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Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, amid a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration. The ambassador was branded "a very stupid guy" by Donald Trump, after emails emerged calling his…
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There have been violent clashes outside Nigeria's National Assembly between police and Shia protesters. Protesters say officers shot two people dead, but the police said they had used "minimum force" and that eight security personnel…
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How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion offered by jailed Ugandan feminist Stella Nyanzi. "Unless you grab and squeeze hard,…
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Iran has announced it will break a limit set on uranium enrichment, in breach of the landmark 2015 deal designed to curb its nuclear ambitions. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran still wanted to salvage the deal but blamed…
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Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram ambushed Nigerian soldiers in the northeast of the country, killing at least five and injuring more than a dozen, sources told Reuters on Sunday. The sources said the death toll could increase as a…
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Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos. The report drew ire from…
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A Nigerian senator,seen hitting a shop assistant in sex toy shop, has been arraigned in court. Senator Elisha Abbo was seen in CCTV footage that went viral, hitting the woman. He told the BBC that he was the one in the video, which he…
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China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research. At the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant…
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Sudan’s military leaders have reached an agreement with the opposition alliance to share power until elections can be held, mediators say. The two sides agreed to rotate control of the sovereign council – the top tier of power – for at…
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The wife of Dubai’s billionaire ruler has fled to London with £31million following the break-up of their marriage, according to reports. Princess Haya Al Hussein, 45, is claimed to have been helped by a German diplomat after fleeing…
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