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The PM refuses to give a “cast-iron guarantee” the date will not slip beyond December 2021.
BBC News – UK

“I’ve tarnished the badge,” weeps Wayne Jenkins, who robbed people, planted evidence and sold drugs.
BBC News – US & Canada

The body’s president was apparently filmed accepting a $ 65,000 bribe by an undercover reporter.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s and their first-round selection in this year’s Draft, Kyler Murray, are nearing a deal that would guarantee the 20-year-old center fielder nearly $ 5 million as a signing bonus and would allow him to play […]

He will give up the editorship of the Daily Mail before turning 70 in November after 26 years.
BBC News – Business

The move comes a day after the prime minister said there was evidence of “unprecedented” violations.
BBC News – Middle East

Guatemala releases official figures as a fresh eruption disrupts rescue work at the Fuego volcano.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Zdravko Mamic, who fled Croatia before his sentencing, is convicted of siphoning money from his club.
BBC News – Europe

The man from the flat where the fire started bears no responsibility, an inquiry hears.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump frees a great-grandmother jailed for two decades after a plea by Kim Kardashian.
BBC News – US & Canada

The dispute sparked Africa’s deadliest border war in which tens of thousands of people were killed.
BBC News – Africa

Coverage of Day 3 of the Draft is underway with Rounds 11-40 broadcast live on MLB.com.
OAK Homepage News

Stay up to the minute with live Day 2 Draft results from Rounds 3-10, including player info, scouting video, sortable data and more on every selection. Day 3 will air live Wednesday on MLB.com, beginning at noon […]

The shares were sold at almost half the price the government paid in its £45bn bailout of RBS in 2008.
BBC News – Business

It is to inform the UN that it is starting the process of increasing its capacity to enrich uranium.
BBC News – Middle East

The most violent eruption to hit the country in more than a century is over for now, say volcanologists.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

President Putin pays a rare visit to Austria as Russian relations with the EU remain frosty.
BBC News – Europe

If approved, plans for a third runway are likely to be debated and voted upon in the coming weeks.
BBC News – UK

Ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort tried to secure false testimony while on bail, prosecutors allege.
BBC News – US & Canada

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola “often has problems with Africans”, says former Blues midfielder Yaya Toure.
BBC News – Africa