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BREAKING: Theresa May expels 23 Russian diplomats, says "there is no alternative conclusion" than Russia perpetrating the nerve agent attack
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NEW: Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted by Israel's attorney general in one case of bribery and two cases of fraud and breach of trust.
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SCOOP: A classified report from Israel's foreign ministry raises doubts over Trump's optimistic statements about the with Kim Jong-un. It determines the U.S. retreated from its positions on several issues relating to North Korea's nuclear program.
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The E.U. has directly accused Russia of poisoning ex-spy Sergei Skripal.
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NEW: The first exit polls from Israel's elections project Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party to win 33 to 37 seats, while retired Gen. Benny Gantz's Blue and White Party is expected to win 36 to 37.
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Brazil's newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro issued a series of executive orders targeting indigenous groups and the LGBT community within hours of being inaugurated.
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After Sanders declined to point the finger, Rex Tillerson says Russian ex-spy's poisoning “clearly came from Russia”
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Trump admin. declines to impose new Russia sanctions under law passed near-unanimously last year
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JUST IN: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, who plays president of Ukraine in a television series, has won the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections with about 30% of the vote.
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Scoop from @BarakRavid : Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania have blocked an EU statement opposing Trump's Jerusalem embassy move
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NEW: Israel exit polls show Benjamin Netanyahu falling short of the 61 seats needed for a majority
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Mapped: Chinese exports take over the world
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Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak was murdered over the weekend, apparently for his work investigating corruption. His last report has now been published, “The Model, the Mafia, and the Murderers”
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Senior Israeli official tells @BarakRavid ahead of Netanyahu speech: "Whoever still believes Iran signed the nuclear deal with honest intentions is going to have a very interesting time this evening"
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Mexico's July elections were a huge victory for women: - The lower house will have the world's fourth-largest female legislative representation - The Senate will have the world's second largest female representation after Belgium
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Sanna Marin will become the world's youngest prime minister at age 34 when she's sworn in as Finland's prime minister later this week. She'll lead a coalition government consisting of five parties, four of which are led by women.
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Putin ally contacted Russian and Syrian officials weeks before an attack on U.S. troops in Syria, WaPo reports. The ally in question is "Putin's chef," indicted by Mueller for election meddling
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NEW: Theresa May says it's "highly likely" that Russia is responsible for the nerve agent attack against spy living in England
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The British government believes the Kremlin bears responsibility for the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal, but Sarah Sanders declined to accuse Russia
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Xi Jinping said today that China would like to form a strategic partnership with the Arab League to become "the keeper of peace and stability in the Middle East"
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It took five months, but Angela Merkel now has a coalition. She'll form her fourth government after 12 years as chancellor
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NEW: NATO to expel 7 Russians and denying accreditation to 3 more
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Angela Merkel sworn in as Germany's chancellor, for the 4th time
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Scoop: James Mattis rejected a request from Benjamin Netanyahu to soften the United States' conditions for a $500 million arms deal between Israel and Croatia for the sale of 12 F-16 fighter jets, an Israeli official tells Axios.
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Per a leaked itinerary, Mohammed bin Salman's U.S. tour includes meetings with: Oprah, Trump, Obama, Bush, Bill+Hillary Clinton, Musk, Cook, Bezos... you get the picture
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The Trump administration is ending a 10-year-old line of formal economic communication with China over continued unfair trade practices.
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Scoop: Merkel warned Netanyahu that Trump withdrawing from the Iran deal could lead to a regional war, @BarakRavid reports
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Saudi women to be allowed in military positions for first time
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After his threats on the Iran deal, Trump risks isolating the U.S. and causing a crisis or undercutting his credibility by backing down, @RichardHaass writes for @axios
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JUST IN: The U.K. Parliament has voted 312-308 to reject the U.K. leaving the EU without a deal
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Benjamin Netanyahu's wife has been charged with "systemic fraud" over misuse of funds.
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Scoop from @BarakRavid : Netanyahu asked Trump not to continue with nuclear reactor deal with Saudi Arabia
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The Trump administration's 'Kremlin list' matches closely with two sources: a Russian government website, and the Forbes billionaire list
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BREAKING: The longtime dictator of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has been removed from office and arrested following months of protests against his brutal regime.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's preferred candidate for mayor of Istanbul was defeated on Sunday, an embarrassing result for the strongman two months after election officials gave in to his request for a re-run.
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NEW: Dutch authorities say they expelled four Russian GRU officers who were attempting to hack a global watchdog investigating the Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
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NEW: Gay sex is no longer a criminal offense in India after the country's Supreme Court overturned a colonial-era law today.
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Reuters journalists facing 14 years in Myanmar prison denied bail
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Doctors Without Borders fires 19 over sexual misconduct
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Mueller's indictment reveals the Internet Research Agency was more than a "troll farm" — it was the hub of a methodical and well-funded intelligence operation against the U.S., @apolyakova writes for @axios
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At midnight on Wednesday, Canada became the second country to permit the possession and use of recreational marijuana at a national level, following in the footsteps of Uruguay.
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BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned
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Latin America is leading the way in taking steps to meet the Paris climate agreement.
