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Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer says it will sell its patent-protected medicines and vaccines which are currently available in the US or EU on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower-income countries.
It's part of a new accord with nations including Malawi and Rwanda announced at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
Rosie Birchard has more.
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India has capped sugar exports at 10 million tonnes for this season to prevent a surge in domestic prices.
It's the country's first curb in six years.
And it comes amid concerns about a global food shortage, partially triggered by another ban that India imposed on wheat exports earlier this month.
Ishan Garg reports.
IN: The world's biggest...US president Joe Biden has demanded that the country "stand up to the gun lobby" following an elementary school shooting in the town of Uvalde, Texas that killed at least 18 students and 1 teacher.
Police identified the suspected gunman as Salvador Ramos, an 18 year old local resident, who was shot and killed by police. The motive remains unknown.
It's the deadliest shooting at a US school since 20 children and six staff members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012.
Speaking from Washington Biden compared the horrific scenes to a battlefield.
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Biden spoke of the grief the parents are facing after losing a young child.
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Biden also demanded that lawmakers act to "stand up to the gun lobby" and pass stricter gun legislation.
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14 school children and one teacher are reported to have been killed at an elementary school in Texas.
The Governor of Texas says the suspect was an 18 year old from the town of Uvalde where the attack occurred.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Governor Greg Abbott of Texas briefed reporters in the city of Austin.
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British supermodel Kate Moss is expected to testify in the US legal battle between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
Ms Moss is a former partner of Mr Depp, who is suing Ms Heard, his ex-wife, over a newspaper column in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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There are a number of hotly contested elections happening around the U.S on Tuesday, including in Arkansas, Alabama and Texas.
But primaries in Georgia are a particular test of support for former President Trump.
U.S. correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
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OUT: Caroline Malone, Washington
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The cap on household energy bills in the UK could go up by a further $1k a year according to the country's energy regulator Ofgem.
Last month the cap was increased by around $865.
This latest increase could push millions more people across the country into fuel poverty.
Jonathan Brearley is the CEO of Ofgem and he told MPs that conditions have worsened in the global gas market because of the war in Ukraine.
That, he says, is a key reason for the rising cost of living in the UK.
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OUT: "...two thousand eight hundred pounds."
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Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has accused Russia of stealing grain and trying to sell it abroad.
The United Nations estimates that around 20 million tonnes have been prevented from passing through the Black Sea since the war began because of Russian blockades.
Chris Jones has more from Riga, Latvia.
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