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Westminster Bridge Sealed Off During Security Alert
Armed police descended on St Thomas' Hospital in central London following a "security alert" on Tuesday morning.
Police were called at 09:18 BST when a man was reported making threats inside the hospital. The Met said "no weapons" were seen during the alert. The man was tracked down and spoken to by officers, but police said there had been no arrests and the alert was not being treated as terror-related.
The alert led to road closures on Westminster Bridge. The Met Police said the hospital was not evacuated.
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WWII Bomb Explodes As It Is Made Safe In Poland
The largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland has detonated during the defusing process, a Polish Navy spokesman said.
The chance the bomb - at the bottom of a Baltic Sea shipping canal - would detonate had been put at 50-50 and all the divers were unharmed.
About 750 residents had been evacuated near the port city of Swinoujscie.
The RAF dropped the Tallboy or "earthquake" bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow. Swinoujscie was part of Germany and called Swinemunde at the time of the bombardment.
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Brazilian Crime Boss Goes On The Run
André Oliveira Macedo, also known as André do Rap, was discharged from a high-security jail on Saturday – but this decision was revoked just hours later. He has been missing since.
Macedo is a superior member of the São Paulo-based First Command of the Capital (PCC) organisation, which endures power in jails across Brazil and Paraguay and smuggles tonnes of cocaine into Europe.
His release was the outcome of a contentious command by Judge Marco Aurélio Mello, one of 11 justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court.
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French Police Station Attacked With Fireworks
A mob armed with metal bars and fireworks has attacked a police station in the suburbs of Paris, officials in the city have said.
An unidentified group of about 40 people, whose motive was not clear, tried to storm the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, about nine miles (15km) southeast of central Paris.
The mob tried, but failed, to force its way into the building on Saturday night in the third attack on the station in three years. Officials said they "weren't far off from a disaster".
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Mexico Ex-Security Chief Pleads Not Guilty To Links With Drugs Cartel
Mexico's former security minister Genaro García Luna has pleaded not guilty to charges linking him to the Sinaloa drugs cartel.
Mr García Luna, 52, denied engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in a court in New York. Prosecutors accuse him of allowing the Sinaloa cartel of "El Chapo" Guzmán to operate freely in Mexico in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes.
Mr García Luna was Mexico's top security chief from 2006 to 2012. During his time in office, he founded Mexico's federal police force.
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Thirteen Arrested By FBI In Plot To Kidnap Governor Of Michigan
The FBI says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Mrs Whitmer has become a target for coronavirus sceptics after enacting strict measures that were overturned by a judge last week. Officials say the kidnapping plot involved six men who planned to hold a "treason trial" for her.
"Hatred, bigotry and violence have no place" in Michigan, Mrs Whitmer said, describing the accused as "depraved".
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Fire At Russian Arms Depot Injures Six People
Fourteen villages have been evacuated and a motorway closed after a huge blaze at an ammunitions depot south-east of the Russian capital, Moscow.
At least six people have been injured, with five requiring hospital treatment.
The depot in the Ryazan region is reportedly used to store missiles and other artillery munitions. The site caught fire on Wednesday after flames spread from burning grasslands, officials said. A state of emergency has been declared in the region.
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Greek neo-Nazi Party Guilty Of Running Criminal Organisation
After a trial lasting more than five years, the leadership of Greece's neo-Nazi party has been convicted of running a criminal organisation.
Big crowds gathered outside the court in Athens as the judges gave verdicts on 68 defendants. Golden Dawn secured 18 MPs in 2012, as Greeks were battered by a financial crisis. The criminal inquiry into the party began with the murder of an anti-fascist rapper in 2013.
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UK Government Revealed To Be Second Largest Arms Dealer
The UK was the world's second-biggest arms exporter behind the United States over the past decade, government figures suggest.
Orders worth £11 billion were won in 2019, which the government said placed the UK ahead of Russia and France. Almost £100bn worth of contracts since 2010 included the sale of Typhoons to Saudi Arabia and missiles to Qatar.
The government says the sales support good jobs but critics said the figures should be "a great source of shame". The Campaign Against Arms Trade said the UK was "arming and supporting repression around the world".
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Jewish Student Attacked Outside German Synagogue By A Man With Shovel
A Jewish student has been badly injured in an attack by a man wielding a shovel as he entered a synagogue in the northern city of Hamburg.
The 26-year-old sustained severe head injuries and was taken to hospital, according to local media. The suspected attacker was arrested and police confirmed they were investigating the case as attempted murder with anti-Semitic intent.
Last month Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of rising anti-Semitism.
The incident took place almost one year after a gunman attacked a synagogue in the city of Halle during Yom Kippur, killing two.
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