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Xinhua world news summary at 0930 GMT, Dec. 6

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LONDON -- Two men are to appear in court in London Wednesday charged with a terror plot that involved killing British Prime Minister Theresa May, media reports said early Wednesday.

London's Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of the two men in an official statement without mentioning the intended victim of the plot foiled by anti-terrorism police. (Britain-Terror)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. senior officials said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Trump's move is likely to spark further tensions in the Middle East and undermine the U.S. standing as a peace mediator of the Palestine-Israel issue. (U.S.-Israel)

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SYDNEY -- An Australian environmental group wants levies on air and sea cargo for a "biosecurity fighting fund" to deal with some of the country's "mostly deadly invasive species", such as red-eared slider turtles and poisonous Asian black-spined toads.

Many of these species find their way into Australia via travelers, as illegal pets and even through furniture, the nongovernmental Invasive Species Council's CEO Andrew Cox told Xinhua on Wednesday. (Australia-Biosecurity)

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FRANKFURT -- Forty-seven people were injured, including three seriously, in a train collision in a city close to Dusseldorf on Tuesday, local fire department said.

A regional passenger train collided with a freight train Tuesday evening in the western German city of Meerbusch, located about 10 kilometers northwest of Dusseldorf. (Germany-Train Collision)

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DOHA -- Qatar's emir said his country would reject the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Qatar News Agency reported Wednesday.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the remarks at a meeting with Palestine's envoy in Doha on Tuesday, who delivered a message from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the latest developments in Palestine. (Qatar-US-Israel) Enditem

 

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