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Seven British MPs launch 'new politics' leaving Corbyn's party

LONDON, Feb 18 (BBC): Seven MPs have resigned from the Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism.They are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey.Ms Berger said Labour had become institutionally anti-Semitic and she was "embarrassed and...

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Relatives demand answers as Muslims disappear in China

NEW YORK, Feb 18 (New York Times): Many members of the Uighur ethnic group living in exile are worried that their relatives back home in China are locked up in internment camps - or dead.So when China released a video this past week to prove that a prominent Uighur musician...

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'Crime may have been committed' by Trump in US polls campaign

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (AP): Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired on Sunday that a "crime may have been committed" when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia.McCabe also said...

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Diana's sons split households over royal family row

LONDON, Feb 18 (The Sun): Prince William and Harry are to split their household within the next few weeks in a shock move, reports The Sun.The division is believed to have been brought forward amid the fallout from Meghan's friends defending her letter to her father in a US magazine.Five...

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North Korea faces 'historic turning point'

SEOUL, Feb 18 (AFP): North Korea is facing a "significant, historic turning point", state media said on Monday, ahead of a highly- anticipated second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.The meeting between the two leaders - which will be the second time the pair have come together following...

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Militants kill six Pakistan troops in border area near Iran

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (AP): Pakistani police say militants in two attacks on security forces killed six paramilitary troops in the southwestern Baluchistan bordering Iran.Local police officer Hidayat Ullah said on Monday that four troops were killed on Sunday when gunmen opened fire on security forces in the town of Turbat....

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19 Palestinians, Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza clashes

GAZA CITY, Feb 18 (AFP): Nineteen Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were wounded Sunday during clashes in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian medical sources said."IDF (Israel Defence Forces) soldier injured when an explosive device was thrown during Gaza riots on Israel's border fence," the army said...

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News in Brief (19-2-2019)

More migrants cross into Brazilamid Venezuela standoffCARACAS, Feb 18: Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants continue to cross into Brazil each day, as the standoff between Venezuela's president and the opposition leader intensifies. Brazil's government is preparing to deliver much-needed aid to Venezuela. Many of those migrants will be applying for asylum...

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