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French Gangster Avoids Capture After Three Weeks On The Run
A French armed robber narrowly avoided capture more than three weeks after escaping from prison, police say.
Convicted gangster Rédoine Faïd was spotted by patrol officers near Paris on Tuesday afternoon, police sources told AFP news agency. He fled the scene and abandoned a car with explosives and fake number plates in a shopping centre car park.
On 1 July Faïd, 46, broke out of a prison with the help of armed accomplices who hijacked a helicopter.
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At Least 31 Dead In Pakistan Election Violence
Pakistan has been hit by violence on the day of its general elections - with at least 31 dead in the worst attack.
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in the city of Quetta. The Islamic State group said it had carried out the attack.
Elsewhere, minor blasts and clashes left several injured and two dead.
Millions have voted in the polls, with the parties of ex-cricket star Imran Khan and disgraced former PM Nawaz Sharif competing for the most seats.
Voting officially closed at 18:00 (13:00 GMT), with the results probably known early on Thursday.
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Top Russian Scientist Arrested On Spying Charges
Russian investigators have arrested an award-winning 74-year-old space scientist, who is suspected of passing missile secrets to a Nato country.
Viktor Kudryavtsev is in custody in Moscow, the state space agency Roskosmos confirmed.
On Friday security agents raided a Roskosmos research facility called TsNIIMash in Korolyov, near Moscow. The alleged spying concerns hypersonic missiles, which fly at more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).
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North Korean Sohae Rocket Launch Station Being Dismantled
North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west.
Satellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Pyongyang is complying with a promise made to the US in June.
US President Donald Trump said North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un had vowed to destroy an engine test site, but did not specify which one.
Pyongyang has maintained that Sohae is a satellite launch site. But US officials suspect that it has been used to test ballistic missiles.
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Boris Johnson: Khan Must Take Responsibility For London Violence
Boris Johnson has said his successor as London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, must take responsibility for knife crime in the capital.
Mr Johnson, who was mayor until 2016, said it was a "scandal" that the murder rate in London was higher than in New York in February. In a newspaper article, he accused Mr Khan of blaming "everyone but himself".
A spokeswoman for the mayor said Mr Johnson's words were "desperate nonsense". Mr Khan has previously blamed government cuts to police budgets for the rise in violent crime.
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UK Will Not Block The US Death Penalty For London IS Members
The UK will not block use of the death penalty by the US in the case of two men who are accused of being Islamic State members, the home secretary says.
In a letter to the US attorney general, leaked to the Telegraph, Sajid Javid said the UK will seek no assurances that the pair will not be executed.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured in Syria in January. But if the Londoners go to Guantanamo Bay the UK will withhold intelligence, the BBC's Frank Gardner said.
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Australian Jihadist To Face Charges In Turkey
A Turkish court has ruled against extraditing Australia's most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, to face terrorism charges in his home country.
Prakash was arrested in Turkey in 2016 after crossing from Syria. He later admitted partial blame for Islamic State group terror plots in Australia.
In May last year, Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull said he expected Prakash to be extradited "within months". He is now likely to face charges in Turkey, reported News Corp Australia. The Australian government has said it is disappointed by the Turkish judge's decision in the Kilis Criminal Court.
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Home Office Release Crime Figures
Only 9% of crimes end with suspects being charged or summonsed in England and Wales, Home Office figures suggest.
In the 12 months to March, 443,000 crimes resulted in a charge or summons out of 4.6 million offences - the lowest detection rate since 2015. Data also shows police closed nearly half (48%) of all cases because no suspect could be identified. It comes as new figures show the number of homicides has increased for the fourth year running.
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Spanish Navy Submarine Unable To Fit In Dock
An attempt to deploy a new submarine for Spain's navy has run aground again, after it emerged it cannot fit in its dock, Spanish media report.
The S-80 boat was redesigned at great expense after an earlier mistake meant it had problems floating, and it was lengthened to correct the issue.
Spanish newspaper El País now reports that after the changes, the docks at Cartagena can no longer fit the vessel. The cost for each has almost doubled, the newspaper said.
It estimated that the cost of each S-80 "Plus" submarine would now be close to €1bn (£900m).
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Two Men Jailed For Being Members Of Banned Neo-Nazi Group
Two men have been found guilty of being members of banned neo-Nazi group National Action.
Christopher Lythgoe, 32, of Warrington, and Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, were convicted after a trial lasting over five weeks.
Lythgoe was jailed for eight years and Hankinson for six.
Earlier in the trial, another man, Jack Renshaw, 23, of Skelmersdale, Lancs, admitted preparing an act of terrorism after buying a machete. He admitted buying it for the purpose of murdering West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper.
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