Reuters
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May to meet Labour leader to try to break Brexit stalemate
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday to thrash out a Brexit compromise, a gamble that could finally see a European Union divorce deal agreed but also tear her party apart.
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Building walls to keep migrants out is not a solution, says Pope
Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out "will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build".
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Pope Francis and Morocco's King Mohammed VI say Jerusalem must be open to people of all faith
Pope Francis and Morocco's King Mohammed VI called on Saturday for the protection of Jerusalem's multi-religious character, saying the city's sacred sites must be accessible to worshippers of all faiths.
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Chances of no-deal Brexit grow after Parliament sinks May's deal
MPs rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
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May expected to set date for her departure in exchange for getting her Brexit deal passed
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Wednesday to indicate a date for quitting as the price for getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal ratified, while parliament tries to select its own alternative from a multiple-choice list of options.
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Hundreds of thousands march through London demanding second referendum
Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership.
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Islamic State has been defeated, say Syrian Democratic Forces
US-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory in eastern Syria at Baghouz on Saturday, ending the group's self-proclaimed caliphate after years of fighting.
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Gunman kills three in Dutch tram, police hunt for Turkish man
A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man after an apparent terrorist attack.
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Ethiopia says crashed jet's black boxes show similarities to Lion Air disaster
The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had "clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said on Sunday, shown by initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the March 10 disaster.
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New gun laws to make New Zealand safer after mosque shootings, says PM Ardern
Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday.
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As Xi heads to Italy, Vatican says China should not fear Church
A top Vatican official says China's government should not fear "distrust or hostility" from the Roman Catholic Church, writing amid speculation over whether President Xi Jinping will meet Pope Francis this week.
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Accounts of heroism emerge from New Zealand mosque killings
Accounts emerged on Sunday of heroic attempts to tackle a gunman who slaughtered 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand, as authorities prepared to begin releasing the bodies of victims to their families for burial.