Reuters

• With a weakened leader and reeling from crisis, Britain hurtles into the Brexit unknown

  With her strategy unclear and her position insecure, Prime Minister Theresa May plunges this week into tortuous divorce talks with the European Union that will shape Britain's prosperity and global influence for generations to come.

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  Mistrial declared in Cosby sex assault case

  Prosecutors immediately said they would seek a second trial, which could start within months

• Grenfell Tower blaze highlights London's divide between rich and poor

  Within a short walk from the social housing block in west London where 17 people – and perhaps many more – died in a devastating fire are some of Britain's wealthiest streets, lined with elegant, multi-million-pound townhouses.

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  Fears for trapped residents after huge fire engulfs London tower block

  Massive flames licked up the sides of the block as 200 firefighters battled the blaze for hours along with 40 fire engines. Flumes of black and grey smoke were billowing high into the air over London hours after the blaze was sparked.

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  Palestinians recall 1967 uprooting from Jerusalem's Old City

  Days after capturing Jerusalem's Old City in a 1967 war, Israel razed the Moroccan Quarter, a ramshackle neighbourhood of Palestinian homes in front of the Western Wall, aiming to create an open space for Jews to pray at one of their holiest sites. The conflict's 50th anniversary has rekindled memories of the event.

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  Somalia's president vows revenge on al Shabaab after Islamist attack kills 38

  Somalia's president said late Thursday night the country's army was in 'hot pursuit' of Islamist group al Shabaab fighters after the insurgents' assault on a military base in the Puntland region that left at least 38 people dead.

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  Trump says Comey not telling truth, willing to respond under oath

  US President Donald Trump on Friday denied he tried to interfere with an FBI investigation, effectively accusing James Comey, the FBI's former director, of lying under oath to Congress.

• May on the ropes as election crushes Tory hopes

  With no clear winner emerging from Thursday's parliamentary election, a wounded May signalled she would fight on, despite losing her majority in the House of Commons.

• London Attacks: WATCH footage from London Bridge as police shot dead three militants

  British police rushed to an incident on London Bridge on Saturday after witnesses said a van ploughed into pedestrians.

• London Bridge attack: Death toll rises to seven with three militants shot dead

  Suspected militants drove a van into pedestrians at high speed on London Bridge on Saturday night before stabbing revellers on nearby streets, killing at least six people and wounding nearly 50.

• London Bridge attack: The facts so far

  At least six people were killed by militants who drove a van at high speed into pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed revellers in the nearby Borough Market area on Saturday.

• Conservatives slip further in the polls, with Labour just five points behind in new survey

  Theresa May's once formidable lead has been eroded though her Conservative Party could still be on course to win a majority of seats in parliament, an opinion poll and an electoral model showed on Friday.