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Image copyrightGetty Images The UK is to build a new chemical weapons “defence centre” to protect itself from what it says is the growing threat from Russia and North Korea. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is to announce the £48m facility will be located at the government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Scientists at Porton Down…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump signs an order on gun ‘bump stocks’ US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers last year. Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump said he had directed the Department…

Mr. Tillerson made clear Friday that the end of the blockade of Yemeni ports must include commercial shipments, not just humanitarian ones, “because about 80 percent of the food comes in on commercial ships.” He met Friday with Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon and President Emmanuel Macron of France. Mr. Macron’s invitation to Mr….

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Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption The initial death toll of 30 rose to 36 after six of the injured died in hospital At least 36 people have died in a head-on collision between a lorry and a Nairobi-bound bus on a notoriously dangerous road near Migaa in Kenya. Local officials said the accident happened at 03:00 (0:00…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEyewitness: “[There were] flames licking up the side of the building… it was pretty horrifying.” One person was taken to hospital after a large fire broke out in a block of flats in Manchester city centre. The blaze started at about 16:00 GMT on the ninth floor…