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October 8, 2019
‘Joker’ pulls in $93.5m ticket sales to smash US October box office record despite security concerns

Warner Bros' 'Joker' has set a new record at the October box office.

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October 8, 2019
Trump defends move to pull forces out of Syria as allies deplore decision

US President Donald Trump defended himself in a series of tweets yesterday as allies deplored his decision to pull forces out of Syria ahead of a Turkish offensive against the...

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October 8, 2019
‘Joker’ pulls in $93.5m ticket sales to smash record despite security concerns for US movie theatres

Warner Bros.' "Joker" laughed its way to a new record at the domestic box office.

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October 8, 2019
Michael Deacon: ‘Jennifer Acuri refuses to say if her and Boris Johnson had affair… and it makes for spectacular television’

I've never seen anything like it. On ITV's 'Good Morning Britain', Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid spent an entire hour interviewing Jennifer Arcuri, but at times they could barely get...

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October 7, 2019
Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy over Syria incursion plan

US President Donald Trump has launched a harsh attack on NATO ally Turkey, threatening to destroy its economy if Ankara takes a planned military strike in Syria too far even...

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October 7, 2019
Social media users speak about mental health after Every Mind Matters launch

Social media users have joined in a discussion about mental health after Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with the NHS, launched its Every Mind Matters campaign.

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October 7, 2019
FBI says inmate is most prolific serial killer in US history

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says the man who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is the most prolific serial killer in US history.

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October 7, 2019
‘Repugnant’ – Judge rejects Donald Trump’s immunity claim as he orders president to hand over tax returns

A US federal judge has said eight years of President Donald Trump's tax returns must be provided to Manhattan prosecutors, forcefully rejecting the president's argument that he was immune from...

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October 7, 2019
Discovery of 20 new moons puts Saturn ahead of Jupiter

The solar system has a new winner in the moon department.

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October 7, 2019
Apple fans bid goodbye to iTunes in latest Mac update

Apple fans have bid farewell to iTunes, the once-revolutionary program that made online music sales mainstream and effectively blunted the impact of piracy.

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October 7, 2019
Pentagon calls Russia as US announces Syria withdrawal

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper called his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu on Monday, as US President Donald Trump announced the US pullout from northeastern Syria. No details of the...

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October 7, 2019
‘Defending Europe’: 20,000 US troops to be deployed across Atlantic for 2020 training exercise

The United States military is preparing a massive exercise early next year in Europe involving 20,000 soldiers from the US, AP reports. This would be the largest deployment across the...

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October 7, 2019
‘Violence and sex, that was our fantasy world’ – trial of woman accused of murdering her husband hears

A WIFE accused of murder used violent and sexual language to "let her stress out" in a "fantasy world", a court has heard.

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October 7, 2019
Investors remain in ‘wait and see’ mode ahead of US-China trade talks

The FTSE 100 turned around the Monday morning blues to end in the black after reopening following its worst week in nearly a year.

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October 7, 2019
Subpoenas for pair amid Trump impeachment inquiry

Democrats in the House of Representatives have issued subpoenas to US defence secretary Mark Esper and acting White House budget director Russell Vought as part of the impeachment inquiry of...

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October 7, 2019
Hardline protesters resume violence over Hong Kong mask ban

Riot police have fanned out across Hong Kong as groups of hardline protesters took to the streets in continued violence after the government banned face masks at rallies, pushing the...

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October 7, 2019
Turkish ship to begin drilling south of Cyprus by Tuesday – Ankara

The Turkish ship Yavuz will begin drilling for oil and gas southwest of Cyprus on Monday or Tuesday, according to Energy Minister Fatih Donmez. Ankara said on Thursday it had...

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October 7, 2019
One of world’s rarest mammals gives birth to ‘beautiful’ calf at Chester Zoo

One of the world's rarest mammals has given birth at Chester Zoo.

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October 7, 2019
Greece expands program to transfer migrants from overcrowded camps

Greece has expanded a program to transfer migrants and refugees from overcrowded camps on the islands to the mainland amid concern that the number of arrivals from nearby Turkey could...

