Met Police face questions into why complaint about Prince Andrew was shelved
Scotland Yard was last night under pressure to explain why it failed to carry out a full investigation into allegations a teenager had been trafficked to the UK to have sex with Prince Andrew.

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One of the world's richest men vows to unseat Trump as he joins race
Billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world's richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for the US presidency.

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Democrats threaten more probe hearings
Democratic impeachment inquiry chairman Adam Schiff has refused to rule out more hearings in the probe into US President Donald Trump.

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Stockpiling N-bombs is immoral, says Pope
Pope Francis travelled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use and possession of atomic bombs an "immoral" crime and a dangerous waste.

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Nine shot dead by Iraqi forces at rallies
Nine people were killed in rallies across Iraq yesterday after security forces opened fire on groups of largely unarmed people demonstrating against government corruption.

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Two die and several missing as heavy rain batters parts of France and Italy
At least two people died in France and a landslide collapsed a stretch of elevated road in Italy as heavy rains pounded Europe over the weekend.

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