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Mounting evidence to stretch Assange trial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition trial could blow out to a month as more witnesses come forward and evidence mounts to more than 40,000 pages. -- Johnson unveils 'radical' Queen's Speech British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled what he is calling a radical government agenda, setting his sights on a quick Brexit, future trade deals and transforming Britain to repay voters' trust. -- Top Republican slams 'toxic' impeachment The top Republican in the US Senate has called on his fellow senators to correct what he called the "toxic" impeachment of President Donald Trump, sending the strongest signal yet that lawmakers will not remove him from office. -- French transport staff to strike over Xmas Strikes that have crippled France's transport system will continue over the Christmas holidays after talks with the government failed to break the deadlock over a pension overhaul, -- Russian security agent dead, five injured An unidentified gunman opened fire outside the headquarters of Russia's top security agency in Moscow, killing one officer and wounding five other people. -- China urges US, N.Korea to resume talks China has urged the US and North Korea to resume dialogue and work to resolve disagreements as soon as possible amid renewed tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. -- Judge condemned for grisly Musharraf order Pakistan's government will seek to remove a judge who demanded former ruler Pervez Musharraf's body be publicly hanged for three days if he should die before being arrested. -- Hezbollah-backed Diab named Lebanon PM Lebanon's newly named prime minister says he will quickly form a government to pull the country out of economic crisis, after he was designated with backing from Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies. -- Australian Associated Press

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December 20 2019 - 7:22AM

Mounting evidence to stretch Assange trial

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition trial could blow out to a month as more witnesses come forward and evidence mounts to more than 40,000 pages.

Johnson unveils 'radical' Queen's Speech

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled what he is calling a radical government agenda, setting his sights on a quick Brexit, future trade deals and transforming Britain to repay voters' trust.

Top Republican slams 'toxic' impeachment

The top Republican in the US Senate has called on his fellow senators to correct what he called the "toxic" impeachment of President Donald Trump, sending the strongest signal yet that lawmakers will not remove him from office.

French transport staff to strike over Xmas

Strikes that have crippled France's transport system will continue over the Christmas holidays after talks with the government failed to break the deadlock over a pension overhaul,

Russian security agent dead, five injured

An unidentified gunman opened fire outside the headquarters of Russia's top security agency in Moscow, killing one officer and wounding five other people.

China urges US, N.Korea to resume talks

China has urged the US and North Korea to resume dialogue and work to resolve disagreements as soon as possible amid renewed tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

Judge condemned for grisly Musharraf order

Pakistan's government will seek to remove a judge who demanded former ruler Pervez Musharraf's body be publicly hanged for three days if he should die before being arrested.

Hezbollah-backed Diab named Lebanon PM

Lebanon's newly named prime minister says he will quickly form a government to pull the country out of economic crisis, after he was designated with backing from Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies.

Australian Associated Press

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