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President Biden has suffered another massive legislative blow on Capitol Hill.
His proposal to change the rules in the US Senate in an effort to secure passage of two bills on voting rights has been rejected by a crucial member of his own party.
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said she would not support the rule change, dooming the President's plan.
Emerging from a meeting with Democrats on Capitol Hill, Mr. Biden was furious.
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Britain's Metropolitan Police say they have no plans to investigate a garden party held at Number Ten Downing Street in apparent breach of last summer's lockdown regulations.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now apologized for attending it, but the police say they will wait for a Downing Street internal inquiry before deciding whether a crime may have been committed.
Danny Shaw is a former Home Affairs Correspondent for the BBC.
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A Chinese government agent has been "engaged in political interference activities" in London "on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party," according to MI5.
The UK's Security Service sent a letter to Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle warning him and MPs that a woman has been working in Parliament to "subvert the processes."
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Britain's Prince Andrew is returning all his military titles and patronages back to the Queen and will no longer be referred to as his royal highness.
He will no longer undertake any public duties.
The news was announced by Buckingham Palace 24 hours after a New York judge denied the Duke's request to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's civil lawsuit against him alleging he sexually abused her when she was a teenager.
Royal commentator Peter Hunt.
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The number of students enrolling in US colleges has fallen again.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said undergraduate enrollment in autumn 2021 dropped 3.1 percent, contributing to a 6.6 percent decline since 2019.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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India's daily COVID-19 infections continue to grow at an alarming rate with the country recording 247,000 new infections on Thursday.
In the capital, one in four are now testing positive for the virus.
And experts warn that the worst is yet to come.
Ishan Garg tells us more.
IN: Officials in DelhiThe Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of failing Australian businesses, which are being crippled by staff shortages.
Australia's covid infection rates have skyrocketed since the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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A New York judge has denied an effort by Britain's Prince Andrew to secure the dismissal of a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.
Lawyer Lisa Bloom, who represents several of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, explains what happens next.
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OUT: "…goes to trial"
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She says Prince Andrew's accuser, Virginia Giuffre, could seek an out of court settlement,…but in a statement welcoming the judge's decision her lawyer said she is determined to have the case heard in court.
The singer Ronnie Spector, the leader of the hit 60s group "The Ronettes", has died at the age of 78.
Her family says she had a brief battle with cancer.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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