‘I forgive the man who killed my son and his wife’

Media captionGilbert Anchondo says he forgives his son's killer It is less than 24 hours since Gilbert Anchondo found out that his youngest son, Andre, had died in the shooting at Walmart in their hometown of El Paso. There had been an agonising wait, as th…
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Obama: Reject leaders whose words stoke hatred

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Barack Obama tried unsuccessfully to tighten gun controls in the US Former US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds hatred or normalises racism. Mr O…
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China warns HK protesters not to ‘play with fire’

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Protests in Hong Kong show no sign of abating China has issued a strong warning to Hong Kong's protesters, saying their attempts "to play with fire will only backfire". A spokesman for China's top policy office in …
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Simpsons composer accuses Fox of ageism

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Clausen won two Emmy awards for his Simpsons work A man who wrote music for The Simpsons for 27 years is suing its makers for allegedly firing him due to his age. Composer Alf Clausen, 78, said he was sacked from t…
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Transcontinental Race: Germany’s Fiona Kolbinger becomes first female winner of endurance race

Fiona Kolbinger is congratulated by fellow rider Bjorn Lenhard at the finish line in Brest Germany's Fiona Kolbinger has beaten more than 200 men to become the first woman to win the Transcontinental Race, cycling more than 2,485 miles across Europe in just …
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Huge arms dump fire extinguished in Siberia

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Thunderous detonations continued for hours at the arms dump Firefighters have put out a blaze at an ammunition dump in Siberia and munitions are no longer exploding there, the Russian military says. Ten massive Il-76 cargo …
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