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US stocks ended lower Tuesday amid concerns over the debt ceiling and further rate hikes.
Eyes are on key inflation data due out on Wednesday which could determine what the Federal Reserve does next.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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Two-thirds of Americans say the abortion drug at the centre of a legal dispute should remain on the market - according to a Washington Post ABC News poll.
The Supreme Court preserved access to mifepristone in April while the Biden administration appeals the decision of a lower court to suspend the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval for the drug.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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2023 is on track to be the worst in recent history for mass killings in the United States.
New data from the Mass Killing Database show there have been 22 mass killings this year, resulting in at least 115 deaths.
The database defines a mass killing as an event where four or more people, not including the perpetrator, are killed within a 24-hour window.
This comes after a gunman opened fire in a Texas shopping mall on Saturday, leaving at least eight people dead.
Sally Patterson reports.
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The fight against the M23, a rebel group in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting stronger with the proposed deployment of troops from The Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Fighting in Eastern DRC has been raging for decades. The East African Community troops are already in DRC but clashes continue.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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Bodies were still being recovered from villages in South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday, where floods killed more than 400 people.
Last week's rains left a devastating trail of damage.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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President Biden will sit down with his political opponent - House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy - later Tuesday, as the two men look to end the standoff over the debt ceiling crisis.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the US may not be able to pay its bills as soon as June 1st without congressional action.
US Correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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Families of abducted worshippers in Northern Nigeria are still trying to establish contact with the kidnappers of their loved ones.
At least 40 people have been kidnapped by Gunmen from a church in a remote village in Kaduna State.
This is the latest in a series of attacks against worshippers in the last few years.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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A controversial movie called The Kerala Story has kicked up a political storm in India – with the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party indirectly promoting it – and the opposition parties criticising it.
The movie is based on a fictional story of three women from Kerala who join the terrorist organization ISIS.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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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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