Mary Kenny: 'Parties facing new questions in the shadow of terror attack'
After the atrocity at London Bridge last Friday evening, much electioneering was - rightly - suspended for a day. But the disclosure that 28-year-old knifeman Usman Khan had served a jail sentence for terrorist offences will very likely favour the Conservatives, at least in the immediate term.

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At least 14 dead in Mexico gun battle near Texas border
At least 14 people have been killed in a gun battle in Mexico.

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China accuses UN rights chief of inflaming Hong Kong unrest
China has accused the UN high commissioner for human rights of emboldening &radical violence& in Hong Kong.

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This year has been one of the hottest on record, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.

The UN body says the planet has seen a decade of "exceptional" heat - and since 2015, each year has broken records for being the warmest.

Data from January to October reveals temperatures have been 1.1C above pre-industrial levels, putting 2019 on course

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The Trump administration is threatening to slap tariffs on French products worth billions of dollars.

Champagne, luxury handbags and Roquefort cheese could be affected under the proposals, which are in response to France's new tax on US tech firms.

The Office of the US Trade Representative invited comments on the proposed tariffs, which could hit

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A second person has been found alive after being stranded in the Australian Outback for almost two weeks.

Phu Tran was discovered by a farmer in a remote area south of Alice Springs, the Northern Territory police confirmed.

The 40-year-old, who is being treated in hospital, survived by drinking groundwater.

He was with two other people who became

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