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Jean-Claude Juncker tells PM it’s not Europe’s job to satisfy demands of rebellious Tories -
Rising production from Latin America has led groups from North Africa and the Balkans to change the drug trade, EU agency says
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French interior minister says officers ‘neutralised’ Chérif Chekatt in street encounter -
John Bolton says Trump will put African interests first and end ‘unproductive and unaccountable’ UN peacekeeping missions -
Frustrated leaders appeal to ‘all OECD countries’ to phase out use as Australia signals support for new plants
Spotlight
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3 out of 5 stars.
Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour review A reflective reminder of his brilliance
3 out of 5 stars.The comedian makes his way through Florida in this thoughtful travelogue that also revisits past adventures
Around the world
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Officials ‘did not understand project’s complexity’ before signing outsourcing deal -
Rising production from Latin America has led groups from North Africa and the Balkans to change the drug trade, EU agency says
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TGV trains will halve journey times from Casablanca to Tangier, but critics say such flashy projects are no substitute for real reform -
Beating Aids is India’s greatest public health achievement. A new book says it wouldn’t have happened without women -
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Opinion & analysis
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That one of the world’s biggest companies rides roughshod over a court order tells you all you need to know about the giants of Silicon Valley -
French police say the gunman is one of 12,000 ‘gangster-jihadists’ who exist under the radar -
After Democrats won the governorships in Wisconsin and Michigan, GOP-controlled legislatures have tried to limit their powers -
The party’s brazen efforts to rewire state legislature poses a greater threat than Trump – and will be all the harder to tackle
Pictures and video
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The alleged shooter in Strasbourg, Chérif Chekatt, has been killed by police, it has been confirmed
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A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital on Thursday
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Russian band Ic3peak have had six of their shows shut down in the last month
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The prank involves people trying on expensive jewellery in a shop, then running for the door, as if they are going to steal it, before stopping to look in a mirror and is believed to copy the 'shoe-stealing' prank that was made popular by Indonesian influencer Harvinth Skin – video
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Perhaps the meeting didn't quite go as Trump had planned
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Tempers flare at the White House between the US president and the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer
'I got fed up with it' Keith Richards gives up drinking (almost)