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Japan's service sector activity rose for the first time in 21 months in October. The country is emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, and that's driving a recovery in consumer demand.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
Hong Kong will begin administering COVID-19 booster shots next week to high-risk groups. The move comes as a third of the city's population are still yet to be inoculated against the virus, despite a free mass vaccination programme having been in operation for almost nine months.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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A date has been set for multilateral talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal. Negotiations have been on hold since the June election of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who is expected to take a tough approach when the talks resume November 29th.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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President Biden has side-stepped questions about whether he takes personal responsibility for the Democrats failure to recapture the Governor's mansion in Virginia.
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin won a shock, come-from-behind victory that has rankled Democrats and raised fears about their prospects of retaining control of both Houses of Congress in next November's mid-term elections.
President Biden offered his reaction to the result at the White House.
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Our US correspondent Simon Marks says Democrats are blaming one another for the party's shock defeat.
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British politicians have voted to put on hold the suspension of former government minister Owen Paterson.
The Conservative Party MP faced a 30 day suspension after a parliamentary committee found he had breached lobbying rules by using his position to assist two companies employing him as a paid consultant.
But the governing Conservatives claimed the system was unfair and proposed changing the investigation process. Their amendment was supported by 250 votes to 232.
With more details, here's our correspondent Benji Hyer in London.
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The UN is warning that prolonged fighting in Ethiopia could open the way for more human rights violations.
It has released a report on fighting in the northern region of Tigray, in conjunction with the Ethiopia Human Rights council .
The Ethiopian government plans to step up its security after declaring a state of emergency .
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa :
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to New York State's gun restrictions on Wednesday.
It's a case which could have wider implications on who is able to carry concealed firearms in public.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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In a major blow to President Joe Biden - Republican Glenn Youngkin has been elected as Virginia's next governor.
The ballot has been seen as a referendum on the democrat's presidency.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Police in the state of Western Australia have found four year Cleo Smith, 18 days after she disappeared from her parents tent, while on a family camping trip at Carnarvon in the states north.
A 36 year old man is in police custody following the little girls recovery but no charges have yet been laid.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden agreed to strengthen the Japan-US alliance in their first in person talks. The meeting came on the sidelines of the UN climate summit, which marked Kishida's debut on the world stage.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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Hong Kong police are on the hunt for the developers of a fake government COVID-19 tracing app. The public are required to use the official mobile app to record their daily movements, as part of efforts to monitor the spread of the virus. But critics say it's unnecessary, and infringes personal privacy.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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