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At least 10 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in the US city of Buffalo in New York state.
Police say the alleged gunman has been taken into custody after the attack on Saturday afternoon.
Our US Correspondent Benji Hyer has the latest.
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At least twenty homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in the Laguna Beach area south of Los Angeles.
Fire season in the Western US is beginning earlier due to severe drought conditions.
Ira Spitzer has more.
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Scientists in the United States have taken a giant leap toward supporting human outposts on other worlds after growing plants in lunar soil for the first time.
A team from the University of Florida announced that seeds successfully sprouted from cress planted in moon dust collected by Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and by other moonwalkers decades ago.
Our US Correspondent Benji Hyer reports.
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Elon Musk says he's still committed to acquiring Twitter, even though he has placed his purchase of the company "temporarily on hold".
He says he wants more information about how many accounts on the platform are fake.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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South Africans are daily being subjected to scheduled power cuts. Electricity supplier Eskom has been unable to meet peak demand, leading to 5 hours of load shedding every night since Monday. Mark Roughton reports.
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Elon Musk says he's putting his proposed purchase of Twitter "temporarily on hold" as he tries to get more information about how many accounts on the platform are fake.
The news raises huge questions about the future of the business.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says the bloc will provide a further 500M euros for military aid to Ukraine.
Borrell made the announcement on the sidelines of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
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The United Nations says more than 18.5 million children of school age in Nigeria now have no access to education.
It's an increase to the number of out of school children in the country from an initial 10.5 million last year.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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India's retail inflation has touched its highest mark in eight years as food and fuel prices skyrocket.
Economists expect the situation to worsen in the next few months.
Which may force the central bank to raise interest rates further, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
IN: Government data...Beijing officials are denying the city will be locked down amid a continued COVID-19 outbreak. They’re urging residents to stay calm and not to hoard food.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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