The white Minneapolis policeman who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the neck before the man later died was arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said on Friday, after three nights of violent protests rocked the Midwestern city.

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A police station in Minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody on Monday.

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USA

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The Indonesian woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has been freed after charges against her were dropped.

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US actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts.

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