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Leaders of six Southern African nations will meet in Mozambique on Thursday. This Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community focuses on measures to address ongoing acts of terrorism in the Republic of Mozambique. Mark Roughton reports.
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The UK has begun the rollout of a third coronavirus vaccine.
The Moderna jab has started being administered in Wales, and England will follow suit in the coming days.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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A record 27.3 million people in Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger and are in urgent need of food aid. The World Food Program has described the scale of the crisis as "staggering". Leon Solomon reports.
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Travel between Australia and New Zealand without quarantine will be permitted from April 19.
And with that, there is the possibility of the bubble being extended to include other south pacific nations.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane
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Toshiba has received an acquisition proposal from global fund CVC Capital Partners in a deal likely worth around $18 million.
The company has been under pressure from activist shareholders, who invested after its US nuclear business went bankrupt in 2017.
Phoebe Amoroso reports.
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Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
The US has ruled out introducing so-called vaccination passports for people who have been innoculated against Covid-19
The idea has been touted as a way to allow people more freedoms during the pandemic but the White House says its citizens' privacy and rights should be protected.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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US president Joe Biden says the country is on track to administer 200 million covid-19 vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office.
But he cautioned that new variants were spreading quickly, causing infection rates and hospitalisations to go back up.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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California plans to fully reopen its economy on June 15th, provided that the state's COVID-19 vaccine supply is steady and hospitalizations remain low.
The announcement marks a major shift in the state's pandemic strategy.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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An Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine trial on children has been paused whilst the UK's medicines regulator investigates a potential link with blood clots in adults.
The suspension comes after a European Medicines Agency official, speaking in a personal capacity, claimed that there was a link between the jab and blood clots.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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UK Prime minister Boris Johnson has been criticized by a British airline company over the government's proposals to restart travel.
EasyJet CEO, John Lungren, says that with the current plan international travel would become more expensive.
Chris Jones has more in London.
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