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India's finance minister says that the country's economy remains resilient despite global headwinds.
This comes amid concerns about the impact of President Trump's tariffs of 50 per cent on India, imposed in August.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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India and China will soon restart direct passenger flights, ending a five-year suspension that reflected some of the worst tensions in decades between the two neighbours. The move is being seen as part of a slow thaw in relations, though both governments remain wary of each other.
President Donald Trump has declared that the US is engaged in an "armed conflict" with drug cartels, which it labels as terrorist organisations. In the confidential memo sent to congress and obtained by US media, the administration describes suspected smugglers as "unlawful combatants" .
Kate fisher reports from Washington
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Meta is about to make your chats with its AI assistant part of its advertising machine.
The parent company for Facebook and Instagram is the first major tech company to announce that it will start using people's conversations with its AI chatbot to personalize ads.
Charlotte North reports from Washington
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2 people have died and 3 others seriously injured in an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, in North West England.
The attack comes on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and has led to security being stepped up outside prominent synagogues across the UK.
John Bevir reports.
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Czech authorities are investigating nearly 300 anonymous TikTok accounts accused of spreading pro-Russian content ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. Pablo Gutierrez reports from Budapest.
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The flotilla attempting to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza has been intercepted by the Israeli Navy 70 nautical miles from the coast of the strip.
Activists including Greta Thunberg are among a number of people who were detained.
Blake Sifton reports from Tel Aviv
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South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public, offences which carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.
Isaac Lukando reports
Hundreds of protesters across Madagascar demanded the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday, taking to the streets for a fifth day of demonstrations that have shaken the government, local television broadcasts showed.
Isaac Lukando reports
Activist Greta Thunberg's among a number of people detained by the Israeli Navy as they were sailing aid towards Gaza.
More than a dozen boats in the flotilla were stopped and told to turn around because they were approaching an active combat zone.
Celeste Fierro, a lawmaker in Argentina, recorded this as her vessel was boarded.
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The head of Britain's biggest police force Sir Mark Rowley has apologised for what he's called "completely unacceptable" behaviour by some officers.
Allegations of racism, misogyny and excessive force are among the claims being investigated after secret filming at Charing Cross Police station in London.
It follows a series of damning reports including one that branded the force 'institutionally racist'.
Fraser Knight reports.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India in the first week of December, according to Indian media reports.
This comes after US president Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on India - which he said were a punishment for New Delhi's oil imports from Russia.
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Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking primatologist who changed the way the world understood chimpanzees and inspired generations of conservationists, has died at the age of 91.
Her institute confirmed she passed away while on a speaking tour in Los Angeles.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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