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Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, July 21

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared state of emergency for three months following a failed coup attempt on July 15.

"In the national security council meeting, we decided to propose the government to declare state of emergency according to article 120 of the constitution. The cabinet has decided to declare state of emergency for three months," Erdogan said at a press conference after a cabinet meeting he chaired on Wednesday. (Turkey-State of emergency)

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BERLIN -- Britain will maintain close economic relations with Germany despite its intention to exit the European Union (EU), Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday during her visit to Germany.

"Of course, our relations will change, but economic relations will remain close," May said here. (German-Britain)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called on Turkey to present evidence that U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind last week' s failed coup attempt.

"With respect to Mr. Gulen, we have consistently said to our friends in Turkey, our allies in Turkey, that we need evidence," Kerry told reporters at the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq in Washington. "We have a very strict set of requirements that have to be met for an extradition to take place." (U.S.-Turkey-Coup Attempt)

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BRUSSELS -- A police operation that lasted five hours in Brussels' city center on Wednesday turned out to be a false alarm, according to local media reports.

The police launched an operation after being alerted of a suspicious man near the Place de la Monnaie in the center of the Belgian capital. The man was wearing a heavy winter coat with protruding wires in a temperature of nearly 30 degrees Celsius, according to Belgian Newspaper La Libre. (Belgium-False Alarm)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Majlis (parliament) speaker on Wednesday threatened that the Islamic republic will reactivate its uranium enrichment plants if the West puts further demands on Iran under the pretext of the nuclear deal, or JCPOA.

In a reaction to the recent UN report on the implementation of the JCPOA by Iran, Ali Larijani urged the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to prepare a plan for the reopening of shuttered uranium enrichment facilities, Tehran Times daily reported. (Iran-Enrichment) Endi