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October 7, 2019
Iraq to participate in Astana-format meeting on Syria as observer

Baghdad plans to take part in the next meeting on Syria in the ‘Astana format' as observer, Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim said on Monday. He made the statement...

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October 7, 2019
Broadway theatre to turn into cinema for Scorsese’s The Irishman

Broadway will turn back the clock next month when it turns one of its august theatres into a cinema and starts screenings of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

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October 7, 2019
Olympic champion Jack Laugher goes viral with Avengers diving trick

Olympic champion Jack Laugher and six diving pals have taken the internet by storm with a reverse Avenger-inspired routine.

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October 7, 2019
Judge throws out Trump challenge to tax returns release

A US federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump's challenge to the release of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe.

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October 7, 2019
Judge throws out Trump challenge to release of tax returns

A US federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump's claim to be immune from all criminal investigations and dismissed his lawsuit challenging a state grand jury subpoena for tax returns...

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October 7, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin spends birthday weekend in Siberian mountains

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent the weekend in southern Siberia's mountains ahead of his birthday.

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October 7, 2019
US troops start pullout from along Turkey’s border in Syria

Syria's Kurds have accused the US of turning its back on its allies as American troops began pulling back from positions in north-eastern Syria ahead of an expected Turkish assault.

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October 7, 2019
Humpback whale spotted in Thames in rare London sighting

A humpback whale has been spotted in the Thames in an extremely rare London sighting.

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October 7, 2019
Retailers ‘endured worst September since at least 1995 amid Brexit gridlock’

Retailers have endured their worst September month in more than 20 years amid the political “gridlock” surrounding Brexit, according to an index.

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October 7, 2019
Iran’s govt says arrest of Russian reporter Yuzik ‘unrelated to espionage charges’

The arrest of Russian reporter Yulia Yuzik is unrelated to espionage charges, TASS quoted Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei as saying on Monday. “This issue is unrelated to espionage,” he...

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October 7, 2019
French government admits security breach in police attack

France's interior minister has acknowledged that there was a breach in security that failed to detect signs of radicalisation of a police employee who killed four people inside Paris police...

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October 7, 2019
Putin takes birthday break in Siberian mountains

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent the weekend in southern Siberia's mountains ahead of his birthday.

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October 7, 2019
HSBC planning up to 10,000 jobs cuts

The new chief executive of HSBC is planning a major cost-saving drive which could result in up to 10,000 jobs being cut from the bank's workforce.

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October 7, 2019
Iraq armed force ‘ready’ to back govt amid protests

Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi force, which is mostly integrated into the state, said on Monday it was ready to implement government orders to prevent “a coup d'etat or a rebellion.”...

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October 7, 2019
British scientist among Nobel Prize winners for learning how cells use oxygen

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a British scientist and two Americans for their discoveries of how the body's cells sense and react to...

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October 7, 2019
At least nine dead as migrant boat capsizes off Italian island amid rescue bid

At least nine people died when a migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they were about to be rescued, the Italian coast guard has said.

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October 7, 2019
At least 13 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Italian island amid rescue bid

At least 13 people died when an overloaded migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they were about to be rescued, the Italian coast guard has said.

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October 7, 2019
‘We bonded over classic literature’ – Jennifer Arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with Boris Johnson

The US businesswoman at the centre of a storm over her links to Boris Johnson has refused to say whether they had an affair.

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October 7, 2019
Climate protests block roads across Europe to demand action

Activists with the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked roads across major European cities, kicking off a wide-ranging series of protests demanding much more urgent action against climate change.

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October 7, 2019
Extinction Rebellion protests block roads in major European cities

Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked major roads in Berlin and Amsterdam at the beginning of what was billed as a wide-ranging series of protests demanding new climate policies.

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October 7, 2019
SIG shares plummet as UK construction downturn hits profits

Shares in building supplies firm SIG have plummeted after the business warned that a deepening downturn in the UK and German construction markets would hit profits.

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