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‘We are not pursuing any kind of imperialistic aims, we are protecting our rights’ – Turkey’s defence minister on dispute with Greece
Turkey’s Defence minister has accused the French President of “trying to take on the role of Napoleon” during the crisis pitting Greece and Turkey against each other in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Greece and Turkey accuse each other of breaking the international law of the sea
Fossil fuels might be going out of fashion, but a dispute over the right to drill for natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean has provoked fears that two NATO allies could come to blows.
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Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia holds first Muslim prayers in 86 years
President Erdogan of Turkey has joined huge crowds in Istanbul, for the first Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia since the 1,500-year-old former church was turned back into a mosque.
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We’ve read Trump’s niece’s book – here’s what’s in it
It’s another tell-all book about President Trump which had to fight against a legal bid to stop it from being published.
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Raab unveils UK sanctions against human rights abusers
The government has announced a new regime of sanctions for individuals accused of gross human rights abuses. Our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman, reports from outside the Foreign Office.
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John Bolton claims Trump was ‘surprised’ to hear UK was a nuclear power
As national security advisor, John Bolton was at the heart of the Trump White House, lasting as long as 18 months.
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Back to school: What we can learn from Denmark’s coronavirus response
In Denmark – children under 11 have been back at school for more than a month – while secondary pupils went back to their classrooms on Monday.
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Lessons from Denmark on schools reopening
Denmark has been hailed as a role model for the successful reopening of schools – they were the first country in Europe to reopen primary schools.
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Senior members of Saudi royal family arrested
Three senior Saudi Arabian princes have been arrested for reportedly plotting a coup.
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Former Nissan chief Ghosn criticises ‘rigged’ Japanese justice
In his first public appearance since he was smuggled out of Japan, the former boss of Nissan today framed himself as the victim of an inhumane justice system and a corporate coup.
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Trump vows to strike ‘very fast and very hard’ if Iran retaliates against US
Sitting in his Florida mansion, President Donald Trump took to Twitter and vowed to strike ‘very fast and very hard’ if Iran attacked Americans or their assets.
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Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee on his murder: ‘Those in Saudi Arabia who carried this out should not be able to escape’
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week was the most depraved attack on a journalist in modern times.
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UAE accused of torture and running secret prisons
The role played by UAE in the Yemen conflict has gone largely unnoticed. Yet the country stands accused of conducting a dirty war on the ground. We speak to a former prisoner who accuses the UAE of running secret prisons and subjecting hundreds of people to torture.
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Khashoggi case: Police tracing movements of van that could have removed body
Reports from Turkey tonight suggest police are retracing the journey of a black van which may have removed the journalist’s body. The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, says he wants to give the Saudi authorities a few more days to investigate the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Skripal suspects claim they were just visiting Salisbury cathedral
The two men named by the UK Government as suspects in the Salisbury novichok poison attack claim they were just tourists, trying to sight-see in the city.