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Ride hailing firm Uber is stepping up its lobbying of the Hong Kong government, after losing a critical court case on the legality of its business model in the city.
Richard Kimber reports.
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is moving ahead with plans to elect its next leader. An election will take place in two weeks. Grace Lee reports from Tokyo.
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Facebook says it has taken down a network of fake accounts and pages associated with Russian operatives, trying to influence the US election. Twitter has also announced it has suspended five accounts related to the operation.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports from San Francisco.
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US President Donald Trump is due to visit the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday after the police shooting of a black man sparked protests in which two people were killed.
But local officials have urged Mr Trump not to go, fearing his presence may reignite unrest that has calmed down in recent days.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports.
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The new school term begins in England and Wales this week. Hundreds of thousands of children will head back into the classroom today (Tuesday) — on the same day that Members of Parliament return to work in Westminster.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa went into a special corruption-focused meeting of the ruling party’s National Executive Committee facing criticism from within his party, having labelled the ANC “accused number one” in a strongly worded letter to ANC leadership. He has emerged looking stronger, with party leaders expressing support for new measures to be implemented against those accused of corruption. Mark Roughton has details.
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India's Supreme Court has granted telecom companies 10 years to pay the license fee dues.
The legal battle started after the court ordered the companies to pay billions of dollars dues in three months.
Ishan Garg has more on this from New Delhi.
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Mass public testing is underway in Hong Kong, as part of a government strategy to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Almost 600,000 people have signed up for the voluntary scheme so far, despite calls from some activists and health workers for a boycott.
Richard Kimber reports.
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OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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Ethiopia is concerned that the number of COVID 19 patients being admitted to intensive care units is increasing in Ethiopia. The country has now surpassed the 50,000 mark for COVID- 19 positive patents .
Coletta Wanjohi reports in Addis Ababa :