UK GOVERNMENT HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING OVER IRAN TANKER SEIZURE

The UK Prime Minister is to chair an emergency meeting following the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf. 

The detainment of the Stena Impero marks escalating tensions between the UK and Iran, coming weeks after Britain helped seize a tanker carrying Iranian oil.

Holly Hudson reports. 

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Europe prepares for second bout of hot weather

Several countries in Europe are preparing for another round of unseasonably hot weather.

Temperatures of up to 40 degrees celsius have been forecast for some parts of the continent.

It follows a heatwave last month which saw several temperature records being broken.

Oliver Whitfield-Miocic has more from Brussels. 

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Voting Closes on Monday In UK Conservative Party Leadership Contest

Voting in the UK's Conservative party leadership contest will close on Monday and a new British prime minister will be announced on Tuesday.

The decision on who will lead the Conservative party and the country has been placed in the hands of the party's membership. With former Foreign secretary Boris Johnson and current foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt going head to head for the position.

UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.

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Under pressure from Indian government, TikTok to set-up local data centre

Beijing based company ByteDance, that owns the popular short video-sharing app TikTok, has said it will set-up a data centre in India.

With over 200 million users, India is the biggest market for TikTok however the company has come under the government's scanner over its data sharing norms.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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Russian opposition figures give election authorities ultimatum

Russian opposition figures have given the country's election commission an ultimatum to register independent candidates or be faced with more large protests. It comes after more than 20,000 people gathered over the weekend calling for fair elections. Julia Chapman reports from Moscow.

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AUSTRALIA: Horton protest over China swimmer competing applauded by peers

Australian swiming star Mack Horton has received a standing ovation at the athletes' village after protesting against controversial Chinese star Sun Yang's 400m freestyle win at the world swimming titles in South Korea.
Arthur Stevens reports

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AUSTRALIA: Papua New Guinea PM wants Manus Island detention ended

Papua New Guinea has told Australia it wants a timetable to end asylum seeker processing and get all those involved off Manus Island.
Its leader James Marape used a joint press conference alongside Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra to call for a "mutually workable" timetable on wrapping up Australia's offshore processing regime.
Arthur Stevens reports

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India prepares for second attempt at moon mission launch

India's space agency is preparing for its second attempt to launch its latest moon mission to the lunar south pole on Monday.

The first attempt a week ago was aborted about an hour before the launch due to "a technical snag".

(NOTE:  FIRST LINE OF INTRO WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED AFTER 0913GMT/1443IST TO SAY "…LAUNCHED ITS LATEST MOOON MISSION…", ASSUMING A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH)

Our India correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.

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Pakistani PM Imran Khan to Meet Trump at White House

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to meet President Donald Trump for the first time. (on Monday)

The White House hopes to persuade Pakistan to use its regional influence to persuade the Afghan Taliban to reach a peace deal. 

From Washington, Daniel Ryntjes reports.

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Ukraine's President secures parliamentary victory

The party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has won the largest share of the vote in the country's snap parliamentary elections.

Zelensky's Servant of the People party looks set to form a governing coalition with the pro-western Voice Party.

Mr Zelensky, a former TV comedian, swept to power in April's presidential vote and immediately called for fresh parliamentary elections.

From Moscow, Harry Horton reports.

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DRC Ebola Outbreak Declared a "Global Health Emergency" But Many Other Challenges Remain

The World Health Organization last week declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "global health emergency".

The designation may help the United Nations raise more money from donor countries to tackle the outbreak in the conflict-ridden east of the country.

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Mueller Hearing will Hear Evidence of Trump's Wrongdoing, says Committee Chair

The Chairman the U.S. House Judiciary Committee chairman says this week's hearing with Robert Mueller will include "very substantial evidence" that the President broke the law.

This will be the first time that Mueller will be questioned over the contents of the 449 page report after the conclusion of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Representative Jerrold Nadler will be chairing Wednesday's hearing and would be responsible for launching any future impeachment case.

He told Fox News Sunday that the hearing will help the public to get a better understanding of presidential wrongdoing.

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Trump Calls on 4 Congresswomen to Apologize to America

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on four female Congresswoman to apologize to America.

Last week he called on the four liberal Democrats to "go back" to where they came from.

In a twitter post, Trump said they should apologize to the US and Israel for saying "horrible (hateful) things.

One of the four Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd of supporters that the President's speech puts others in danger.

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UK TO OUTLINE IRAN RESPONSE

The UK is due to outline a response later (Monday) to the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iran.

Tehran insists 'prudence and foresight' are necessary to de-escalate tensions.

The Stena Impero oil tanker was seized on Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, accused by Iran of violating international maritime rules.

It follows the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Gibraltar two weeks ago.

Olly Barratt reports from London.

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US Rapper ASAP Rocky to remain in Stockholm Jail

US Rapper ASAP Rocky is to spend 6 more days in jail in Stockholm after a court authorized a request from prosecutors.

The 30 year old has been accused of assault, but he says he acted in self-defense.

Our US correspondent Jagruti Dave reports…

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Trump calls lawmaker Ilhan Omar 'foul mouthed', day after disavowing racist chants against her

President Trump has once again attacked Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, describing her on twitter Friday as "Foul Mouthed"

It comes just a day after he was forced to defend crowd chants of 'send her back', aimed at the minority lawmaker during his latest campaign rally

Kevin McAleese has this from Washington

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BRITISH MPS CALL ON EU TO PROTECT CITIZENS' RIGHTS IN NO-DEAL

A cross-party group of British MPs have met with the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier to call for UK citizens' rights to be protected in the event of a no-deal Brexit. 

Outside the EU Commission the emergency task force said the 5 million EU and UK nationals living abroad should not be "collateral damage" for "our failure in Britain to agree a deal."  

Holly Hudson reports. 

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UK HOME SECRETARY WANTS PUBLIC FIGURES TO MODERATE EXTREMIST LANGUAGE

Concerns over extremism are being voiced by the UK's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who is calling for better integration and for public figures to moderate their extremist language.

This, at a time following US President Donald Trump's twitter remarks, telling congresswomen to go back to the countries they originally came from.

UK correspondent Natalie Powell reports.

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French authorities on alert for AFCON football final match

Authorities in France are on alert for the Africa Cup of Nations final football match between Senegal and Algeria on Friday. 

Police have clashed with Algerian fans during the last two rounds of the competition. 

Now the team's coach is calling for calm. 

Oliver Whtifield-Miocic reports from Paris. 

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DUTCH SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS SREBRENICA LIABILITY RULING

The Dutch supreme court has upheld a ruling that the Netherlands was partially responsible for 350 deaths in Bosnia's Srebrenica massacre.

The court said the state had 10% liability, as this was the probability that its soldiers could have prevented the killings.

Bosnian Serb forces killed a total of 8,000 Muslim men in the town of Srebrenica in 1995.

Holly Hudson reports from Brussels. 

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