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Venezuela govt. gets emergency powers

VENEZUELA

Venezuela govt. gets emergency powers

The Venezuelan government gives itself sweeping powers to control food and energy supplies and enhance security measures under a state of emergency.

'Nothing could have prevented US deaths’

FOREIGN POLICY

'Nothing could have prevented US deaths’

The chief counsel of the US House Select Committee on the 2012 Benghazi attack has said that "nothing" could have prevented American deaths on the night of the attack.

3.6mn people in persistent poverty in UK

SOCIETY

3.6mn people in persistent poverty in UK

Nearly four million people in the UK are living in “persistent poverty” while one in three Britons has experienced poverty in recent years, a new report shows.

Turkish MP wants 2nd Russian jet downed

TURKEY

Turkish MP wants 2nd Russian jet downed

A Turkish MP tweets that another Russian jet should be downed after a Turkish basketball team lost to a Russian squad in the Euroleague finals.