Elections Taking Place In Rebel-Held Ukraine

Controversial elections backed by Russia are being held in the areas of Ukraine that are currently in dispute. Separatists have been in control of part of eastern Ukraine since earlier this year. The polls in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic...

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Woman Jailed For Watching Volleyball In Iran

A British-Iranian woman has been sentenced to one year in prison – after she tried to attend a volleyball match in Tehran. Ghoncheh Ghavami, who was arrested outside the Freedom Stadium, was given no reason for her conviction. The law graduate, from...

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British Banker Held Over Suitcase Murder

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Hong Kong Police in Hong Kong are continuing to question a British banker over the murder of two young women, one of whom was discovered inside a suitcase. Rurik Jutting, 29, who attended University of Cambridge...

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Clock Ticking To Stop Climate Change, Warns UN

The world faces "severe, pervasive and irreversible" damage unless swift action is taken to switch to fossil fuel alternatives and cut carbon emissions, according to the most detailed climate change report in years. "A window of opportunity" to limit...

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Indigenous Russians Harassed By Moscow

By Katie Stallard, Russia Correspondent, on the Kola Peninsula The head of Russia's Saami parliament says she was harassed and physically assaulted on her way to a UN conference on indigenous peoples last month. Valentina Sovkina told Sky News that...

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Sandy Victims Forced To Pay Back Recovery Funds

By Hannah Thomas-Peter, New York Correspondent America's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pursuing thousands of homeowners for millions of dollars in disaster recovery funds that were issued in error after Superstorm Sandy. FEMA gave...

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Injured Virgin Pilot 'Alert' After Fatal Crash

The pilot who was injured in the Virgin Galactic rocket crash is "alert and talking" to relatives and doctors, his employer has said. Peter Siebold, 43, was one of two pilots in command of SpaceShipTwo when in crashed during a test flight over...

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Virgin Galactic Crash Probe Could Take A Year

Investigators examining the wreckage of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft which crashed in the Mojave Desert say it could take a year to determine the cause of the accident. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials are expected to spend...

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Aussie Surfs Whale Carcass As Sharks Circle

An Australian daredevil has been pictured climbing on top of a dead whale as killer sharks circled to feast on the carcass. Harrison Williams, from Perth, jumped off a boat and mounted the mammal, which already had bite-sized chunks of its flesh missing....

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Soldiers Fight To Quell Burkina Faso Protests

Gunfire has erupted at the headquarters of Burkina Faso's state television channel as clashes continue to hit the capital, eyewitnesses have said. Shortly before the shooting, a politician had entered the building of RTB Television, flanked by dozens...

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