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• 'These are tears of joy': Ecstatic Zimbabweans flood Harare to celebrate expected Mugabe downfall

  Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, singing, dancing and hugging soldiers in an extraordinary outpouring of elation at the expected fall of President Robert Mugabe, their leader of the last 37 years.

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  Why Niger and Mali's cattle herders turned to jihad

  Why did one Fulani herdsman lead dozens of militants allied to Islamic State in a deadly assault against allied U.S.-Niger forces, killing four soldiers from each nation last month, an incident that prompted a Pentagon probe?

• Forty Conservative MPs ready to oust May - Sunday Times

  Forty members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

• Remembrance Sunday: the War Poets and the legacy of their traumatised souls

  Poems in Dottyville – how two traumatised soldiers changed our perceptions of "glory" and "patriotic death"

• Putin and Trump talk Syria, election meddling at brief meeting

  U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed a statement on Syria during a brief meeting at a summit in Vietnam on Saturday and Putin again dismissed allegations of meddling in last year's U.S. election.

• Texas church shooting: The shocking series of errors that allowed Devin Kelley to buy a gun

  The US Air Force missed at least two chances to block the shooter in last weekend's deadly church attack in Texas from buying guns after he was accused of a violent offence in 2012, according to current and former government officials and a review of military documents.

• Sutherland Springs church may be demolished, pastor warns

  The pastor of a rural Texas church sprayed with gunfire in a shooting rampage that killed 26 people is considering demolishing the building and putting a memorial in its place, a Southern Baptist Convention official said on Thursday.

• Texas church shooting leaves at least 26 dead and dozens more wounded

  A gunman entered a small church in southeast Texas and opened fire, killing at least 26 worshippers and wounding many others in the latest mass shooting to plague the United States, according to authorities and media reports.

• Trump hits out at North Korea: 'No dictator should ever underestimate American resolve'

  US President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that 'no dictator' should underestimate US resolve.

• Saudi princes and ministers detained in anti-corruption probe

  One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent businessmen and a former finance minister are among dozens detained in a probe by a new anti-corruption body, a senior Saudi official said on Sunday.

• Trump heads to Japan with North Korea on his mind

  Ballistic missile tests by North Korea and its sixth and largest nuclear test, in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, have exacerbated the most critical international challenge of Trump's presidency.

• Islamic State on verge of defeat after fresh losses in Iraq, Syria

  Officials on both sides of the border said its final defeat could come swiftly, although they still fear it will reconstitute as a guerrilla force, capable of waging attacks without territory to defend.