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Spain in crisis after police violence in Catalan vote

by Patrick Rahir with Marianne Barriaux in Barcelona  with Marianne Barriaux Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain – Spain came under international pressure Monday to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence referendum was marred by shocking scenes of police violence. The country’s central government vowed to stop its northeastern region breaking away from Spain after Catalonia’s leader claimed that 90 percent of voters backed independence in Sunday’s referendum, which Madrid says is unconstitutional […]

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58 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting

by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The death toll from the deadliest mass shooting in US history rose to 58 on Monday as officials reacted cautiously to an Islamic State claim of responsibility for the massacre at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip. Police said Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, a wealthy former accountant, smashed windows in his 32nd floor hotel room Sunday night and trained bursts of automatic weapons fire on concert-goers […]

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Trump says Las Vegas massacre an ‘act of pure evil’

Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse   WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump decried the massacre of at least 58 Las Vegas concert goers as an “act of pure evil” Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or an unproven claim of responsibility from the Islamic State group. Delivering televised remarks from the White House, Trump ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday, offered prayers for the victims and […]

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Worst mass shootings in modern United States history

After a gunman killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert Sunday, here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 25 years. Florida club: 49 killed A heavily-armed gunman opens fire inside a nightclub in the city of Orlando on June 12, 2016 and kills 49 people. The attacker is killed in a shootout with police; he pledges allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later […]

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More than 400 injured in Las Vegas concert shooting; police say gunman killed himself

  LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — More than 400 victims were taken to hospital after a mass shooting in Las Vegas which left 50 people dead, police said on Monday. Approximately 406 people were transported to area hospitals, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement which also put the toll from Sunday night’s shooting at 50. Police had previously said at least 50 people had been killed at the country music […]

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Las Vegas police sheriff says concert shooting not a terrorist act, but a single act of shooting by one man

  By Anna Cui (EBC Las Vegas Bureau) Eagle News Service LAS VEGAS, United States (Eagle News) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Department sheriff said that the shooting in a Las Vegas open concert on Sunday that killed 50 people and wounded more than 400 others, was not a terrorist act, but was a single act of shooting by one man in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Sheriff Joseph […]

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Las Vegas police locate alleged roommate of concert attacker; says she is not involved in shooting incident

  (Eagle News) — The Las Vegas police have now located the alleged Asian companion or roommate of 64-year old gunman Stephen Paddock who killed at least 50 people and wounded 200 more when he opened fire at country music concert from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, a hotel-casino next to the concert venue. Police released an undated photo of Marilou Danley, 4’11” about 111 lbs, who is is believed to be Paddock’s […]

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URGENT: More than 50 dead in Las Vegas concert shooting; Police identify suspect, companion

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than 50 people were killed and 200 wounded when a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, police said on Monday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in US history. “We are looking at in excess of 50 individuals dead and of 200 individuals injured at this point,” Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said after Sunday night’s shooting at a country music concert […]

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WATCH: More than 20 dead in Las Vegas shooting

by Javier Tovar Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A gunman killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100 others Sunday when he opened fire on thousands of fans at a country music concert on the Las Vegas Strip. The gunman, who police said was a local man, was killed after being “engaged” by officers who responded to reports of multiple gunfire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, […]

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Monarch Airlines collapses leaving 110,000 stranded abroad

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Monarch Airlines ceased trading Monday, triggering a move by the British government to bring home 110,000 customers stranded abroad. The British airline and its holidays business entered administration, with KPMG appointed to oversee the financial chaos. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority described the situation as “the biggest ever UK airline failure,” adding that “all future holidays and flights provided by these companies have been cancelled and are no longer operating.” […]

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Syria’s deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 lives

by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – Syria’s war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the deadliest month of the conflict this year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and millions displaced since the war erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests. It has since spiralled into a complex conflict involving world powers, […]

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Vanuatu’s volcano evacuation gathers pace

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The mass evacuation of a volcano-threatened Vanuatu island is running ahead of schedule as a ramshackle armada of civilian boat ferries people to safety, officials said Monday. The entire 11,000 population of Ambae, in the north of the Pacific archipelago, has been ordered to leave after the Manaro Voui volcano rumbled to life and rained rock and ash on villages last week. The evacuation to nearby islands was scheduled for completion […]

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