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What is a Queen's Speech and why does it matter for Britain? 18 Dec 2019 - 03:02 pm
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth hangs on a wall at a  British restaurant in Manhattan on June 24, 2016. AFP / Getty Images
US deports murder parolee to Germany; he says he's innocent 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Jens Soering celebrates with supporters after his arrival at Frankfurt airport, Germany, December 17, 2019.  Reuters/Thorsten Wagner
A fractured kingdom: Scotland's paths to independence 17 Dec 2019 - 01:03 pm
A street performer stages a show on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 11, 2019. AFP / Andy Buchanan
No school, no trains, no Eiffel Tower: France on strike 17 Dec 2019 - 11:42 am
:A woman passes by the windowshop of a toys store in Paris on December 16, 2019. / AFP / Aurore MESENGE
Pro-Brexit candidate jailed for harassing pro-EU opponent 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm
File photo: Anti-Brexit seat cover is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London January 30, 2018. Reuters / Toby Melville
Estonia apologises after minister taunts Finnish PM as "sales girl" 16 Dec 2019 - 08:22 pm
Estonia's Interior Minister Mart Helme speaks to media. Estonia. April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
Scots' independence hopes roar back to life following UK election 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm
Flags of Scotland and the Union hang from flagpoles in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 11, 2019. AFP / Andy Buchanan
British journalist Ian Bailey faces extradition hearing over 1996 murder 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm
Ian Bailey arrives at the High Court in Dublin on December 16, 2019 for a hearing following the issue of a European Arrest Warrant by the French authorities over the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier. AFP / Damien Eagers
Copyright probe, raids stoke fear in Russian IT 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
Alexei Vlasov a 28-year-old falconer of the Kremlin ornithological service holds Alpha, a 20-year-old female goshawk while patrolling in Moscow on March 21, 2019. AFP / Alexander Nemenov
Cars torched near US embassy in Athens 16 Dec 2019 - 10:45 am
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Battle of the Bulge heroes remembered 75 years on 16 Dec 2019 - 10:12 am
TOPSHOT - An actor wearing a WWII US uniform aims with his rifle as he takes part in a historical re-enactment of the Battle of the Ardennes as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the WWII battle, in Hardigny on December 15, 2019.  / AF
France to extradite Argentine torture suspect late Sunday 15 Dec 2019 - 07:28 pm
In this file photo taken on April 09, 2014 Beatriz Cantarini de Abriata, mother of Hernan Abriata, arrested in 1976 in Argentina and missing, holds a portrait of her son next to relatives and friends holding also the portrait of former Argentine police of
UK's PM Johnson plans big shakeup of government, civil service 15 Dec 2019 - 04:57 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks to supporters on a visit to meet newly elected Conservative party MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell, at Sedgefield Cricket Club in County Durham, north east England on December 14, 2019, following
Tens of thousands evacuated in Italy as WWII bomb defused 15 Dec 2019 - 01:37 pm
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Miss Jamaica crowned Miss World 2019 15 Dec 2019 - 08:50 am
Newly crowned Miss World 2019 Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh smiles as she poses with TV presenter Piers Morgan (R) during the Miss World Final 2019 at the Excel arena in east London on December 14, 2019. / AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Tensions mount over French transport strike 15 Dec 2019 - 08:41 am
Commuters wait to take a train at Gare du Nord train station during a strike by all unions of French SNCF workers and the Paris transport network (RATP), as France faces its tenth consecutive day of strikes against French government's pensions reform plan
Italy's 'Sardines' pack Rome for anti far-right rally 14 Dec 2019 - 09:33 pm
Demonstration of the
60,000 French homes without power lashed by heavy rains, winds 14 Dec 2019 - 03:24 pm
Waves crashing at the Parata Cape in Ajaccio, as the city is placed on

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