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America is waking up to news of yet another shooting, this time in Washington DC. A teenage boy was killed and three others including a police officer were injured on a busy intersection in the northwest of the city.
The gunfire broke out shortly after 8:30pm local time after a concert to celebrate the Juneteenth federal holiday.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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France's leading left-wing opposition alliance says it will formally call for a no-confidence vote in the government.
That news comes just one day after disastrous general election results for President Macron saw his party lose its majority in parliament.
The president's party came 44 seats short of an outright majority, causing a serious problem for Emmanuel Macron right at the start of his second term in office.
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is running out of water. Officials are scrambling to avoid a “Day Zero”, when taps in four towns would run dry. Despite recent rains, another supply dam is expected to be decommissioned by Friday. Mark Roughton reports.
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Passengers in the UK are bracing themselves for the biggest rail strikes in 30 years.
Cabinet minister Simon Clarke said on Monday that the government will continue to support negotiations.
But unions and opposition parties have accused ministers of not doing enough to find a solution.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Gunmen have killed three people and abducted a yet to be verified number in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state in northwest Nigeria.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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The UK energy watchdog has announced plans to better protect customers' monthly bill payments - after millions lost positive credit balances on their accounts following the closure of a number of UK energy firms. The watchdog, Ofgem, wants to tighten rules on how much money can be held by a supplier and ensure that cash is passed on should a company fold. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more.
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European Union foreign ministers are meeting with their Egyptian counterpart to discuss the impact of Russian aggression against Ukraine on food security.
Moscow says Western sanctions are to blame for an unfolding global food crisis, but on his way into the talks, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the blame for shortages lies with Moscow.
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The East African Community Heads of State are set to meet in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to discuss the deployment of a regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The mineral rich DRC is struggling to contain dozens of armed groups in the eastern part of the country… responsible for the recent violence and mass displacement of people.
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Protests against India's new army recruitment scheme are intensifying – with agitators setting fire to trains and buses in several provinces over the weekend.
They're demanding a rollback of the program – saying it makes their job prospects uncertain.
The scheme called Agnipath – or the way of fire - aims to recruit 17-year-olds for a four-year stint – with no promise of permanent employment.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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