President Trump says US forces will be pulled out from northern Syria
Kurdish forces there were key US allies in defeating the Islamic State.
Turkey's defence ministry says all preparations for a possible military operation in northeastern Syria are complete, despite President Trump having warned Ankara not to take advantage of the pullback of US troops from the area.
It's 30 years since the tumultuous events of 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the Iron Curtain lifted and the Soviet empire began to crumble. This week our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has a special series of reports on how Russia views 1989.
Over the past 24 hours the hashtag sex for grades has been trending on Twitter after the 大象传媒's Africa Eye went undercover to examine allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers at universities in West Africa.
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