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French fighter jets on mission against IS in Mosul

A rafale fighter jet takes off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

The West hopes to obtain a raft of intelligence on IS, including its foreign networks, once an assault to retake Mosul begins.

Pictures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on the side of a campaign bus

Trump may have breached Cuba embargo - Clinton

Donald Trump insists he never did any business in Cuba after accusations he may have flouted the US embargo in the late 1990s.

Deutsche Bank offices in London

Fresh fears over Deutsche spark new slump

The FTSE 100 opens 100 points lower as banking shares are dragged down amid latest jitters over the German financial powerhouse.

UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan

Annan: Proxy wars in fight 'until last Syrian life'

The ex-UN chief warns 'proxy wars' could prolong the Syrian conflict as Russia says it will press on with its bombing campaign.

Vincent van Gogh's 'View of the Sea at Scheveningen'

'Priceless' stolen Van Gogh paintings found

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with US President Barack Obama (2R) as Israeli President Reuvlin Rivlin (2R) talks with the Speaker of the Knesset Yuli-Yoel Edelstein at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. / AFP / POOL / menahem kahana (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

LIVE: World leaders gather for Peres funeral

People are treated for their injuries outside after a NJ Transit train crashed in to the platform at Hoboken Terminal September 29, 2016 in Hoboken, New Jersey

Train crash data recorder key to investigation

Police handout of Shawn Grate

Homeless 'charmer' linked to four killings

A child with blisters on his arm said by Amnesty International to have been caused by chemical weapons in Darfur, Sudan

Sudan accused of chemical attacks on children

Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao admits drug use as he backs Duterte

Indian troops guarding a rooftop

India carries out 'surgical strikes on militants'

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Typhoon Megi lands in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China
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Typhoon Megi lands in China

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton touches the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, after eulogising him during his funeral ceremony at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem
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World leaders gather for Shimon Peres funeral

Timeline of Syria conflict
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Syria conflict: a timeline of events

Train personel survey the NJ Transit train that crashed in to the platform at the Hoboken Terminal September 29, 2016 in Hoboken, New Jersey
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Deadly crash as train smashes into US station

Hoboken train crash witness
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Train crash witness gives his account

Jeremy Mardis was hit by five bullets in the head and chest
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Video of US boy's fatal shooting released

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their children at a kid's party
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George and Charlotte thrill garden party guests

Hay bales fly off moving lorry onto pavement in Ireland
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Hay bales fly off lorry causing devastation

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walk alongside a steam train in Carcross, Canada
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Royals' tight squeeze on Canada rail bridge

The girl could be heard screaming in pain
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Aleppo girl pulled out alive after attack that 'killed 24'

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