EU ministers have pushed through a deal to relocate 120,000 refugees, but rode roughshod over fierce opposition from central and eastern states in a major blow to unity in the bloc.
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LONDON - Britain has welcomed the first of the 20,000 Syrian refugees that it has pledged to relocate from camps in countries neighbouring the war-torn nation, according to the government.
WELLINGTON - An Australian resident has died after falling from a building in Istanbul.
LONDON - Britain has called on the European Commission to urgently investigate the cheating of vehicle emissions tests following the scandal that has rocked German auto giant Volkswagen.
LONDON - A British court has convicted a man dubbed a "ginger extremist" of plotting a chemical attack and planning to kill Prince Charles to pave the way for ginger-haired Prince Harry to become king.
LYON - Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front, has been ordered to stand trial in October on charges of inciting racial hatred after comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation.
ONTARIO - Canadian police are investigating three homicides after a shooting that prompted them to put a small town on lockdown.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - The death toll from a series of bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria has risen to at least 117, hospital sources say, more than twice the official tally.
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