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The UK government has announced sanctions on seven oligarchs - including the owner of Chelsea Football Club Roman Abramovich. The individuals will be subjected to a full asset freeze and travel ban. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more.
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Some Nigerian soldiers and other security personnel have been killed by criminal gangs in the country's northwest state of Kebbi.
The casualty figure is yet to be verified by the military, but locals in the state say it's about 15 of them.
The soldiers who were attached to the state's deputy governor were killed during an attack on his convoy on Tuesday evening.
Tesem Akende reports from Jos in Nigeria's northern region.
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Key regional elections results from five Indian states will be announced on Thursday.
Winning most of these states is crucial for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he looks to bag a third term in 2024.
India correspondent Ishan Garg has the latest.
IN: In four out of fiveAustralian women who had their children taken through forced adoption will receive compensation as part of a redress scheme.
More than four million dollars will be spent on the country's first redress scheme for mothers in the state of Victorian who were forced to give up their babies between 1958 and 1984.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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The White House says the world should be alert to the possibility that the Russians may soon use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.
President Biden's top officials are angrily dismissing Russian claims that the US has been developing chemical weapons in Ukraine as "misinformation".
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.,
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby dismissed Russian claims that the US has been developing chemical weapons in Ukraine as “misinformation”.
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US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the US government to come up with a strategy to regulate cryptocurrencies.
The White House says the order is in response to the explosive growth in digital assets.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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The EU has ramped up sanctions against Moscow, adding 160 individuals to its blacklist. This takes the total number of people targeted for their alleged ties with or involvement in the war in Ukraine to 862.
Three Belarusian banks have also been cut off from the SWIFT international payments system.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
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The first person to have a pig heart transplant has died, two months after the groundbreaking surgery in the United States.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
US Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Warsaw on Wednesday to meet the leaders of Poland and Romania, two U.S. allies that flank Ukraine.
But the visit comes after the Pentagon rejected a Polish proposal to share its fighter jets with Ukraine.
From Washington, Kate Fisher reports.
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The UK government will set out details of its proposed ban on Russian oil imports later. The Business Secretary has confirmed the use of Russian fuel will be phased out this year in a bid to cut another source of income to the Russian economy. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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The state is one among others in the country with security concerns such as kidnapping for ransom and cattle rustling.
Tesem Akende reports.
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