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Bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund
German police investigating the bomb attack on the Dortmund football team bus say a letter found near the scene suggests a possible Islamist link – and one suspect has been taken into custody. But they admitted they are still “in the dark” as to the motive.
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Hundreds killed in Mosul airstrike
There are conflicting reports from the Iraqi city of Mosul over who carried out an air strike on a building which witnesses say killed 200 people.
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Putin discusses Syria with Erdogan
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has been meeting the Turkish President in Moscow, before an expected attempt to oust militant Islamic State fighters from the Syrian city of Raqqa.
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Wilders poised to make gains in Dutch elections
He’s a bleached-blond, anti-Islam, far-right politician who’s riding a populist wave… not Donald Trump, this is Geert Wilders, poised to make sweeping gains in next week’s Dutch elections.
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Syrian forces make gains against IS
US-backed Syrian fighters say they’ve cut the main road south from the city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the extremist Islamic State group.
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Iraqi forces launch new Mosul offensive
US-backed Iraqi forces have launched a new offensive on Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul.
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‘Chemical attack’ in Mosul
Five women and two children are suffering from what could be exposure to toxic chemical agents in the Iraqi city of Mosul, says the International Red Cross, during a battle between Iraqi forces and fighters from the extremist Islamic State group.
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FactCheck: are most asylum seekers really economic migrants?
Mr Farage is wrong to suggest that most people who claim to be refugees are really found to be economic migrants.
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Yazidi children turned into suicide bombers by Isis
The assault on the Yazidi people of Northern Iraq was one of the defining images of the extremist Islamic State group’s rampage through Syria and Iraq. Many were killed or captured, facing a future of sex slavery and servitude. Some children were even recruited by Isis as suicide bombers.
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The battle for western Mosul
Iraq’s second city is both symbolically and financially crucial for the Islamic State group as much of their income comes in taxes they impose there. Last month US-backed Iraqi forces took control of the city’s east. Today’s gains signal a breakthrough in their battle for the western half, as Diana Magnay reports.
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Isis suicide bomber is former Guantanamo detainee
A photograph released by the Islamic State group of a British suicide bomber in Mosul shows British ex-Guantanamo detainee Jamal Al-Harith.
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Battle for Mosul intensifies
Iraqi government forces launch an offensive to free the western part of the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State group.
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Yazidis affected by Trump travel ban
Amongst those who hope that window of opportunity will stay open are the Yazidis, who,having fled Islamic State militants, are waiting in Iraqi refugee camps in the hope of being allowed asylum in the United States.
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Marine Le Pen launches her presidential campaign
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has launched her presidential campaign – hoping to cash in on the kind of populism that propelled Donald Trump to power.
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FactCheck: big differences between Trump and Obama on refugees
It’s true that in 2011, the processing of Iraqi refugees entering the US slowed down after tighter vetting was introduced. But it wasn’t an outright ban.
