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The leader of the British Labour party has insisted he is not being investigated by police over allegations he broke lockdown rules last year.
Keir Starmer has faced pressure from media and Conservative members of parliament over pictures of his team eating a takeaway meal during a campaign meeting last April.
Sally Patterson has more.
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The European Union is planning a full embargo on Russian oil imports as part of a fresh package of sanctions to be imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the proposals in an address to lawmakers on Wednesday.
Police in San Francisco have arrested an anti-abortion activist who climbed the city's tallest building while posting about it on Instagram.
The arrest comes with tensions high in the US over leaked documents showing the Supreme Court may soon overturn women's constitutional right to safe abortion access.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
Ethiopia's human rights body says it is investigating the alleged torture of a citizen by people seen wearing military uniform in a video circulating in the country.
The act reportedly happened in the Northern part of the country where conflict between the government and rebels is well into its second year.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:
The United Nations says the first group of civilians evacuated from a Ukrainian steel plant besieged by Russian forces have now reached safety.
Around 100 people were safely conveyed out of the plant in Mariupol after intervention by the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres.
Hundreds more civilians remain trapped, living in tunnels beneath the Avostal plant.
Reporter Sergio Olmos is in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
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It's been revealed that the US Supreme Court is on track to overturn a landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion throughout the United States.
A draft opinion leaked to a news website in Washington shows that the majority of justices on the 9-member court now favor overturning Roe versus Wade, the case that has protected abortion's legality from coast-to-coast.
Our Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Abortion rights activist Kelley Robinson is the executive director fo the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
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Its success has prompted calls for the British government to impose a one-off windfall tax on energy companies to support families struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday with a focus on tackling climate change.
The visit is part of Mr. Modi's three-day Europe trip – during which he's hoping to woo key allies amid criticism over India's stance on the war in Ukraine.
Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.
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