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World News
- French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91The actress was a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s but became increasingly controversial after making homophobic and racist slurs.
- The blonde bombshell who revolutionised French cinemaThe cocktail of kittenish charm and continental sensuality who swept away the cinematic cobwebs of the 1950s.
- Polls close on first day of Myanmar's widely criticised 'sham' electionObservers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.
- Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countriesThousands of homes in parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway have been left without power.
- Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers glide down slopesScientists say volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had intensified this week, with craters continuously emitting ash.
- Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoes medical treatment for hiccupsThe 70-year-old had suffered with the spasms for nine months, his wife says, and was already in hospital for hernia surgery.
