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Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania following the death of President John Magufuli.
She becomes the first female president in Tanzania and the entire East African region.
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Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania following the death of President John Magufuli.
She becomes the first female president in Tanzania and the entire East African region.
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Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania following the death of President John Magufuli.
She becomes the first female president in Tanzania and the entire East African region.
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US-China talks are set to continue after more than an hour of tense exchanges between US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Yang Jiechi, his Chinese counterpart, in Anchorage, Alaska.
It’s hoped that a second day of talks will yield some areas of common ground, but optimism is fading for significant progress between the two superpowers.
Nina-Maria Potts reports from Washington:
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The UK government is continuing to send out the message that Covid19 vaccines are safe - as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to receive his. More than 25 million members of the public have been given a dose so far. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more.
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Two students have been killed by security guards in Gulu in the northern part of Uganda. They had snuck out of their school to watch a European Champions League soccer match and later attempted to break into a girls' school. Leon Solomon reports from Uganda.
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16 French regions go back into lockdown in the early hours of Saturday morning local time/overnight tonight Friday into Saturday.
The measure will last for at least a month and comes as France faces a deteriorating situation in hospitals due to a third wave of coronavirus infections.
Ross Cullen reports from FSN Paris.
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The US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin is on a three-day tour to India…
Where he will meet his counterpart as well as the country's top security advisor.
Experts say the visit is part of America's "contain China" strategy.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Australian Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says he's confident the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine will have been received by all australians by late October.
From Monday, Phase 1B of the vaccine rollout will begin, with elderly and immuno-compromised people the next to get the jab.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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Health experts in Hong Kong say the government may need to reconsider its plan to buy the Astrazeneca vaccine, due to concerns over its efficacy.
They say authorities should focus on further rollout of the BioNTech jab instead, due to its effectiveness against COVID-19 variants.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that creates a pathway to citizenship for millions immigrants living in the United States. This first effort at immigration reform under the Biden administration comes as the US confronts a growing surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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President Joe Biden says that the US will meet his goal of administering 100 million cover-19 vaccines tomorrow - 42 days earlier than he pledged.
He said he'll announce a new vaccination goal next week.
From Washington, Kate fisher reports.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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