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America's most-watched TV news presenter has been suspended for six months without pay after lying about coming under fire in Iraq.
NBC's Brian Williams is being accused of "inexcusable" actions by the head of the television network.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A New York City grand jury has indicted NYPD police office Peter Liang in the November shooting of an unarmed man in a building stairwell in Brooklyn.
The indictment comes after nation-wide protests following pervious grand jury decisions not to indict the officers involved in the deaths of other unarmed African-American men.
Liling Tan has the details.
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US President Barack Obama has called Russian President Vladimir Putin to address the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine.
He warned the costs for Russia would rise if Putin did not agree to a peaceful solution during talks with Germany and France planned for Wednesday in Minsk.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Newsweek magazine's Twitter was hacked Tuesday by the group calling themselves the Cyber Caliphate, which claims affiliation with the Islamic State militant group.
The New York-headquartered magazine said its account remained hacked for 14 minutes until Twitter's support team regained control of the account.
Liling Tan reports from New York.
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British broadcaster Sky News and telecoms firm BT have together spent a record £5.136 billion on Premier League football rights - the biggest TV deal in football history.
Sky will pay £1.392 billion for each season from 2016-17.
Elena Casas reports from London.
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