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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he plans to transform Facebook into a platform focusing on privacy. The social media giant has been criticised for a series of privacy scandals.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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North Korea's food production in 2018 was the lowest in more than a decade, according to the United Nations' Needs and Priorities report for the country.
The grim assessment estimates 11 million men, women and children do not have enough food to eat.
Here's UN correspondent Liling Tan with the details.
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French prison guards blocked access to dozens of the prisons across the country on Wednesday morning, after an inmate wounded two guards in what the justice minister said was a terrorist attack.
About half the prisons in the country - 90 out of 188 - were blocked by protests early in the morning, although all but two had been opened by noon local time.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Both Jewish organisations and EU leaders are condemning a carnival float as anti-Semitic.
The float, with its huge characters of two Orthodox Jews on-top of money, paraded through a Belgian city on Sunday.
Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek has more from Brussels.
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South Korean intelligence has reportedly told lawmakers in Seoul that North Korea is rebuilding a rocket launch site. The news comes after the U.S. and North Korea failed to reach a deal on denuclearization at their latest talks.
Bruce Harrison tells us more from Seoul.
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According to Yonhap News, the intelligence officials said it looks like North Korea has restored a door and roof at the launch site, called Sohae.
North Korea has used the area for satellite launches and missile engine testing.
But the ballistic missiles Pyongyang claims could strike the U.S. were tested elsewhere.
Last year, North Korea promised to dismantle Sohae after President Trump and leader Kim held the first summit.
But backing up the South Korean intelligence service's testimony, U.S. think tanks say satellite imagery suggests there has been rapid efforts to rebuild the launch pad and rocket engine test stand.
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