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Three North Korean hacker spies have been accused of conspiring to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency from banks and businesses around the world.
The US Justice Department unsealed the charges on Wednesday.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Conservative and controversial talk radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh has died of lung cancer, at age 70.
Limbaugh was a towering figure in US conservative politics.
Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported across the globe has declined by 16 percent over the past week.
According to the World Health Organization, there's also been a ten percent reduction in the number of global deaths.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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The United States will pay the World Health Organisation more than $200 million dollars by the end of the month.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the intent to pay those dues during a high-level United Nations Security Council on Covid-19.
UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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The world's first COVID-19 human trials have been given the green light in the UK.
As part of the study, 90 healthy volunteers will be infected with the virus in a bid to discover more about its effects.
Chris Jones has more in London
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The UK has approved the world's first COVID-19 human trials, which will infect young and healthy volunteers with the virus to test vaccines and treatments.
This comes as the government draws up plans for a route out of lockdown, as Sophie Peachey reports from London.
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The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the government is 'keeping an eye' on investigations into claims a Princess from Dubai is being held against her will.
Friends of Princess Latifa Al Maktoum say she hasn't been in contact for six months. In videos she had accused her father, Sheikh Mohammed - one of the richest heads of state in the world - of holding her hostage.
The UN says it will soon question the UAE about the allegations.
Boris Johnson expressed concern about the situation.
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The UK is urging ceasefires to be introduced around the globe in order for those living in war zones to receive Covid19 vaccinations.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will make the plea to world leaders as Chair of today's UN Security Council meeting.
Laura Makin-Isherwood has more.
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Children must be an integral part of the UK's plans to "build back better" after the pandemic, according to England's Children's Commissioner.
In her valedictory address, Anne Longfield is calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put children, especially the most vulnerable ones, at the "centre stage" of his policies to "level up" the nation.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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