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• White House spokesman Sean Spicer out as Trump seeks to fix image

  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday, ending a short and turbulent tenure that made him a household name and the butt of late-night television comedy lampoons, amid further upheaval within President Donald Trump's inner circle.

• Freedom of religion is worth fighting for in Europe, says Angela Merkel

  'We have realized in the past few months that Europe is more than just bureaucracy and economic regulation, that Europe and living together in the European Union have something to do with war and peace, that the decades of peace after World War Two would have been completely unthinkable without the European Union,' said Merkel

• As churches shut down summer activities, Berlin 'dismayed and furious' over murder of German women in Egypt

  German officials said on Saturday they had been left 'dismayed and furious' by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack on foreign tourists.

• Iraq's Prime Minister congratulates troops for 'great victory' over IS in Mosul

  The battle has left large parts of Mosul in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly 1 million people.

• Trump leaves US isolated on climate change, trade at G20

  Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with US President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.

• Cardinal Pell leaves Vatican to face abuse charges in native Australia

  Pell has declared his innocence and said he would return to Australia to clear his name.

• Britain and China should 'shelve differences', President Xi Jinping tells Theresa May

  Xi told May that bilateral relations should be cultivated on the basis of 'consolidating strategic mutual trust'.

• Victory over IS in Mosul to be announced in hours, says Iraqi state TV

  Air strikes and artillery salvoes pounded the jihadists' last bastion in the city as black smoke billowed over it.

• Trump accused of dismissing Russian election interference after 'positive chemistry' with Putin

  US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin discussed alleged Russian meddling in the US election on Friday but agreed to focus on better ties rather than litigating the past.

• Cyprus reunification talks collapse, UN chief 'very sorry'

  Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed amid anger and recriminations in the early hours of Friday.

• Three car bombs hit Damascus, at least seven people killed

  Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, killing at least seven people in the first suicide bombings in the Syrian capital since jihadists attacked in March.

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  Pope Francis shakes up Vatican: replaces conservative doctrinal chief Cardinal Mueller

  In a major shake up of the Vatican's administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism's top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff's vision of a more inclusive Church.