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The man accused of the shooting rampage that left 11 people dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue has been indicted on dozens criminal counts.
He could face the death penalty.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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US President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claim that he can end the birthright citizenship policy in the US.
He says he will end the 150 year old practice one way or the other.
SU Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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France has launched a new national investigation into the number of babies being born with missing arms or hands - after a spate of cases in three regions.
An initial inquiry ended a few weeks ago, after doctors failed to find a common cause.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Russian authorities have opened a terrorism investigation after a teenager apparently set off a home-made bomb in the lobby of an office of the intelligence services. They say the bomber died on the spot and injured three others. Lucy Taylor reports from Moscow.
South Korea says it appears North Korea is preparing to host international inspectors at the nuclear testing site it claimed to demolish earlier this year. The demolition was conducted in front of foreign journalists but not outside experts.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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According to local media, South Korean Intelligence officials say they've observed preparations for inspections at North Korea's main nuclear testing grounds.
North Korea claims it used explosives in May to seal underground tunnels where it tested nuclear weapons.
But many experts say it was all for show.
After visiting Pyongyang this month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said leader Kim Jong-un promised to let inspectors in.
North Korea halted nuclear weapons and missile testing this year. But it's been criticized for keeping international inspectors out.
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The United Nations has expressed concern about an agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar's Rakhine state in November, despite UN warnings of continuing genocide there.
More than 720 thousand mostly Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in the past year, but the UN says their repatriation must be voluntary and cannot be rushed.
Our UN correspondent Liling Tan has the details from UN headquarters in New York.
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Local and national officials declined to appear with President Trump as he visited a grieving Pittsburgh.
Trump arrived in Pittsburgh shortly after the first funerals of the victims of last weekend's shooting inside a Pittsburgh synagogue began.
Rachel Silverman has that story.
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A South Korean court has ordered a major Japanese steelmaker to pay four Koreans for forced labor during Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula. The ruling could impact similar lawsuits pending in South Korea and further damage Seoul and Tokyo's troubled relations.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that orders Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation to pay the plaintiffs nearly 90-thousand dollars each.
Just one of the four men who brought the suit seeking compensation and unpaid wages is still alive.
The men said they were forced to work at Japanese steel mills in the early 1940s.
Japan and South Korea have troubled ties over their past.
Many Koreans believe Japan still owes an official apology and compensation for actions during the colonial period.
Tokyo says the issue of forced labor was settled by a 1965 treaty to restore diplomatic ties.
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Thousands of U.S. troops are preparing to go to the US- Mexican border.
The deployment comes in response to the caravan of Central American migrants making their way to the US through Mexico.
Rachel Silverman has that story.
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The British Chancellor, Philip Hammond has announced the UK's last budget before Brexit.
The chancellor promised that Austerity would be coming to an end, but the country would still need to be vigilant.
Among the announcements made, included extra funding for Brexit preparations, more spending on schools and health. He also announced a tax on plastics as well as taxing digital tech giants on the money they make from UK users.
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It's been confirmed that the owner of Leicester City Football Club was one of four people killed after his helicopter crashed outside the stadium in the UK on Saturday.
Tributes have been pouring in for the Thai billionaire who oversaw the club's transformation, where under his ownership the team won the Premier League in 2016 - after starting the season as 5,000/1 outsiders.
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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Air accident investigators are continuing to examine the crash site of a helicopter belonging to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (pro: Wy-Chai Sri-va-dana-prab-ha), the billionaire Thai owner of Leicester City football club.
Sources close to the family have told several UK media outlets that the club's owner was on board the helicopter when it spun out of control Saturday evening. From London, Catherine Drew reports.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition. The talks come as President Vladimir Putin prepares to fly to Turkey for a four-way summit on Syria. Julia Chapman has more from Moscow.
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The Politician who named Sir Philip Green as the businessman accused in a British newspaper of sexual and racial harassment has defended his actions.
Lord Peter Hain used parliamentary privilege - a legal immunity designed to allow Parliamentarians to carry out their duties free from interference - to reveal that retail tycoon Sir Philip Green had placed an injunction on his name and details of the allegations being published.
But some believe Lord Hain did the wrong thing, as UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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Generals from North and South Korea's militaries have held another round talks at the DMZ. They aim to form a committee they hope prevents accidental clashes and other crises along the heavily armed border dividing the Koreas.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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North and South Korea both have powerful armies and weapons massed along the border.
So, under a deal signed last month, they're forming a committee to prevent military aggression.
At their latest high-level meeting, the Koreas discussed who would make up that committee and how it would manage the reduction of guard posts along the DMZ.
Regular committee meetings would also discuss troop movements and military exercises on both sides of the border.
The meeting comes after both sides removed firearms and troops and guard posts from the Joint Security Area in the DMZ.
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