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The lawyer who allegedly brokered the hush money payment between Donald Trump and an adult film actress has testified that he believed the former president was behind the deal.
The court also fined Trump for multiple violations of its gag order as his criminal trial over falsifying business records continues.
Ira Spitzer reports from New York.
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Columbia university has begun suspending student protesters who have taken over its campus.
Demonstrators broke into a university building on Tuesday, as pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep across the US.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East in an uphill push to broker a ceasefire in Gaza and delay Israel's planned invasion of the city of Rafah.
It says it's the last bastion of Hamas militants but more than a million displace Palestinians are sheltering there.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Donald Trump has been fined $9,000 for violating a gag order at his criminal hush money trial, now in its third week.
The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records for allegedly paying off an adult film actress ahead of the 20126 election.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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At least fifty people have been rescued from a church in Eastern Uganda after being locked up. Most of the followers were in a critically ill condition.
Authorities have described the incident as being linked to a religious cult.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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Nigeria's Football Federation has officially appointed former ace winger Finidi George as head coach of the Super Eagles.
Finidi was interim coach following Jose Peseiro's exit in March after leading the super eagles to the finals in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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India has summoned Canada's Deputy High Commissioner to express "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans were raised at an event addressed by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries after Trudeau last year said there were "credible allegations" potentially linking India to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai
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More than 800 arrests have been made at college campuses across the US, as pro-Palestinian protests continue.
On Monday, Columbia University said it has not reached an agreement with demonstrators camping out on the college grounds.
This comes after protests - and counter demonstrations - sprung up at more than 20 campuses across the country in the past week.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
An Indian court dismissed a petition seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi be disqualified from contesting elections for six years.
The petitioner accused him of violating India's election code by allegedly seeking votes in the name of religion and places of worship.
Priyata Brajabasi has more.
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Nigeria has secured a $600 million investment from A.P Moller-Maersk, a Danish shipping and logistics company, for seaport infrastructure.
The investment was secured during a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and Moller-Maersk Chairman Robert Maersk Uggla on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting in Saudi Arabia.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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Data from the US Food and Drug Administration has revealed that United States has refused 31 per cent of all spice-related shipments exported by popular Indian spice brand MDH over salmonella contamination in the last six months.
This comes at a time when both Singapore and Hong Kong have suspended sales of certain products of Indian spice brands MDH and Everest after alleged detection of a carcinogenic pesticide.
Priyata Brajabasi has more.
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The United States military has started building a large floating pier off the coast of Gaza in an attempt to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in the war-torn strip.
The plan — first announced by President Joe Biden last month — will see ships carry aid from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to a floating dock in the sea, and then transferred on boats and then lorries for distribution.
It'll be operational by early May.
Benji Hyer reports.
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