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• Hillary Clinton suggests the Tories lack ‘empathy’ in warning over ‘divisive’ Brexit rhetoric

  14-10-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton has suggested Theresa May's Tory Government lacks "empathy" as she called for an end to the "divisive rhetoric and policy" that has emerged in the wake of Brexit.The former US presidential hopeful, speaking in Swansea as she completes a tour of the UK, raised the issue of EU citizens' uncertain futures once Britain cuts ties with Brussels in 2019.As she was presented with an honorary doctorate at Swansea University for her commitment to promoting the rights of families and childr
  
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• Victim of Las Vegas shooting wakes up from coma after bullet struck her forehead

  14-10-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Tina Frost, 27, woke from a coma on Friday to take her first steps since sustaining a bullet to the forehead from being shot by Stephen Paddock on the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.
  
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• Clinton attacks Trump's handling of Iran, North Korea

  14-10-2017 23:34 via abcnews.go.com
  Says Trump's threat to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord is "dangerous."
  
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• European Rugby Champions Cup: Exeter 24-15 Glasgow

  14-10-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Premiership champions Exeter grind out victory over Glasgow to get off to a winning start in the Champions Cup.
  
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• Syria: Local militants evacuate as Raqqa battle nears end

  14-10-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition and local officials said Saturday that Syrian Islamic State fighters and civilians will be allowed to evacuate Raqqa, a deal that signals the imminent capture of the city but flouts earlier U.S. protests of negotiating safe exits for the extremist group.
  
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• Watford 2-1 Arsenal

  14-10-2017 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Arsene Wenger is unhappy as a debatable penalty helps Watford beat Arsenal 2-1.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein expelled from motion picture academy

  14-10-2017 23:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Weinstein's films have been nominated for 341 Oscars and have won 81.
  
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• Motion Picture Academy kicks out Weinstein

  14-10-2017 22:58 via money.cnn.com
  Harvey Weinstein -- who more than anyone defined and shaped the sharp-elbowed art of Oscar campaigning -- has been expelled from the group that presents the Academy Awards.
  
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• Man wounded in shooting during fight in Tombstone saloon

  14-10-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities say a saloon shooting in the Old West town of Tombstone put one man in the hospital with a leg wound and another in jail.
  
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• Don’t Worry About North Korea: Venezuela Is the Problem

  14-10-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  As Donald Trump continues to recklessly handle North Korea, a humanitarian crisis in the South American nation could pose a larger problem for the U.S.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Kicked Out Of Motion Picture Academy

  14-10-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to expel Harvey Weinstein after holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the onslaught of sexual harassment and assault allegations directed at the Hollywood mogul.
  
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• Trump's 'Obamacare' move jolts health care, political worlds

  14-10-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's abrupt move to cut off federal payments to insurers jolted America's health care and political worlds alike, threatening to boost premiums for millions, disrupt insurance markets and shove Republicans into a renewed civil war over their efforts to shred "Obamacare."
  
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• Trump's Obamacare Sabotage Is Doing Real Damage To American Health Care

  14-10-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  That was the conclusion many health care industry officials and analysts had reached by week’s end, following a pair of blows that President Donald Trump delivered to the Affordable Care Act ― and, indirectly, to the millions of people who buy private health insurance on their own.
  
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• A Secretive NYC Backchannel May Be The Best Hope For Avoiding War With North Korea

  14-10-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  In Midtown Manhattan, in a building that also hosts a dermatologist, a sports medicine doctor and a package tour operator, two North Korean diplomats run a backchannel line of communication to U.S. officials in Washington.
  
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• Woman at Las Vegas shooting loses California home to wildfires

  14-10-2017 22:12 via cnn.com
  As a former firefighter and paramedic, Michella Flores has seen her fair share of emergency situations. But over the past couple of weeks she became a victim herself, and began to see things from a different perspective. She hasn't really slept in days.
  
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• 'My Ride or Die.' Woman Flees California Wildfires on a Bike With Her 70-Pound Dog in a Duffel Bag

  14-10-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  "I would never part ways with my dog. Ever."
  
