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EU foreign ministers are holding an emergency meeting on Tuesday to potentially discuss new sanctions on Iran.
This comes as tensions have escalated in the Middle East after Iran fired more than a hundred ballistic missiles towards Israel over the weekend.
Ishan Garg has more from Brussels.
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The Olympic Flame is being lit in the Greek town of Olympia.
The flame will arrive in France on May 8 and begin two months of travel around the country before the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games get under way.
Ross Cullen reports.
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has called a now scrapped anonymous poll funding scheme the biggest extortion scheme and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing it for political gains.
His comments come a day after the Prime Minister defended the controversial scheme, saying scrapping it will push political parties towards black money.
Priyata Brajabasi has more
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Tesla is scouting for showroom locations in New Delhi and Mumbai, according to Reuters.
The US electric carmaker plans to start selling its vehicles in India later this year.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Japan’s government says it’s ready to act on volatility in the currency market as the yen dropped to a 34 year low against the dollar on Monday.
The currency fell past the 154 mark for the first time since 1990.
Chris Gilbert has more from Tokyo.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a law in Idaho banning gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors can take effect.
The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked the ban on constitutional grounds.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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The armorer on the film Rust has been sentenced to 18 months in prison over the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.
Last month, a jury in the US state of New Mexico found Hannah Gutierrez Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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US retail sales jumped 0.7% in March - much higher than expected.
New figures released Monday also revised February's figure to 0.9%.
The report shows the US economy remains strong, and could mean the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer.
Sally Patterson has more.
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The FBI is opening a criminal investigation after a huge container ship lost power and crashed into a major bridge in the US city of Baltimore, killing six people.
The investigation is aimed at determining if the cargo boat's crew left the port aware that the vessel had systemic problems before the deadly collision, which caused the Francis Key Bridge to dramatically collapse late last month.
Benji Hyer has more details from nearby Washington.
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The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the Sudan conflict "has triggered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world" and "we must put an end to this man-made disaster."
He was speaking at an international aid conference for Sudan in Paris.
Ross Cullen reports.
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will be in East Africa this week where he will meet Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and South Sudan's Salva Kiir. In Entebbe, President Ramaphosa and his Ugandan counterpart are expected to discuss regional security and stability, including the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Leon Ssenyange reports.
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