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The search and rescue operation in Thursday’s Miami building collapse has entered a sixth day, with 150 people still missing and at least eleven dead.
It’s emerged that the president of the Champlain South Towers warned in April that the building was in desperate need of repairs, and had urged residents to pay millions of dollars for structural repairs.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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South Africa’s highest court has found Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months’ imprisonment. The former president defied an instruction from the Constitutional Court to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, then chose not to defend the Commission’s application to find him guilty of contempt. Mark Roughton reports.
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President Samia Hassan has revealed that Tanzania has recorded 100 new Covid-19 cases since the third wave of the viral disease broke out across the globe, President Hassan said 70 of the 100 patients were in a critical condition.
From Dar es salaam, Daniel Kijo has more.
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Japan's unemployment rate rose 3% in May, the highest in 5 months.
The latest government data shows a gender gap, with more women than men facing job losses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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A federal judge has thrown out the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against Facebook, a major victory for the social media giant.
However, the federal agency still has the option to refile a modified complaint within thirty days.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco
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The US has defended carrying out air strikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border saying it was acting in its national interest.
The Iraqi government condemned the action while one of the targeted militia groups vowed "open war" against American interests in Iraq.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The United Nations has expressed concern about Monday's US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iranian backed militias.
The UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned about the risk of undermining ongoing talks to bring Tehran and Washington back to the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Our UN correspondent Liling Tan has more from New York.
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Canada has recorded its highest temperature ever amid a heat wave that's expected to continue for several more days.
The Pacific Northwest of the US has also broken temperature records, adding to concerns that climate change is fuelling extreme weather events.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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South Africa is returning to an adjusted Lockdown Level 4. A third wave of COVID-19 infections is threatening to push health facilities beyond their capacity in some regions. The highly transmissible Delta variant has been identified in at least five of the country’s nine provinces, prompting regulations that curtail non-essential contact between persons and reduce the prevalence of trauma cases in hospital emergency wards. Mark Roughton reports.
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