French journalists booked for spying over sand mining investigation in India

Two French journalists who were reportedly working on a documentary on the environmental impact of illegal sand mining in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have been booked for trespassing a government sand mining facility.

The two work for Forbidden Stories- an organisation that conducts investigations into those stories where local reporters are threatened.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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Calls for UK PM to Postpone Brexit Draft Deal Vote

British MPs are have the way through a five day debate over the Government's draft Brexit deal, before it is put to a vote on Tuesday.

Some believe the government will be defeated when the draft bill is put to a vote and are calling on Prime Minister  Theresa May to delay it.

UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.

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May continues to try to sell Brexit deal with defeat looming

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she's exploring ways to avoid falling into the backstop arrangement for Northern Ireland just days before a crucial vote on her Brexit deal that she looks set to lose. 

Around one hundred MPs have vowed to vote against her Brexit withdrawal agreement next week, many concerned that if the UK ever enters the backstop arrangement, it cannot exit it without permission from the European Union.    From London,  Catherine Drew reports. 

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Students blockade high schools as France protests continue

High school students across France are blockading their schools on Thursday, as students join the ongoing protest movement against the government.

The presidency announced on Wednesday that a controversial tax rise on fuel - which originally sparked the unrest - is now going to be cancelled, but that doesn't seem to have calmed the anger.

Elena Casas reports from Paris.

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UK MPs DEBATE BREXIT'S ECONOMIC EFFECTS

UK lawmakers are debating Brexit's economic effects, as time runs out ahead of a vote on Theresa May's deal with Brussels on Tuesday.

As the Commons debate continues, the UK government is working behind the scenes on solutions to try and win support from skeptical MPs.

Theresa May currently looks set to lose next week's Brexit vote - and would then be under significant pressure to resign.

She says her deal delivers on the result of the Brexit referendum and is committed to getting it through the Commons.

Chancellor Philip Hammond is warning it's impossible to predict what will happen if it's voted down.

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Russia set to strengthen its role in controlling world's oil and energy

Russia's role in the world energy markets is likely to be strengthened later as the club of oil-producing countries called OPEC meets to decide its future structure. Dan Ashby has the latest.

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ROK military 'monitoring' missile base cited in new research

U.S. media have reported about secret expansion at a North Korean missile base. But Seoul officials say they're well aware of this key facility in the North.

Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.

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South Korea's military says it's been closely monitoring the North Korean missile base with the U.S.

But it refused to comment further about news reports.

Citing a U.S. research institute, CNN reported satellite imagery shows the base has been active before and after this year's summit between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong-un.

The report says the base could house long-range missiles capable of striking the U.S.

North Korea has never promised this year to fully halt its weapons development.

But analysts suggest the report could undermine Washington's faith in Kim that he'll eventually give up his nuclear weapons.

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Huawei executive arrested in Canada may be extradited to US

Canadian authorities have arrested the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, on charges of breaching sanctions against Iran.

Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company's founder, was arrested in Vancouver and may be extradited to the United States.

Huawei has denied the company has breached any laws and has protested to the US and Canada.

Our Hong Kong correspondent Patrick Fok says the arrest could harm both US-China relations, and the international prospects of Huawei.

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USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy

USA Gymnastics has filed for bankruptcy — a move that comes as the organization deals with the fall-out of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.

US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more: 

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Global Carbon Emissions Jump to Record High

Global carbon emissions will jump to a record high this year, according to a trio of scientific papers by researchers with the Global Carbon Project. 

Their reports were published as the 24th annual UN climate conference opens in Poland.

Rachel Silverman has details. 

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First US charges in Panama Papers case

New York prosecutors have charged four people whose alleged tax
evasion was revealed in the Panama Papers.

These are the first criminal charges by the United States in the
investigation following the leak of millions of offshore financial
records in 2016.

US correspondent Nick Harper reports.

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George H. W. Bush funeral underway in Washington

The funeral of President George H. W. Bush is underway in Washington.

Prince Charles is representing the Queen at Washington's National Cathedral.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports,

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Trump Moves to Calm Market Skepticism over China Trade

In the first sign of a positive trade outcome following talks at the G20, China has resumed imports of US soybeans and liquefied natural gas, according to Bloomberg News.

On Twitter, President Trump has attempted to calm markets and overcome widespread skepticism about the outcome of his meeting with President Xi. 

From Washington, Daniel Ryntjes reports.

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UK GOVT PUBLISHES BREXIT LEGAL ADVICE

The UK government's published the full legal advice on its Brexit deal, after Parliament found it in contempt for not doing so.

The advice warns of 'stalemate' and Britain having to stay in the backstop 'indefinitely' to avoid a hard Irish border.

It comes as UK MPs continue to debate Theresa May's Brexit deal, ahead of a vote on it on Tuesday.

She's urging lawmakers to back it, insisting there's no other agreement on offer from the EU.

UK correspondent Olly Barratt says the three votes Mrs May lost on Tuesday, could be crucial.

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Mourners gather in Washington for George HW Bush's funeral

World leaders, former US presidents and dignitaries are in Washington for the funeral of ex President George HW Bush.

His son and 43rd US President George W Bush will deliver one of the eulogies.

Our Washington correspondent Harry Horton is outside the funeral venue:

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UK Government forced to publish legal advice on Brexit

The British Government has been forced to publish its legal advice on Brexit, after it was found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to do so.

The six page document indicates that the UK could be trapped indefinitely in a backstop arrangement, where it would be outside of the EU but inside the bloc's customs union - something that has raised many concerns among politicians.

UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.

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Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing meet again over long-delayed trade deal

South Korea, China and Japan will hold another round of free-trade talks from Thursday. They're trying to strike a three-way deal as soon as possible amid escalating trade pressures from the U.S.

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Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.

Trade officials will meet in Beijing for a 14th round of talks on a trilateral deal.

Officials in Seoul say they hope to open up goods and services markets and lower trade barriers with China and Japan.

Exporters here would get hit hard by a full-out trade war between China and the U.S.

But despite years of talks, politics and differences on how much to open markets have kept Seoul and its neighbors from striking a deal.

South Korea is increasingly looking to Southeast Asia as an export destination.

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Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.

Trade officials will meet in Beijing for a 14th round of talks on a trilateral deal.

Officials in Seoul say they hope to open up goods and services markets and lower trade barriers with China and Japan.

Exporters here would get hit hard by a full-out trade war between China and the U.S.

But despite years of talks, politics and differences on how much to open markets have kept Seoul and its neighbors from striking a deal.

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US Announces Withdrawal from INF Treaty

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his NATO allies that America will be pulling out of the INF Treaty within 60 days unless Russia falls into compliance.

The US and NATO say Russia has developed a ground base missile system that violate the 1987 treaty that kept an entire class of medium range, nuclear capable missiles out of the hands of Russia and the US. 

As our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek reports from Brussels, there's little hope at NATO that Russia will destroy the missile system that violates the treaty.

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Yellow Vests protesters reject government climbdown as too little, too late

France's « Yellow Vests » protesters have rejected a freeze on the fuel tax hike that sparked the demonstrations as too little, too late.

Demonstrators say they will march again this coming Saturday, as the government struggles to contain the discontent.

Elena Casas reports from Paris.

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