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COVID-19 cases in India are spiking with the country recording 347,000 new infections on Friday.
In one of the worst-hit states Kerala, nearly every second person is testing positive for the virus.
New curbs are being announced as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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Developing safe and secure infrastructure is a key focus of joint efforts to maintain stability in the Indo Pacific.
Annual defence and security talks have been held in Sydney, between British and Australian authorities.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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The Hong Kong government says police may take action against groups who are trying to undermine efforts to carry out a mass cull of hamsters in the city. Health authorities ordered the cull after hamsters in a pet shop were found to be the source of a recent Covid-19 outbreak.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
IN: Hong Kong’s agriculture department
OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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The US will allow three Baltic states to send American-made weapons to Ukraine, according to a new report.
The move comes amid increasing concern in Washington that Russia may invade its neighbor.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more.
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A Georgia prosecutor has asked for a special purpose grand jury to help in an investigation of former president Trump.
Former Pope Benedict is being accused of failing to act over child abuse allegations when he was archbishop of Munich in the late 1970s.
The claims are made in a report by a German law firm that was
commissioned by the Catholic church and delivered to the Vatican today.
Christopher White is the Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter newspaper.
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OUT: "….personal secretary"
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President Biden has revised comments that he made during a White House press conference in which he suggested that a low-level Russian incursion into Ukrainian territory might not lead to punishing western economic sanctions.
Amid fury from Ukraine, the President now says ANY piercing of Ukraine's frontier will lead to a response.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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OUT: "…clean things up"
DUR: 30 seconds
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US and its allies are united in responding severely to any further Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It comes after President Joe Biden suggested there were differences of opinion.
Secretary Blinken was speaking after holding talks with his German, French and British counterparts.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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Britain's tennis star Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of the Australian Open.
In a day of drama at Melbourne Park, fellow Brit Andy Murray also failed in his campaign to reach the third round, losing in straight sets.
Andrew Rogers has the latest.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is vowing a "swift and severe" response to any Russian invasion of Ukraine.
He was speaking in Berlin, hours after President Biden at a White House press conference suggested that a low-level incursion by Russian forces might not incur a full-scale western response.
The White House moved quickly to suggest that the President's comments were misinterpreted, but today Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky said on Twitter that he wanted "to remind great nations that there are no minor incursions".
Meeting European allies in Berlin, Mr. Blinken renewed America's vow to lead a united international response to any Russian aggression.
IN: "Russia justifies…"
OUT: "…to survive"
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Tomorrow, Mr. Blinken will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for crisis talks in Geneva.
With the latest from Moscow, our correspondent Julia Chapman.
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OUT: "...the conflict there"
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A teenage Belgian-British pilot has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.
Zara Rutherford set off from western Belgium in August 2021 and completed her challenge today/on Thursday/January 20.
From the airport where she completed her challenge, here's Ross Cullen.
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Two of the world's best tennis players have spoken out against what they say are inadequate testing protocols at the Australian Open.
During a qualifying match, former world No.17 Bernard Tomic questioned testing availability and claimed he had Covid -- which was later confirmed.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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