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Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries

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Alliance for the Future, unveiled at Montreal summit and open to other countries, conceived for world ‘shaken by new storms’ Canada and Europe have announced a new alliance of like-minded nations to serve as both a “protective canopy under which our citizens can thrive” and a powerful hedge against the unpredictable nature of geopolitics, while welcoming other countries to join. Speaking to reporters on Friday from Montreal, the prime minister, Mark Carney, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, called the new partnership the…

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WORLDFrance 24

'Five churches set on fire by Muslims?' Fake news by Islamophobic social media accounts

Several social media accounts associated with sharing anti-immigrant views claim French Muslims were responsible for burning five churches on October 17 – the day the nation was rocked by en masse protests. But both this number and story are fictitious. The French government agency that monitors religious heritage sites confirmed only one fire in a church occured in recent days; its cause unknown.

WORLDCBS News

Trump meeting freed prisoner Stephen Hubbard at the White House

Washington — President Trump met with Stephen Hubbard , the American recently released from a Russian prison, at the White House on Friday. Inviting reporters to join them in the Oval Office, the president called Hubbard a "very special man" who "suffered greatly." CBS News was first to report plans for the meeting. Hubbard was jailed in Russia for more than four years after being accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher, returned home to the U.S. last week. CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs asked Hubbard about the moment he learned he was being released.

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