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London police probe vandalism of vehicle pollution cameras 18 Aug 2023 - 12:52 pm
File photo of Labour mayor Sadiq Khan
Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade 17 Aug 2023 - 10:33 pm
The first cargo ship using new Black Sea shipping lanes is seen leaving the southern port of Odesa in Ukraine on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Only Ukraine can decide peace terms with Russia: NATO chief 17 Aug 2023 - 07:32 pm
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg / Reuters file photo
Ukraine receives new air defence systems from Berlin 17 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm
A woman walks past a destroyed building in Mariupol on August 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Sweden heightens terror alert after Quran burnings 17 Aug 2023 - 06:14 pm
Sweden's Security Police Chief Charlotte von Essen (left) and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson address a press conference as the terror threat level in Sweden was raised to four on a five-point scale in Stockholm on August 17, 2023, following recent Quran burnings. (Photo by Henrik Montgomery / various sources / AFP) 
French government to hold crisis meeting as heatwave mounts 17 Aug 2023 - 04:51 pm
Members of the public take photographs in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on August 16, 2023. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Spain's Canary Isles battle 'most complex fire' in 40 years 17 Aug 2023 - 04:19 pm
In this picture taken from the village of Sobradillo, late on August 16, 2023 a wildfire rages in a forested area on the Canary island of Tenerife. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)
France's Sarkozy blasted for call to compromise with Russia 17 Aug 2023 - 02:40 pm
(Files) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and French Minister of Public Action and Accounts Gerald Darmanin attend the national tribute to French-Armenian singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour at the Invalides in Paris on October 5, 2018. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Spain Socialists win first parliamentary battle, securing speaker role 17 Aug 2023 - 02:14 pm
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claps as he arrives to attend the Parliament's constitutive sitting at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Javier Soriano / AFP)
German storm causes flight cancellations, floods 17 Aug 2023 - 12:15 pm
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Kyiv's forces to liberate all Ukraine, regardless of timeframe: Kuleba 17 Aug 2023 - 12:00 pm
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to a journalist during an interview with AFP, in Kyiv, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
Russian ruble steady after rate hike 16 Aug 2023 - 10:46 pm
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Children, pregnant woman among latest UK 'small boats' arrivals 16 Aug 2023 - 05:49 pm
A man carrying a child in his arms, is followed by a migrant pregnant woman (2nd R), as they walk on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland ends: met office 16 Aug 2023 - 03:58 pm
People watch flowing lava during an volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, south-west of Reykjavik in Iceland on July 10, 2023. Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP
Netherlands slips into 'mild recession': early figures 16 Aug 2023 - 03:36 pm
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UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low 16 Aug 2023 - 01:11 pm
A customer looks at some vegetables at the Asda supermarket, in Amesbury, England, on August 15, 2023. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
European heat wave expands as French citizens told to stay home 16 Aug 2023 - 12:29 pm
A woman sits in the shade of a tree to protect herself from the sun during a heatwave in Lyon on August 15, 2023. Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Georgia landslide death toll climbs to at least 26 15 Aug 2023 - 09:54 pm
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