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Raqqa: The desperate fight for Islamic State group's 'capital'
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US-backed forces say they have fully encircled Islamic State fighters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate.
The family of the murdered Russian opposition activist, Boris Nemtsov, have said the case remains unsolved after a jury found five Chechen men guilty of carrying out his contract killing.
President Trump has been widely condemned for launching an outspoken attack on Twitter against a prominent female journalist. Mr Trump called Mika Brzezinski "low IQ crazy Mika", in response to disparaging remarks about him on the MSNBC breakfast show "Morning Joe".
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