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North Korea and China have opened a bridge straddling their border and the Yalu River.
Bruce Harrison has more from Seoul on the news that may raise concerns over international sanctions violations.
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According to Yonhap News, China sent several tour buses across the bridge to mark the opening.
China is North Korea's main economic benefactor.
Under international sanctions, most goods are banned from entering or exiting North Korea.
So it's unclear how the two countries plan to operate the new border checkpoint.
The opening comes amid stalled talks between North Korea and the U.S. on creating a nuclear-weapons free Korean Peninsula.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits Washington this week to try and convince Pres. Trump to continue talks with Kim.
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Hollywood star Felicity Huffman will plead guilty in the college admissions scandal.
The former star of Desperate Housewives is one of 13 defendants who have agreed to enter a guilty plea.
And more of the total of 33 defendants are expected to follow suit this week.
LA correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:
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US President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
It's the first time the US has named a part of another country's government as such a threat.
As US correspondent Rachel Silverman reports, it's scheduled to go into effect April 15th.
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The British government has set out proposals to create an independent watchdog to regulate technology and internet companies.
Under these plans, firms would have a duty of care to tackle online harms - like websites or posts that are spreading terrorist content, harmful behaviour like harassment or the sale of illegal goods
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports
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MPs in France started debating a new tax aimed at digital giants on Monday.
The proposal aims to force companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple to pay more taxes in France.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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The European Union (EU) has threatened to ban horticultural products imported from Uganda over concern about pests.
A letter from the EU Ambassador to Uganda says shipments of peppers; rose flowers and soursop contained evidence of the false codling moth.
This is the second time that the EU is issuing a warning to Uganda in three years.
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The head of South Korea's flag carrier and largest airline, Korean Air, has died.
Bruce Harrison tells us more from Seoul, where Cho Yang-ho ran his transportation empire.
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Korean Air says Cho died at a hospital in Los Angeles.
The airline didn't give any other details about the 70-year-old chairman's death.
Recently Cho's leadership had been overshadowed by legal troubles.
He was on trial for corruption.
But it was family scandals that dominated headlines.
In 2014, one of his daughters was arrested for forcing a Korean Air flight to return to its gate after she was served nuts in a bag… and not on a plate.
The infamous incident became known as 'nut rage.'
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Moscow for talks with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The meeting falls just days after the United States said it would halt delivery of fighter jets to Turkey, because of Turkey's plan to buy a Russian missile system. Moscow Correspondent Lucy Taylor reports.
Final preparations are underway before the 21st EU-China Summit in Brussels on Tuesday.
Leaders on both sides will seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation but trade tensions may stop China and the EU from agreeing to a closing joint declaration.
Our Europe Correspondent Briohny Williams has more from Brussels.
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