Charset diff 5.6 to 5.7

[Thommy Malmström]

When I run the below commands on a MySQL 5.6 the data load works perfect, but on a 5.7(.11) version I get the errors as indicated. What's changed that can give this result? (Data file is the exact same)

mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS db_allCountries DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> use db_allCountries;
Database changed
mysql> CREATE TABLE `allCountries` (
-> `geonameid` int(11) NOT NULL,
-> `name` char(200) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-> `asciiname` varchar(200),
-> `alternatenames` varchar(10000),
-> `latitude` FLOAT( 10, 6 ),
-> `longitude` FLOAT( 10, 6 ),
-> `feature_class` char(1),
-> `feature_code` varchar(10),
-> `country_code` char(2),
-> `cc2` varchar(200),
-> `admin1_code` varchar(20),
-> `admin2_code` varchar(80),
-> `admin3_code` varchar(20),
-> `admin4_code` varchar(20),
-> `population` int(8),
-> `elevation` int(8),
-> `dem` int(8),
-> `timezone` varchar(40),
-> `modification_date` DATE,
-> PRIMARY KEY (`geonameid`)
-> ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4080 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.28 sec)
mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/thommym/Downloads/allCountries/allCountries.txt' INTO TABLE allCountries CHARACTER SET UTF8 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
ERROR 1300 (HY000): Invalid utf8 character string: 'Afikanisitani,Apekanikana,A Phu Han (Afghanistan),A Phú Hãn (A'