Europe

Machete attack in Germany leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

Police have arrested alleged attacker indentified as a 21-year-old Syrian refugee man

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Gunman opens fire in Munich shopping centre

AT LEAST ten people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich.

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Munich shooting: Several killed in shopping centre

A MANHUNT is underway for a shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich, killing at least eight people and wounding more, a Munich police spokeswoman said.

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Shooting at shopping mall in Munich, people fleeing

Shooting has been heard at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich, Germany, reports on social media say. In a video posted online, people can be seen running out of the building to seek shelter.

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Brexit: Theresa May says talks won't start in 2016

Theresa May has said the UK will not begin official negotiations on leaving the EU this year as she held talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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News Axe-wielding Afghan teen attacks German railway passengers

Several people have been injured, some critically, after a teenager armed with an axe and a knife attacked train passengers in central Germany. The suspect, who was shot by police, has been identified as a 17-year-old “unaccompanied minor” of Afghan origin.

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Berkeley Student Who Went Missing in Nice Attack Is Confirmed Dead

Authorities have confirmed that a missing 20-year-old UC Berkeley student was among the dead following Thursday’s horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France.

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Nice attacker's link to Islamic State puzzles investigators

Bernard Cazeneuve told France's RTL radio that while Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in Nice, may have been inspired by the terrorist network any "links for now have not been established by the investigation.”

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New British foreign secretary arrives for first EU meeting

Johnson led a winning campaign to persuade British voters to leave the European Union, but said the referendum's outcome last month "in no sense means we are leaving Europe."

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‘Yes’ to death penalty will mean ‘No’ to EU membership, EU warns Turkey

Reinstating the death penalty in Turkey would end EU accession talks, a German government spokesman has stated. Meanwhile, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini also warned that no country can become an EU member that has capital punishment.

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4 people shot dead when alleged religious radical attacks police station in Almaty (GRAPHIC)

Three policemen, one civilian were killed, and several others were injured following an attack on a police station in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, the country's interior ministry said. One of the attackers has been detained.

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MPs to vote on Trident nuclear weapons system renewal

MPs are set to decide on whether to renew Britain's nuclear weapons programme, in a Commons vote later.

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Nice attack: Driver 'researched route' earlier in week

The Tunisian man who drove his lorry into crowds of people in Nice researched the route in the days before the attack, French media have reported.

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2 more arrests in Nice truck attack; 49 dead still not ID'd

About 85 people remained hospitalized Sunday, and of those, 18 including a child were still in life-threatening condition, Health Minister Marisol Touraine told reporters on a visit to the city.

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Turkey Blames Coup Attempt On Group Led By U.S.-Based Cleric

Tensions rise in U.S.-Turkish relations as Erdogan targets Fethullah Gülen, a cleric who lives in Pennsylvania.

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Nice attacker treated for psychological issues before leaving Tunisia: sister

Rebab and Ibrahim Bouhlel said there was no sign of unusual behavior or Islamist radicalization when he called.

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