Ambassador of Ireland to the UK Dan Mulhall stated that EU should recognizes region’s ‘unique circumstances’. He hoped that Brexit would not create external border. An open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic post Brexit wouldn't pose a risk to Britain in terms of immigration, Ireland's ambassador has insisted. These words confirm what arrangements were made in June during the meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. May promised a "practical solution" on the Irish border after Britain leaves the European Union.

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China has announced its readiness to strengthen its relations with the Philippines, said on Tuesday, September 6 by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying. The diplomat thus commented on journalists' request the decision of US President Barack Obama not to meet with his Philippine colleague Rodrigo Duterte, who insulted him. "The Philippines is a long-term China's neighbor. We hope to improve the Sino-Philippine relations and believe that it satisfies the aspirations of the peoples of both countries. China is willing to maintain a dialogue with the Philippines to strengthen joint relations ", - said the diplomat.

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"They violate North Korea's commitment at the international level", - said the US leader. Subsequent DPRK provocation of the authorities will lead to greater pressure of the international community and further isolation of the country. This was stated in Laosby US President Barack Obama after negotiations with the leader of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Geun-hye. "North Korea must know that the provocations will only lead to even greater pressure and further strengthening of its isolation. But if the authorities of North Korea are willing to recognize its international obligations and the need for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, there are opportunities for our dialogue. We are not interested in an aggressive approach toward North Korea", - said US president.

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The French Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, raised concerns about IS fighters who could flee to Tunisia and Egypt, from Libya. "We should begin to look seriously at the question of the spread of the terrorists once Sirte...(is) emptied of the terrorists" he stated in a conference, in Paris, on Monday. He specified that "Indirectly this will pose new risks for Tunisia and Egypt". Le Drian's Tunisian counterpart, Farhat Horchani, also attended the conference and called for further cooperation. He stated that it was a "shame" that all the neighboring states of Libya are not organized. He declared: "We have a large number of foreign fighters who arrived from Sirte, or from Syria. I can see no strategy, no cooperation between the states". Ultimately, the forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) recaptured the main strongholds in north Africa, still backed by US air strikes.

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Newly elected controversial president Rodrigo Duterte called the president of the U.S as a “son of a whore”. "Who does he think he is? I am no American puppet. I am the president of a sovereign country and I am not answerable to anyone except the Filipino people," Duterte scoffed in a speech Monday. "Son of a bitch, I will swear at you." – He said. Mr. Duterte was responding to the US president's promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting.

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Jeremy Corbyn believes Britain should reject key aspects of the single market when it leaves the European Union, he has made clear, sparking a fresh row with some of his party's MPs. In a briefing after prime minister's questions, a senior Labour source said Corbyn wanted to ditch some of the rules which other member countries see as integral parts of the single market – including restrictions on when governments can bail out failing companies. It came as Theresa May yesterday refused to say whether Britain will seek to retain its single market membership after Brexit, insisting that she doesn't not want to "give away" Britain's negotiating hand.

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As the summit of East and Southeast Asian nations continues more controversies unfold. Philippines defense ministry has just released images of Chinese boats near the disputed shoal in the South China Sea. It happened only hours before Chinese PM was to meet the representatives of the Southeast Asian countries in Laos. China has never approved of the court ruling in Hague. Before the conference, however, Philippine President, Duterte, stated that he had no intentions to raise the issue at the upcoming meeting. He hoped this would smooth the bilateral relations with China. A recent draft communiqué by the ASEAN states, related to the dispute over the South China Sea, has similarly omitted the arbitration ruling.

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Turkey is ready to collaborate with the USA on the issue of fighting Islamic State. As a step towards defeating the IS, ground forces of IS should be destroyed. As the main base, Al-Raqqa is the stronghold of the IS in the Syria and pushing IS fighters from the Al-Raqqa will lead to the falling of the IS movement in Syria, and conversion of current conventional war into guerilla, with the eliminating of IS in Syria. According to the Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey: “Raqqa is the most important center of Daesh”. 

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The AfD was founded in 2013 as an anti-euro party. It has changed its policy and  focused to immigration and Islam. It is the right-wing nationalist party which has MPs in nine of Germany's 16 state parliaments. Leaders of that party say that they want to win its first seats nationally in next year's federal elections. The biggest achievement of AfD was pushing Chancellor Angela Merkel's into third place in a regional election. AfD is critical of further European integration, the existence of the Eurozone, and the bailouts by the Eurozone for countries such as Greece.

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A government offensive on southern outskirts of Aleppo ended in success and cut off a vital supply line that ran through the Ramouseh district, reimposing a blockade on Eastern, rebel controlled part of the city. Government forces had managed to put Aleppo under siege before, in July, when they took control of strategic Catello Road north of Aleppo, but the opposition forces managed to win back a supply corridor in the south in August. The corridor has been now closed, cutting an estimated 300,000 inhabitants of Eastern Aleppo from basic supplies.

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