⚠️Hezbollah leader's death a 'historic turning point'
Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike on Beirut. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "settled the score" with Nasrallah's death, calling it a "historic turning point"
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🇺🇸The NYC mayor's dramatic day in under 60 seconds
US prosecutors have charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with bribery and fraud charges as part of a "long-running" scheme that has upended politics in America's largest city.
Adams is alleged to have accepted illegal gifts worth over $100,000 (£75,000) from Turkish citizens and at least one government official.
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📱Facebook parent company fined €91m over password storage
Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the storage of passwords.
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🇸🇿Eswatini opposition leader poisoned in South Africa - party
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🇱🇰Former academic named Sri Lanka's third female prime minister
Sri Lanka's new president has chosen his prime minister - selecting a woman for the third time in the country's history.
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🇫🇷Macron unveils new right-wing French government
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his new government almost three months after a snap general election delivered a hung parliament.
The long-awaited new line up, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, marks a decisive shift to the right, even though a left-wing alliance won most parliamentary seats.
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🇺🇸First in-person votes cast in US presidential election
The first in-person votes have been cast in the US presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, a milestone moment that comes six weeks before election day on 5 November.
Virginia became the first state in the country to allow in-person voting on Friday, and early polling sites will remain open there until 2 November. Some long queues were seen as voters cast ballots on national, state and local levels.
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📱Google scores rare legal win as 1.49bn euro fine scrapped
Google has won its challenge against a €1.49bn (£1.26bn) fine from the EU for blocking rival online search advertisers.
The bloc accused Google of abusing its market dominance by restricting third-party rivals from displaying search ads between 2006 and 2016.
Europe's second-top court ruled the European Commission - which levied the fine - "committed errors in its assessment".
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🇺🇸Major US labour union declines to endorse either Harris or Trump
One of America's most influential labour unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has declined to issue a US presidential endorsement for the first time since 1996.
The union, which boasts some 1.3 million members across the US and Canada, said it had received "few commitments on top Teamsters issues" from either Democratic nominee Kamala Harris or Republican nominee Donald Trump.
It also claimed that polling of its rank-and-file members found "no definitive support" for either candidate
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🇪🇨Ecuador leader proposes lifting ban on foreign military bases
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🇮🇹Italy deputy PM on trial for blocking migrant boat
Prosecutors in Italy are seeking a six-year jail term for deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini over a decision in August 2019 to stop a migrant boat from docking.
The ship, operated by the Open Arms charity, was kept at sea for almost three weeks before being allowed to dock on the island of Lampedusa following a court order.
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🆕 Junta-led West African states to launch new passport
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🇰🇲Man who attacked Comoros president dies in cell
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🇮🇳Modi rival bailed after five months in jail
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🇦🇺Australia strips officers' medals for war crimes culture
Australia has stripped senior defence commanders of military honours over alleged war crimes committed under their watch in Afghanistan.
In parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Richard Marles said they would lose their distinguished service medals, as recommended by a landmark inquiry which alleged there was an unchecked "warrior culture" within parts of the force.
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🇺🇸NYC mayor pleads not guilty to bribery and fraud charges
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⚠️Cameroonian separatist leader arrested in Norway
A Cameroonian separatist leader has been arrested in Norway for his alleged role in the ongoing armed conflict in the Central African country.
Lucas Ayaba Cho was arrested on Tuesday on "charges based on his various expressions on social media", his lawyer said
Cho is an influential figure in the Anglophone movement pushing for independence from Cameroon.
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🇹🇭Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law
Thailand's king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions.
The bill cleared the Senate in June but required royal endorsement to become law. It was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday and will come into effect on 22 January next year.
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🇷🇺Russia in satellite deal with West African military governments
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a deal with Russia which will see them acquire telecoms and surveillance satellites.
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⚠️Zambian president suspends judges who ruled in favour of rival
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has suspended three top judges over alleged judicial misconduct, prompting accusations of political interference in the judiciary.
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🇱🇰Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election in political paradigm shift
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🇺🇦Ukraine bans 📱Telegram use on state-issued devices
Ukraine has banned the use of the Telegram messaging platform on official devices issued to government and military personnel, as well as defence sector and critical infrastructure employees.
The country's powerful National Security and Defence Council (Rnbo) said this was done to "minimise" threats posed by Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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🇬🇧UK summons 🇷🇺Russian ambassador over diplomat expulsions
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😱Mohamed Al Fayed accused of multiple rapes by staff
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🇫🇷Truro re-signs twinning deal with French town
A twinning partnership between Truro and a French town has been re-signed to mark its 45th anniversary.
The partnership was re-signed by officials from both countries including Truro's mayor Carol Swain and her Morlaix counterpart Jean-Paul Vermot.
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⚠️⚠️FBI says incident at Donald Trump’s golf course "appears to be" assassination attempt
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⚠️⚠️Trump loses Electric Avenue song legal fight
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🇰🇲Comoros president injured in knife attack
"Thank God, his life is not in danger," said a government spokeswoman.
He was stabbed while attending a religious leader's funeral near the capital Moroni but was only "slightly injured" and has since returned home, spokeswoman Fatima Ahamada told the Reuters news agency.
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🇰🇵N Korea releases rare photos of Kim at uranium facility
North Korea has for the first time offered a glimpse into a uranium enrichment facility which produces material for its nuclear weapons.
Photographs showed its leader Kim Jong Un, who had earlier vowed to "exponentially" increase the country's stash of nuclear weapons, inspecting the area.
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🇦🇫Afghan embassy in 🇬🇧London to shut after Taliban sacks staff
The Afghan embassy in London is set to close following the dismissal of its staff by the Taliban government.
The mission said it would shut by the end of September "at the official request" of the UK government.
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