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Salah Abdeslam was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, and terror charges and sentenced to life without parole at the end of June
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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Croatia is set to get the formal green light to adopt the euro currency at a meeting of EU finance ministers.
The Balkan country joined the European Union in 2013 and has been working toward membership of the eurozone ever since. 19 EU member states currently use the euro.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
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Seven people have died in India's Gujarat as monsoon rains wreak havoc in central India.
A red alert has been issued in the South Indian states, as the weather department expects the situation to worsen over the next few days.
Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
IN: The weather office...The largest airport in the UK has warned of more flight cancellations and further disruption this summer.
Staff shortages and a surge in demand after COVID travel restrictions were lifted, are being blamed for the problems.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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The German government says it's concerned Russia may be planning to tighten energy supplies after Moscow claimed it needs to carry out "routine maintenance" on the critical Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.
The pipeline is shutting for the next 10 days after the sudden announcement from Moscow.
FSN's Trent Murray in Berlin says European governments are rattled by the news.
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A new poll shows that 64 percent of Democrats do not want Joe Biden to run for re-election.
The survey conducted for the New York Times shows his approval has fallen to its lowest level yet….just 33 per cent.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Boris Johnson says he won't be endorsing any of the 11 candidates who have declared an interest in replacing him as Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister.
He says he worries that an endorsement could damage the chances of any candidate he selects.
The party's 1922 Committee that runs the election says the field of 11 will be narrowed down to two choices by next Thursday, through a series of votes of the Conservative parliamentary party.
Boris Johnson says he wants to get on with the job while he remains in office.
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He was speaking there on a visit to a biomedical facility.
In three separate incidents, 21 patrons have been shot and killed in South African taverns this past weekend.
Eight more victims remain in hospital.
Mark Roughton reports from Cape Town.
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Gunmen who kidnapped passengers on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train in Nigeria's North West are demanding $10.2 million ransom for the 43 abducted Kaduna train passengers, who are still in their custody.
This is coming just days after the gunmen released 7 people after reportedly paying a ransom of nearly $2million. 11 were also released in June.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Nigeria's capital Abuja.
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Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation has revealed that it will finalize the construction of five more Compressed Natural Gas filling stations by March 2023. The move is meant to increase LNG usage in the country.
Daniel Kijo has more.
Interior ministers from the 27 European Union member states are meeting with their Ukrainian and Moldovan counterparts to discuss the fallout of Russia's war in Ukraine on the bloc's internal security.
Since February, millions of people have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries including Poland, Romania and Moldova.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.