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Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam are returning from Britain one week after an anti-corruption court sentenced them to lengthy jail terms in absentia.

The Donald Trump administration has faced domestic and international outcry over its announced "zero tolerance" policy of arresting all those who cross the border illegally, and separating parents from the children they brought with them.

The 64-year-old, first jailed as a "counter-revolutionary" from 1981-1989, has already spent a total of 22 years in prison.

The pan-European aviation giant employs nearly 15,000 people in Britain for the production of aircraft wings, and had warned its investment was at risk from a disorderly exit.

The boys were still far from being rescued at the time the offer was made and as of Tuesday afternoon only eight had been freed as the complex mission entered its final stage.

Troops were deployed in some areas, with heavy rain and winds expected later on Tuesday and early on Wednesday. The government announced that schools are to close early and work is to end at 4 pm on Tuesday.

Militants present in rural parts of Tunisia occasionally target security forces, but Sunday's toll was the highest since 2015, a year in which Islamist militants carried out three major attacks.

State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers.

Parm Sandhu, currently serving as Temporary Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, has been served with a "gross misconduct" investigation notice and could potentially face a serious disciplinary charge.

President Donald Trump has criticised US companies for employing foreign workers, but has defended Mar-a-Lago's hiring practices, saying there aren't enough local applicants.

The US President, according to the White House, has interviewed seven candidates from his master list of 25 judges to replace Supreme court Anthony Kennedy.

Three European nations along with Russia and China met with Iran to offer economic benefits and assurances that would lessen the blow of sweeping US sanctions, two months after President Donald Trump walked away from the landmark nuclear deal.

With only two northern white rhino (NWR) known to be alive — both infertile females — the team hopes their breakthrough technique will lead to the re-establishment of a viable NWR breeding population.

The allegations of weather pilfering were not the first time an Iranian official has accused the country's foes of stealing its rain.

According to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, 24 documents gave advice to schools on how to deal with Supreme Court decisions on race and admissions were unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper.

Najib did not enter a plea at the lower sessions court, however, because the case is being transferred to the High Court.