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The American film star Carrie Fisher who played princess Leia in the Star Wars film has died aged at 60 days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight. Fellow passengers on the plane from London to California said she stopped breathing
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Russia has been observing a day of mourning after a military plane crashed on Sunday in which all 92 people on board were killed. Priest has been said in the countrys Orthodox churches and a makeshift trial has been setup in Mexico outside the headqu
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The American Secretary of State John Kerry has staunchly defended Washington's decision to let the UN Security Council pass last week's resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal. Mr. Kerry said the move was designed to preserve the two-state o
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Security officials in the U.S. state of Florida say several people have been killed during a shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The shooter is understood to be in police custody, and is believed to have acted alone. All airport servic
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US intelligence officials have accused President Putin of personally ordering a Russian cyber campaign to sway the outcome of the presidential election in the favor of Donald Trump. A declassified report says Moscow sought to undermine faith in Ameri
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The United States says its special forces have mounted a raid against leaders of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Pentagon said a unit of commandos, tasked with tracking down jihadist leaders, carried out the operation on Sunday near the city of
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The US Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has appeared before a congressional committee to defend his nomination for the post of Attorney General in Donald Trumps new administration. He rejected allegations of racial animosity and said he accepted that
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Donald Trump has accused the U.S. intelligence agencies of leaking dossier which alleges that Russia has gathered compromising information on him. In his first formal news conference for nearly six months, the U.S. president-elect said if true, the l
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President Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats in response to what he called the Russian government's aggressive harassment of US officials and cyber operations aimed at the US election. Two Russian compounds have been closed and s
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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has described President Obama's new sanctions against the country as anti-Russian death roads. Washington has expelled 35 Russian diplomats after allegations that Moscow used cyber-attacks to interfere in the U
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Brazilian police are searching a prison outside the Amazonian city of Manaus after at least 60 inmates died in fighting between rival gangs. Families have been gathering outside the local mortuary to identify the bodies. Brazilian media say some pris
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he supports calls for a pardon for an Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter after he shot a Palestinian attacker who was lying wounded on the ground. Prosecutors said the killing by Sergeant Elo
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The engine manufacturer, Rolls Royce, says it's reached an 800-million-dollar settlement in principle with the British, U.S. and Brazilian authorities relating to bribery and corruption. The British company, which makes engines for jets, ships and nu
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Two senior figures taking on key roles in Donald Trump's new administration have given strong endorsements or the U.S. intelligence community. Mike Pompeo, Mr. Trump's pick for head of the CIA, and General James Mattis, nominee for U.S. defence secre
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The winner of the Gambia's presidential election Adama Barrow has called on President Yahya Jammeh to engage in direct talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Mr. Barrow told the BBC he was confident he would be sworn in as head of state nex
