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German demonstrators used crime scene tape and replica guns to draw attention to a trial over Heckler & Koch's deal that sent G36 rifles to several Mexican states that were under a ban. The company was ordered to pay a large fine on Thursday. The photos a

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Heckler & Koch Fined $4.2 Million Over Assault Rifle Sales In Mexico

2:30pm February 21, 2019

by Bill Chappell

A court in Germany ruled that Heckler & Koch broke the law when it allowed some 4,500 G36 assault rifles to reach Mexican states where drug cartel violence had prompted a ban on such deals.

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British Lawmakers Ditch Their Parties And Form A New Voting Bloc

11:10am February 21, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Brexit researcher Georgina Wright about British lawmakers who have left their parties to create an independent group. Its main objective is to force a second Brexit referendum.

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Pope Convenes Summit To Address Clergy's Sexual Abuse Of Children

11:10am February 21, 2019

David Greene talks to Rev. Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest with Religion News Service, about Pope Francis calling all bishops to Rome to address the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.

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A Russian sailor checks his smartphone aboard a warship while supervising visitors during Russian Navy day at the Vistula lagoon in Baltiysk, Russia, in 2016. On Tuesday, Russian lawmakers passed a bill restricting service members from using smartphones.

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Russia Moves To Mask Military Trail By Telling Troops To Put Down Smartphones

7:54pm February 20, 2019

by Amy Held

Russian lawmakers have passed a bill restricting social media and smartphone use by service members.

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Putin Delivers Stark Warning To U.S. About Missile Stationing In Europe

5:52pm February 20, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will target the U.S. with new weapons if the U.S. stations intermediate-range missiles in Europe.

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A Handful Of U.K. Lawmakers Are Trying To Create A New Political Party

4:53pm February 20, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with James Blitz, Whitehall editor of the Financial Times, about the latest in Brexit and the formation of a new political party in the U.K. called "the Independent Group."

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British politicians Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry (from left to right) announced Wednesday that they were breaking away from their party to join the newly formed, more centrist Independent Group.

3 Conservative Politicians Abandon Party For Britain's Fledgling 'Independent Group'

4:39pm February 20, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"The hard-line, the anti-EU awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last 40 years are now running the Conservative party from top to toe," lawmaker Anna Soubry said Wednesday.

Russian President Putin Cautions U.S. About Missile Deployments

9:47am February 20, 2019

by Lucien Kim

Russian President Putin says he's prepared to target his weapons at the U.S., if the U.S. builds up missile forces in Europe. The threat comes after the U.S. withdraw form a Cold War era arms pact.

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CCTV images issued by the Metropolitan Police in London in 2015, show Shamima Begum (center) and her friends walking through security at Gatwick Airport, on their way to Syria.

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British Woman Who Joined ISIS In Syria As Teen Is Stripped Of U.K. Citizenship

9:40am February 20, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Shamima Begum, 19, left England in 2015. Now she is a married mother and living in a refugee camp. Begum says she wants to come home, but the U.K. government doesn't want her back.

Supporters cheer on leaders of the right-wing Vox party in Madrid's Plaza de Colón on Dec. 1.

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In Spain, Far-Right Populists Rise On Anti-Separatist Sentiment

8:11pm February 19, 2019

by Lucia Benavides

The country had been a holdout from a trend already sweeping other parts of Europe and beyond. Now the right-wing Vox party shares power in Spain's largest region.