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Heavy rains are battering much of India – triggering flash floods in the northern mountains and paralyzing traffic in southern cities.
Nearly 700 people have been evacuated in the state of Gujarat.
Ishan Garg reports.
IN: Some of the major cities...Protestors in Sri Lanka say they will continue to occupy the presidential palace until the president officially resigns.
Protestors stormed the presidential palace over the weekend and set fire to the prime minister's home, amid anger over a financial crisis which has led to food and fuel shortages in the country.
Our South Asia correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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Elon Musk says he's backing out of his bid to buy social media platform Twitter.
But Twitter's board is indicating it will take legal action against if he does.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation, the leader of the opposition Labour Party has been told he will not need to follow suit.
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of breaking lockdown rules after it was discovered he and several colleagues had gathered at an address and drank beer and ate a takeaway curry.
He said he would resign if any wrongdoing was found.
He has now been cleared by a police investigation, as Chris Jones reports from London.
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Nigeria's government has released pictures and names of inmates who escaped from Kuje prison in Abuja and has declared them wanted.
The government also says it has uploaded the data of 60 terrorists and other criminals to the International Criminal Police Organisation database.
They were among those who escaped when a terrorist group, the Islamic State of West African Province , bombed the Kuje Medium security custodial Centre on Tuesday night.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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UK political leaders have expressed their condolences after the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
The sixty-seven-year-old died after being shot at a campaign event in the southern city of Nara.
The two countries both have relatively strict gun control laws, meaning shootings of this nature are extremely rare.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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The Dalai Lama will visit the Indian territory of Leh (Layy-h) next week in a move that could further strains India-China ties.
Beijing has been critical of the Buddhist spiritual leader's visits to India for a long time.
And recently criticised India and the US for even wishing him on his birthday.
Ishan Garg reports.
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