Brexit: Owen Smith opposes Article 50 move without vote and other top stories.

• Brexit: Owen Smith opposes Article 50 move without vote

  

  Owen Smith says he will try to stop Theresa May formally triggering Brexit unless she promises a referendum on the final deal or calls a general election to approve it. The Labour leadership challenger said his party should not give the Tories a "blank cheque" on negotiations.But rival Jeremy Corbyn said Parliament had to "work with" the result of the referendum.Ministers said they would deliver on the "decisive" referendum verdict.The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in a referendum ..

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• In Northern Nigeria, Kerry Says Jobs, Ending Graft Key to Stopping Extremism

  

  SOKOTO, NIGERIA —  Religiously motivated extremist groups like Boko Haram will only be stopped when governments cut down on corruption and offer opportunities to their young people, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said during a visit with Nigeria’s top Muslim leader on Tuesday. Kerry's visit to Nigeria -- his third and likely last as secretary of state -- comes as the country grapples with an impending economic recession and a number of security crises. Speaking at the palace of Sultan of So..

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• Queensland Police: French Man Kills Backpacker at Home Hill Hostel, Wounds Two Men

  

  SYDNEY — A French man shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia, police said Wednesday. The 29-year-old suspect did not have any known links to ISIS and appeared to have acted alone, Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said. Police were trying to determine whether the man had been motivated by extremism, or something else. Police give an update on the killing. Que..

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• Is this the world's largest pearl? It's been under a bed for 10 years

  

  The enormous pearl, weighing 34 kilograms (75 lbs), was originally found inside a giant clam, said Puerto Princesa City Tourism Officer, Aileen Cynthia Amurao. She said her relatives discovered it and up until now have been using it as a good luck charm."He'd almost forgotten everything about the pearl until he was moving out, and he remembered he had something under his bed," she said.On August 20, Amurao posted photos of the monstrous pearl to Facebook, asking for gemologists who might be able..

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• North Korean submarine missile launch shows improved ability

  

  SEOUL, South Korea –  A ballistic missile fired from a North Korean submarine on Wednesday flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles), the longest flight ever by the North for such a weapon, Seoul officials said, and range that can place all of South Korea, and possibly parts of Japan, within its striking distance. North Korea already has a variety of land-based missiles that can strike South Korea and Japan, including U.S. military bases in those countries. But the North acquiring reliable submarin..

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