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Thousands of Algerians march to demand presidential election to be cancelled Tens of thousands of protesters in Algeria marched on Friday to demand that a presidential election next month be cancelled until the old ruling guard step aside and the army quit politics. The marches, held across the country, marked the 41st consecutive week of protests, Reuters reports. The protest movement’s continued momentum now poses a major challenge to the military, which has pushed for the December 12 election as the only way to resolve the deadlock between the authorities and the leaderless opposition movement. After protests began in February, and the army pushed veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit in April. Thousands of Algerians march to demand presidential election ...

UK police treating London Bridge incident as terrorism-related ‘as a precaution’ British police are treating the stabbing incident on London Bridge, in which at least one person was reportedly killed, as “terror-related.” This is being done as a precaution, police say, while the full circumstances are unclear. DETAILS TO FOLLOW UK police treating London Bridge incident as terrorism-related ‘as a precaution’ Source: RT

New round of Syria constitutional talks ends as gov't, opposition can't reach consensus on agenda A second week-long round of Syrian talks has ended without a meeting of the group of 45 delegates meant to be negotiating on the constitution, United Nations Special Envoy Geir Pedersen has said. The Syrian government and opposition co-chairs were unable to agree an agenda for the constitutional talks, the UN envoy said in Geneva on Friday. “We have been trying to reach consensus but, as I said, we are not there yet,” Reuters quoted Pedersen as saying. The talks are intended as a step forward in what the UN says will be a long road to political rapprochement, followed by elections. New round of Syria constitutional talks ends as gov't, opposition can't reach consensus...