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England footballer Tyrone Mings has criticised the UK Home Secretary on social media - accusing her of 'stoking the fire' of racism. It comes after Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted with racist abuse after missing penalties in Sunday's Euro final. Laura Makin-Isherwood has the details.
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Looting of shopping malls and businesses in two South African provinces continues to stretch police resources. Despite official deployment of the military on Monday, hordes of looters continue to pillage unprotected retail outlets. On Tuesday morning, the first soldiers arrived in areas most impacted by the ongoing lawlessness. Mark Roughton reports.
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Ghana's First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has rejected the payment of the monthly salary approved by legislators. She says she'll also pack back all monies paid to her by the state since 2017 when her husband Nana Akufo Addo was elected as president. It comes after public backlash against the implementation of the salaries to presidential spouses.
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New Delhi has once again run out of vaccines.
A shortage of the Oxford Astrazenca shot, which is the most widely used vaccine in the city-state, has forced several inoculation centers to shut down.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Four Olympics staff from the US and Britain have been arrested in Tokyo for suspected cocaine use. The four men were working in Japan as electricians to carry out maintenance at Olympic venues.
Phoebe Amoroso reports.
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CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0713-olympic-staff-arrested-drugs.mp3China is accusing the US of violating its sovereignty, after a US warship sailed in a disputed area of the South China Sea.
The incident took place Monday, on the anniversary of an international court ruling that deemed Beijing has no claim over the territory.
Samuel Wong reports.
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Democrats in the Texas legislature have fled the state in order to prevent the passage of a restrictive new voting law in the Republican-controlled legislature.
They have flown to Washington DC to draw attention to their cause.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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As the pandemic raged across the world in 2020, world hunger dramatically increased.
In the first global assessment of the hunger crisis in the pandemic era, the United Nations reports that around one-tenth of the world's population did not have enough food to eat, especially in Asia and Africa.
Our UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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Thousands of Cubans have mounted the largest protests for decades against the country's Communist government.
Images shared on social media appear to show security forces detaining and beating some demonstrators.
The White House says it stands with the Cuban people.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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