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Guantanamo Bay To Remain Open By Order Of President Trump
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open.
Mr Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former President Barack Obama, who had said he wanted to close the controversial site "as soon as practicable".
The facility in Cuba has been used since the 9/11 attacks to detain what Washington calls "enemy combatants", but only 41 prisoners remain there. Hundreds were transferred away from the facility during the Obama era.
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'Night Watcher' Burglar Is Believed To Have Military Skills
A highly professional burglar with a military background is suspected of carrying out series of violent house raids across south-east England.
Armed with a sawn-off shotgun, the man stakes out expensive Home Counties properties and has taken jewellery, watches and heirlooms worth about £1m. He knows the exact layout of the properties and location of safes by the time he strikes, Surrey Police said. Police said he may be ex-military and possesses "specialist skills".
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Exercise Routes Of Military Personnel Revealed From Fitness App
Security concerns have been raised after a fitness tracking firm showed the exercise routes of military personnel in bases around the world.
Online fitness tracker Strava has published a "heatmap" showing the paths its users log as they run or cycle. It appears to show the structure of foreign military bases in countries including Syria and Afghanistan as soldiers move around them.
The US military was examining the heatmap, a spokesman said.
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Fourth Deadly Attack In Kabul Kills 11 Soldiers
Militants have killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Kabul, the fourth major assault in a surge of violence in just over a week.
Sixteen other soldiers were injured in the raid near the main military academy in the west of the Afghan capital.
Four militants were killed, a fifth was arrested. Islamic State (IS) militants claimed the assault. Taliban and IS attacks have soared this month, leaving scores dead.
On Saturday an ambulance packed with explosives killed more than 100 people in the Chicken Street shopping area. The Taliban claimed the attack, the deadliest in months.
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Turkish Prime Minister Continues His Operation Against Kurdish Militia
Turkey is prepared to take its fight against Kurdish forces in northern Syria as far east as Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Speaking in Ankara, Mr Erdogan reiterated that his forces will move against Kurdish-controlled Manbij, which risks confrontation with the US. US troops are based in the city, which was taken from the Islamic State group (IS) by Kurdish-led forces in 2016.
Turkey launched its operation against the Kurdish militia last weekend.
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Escaped Alcatraz Inmate Sent Letter To Police In 2013
A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962.
Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to San Francisco police in 2013, but it has only now been made public. "My name is John Anglin," reads the letter. "I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962. Yes we all made it that night, but barely!"
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Thames Valley Police Lose 26 Officers A Month On Average
A police force is is having to hire "case investigators" in order to bridge a gap in officer numbers.
Thames Valley Police (TVP) is struggling to fill posts as officers are leaving the force at a higher rate than new recruits joining.
A "combination" of an increase in retirements, high living costs and transfers to other forces were reasons for the shortfall in numbers. The force said it was short of 98 officers with a net loss of 26 a month. Chief constable Francis Habgood said he did not think officer numbers were at "crisis" point, but added there were "pressures because of the numbers leavin…
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Police Figures Reveal Violent Crimes Are On The Rise
The number of violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen sharply over the past year, figures show.
Knife crime and robbery also increased in the 12 months to September 2017 compared with the previous year, the Office for National Statistics said.
About 5.3 million crimes were recorded in all in that 12-month period, up 14%. However, the separate Crime Survey, based on people's experiences, suggests crime continues to fall.
This survey, based on interviews with 35,000 households in England and Wales, includes crimes that people do not report to police.
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Save The Children Offices Attacked By IS In Afghanistan
The UK charity Save the Children has temporarily suspended its programmes in Afghanistan after an attack on its offices in the city of Jalalabad.
At least three people were killed and 24 were injured when Islamic State (IS) militants detonated explosives and stormed the building. Fierce gun battles raged for most of the day.
Save the Children said it was closing its offices out of concern for the safety of all its staff. But it said in a statement that it was "committed to resuming our operations and lifesaving work as quickly as possible".
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IS Headquarters Bombing By US Coalition Kills 150 IS Militants
The US-led coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) says it has killed up to 150 militants in air strikes on a headquarters in Syria.
A statement said the strikes took place on Saturday near al-Shafah, in the Middle Euphrates river valley in the south-eastern province of Deir al-Zour.
A combination of intelligence and continuous target observation ensured no civilians were harmed, it added. There was no confirmation of the attack from IS or its supporters.
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