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Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam is lauding the effects of Beijing's political reforms in the city. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the founding of the People's Republic of China, she said the recent changes imposed by Beijing had brought Hong Kong "back on the right track."
Richard Kimber reports.
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Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers improved for a fifth straight quarter as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, securing electronic components remains a concern.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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A farmer has described the moment a tornado lashed the Central West in the state of New South Wales.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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The US Congress has passed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
It gives President Biden enough time to sign into law before funding for the government lapses at midnight on Thursday.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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Calls are growing for the resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick in London, after a former police officer was jailed for life without any possibility of parole for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33 year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard.
The shock in the UK created by the killing has been compounded by fresh disclosures that murderer Wayne Couzens was previously reported three times for indecent exposure, and yet no action was taken against him.
Diane Abbott is a lawmaker with Britain's opposition Labour Party.
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Tense hours lie ahead in Washington, where President Biden is urging Democrats on Capitol Hill to unite and pass the two key planks of his domestic policy agenda.
But the outlook remains uncertain.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has promised a vote later today on the President's $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal ….but her own deputy says because of divisions among the President's fellow Democrats, it will not pass.
And at the White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated fevered work is underway trying to drag both the President's major spending bills over the finishing line.
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In a consequential week on Capitol Hill, democrats are trying to salvage two crucial pieces of US President Biden's domestic agenda which are at risk because of divisions within his own party.
Meanwhile lawmakers say they will pass legislation in time to avert a government shutdown before funding lapses at Midnight on Thursday.
From Washington, Kate Fisher reports.
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The threat of a US government shutdown has evaporated but President Biden is still in the midst of some very complex efforts to try and pass key planks of his domestic agenda on Capitol Hill.
There's no agreement on lifting the debt ceiling to avoid a default next month on US government loans.
And the President is facing opposition from within his own Democratic party the could de-rail a vote later today on his 1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal.
On the floor of the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that at least the US government will continue to operate past midnight tonight.
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A former Metropolitan police officer has been given a life prison sentence with no possibility of parole after being convicted of the kidnap, rape and murder of 33 year old marketing executive Sarah Everard.
The sentencing of Wayne Couzens saw gruesome details about his crimes revealed in court for the first time…..he used his own police identity card to abduct Ms. Everard on the false pretext that she had breached Covid-19 regulations.
Harriet Harman, a veteran lawmaker with the opposition Labour Party, is calling for the resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.
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The UK government has announced it will offer $670m of financial support to those struggling to meet household bills as pandemic funding is wound back. The new Household Support Fund will be distributed by local Councils to those in need. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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The UK's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is coming to an end today (Thursday).
Since the start of the pandemic, the so-called furlough scheme saw the government pay towards the wages of people who could not work due to Covid-19, or whose companies could no longer afford to employ them.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Uganda has received a consignment of 335,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Government of Ireland.
The vaccines are expected to boost the country's COVID-19 capacity to inoculate as many Ugandans as possible.
Michael Baleke has more from Kampala
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