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The President of the European Council says he dreams of Brexit being scrapped and that we cannot give in to fatalism.
President Donald Tusk was addressing the European Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg and reflecting on the delay to Brexit the EU granted the UK.
Our Europe Correspondent Briohny Williams has more.
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South Korea has marked the five-year anniversary of a ferry sinking that killed hundreds of high school students. Many South Koreans believe justice has still not yet been delivered for the victims.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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Initial investigations reported the ship was overloaded with cargo and capsized.
But more a more recent investigation says that can't be confirmed.
The captain and crew have been tried and convicted on a number of charges.
But victims' families and others say the government is truly to blame.
Some allege the former government blocked a proper investigation to cover up its botched rescue response.
And the families want to see government officials go to jail.
304 people drowned when the ship went down, mostly students on a field trip.
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EU Institutional leaders have expressed sorrow after the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris was partly destroyed in a fire.
Pictures of the devastation cover many of Europe's newspapers.
From Brussels, Briohny Williams has more
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Muslim Congressperson Ilhan Omar says death threats against her have increased following a tweet by US President Donald Trump.
Omar called the President's tweet hateful and inflammatory. US Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports.
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The report by US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller that reportedly clears President Trump of any collusion with the Russians in the 2016 Presidential election is to be published on Thursday.
So far, only a summary of its purported conclusions have been presented by President Trump's Attorney General.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The European Union can start trade negotiations with the United States after its member states voted to approve the negotiating mandates put forward by the European Commission.
It's thought a trade deal could be agreed by the end of the year.
With the details here's Briohny Williams in Brussels.
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France is selling weapons to Saudi Arabia that are being used in the conflict in Yemen, according to classified documents leaked to the press on Monday.
The government, which had previously refused to admit this, has not denied the documents are real but says the arms are only being used for defensive purposes.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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