Friday 07 November 2014

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EU's £1.7bn surcharge deadline to be delayed until election

George Osborne talks to the press as he arrives in Brussels

Britain’s payment of a £1.7 billion European Union surcharge will be postponed until after next year’s general election, under a deal to be discussed by George Osborne in Brussels on Friday

Obama writes rare letter to Iran's Ayatollah about joint fight against Isil

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

US President wrote secret letter to Iran's supreme religious leader laying out shared interest in fighting extremist group in Iraq and Syria

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Who shot bin Laden? Former US Navy SEALs make rival claims

Keynote Speaker and Seal Team Six Military Hero Robert O'Neill on leadership:

As Rob O'Neill comes forward as the man who killed the al-Qaeda leader, other servicemen on the raid contradict his account

Jihadis get around flight crackdown by 'booking tickets on cruise ships' to get to Syria

Interpol officials warn increasing number of would-be fighters are travelling by cruise ship to Turkey, where they can easily slip in across the border to Syria

Hollande: 'No more tax rises until 2017'

Francois Hollande poses on a TV set prior to the start of a French channel TF1 broadcast show, on November 6, 2014 in Aubervilliers, outside Paris.

François Hollande says he will not run for re-election if he fails to reduce unemployment and will not introduce more taxation in a "last ditch" television appearance

More than 600 US troops complained of chemical agent exposure in Iraq

Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan wars could hit $6 trillion

Pentagon acknowledges hundreds of American service members alerted military medical staff they had been exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq

US airstrikes 'kill French Khorasan bombmaker' in Syria

David Drugeon, a 24-year-old convert to Islam and member of the al-Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group

Officials says drone believed to have killed David Drugeon, a 24-year-old convert to Islam and member of the al-Qaeda-linked Group

Palestinian turns himself in to police after running over three Israeli soldiers

An Israeli policeman aims his tear gas launcher during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians on November 5, 2014 near one of the entrances to Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is holy to both Jews and Muslims.

Tension mounts in Jerusalem and the West Bank after the third incident of cars driving into pedestrians in last two weeks

Hollande and Gayet: 'It's started again'

Julie Gayet has been pictured entering and leaving the back entrance of the Elysee palace – proof, according to a French magazine, that “it’s started again.”

American diner mistakenly orders $3,750 wine bottle

Joe Lentini discovered that "thirty-seven fifty" for wine meant $3,750 – rather than anticipated bill for $37.50

The world's most expensive bottles of wine

Pippa Middleton filmed dancing in Wyoming

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The Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton, dons boots in a Jackson Hole bar for a spot of cowboy dancing

World's 'poorest president' offered $1m for his old Beetle car

Uruguay's President Jose Mujica flashes a thumbs up as he and his wife, Sen. Lucia Topolansky, ride away from their home after giving an interview, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Austere Uruguayan President Jose Mujica approached by Arab Sheikh offering him money for his famous Beetle

The border guard who opened the Berlin Wall

Harald Jäger, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the former east German secret police Stasi, poses in his home in Werneuchen, north of Berlin

East German border guard who gave order to open Berlin Wall 25 years ago speaks about his historic decision

The Berlin Wall, in pictures

Marijuana on the march in the US

Wave of ballots could see the recreational use of the drug legalised in nine states within three years

Murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd dropped

Phil Rudd of AC/DC performing live at the O2 Arena in London 14.04.09

Charges dropped due to lack of evidence as Rudd's lawyer says 'damage done is incalculable'

Gunman confesses to TV cameraman then hijacks his car

Rusedski: Three reasons why Federer is the greatest

Lest we forget: an installation of ceramic poppies surrounds the Tower of London

Time-lapse: poppy memorial from dawn to dusk

Prince Harry visits Field Of Remembrance

Jacob Rees-Mogg canvassing for the Conservative party with his son Peter in Rochester, Kent

Conservative MP (and son) take fight to Ukip in Rochester

Watch: Monty the Penguin stars in John Lewis 2014 Christmas ad

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Gaza's rubble runners

Palestinian youths are seen practicing their parkour skills over the ruins of houses in Khan Younis in that Gaza Strip that were reportedly destroyed during the seven-week Israeli offensive.

In pics: Palestinian youths practice parkour among the ruins in Khan Younis

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Migrants spark Ebola scare on Spanish beach

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Migrants arriving on a beach in Gran Canaria trigger Ebola fears after it is learned some are sick and have travelled from Sierra Leone and Guinea

Violence erupts as workers protest Belgian labour reform

German farmers release 'hot potato' calendar

Belgium protesters clash with police after austerity march

Russian actor and Putin critic found dead 'had drink problem'

Asia news»

British banker dumped by his 'love' before Hong Kong murders

Rurik Jutting's Filipina girlfriend ended their relationship just weeks before the bodies of two Indonesian women were found at his Hong Kong flat

Africa ivory smuggled on China state visit

Al-Qaeda 'preparing for major attack in India'

British banker 'went to his local pub for pint of Tetley's' hours after first Hong Kong murder

Imelda Marcos’s tropical 'palace' rots one year after Philippines typhoon

Africa and Indian Ocean latest news»

Have aid efforts brought Ebola under control?

A aerial view photo made available by the British Ministry of Defence on November 05, 2014 showing the new British Ebola treatment facility in Kerry Town, Sierra Leone

There is cause for tentative optimism at the new treatment centres in Liberia

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British-built Ebola hospital opens in Sierra Leone

CCTV shows Dewani with man convicted of arranging wife's murder

Burkina Faso talks agree one-year transition until polls in Nov 2015

Bomb on train kills two Egypt policemen

Australia and the Pacific news»

Gunman confesses to TV cameraman then hijacks his car

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Australian TV news cameraman Peter Steer films the moment he was flagged down by a man on the run, who confesses to him, then has a sudden change of heart and steals his car at gunpoint before smashing into petrol station

Australian man jumps on tiger shark for a dare

AC/DC drummer accused of trying to procure murder

Arresting sights

Vladimir Putin cannot avoid me at G20 summit, warns Tony Abbott

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Firemen free child's head from kettle

Watch as firemen come to the aid of a one-and-a-half year old girl in Chile, whose head had become stuck in a metal kettle

North America news»

Harry Belafonte: What counts is your legacy

Music

Harry Belafonte is to receive an honorary Oscar. In 2012, he talked to Martin Chilton about some of the great artists he has met including Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie.

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