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| Hello. Prince Harry has told the BBC he wants to reconcile with the Royal Family, but can't get the security protection he needs in the UK to do so. The BBC's Katy Watson reports from Sydney on how Donald Trump is looming large over Australia's election. And find out how Liverpool FC's Premier League title victory set off a series of tremors under their stadium. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Prince Harry tells BBC the King 'won't speak to me' over security issue |
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|  | Prince Harry said he could "not see a world where I would bring my wife and children to the UK" | The Duke of Sussex says he would "love reconciliation" with the rest of the Royal Family, in an emotional interview with the BBC in California. It came hours after he lost a legal challenge to regain security protection in the UK, which was removed after he stepped down from his royal duties and moved to the US. "I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point," he said, adding that his father King Charles "won't speak to me because of this security stuff". In response, Buckingham Palace said the issues had "been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion". |
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| US man jailed for killing Palestinian-American boy | Joseph Czuba, 73, of Illinois, jailed for 53 years for murdering Wadee Alfayoumi, six, and wounding his mother Hanan Shaheen. | The case > |
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| AfD classed as right-wing extremists in Germany | Germany’s intelligence agency says the party is "incompatible" with democracy, as some politicians call for an outright ban. | Why it matters > |
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| Hundreds of flat tyres after lorry spills scrap metal | A truck shed 750kg of metal shards for 18 miles along one of Australia's busiest highways before the spill was detected. | How it happened > |
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| King Charles invited to open Canadian parliament | PM Mark Carney says the first opening by a monarch since 1977 would underscore the "sovereignty of our country". | Read more > |
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| Donald Trump looms over Australia's election |  | Guy Algozzino at the rodeo in Western Sydney | Australians vote on Saturday in elections that will shape the country's next three years. Politicians would have preferred to focus on domestic issues - but Donald Trump's influence has shifted the conversation. |
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| | Katy Watson, Australia correspondent |
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| | In Western Sydney, Stetson-wearing Australians are sitting in camping chairs and swigging beers at a rodeo. "Tariffs are great," exclaims Guy Algozzino, who's dressed in a cowboy hat, a waistcoat and a bolo tie. "Trump's the best thing America ever had.''
In recent months, politics here in Australia could be compared to watching a rodeo. Every day has brought with it a sharp jolt that changes the dynamics of the campaign trail. Politicians have been thrown off course despite their best efforts. |
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| | - Compulsory voting: Why people must cast a ballot in Australia.
| - At a glance: Your guide to election day and the tight race between incumbent Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton.
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PICK OF THE WEEK | Four ways the film Conclave sheds light on secretive pope election |
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|  | Ralph Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave. Credit: Alamy | The Oscar-winning film tells the story of a papal election in which there is no favourite. The BBC's Jemma Crew explores the rarefied world of the Vatican, and what the film tells us about the secretive process of choosing a pope. |
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