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France has charged a high-ranking public servant with treason for allegedly supplying intelligence to North Korea.
Benoit Quennedey, an administrator at the French Senate who chaired the Franco-Korean friendship association, has been bailed under strict conditions to await trial.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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US life expectancy declined last year, according to annual statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In most developed nations, life expectancy has moved upward for decades.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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President Trump says his former lawyer Michael Cohen is lying after he entered a guilty plea to charges of lying to Congress.
The President called Mr. Cohen a "very weak person".
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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President Trump's former lawyer has entered a guilty plea in a New York court to charges that he lied to Congress.
Michael Cohen is admitting that he lied about negotiations between President Trump and the Russians over a proposed property deal in Moscow.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has refused to be drawn on the course she will take if MPs vote down her EU withdrawal plan early next month.
The British leader is facing a grilling by backbench MPs about her Brexit deal which in unpopular with many leave and remain leaning MPs.
From London, Catherine Drew reports.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has refused to be drawn on the course she will take if MPs vote down her EU withdrawal deal early next month.
Theresa May says she wants MPs to focus on her deal, ignoring other potential options. She added that calls for a second referendum or a delaying of the UK's departure from the EU block are attempts to frustrate Brexit.
The agreement remains deeply unpopular with both Leave and Remain supporting MPs who will vote on December 11th.
A question from Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat about what the UK's new relationship with the EU would look like in the future, offered an unusual moment of levity.
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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to meet members of the « yellow vests » protest movement at his official residence on Friday, as the government tries to negotiate an end to the demonstrations.
Spokespeople for the group rejected a speech made by President Macron on Tuesday, saying they intend to march again this coming Saturday.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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South Korea will begin importing medical marijuana early next year, the first East Asian country to do so. It was legalized to expand medical treatment options despite the government's conservative position against pot.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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Patients with epilepsy and other rare diseases will be among the few able to obtain medical marijuana.
After receiving a doctor's prescription, use will be granted on a case-by-case basis by the government.
South Korea has tough rules against cannabis consumption and possession.
People have been sentenced to multiple years in prison for smoking it here.
And after Canada legalized recreational pot this year, Seoul issued a statement warning citizens abroad they could still be punished under Korean law for using marijuana.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says she has "no doubts" that certain western countries participated in the confrontation in the Black Sea.
Russian security forces opened fire at Ukrainian naval vessels that were trying to pass through the Kerch Strait.
Julia Chapman reports from Moscow.
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A Mississippi Republican has won the final run-off vote for the U.S. Senate, clinching the GOP's 53 to 47 hold on power in the upper house of Congress.
The Mississippi race made headlines after the Republican candidate, a white woman, made openly racist comments.
US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended the Trump administration's response to the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
After a closed door briefing he and Defense Secretary James Mattis conducted with senators from both parties, the Secretary of State said there is no direct reporting connecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the killing.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned the UK pound could plummet, inflation soar and interests rates rise in the event of a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
From London, Catherine Drew has more.
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South Korea says it will be sending a train into North Korea this Friday to survey the railways there. The two Koreas have plans to upgrade North Korea's railroads and connect them across the border with the much more modern system in the South.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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South Korea says the survey will last 18 days as proposed by North Korea.
The inspection will cover 12-hundred kilometers of North Korea's railroads.
During peace talks this year, North and South Korea said they hope to connect their railways across the border by the end of the year.
But any railroad exchanges would likely be banned under international sanctions against North Korea.
The United Nations has approved a sanctions exemption but for just the survey.
And that came after months of delays.
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A number of senior European politicians are calling for more sanctions to be imposed on Russia over an incident in the Black Sea on Sunday.
Russian border forces opened fire on Ukrainian naval vessels off the Crimean peninsula and detained 24 crew members.
From Moscow, Julia Chapman has more.
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President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort is denying that he's ever met Wikileaks founder Julian Assange or anyone connected to him.
And he's threatening legal action against The Guardian for today's explosive report that led to questions being asked at the White House.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Seven European consumer organisations are accusing Google of abusing tools that track users' locations.
This is the Google's first challenge under Europe's strict new data protection rules.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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Lawyers for President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort are refusing to comment on reports that he made several visits to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
The reports come as Mr. Manafort faces fresh accusations that he lied to prosecutors even after striking a plea bargain with them.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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French President Emmanuel Macron says he hears people's concerns about the cost of living - but he won't back down on fuel taxes.
The president launched an ambitious plan to cut France's carbon emissions, after a planned rise in tax on diesel brought over a quarter of a million people onto the streets over the last week.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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