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  Last update: 11:35 17.10.2019

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  Europe

  Catalan Leader Quim Torra Urges New Independence Vote Amid Barcelona Protests

  Catalonia, Spain's northeastern region, has been embroiled in demonstrations over the past three days in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to imprison nine Catalan independence leaders for their attempt to implement the region's breakaway from Spain in 2017.

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  Last update: 14:29 17.10.2019

  14:29 17.10.2019

  Russia

  Moscow Launched Ballistic, Cruise Missiles During Thunder 2019 Strategic Drills - Russian MoD

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  Last update: 10:54 17.10.2019

  10:54 17.10.2019

  Society

  Swedish Police Deploy Surveillance Drones to Stop Crime Wave in Blighted Areas

  Footage from surveillance drones flying around what are formally called “particularly vulnerable areas” will be used as evidence in a trial to get a conviction if witnesses are absent.

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  Last update: 10:17 17.10.2019

  10:17 17.10.2019

  World

  Merkel Says Germany Will Not Supply Any Weapons to Turkey Amid Syria Offensive

  Ankara launched 'Operation Peace Spring' last week, justifying the attack on Syria as necessary to clear the area of "terrorists" prior to relocating Syrian refugees who currently reside in Turkey. The Syrian government decried the incursion as an aggressive violation of its sovereignty, and the international community widely condemned the move.

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  Last update: 09:23 17.10.2019

  09:23 17.10.2019

  Middle East

  Red Sea Tanker Attack: Iran Plans to Send Evidence of Alleged US, Israeli Role to United Nations

  Over the past few months, the United States and Saudi Arabia, two of Iran’s key adversaries, have blamed the Islamic Republic for a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, which Iran categorically denies having conducted.

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  Last update: 12:07 17.10.2019

  12:07 17.10.2019

  World

  Business Leaders Fear Northern Ireland Will Be ‘Thrown Under a Bus’ By Boris Johnson In Brexit Deal

  The European Union and the British government are still negotiating on a revised Brexit deal with hours to go before a crunch EU summit. The main sticking point remains how the deal will treat the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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  Last update: 13:27 17.10.2019

  13:27 17.10.2019

  Viral

  Hunter Who? NBC Posts Otherworldly Headline About Biden’s Son and ‘Foreign Businessesnnnnnkkkk’

  In what looked like either a massive typo or a headline written by an extraterrestrial, NBC News reported about Hunter Biden using a few more syllables than necessary.

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  Last update: 12:28 17.10.2019

  12:28 17.10.2019

  Tech

  Space Probe Captures Startling Images of Dried-up River System on Mars

  The ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter is imaging and mapping the entire surface of Mars with the help of its High Resolution Stereo Camera, in a long-term effort to help unlock some of the secrets of the red planet.