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Ethiopia says it has charged over 50 soldiers with human rights abuses.
The Attorney General says the accused are linked to crimes they committed in the country's Northern region of Tigray, where a conflict is in its 7th month.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa
The UK's medicines regulator has approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year-olds.
Health experts involved in the trials say the benefits of having the vaccine outweigh the risks for this age group.
Chris Jones has more in London.
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Two UK police forces have agreed to pay compensation to 601 victims of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster.
96 people died at the football stadium in the North of England after it became overcrowded.
The victims and the families of those involved say the police force suppressed the truth over who was to blame for the incident.
Chris Jones has more in London.
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Portugal has questioned the UK's "logic" after Britain removed the country from its travel green list.
It means from Tuesday, people returning from Portugal will need to isolate for ten days due to what the British government says is rising cases and the spread of variants in Portugal.
No new countries were added to the UK's green list, but several more have been added to its red list, in what is a huge blow to holidaymakers.
Our correspondent Benji Hyer reports from London.
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Uganda has boosted access to the COVID-19 vaccine by opening up a so-called vaccination camp in the capital Kampala. But as the African country makes strides in dealing with the pandemic, it continues to struggle with logistics. The Japanese government has now committed 1.6 million dollars to Uganda's Covid-19 response, as Leon Ssenyange reports.
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The United States' Vice President Kamala Harris has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Oxford-Astrazenca shots are on their way.
Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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The covid 19 variant known as the Delta strain has been found in Australia in 2 cases that aren't connected to other covid outbreaks in the country.
This is the first time the variant has been identified outside of hotel quarantine in Australia.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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The Japanese government enacted a law giving fathers greater flexibility to take paternity leave immediately after their child is born. The move aims to encourage more men to help with childcare responsibilities as the country struggles with a steeply declining population.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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Hong Kong Police are deploying thousands of officers across the city to enforce a ban on gatherings to commemorate the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. A mass vigil has been banned for a second year in a row due to COVID-19 concerns. Organisers say that's an excuse to suppress the event. Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
US president Joe Biden has issued an executive order banning Americans from investing in certain Chinese defense and surveillance companies.
The move comes amid increasing concern over Beijing's use of surveillance technology on its own citizens.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more.
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The UK has reduced the number of permitted foreign holiday destinations.
Portugal has been taken off the so called green list, that can be freely visited without the need for quarantine.
The move has thrown many summer travel plans into chaos.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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