Rain brings relief but Australian fires not over yet
Two more people were missing in remote parts of the Australian state of New South Wales as rain and cooler temperatures brought some welcome relief to Australian communities battling wildfires on Monday.

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Brexit weakness cost Labour, Starmer admits
British Labour leadership favourite and shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer admits his party "should have taken a stronger position one way or the other" on Brexit.

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Iran in mourning as Iraq votes to expel US army
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured onto the streets yesterday to mourn General Qasem Soleimani as Iraq's parliament voted to expel US forces from the country over his assassination in Baghdad.

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117 candles: World's oldest person enjoys her cake
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

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Jihadi terrorists kill three in attack on US military airbase in Kenya
Somalia's al-Shabaab terror group killed a US military service member and two contractors yesterday in an attack on a secret military base in Kenya.

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