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Sir Peter Shaffer, one of Britain's best-known playwrights, has died at the age of 90 after a short illness.
His family says he passed away in Ireland early on Monday morning.
His work includes Amadeus, a drama about the confrontation between the composers Mozart and Salieri which was turned into an Oscar-winning film.
He also wrote Equus and The Royal Hunt of the Sun.
Speaking in 2012, he told an interviewer that he was intrigued by the process of creating drama.
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Speaking in 2012, he told an interviewer that he'd often found play-writing a physically-challenging process.
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Speaking in 2012, he told an interviewer that his favorite scene in the film Amadeus sees Mozart dictating music to Salieri - a scene that challenged the film-makers.
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China will submit next week a new list of sectors off limits to U.S. investment, as part of efforts to improve bilateral trade.
US officials want China to significantly reduce the list, in order to reach a deal.
Our U.S. Correspondent Liling Tan reports from New York.
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A French man arrested on the border between Poland and Ukraine was allegedly planning an attack on the Euro 2016 football championships.
Ukraine's intelligence service says the man had planned a string of attacks and was traveling to France with an enormous amount of weaponry.
France remains on high terror alert since the Paris attacks on November 13th last year in which 130 people were killed.
Correspondent Peter Allen is in Paris.
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One of America's leading new media organizations says it will no longer carry advertisements promoting Donald Trump's Presidential bid.
Buzzfeed is tearing up an advertising contract that it signed with the Republican Party.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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At least three people are dead after two trains collided just outside the Belgian city of Liege.
Now an investigation is underway to figure out why the accident happened.
Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek has more from Brussels.
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