#Germany’s ruling Christian Democrat party will decide on a new leader later on Friday, as Chancellor Angela #Merkel steps down from the role after 18 years.

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Videos showing rows of #French high school students on their knees, with hands on heads, some lined up against a wall with helmeted #police officers armed with batons standing over them, have stirred waves of criticism online. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jzv

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Putin & Greek PM Tsipras address media in Moscow

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A lawyer for #WikiLeaks co-founder Julian #Assange has rejected Ecuador’s offer for the publisher to leave the #London embassy under the guarantee that he won’t face the death penalty, leaving open potential criminal persecution. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jzm

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U.S. president Donald #Trump has tweeted his agreement with remarks made by #China – expressing optimism that a #trade deal between Beijing and Washington, is achievable in 90 days.

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What does the rise of the ‘Yellow Vest’ movement in France tell us about the state of the neo-liberal order in Europe? Are the protests in France – the largest since 1968 – just about a hike in fuel prices? And is Emmanuel Macron the right person to be president to address the problems so many have in France?

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Clashes between police and students turned violent in #Athens on Thursday, following a march marking the 10th anniversary of the deadly shooting of 15-year-old Alexis #Grigoropoulos by a policeman in the central #Exarchia district. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jz2

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Opponents of the government’s educational reform brought #chaos onto the streets of #France’s #Toulouse on Thursday. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jy9

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Russia’s latest cruise missile corvette, the Orekhovo-Zuevo, arrived at the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol from Novorossiysk on Friday, after successfully completing state sea trials.

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Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine! The plant is interfaced through its own electrochemical signals with a robotic extension that drives it towards light.

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Drake university campus in the U.S. has been plagued by a string of racist notes being sent to students.

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Hundreds of demonstrators have hit the streets of #Greece on the 10th anniversary of a teenager being fatally shot by an officer. #Police deployed tear gas after some #protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at officers. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jz2

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Thrilling footage has been released showing the Russian #Soyuz rocket shooting upwards as it carries the MS-11 #spacecraft with a three-man crew on board to the International Space Station (#ISS). READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jwc

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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (#OPEC) and major #oil producers lead by Russia agree on Thursday on price-boosting output cuts. That’s despite #US pressure on OPEC to reduce the cost of crude.

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Britain has provided enough guarantees that Julian Assange will not be extradited to any country where he would face the death penalty if he leaves the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jyv

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More than a hundred have been arrested as students employ Molotov cocktails in fierce clashes with police near high schools across France, following Yellow Vest mayhem in Paris. The police used tear gas to disperse the crowds. READ MORE:

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Emmanuel #Macron’s administration has confirmed it will not just suspend, but completely #abandon a proposed #FuelTax hike. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jw1

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A woman from Kazakhstan has been named the country’s very own Lara Croft – the gun-toting computer-game character. Anna Yanz is a Kazakh shooting champion – and a certified instructor in the sport. She’s even been invited to teach Chechen leader Ramzan Kadirov’s daughters to shoot.

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Washington’s threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with Moscow, has deepened the rift between the two sides with the U.S. But the American administration is going further – questioning the relevance of other key international agreements and bodies. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jxf

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The passing of America’s 41st President – George Herbert Walker #Bush – has led to an outpouring of honours and respect being paid. RT’s Caleb Maupin looks at whether the assessment of his time in office, may have been tempered somewhat – by the current political climate…

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A car #bomb has exploded near police headquarters in #Iran’s southeastern port city of #Chabahar, killing four and leaving many injured. A suicide bomber was reportedly behind the atrocity. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jwt

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Furious Beijing has demanded explanations from Ottawa and Washington after a senior officer of the Chinese telecom giant, #Huawei was detained in #Canada on a request from the US. #China urges her immediate release. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jxc

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When a book sells millions of copies, in dozens of languages, it must have picked up on something that’s both current and eternal, culture specific and universal. That’s a huge challenge to pull off once but how does one do that with every book for years on end? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Jo Nesbo, bestselling Norwegian author.

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Ukrainian defence forces on Wednesday conducted a new round of missiles tests at a firing range in the Odesa region. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9ju9

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#Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to a prisoner swap, United Nations special envoy Martin Griffiths said in #Sweden on Thursday. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9jxa

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