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• Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great

  14-10-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  The Communist party prepares to hail mid-point of Xi Jinping’s 10-year term. But what do people make of their leader? Like most residents of the sun-kissed fishing village of Tanmen, Huang Jie will never forget the day China’s “chairman of everything” came to town. It was the afternoon of 8 April 2013 – just a few months after Xi Jinping had taken power – and he was using one of his first presidential trips to pay a morale-boosting visit to the sailors on the
  
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• Beijing struggles to curb poverty and pollution while keeping its markets open to competition | Phillip Inman

  14-10-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Party leaders have allowed a massive state and private sector borrowing binge that the IMF sees as a threat to China’s stabilityThere is a steel toboggan run offering rides down the side of the Great Wall of China that would fail the UK’s most basic health and safety tests. It could be a metaphor for the Chinese economy if, as many people believe, Communist party leaders allow a credit bubble to run out of control in a desperate attempt to maintain an electrifying 7% growth rate.The
  
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• The Latest: Russia says Syrian army taken key IS-held town

  14-10-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Coffey Park is Ground Zero for California fire devastation

  14-10-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The warnings about impending doom came suddenly and in different ways. Frantic pounding on doors. Blaring fire alarms. Commotion outside windows.
  
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• Chili cheese dog pizza is the easiest dinner dish

  14-10-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  This chili cheese dog pizza recipe is the perfect at-home carnival food 
  
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• U.S.-backed SDF to let Syrian Islamic State fighters leave Raqqa

  14-10-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  By John Davison and Tom Perry AIN ISSA, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Islamic State fighters are set to abandon Raqqa in a withdrawal agreed with U.S.-backed Syrian militias that have them surrounded, a militia spokesman said on Saturday, as the jihadists' defeat in their former Syrian capital edged closer. Officials gave conflicting accounts on whether foreign fighters would also be leaving the city, where the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been battling to defeat Islamic Sta
  
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• Islamic State loses al-Mayadeen in eastern Syria: military source

  14-10-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Syrian government and allied forces have taken the eastern town of al-Mayadeen from Islamic State, a Syrian military source said on Saturday, further weakening the militants' diminishing presence in Syria.Al-Mayadeen, near the Iraqi border in Deir al Zor province, had become a major base for Islamic State militants as they were being driven out of their de facto Syrian capital in Raqqa city by a U.S.-backed offensive.Over the past few months many of the individuals which the U.S.-led coalition a
  
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• Deadly truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia

  14-10-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  A huge truck bomb explosion killed at least 20 people in Mogadishul, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they'd heard in years.
  
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• Bob Weinstein says 'sick and depraved' brother Harvey Weinstein abused him

  14-10-2017 21:18 via abcnews.go.com
  "I am not looking for one bit of sympathy from anyone," he said.
  
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• 100 ISIS fighters surrender in Raqqa in coalition battle to retake Syrian city

  14-10-2017 21:17 via abcnews.go.com
  An estimated 300 to 400 ISIS fighters remain in the city.
  
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• Trump's lawyers: Courts have no say over his Twitter feed

  14-10-2017 21:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Lawyers for President Donald Trump say a judge should reject a lawsuit challenging Trump's ability to block his critics from following him on Twitter
  
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• Tony Blair: ‘We were wrong to boycott Hamas after its election win’

  14-10-2017 21:01 via theguardian.com
  Former prime minister says international community should have tried to pull militant Islamic faction ‘into a dialogue’ over its refusal to recognise IsraelTony Blair has said for the first time that he and other world leaders were wrong to yield to Israeli pressure to impose an immediate boycott of Hamas after the Islamic faction won Palestinian elections in 2006.As prime minister at the time, Blair offered strong support for the decision – driven by the George W Bush White Ho
  
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• Girl dies after falling from cruise ship's interior deck to one below

  14-10-2017 20:50 via abcnews.go.com
  A girl died Saturday after falling from one deck to another on a cruise ship docked in Miami, officials said.
  
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• Bannon hits GOP senators who failed to defend Trump over Corker feud

  14-10-2017 20:46 via abcnews.go.com
  Steve Bannon took GOP senators to the mat after none spoke out publicly condemning Bob Corker's recent attacks against the president.
  
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• Evacuation deal for Isil fighters in Syria's Raqqa as city's capture nears

  14-10-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  A convoy will leave Syria's Raqqa on Saturday under an evacuation deal agreed as a US-backed force battles to seize Isil's last positions in the city. The US-led coalition said the deal for the evacuation would exclude foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters, but left unclear whether Syrian jihadists would be able to quit their one-time stronghold. The agreement, reached by local officials, comes after days of talks on a way for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to
  
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• Kenya boarding school attack leaves six dead

  14-10-2017 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  An ex-pupil and two accomplices attacked the dormitories in the early hours, the head teacher says.
  
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• Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump's move on Iran nuclear deal

  14-10-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday.U.S. President Donald Trump refused on Friday to formally certify that Tehran was complying with the 2015 accord even though international inspectors say it is.
  
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• Twitter gives profile names of Russian-linked accounts to Senate panel

  14-10-2017 20:16 via cnn.com
  Twitter has given staff of the Senate intelligence committee profile names of 201 accounts linked to Russian efforts at interfering in last year's election, two sources with knowledge of the matter confirm to CNN.
  
