Man charged with sexual assault after girl 'snatched' from outside Harrods
Moment members of public step in to calm horse charging through London
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‘Lost’ Klimt masterpiece sells for £26m after mysterious recovery
Painting ‘believed lost for approximately 100 years’
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Sadiq Khan admits mayoral elections will be judgement day on Ulez and other transport policies
Asked at a BBC London TV hustings whether he had succeeded in bringing Londoners with him on clean air and car travel, he says: ‘We will find out on May 2’
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Almost 100 detained at anti-government protest in Armenia, media say
The protesters had blocked traffic in the city centre and, according to police, had refused to comply with their orders. News.am said police forcefully dispersed the rally. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has faced criticism at home after agreeing to cede several border areas to neighbour and longtime rival Azerbaijan as part of a peace deal.
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Philippine court blocks GMO 'golden rice' production over safety fears
A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns."By reason of the conflicting scientific views and uncertainties on the risks and effects of Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant, potential severe and grave threats to the welfare of people and the environment arise," the court said.
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Burkina Faso’s army executed 223 civilians in ‘mass killings’, says Human Rights Watch
Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the country's northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and some 56 children were among the dead, according to the report. The human rights organization called on the United Nations and the African Union to provide investigators and to support local
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‘There was blood all over the ground’: How stabbings brought horror to close-knit mining town
It was just after 11.15am at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, when the public address system announced a “Code Red”.
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UK tourists left 'stranded' in Dubai and deserted with 'one cup of water'
Shannon Maguire, 25, said the airport was "like the purge" as airlines "ran out" of accommodation for stranded tourists during her trip abroad.
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