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The United States is making plans to withdraw all American forces from Syria by the end of April, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The report cites unnamed current and former US officials.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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France has recalled its ambassador to Italy from Rome for consultations, after a series of attacks on the French government by Italian politicians.
The latest came on Tuesday - when deputy prime minister Luigi di Maio met Yellow Vest protesters who are running in the European elections outside of Paris.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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South Korea and the U.S. are said to be nearing the end of negotiations on sharing the cost to keep U.S. troops in South Korea. The U.S. president maybe not be getting the deal he hoped for.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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A South Korean lawmaker told reporters the talks are in their final stage.
A decision on sharing the bill for U.S. troops in South Korea has been delayed for months.
Seoul officials have said the Trump administration had demanded South Korea pay twice its current share.
South Korea paid roughly 850 million dollars last year.
According to Yonhap News, the lawmaker says a new one-year deal will cost roughly 890 million dollars.
It's a jump of around eight percent, but not the high-price tag President Trump had pursued.
Trump has suggested in the past that America's allies are freeloading.
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The French prime minister's office has admitted tipping off prosecutors about possible leaks to the website Mediapart - whose offices police attempted to search on Monday.
It's generated a major row about the journalists' right to keep their sources private - in a case that could prove very embarrassing to the French President.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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The United States has said it is 'deeply concerned' about a Danish man in Russia, who has been jailed for six years for being a Jehovah's Witness. The case is the first in more than a hundred criminal cases against members of the group, which Russia's Supreme Court calls 'extremist'. Lucy Taylor reports.
The United States Army plans to purchase Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.
The system targets incoming rockets and fires an interceptor missile to destroy them in the air.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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