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Hundreds of mortgage deals in the UK have been pulled from the market amid growing fears over future interest rate increases.
Homeowners are now being warned to expect deals of above 5%.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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The bipartisan debt ceiling deal agreed by US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the weekend is set to face its first big test.
It goes before the House Rules Committee on Tuesday afternoon. Hardline conservative members of the 15 person panel have criticised the plan.
The US must pass legislation to increase the debt limit by June 5th to avert a default causing economic disaster.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The trial is underway for the man accused of killing 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
The shooting in 2018 was the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.
Robert Bowers could face the death penalty if convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Disgraced tech founder Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to report to prison today [Tuesday] to begin serving an eleven year sentence.
Last year Holmes was convicted of four counts of defrauding investors in her blood testing company Theranos.
Silicon Valley Correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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Authorities in Moscow say nobody was seriously injured in a drone attack, in which 2 buildings sustained minor damage.
Russia's defence ministry has called it a 'terrorist' incident and says it was launched by the Ukrainian government. They claim 8 drones were involved in total, 6 of which were shot down and 2 were forced off course.
In Kyiv the latest air strikes killed one person after several buildings caught fire.
Kim Sengupta - world affairs editor at the Independent newspaper, says the attack was not unexpected.
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India's home minister Amit Shah is in the crisis-hit state of Manipur on a peace-making mission.
The Northeast Indian has seen ethnic conflict rage for nearly a month now – resulting in the death of at least 75 people.
The state's tribal population and the majority Meitei (May-tay) community are locked in a conflict over concerns about special economic benefits.
India correspondent Ishan Garg has more.
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The U.S. has been eying China’s growing space ambitions with quiet alarm, as Nina-Maria Potts reports from Hong Kong:
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023.
This means homosexual conduct is now illegal in the Uganda… with some sections of the law attracting harsh punishments including the death penalty.
Michael Baleke has that report…
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All is set for Nigeria to swear in a new President today.
He is Bola Tinubu, and will be sworn-in after polling the highest number of votes during the country's Presidential election in February.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has won another five years in office.
He won just over 52 per cent of the vote, in a presidential election the opposition slammed as deeply unfair.
Trent Murray is in Istanbul and has the latest:
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Asian markets have rallied in response to news of a US debt deal, following weekend talks between US President Joe Biden and congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy.
But China’s economy, which is one of the world’s biggest holders of US debt still faces some risk, despite the US debt deal.
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Saudi Arabia is in talks with a major China-based bank, the New Development Bank, which represents the world’s largest developing nations.
The move signals a further deepening of ties between the world’s largest crude oil exporter and China.
It will also allow the bank to shore up funding while Russia (one of its members) struggles under the strain of sanctions.
Mark Roughton has more from Hong Kong:
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U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have agreed in principle to a debt deal that would help the country avoid a default on June 5th.
Now they have to convince both Republicans and Democrats lawmakers to vote the legislation through in the House and Senate - before they run out of time.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat in the 1980s, according to documents released by the FBI.
Documents show the Federal Bureau of Investigation was concerned about threats from the IRA ahead of the late queen's trip to the United States.
Sally Patterson reports.
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