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Britain's former Brexit minister David Davis says up to 40 lawmakers from Prime Minister Theresa May's party will vote against her plans to leave the EU, meaning she may struggle to get her deal through parliament.

A woman armed with a handgun has opened fire at a US pharmacy distribution centre, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life.

A US judge has denied a request by prosecutors to allow additional women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct to tell their stories at his sentencing hearing.

Pakistani authorities have released former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter from jail after a court suspended sentences over the purchase of upscale apartments in London.

North Korea has agreed to "permanently" abolish its key missile facilities, and says it is willing to close its main nuclear complex if the US takes unspecified "reciprocal action".

At least eight people at a Sydney hotel were hospitalised on Wednesday after breathing toxic gases flowing through the building's air conditioning system.