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#BREAKING Israel army report says 'high possibility' Israeli soldier killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
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VIDEO: 🇵🇰 Pregnant women caught in Pakistan floods desperate for aid
With a swollen belly and her four-year-old in tow, Fahmidah Bibi keeps an eye out for a doctor rumoured to be visiting a campsite she now calls home, after being forced to flee her village because of flooding
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#BREAKING EU chief congratulates Liz Truss on being named Britain's new PM, but says London and Brussels must work 'in full respect of our agreements'
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🇪🇺☀️🔥⛈️ Wildfires and storms. Rivers at record lows. Parched crops withering in the fields. For many Europeans, this year's scorching summer means climate change is increasingly hard to ignore. ➡️ u.afp.com/wv4C by for
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#UPDATE Russia's Novaya Gazeta independent newspaper said on Monday a court's decision to revoke its print licence had 'killed the newspaper' u.afp.com/wvoP
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#UPDATE Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga said Monday he respected a ruling by the Supreme Court that upheld victory for his electoral rival William Ruto, although he said he disagreed "vehemently"
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#UPDATE New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further.
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#UPDATE At least 21 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state media reported, as violent tremors in a remote region damaged homes and left some areas without electricity.
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The European Union signed a deal with war-torn Ukraine on Monday to release a further 500 million euros ($497 million) in planned aid, this time to support housing, education and agriculture.
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#UPDATE Liz Truss was on Monday announced as the UK's next prime minister, after winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party.
Truss beat Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399
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#UPDATE A suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, the foreign ministry in Moscow said.
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#UPDATE Plans for a referendum for the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Kherson to join Russia have been put on hold, a pro-Kremlin official in the area said in televised remarks on Monday.
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Beijing has accused the United States of launching "tens of thousands" of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data, including from a public research university.
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#UPDATE Novaya Gazeta being stripped of its print licence is a further blow to press freedom in Russia, the United Nations said Monday
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#ICYMI VIDEO: Members of the British royal family attended the Braemar Gathering in Scotland on September 3, but Queen Elizabeth II was absent from the traditional highlight of her summer trip, because of persistent health worries, according to British media.
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#UPDATE The Kremlin said on Monday the halt of gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline was caused by Western sanctions that prevent the maintenance of its infrastructure
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#UPDATE Two employees of Russia's embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul were killed Monday and several people wounded in an attack near the diplomatic mission, the foreign ministry in Moscow said
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VIDEO: Chileans celebrate after the emphatic rejection of a proposed new constitution to replace one adopted during the Augusto Pinochet era, in a result that exceeded the expectations of the conservative opposition.
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Germany and Israel's presidents will on Monday lead commemorations marking 50 years since the Munich Olympics attack, with hopes that a long-awaited compensation deal for bereaved families will help them finally begin healing from the painful episode
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#UPDATE Somalia and its neighbours in the Horn of Africa including Ethiopia and Kenya are in the grip of the worst drought in more than 40 years following four failed rainy seasons that have wiped out livestock and crops.
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#UPDATE Russia's leading independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose chief editor last year was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, said Monday that a court had stripped it of its print licence
📸 Editor Dmitry Muratov at the entrance to the Novaya Gazeta office in Moscow
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VIDEO: Pakistan's record-breaking floods may have passed, but for Hajira Bibi and her child, only 10 days old, the pain has only just begun. They’ve returned to their village in the northwest of the country to find her home unlivable.
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#UPDATE UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has warned that Somalia is on the brink of famine after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that have caused a devastating drought
📸 A Somali mother cradles her malnourished baby at a children's hospital in Mogadishu
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Cassius and Roxie have spent months at a Hong Kong dog shelter waiting for new owners. The two mongrels are victims of a surge in pet abandonments as the city experiences an exodus of residents due to the political clampdown and harsh Covid rules.
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