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BBC news with Marian Marshall.

Volkswagen has pleaded guilty in a American court to 3 criminal charges linked to the diesel emission scandal. The plea is part of a deal with the US Justice Department. Volkswagen has admitted between 2009 and 2015 vehicles were fitted with illegal software to disguise high levels of pollution.

EU leaders have stressed the importance of union of unity at a meeting before Britian's expected departure from the block. The President of the European Council Donald Tusk said the main objective for the remaining 27 members should be to strengthen mutual trust as they discussed proposals for a multi-speed Europe.

Many hundreds of people, members of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and their supporters, have marched through the streets of Washington to protest against the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. Native American tribes say leaks from the oil pipeline would pollute water supplies and endanger sites they consider sacred.

The New York City Medical Examiners Office has said it will not release the cause or manner of death of Russia's ambassador to the United Nations. Vitaly Churkin died suddenly last month at work. New York's Law Department and US Department of State said international agreements give him diplomatic immunity protecting his right to privacy even after death.

Police in Kosovo have arrested two men and seized more than two million dollars worth of counterfeited euros as they tried to cross over the border from Albania. The men, an Albanian and an Cameroonian, were stopped in a car that was also carrying chemicals used to printing and stocks of paper cut to the size of different euro bank notes.

The Formula 1 World has paid tribute to the former champion racing driver and motorcyclist, John Surtees, who's died. He was 83. John Surtees is the only man to win world championships on both 4 and 2 wheels.

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大众汽车在美国一家法庭认罪,对三项与柴油尾气排放丑闻有关的指控供认不讳。认罪行为是与美国司法部达成的协议的一部分。大众汽车承认,2009年至2015年间在汽车上安装非法软件,掩盖高水平的污染。

在英国脱离欧盟之前的会议上,欧盟领导人强调了联盟统一的重要性。讨论多速欧洲提案时,欧洲理事会主席唐纳德·图斯克(Donald Tusk)表示,剩余的27个成员国的主要目标应该是增强共同信任。

印第安古苏国立岩苏族部落成员和他们的支持者共数百人穿过华盛顿街道,抗议有争议的达科他输油管道。这些美国土著部落表示,石油管道泄漏会污染水源,危及他们的圣地。

纽约市法医办公室表示,他们不会公布俄罗斯驻联合国代表死亡的原因或方式。维塔利·丘尔金(Vitaly Churkin)上月在工作中突然死亡。纽约法律部和美国国务院表示,国际公约给了他保护隐私的外交豁免权,即使在他去世后。

科索沃警方逮捕了两名男子,缴获了价值200万美元的欧元假钞,当时他们正试图从阿尔巴尼亚穿过边境。这两名男子分别是阿尔巴尼亚人和喀麦隆人,他们驾驶的汽车被截停。警察从汽车上搜出了用来印刷假钞的化学品和切成各种面值欧元钞票大小的纸张。

前赛车冠军和摩托车手约翰·苏蒂斯(John Surtees)去世,享年83岁,F1赛车界向他表达哀悼。约翰·苏蒂斯(John Surtees)是迄今为止唯一一名两轮和四轮赛车双料世界冠军。

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