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Should the US send weapons to Ukraine?
Pressure grows on the US to send weapons to the Ukrainian military following recent defeats to separatist rebels who it is widely believed are being armed by Russia.
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FactCheck: is inequality really getting worse?
Shock statistics suggest the gap between rich and poor is becoming ever more extreme. But what does the evidence really show?
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Belgium deploys hundreds of anti-terror troops
Belgian defence minister announces the deployment of hundreds of troops to guard potential high-risk locations, including Jewish sites and diplomatic missions.
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Gun attack on French satirical magazine kills 12
Gunmen armed with assault rifles kill 12 people in an attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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The six books that Mark Zuckerberg should read
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says his 2015 new year’s resolution is to read a book every other week – here are six books we think he should read.
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Sony decides to show comedy film The Interview after all
Sony Pictures u-turns on its decision to pull parody film The Interview following a cyber attack blamed on North Korea – and now wants it released in cinemas on Christmas day.
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North Korea back online after internet blackout
North Korea suffers an internet outage for several hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but the US government refuses to say whether it is responsible.
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Gunman kills New York policemen in ‘revenge attack’
A man kills himself after shooting two New York City police officers, having tweeted ‘anti-police’ comments about the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
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North Korea urges joint Sony hack inquiry
North Korea denies any involvement in the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures and offers to hold a joint inquiry with the United States.
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Kurdish fighters ‘break Islamic State siege’ at Sinjar
Kurdish peshmerga forces fight back Islamic State militants from Mount Sinjar on the borders of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, freeing hundreds of Yazidis trapped by IS.
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Castro calls for embargo lift after US normalises relations
World leaders hail the turning point in US-Cuba relations, as Raul Castro urges Washington to remove its crippling, decades-old trade embargo.
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Meet the women taking up the top religious posts
The first female bishop in the Church of England is Reverend Libby Lane. The prime minister said it was an “important day for equality.” So who are the other female firsts within their religions?
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Taliban Peshawar school massacre: 132 children dead
A Taliban attack on a Pakistani school leaves scores of children dead, 121 more injured and several staff killed, according to estimates from the Pakistan army.
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Malala Yousafzai condemns Peshawar school massacre
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban, has attacked the “atrocious and cowardly” killing of more than 100 schoolchildren in Pakistan by the Islamist extremists.
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CIA’s ‘brutal’ torture methods outlined in report
A “brutal” CIA programme of torture was completely ineffective at yielding information that could have helped the security services stop an attack on US citizens, a long-awaited report shows.