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http://ift.tt/2qxLy4P (FILES) This file photo taken on January 13, 2017 shows French soldiers involved in the regional anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane sit on a vehicle during the visit of the French Presidentin Africa's Sahel region in Gao, northern Mali. The anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane has killed or captured some 20 jihadists this weekend southwest of Gao near the border with Burkina Faso, in a statement released by the French army on April 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded Tuesday in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of France’s counter-terrorism force for the region said an operation on the Burkina Faso border was ongoing. “A supply mission for the national armed forces fell into an ambush between Dogofri and Nampala. The initial toll is nine dead and five wounded,” commerce minister and government spokesman Abdel Karim Konate said in a statement. He condemned the “cowardly an...

http://ift.tt/2qnRLTy Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (C) reacts as she talks with workers at a company in St Ives, south-west England, on May 2, 2017, during a campaign vist ahead of the forthcoming elections. Victory in the places that swing between May's Conservatives and the opposition Labour party could prove crucial in gaining momentum ahead of the June 8 general elections. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / DYLAN MARTINEZ Britain’s local elections on Thursday are a street-by-street fight for advantage in the battleground areas where next month’s national vote will be won and lost. Victory in the places that swing between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the opposition Labour party could prove crucial in gaining momentum ahead of the June 8 general elections. Both May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn chose Nottinghamshire in central England to launch their campaigns, as winning control of the county council here would be a symbolic scalp. And Nottinghamshi...