🇬🇭The former president seeking to lead Ghana once more
John Dramani Mahama has been Ghana's president once before - and now he is back for another punt at the top job.
The 65-year-old led Ghana from 2012 to 2017 and is one of the West African country's most experienced politicians. He has served at all levels of office, as an MP, deputy minister, minister, vice-president and president.
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🇳🇿New Zealand PM says sorry for 'horrific' care home abuse
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologised to victims of abuse in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country's biggest abuse scandals.
The historic apology, delivered in parliament, comes after a report found that 200,000 children and vulnerable adults had suffered abuse while in state and faith-based care between 1950 and 2019.
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🇮🇪What's at stake in Irish general election?
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🇺🇸Trump hires campaign aide as White House chief of staff
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🇬🇧How the UK's 'big brother' role in Africa is changing
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is coming to the end of his maiden tour of Africa with the aim of resetting relations with the 54-nation continent.
"Our new approach will deliver respectful partnerships that listen rather than tell, deliver long-term growth rather than short-term solutions and build a freer, safer, more prosperous continent," he said as he set out the agenda for his trip to the continent's two biggest powers - Nigeria and South Africa.
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🇮🇳🇨🇦Modi condemns violence after Canada temple incident
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🇦🇺Australian PM accused of seeking upgrades from Qantas boss
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⚠️Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader
Hezbollah has announced the group’s deputy secretary general will become its new head.
Naim Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut last month.
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🇬🇧🇼🇸Time has come for reparations dialogue, Commonwealth heads agree
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🇬🇧King and Queen arrive in 🇼🇸Samoa to red carpet welcome
King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will preside for the first time over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo International Airport where a red carpet had been rolled out amid high winds and last-minute vacuum cleaning.
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🇨🇳China holds live-fire drills on island closest to 🇹🇼Taiwan
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🇬🇧Labour tiptoes nervously towards a 🇨🇳China policy
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🇬🇧King and Queen greeted by light show on 🇦🇺Australia tour
Sydney Opera House was lit up with images of past royal tours as King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in the Australian city on Friday.
The couple arrived on a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, following a torrential rainstorm, to begin their six-day tour of the country.
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⚠️⚠️Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, killed by Israeli forces
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has been killed by Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza, Israel has confirmed.
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🇮🇹Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy
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🇺🇸Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz for top jobs, says US media
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🇺🇸Judge rejects Biden plan for undocumented spouses
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🇷🇺Putin hails 'courageous' Trump after election win
Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a "courageous man".
Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said that Trump was "hounded from all sides" during his first term in the White House.
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🇺🇸Donald Trump declares 'magnificent victory' in speech to jubilant supporters
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Slapping MP shows generational change may not end abuse of power in 🇳🇬Nigeria
Nigerian politician Alex Ikwechegh has caused outrage after he was caught on video slapping and verbally abusing a taxi driver delivering food to his house.
"Do you know who I am?... I can make you disappear in this whole country, and nothing will happen," Ikwechegh was heard saying in the video that went viral.
The altercation apparently started after the driver asked Ikwechegh to go outside to collect the food, rather than him taking it inside.
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🇺🇸Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba
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📱TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person.
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🥲Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh dies aged 84
Phil Lesh, bassist and co-founder of the US rock group The Grateful Dead, has died aged 84.
The musician's official Instagram account said he "passed peacefully this morning". He was surrounded by his family.
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🇬🇧UK and 🇩🇪Germany to sign 'landmark' defence agreement
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🇵🇪Ex-president of Peru gets 20 years for corruption
A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering.
Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded a contract to build a road in southern Peru.
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🇧🇷Brazil's president cancels Russia trip after injuring head
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has cancelled a trip to Russia after injuring his head in an accident at home on Saturday.
The 78-year-old was scheduled to travel on Sunday afternoon for the Brics summit - a grouping of major developing countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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Irish leaders to discuss general election date next week
Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin has said a general election date will be discussed between the three coalition party leaders next week.
A general election must be called in the Republic of Ireland before the term ends in March 2025, with speculation rising that a poll could be called imminently.
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🇧🇩Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Hasina
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⚠️⚠️One Direction star Liam Payne dies after balcony fall - police
Liam Payne, the former One Direction star, has died aged 31 in Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, police say.
In a statement, police said they discovered Payne's body after an emergency crew responded to an emergency call in the upscale neighbourhood of Palermo on Wednesday.
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🇲🇽Mexico drug tsar's spectacular fall from grace culminates in NY court
Appearing in a crisp suit and dark tie, Genaro García Luna – the highest-ranking Mexican official ever to be convicted in the United States – remained impassive as his sentence was handed down in a New York courtroom.
He was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison, as well as a $2m (£1.5m) fine. It was not the life sentence he could have received, but a jail term that the judge, Brian Cogan, felt reflected the severity of his crimes.
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