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Officials confirm that US president will break with decades of diplomacy in a move many warn will trigger unrest in the regionDonald Trump will declare formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital

Petition calls for Metropolitan Museum of Art to replace Therese Dreaming by Balthasar Klossowski, which shows girl with her underwear visibleNew York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has refused to

Guinness World Records to verify if Pamela Wang’s five-pound (2.3kg) fruit is the biggest ever grownA Hawaii woman is waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records to find out if the massive

Joint operation allegedly uncovers terrorists’ plan to bomb way into Downing Street and then kill PMSecurity officials believe they have thwarted an alleged plot to assassinate Theresa May by

PC James Dixon, who was on duty at the time, and elderly woman were both killed in crash on TuesdayAn on-duty police officer on a motorcycle and a 91-year-old woman have been killed after being

New UK research links toxic air to low birth weight that can cause lifelong damage to health, raising fears that millions of babies worldwide are being harmedAir pollution significantly increases the

Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice, is suing Trump for defamation after he accused her of lying about sexual harassment in 2007Can you sue the president? The finer points of this

Dylan Howard, who reportedly helped Harvey Weinstein to undermine sexual assault allegations, discussed female workers’ sex lives and made them watch pornography, ex-employees sayThe top editor for

Several people were injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided near Düsseldorf, German police said. The incident occurred near a train station in the town of Meerbusch on Tuesday.

Report by David Anderson QC says intelligence about suicide bomber Salman Abedi before he struck was misinterpretedMinisters have vowed to overhaul Britain’s fight against terrorism after a report

Suspects, including two brothers, pleaded not guilty to charges at hearing following death of Daphne Caruana GaliziaThree Maltese men have been charged for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the

Bid to refer four Liberals, four Labor MPs and one crossbencher to the high court over dual citizenship concerns voted down. Follow all the day’s action 7.19am GMT Breaking:Christopher Pyne has just

Interior secretary aims to reduce Cascade-Siskiyou and Gold Butte monumentsZinke hits back at Patagonia after ad said ‘the president stole your land’Interior secretary Ryan Zinke has announced

Christopher Pyne seals fate of changes backed by conservatives, saying he will pass the marriage equality bill in its original formConservatives’ amendments to the cross-party same-sex marriage bill

Megan Lee, 15, had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, LancashireTwo men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a teenager who suffered

From Trump’s inauguration to the end of September, there was a 40% increase in Ice arrests – and many arrested had deep connections in the US, activists sayUS immigration officials on Tuesday said

If companies follow through on possible Disney takeover of Fox, James and his father, Rupert, could take top jobs, Financial Times reportsThe Fox boss James Murdoch is reportedly being considered as a

The latest American Values Survey finds a deepening polarisation, as Trump diehards stay loyal but fractures appear in the Republican partyThe spectre of “authoritarian” leadership has been raised by

Istoé weekly denies racism and calls row a ‘false controversy’ after social media users express outrage – ‘I just wanted to throw up when I saw this’ said oneA popular weekly news magazine based in

Passenger train and freight train reported to have collided near station in the German town of MeerbuschSeveral people have been injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided near