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France has announced it will impose a new tax on Internet giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon from the 1st of January.
A pan-European attempt to create a new digital tax recently collapsed when countries couldn't reach an agreement - but Paris says it will move forward on its own.
Elena Casas reports.
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British Prime Minster Theresa May is warning that a second referendum on Britain's EU membership would cause irreparable damage to the integrity of the country's politics.
It comes as Mrs May is trying to gather support for a draft Brexit deal, which needs the approval of parliament before it can go ahead.
If it isn't approved, the country could crash out of the EU with a no deal, leading many to question whether there should be a second referendum
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports
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North Korean is remembering former leader Kim Jong-il on the seventh anniversary of his death. The date is also a reminder of his youngest son and current leader's own ascent to power.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited his father's mausoleum in Pyongyang where his body is on display under glass.
Citizens laid flowers in the capital and paid silent tribute to Kim Jong-il, a man they reverentially called 'Dear Leader.'
Internationally, the senior Kim developed a reputation as a madman building nuclear weapons.
His son is now trying to convince the world that North Korea is focused on economic development.
But despite a series of summits with the leaders of the United States and South Korea, Kim Jong-un appears no closer to ending the country's nuclear weapons program.
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The Kremlin's favoured candidate for a governor post in Russia's Far East region is set to win in a controversial re-run of the vote.
The original result in September was cancelled by election officials, who claimed voting irregularities rendered it invalid.
Julia Chapman has more from Moscow.
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President Trump has named an Acting White House Chief of Staff after failing to find anyone to take the job on a permanent basis.
Mick Mulvaney, currently the President's Budget Director, will replace General John Kelly when he leaves the White House at the end of the year.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Donald Trump's former lawyer says the President personally orchestrated illegal hush money payments to two women in a bid to silence them in the middle of America's Presidential election campaign.
In his first interview since being sentenced to three years in jail, Michael Cohen says Mr. Trump knew that what he was doing was illegal.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Russian investigators have arrested seven members of an alleged underground terror network, accusing them of raising money for terrorist groups.
They will be held for two months while they await charges.
Julia Chapman reports from Moscow.
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Vietnam has reportedly expressed interest in hosting a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Since the first meeting of the leaders in June, Pyongyang and Washington have had little success in maintaining peace talks.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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President Donald Trump says he wants to meet leader Kim Jong-un again in January or February.
But he's only teased the press about a location, suggesting he has three sites in mind.
Now, according to CNN, Vietnam has told South Korean government officials it hopes to host the two leaders.
South Korea's Yonhap News has also reported that a high-ranking diplomat recently visited Vietnam.
It's unclear if that trip is related to any kind of summit preparation.
Despite Trump's desire for a second meeting for Kim, the two leaders have yet to make any significant progress on promises to end North Korea's weapons programs and create lasting peace.
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Police in the French city of Strasbourg have shot dead the suspect in Tuesday's shooting at the Christmas market.
The French interior minister said they tried to arrest him without using lethal force, but that he fired on them and they were forced to open fire in response.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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