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Image copyright EPA Image caption Police blamed “infiltrators” for violence in Algeria’s continuing protests Police and protesters have clashed in Algeria as marches against the ruling elite show no sign of ending. Police used water cannon and tear gas in the capital Algiers as demonstrators called for the removal of new interim President Abdelkader Bensalah.Largely…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Ibn Auf quit a day after becoming military council chief The head of Sudan’s military council has stood down a day after leading a coup that toppled long-time leader Omar al-Bashir amid a wave of protests.Defence Minister Awad Ibn Auf announced his decision on state TV. He named as…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: ‘We’ll send illegals to sanctuary cities’ President Donald Trump has acknowledged planning to free immigration detainees in Democratic urban strongholds as a political retaliation ploy.The Republican president tweeted that his antagonists should be “very happy” about the idea given their “open borders, open arms policy”.He said…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Judges say Afghanistan’s current situation made the prospect for a successful investigation “limited” The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected its prosecutor’s request to investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.Court judges highlighted instability and the lack of co-operation with investigators in the country.The ruling was hailed by US President Donald…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionExhuming the bodies buried at the Dozier school in 2014 Excavators have found up to another 27 suspected graves near the grounds of a notorious reform school in Florida. Workers hired to clear up a fuel storage site detected new “anomalies” buried near the state-run Dozier School…

Image copyright @SummerSongDes After a major winter storm hit parts of the US this week, residents of Minnesota have noticed something unusual about the fresh snowfall. Rather than blanketing the state in bright white powder, the snow was marbled with patches of brown and orange. But what is causing the so called “dirty snow”? Chris…

A 90-year-old US lottery winner is suing her son and his financial advisers for allegedly mismanaging her fortune. Gloria Mackenzie became the biggest single Powerball winner in US history when she took home the $278m (£209) windfall six years ago. But the Florida resident claims the money was put into poor investments, costing her millions…

President Donald Trump’s policy of effectively banning certain transgender people from serving in the US military has come into effect.BBC LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte explains what the new rules mean.Read more: How many transgender people are in US military? Producer: Tobias Chapple

Image copyright SpaceIL Image caption Pictures of the moon taken by Beresheet as it made its descent Preliminary data from the Beresheet spacecraft suggests a technical glitch in one of its components caused the lander to crash on the Moon.The malfunction triggered a chain of events that eventually caused its main engine to switch off.Despite…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Georgetown is an elite American university Georgetown University students in Washington DC have voted in favour of a reparations fund to repay descendants of slaves sold by the school in 1838.A “Reconciliation Contribution” fee of $27.20 (£21) each semester would benefit descendants of the 272 slaves.Undergraduate students passed the…