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Image copyright AFP/GETTY IMAGES UK police are investigating a number of sexual assault allegations involving Harvey Weinstein, the BBC understands. The Metropolitan Police says he is accused of assaulting three women in separate incidents in London in the late 1980s, 1992, 2010, 2011 and 2015. Officers are looking into claims they were attacked in Westminster, Camden and west London. The Hollywood film producer has "unequivocally denied" any allegations of non-consensual sex. No arrests have been made over any of the allegations, police say. New York police are also investigating claims against Weinstein, including rape and sexual assault. More than two dozen women - among them actresses Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rose McGowan - have made a number of accusations against him. Weinstein, 65, is a huge figure in the film world, where his productions have received more than 300 Oscar nominations and won 81. Woody Allen 'sad' for Harvey Weinst...

Image copyright EPA Image caption The fires have spread through large areas of Portugal and Spain At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says. In Spain's Galicia region, at least three people are dead. A spokeswoman for the agency told reporters that firefighters were still tackling 145 separate fires. "We can confirm the deaths of 27 people in the districts of Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Viseu and Guarda," AFP quoted Patricia Gaspar as saying. More than 50 people have also been injured on the Portuguese side of the border. Thousands of firefighters are battling the flames, which erupted across north-eastern Portugal and parts of Spain over the weekend after a hot dry summer. Conditions were worsened by Hurricane Ophelia, which is approaching Europe's western coast, bringing strong winds to fan and spread the flames. Galician leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo has claimed the fires were delib...

Image copyright REUTERS Image caption The military had spent years trying to find the militant Philippine troops say they have killed Isnilon Hapilon, the Abu Sayyaf militant who is seen as Islamic State group's leader in southeast Asia. Isnilon Hapilon, who is on the US's list of "most wanted terrorists", was killed in fighting in Marawi, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The city has been partly held by insurgents since a rebel attack in May. The southern Philippines has seen months of fighting between the military and Islamist insurgents. The region is home to a number of Muslim rebel groups, many of which have in recent years sought alliance with so-called Islamic State. According to the defence secretary, the military also killed Omar Maute, head of the region's Maute insurgency group. Maute rebel group: Rising threat to Philippines Martial law extended on Philippine island Who is Isnilon Hapilon? A leader of Abu Sayyaf, a group ...

Image copyright AFP Image caption The explosions struck two busy junctions in Mogadishu At least 276 people are now known to have died in a massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday. A Turkish military plane is meeting victims,  tweets Somali ambulance service Aamin Ambulance . Officials say some people are then being evacuated to Turkey for medical treatment. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist al-Shabab group launched its insurgency in 2007. Africa Live: BBC news updates Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed blamed the attack on the group, calling it a "heinous act". No group has yet said it was behind the bombing. Media caption The aftermath of the explosion in Mogadishu Among the victims was a medical student who was due to graduate as a doctor the next day. Maryam Abdullahi's father had flown in from the UK to attend ...

Image copyright AFP Image caption "Chavismo' is alive, in the street, and triumphant," Nicolás Maduro said after the result Electoral authorities in Venezuela say the governing Socialist Party has won 17 of 23 state governorships in a crushing victory. President Nicolás Maduro hailed it as a victory for Chavismo, his party's brand of socialism named after former president Hugo Chávez. But opposition leaders alleged fraud. The Democratic Union Roundtable coalition has refused to recognise the result and demanded a complete audit, campaign director Gerardo Blyde said. He said that "neither Venezuelans nor the world will swallow this fiction". Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Gerardo Blyde of the opposition MUD coalition cast doubts on the results The results were announced by the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena. The council is dominated by government loyalists and has been accused of pro-government bias by the...