'Scotland can't be held in Union against its will' - Sturgeon
The British prime minister refusing a second independence referendum will not be "the end of the matter", Nicola Sturgeon has insisted - as she warned Boris Johnson: "Scotland cannot be imprisoned in the Union against its will."

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Placido Domingo gets standing ovation in Milan for 50th anniversary
Opera star Placido Domingo has received a standing ovation for his 50th anniversary gala concert at the famed La Scala opera house in Italy.

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Violence flares in New Delhi over Indian citizenship law
Police fired tear gas and struck demonstrators with batons in India as thousands protested against a new law that will give citizenship to non-Muslims fleeing religious persecution from several neighbouring countries.

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Thousands of protesters return to Lebanese Parliament after crackdown in Beirut
Thousands of Lebanese protesters have defiantly returned to rally outside Parliament in Beirut, hours after security forces chased them out using tear gas and rubber bullets.

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French new wave cinema icon Anna Karina dies at 79
Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was 79.

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Major states snub calls for climate action as marathon U.N. summit wraps up
A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a U.N. climate summit ground to a close, angering smaller countries and a growing protest movement that is pushing for emergency action.

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