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US panel denounces France abaya ban 08 Sep 2023 - 10:50 pm
A young woman wearing an abaya speaks with others on a street in Nantes, western France on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Loic Venance / AFP)
Britain witnessing record-breaking September heatwave 08 Sep 2023 - 10:15 pm
People take shelter from the sun in the shade of a tree in central London on September 8, 2023 as the late summer heatwave continues. (Photo by Daniel Leal / AFP)
Gun salutes and reflection as UK remembers Queen Elizabeth II 08 Sep 2023 - 09:06 pm
A 62 Gun Royal salute is fired from Tower Wharf, beside The Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company, British Army, taking place to mark the first anniversary of His Majesty The King's accession to the throne, in London on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Daniel Leal / AFP)
UK detects outbreak of Pirola Covid strain at Norfolk care home 08 Sep 2023 - 06:52 pm
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Russian air superiority 'stopping' counteroffensive: Zelensky 08 Sep 2023 - 05:55 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on September 7, 2023, shows President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov inspecting special equipment after meeting with servicemen of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the Day of Military Intelligence of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
France and Germany squabble like an old married couple: German FM 08 Sep 2023 - 04:45 pm
File photo: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to a conference of her Greens party in Bonn, Germany, October 15, 2022. (Reuters)
UK experiencing longest September heatwave 08 Sep 2023 - 02:21 pm
Beachgoers enjoy the sun and the sea on the beach at Brighton, on the south coast of England on September 7, 2023, as the late summer heatwave continues. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
Russian strikes kill four, injure dozens in Ukraine 08 Sep 2023 - 01:28 pm
This handout photograph published on September 8, 2023 by the National Police of Ukraine, shows damaged residential houses following a military strike in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Handout / National Police of Ukraine / AFP
France-Italy road link to reopen Saturday after landslide 08 Sep 2023 - 11:21 am
A truck gets out of the tunnel of the Mont-Blanc from Italy as a car enters on January 12, 2017 in Chamonix Mont-Blanc during the presentation of the new computerized safety control system of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, southeastern France. Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP
UK marks first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death 08 Sep 2023 - 10:36 am
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attend the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (also known as the Royal Company of Archers) Reddendo Parade in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on June 30, 2022. Britain on Friday, September 8, mark the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death but commemorations will be low-key with no official public events planned. Photo by Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP
Russia criticises US Indo-Pacific policy, woos Bangladesh 07 Sep 2023 - 10:43 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in Dhaka on Thursday. (Photo by Handout / Russian foreign ministry / AFP)
French court backs ban on wearing abaya in schools 07 Sep 2023 - 10:14 pm
Women wearing an abaya walk on a bridge in the southwestern city of Toulouse, France. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Europe warns of new, highly mutated Covid strain as cases rise 07 Sep 2023 - 07:13 pm
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Finnish ex-PM Marin quits parliament for advisory role 07 Sep 2023 - 06:31 pm
Former Prime Minister of Finland and member of the Finnish parliament Sanna Marin speaks to journalists at the Finnish parliament in Helsinki, Finland on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Turkish flood death toll rises to eight 07 Sep 2023 - 05:58 pm
Turkish soldiers and rescue teams search the area for a missing person after homes were destroyed during rain storms in the Igneada district of Kirklarel, on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UK yoga class mistakenly reported as 'mass killing' 07 Sep 2023 - 04:48 pm
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Greece launches rescue effort in flooded villages 07 Sep 2023 - 04:41 pm
An aerial view taken on September 7, 2023 shows a destroyed bridge in a flooded area in the city of Karditsa, central Greece. Photo by Eurokinissi / AFP)
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France 07 Sep 2023 - 03:41 pm
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