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As London feuds, full Brexit negotiations open in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Britain's Brexit minister pledges to "get down to work" as he kicks off first full round of negotiations, but year after Britons vote narrowly to leave EU their government seems at war with itself over divorce terms.
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As London feuds, full Brexit negotiations open in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Britain's Brexit minister pledges to "get down to work" as he kicks off first full round of negotiations, but year after Britons vote narrowly to leave EU their government seems at war with itself over divorce terms. (BRITAIN-EU/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 757 words)
EXCLUSIVE-Islamic State's Baghdadi almost certainly alive - Kurdish security official
SULAIMANIA, Iraq - Top Kurdish counter-terrorism official says he is 99 percent sure Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive and located south of Syrian city of Raqqa, despite reports that he is killed. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-BAGHDADI (UPDATE 2, EXCLUSIVE, TV, PIX), moved, by Michael Georgy, 616 words)
South Korea's new government offers military talks with North Korea
SEOUL - South Korea proposes military talks with North Korea, first formal overture to Pyongyang by government of President Moon Jae-in, on ways to avoid hostile acts near heavily militarized border. (NORTHKOREA-SOUTHKOREA/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Christine Kim, 811 words)
UNITED STATES
Minnesota probing Australian woman's fatal shooting by police
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota officials were investigating on Monday how an Australian woman who called police for help over the weekend ended up shot and killed by one of the officers who responded in an alley near her house. (MINNESOTA-POLICE/SHOOTING (UPDATE 4, TV), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Todd Melby, 400 words)
AMERICAS
Venezuela opposition plots 'zero hour,' government calls vote a 'fraud'
CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition vows to escalate protests after massive vote against President Nicolas Maduro in unofficial plebiscite that leftist government mocks as "gigantic fraud." (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Oré, 862 words)
Labor unions, Democrats pressure Trump ahead of NAFTA priorities statement
WASHINGTON - U.S. labor union leaders and Democratic lawmakers remind U.S. President Donald Trump they expect him to keep election campaign promises to protect American workers in NAFTA talks, but they stop short of demanding termination of 1994 trade pact with Canada and Mexico. (USA-TRADE/NAFTA (GRAPHIC), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 409 words)
Canada sends military help as 39,000 evacuated in western wildfire
CALGARY, Alberta - Canada will deploy military aircraft to help battle rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia which force evacuation of 39,000 people, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says. (CANADA-WILDFIRE/ (PIX), moving shortly, 380 words)
EUROPE
Lavrov calls U.S. preconditions to return Russian property 'robbery' -RIA
MOSCOW - U.S. attempts to set preconditions for return of Russian diplomatic property seized in New York and Maryland are "daylight robbery," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says, RIA news agency reports. (RUSSIA-USA/SANCTIONS-PROPERTY-LAVROV (TV), moved, 234 words)
Turkish government extends state of emergency rule for another 3 months
ANKARA - Turkey extends emergency rule for another three months, almost year after it is imposed in wake of last July's failed military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/EMERGENCY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 277 words)
U.S. expert visits London hospital to examine baby Charlie Gard
LONDON - U.S doctor offering experimental treatment to critically ill British baby visits London hospital where he is treated as part of last-ditch attempt to persuade judge to keep boy's life support switched on. (BRITAIN-BABY/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Michael Holden, 497 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Qatar says media report reveals UAE role in hack that sparked crisis
LONDON/DOHA - Qatar says U.S. media report show United Arab Emirates is involved in alleged hack of Qatar's state news agency that helps spark diplomatic crisis in Gulf. (GULF-QATAR/EMIRATES (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Karin Strohecker and Tom Finn, 626 words)
+ See also:
- GULF-QATAR/EGYPT (PIX), moved, 275 words
AFRICA
Kenya's president says will hunt down Islamist attackers
NAIROBI - Kenya will use "deadly force" against suspected Islamist militants, President Uhuru Kenyatta says as he campaigns for re-election in Lamu, one of the regions that bears brunt of militant violence. (KENYA-SECURITY/ (TV, PIX), moved, 236 words)
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