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The video-sharing application TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the Trump administration's order to shut down its American operations next month.
Tik Tok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, said the ban was politically motivated.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco
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Doctors in Germany treating the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say their findings indicate he was poisoned. Navalny is in an artificial coma, and may suffer long-term consequences. Lucy Taylor reports.
Massive wildfires continue to rage around the San Francisco Bay Area.
The National Weather Service is warning high temperatures, lightning, and high winds could mean dangerous and unpredictable fire behaviour.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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The Tanzanian government says it is planning to restore green spaces in urban areas, which over the past many years have given way to buildings and infrastructure. Like many other cities in the world, Africa's fast-growing metropolis Dar es Salaam has lost most of its green cover to concrete jungles.
Daniel Kijo reports
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The Republican Party will/has formally renominate President Donald Trump for another four-year term as its national convention gets under way on Monday.
Speakers over the week will include Trump family members and the President is expected to make an appearance on each night.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The UK's Prime Minister says it's "vitally important" that children go back to school following the closure of the education sector in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
As the new academic term begins, Boris Johnson is telling parents that the life chances of a generation are at stake.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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A state prison in Uganda has become a coronavirus hot spot reporting over 150 cases among inmates.
That number accounts for the majority of cases reported by the country's health ministry in a single day. Leon Ssenyange reports
Isabel Nakirya reports
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Pressure on the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is rising after tens of thousands of people protested on the streets of the capital Minsk on Sunday. The numbers quashed earlier suggestions that the protesters were losing steam, two weeks since disputed elections. Lucy Taylor reports.
As more people are staying home to shop with their credit cards, issuing companies are running out of 16 digit combinations for card numbers. Grace Lee reports from Tokyo.
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The Hong Kong government is facing increasing pushback over its citywide coronavirus testing plan. Some opposition lawmakers say it's a waste of money, and there is widespread concern about DNA data being sent to China.
Richard Kimber reports.
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