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India's Covid-19 infections hit a four-month high on Friday, as the country reported 17,336 new cases in the past 24 hours.
The country is growing increasingly worried about a new wave of infections.
Our correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will head overseas this weekend, where he'll attend meetings with leaders in France, Spain and potentially Ukraine.
Repairing relations with France is high on Anthony Albanese's agenda, after the previous Australian government scrapped a 90-billion-dollar submarine deal.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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Ukraine is one step closer to joining the European Union. All 27 EU leaders have given their backing to Kyiv's bid to become a candidate for membership of the bloc at a summit in Brussels.
It's been hailed as an important and historic moment for the war-torn country, but the road from Kyiv to Brussels may still be long and winding. EU leaders also offered candidate status to Moldova.
Ira Spitzer is at those talks in the Belgian capital and brings us this update.
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A meeting between major oil executives and senior Biden administration officials has ended at an impasse.
President Biden is trying to work out ways to reduce energy prices, amid record inflation.
FSN's Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The Taliban government of Afghanistan is appealing for more international aid in response to Wednesday's earthquake in the south east of the country that killed at least a thousand people and injured fifteen hundred others.
Survivors say the region around the quake's epicenter has been devastated, with mud-and-brick houses collapsing in on themselves.
Dr. Mohammed Anwer is with the aid agency CARE Afghanistan and he's in the capital Kabul.
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Hundreds of British Airways staff have voted to go on strike this summer in protest over pay. Unions say a 10% pay cut imposed on check-in staff and ground crew during the Covid19 pandemic has not been reinstated. Thousands of passengers could face disruption to flights as a result of the action.
Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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The United Nations is calling for an investigation into the killing of hundreds of civilians in western Ethiopia last weekend. Members of the Amhara ethnic group were targeted by armed individuals, who burned their houses.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:
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The United Nations is calling for an investigation into the killing of hundreds of civilians in western Ethiopia last weekend. Members of the Amhara ethnic group were targeted by armed individuals, who burned their houses.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:
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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has accused Russia of 'weaponising' hunger as the war in Ukraine continues. In a Press Conference in Turkey, Ms Truss said the Kremlin's decision to block Ukrainian grain exports was a 'callous tool of war'. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports from London.
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