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'Surprise' Palu tsunami clue found on seafloor By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Washington DC 11 December 2018 Related TopicsIndonesia tsunami Image copyright Georgia Institute of Technology …

Anti-Semitism pervades European life, says EU report By Paul Kirby BBC News 10 December 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A startling 95% of French Jew…

Carlos Ghosn: Former Nissan chair charged with financial misconduct 10 December 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Japanese prosecutors have charged former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with financial misconduct, Japanese media report. He was arrested in …

France fuel protests: 80-year-old woman killed in Marseille 3 December 2018 Related TopicsFrance fuel protests Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFrance fuel protests: Who are the people in the yellow vests? An 80-year-old woman has died after being hit by a tear gas canister at her window during Saturday's fuel protests in the Fr…

Grace Millane: Man appears in court charged with backpacker's murder 10 December 2018 Image copyright Lucie Blackman Trust Image caption The 22-year-old arrived in New Zealand in mid-November for …

7 December 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOne gang used oxy-acetylene canisters to cause an explosion Thieves are increasingly trying to smash or blast their way into UK cash machines - with the number of attacks on ATMs nearly doubling in four years. Attempts to steal cash have risen from 400 attacks in 2014 to 723 last year, according to a report by ATM operator Cardtronics. It said one in five incidents in Europe …

Trump chief of staff John Kelly to leave White House job 8 December 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some reports suggest Mr Kelly's relationship with Mr Trump has deteriorated …

Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen's help with Russia probe revealed 7 December 2018 Related TopicsRussia-Trump inquiry Image copyright Reuters Image caption Cohen once famously vowed he would take a …

6 December 2018 Image copyright EPA Canadian authorities have arrested the daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei at the request of US law enforcement. Meng Wanzhou, who is Huawei's chief financial officer and deputy chair, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December, Canada's Department of Justice said. Ms Meng is being sought for ex…

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer: Merkel's choice elected ruling party leader 7 December 2018 Image copyright EPA Image caption Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer was seen as Ms Merkel's heir apparent …

William Barr nominated by Donald Trump to be US attorney general 7 December 2018 Related TopicsRussia-Trump inquiry Image copyright Alamy President Donald Trump has nominated William Barr to be the new attorney general, a post he held in the 1990s. By …

Germany's Merkel bids emotional farewell to CDU party 7 December 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption Chancellor Merkel summed up what the CDU meant for her …

6 December 2018 comments Image copyright Getty Images O2 says it does not know when full service will be restored to millions of customers who cannot access data services on their smartphones. The mobile network said it was working "flat out" with Ericsson to fix the technical problems. The Swedish company, which makes mobile network equipme…

Leicester City crash helicopter rotor controls failed 6 December 2018 The helicopter which crashed killing Leicester City's chairman and four others span out of control after a mechanism became disconnected, investigators have said. An Air Accident Investigation Brach (AAIB) report found cockpit pedals …