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The US is bracing for new inflation figures due out this week.

It comes after the Federal Reserve announced the biggest rate hike for
22 years to try to curb rising prices.

Sarah Walton reports

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Labour leader Keir Starmer to be investigated by police over 'beer gate'

Police are investigating whether UK Labour leader Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules on the campaign trail.

Durham Police previously found that no offence took place last April but new information has now come to light.

A Labour spokesperson says "no rules were broken."

Sally Patterson has more.

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US adds 428,000 jobs in April

428,000 jobs were created in the US in April.

Analysts say it's further evidence that the economy is rebounding
following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sarah Walton reports

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EBOLA CASES IN DRC

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A third Ebola patient has died in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo a day after he tested positive for the disease. A doctor in the city of Mbandaka says the 48-year-old man was taken to a treatment centre after the disease had reached an advanced stage. The Congolese health ministry is working with international health organisations to prevent the spread of the disease.

Chris Ocamringa, reports from Kinshasa.

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15 KILLED IN NIGERIA BOAT MISHAP

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At least fifteen people have died after their boat conveying an undisclosed number of passengers capsized in Mai'adua Local Government Area of Katsina State, North West Nigeria.

A funeral was held for the victims at Tsabu town on Thursday.

Ajeck Mangut reports from Nigeria's capital Abuja.

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UK elections 'not the seismic change' Labour party want it to be says 'Tory MP

The results of the UK's local elections are being unveiled and it's not great news for the Conservative party.

In London, they've lost control of the councils in Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminister.

Wandsworth has been a Conservative seat for 44 years and is a huge loss for the party.

It's now under Labour control and is a real signifier of how some voters across the UK seem to have lost trust in the government's leadership over the partygate scandal and the rise in the cost of living.

Robert Jenrick is a conservative MP and says the results so far are disappointing, but not yet disastrous for his party.

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Indian Government Commission Redraws Map of Kashmir Region

A government body in India has redrawn the map of electoral constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.

The new delimitation process will allow the conflicted zone to have assembly elections for the first time in four years.

The region of Jammu and Kashmir is without an elected government, since June 2018.

Sreoshi Mukherjee reports from New Delhi.

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Conservative Party loses more than 100 local seats in UK elections

The Conservative Party has already lost more than a hundred council seats in local elections in the UK.

 

Counting is still going on across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, with most results expected later on Friday.

Sally Patterson has more.

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EU countries still debating details of proposed embargo on Russian oil

EU countries are still debating the details of a sixth package of sanctions against Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.

The proposals include a phased-in ban on Russian oil imports, a topic dividing EU nations.

Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.

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Uganda's Refugee Response Severely Underfunded

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Uganda has launched its three year refugee response plan but warns it may need to slash expenditures amid dwindling funds.

The UN refugee agencies in Uganda say their budget lines for 2022 - 2025 have gone down by 13% yet the numbers of refugees keep rising.

The UN needs about $800 million annually for the next three years to meet the critical needs of refugees.

Isabel Nakirya reports

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Azovstal evacuations planned despite Russian shelling

The evacuation of civilians trapped in Ukraine's besieged Azovstal
steelworks is expected to resume on Friday.

But the country's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns that the Russian
assault on the facility has continued.

William Denselow reports from the Latvian capital, Riga.

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India's actual COVID-19 death tally may be largest in the world: WHO report

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A new WHO reports says a third of all COVID-19 deaths may have occurred in India – making the country the worst hit by the pandemic in terms of total fatalities.

The Indian government has refuted the health body's figures.

Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.

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Japanese consumer prices rising fast

Consumer prices in Tokyo are rising at the fastest annual pace in seven years.

But the government is sticking to its ultra loose monetary policy even as inflation piles pressure on people.

Nora Weinek reports from Tokyo.

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Biden to visit Seoul, Tokyo to dispel nuclear fears

US President Joe Biden will try to dispel tensions on the Korean Peninsula when he visits East Asia later this month.

That's as Pyongyang tested yet another missile this week, raising the specter of nuclear conflict.

Dave Yin reports.

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Third civilian evacuation underway in Mariupol, Ukraine

The United Nations has confirmed a third evacuation operation is
underway for civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

So far more than 400 people have been helped to safety in the last week.

Sarah Walton reports

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Recession fears prompt US market drop

The Dow fell more than 1000 points on Thursday to record its worst day
since 2020.

It comes as markets adjust to the half percentage point interest rate
increase announced by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.

Sarah Walton reports

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Elon Musk raises another $7 billion for Twitter buyout

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has raised an additional seven billion dollars to finance his purchase of Twitter, including a billion dollars from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

The world's richest man is on the cusp of buying the social media platform for 44 billion dollars.

Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.

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$6.5B raised for Ukraine at international pledging conference in Warsaw

Funds totalling 6.5 billion USD were raised for war-torn Ukraine at an international donors' conference on Wednesday, according to the event's co-host Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. 

The event, held in Warsaw, was attended by top EU leaders and business representatives.

Rosie Birchard has more. 

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Republican governors in New England are speaking out in favor of abortion rights

A number of Republican-led states in the U.S. are moving on laws to make abortion more restricted.

On Monday, a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggested justices are preparing to overturn Roe v Wade, that proivdes a constitutional right to abortion.

Now a number of Republican governors are speaking up in favor of abortion rights.

Caroline Malone reports.

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WHO: true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million -- three times higher than official figure

Nearly 15 million people globally have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization. 

That's almost three times more than the number officially recorded, and 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.

Benji Hyer reports. 

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