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Downing Street insists UK will leave customs union 5 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Reuters Image caption David Davis and Theresa May will meet Michel Barnier this week Downing Street has insisted Britain will leave the customs union after Brexit amid claims of Tory disunity over the …

Downing Street insists UK will leave customs union 5 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Reuters Image caption David Davis and Theresa May will meet Michel Barnier this week Downing Street has insisted Britain will leave the customs union after Brexit amid claims of Tory disunity over the …

North Korea to send ceremonial head Kim Yong-nam South 4 February 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption It is unclear whether Kim Yong-nam, who heads the parliament in Pyongyang, will attend the opening ceremony along with US Vice President Mike Pence North Korea is to send its highest ranking official f…

Greece Macedonia: Name dispute draws mass protest in Athens 4 February 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption Protesters from far and wide, including some from other countries - flooded Syntagma Square in Athens At least 140,000 Greeks have taken to the streets of Athens in a protest about the decades-lon…

Amber Rudd hits back at Tory Brexiteers 4 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAmber Rudd says Jacob Rees-Mogg should not have accused Treasury of fiddling figuresHome Secretary Amber Rudd has hit back at Brexiteers in the Conservative Party over attacks on the civil service. Ms Rudd said backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg was "wrong" to accuse the Treasury of "fiddlin…

China accuses US of 'Cold War mentality' over nuclear policy 4 February 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption The US nuclear force is based on land, sea and air-based weapons China has urged the US to drop its "Cold War mentality" after Washington said it planned to diversify its nuclear armoury with…

4 February 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Reports say the government is considering cutting up to 2,000 marines Cutting the number of Royal Marines and the ships they use to carry out beach landings would significantly undermine UK security, MPs have warned. There is speculation the government is considering axing up to 2,000 marines and the Royal Navy's two specialist landing ships in a s…

4 February 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Reports say the government is considering cutting up to 2,000 marines Cutting the number of Royal Marines and the ships they use to carry out beach landings would significantly undermine UK security, MPs have warned. There is speculation the government is considering axing up to 2,000 marines and the Royal Navy's two specialist landing ships in a s…

Syria war: Turkey suffers deadliest day in Afrin offensive 4 February 2018 Related TopicsSyrian civil war Image copyright AFP Image caption The Turkish-led offensive is intended to drive Kurdish militias out of Afrin The Turkish military has suffered the deadliest day in its offensive against Kurdish mil…

Calais migrants: Five shot in mass brawl 2 February 2018 Related TopicsCalais migrant crisis Image copyright EPA Image caption A man gets medical help from rescue workers after clashes in Calais, northern France At least five migrants have been shot in the French port city of Calais, after a mass brawl b…

Russian fighter jet 'shot down' in Syria's Idlib province 3 February 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption File photo of a Sukhoi-25 in action over the Syrian city of Saraqib A Russian Sukhoi-25 fighter jet has been shot down in a rebel-held area near Idlib in north Syria, reports say. The Syrian Observ…

Northamptonshire County Council 'warned it was unsustainable' 3 February 2018 Image caption Heather Smith said the council received "significantly less" in government funds than other authorities and this had been made known to Whitehall The leader of a council forced to ban almost all spending said she warned the government the authority was about t…

Northamptonshire County Council 'warned it was unsustainable' 3 February 2018 Image caption Heather Smith said the council received "significantly less" in government funds than other authorities and this had been made known to Whitehall The leader of a council forced to ban almost all spending said she warned the government the authority was about t…

Northamptonshire County Council 'warned it was unsustainable' 3 February 2018 Image caption Heather Smith said the council received "significantly less" in government funds than other authorities and this had been made known to Whitehall The leader of a council forced to ban almost all spending said she warned the government the authority was about t…

Italy Macerata drive-by attack: Foreigners targeted, say police 3 February 2018 Image copyright EPA At least four people have been injured in a series of drive-by shootings in a central Italian town, with one man arrested, police say. All of those injured in Macerata are foreigners, they added. The office of the town's mayor warned people in a tweet to stay indoors becau…