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A drinks supply machine at a McDonald's restaurant where two employees were fatally electrocuted last week had experienced an electrical fault but the issue was not escalated, according to the firm's franchise manager in Peru.

All of Peru's 29 McDonald's restaurants have been closed while the fast-food chain's local operator, Arcos Dorados,

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Female darts player Fallon Sherrock is celebrating her second historic win against a man this week at the World Championships.

The 25-year-old Englishwoman eliminated Number 11-ranked Mensur Suljovic with a 3-1 win in the second round of the PDC World Championship on Saturday evening.

Sherrock's victory followed her 3-2 win on Tuesday against Ted

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Seven individuals have passed away after a terrible storm battered components of Europe, with citizens and also vacationers alerted there are more severe winds still to come.France, Portugal as well as Spain have actually all been struck by Storm Elsa, which has flooded rivers, taken down high-voltage line and also interfered with transport links including rail and air travel.Five of the fatalities have actually remained in
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A major contractor working on a gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany has stopped work after the United States imposed sanctions on firms involved in the project.

Nord Stream 2 runs through the Baltic Sea, from Ust Luga in the east, near St Petersburg, to the town of Greifswald, near the Germany-Poland border.

In doing so, it by passes Ukraine,

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Boris Johnson has served Christmas lunch to British troops based in Estonia on a one-day visit to the Baltic country.

Mr Johnson thanked the servicemen and women for their work as he joined them for lunch at the Tapa military base near the capital Tallinn.

The base hosts 850 British troops from the Queen's Royal Hussars who lead the NATO

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President Trump has launched America's first new military service in 70 years - the US Space Force.

Mr Trump said "space is the world's new war-fighting domain" as he signed off the $1.4 trillion (£1.08 trillion) National Defence Authorisation Act.

Space Force is part of a package that also provides money for a US-Mexico border wall.

During a

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