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Video Allegedly Showing Prince Andrew Waving Off Young Woman at Epstein's New York Mansion Released
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019
Explosive court documents released hours before Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide last week revealed that UK Prince Andrew, the eighth in line to the British throne, was named in a 2015 lawsuit against an alleged "madame" for the US financier's purported child sex trafficking ring ... ....
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Chinese missiles likely to cripple Asia-based US forces in event of conflict: report
South China Morning Post 18 Aug 2019
The report by Australia-based researchers urged US allies such as Australia and Japan to overhaul military investment to prevent American military might from being undermined in the region. The report also detailed the prowess of the PLA Rocket Force, which is capable of making precision strikes as far from the mainland as Singapore ... ....
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Trump rages over poll numbers and coverage of his racism after approval ratings plummet
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
Donald Trump has vented his anger over media coverage of his repeated racism after a series of polls showed his approval ratings had fallen and that he was on track to lose the 2020 election. More follows…. Independent news email. Only the best news in your inbox. Independent news email. Only the best news in your inbox ... Update newsletter preferences ... ....
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Millions of Muslims risk being stripped of citizenship in India and declared 'foreign migrants'
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
More than 4 million people in India, mostly Muslims, are at risk of being declared foreign migrants as the government pushes a hardline Hindu nationalist agenda that has challenged the country’s pluralist traditions and aims to redefine what it means to be Indian ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Show all 10 ... 1/10 ... ....
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Alleged Victim of McGregor's 'Punch Incident' Says He Couldn't Leave House For a Week
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Israel shoots down 2 out of 3 rockets fired from Gaza
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No-deal Brexit is class war. It’s time to take back control and defeat Johnson and Rees-Mogg
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
There was always talk of division in our house. Some of it was literal. Whether Everton or Liverpool would win the old “First Division”. Some of it was actual. Mum was an Evertonian and dad a Liverpudlian – a “mixed marriage” as my grandad would say. I remember thinking “I hate you, mum” because her team had beaten mine in the FA Cup in 1967 ... PA ... PA....
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Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
The Times of India 18 Aug 2019
REYKJAVIK. Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate ... "In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path ... Only you know if we did it," the plaque reads ... more from times of india news ... ....
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New evidence emerges of Russian role in Ukraine conflict
The Guardian 18 Aug 2019
Research group Forensic Architecture collected images to use in ECHR case Newly collated evidence documenting Russian military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine will be used to bolster legal claims against the Russian state by Ukrainian volunteer fighters ... .......
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Omar al-Bashir to face corruption charges in court
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
Omar al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan, will face corruption charges in court, on the first day of a high profile trial that may see the deposed autocratic ruler jailed for many years ... Timeline Omar al-Bashir. Show Hide 1 January 1944 ... October 1973 ... 30 June 1989 ... February 2003 ... The conflict claims more than 300,000 lives, according to the UN ... ....
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Russian Girl Survives Fall From 50-Metre 'Rock of Love' in Selfie Attempt
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019
Recent independent studies have discovered that hundreds of people have died while putting themselves at risk to take the perfect selfie, with young people and tourists particularly driven to post “cool” photos on social media ... ....
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Germany's Seehofer warns refugees who take Syria vacations
Deutsche Welle 18 Aug 2019
Refugees who return to Syria for a holiday might lose their refugee status in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. Some newcomers simultaneously claim to be fleeing persecution there ... ....
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Minister dismisses Whitehall dossier on no-deal Brexit as `scaremongering´
This is Money 18 Aug 2019
A secret Whitehall dossier warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit has been dismissed by a minister as “scaremongering” as the Government sought to downplay the documents ... However Michael Gove – the Cabinet minister responsible for no-deal planning – insisted Yellowhammer represented a “worst-case scenario” ... “We’ve got to prepare for no-deal ... ....
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UN experts discover British-made bomb parts in Yemen
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
A United Nations panel of experts has uncovered fragments of British-made laser guidance missile systems at an air raid site in Yemen in a strike that it concluded breached international humanitarian law ... UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, court of appeal declares. Read more ... ....
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Thousands evacuated in Gran Canaria as raging wildfire 'has great potential' to spread
Irish Independent 18 Aug 2019
Independent.ie Newsdesk Twitter Email. August 18 2019 12.14 PM. 0 Comments Thousands evacuated in Gran Canaria as raging wildfire 'has great potential' to spread. Independent.ie ... https.//www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/thousands-evacuated-in-gran-canaria-as-raging-wildfire-has-great-potential-to-spread-38413340.html ... Email ... ....
