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British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May calls for early election June 8, saying she needs to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with European Union by bolstering support for her Brexit plan.
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British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May calls for early election June 8, saying she needs to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with European Union by bolstering support for her Brexit plan. (BRITAIN-EU/MAY (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and William James, 916 words)
Indonesia's Widodo calls for unity as divided Jakarta goes to the polls
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president calls for unity as he casts his vote in election for Jakarta's governor, a contest between a Muslim and a Christian candidate that has stoked religious tensions in the capital of the world's third-largest democracy. (INDONESIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Fergus Jensen and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, 713 words)
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- INDONESIA-ELECTION/CHINESE, moved, 500 words, by Eveline Danubrata and Gayatri Suroyo, 830 words
France arrests men suspected of planning attack ahead of elections
PARIS - Two men arrested in Marseille planned "imminent and violent attack" ahead of first round of France's presidential election Sunday, authorities say. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-ELECTION (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved, by Emmanuel Jarry and Sarah White, 493 words)
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- FRANCE-ELECTION/ABSTENTION (GRAPHIC, PIX), moved, by Leigh Thomas, 654 words
U.S. says Iran complies with nuke deal but orders review on lifting sanctions
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration says it is launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran is in the United States' national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran is complying with a deal to rein in its nuclear programme. (IRAN-NUCLEAR/USA-TILLERSON (UPDATE 2), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 429 words)
ASIA
U.S. VP Pence says working with allies to put pressure on N.Korea
TOKYO - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says Washington will work with its allies and China to put economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea but adds that America will defeat any attack with an "overwhelming response". (PENCE-ASIA/JAPAN (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), by Roberta Rampton, 380 words)
+ See also:
- NORTHKOREA-USA/CARRIER (PIX), moved, by Phil Stewart, 449 words
- NORTHKOREA-USA/VIDEO (TV), by Ju-min Park, 330 words
China's Xi restructures military, consolidates control
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping announces a military restructure of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to transform it into a leaner fighting force with improved joint operations capability, state media say. (CHINA-DEFENCE/, moved, 391 words)
Police describe kill rewards, staged crime scenes in Duterte's drug war
MANILA - Philippine police receive cash payments for executing drug suspects, plant evidence at crime scenes and carry out most of killings they blame on vigilantes, say two senior officers critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs". (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/POLICE (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Manuel Mogato and Clare Baldwin, 1,604 words)
UNITED STATES
Runoff likely in much-watched US congressional race
DUNWOODY - A novice Democratic candidate weathers attacks from President Donald Trump and finishes well ahead of his Republican rivals in a much-watched Georgia congressional race, but appears to miss the majority needed to win outright. (USA-POLITICS/GEORGIA (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), by Andy Sullivan, 487 words)
Trump orders review of visa program to encourage hiring Americans
KENOSHA - President Donald Trump orders a review of the U.S. visa program for bringing in high-skilled foreign workers, putting technology firms and the outsourcing companies that serve them on notice of possible changes. (USA-TRUMP/VISA (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 799 words)
Gunman targeting white men kills 3 in Fresno, California
A gunman going by the nickname Black Jesus kills three white men in downtown Fresno, California, and fires at another before being taken into custody while shouting "Allahu Akhbar," police say. (CALIFORNIA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 393 words)
Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania -police
ERIE, Pa. - Murder suspect who police say posted video on Facebook of killing of Cleveland man fatally shoots himself after "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania State Police officers, authorities say. (CLEVELAND-MURDER/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, TV), moved, by Robert Frank, 424 words)
AMERICAS
EXCLUSIVE-Asylum applications in Mexico surge after Trump election win
MEXICO CITY - Number of people applying for asylum in Mexico soared more than 150 percent since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, Mexican data show, as more Central American migrants seek to stay rather than take their chances in United States. (USA-IMMIGRATION/MEXICO (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Gabriel Stargardter, 427 words)
Detained opposition activists say Venezuela authorities tortured them
CARACAS - Venezuelan court orders continued detention of two young opposition activists who say they were tortured until they incriminated opposition leaders in plot to destabilize government of President Nicolas Maduro. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Eyanir Chinea and Diego Oré, 393 words)
EUROPE
Observer says 2.5 mln Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated
VIENNA/BERLIN - Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum that ended in a close "yes" vote for greater presidential powers, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission says. (TURKEY-POLITICS/REFERENDUM-OBSERVERS (UPDATE 2), moved, 489 words)
AFRICA
South Sudan refugees release U.N. Congo mission staff
DAKAR - A hundred unarmed South Sudanese refugees in east Congo take 13 United Nations mission staff hostage, demanding to be moved to a third country but later release them unharmed. (CONGO-SOUTHSUDAN/UNREST (UPDATE 3), moved, by Aaron Ross, 308 words)
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