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Microsoft is buying "Call of Duty" and "World of Warcraft" maker Activision Blizzard for more than 68 billion dollars.
It's the biggest gaming industry deal in history.
Silicon Valley Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov following his trip to Ukraine this week.
Tensions between the US and Russia have escalated over a possible Russian invasion of its neighbor.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have held crisis talks over Ukraine by telephone and will meet face-to-face in Geneva on Friday.
The news comes as tensions rise along the Russian border with Ukraine where the Kremlin has massed more than 100 thousand troops.
The Secretary of State will visit Ukraine later this week and confer with European allies before his Friday meeting with the Russian foreign minister.
Germany today was engaged in diplomacy, as Julia Chapman reports from Moscow.
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The British man who held four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas had previously been investigated by MI5. 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram was shot and killed when the building was stormed by the FBI.
Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to visit Ukraine this week as tensions between the US and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of its neighbour.
The hastily arranged trip follows the failure of talks between Moscow and the West to resolve the issue.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Job vacancies in Britain have hit yet another record, as the economy emerges from the financially devastating Covid-19 pandemic. The number of posts available reached 1.25 million at the end of last year.
Meanwhile, UK unemployment in the three months to November was 4.1% – that's just 0.1% higher than before the virus struck.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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A plea in the Delhi High Court by a 12-year-old has urged the authorities to provide a roadmap for vaccinating children 12 years and below against COVID-19.
This comes as many are worried about the younger population contracting Omicron.
Officials say they're working on the plan to expand vaccine coverage as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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A major 5G rollout is scheduled to happen on Wednesday.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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Two teenagers have been arrested in the British city of Manchester over the terror attack on a Texas synagogue over the weekend.
The gunman, British national Malik Faisal Akram, died at the end of an 11 hour standoff with police in the Dallas suburb of Colleyville….Greater Manchester Police say the teenagers were arrested in connection with the investigation.
Mohammed Shafiq is with the Ramadhan Foundation in Manchester.
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The British government says new legislation is to be introduced to help the country's security services safeguard against foreign political interference.
The move came after MI5 unmasked a Chinese Communist Party agent named Christine Lee who infiltrated the British Parliament.
The country's home secretary, Priti Patel, warned lawmakers today to expect more security alerts in the future, as Olly Barratt reports from London.
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International efforts are continuing to reach Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted spewing ash more than 12 miles into the air.
The island chain has lost most communication with the outside world as a result of weekend eruptions that brought tsunami warnings across the Pacific.
Now, Australia and New Zealand are sending reconnaissance flights to assess the damage.
Dave Tappin is the former chief geologist in Tonga and a tsunami expert.
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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says drinking water is urgently needed in Tonga with the major population centers blanked in volcanic ash.
The first death on the island has been confirmed…a British woman Angela Glover was reportedly swept away by waves resulting from the tsunami.
As America marks Martin Luther King junior day, the family of the civil rights leader is demanding action on voting rights legislation.
Leading a march in Washington they're calling for "no celebration without legislation", as the Biden administration struggles to get the Senate votes it needs to pass reform.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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