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Combustible cladding on London's Grenfell Tower key to deadly fire - inquiry 30 Oct 2019 - 02:44 pm
Families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire speak during a news conference in London, Britain October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Dutch highways hit by major traffic jams in nitrogen pollution protest 30 Oct 2019 - 11:15 am
Dutch farmers gather beside their tractors at the Hotel van Oranje in Noordwijk on October 26, 2019, to demand that their views be heard on the popular Dutch television program
UK lawmakers set to back early election but haggle over date 29 Oct 2019 - 09:45 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures toward the opposition benches on September 3, 2019.
UK truck deaths cast spotlight on global trade in humans 29 Oct 2019 - 07:48 pm
British Police forensics officers work on lorry, found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on October 23, 2019. AFP / Ben Stansall
At Paris' Orly airport, a daily duel between customs and Guiana drug mules 29 Oct 2019 - 07:47 pm
In this file photograph taken on December 28, 2012, shows passengers as they the logo of the French customs (douanes) at Orly airport, south of Paris. AFP / Miguel Medina
Britain spins towards Christmas election in bid to break Brexit deadlock 29 Oct 2019 - 06:51 pm
A Union flag flies over the Houses of Parliament in central London on October 29, 2019. AFP / Isabel Infantes
UK's opposition Labour party agrees to December election 29 Oct 2019 - 02:10 pm
Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his residence in north London on October 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a fresh push on Monday for an early election as EU leaders prepare to back yet another Brexit delay, just
Brexit election? Johnson makes fresh bid to break the deadlock 29 Oct 2019 - 11:04 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
'Justice for Jerry': Runaway bull charms Croatia 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm
The bull, dubbed
Croatian turns garden into site for plane parties 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm
Croatian citizen Robert Sedlar poses in front of a former SunAdria Holland Fokker-100 aircraft in his garden in Strmec Stubicki, near Zagreb, Croatia, on October 26, 2019. AFP / Denis Lovrovic
How does UK PM Johnson call an early election? 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs a book of condolence during a visit to Thurrock Council Offices in Thurrock, east of London on October 28, 2019, following the October 23, 2019, discovery of 39 bodies concealed in a lorry. AFP / Stefan Rousse
Dutch Brexit beach party suffers its own postponement 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm
Thousands of people have already signed up for festivities at the seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee near Amsterdam scheduled for October 31, the current deadline for Britain to leave the EU. (AFP file photo / Valery Hache)
EU grants Brexit delay to Jan. 31; UK ponders new election 28 Oct 2019 - 02:28 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson pins a poppy to his lapel on the steps of 10 Downing street as he meets with fundraisers for the Royal British Legion in central London on October 28, 2019. AFP / ISABEL INFANTES
Protesters in Rome call for mayor to resign 26 Oct 2019 - 02:38 pm
People take part in a peaceful protest march of members of Roman citizens committees, groups and associations that say care about the future of Rome and want to take charge themselves of the Italian capital, on October 26, 2019. AFP / ANDREAS SOLARO
Britons say they oppose police use of facial recognition tech 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am
Members of The Dazzle Club apply face make-up to avoid facial recognition by CCTV cameras in London on September 19, 2019. Photo credit: The Dazzle Club
Judges hear legal case on London police handling of climate protests 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am
Extinction Rebellion climate change activists gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London before a judicial review hearing on a protest ban issued during a series of protests in October, Oct. 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Laurie Goering
UK police arrest man and woman for human trafficking over truck deaths 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
An EU flag flutters at the port of Zeebrugge after British police found bodies inside a lorry container in Grays, Essex, in Zeebrugge, Belgium October 24, 2019. Reuters/Francois Lenoir
Probe expands in truck deaths, all 39 victims are from China 24 Oct 2019 - 06:26 pm
British Police forensics officers work on lorry, found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on October 23, 2019. AFP / Ben Stansall

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A wildfire rages in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hachimia, Bouira Province, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
File photo Ebola death toll in Africa outbreak surpasses 1,000
This photo shows a view of a power station in Mateur on July 21, 2026. Tunisia has been experiencing a heatwave for a week, with temperatures exceeding 48 degrees celsius as people endure the ordeal of daily water and electricity cuts. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) Extreme heatwave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration

Americas

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US President warns Iran of 'major military punishment' if Houthi attacks continue
File photo World Bank estimates Venezuela quakes caused $19.6bn in damage
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Representational file photo US oil inventories at lowest level since 1984

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