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Amazon will restrict Prime benefit starting October 1

The Invitee program launched in 2009.
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Israel launches a satellite to expand its surveillance capability throughout Middle East

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What the papers say: Wednesday’s front pages

Wednesday’s front pages focus on a range of stories from a boy who has been missing for up to four years being feared dead to the new Garda Commissioner considering arming gardaí with tasers.
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Vladimir Putin meets North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing

The two leaders met formally at the Diaoyutai state guest house after attending a major military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital.
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A movie about the Kabuki theater is a surprise hit in soul-searching Japan

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Donald Trump Suffers Big Legal Blow Over Migrant Deportations

The Alien Enemies Act was only used three times before in U.S. history, all during declared wars—in the War of 1812 and the two World Wars.
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Republican Says Trump ‘May Be Covering for’ People Linked to Epstein

Thomas Massie, a Republican Representative for Kentucky, says embarrassment should not prevent the release of files.
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Papua New Guinea’s ‘bold climate action’ earns praise from Guterres

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UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief

Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officers

Politicians should work to “reduce and defuse tensions” instead of stoking division, a senior chief constable has said.

Gavin Stephens, who chairs the National Police Chiefs’ Council, was speaking after weeks of demonstrations against asylum seekers being housed in hotels, and counter-protests by those who fear the issue is mobilising the far right and demonising vulnerable people.

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Analysis: China’s military display shows it has the might to back up Xi’s vision of a new world order

The huge military parade through Beijing on Wednesday was a deliberately fearsome display of weaponry designed to send a message that Xi Jinping’s vision of a new world order with China at the apex will be backed up with high-tech arms that would seem, in many cases, to be ahead of Beijing’s rivals.