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Deadly car bombs in Libya set back stabilisation efforts

Bloomberg Twin car-bombings killed at least 26 people outside a mosque in the Libyan city of Benghazi, calling into question the ability to stabilise a divided nation struggling to make peace. The attack is the deadliest to hit Libya’s second-largest city in almost two years and undercuts militia leader Khalifa Haftar’s claim to have vanquished militant groups in the nation’s ...

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UK to hug close to EU rules post Brexit

Bloomberg Britain will stay closely aligned to the European Union’s regulatory regime after it leaves the bloc but wants the freedom to go its own way if it chooses in future, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said. During negotiations with the EU, the UK will aim to secure the power to diverge from the bloc’s rules on financial services and ...

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US defense against N Korea missiles improving: Report

Bloomberg The ground-based system of interceptors that the US would use to defend the mainland and Hawaii against a threatened North Korean attack is improving after past setbacks, the Pentagon’s testing office said in a new report. The $36 billion system “demonstrated the capability to defend the US homeland from a small number” of intermediate range or intercontinental ballistic missiles ...

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