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A landslide in the Himalayan region in India has killed at least thirteen.
Some are still believed to be buried under the rubble.
Rescue operations are on but the death toll is expected to rise, as Ishan Garg reports.
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Concern continues to grow as Covid 19 spreads through New South Wales, with 345 new cases and 2 more deaths.
Another 21 cases have been detected in the neighbouring state of Victoria and the Australian Capitol will go into a week long lockdown after recording its first positive infection since last year.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane
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Concern continues to grow as Covid 19 spreads through New South Wales, with 345 new cases and 2 more deaths.
Another 21 cases have been detected in the neighbouring state of Victoria and the Australian Capitol will go into a week long lockdown after recording its first positive infection since last year.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane
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China's strong economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19 is showing signs of slowing.
Analysts say the recent spike in cases of the Delta variant is undermining consumer confidence.
Samuel Wong reports.
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California will require teachers and school staff to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face regular testing. It's the first US state to issue a vaccine mandate for educators.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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Sudan says it will hand over its former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court.
He's accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, a region of Western Sudan.
The Sudanese government says other officials will also be delivered into the hands of the ICC
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa.
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The White House says no outcome of the conflict in Afghanistan should be considered "inevitable", and Biden administration officials are again insisting that Afghan forces have both the training and the equipment needed to beat back the Taliban offensive in the country.
The Taliban now control nine separate provincial capitals, and intense combat is taking place for the northern stronghold of Mazar E Sharif and the southern city of Kandahar.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Canada is calling for the unconditional release of businessman Michael Spavor from Chinese custody after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a court in the city of Dandong on Wednesday.
Mr. Spavor was convicted of espionage, and he's been in Chinese custody since 2018.
Canada maintains he's being held in retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top executive with telecoms giant Huawei.
Patrick Fok reports from Beijing.
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The White House says no outcome of the conflict in Afghanistan should be considered "inevitable", and Biden administration officials are again insisting that Afghan forces have both the training and the equipment needed to beat back the Taliban offensive in the country.
The Taliban now control nine separate provincial capitals, and intense combat is taking place for the northern stronghold of Mazar E Sharif and the southern city of Kandahar,
Reports in Washington indicate that US intelligence officials now believe that the capital Kabul may itself fall within the next 90 days.
But at the White House, press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back against those reports.
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The Afghan government is scrambling to stall the Taliban’s seemingly-unstoppable military advance as one city after the other falls to militants.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has flown to the key city of Mazar-i-Sharif to try and rally military resistance to the Taliban.
US-led talks in Doha are continuing, with Washington threatening the Taliban with international isolation if they take the country by force.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is again appearing before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. He is responding to questions based on his time as deputy president of South Africa between 2014 and 2018, having previously appeared in his leadership capacity within the ruling party. His opening statement gives an insight into the options he faced when allegations of state capture first emerged. Mark Roughton reports.
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Bosses at Heathrow Airport are pleading for trade links with Canada and Singapore to be restored. It comes as the airport announced a sharp increase in the number of passengers passing through it in the last month. Chiefs say travel to nations that are 'vital' for UK business needs to return too. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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India's top drug regulator has approved a study to assess if mixing two COVID-19 vaccines is feasible.
The study will include two main vaccines at the country's disposal – the Oxford AstraZenca shot and the locally developed Covaxin.
Experts say a mixed dose regimen could result in better immunogenicity, as Ishan Garg reports.
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Covid cases in the state of New South Wales continue to increase, with 344 new cases of the delta variant and 2 more deaths.
Cases in Queensland have dropped with much of that state now out of lockdown.
While in Victoria, the lockdown has been extended, with new cases continuing to be uncovered.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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