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Human Rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch has urged the Ugandan government to shut down illegal detention facilities and ensure justice for victims of torture. Leon Solomon reports from Kampala
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IN: the 62-page report criticises the Ugandan government over claims it has failed…
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UK debt interest payments soared to record highs for February, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It comes as rising inflation pushes up interest rates.
Naomi Choy Smith has more.
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The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a COVID-19 test.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a COVID-19 test.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Chinese state media says no survivors have been found as searches continue amongst the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing passenger jet that crashed on Monday. 132 people were on board.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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A number of Apple services experienced outages on Monday leading to widespread issues across the company's suite of products.
The company hasn't said what caused the disruptions.
Silicon Valley correspondent Ira Spitzer has more.
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President Biden is urging US private companies to tighten their cyber defenses amid intelligence suggesting Russia is preparing to launch cyber attacks.
The White House has revealed it held classified briefings last week with top American corporations warning them to take action.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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OUT: "…of the threats"
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Ukrainian officials say at least 8 people were killed when Russia shelled a residential area of the capital Kyiv overnight and obliterated a shopping center on the city's outskirts.
The Black Sea port of Odesa was also shelled by Russian naval forces…as Putin's army tightened its grip around the besieged city of Mariupol where humanitarian relief organizations say catastrophe is now developing.
President Zelensky accused the Russians of war crimes there.
Andriy Zagorodnyuk is Ukraine's former defense minister and a current adviser to the country's vice prime minister.
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He says the Russians are trying to starve the remaining residents of Mariupol out of the city.
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Reporter Neil Hauer has just left the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.
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He says the Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilian populations.
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OUT: "…begin shelling again"
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was released last week from six years in Iranian detention. The dual British-Iranian national opened up to reporters Monday about her "cruel" detention - and her joy at being reunited with her family in the UK.
Naomi Choy Smith has more.
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132 passengers and crew are feared dead after a China Eastern Boeing 737 crashed in southern China.
The plane was flying from Kungmin to Guangzhou when it came down in a hillside forest in Guangxi province.
The search is underway for the plane's flight recorder amid mystery over what caused it to nosedive from cruising altitude.
Our Beijing Correspondent Patrick Fok reports.
IN: "Well according to…"
OUT: "…any survivors"
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The Russians say they are on the verge of severing diplomatic relations with the United States, after President Biden last week called President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" for the civilian onslaught in Ukraine.
The US Embassy in Moscow has been the last channel of communication between the two governments since the Russian invasion began.
The Kremlin also said today that Ukrainian proposals for leader-level talks between President Putin and President Zelensky are unacceptable.
Reporter John Bevir is in the Latvian capital Riga, beyond the reach of the Kremlin's reporting restrictions.
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OUT: "…any time soon"
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The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has promised to cut taxes and hinted at introducing new measures to tackle the rising cost of living.
Amongst the host of potential policy changes could be a cut in fuel prices, as Sally Patterson reports.
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