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The world this week

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Pelosi silences Trump over wall shutdown

The Speaker withdrew her invitation to deliver the State of the Union speech. She said Mr Trump...

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MPs reject May's Brexit deal

It was the biggest British government defeat in parliament in modern history. Now Mrs May has to...

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US shutdown: the pressure rises

As 800,000 federal workers go unpaid, Republicans and Democrats are digging in. So far at least,...

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Emotions run high in India after women worship in temple

Two women in India ended a long-standing ban at a high-profile temple by entering the complex to...

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Sudanese tell Bashir: 'Go!'

The protests pose the biggest threat yet to the president in his three-decade rule. And for the...

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US troops to leave Syria

President Trump's decision surprised Washington and the world. Now his defence secretary is...

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Brexit weighs heavy on Theresa May

The British prime minister saw off a leadership challenge after pulling a key Brexit vote. And...

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No laughing matter: the truce on trade

China and the US said they would delay hiking tariffs. But a second trade war is in play. And a...

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Russia seizes Ukraine navy vessels

Moscow took the vessels and their crew in waters off the coast of occupied Crimea. Neither Russia...

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China and US: not building bridges

Their contest for power and influence attained a new intensity this week. The US is trying to...

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May says: We have a deal

The UK prime minister said she had reached a draft agreement with the EU on Brexit. The...

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US Now Eyes 2020

For him or against him, Donald Trump dominates the politics of the US midterm elections, and...

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Merkel's Long Goodbye

The starting gun is fired for the race to be leader of Germany's biggest party as Chancellor...

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Nuclear Weapons Treaty Collapses

This was the week when the US said Russian violations and the strategic threat from China were...

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Trump's dilemma over missing Saudi journalist

Donald Trump is facing a foreign policy headache after the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...

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Climate Change Alarm

This was the week when scientists issued a final call for urgent action to save the planet from...

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Who could win a cyber war?

Three Russian cyber attackers are caught in the Netherlands. Who is ahead in the race to win a...

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Kavanaugh Divides America

The war of words in the US between the Supreme Court nominee and his accuser; Donald Trump and...

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The 20-year trade war

China and the US announced new tariffs on each other: Chinese tech entrepreneur Jack Ma is...

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Russia and China join forces

Russia staged its biggest military exercise since the Cold War. China joined in too. The message...

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