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U.K. Starts No-Deal Brexit Meetings as It’s Now a Real Prospect

(Bloomberg) — Follow @Brexit on Twitter, join our Facebook group and sign up to our Brexit Bulletin.U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s high-level Brexit cabinet holds its first meeting Monday, and will gather every day to ensure the country leaves th…

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Few German Mothers Go Back To Work Full-Time. These Are The Challenges They Face

German women have achieved top political positions, but in the business world, progress has lagged. Until 1977, married women had to receive their husbands’ permission to work outside the home.

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In Paris, This Refugee Radio Station Is A Lifeline — In 5 Different Languages

Where can I find food? How do I fill out an asylum application? Stalingrad Connection, a community radio station, helps migrants find crucial information as they navigate a new country.

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Macron to host Putin next month ahead of G-7 summit

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, days before hosting a Group of Seven summit with the leaders of rich democracies. Macron’s office said Sunday the meeting with Putin will take p…

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Iran nuclear deal parties meet after month of friction

Parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal met in Vienna on Sunday for emergency talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran’s breaches of the accord. Britain, France, Germany…

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U.K. Deploys Destroyer to Protect Shipping in Strait of Hormuz

(Bloomberg) — The U.K. has deployed one of its Type 45 warships to help escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran seized a British vessel amid heightening tensions with the West.The frigate, HMS Duncan, will operate alongside the…

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Putin leads Russian naval parade after crackdown in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin led Russia’s first major naval parade in years on Sunday, the day after a violent police crackdown on anti-government protesters in Moscow. Putin on Sunday morning went aboard one of the vessels in the Navy Day parade …

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‘Doomsday prepper’ held twin daughters captive and sexually abused them for years, police say

‘Doomsday prepper’ held twin daughters captive and sexually abused them for years, police sayA Florida couple described as “doomsday preppers” allegedly abused their adopted twin daughters, subjecting them to beatings, sexual assaults and a restricted food intake, police said.Mirko and Regina Ceska were arrested on 12 July for charges including sexual assault and neglect.Their 22-year-old daughters escaped from the family’s home in Wakulla County on 28 June 2019 after 11 years of suspected abuse.The women were adopted from the foster case system in 2008 at the age of 11.They told police officers they had been used as unpaid farm labourers on the family property since their childhood, according to The Tallahassee Democrat.Both women said their adoptive father had sexually abused them, sometimes “with the support” of their mother, a spokesperson for Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office said.They also said they were photographed and videotaped while naked and subjected to severe punishments.A spokesperson said the women ”described a variety of punishments including verbal abuse, restricting their food intake, and beatings.”“The most recent beating was reportedly done to by Mirko Ceska with a metal rod. Detectives noted marks and bruises on the female’s back and arm.”Both sisters said they escaped after the beating, on 30 June.They left the house while their parents slept, with the help of a friend.“[They] they had been trained to raise pigs, raise sheep, grow various fruits and vegetables, sheer sheep, utilise a loom, and sew,” the sheriff’s office said.“The females reported they were not allowed to go anywhere, couldn’t have friends, couldn’t have cell phones, nor talk to people in public places.”Mirko and Regina Ceska are “doomsday preppers” who own multiple ”getaway properties” across the US, the sisters alleged.Police officers searching the Ceska property found large quantities of food rations and survivalist gear.Detectives also seized dozens of high quality firearms and many cases of ammunition.A police spokesperson said that some guns were hidden behind false walls.A homemade video was also uncovered “which depicted an event wherein Mirko had his face very close to both females’ faces and was screaming that they had stolen food,” the spokesperson added.“Detectives also executed a search warrant upon a cell phone belonging to Mirko Ceska. A file containing an internet search history for an incestuous video was located.”Police officers arrested Mirko Ceska and charged him with sexual battery, sexual assault, abuse and neglect on 12 July.Regina Ceska was arrested and charged with two counts of neglect and two counts of failure to report abuse.The investigation is ongoing and the twin sisters are being cared for by authorities in a secure location.The pair’s defence attorney attempted to dismiss the girls’ suggestion that the Ceskas were “doomsday preppers”.”They were ‘preppers’ but not the doomsday variety,” he said. “They were prepared for a hurricane or a nuclear attack from North Korea.”Additional reporting by agencies

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Iran says European fleet in Gulf would be ‘provocative’

Iran on Sunday slammed as “provocative” a British proposal for a European-led naval mission to escort tankers in the Gulf, amid soaring tensions over the seizure of ships. “We heard that they intend to send a European fleet to the Persian Gulf which n…

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Israel, US successfully test ballistic missile interceptor

Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday provides protection against potential threats from Iran. The tests of the Arrow-3 system were carrie…

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1,400 arrested at Moscow election protest: monitor

Russian police arrested nearly 1,400 people as they gathered in Moscow at the weekend to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said Sunday, the biggest such crackdown in years. About 3,500 people took part in the unauthorised protest on Saturday a…

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