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At Least 43 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack In Afghanistan
A suicide bomb attack on a gathering of religious scholars in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 43 people, officials say.
At least 83 more were injured as the clerics met at the Uranus hall to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. It is one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul in recent months.
No-one has admitted responsibility for the blast, but the Islamic State group has said it was behind most of the recent deadliest attacks.
Continuing attacks by the Taliban have also stepped up pressure on security forces.
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Water Cannons Purchased By Boris Johnson Sold For Scrap
Three water cannon bought and refurbished for more than £320,000 while Boris Johnson was London Mayor have been sold for £11,000.
The vehicles were bought by Mr Johnson as crowd-control weapons following the 2011 riots.
They were sold for £11,025 to Nottinghamshire-based Reclamations (Ollerton) Ltd who will dismantle them and export the parts.
Current Mayor Sadiq Khan said "we have managed to finally get rid of them".
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Four Men Injured In North London Stabbing
Four men in their in their 20s were found with stab wounds following calls to police about a fight in north London on Sunday evening.
Three of the men remain in hospital, although the Metropolitan Police has not yet disclosed their condition.
The fight on Fraser Road, Edmonton, followed a shooting in Edmonton on Saturday in which two men and a teenage boy were wounded.
Police believe the two incidents are linked. One person has been arrested.
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US Adopts Welsh Violence Prevention Model
A pioneering Welsh scheme will be used to help unearth trouble "hotspots" and cut violent crime in the United States.
The Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention anonymously gathers details at A&Es about incidents, revealing problem areas unknown to police.
The US Department of Justice said more than half of violence is unreported which has made prevention difficult. But now the Cardiff model is set to be rolled out by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP).
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Saudi Intelligence Officer Ordered Khashoggi Murder
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has concluded that an intelligence officer ordered Jamal Khashoggi's murder, and not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The officer was tasked with persuading the dissident journalist to return to the Gulf kingdom, a spokesman said. Khashoggi was given a lethal injection after a struggle in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, he added.
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London Crossbow Murder Shocks Community
The death of a pregnant woman who was killed in a crossbow attack in her own home has "shocked people to the core", an MP has said.
Sana Muhammad, 35, died on Monday after the attack in Ilford, east London, but her unborn son was delivered safely.
Ilford North MP Wes Streeting said in Parliament her death had left people in shock "up and down the country". Prime Minister Theresa May said laws around crossbows would be reviewed after Mrs Muhammad's death.
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Russia Possibly Behind GPS Jamming According To Finnish Prime Minister
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila has said the GPS signal in his country's northern airspace was disrupted during recent Nato war games in Scandinavia.
He said he believed the signal had been jammed deliberately and that it was possible Russia was to blame because it had the means to do so.
Finland is not a Nato member but joined the war games which began last month. Norway also reported GPS problems during the exercises near Russia's north-western borders.
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US Navy Jet Crashes Off Coast Of Okinawa
A US Navy fighter jet has crashed in the Philippine Sea, south of the Japanese island of Okinawa.
The F/A-18 Hornet was conducting routine operations when it "experienced a mechanical issue" that forced the two crew to eject, the US 7th Fleet said. The pair were rescued from the water in good condition and were being evaluated on board the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, it added.
Okinawa hosts US military bases and thousands of personnel.
Japan's coastguard sent an aircraft to check if there was "any debris or floating oil" as a result of the crash, a spokesperson told the AFP news agency.
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Three Stabbed In Melbourne Attack
A man who set a car on fire and stabbed three people - one fatally - in the Australian city of Melbourne has died in hospital after being shot by police.
Authorities now say they are treating the attack as a terror-related.
The attacker was shot after confronting officers on a busy city street, authorities said. He was taken into custody in a critical condition.
The two survivors are in hospital, one reportedly in a critical condition. The suspect has not been named.
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Man Arrested On Plotting To Kill Spanish PM
A man has been arrested in north-eastern Spain on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
The suspect, known as a crack shot, had an arsenal of weapons at his home in Terrassa, Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra police force announced.
Local media said the man, 63, wanted to take revenge for Mr Sánchez's plans to exhume the remains of Francisco Franco. The fascist leader's mausoleum is revered by the Spanish far right.
Sixteen unlicensed firearms, including a pistol, were found in the suspect's home.
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