Record drought in France this summer
95 percent of mainland France had drought conditions in July. A drought situation shared across Europe. Journalist Ellen Gainsford tells us more.
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Jury selection begins for ex-gang leader charged with Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder
Jury selection began on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-street gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Vegas; Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is charged in…
Turkey MPs back law on reintegrating Kurdish PKK militants
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