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Ex-Yemen President Reported Dead
Multiple sources say Yemeni ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sanaa fighting
Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television is reporting that former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed by Houthi militia in the capital Sanaa. We get the latest from there. The UK and the EU appear close to agreement on the first phase of Brexit talks. We hear from people living on both sides of the Irish border. And we find out why Jerusalem is at the centre of a row between US President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
(Photo: A Houthi rebel fighter seen atop an armoured vehicle in front of the residence of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on December 4, 2017-MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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