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North Korea followed up its latest missile test this week with a report in state media making it very clear why it's been blasting away. Tuesday's test was the fourth in just two weeks.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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Ethiopia is investigating the circumstances under which a police officer shot and killed his commander and another police officer while on duty in the capital Addis Ababa:
The shooting happened at a government office in the capital Addis Ababa.
Coletta Wanjohi reports From Addis Ababa:
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Out: attempted coup.
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A group of British MPs have started legal action to try to avoid the government taking the country into a no deal Brexit.
It aims to stop the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson from shutting down Parliament to force through a no deal.
UK correspondent Natalie Powell reports
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired two projectiles it believes are short-range ballistic missiles. This would be Pyongyang fourth weapon's test in just two weeks.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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The Trump administration has formally branded China a "currency manipulator", a step that intensifies the trade war between Washington and Beijing.
The move came after big falls on US stock markets, prompted by China's devaluation of its currency.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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OUT: "…force a correction"
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Colombia has granted citizenship to thousands of children born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents.
Colombia has taken in nearly one and a half million Venezuelan migrants in the last four years.
Mary Triny Mena repots from Caracas.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged more than 760 points losing more than three per cent in value after the trade and currency war between the US and China intensified.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Two South African pilots have been killed in a plane crash in Tanzania's Tabora region in the western part of the country.
Daniel Kijo reports from Dar es salaam.
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President Trump says the perpetrators of the weekend shooting attacks that left 29 people dead in Texas and Ohio committed "crimes against humanity".
He's condemned bigotry, racism and white supremacy in the aftermath of the shootings….but has not said whether he feels any degree of personal responsibility for inciting at least one of the attacks.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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OUT: "…meaningful gun control"
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