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A group of Nigerian students have been thrown off university courses and ordered to leave the United Kingdom after they struggled to pay tuition on time.
The Teesside University students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of Nigeria's naira weakened, wiping out their savings.
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Dozens of flamingos have been killed in the Indian city of Mumbai after an aeroplane hit them, leading to anger among environmentalists.
The Emirates flight landed safely after the incident.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai
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India's top election body has ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP Party and the opposition Congress to refrain from making divisive and inflammatory comments.
This comes as India's mammoth six week long national elections have become increasingly bitter and polarized.
Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.
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Japan is protesting comments made by the Chinese ambassador about Taiwan, calling them "extremely inappropriate”.
China’s envoy in Tokyo, Wu Jianghao said on Monday, Japan would be ‘dragged into the fire’ if Japanese forces supported Taiwan’s Independence.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Former US Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has confirmed she'll be voting for Donald Trump in this year's election.
Haley — the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Governor of South Carolina — took on former President Trump for the Republican Party's nomination, before bowing out of the race for the White House in March.
She was speaking on Wednesday at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think-tank in Washington DC, where Benji Hyer reports.
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In the U.S. state of Florida, a judge has been considering some of the many pre-trial issues in a case against former President Donald Trump about withholding classified documents.
This is one four major criminal cases against him with New York's hush money payment trial ongoing.
Caroline Malone reports.
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Police are investigating the source of the ketamine that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry.
Los Angeles police department says it's working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Service to look into how and why Perry ended up with so much of the drug in his system.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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Multiple people are dead after a series of tornadoes swept through several states in the US Midwest.
A cleanup effort is underway to fix broken infrastructure and restore power following the severe weather.
Sally Patterson reports.
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A new poll has found the majority of Americans wrongly believe the country is in recession.
The survey highlights a major challenge facing the US President ahead of November's election.
Mitch McCann reports:
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Over 40 people have been killed by gunmen in two communities in Nigeria's northern state of Plateau.
The gunmen also injured several others, and set many houses on fire.
Tesem Akende reports from Jos
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Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in New Caledonia on Thursday morning local time.
The French president hopes to oversee a calming of tensions, and he is set to speak to representatives from different political parties.
The island's government says the territory was hit by an "unprecedented" cyber attack on Tuesday, more than a week after the start of deadly riots.