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India

Mobile operators say mobile coverage suspended in parts of Delhi

Airtel and Vodafone India say they were told to shut down mobile and internet coverage in parts of capital in a bid to quell protests

United Kingdom

Watch again: Queen's speech as she opens UK parliament

Boris Johnson's new government will set out its legislative agenda after its election triumph.

Egypt

Prosecutor says Egypt of deliberately hiding cause of PhD's death

The 28-year-old researcher was found dead in a ditch by the side of the road in Cairo in February 2016

USA

Trump impeached on charges of abuse of power, obstruction

Donald Trump has become the third sitting U.S President to be formally impeached by the House of Representatives

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Japan

Japan journalist wins civil suit against alleged rapist

Tokyo District Court has ordered Noriyuki Yamaguchi to pay 3.3m yen (€27,000) in damages to the journalist after he allegedly raped her in in 2015.

Estonia

Estonian minister keeps job after calling Finnish PM a 'shop girl'

Embarassed lawmakers in Estonia voted 44 to 42 to remove Mart Helme as interior minister, but the motion failed because it required 51 votes to pass.

Pakistan

Exiled former Pakistan president Musharraf sentenced to death

The 76-year-old ruled as President of Pakistan between 2001 and 2008 having originally seizing power in a military coup in 1999.

New Zealand

Police release updated list of White Island volcano victims

At least 18 people have died or are missing following the eruption of the Whakaari volcano in the Bay of Plenty last week

Albania

Kosovan president caught up in aftershock when visiting quake victims

Hashim Thaci was on a visit to the town of Thumanë to express his sympathy and support to the victims of Tuesday's earthquake

Georgia

Police deploy water cannon at protesters in Tbilisi outside parliament

Protesters are calling for electoral reforms to be sped up as they say the current system unfairly favours the ruling party

World News

Politicians are calling for a mandatory food labelling across Europe

The Nutri-Score system was introduced in France by the Sante Publique Francais

Germany

Remembering the last person killed trying to escape to west Berlin

Winfried Freudenberg died after falling from the hot air balloon he used to fly over the Berlin wall

Germany

Dresden declares 'Nazi emergency' over far-right threat

The German city has seen the rise of extremism in recent years and was the birthplace of Pegida.

United Kingdom

Raab to call Pompeo over fatal car crash involving US diplomat's wife

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will call US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the case of Anne Sacoolas

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Extinction Rebellion activists glue hands to ground in central London

Activists blocked roads and bridges all over London's government district of Westminster, calling on politicians to take urgent action to curb carbon emissions.

France

Scientists win Ig Nobel prize for testing temperature of testicles

The Ig Nobel prizes are for experiments which "make you laugh then make you think"

USA

Greta Thunberg joins climate change protest outside White House

16-year-old Swedish climate activist in the US to attend a UN summit on zero emissions later this month

United Kingdom

Watch: Boris Johnson heckled over suspension of UK parliament

Boris Johnson was told to reopen parliament by a heckler spoke at the Convention of the North in Rotherham

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson denies lying to Queen over parliament suspension

The UK prime minister says it is not "not true" that he mislead the Queen over intentions to suspend parliament so it could not scruntise his Brexit plans

Italy

Hand-holding skeletons dubbed Lovers of Modena 'were both male'

Researchers from the University of Bologna used a new technique which found a male-only protein present in their teeth enamel

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