Europe Agrees On Fresh Russian Sanctions

European leaders have agreed to hit Russia with a fresh round of sanctions - despite Moscow signing up to a ceasefire in Ukraine. The sanctions include credit restrictions on Russia companies, export bans, travel bans and asset freezes on a new set...

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Lockdown To Combat Ebola In Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone will impose a four-day countrywide lockdown as part of efforts to halt the spread of the deadly ebola virus. Ben Kargbo, a presidential adviser on the country's ebola task force, said citizens will not be allowed to leave their homes between...

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Deep Divisions Amid Fragile Ukraine Peace

Ceasefire is a temporary state. It's not the same as lasting peace. What has been agreed so far is a halt in the bloodshed - the reasons people took up arms in the first place have so far not been addressed. The Ukrainian President sounds optimistic...

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Ukraine Ceasefire Holds With Pro-Russian Rebels

Deep Divisions Amid Fragile Ukraine Peace Updated: 12:27pm UK, Saturday 06 September 2014 By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent in Mariupol Ceasefire is a temporary state. It's not the same as lasting peace. What has been agreed so far is a...

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US Seeks 'Core Coalition' To Combat IS Threat

The US is forming a "core coalition" to battle Islamic State militants in Iraq, senior American officials have said. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for support as they held talks with officials from...

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Ireland: Bodies Of Two Children Found In House

Two children, believed to be nine-year-old twin boys, have been found dead in a house in the southern Irish county of Cork. Soon after, the body of a man was found in a town about nine miles away.  The bodies of the youngsters were discovered...

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IS Leader's Top Aide 'Killed In Iraq Airstrike'

ISIS Leader Is Jihad's 'Rising Star' Updated: 8:49am UK, Thursday 12 June 2014 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, commander of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) controls large parts of eastern Syria and western Iraq. But despite his power - and a $10m...

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Hostage David Haines' Family Under Police Guard

The Croatian family of David Haines, the British hostage held by Islamic State, are receiving 24 hour police protection, Sky sources say. Mr Haines, who has a wife and four-year-old daughter in Zagreb, was threatened with death in the recently released...

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ECB Cuts Eurozone Rates And Boosts Stimulus

The European Central Bank (ECB) has taken further action to boost bank lending and spur activity in the stagnating eurozone. A series of rate cuts had an immediate impact with the value of the euro plunging against core currencies including the...

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Ukraine Troops In Call For Better Arms

By Yulia Bragina, Russia Producer, In Eastern Ukraine On the highway between Donetsk and Mariupol in eastern Ukraine near the village of Volnovakha, there stood a military transporter with an old, self-propelled artillery gun and tired-looking men...

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PM: UK Will Not Pay For British IS Hostage

Nato Plans 'Spearhead' Force To Face Russia Updated: 12:53pm UK, Tuesday 02 September 2014 Nato is set to create a high-readiness force and stockpile military equipment in Eastern Europe as a bulwark against potential Russian aggression, the alliance's...

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Nato Says 3,000 Russian Troops Are In Ukraine

Nato has told Sky News that 3,000 combat troops and hundreds of armoured vehicles are inside Ukraine. "We are still seeing several thousand Russian combat troops on the ground inside Ukraine, equipped with hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles, so...

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Nato Summit: Ukraine Crisis To Top The Agenda

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent World leaders will begin arriving in the UK today ahead of the start of a two-day Nato summit in Wales tomorrow. Some 61 heads of state are expected to gather at The Celtic Manor Resort outside Newport,...

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Sotloff Family Grieving After Hostage Killed

The family of US hostage Steven Sotloff have seen a video which purportedly shows him being beheaded by an Islamic State fighter, and are grieving privately. Barak Barfi, a family spokesman, also said authorities have not established its authenticity....

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IS Beheading: Militants Threaten Brit Hostage

Sotloff: Driven Reporter And Mideast Expert Updated: 1:19pm UK, Wednesday 03 September 2014 Steven Sotloff, the US journalist who was beheaded by Islamic State militants, also held Israeli citizenship, Israel has revealed. The information had been...

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Confusion Over Ukraine 'Permanent Ceasefire'

Vladimir Putin says a ceasefire deal between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels could be reached by Friday. The Russian President's announcement comes after conflicting reports a permanent ceasefire agreement had been reached by the two sides this...

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Russia Warns Ukraine Troops To Pull Back

Ukrainian forces must pull back from areas of eastern Ukraine where they can harm civilian targets, Russia's foreign minister has warned. Sergei Lavrov spoke amid reports of fierce fighting for Luhansk airport between Ukrainian troops and Russian tanks...

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Captured IS Suicide Bomber Reveals Threat

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent A wing of Sulaymaniah's military hospital has been sealed off and 24-hour security has been posted at the door of a ward. Inside lies an injured young man; a very special patient and prisoner. He is 23-year-old...

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Homeless Shooter Kills Two At Welfare Office

A homeless man suspected of shooting dead two people at a welfare office in New Zealand has been detained after a seven-hour manhunt. A third person was seriously injured when a man opened fire inside the Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) office in...

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Stormchasers Capture Supercell Over Iowa

Stormchasers have captured the moment a supercell hit a town in Iowa, causing widespread damage and leaving at least one person injured. The giant wall of cloud and rain shut roads and knocked out power for hundreds of homes in the area around Denison....

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China Rules Out Open Hong Kong Elections

Hong Kong: Democracy Promises Ring Hollow Updated: 11:47am UK, Sunday 31 August 2014 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent "How Hong Kong develops its democracy is completely within the sphere of the autonomy of Hong Kong. The central government [in...

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EU Gives Russia Ultimatum Over Ukraine Crisis

Russia could be facing a fresh wave of EU sanctions within a week after Russian tanks reportedly attacked a town near the Ukrainian border city of Luhansk. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said tanks had been used to "destroy virtually every...

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Paris Flats Collapse: 10 Feared Under Rubble

A four-storey building has collapsed in an explosion in Paris, killing at least one child and leaving a dozen people unaccounted for. Emergency services at the scene A further 11 people were injured in the blast which rocked the residential complex...

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Iceland Volcano Alert Amid Fresh Eruption

Iceland has raised an aviation alert for a region close to the subglacial Bardarbunga volcano after a small eruption in the area. The small fissure took place in the Holuhraun lava field, about three miles north of the vast Dyngjujoekull glacier....

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