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Haley at UN Security Council, going far beyond what Trump has said on Skripal: "The credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold Russia to account"
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Global approval of U.S. leadership plummets under Trump, with Germany and China eclipsing the U.S., Gallup finds
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Protestors took the streets around the world this weekend over: -cronyism in Japan -detention of separatist leaders in Spain -authoritarianism in Hungary -rape scandals in India -airstrikes in Syria
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Macron says France "will strike" if Syrian regime proved to be using chemical weapons
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Back from the dead: Russian journalist who was reported to have been assassinated yesterday appears at news conference
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Scoop: Netanyahu has told his security cabinet he believes Trump will withdraw from the Iran deal in May, @BarakRavid reports
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Netanyahu has been helping Hungary's controversial nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban improve relations with the Trump White House
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@axios Footage of the moment reported-dead Russian journalist Arkady Bobchenko showed up at a news conference
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NEW: Peru's president resigns ahead of impeachment vote
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Vladimir Putin's spokesman accused the United States of meddling in Russia's upcoming presidential election.
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A former Russian double agent was poisoned in an English town on Sunday. Investigators now believe it was from a nerve agent, and it's being treated as an attempted murder.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping sees America's retreat from the global stage under Trump as a moment to increase China's influence in the world.
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The U.K.'s Speaker of the House of Commons said that he won't let PM Boris Johnson suspend Parliament in order to force through a no-deal-Brexit in October, the Telegraph reports.
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The Palestinian government is undertaking a war crimes complaint against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
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Scoop: Israel's national security adviser heading to D.C. to discuss Iran with Bolton, @BarakRavid reports
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NEW: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to recognize Hungary's illiberal government for violating the EU's founding values. The next step could be a vote to strip Hungary of its membership rights.
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Where things stand in the Skripal standoff: May accuses, Trump hedges, Putin stonewalls + insight on what comes next from @ianbremmer and @stevelevine
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NEW: Fresh exit polls out of Israel show a narrow victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Mattis prioritizes Chinese and Russian threats in new security strategy, @MEaglen writes for @axios
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A Russian who was jailed in 2006 for spying for Britain has been hospitalized in England after being exposed to an unknown substance, @BBC reports.
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Kenya's opposition party wants answers about Cambridge Analytica's role in last year's disputed election
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In response to Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the Iran deal, Germany calls for a global payment system independent of the U.S.
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Provocative, far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president today, pushing the country off of its center-left path.
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If Russia gets away with breaking its treaty with Ukraine, China may also learn that more aggressive tactics with neighbors would carry little to no risk, writes Expert Voices contributor @sethcropsey
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JUST IN: Theresa May's Brexit deal has reached its third defeat in a 344-286 vote.
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House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said that while there had been no formal request from the U.S. for Trump to address Parliament, "nothing has happened since" 2017—when Bercow cited "racism and sexism" in opposing such an invitation—to change his mind.
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Netanyahu briefed Trump on Iran's "nuclear archive" two months ago, and timed the public announcement with Trump's deadline in mind, @BarakRavid reports
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NEW: In what she called a "really good compromise," Angela Merkel has reached an agreement with Germany's hard-line interior minister over the country's migrant crisis.
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14 EU countries joined in the U.S. in expelling Russian diplomats following the nerve agent attack in the UK.
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Trump told Netanyahu the U.S. will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal if significant changes aren't made, and that European allies had only proposed cosmetic changes. Scoop from @BarakRavid
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NEW: Hong Kong has withdrawn an extradition bill that set off months of protests and sparked a greater pro-democracy movement.
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Napoleon displayed the Bayeux Tapestry in Paris when he planned to invade England. Now, France plans to loan it to the U.K.
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Government analysis anticipates economic impacts from Brexit will be entirely negative, across nearly all sectors and all regions, per Buzzfeed
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JUST IN: Israel is headed for new elections as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a coalition after his biggest-ever electoral victory
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The latest U.S. sanctions on Russian oligarchs and companies have big implications in London.
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Taiwan has become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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2018 Winter Olympics will feature most African countries in history
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Palestinian president proposes new peace talks in UN speech, but leaves before Haley's remarks. From @BarakRavid
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New: Putin warned Netanyahu against further strikes in Syria, from @BarakRavid
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NEW: Mass graves of Rohingya Muslims who were systematically killed by soldiers discovered in Myanmar, AP reports
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Scoop from @BarakRavid : Netanyahu will extend ambassador Ron Dermer's term in DC by another year. Persona non grata under Obama, Dermer is now a frequent West Wing visitor
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At a tense time for U.S.-Mexico relations, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico is stepping down
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New polls show left-wing populist López Obrador on course for Mexico's presidency. Here's a look at what that could mean for Mexico and the U.S.
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Why a "bloody nose" strike on North Korea is a terrible idea
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Scoop: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold a meeting in New York with representatives of 40 countries and international organizations to discuss ways to block or influence Trump’s Middle East peace plan.
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Two ISIS fighters believed to be responsible for the 2014 execution of American journalist James Foley have been captured.
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Brazil’s National Museum, which has 20 million items including some of the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, was consumed by fire Sunday night.
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The ayes have it, by a 2,958 to 2 margin. China's National People's Congress eliminates presidential term limits, completing Xi Jinping's power grab
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NEW: U.K. police open murder inquiry into death of Russian businessman who was an ally of Putin foe Berezovsky
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Mapped: the ports, pipelines and railroads involved in China's massive Belt and Road initiative
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Australia to propose answer to China's Belt and Road initiative involving U.S., India and Japan, Australian Financial Review reports
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At least 7 people were killed last week when a missile test resulted in an explosion near Russia's Arctic coast that released radiation. The intrigue is that missile engine tests don't involve radiation – with one possible exception.
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