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BBC News Édouard Philippe is the second French leader to travel there, after then-President François Mitterrand in 1993. Mr Philippe laid flowers at memorials for... FULL STORY >>
BBC News Last week the president sacked Mr Wickremesinghe and his cabinet and suspended parliament, appointing former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new PM. But Mr... FULL STORY >>
The UK is targeting the likes of Google and Facebook by introducing a digital services tax that aims to raise £400m (€450m) a year for the government. Chancellor o... FULL STORY >>
BBc News German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her CDU party that she will not run for re-election as its chairwoman in December, sources say. Her decision comes after her party suffered heavy losses in regional elec... FULL STORY >>
BBC News The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground as it left the stadium following a Premier League match. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down ... FULL STORY >>
BBC News President Donald Trump has warned that the US will bolster its nuclear arsenal to put pressure on Russia and China. Speaking to reporters, he repeated his belief that Russia has violated the 1987 Intermediate-R... FULL STORY >>
BBC News The premium car brand, part of Volkswagen, said it "accepts the fine and... admits its responsibility". In June, VW agreed a €1bn settlement in Germany over the emissions scandal, which came to light in 2015.... FULL STORY >>
BBC News Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott says. "So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many families hav... FULL STORY >>
The Indian Express Turkey’s pro-government newspaper Sabah said on Wednesday it had identified a 15-member intelligence team it said was involved in the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Kha... FULL STORY >>
Sky News A Canadian woman has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time in 55 years. Donna Strickland is the first female Nobel laureate to be named in three years, and only the third woman ever to win the physi... FULL STORY >>
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