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Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. In an emotional statement in Downing St, she said she had "done my best" to honour the 2016 EU...

Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church.

Spain's governing Socialists won the country's third election in four years, but have fallen short of a majority. PM Pedro Sánchez's party polled 29% and will need the help of either left-wing Podemos and regional parties, or the centre right,...

North Korea's Kim Jong-un and Russia's Vladimir Putin have pledged to boost ties at their first ever summit.   The pair shook hands on Russky Island near the port city of Vladivostok, in Russia's far east. The Kremlin said the leaders would discuss denuclearisation, but Mr Kim is also expected to be...

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election. With nearly all ballots counted in the run-off vote, Mr Zelensky had taken more than 73% with incumbent Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind on 24%. "I will never let you down," Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters. Russia says...

European Union leaders have granted the UK a six-month extension to Brexit, after five hours of talks in Brussels. The new deadline - 31 October - averts the prospect of the UK having to leave the EU without a deal on Friday, as MPs are still deadlocked over a deal. European...

Security forces in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, have moved in to try to break up thousands of demonstrators calling for President Omar al-Bashir to resign. Tear gas was fired from pick up trucks on the second night of a sit-in. One protester told the BBC some in the military intervened to try...

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report. Mr Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, had already dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew. The powerful Algerian army had called for the 82-year-old to be declared...

A no-deal Brexit is now more likely but can still be avoided, the EU's chief negotiator has said. Michel Barnier said he saw three ways forward after MPs failed to agree on the latest Brexit proposals - no deal, a long extension or the PM's deal. "No deal was never our...

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria has announced a major cabinet reshuffle, after weeks of protests with demonstrators demanding he resign. State TV reports 21 of the country's 27 ministers have been replaced. Noureddine Bedoui will remain as prime minister, says Ennahar TV. President Bouteflika keeps his title as defence minister, just days...