CCTV images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the September theft. The fully…
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Police in Nigeria say six female secondary school students and two members of staff have been kidnapped in Kaduna State in the north of the country. The kidnappings happened before dawn at the Engravers College - a boarding school near…
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The White House has released details of a phone call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart that has triggered a US impeachment inquiry. It shows Mr Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July to investigate Democratic…
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The brother of Algeria's deposed former president has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring against the state and undermining the military. Said Bouteflika was widely seen as the real power behind the presidency after his…
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Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters demonstrating outside the Indonesian parliament over a proposed new criminal code that would ban sex before marriage. Protests against the bill also took place in other cities in…
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General Khehla Sitole was in Cape Town at the time, and the house thieves took their chance. Thieves have made off with two TV sets from national police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s Mpumalanga home, the SA Police Service (SAPS) confirmed…
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