The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Emmanuel Macron over budget cut ...
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French military head de Villiers quits over cuts
French military head de Villiers quits over cuts
The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts. Gen Pierre de Villiers said in a statement he could no longer "guarantee the durability of t ...
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Woman on Rome metro dragged along platform by train
Woman on Rome metro dragged along platform by train
Footage of a woman being dragged along a platform by a train, after her bag got trapped in the door, has ...
Footage of a woman being dragged along a platform by a train, after her bag got trapped in the door, has raised safety questions about Rome's metro. Natalya Garkovich, 43, was left in intensive care a ...
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Russia demands US return seized mansions ahead of talks
Russia demands US return seized mansions ahead of talks
Russia is pressing demands that the US give it access to two diplomatic compounds seized in the US last y ...
Russia is pressing demands that the US give it access to two diplomatic compounds seized in the US last year. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was unacceptable to set preconditions for returnin ...
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Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary
Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary
Thousands of Poles have gathered outside parliament in the capital Warsaw to condemn a controversial refo ...
Thousands of Poles have gathered outside parliament in the capital Warsaw to condemn a controversial reform of the judiciary. Protesters say the bill, passed by the Senate on Saturday, will erode judg ...
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Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d’Hiv deportation of Jews
Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d’Hiv deportation of Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Paris to commemorate the victims of a mass arrest of Jews ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Paris to commemorate the victims of a mass arrest of Jews in Nazi-occupied France in 1942. More than 13,000 Jews were rounded up and detained at a cycli ...
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Poland MPs back controversial judiciary bill
Poland MPs back controversial judiciary bill
Poland's parliament has approved a bill to give MPs and the justice minister the power to appoint judges ...
Poland's parliament has approved a bill to give MPs and the justice minister the power to appoint judges without consulting judicial circles. Opposition parties and human rights groups say this would ...
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Turkey to mark anniversary of coup attempt
Turkey to mark anniversary of coup attempt
Events will be held in Turkey later to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup in which at least 260 ...
Events will be held in Turkey later to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup in which at least 260 people died and 2,196 were wounded. A faction of the army tried to seize power from President R ...
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President Erdogan tells BBC: EU wastes Turkey’s time
President Erdogan tells BBC: EU wastes Turkey’s time
Turkey will find it "comforting" if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip ...
Turkey will find it "comforting" if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the BBC. Speaking to HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi, he said Turkey was "able to st ...
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Vatican outlaws gluten-free bread for Holy Communion
Vatican outlaws gluten-free bread for Holy Communion
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free - although it ma ...
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free - although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has ruled. In a letter to bishops, C ...
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G20: Trump hails talks as ‘success’ despite divisions
G20: Trump hails talks as ‘success’ despite divisions
US President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a "wonderful success", despite his count ...
US President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a "wonderful success", despite his country's isolated position on climate change. In a joint statement, the leaders of 18 nations and t ...
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