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At least 29 people have died and dozens more injured after a bus carrying German tourists crashed on the Portuguese Island of Madeira.
The bus veered off a road and down a steep hillside east of the capital Funchal
Our Europe Correspondent Briohny Williams has more.
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Police in London have made nearly 400 arrests after several days of climate protests, which continue.
Three people have been charged with obstructing trains by an unlawful act - after several activists climbed on top of a train at Canary Wharf on Wednesday.
The Extinction Rebellion group behind the demonstrations says it intends to carry on causing disruption in London until the end of the month.
It wants the UK government to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2025.
But former London police chief Lord Stevens believes the policing response has been inadequate at key locations where protesters have blocked roads and transport hubs.
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North Korea claims to have tested a new kind of weapon. This comes as Washington and Pyongyang struggle to make progress in talks over Kim Jong-un's nuclear program.
Bruce Harrison has more from Seoul.
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North Korean state media reports the new tactical guided weapon has a 'powerful warhead.'
The report is vague, but the description suggests this was not a ballistic missile or nuclear device.
The news comes as the U.S. and North Korea struggle to maintain talks.
President Donald Trump has met leader Kim Jong-un twice.
But Trump appears no closer to convincing Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.
The report also puts greater pressure on South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The public here is growing more convinced he'll be unable to maintain peace talks.
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North Korea says it has test-fired a new weapon, although it's not clear whether it was a ballistic missile.
Kim Jong Un reportedly watched the test in a move that could undermine talks to arrange a possible third summit meeting with President Trump.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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The EU is proposing tariffs on billions of dollars worth of US goods in retaliation to the ongoing dispute over Boeing aircraft subsidies.
It comes just days after Washington threatened tariffs on 11 billion dollars worth of EU goods in response to Airbus subsidies.
From Brussels, Briohny Williams has more…
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Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš will debate the future of Europe with EU politicians in Strasbourg later.
The debates between MEPs and EU heads of state or government is a way of looking at how the EU can adapt to meet certain challenges.
Briohny Williams has more from Brussels.
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Police have arrested a man in South Korea after he allegedly set a fire in an apartment building and stabbed five people to death as they fled.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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The man reportedly yelled 'there's a fire' and then waited.
Local media, citing the police, say as victims ran out of the building, the man began stabbing them with a deadly weapon.
The attack took place in the small southern city of Jinju.
Five people were killed, including a 12-year-old girl.
Five others were injured and even more are being treated for smoke inhalation.
The unnamed suspect told police he did it because he wasn't being paid on time.
But the local government says he never reported overdue wages.
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Amid stalled progress in nuclear talks with North Korea, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has shifted his focus to diplomacy in Central Asia.
Bruce Harrison tells us more about the president's ongoing trip.
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President Moon is now visiting Turkmenistan.
It's just the second time for a South Korean head to state to travel there.
He hopes to expand cooperation between the countries in ICT, energy and infrastructure.
Moon will also visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as part of his government's new policy to boost economic and diplomatic ties countries in North and Central Asia.
But he'll shift his focus back to Kim Jong-un shortly.
Moon has recently said he's willing to meet the North Korean leader again at anytime, and anyplace.
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