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A federal grand jury in California has indicted celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti on 36 counts, accusing him of fraud, perjury and other financial crimes.
Avenatti is known as the lawyer representing adult film actress Storny Daniels in her legal battles against President Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen.
Rachel Silverman reports from California.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said they will keep the plans around the arrival of their baby private.
A statement was issued by Kensington Palace on Thursday morning on behalf of the royal couple.
Meghan Markle is expected to give birth in the next few weeks.
Holly Hudson reports.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested after almost seven years of refuge in London's Ecuadorian embassy, after Ecuador terminated his asylum.
Westminster Magistrates' Court found him guilty of breeching bail terms, dating back to 2012. He also faces extradition to the US over charges relating to the publishing of thousands of confidential documents.
The UK's Home Secretary Sajid Javid made a statement in the British Parliament, detailing that Assange's health had been a priority after his arrest and saying that he now rightly faces justice.
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The British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged MPs not to waste time, after the EU granted the UK until 31st October for a Brexit extension.
Under the new EU rules, the UK willl now have to hold European Parliament elections in May or face leaving on June 1st without a deal.
The Prime Minister said that talks with opposition party Labour will continue, aimed at finding a compromise over Brexit and if they didn't, a series of options would be put to parliament.
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But leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn used the delay to Brexit as an excuse to lambast the government.
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South Korea's top court has ruled a 66-year-old ban on abortion is unconstitutional.
Bruce Harrison was outside the constitutional court when the decision was announced.
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Abortion advocates celebrate the ruling.
For hours here they've chanted our bodies our choice.
Not 20 meters away and separated by police, anti-abortion demonstrators yell defiantly they will not accept the decision.
South Korea is one of few developed economies to still criminalize abortion.
But the court ruled the law must change by the end of 2020.
Illegal abortions are common here and women and doctors are rarely prosecuted.
But abortion advocates say the outcome will allow women access to safer procedures.
And it will help, they say, eliminate the social isolation women face for having an abortion.
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One of Russia's biggest foreign investors, who was arrested in February, may be released from jail under house arrest later. US citizen Michael Calvey, the founder of the private equity firm Baring Vostok, will appear in court in Moscow. Lucy Taylor reports.
Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a previously unknown member of the human family tree. In a study released by the journal Nature, scientists say the newly discovered species likely lived around the time our own species was moving out from Africa to occupy the rest of the world.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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