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Russia is reducing gas supplies to Europe again…saying more maintenance work needs to be done on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
The Russians say supply will be reduced to just 20 percent of the pipeline's capacity…earlier this month the Russians closed the pipeline down completely for 10 days.
The EU says Russia is engaged in energy blackmail of the Continent.
Andy Sylvester is the editor of the British newspaper City AM.
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The actor Paul Sorvino has died at the age of 83.
He played Paulie Cicero in the mob classic "Goodfellas", and was also a star of the TV drama "Law and Order".
Born in 1939 in Brooklyn, he made his Broadway debut in 1964 and starred in his first film 6 years later.
In an appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 he spoke about the difficulties he encountered transforming himself into a mobster on the set of "Goodfellas".
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Donald Trump is set to return to Washington this week for the first time since he left the presidency, to address the America First Agenda summit.
His speech will come the day after his former vice -president, Mike Pence delivers remarks at a conservative think tank as he lays the groundwork for a potential presidential run.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The US special envoy for Yemen is today (Monday) heading to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to pursue Washington's diplomatic efforts to back a United Nations's truce in Yemen.
It follows President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East and Gulf earlier this month.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in the United Kingdom on behalf of this year's winner Ukraine.
The European Broadcasting Union said for 'safety and security reasons' the Contest could not be held in Ukraine due to the ongoing war with Russia.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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Military intelligence has revealed that terrorists are plotting more attacks on prison facilities in Nigeria.
This comes after the Kuje prison in Abuja, the nation's capital was attacked on July 6th.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Plans to cut gas consumption across the European Union are proving contentious among the bloc's 27 member states.
The European Commission last week unveiled proposals for a 15% consumption reduction across the bloc to cushion the blow of potential disruptions in Russian gas supplies. On Monday, European Union ambassadors are expected to debate the way ahead.
Russian energy giant Gazprom has fully or partially cut gas deliveries to twelve EU countries.
Rosie Birchard is in Brussels.
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Droupadi Murmu (Drow-paadi Moor-moo) will script history on Monday as she becomes the first tribal person to be sworn in as the President of India.
A member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, Murmu won the elections last week in a landslide.
Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.
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Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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A state of emergency remains in place near Yosemite National Park in California, as the largest active wildfire in the United States continues to rapidly spread.
More than 6,000 people have been forced to evacuate the region, as the 'Oak Fire' tears its way through tens of thousands of acres of land.
President Biden is now facing increasing pressure to declare a 'climate emergency' nationwide.
Our US correspondent Benji Hyer has more.
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Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's political strategist, has been convicted of "contempt of Congress" over his refusal to appear before a Congressional committee investigating last year's insurrection by Trump supporters on Capitol Hill.
Jury deliberations took less than three hours and Mr Bannon now faces the possibility of thousands of dollars in fines fines and up to two years in jail.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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