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Hurricane Ian has made landfall in Florida,
The eye of the storm moved onshore over the city of Fort Myers, about 120 miles south of Tampa.
With sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, forecasters say the storm will create potentially-deadly floods.
Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, has declared a state of emergency.
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Florida is battening down the hatches ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Ian, which is expected to make landfall later today.
The storm brought flooding and widespread power outages overnight in Cuba.
Armando Fernandez with Florida Power and Light - the state's largest utility - says people there should be braced for substantial disruption.
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The Ukrainian government says it will redouble its efforts to liberate all occupied territories in the country after the Kremlin hailed the outcome of four referenda dismissed as a sham by western governments.
The referenda in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson set the stage for the possible annexation of territory by the Russians.
Reporter Sergio Olmos is in Kyiv.
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Nigeria's president says no state in the country has the right to arm local vigilantes.
This follows a bid by one state in the country's southwest to arm their local security outfit, Amotekun.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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With the humanitarian crisis continuing to deepen in Ukraine, France is stepping up its efforts to help the war torn country, with Russia's war on its neighbour now into its seventh month.
Sarah Coates has more from Paris.
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More than a dozen Uganda People's Defence Forces soldiers have reportedly died in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a helicopter crashed on them on Monday. It is the second military aircraft Uganda's army has lost within a week. Leon Solomon reports
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The Bank of England has announced plans to buy long-term government bonds 'at whatever scale necessary' in a bid to bring calm to the UK economic markets. It comes after days of turbulence following the UK government's 'mini-budget' announcing widespread tax cuts. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief says all available information indicates that leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines are the result of a deliberate act.
The pipelines were built to funnel gas from Russia into Germany; they've been at the centre of geopolitical tensions in recent months, with gas supplies disrupted in suspected Russian retaliation to EU sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.
Moscow says it is "extremely concerned" about the gas leaks.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after one of its diplomats was ordered to leave the country over espionage allegations.
The Japanese consul in Vladivostok is accused by Russian police of illegally obtaining classified information.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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The International Monetary Fund says it is "closely monitoring" events in the UK and is calling on the government to rethink policies that it says will increase inequality in Britain.
The Fund also says it is engaged in discussions with the Government in London.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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66,000 Russian citizens entered the European Union last week, a 30% rise compared to the previous week. That's according to Frontex, the EU's border management agency.
Last Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military call-up to bolster troop numbers fighting in Ukraine. Widespread reports of Russians fleeing the country to dodge conscription have emerged since then.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
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The European Union has sent the first tranche of COVID-19 recovery money to Italy - just hours after a new Eurosceptic government claimed victory in Sunday's elections. The payment from Brussels is designed to help Italy recover from the economic damage of the pandemic.
Our correspondent Alex Cadier reports from Brussels.
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