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The US is welcoming a summit held over the weekend between its key Indo-Pacific allies South Korea and Japan.
Leaders from the two countries met in Seoul for the first time more than a decade, in an effort to boost bilateral co-operation and thaw historical tensions.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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Federal officials are investigating whether a shooter who killed eight people in Texas was motivated by white supremacist ideology, according to media reports.
Mauricio Garcia opened fire at a shopping mall on Saturday, before being shot and killed by a police officer.
Police found multiple weapons at the scene, including an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun.
Sally Patterson reports.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken could be held in contempt of Congress if his State Department doesn't hand over classified communications relating to America's chaotic exit from Afghanistan.
A powerful Republican Party lawmaker — Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — is pushing for the release of the sensitive documents written by diplomats at the US Embassy in Kabul shortly before the August 2021 withdrawal.
He alleges the cables in question warned Mr Blinken about the potential fall of the city weeks before the Taliban takeover.
Benji Hyer has more.
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Eight people have been killed in the US state of Texas after a car ploughed into a group close to a shelter for the homeless and migrants.
Police say it's not clear whether the incident - in the town of Brownsville on the Mexican border - was intentional.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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President Biden is set to meet with House majority leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday to try and strike a deal on the country's impending debt ceiling crisis.
Republicans are demanding Democrats agree to future spending cuts.
US Correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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Bosses at India's Tata Steel have warned its UK operations face 'material uncertainty'. The company employs around 8000 people at sites in Wales and North East England. Market conditions and decarbonisation targets have been pointed to as cause for concern. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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China is raising concerns with the International Olympic Committee over the politicization of sport. It follows a series of protests against China’s politics at international sporting events.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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US prosecutors investigating classified papers found at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate say they are working with an 'insider witness'.
The Department of Justice is seeking to determine whether the former US president tried to remove sensitive documents from a storage room in response to a subpoena for their return.
Sally Patterson has more.
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