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Islamic State has reportedly confirmed that its leader Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi is dead, the Al Sumaria TV channel reported on Tuesday, according to TASS.

Al Sumaria quoted "a source in Iraq’s Nineveh province," the Russian news agency said.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has warned the Netherlands cannot guarantee the safety of citizens travelling to Turkey if they have been critical of Turkish leaders.
 

A Dutch journalist of Turkish descent who was briefly detained by Turkish police after tweeting critical remarks about the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said her Amsterdam apartment has been broken into, denouncing what she described as "intimidation."