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U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to a deal to reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, as insurgent forces attacked a second northern city. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UiqluQ

A Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday it launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen that Houthi-run media said had hit a prison, killing tens of people. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LglBmV

Trains to Hong Kong's international airport were suspended on Sunday as pro-democracy protesters threatened to disrupt transport links to the airport, The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) operator said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZGwZMD

The list effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the state of their citizenship. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PwQ7wZ

Indonesian police have arrested dozens of people in the easternmost region of Papua following protests last week in which buildings were set ablaze, a police spokesman said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zIrMJQ

The forests provide protective 'clothing' for sacred spaces but farmland is putting these ancient trees at risk. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zHWWRj

As England's Premier League continues to grip Nigeria, the football phone-ins are intense listening. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Lf5wOg

The BBC's Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZwdBGc

Footage shows officers beating people with batons and using pepper spray in train carriages. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32doeeC

The BBC's Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ZwdBGc

Footage shows officers beating people with batons and using pepper spray in train carriages. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/32doeeC

Riot police violently tackle suspected protesters in Hong Kong's metro system after demonstrations. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NMxLp1

The bruising trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zDRRtb

The EU's lead negotiator says the backstop is the "maximum flexibility" the EU can offer the UK. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Ukr7rk

U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to an agreement that would reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, a day after insurgent forces stormed the strategic northern city of Kunduz. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ldpadf

Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong's international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HCazWG

Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday mark 80 years since the start of World War Two in Poland, with the conflict still a live political issue in the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zDKrX2

Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi is shown flying a fighter jet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Hrruew

Paula Garner is currently nursing more than 80 poorly hedgehogs back to health. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HvHT1A

Women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault shed light on their stories in a new film. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Lc9Qxr

When Daniel Tyler went backpacking, little did he know he'd end up a star in Malaysia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZG7VW3

The star talks about singing with her heroes on her 11th and apparently final album Threads. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZMyJ7i

The reintroduction of inspections for "outstanding" schools follows concerns about falling standards. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32kioby

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other men face the death penalty if found guilty. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZFmAVm

Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZI8HSq

The attorney general's office of the Dominican Republic said on Friday that it had dropped charges against former Major League Baseball player Luis Castillo after the pitcher presented evidence in his favor. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HCBb9Z

Fans flock to honour the influential Ivorian musician, who died in a motorcycle accident this month. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30Lv5vH

Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran was headed to Lebanon's waters, but the United States later said the ship was sailing to Syria. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/329uOTw

The trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify with new tariffs. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zDRRtb

Raymond Santana was a teenager when he was wrongfully jailed along with four others. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34bTxs5

A French-speaking couple say the airline violated their "linguistic rights" under Canadian law. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zKKL6B

An attack kills 39 people in Syria - Russia says it wasn't involved. BBC News Arabic investigates. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34eTHik

Experts say a range of wild foods can supplement a normal diet - but can you go even further? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UgDCEt

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. How bad are they? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KPDXuF

Callum Kilby was paralysed when a giant oak rolled over him, but a year later he's back climbing trees. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/30MhvYL

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pv3VrE

Maryam Mohammed Hamdani says she is the first woman to play taarab in public in Zanzibar. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32aKGoG

Nine-year-old Edward sheds tears of joy to be with furry Leo again after a a search by pet detectives. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LhhaXE

Plastic, orange and tasteless? Why a revolution in the US is trying to tell the world there's more to its cheese. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Hz0KbS

Motsi Mabuse is set to replace Dame Darcey Bussell on the Strictly Come Dancing panel this year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ZmfLJ4

Abandoned in Sao Paulo and then adopted by a British couple, Edson thought he'd never see his father again. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UgNDS0

Bernhard Sindberg sheltered many Chinese from the rampaging Japanese army in 1937. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/30NoKjg

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Interested in living longer? Here's advice from optimists to make sure your glass is always half full. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UrWaSl

Brazil's foreign minister and President Jair Bolsonaro's son met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to discuss the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, although no concrete measures to deal with the blazes were announced. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZH9hzU

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city that is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades ago. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MJ911p

Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ZFirgt

Hotpoint, which owns the site, says no-one was injured and it was just spare parts in the burning trailers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34cnKHF

The SNP was bidding to take Scotland's safest seat after long-serving MSP Tavish Scott stood down. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/326vfOq

Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZFirgt

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can properly handle their dispute over sovereignty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ue9j16