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The Nigerian government has directed for train services to resume between the nation's capital Abuja and Kaduna state in the country's northwest on May 23rd.
Train services on the route were suspended in March this year after gunmen attacked a train, fatally shot at some passengers and kidnapped others, many of whom are still held hostage.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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UK wages are failing to keep up with the rising cost of living, according to new figures.
The Office for National Statistics said unemployment levels, however, have fallen to their lowest in 47 years.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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A former Guantanamo bay detainee has been charged in Uganda over links with a terrorist group the Allied Democratic Forces. The terrorist group is considered the deadliest operating in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Leon Solomon reports from Uganda
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Around 260 Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated from the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol.
Many of the evacuees are seriously injured and are being taken to Russian controlled areas for treatment.
Chris Jones has more from Riga.
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is in Sweden for a state visit as the two Nordic countries prepare to submit their applications to join the NATO defensive alliance.
The move, prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will reverse decades of military non-alignment for Stockholm and Helsinki.
Rosie Bichard reports from Brussels, where NATO is headquartered.
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India's wheat export ban has trapped some 1.8 million tonnes of grain at ports – leaving traders and wheat importing countries in a lurch.
India had earlier plans to export 10 million tonnes of wheat this year.
But a crippling heatwave and rising domestic prices of wheat have forced authorities to make a U-turn.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Authorities in Southern California say they now have found a motive for the deadly attack at an Orange County church on Sunday.
One person died and five people were wounded in the attack.
The suspect is being held on $1million bail.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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At least one person is dead and five people wounded, after a shooting in a church in Southern California on Sunday. Police have a suspect in custody….and they're looking for a motive.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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The average cost of one litre is now more than £1.80, that's about two dollars and twenty cents.
There are warnings that it could soon rise even further.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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The baby formula shortage in the US has hit home at the heart of the Biden Administration.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband are among the parents left scrambling to find the product that is vital to healthy development for many babies.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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US President Joe Biden has authorised the deployment of hundreds of Special Operations forces inside Somalia, reversing a decision by his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw nearly all 700 ground troops who'd been stationed in the east African country.
Mr Biden's also approved a Pentagon request to target about a dozen suspected leaders of Al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
Our US Correspondent Benji Hyer has the details.
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