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The UK authorities have also linked the classified information in the documents with wider national security concerns and claimed that extracting any portions of it to make public would cross the Cabinet Office's red lines.

Trump's impromptu announcement last week that he intended to slap 25 percent taxes on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum revived the specter of a trade war between the United States and major trade allies like Canada, a leading steel supplier.

A spokesman said the amendments were needed out of "consideration of major interests such as safeguarding the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the country".

The tariffs would impose duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium to counter cheap imports, especially from China, that the president says undermine U.S. industry and jobs.

The Democratic governor made the charge shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions intensified the Republican administration's confrontation with California.

The 19-year-old former student is accused of using a semiautomatic assault rifle to kill 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14.

Ryszard Masierak, a 31-year-old Polish national, was convicted at the end of a trial at Reading Crown Court.

For its part, North Korea said it was not begging to talk with Washington and denounced upcoming US-South Korean joint-military exercises, warning that it would take counter measures against the United States if they went ahead.

How much China spends on its armed forces is closely watched for pointers about the country's broader strategic intentions amid an impressive modernisation programme that has included developing stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missi...

Malaysia inked a "no cure, no fee" deal with Houston, Texas-based Ocean Infinity in January to resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the official search in the southern Indian Ocean by Malaysia, Australia and China was called off.

"Due to the ongoing distribution challenges DHL is experiencing, some restaurants are continuing to serve a reduced menu," a spokesman said. "We're working as hard as we can to get this sorted out. We know that our gravy is a big favourite!"

Trump had been cautiously considering changes in gun laws since a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, igniting a wave of national student activism in support of firearms restrictions.

Each year, nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize must be submitted by January 31. Among those entitled to propose names are members of parliament and government, former laureates and some university professors.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged in October last year to turn China's military into a world-class fighting force by 2050 and has made new technology development a key policy plank, investing in stealth fighters, aircraft carriers and missiles.

Referring to his recent conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the "fantastic man" informed him that India has reduced tariffs on imported motorcycles, but the US was "getting nothing".

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US found that 54 per cent of the 1,444 gun owners surveyed reported not storing all their guns safely.