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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a PM's statement session on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the House of Commons, in London, 22 September 2020.

05:40 GMT 25 September 2020 / updated: 05:40 GMT UK

Tory MPs Back Rebel Bid to Grant Parliament Final Scrutiny of COVID-19 Restrictions

Global COVID-19 Cases Spike to Highest Level Post-Lockdown

A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, 24 September 2020

Not a 'Silver Bullet': UK Scientists Say First COVID Vaccine Unlikely to Stop People Catching Virus

In this photo released by thePress office of the administration of Primorsky Krai region, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, center left, surrounded by Russian and North Korea's officials walks, after arriving in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, April 24, 2019

'Shouldn't Have Happened': Kim Jong-un 'Greatly Sorry' for Shooting of Missing S Korean National

An absentee ballot and required paperwork await preparations at the Wake County Board of Elections on the first day that the state started mailing them out, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. September 4, 2020.

FBI Probing Discarded Pro-Trump Absentee Ballots Case as DoJ Says Preliminary Findings 'Troubling'

POSANDMOEN, Norway - U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 post security during Exercise Joint Viking in Norway, 9 March 2017. The Marine Corps’ position in Norway leverages its maritime expeditionary capabilities and those of British, Norwegian and Dutch allies.

Norway Negotiating to Resuscitate Cold War-Era Military Deal With US

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Donald Trump Blasts 'Weak as Hell' Biden for 'Anti-Police Crusade', Surrender to 'Flag Burners'
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UK
Murder Charges Against Ex-UK Army Major Over Drowning Iraqi Teen Dropped After 17-Year Inquiry
As of February 2018, former British Army major Robert Campbell, 47, had been cleared from charges of drowning a 19-year-old Iraqi man, Saeed Radhi Shabram, in the city of Basra in 2003 seven times before a new investigation into the incident was kicked off, weeks after he was given a good conduct medal.
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US
Graphic Video: Seattle Cop Put on Administrative Leave After Riding Over Man's Head With Bike
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