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Turkey

Clashes as Turkey bans Gay Pride in Istanbul

Police stopped activists for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersexed rights from gathering in large numbers

Pakistan

Pakistan oil tanker blast kills more than 140 people

Most of the victims died while trying to siphon fuel from stricken lorry

World News

Several killed in Brazil bus crash

A truck laden with rocks collided with a bus and two ambulances killing at least 21 people according to police

United Kingdom

Row erupts over Johnny Depp's 'killing joke' about Trump

The actor appeared to threaten the US President during an appearance at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset

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Korea

Jail for close confidante of ex-South Korean president

Choi was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite

USA

Republicans reveal Obamacare replacement bill

Four senior Republicans say they are "not ready to back" the bill, Democrats attack the measure as "even meaner"

United Kingdom

Daniel Day-Lewis shocks Hollywood by retiring from acting

The Anglo-Irish actor was the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars

United Kingdom

Several casualties after van is driven into pedestrians in north London

Police attend reports of several casualties after a van was driven into pedestrians in North East London

France

French opposition parties prepare for turbulent times

France's parliamentary election results reveal deep splits over strategy across opposition parties

France

Macron's En Marche secures parliamentary majority

French President Emmanuel Macron won a resounding victory in parliamentary election, sweeping aside traditional parties

Portugal

Devastating forest fire kills more than 60 in central Portugal

Emergency service workers in Portugal battle a raging forest fire that's claimed dozens of lives.

France

Macron's En Marche poised for big win in French parliamentary poll

French President Emmanuel Macron's Republique En Marche is projected to do well in National Assembly elections

Japan

Several sailors missing after US navy ship collision

The waterways approaching Tokyo Bay are busy with commercial vessels sailing to and from Japan’s two biggest container ports in Tokyo and Yokohama.

Germany

European leaders pay homage to Helmut Kohl

Kohl overcame resistance to reunification from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher who feared the return of a powerful, united Germany.

United Kingdom

Anger erupts over London tower block fire

Protests across capital as recriminations increase over why safety fears were ignored

Business Series

Amazon spends 12bn euros to buy Whole Foods Market

Online retailer could make high-end grocer into mass market merchant

Sport

Unseeded Ostapenko wins historic French Open title

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko is first unseeded woman to win Roland Garros since Briton Margaret Scriven in 1933

Europe News

Brussels' mixed response to May's dismal defeat

There seems to be a scent of schadenfreude among some EU figures over Theresa May's devastating defeat in Britain's general election

Europe News

EU nations back plans for prosecutors office to fight financial fraud

The European Commission estimates at least 50-billion euros per year is lost because of cross-border VAT fraud.

Europe News

EU reveals plans for unified military and defence strategy

Brussels has bowed to pressure to boost military ties to show it can provide security in the face of terrorist attacks and a resurgent Russia.

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