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US President Barack Obama says the US is not as polarised as some have suggested in the wake of fatal shootings involving African-Americans. Five white police officers were shot dead by a black man, Micah Johnson, during a protest rally on Thursday. The march was against the killing of black men by police. Two deaths this week have led to ...

North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine but it failed in its initial flight stage, South Korea’s military says. It says the missile was launched in waters east of the Korean peninsula – the latest in a recent series of tests. It comes less than three months after a previous attempt to launch a missile from a ...

Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and a combat journal have been found at the home of the suspect in the Dallas shootings, officials say. Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest on Thursday against the shooting of black men by police. The suspect, 25-year-old Micah Johnson, died after a long stand-off with ...

The gunman killed in a stand-off with Dallas police said he wanted to kill white people, especially officers, the city’s police chief has said. The suspect, named by US media as Micah Johnson, 25, said he was upset about the recent police shootings of black people, Police Chief David Brown said. Five Dallas police officers were killed and seven wounded ...

The US and South Korea have agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system, in the wake of intensifying threats from North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be deployed solely to counter the threat from Pyongyang, a statement said. It is unclear exactly where it would be sited and who would have final control. ...

Four Dallas police officers have been shot dead by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, the authorities say. One suspect is in custody after a shootout with police, while a person of interest turned himself in, Dallas police tweeted. Gunfire broke out as demonstrators marched through the city. The protests were sparked by the ...

Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom will battle it out to become the next leader of the Conservative Party after Michael Gove was eliminated from the contest. After the second MPs’ ballot, Home Secretary Mrs May finished with 199 votes, Energy Minister Mrs Leadsom 84 and Mr Gove, the justice secretary, 46. Conservative members will now decide the winning candidate, with ...

A French court has sentenced two former Rwandan mayors to life in prison for their part in the 1994 genocide. Tito Barahira, 65, and Octavien Ngenzi, 58, were found guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide. They were accused of playing leading roles in the massacre of 2,000 ethnic Tutsis who sought refuge in a church in the town of ...

Hundreds of people have gathered for a second night of protests at the spot where a black man was pinned to the ground and shot dead by police. Mourners, friends and relatives of Alton Sterling met outside the shop in Baton Rouge where he was killed early on Tuesday morning. Some demonstrators chanted “Black lives matter” and called for justice. ...

In pictures: Chilcot report released Posted at08:42 Families and friends of some of the soldiers who died watch a news conference after Sir John Chilcot released his report The press conference, held by the families of military personnel who died in the war, was emotional at times The report itself is 2.6 million words long A demonstration took place outside ...