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One of the world's leading independent oil traders Vitol Group says it intends to stop trading Russian-origin crude oil by the end of the year. In emails to Bloomberg, a spokesperson is reported to have said the company expects volumes of Russian oil handled by the company to 'diminish significantly' in the second quarter - with contractual obligations completed by 2022. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from Latvia.
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The man responsible for the murder of British Member of Parliament Sir David Amess has been given a whole life sentence.
26-year-old Ali Harbi Ali, from Kentish Town in north London, fatally stabbed the MP more than 20 times at a constituency surgery before he was arrested.
Chris Jones reports from London
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The UK inflation rate has reached a 30-year high of 7%, driven by a sharp rise in fuel costs.
Economists say this is partly due to the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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In Uganda, health facilities have registered a sharp decline in COVID-19 cases……
Only two patients remain hospitalized from over 400 in January.
Isabel Nakirya reports.
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The Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland are in Ukraine for talks with President Zelensky.
Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had planned to join his Polish and Baltic counterparts, but said his presence was "not wanted" in Kyiv.
Rosie Birchard has more from Brussels.
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India's inflation jumped to a seventeen-month high in March – touching nearly 7% year on year, according to government data.
The inflation rate has now breached the Central Bank's tolerance limit for a third month as fuel and food prices skyrocket.
This may prompt a shift in monetary policy, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
IN: Economists say...Hong Kong’s former Security Secretary John Lee is surging ahead in the race to become the city’s next Chief Executive. He is submitting his candidacy after a week of intense lobbying for political support.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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US president Joe Biden has for the first time accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine.
The United Nations has said there have been more than 4,000 civilian casualties in the country following Russia's invasion at the end of February.
Ira Spitzer reports
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Officials in New York say they are still searching for the suspect behind Tuesday’s mass shoot in a subway station.
US markets closed lower on Tuesday as new data showed inflation growing at 8 and a half percent, the fastest rate in more than forty years.
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2021 was the deadliest year in US history.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention show nearly 3 and a half million more people died in the US last year than in the record-setting year before that.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says hundreds of cases of rape have been reported in areas previously controlled by Russian troops.
Zelensky made the comments during a virtual speech to EU member Lithuania, in which he also called for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
At least five people have been shot in a New York City subway station by a man in a gas mask and orange construction vest.
New York City Fire department said they found multiple people shot as well as undetonated devices at 36th St Station in Brooklyn.
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US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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