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Bury FC have until midnight tonight to save themselves from expulsion from the English Football League after 134 years.
The Shakers have not played a game this season and will be stripped of their EFL license unless owner Steve Dale can prove they have the funding to continue.
Holly Hudson reports.
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A British Consulate employee being detained in China has now been accused by Chinese state media of solicitation of a prostitute. Hong Kong citizen Simon Cheng was last heard from two weeks ago after he went missing on a business trip.
Bruce Harrison reports from Hong Kong.
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There's a glimmer of optimism that a no-deal Brexit may be avoided, after a meeting between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron ended with some suggestion that an alternative solution to the controversial Irish backstop can be found.
Mr Macron, however, said there would not be a new withdrawal agreement that was very different form the existing one.
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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Thousands of Hong Kong's high school students filled a plaza near city hall on Thursday … threatening a city-wide boycott of their schools. It's the latest move by Hong Kongers … who for months now have protested against a government they believe is eroding their democracy.
Bruce Harrison reports from Hong Kong.
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Ahead of her meeting with British prime minister Boris Johnson, German chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that a solution to the Irish backstop issue that has hampered Brexit talks was possible 'within thirty days'.
However, it would be up to the UK to propose a realistic alternative to making contingency plans for the Irish border in the event of a no deal Brexit.
Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has met with his German counterpart Angela Merkel in Berlin, trying to persuade the Chancellor that the EU should do a last minute deal on Brexit.
Mr Johnson wants the EU to remove the controversial Irish backstop from the Brexit deal secured by his predecessor Theresa May.
But the EU has said unless a workable alternative solution is found, the backstop stays.
However the UK Prime Minister said he believes a deal can be reached, but that probably won't happen until the very last minute.
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Uganda and Rwanda have signed a peace pact to resolve the long-standing diplomatic row between the two countries.
Angola's President João Lourenço and DR Congo's Felix Tshisekedi mediated the meeting held in the country's capital – Luanda.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda's Paul Kagame, once close allies, have exchanged public accusations of spying on each other's territory and political interference.
Michael Baleke has that report from Kampala,
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