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Malaysia's last Sumatran rhino dies from cancerMalaysia's last Sumatran rhino dies from cancer

Malaysia's last Sumatran rhino has died from cancer, meaning the species is extinct in the South Asian country.

Iman had suffered from uterine tumours since she was captured in March 2014.

Augustine Tuuga, director of the wildlife department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, said tumours on Iman's bladder caused a lot of pain and brought her

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Hundreds of men have been asked to give their DNA to help solve the murder of a little girl in Germany 23 years ago.

Claudia Ruf was 11 when she was abducted while walking a neighbour's dog in the German town of Grevenbroich, about 13 miles from Dusseldorf, in May 1996.

Her family became worried when the dog returned home but she did not.

Claudia's

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The stepbrother of the man who murdered Grace Millane has said her killer "doesn't have any shred of a decent human being inside him".

He apologised to Ms Millane's family in the interview on New Zealand television, which was released a day after his stepbrother was found guilty of murdering the British backpacker.

Stepbrother of Grace Millane's killer: 'He has no shred of decency'
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British Islamic State detainees will be brought back from Syria if they can be prosecuted in the UK and there is no better place to try their case, the national security adviser has said.

Sir Mark Sedwill's comments are the clearest signal yet that a number of captured fighters, held by Kurdish-led forces in detention camps, could be repatriated.

He

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Dozens dead in Kenyan mudslides after heavy rainDozens dead in Kenyan mudslides after heavy rain

At least 36 people have been killed in mudslides after heavy rain caused flooding in Kenya.

Some of the victims died in a mudslide in the village of Takmal in the Pokot Central district. Eleven of them were in the same house.

In the villages of Parua and Tapach in Pokot South, the victims included seven children, according to Interior Cabinet

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Dog puts car in reverse and drives around in circles for an hourDog puts car in reverse and drives around in circles for an hour

A dog accidentally put his owner's car in reverse - and ended up going around in circles for an hour.

Max the black labrador was locked inside the grey sedan during the incident in a cul-de-sac in Port St Lucie, Florida.

His owner had briefly stepped out of the car after she made a wrong turn, and moments later, the dog was on the move.

The car hit a

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