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Greece's newly appointed finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has met with his UK counterpart George Osborne at downing street in London.
The Greek finance minister is seeking to renegotiate his country's bailout obligations, following the election of the Syriza Party last month, who campaigned to change Greece's debt obligations
Our UK correspondent Natalie Powell reports,
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INTRO: A large-scale human trial to find a vaccine against the ebola virus has kicked off in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The epidemic has claimed more than 8800 lives in primarily 3 West African countries over the past year. More than 27 thousand volunteers are expected to participate in the trials over the next few months. Gary Alfonso reports ...
IN: Up to 600 volunteers
OUT: Alfonso, Abuja.
Dur: 35"
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Experts at Cambridge University believe they have discovered the only two surviving bronzes by Michelangelo in the world.
The two statues had been attributed to a lesser known Dutch artist - but now experts are confident they are the work of the Florentine master.
Elena Casas reports from London.
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At least forty people have reportedly been killed in some of the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials say 15 soldiers and 12 civilians have died and Russian backed militants say there have been 13 casualties in territory controlled by them.
Tom Barton reports.
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The British actress Geraldine McEwan has died in London at the age of 82.
She suffered a stroke last year from which she never fully recovered.
She'll be best remembered by television audiences for playing Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's elderly sleuth, from 2004 until 2009.
Other TV successes included "Mapp and Lucia" and "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"
But she had an extensive stage career as well that spanned decades, and spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and then Britain's Royal National Theatre.
Speaking in 2013, she remembered the moment Sir Lawrence Olivier invited her to join the National Theatre.
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In 1967 she starred alongside Sir Laurence Olivier in the National Theatre's production of Strinberg's "Dance of Death"….and 2 years ago she looked back on the experience.
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INTRO: Scores of people have been killed in a heavily armed assault by Boko Haram extremists on the city of Maiduguri in Nigeria. Residents described how the Islamic extremists attacked the city from four different fronts overnight. The United Nations has supported the deployment of an African Union force to fight the growing terrorist threat in West Africa. Gary Alfonso reports ...
IN: Cannon and rocket fire ...
OUT: Alfonso, Abuja.
DUR: 39"