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• Twitter gives profile names of Russian-linked accounts to Senate investigators

  14-10-2017 20:16 via cnn.com
  Twitter has given staff of the Senate intelligence committee profile names of 201 accounts linked to Russian efforts at interfering in last year's election, two sources with knowledge of the matter confirm to CNN.
  
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• Police In Arizona Believe They May Have Found Body of Missing Teacher

  14-10-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Police say they believe a missing kindergarten teacher last seen bailing Charlie Malzahn out of jail in Flagstaff is dead
  
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• Evacuation deal for Syria's Raqa as city's capture nears

  14-10-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Foreign and Syrian jihadists from the Islamic State group are to evacuate their former stronghold of Raqa, as US-backed forces near the capture of the city, a senior official said Saturday.Omar Alloush, a senior member of the local Raqa Civil Council, told AFP the deal would see IS fighters either turn themselves in or leave on buses, possibly to neighbouring Deir Ezzor province.The news of an evacuation of IS fighters came shortly after the US-led coalition backing the assault on the city annou
  
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• Mother and Son Get Prison for Killing and Pouring Acid on Her Estranged Husband

  14-10-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  They were found guilty in July of murder and evidence tampering
  
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• California inmates battle wildfires for $1 an hour

  14-10-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  As wildfires rage across northern California, a group of low-paid firefighters is on the front lines.  Inmates in California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been fighting wildfires for $1 an hour. Some have worked as long as 72 hours straight.  The men and women fighting the wildfires work throughout 43 adult conservation camps in the state, CNN reported. As part of their work there, they clear hiking trails and flood channels and cut brush and trees, both to preven
  
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• Somalia: Deadly explosion hits Mogadishu

  14-10-2017 19:31 via cnn.com
  At least 20 people were killed and many more injured Saturday in a massive vehicle bomb explosion at a busy junction in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a senior police officer said.
  
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• Somalia: At least 30 dead in Mogadishu blasts

  14-10-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The death toll is expected to rise after an explosives-laden truck detonated in Mogadishu.
  
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• Wild elephants trample to death four Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

  14-10-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Wild elephants trampled sleeping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, killing three children and a woman in the second such incident since the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar in just a few weeks.Many trees on the forested hills of Balukhali in southern Bangladesh, where the incident took place, have been chopped down to house the massive influx of Rohingya Muslims escaping violence in neighboring Myanmar.Tar
  
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• Bannon: Trump Will Win In 2020 by 400 Electoral Votes

  14-10-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  The former White House chief strategist hit back at reports he didn't believe the president would see out first term.
  
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• Student Flees Wildfire On Bike Carrying 70-Pound Dog In Duffel Bag

  14-10-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  A college student who fled the deadly wildfire that swept through Santa Rosa, California, on Monday night would never leave her dog behind.
  
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• Woman Dies in Husband's Arms While Taking Shelter in Swimming Pool To Escape California Wildfire

  14-10-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  They waited in the pool for hours, but she didn't make it.
  
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• Trump raises danger of war after move on Iran nuclear deal, Germany warns

  14-10-2017 18:21 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s decision to not certify the nuclear pact signed with Iran could bring the danger of war close to Europe, Germany’s foreign minister has warned.Mr Trump has given the US Congress days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted in 2016 as part of the deal, and warned that he may seek to terminate the deal completely.Speaking to Deutschlandfunk radio, Mr Gabriel said that Mr Trump had sent a “difficult and dangerous signal” when the US ad
  
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• Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast capital – video

  14-10-2017 18:21 via theguardian.com
  At least four people were killed when a cargo plane plunged into the sea near Abidjan international airport. The wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 10 people, was swept onto a beach where rescuers started treating survivors on the sand. The four people killed were Moldovan,and four French nationals and two Moldovans were injured. The crash occurred during a storm. Abidjan's airport is in a heavily populated area, but there were no apparent victims on the ground Continue reading...
  
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• 'Selfie' tourist falls to death at India temple

  14-10-2017 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Roger Stotesbury fell 30ft while taking photos at an Indian temple during a world trip with his wife.
  
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• Poland doctors rally for higher pay, more health care funds

  14-10-2017 18:14 via abcnews.go.com
  Hundreds of young doctors are rallying in front of the Polish prime minister's office to demand pay increases and more money for the country's chronically strapped health care system
  
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• Some police try out gun cameras

  14-10-2017 18:13 via abcnews.go.com
  A small number of police departments are showing interest in a new type of video camera that can be mounted directly on officers' guns
  
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