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New York's top court is considering whether an elephant at the Bronx Zoo should be released because of a complaint that she is being held illegally.
The case is part of an effort by animal rights activists to expand the legal rights of animals.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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Petrol prices in the UK have hit another record high. Retailers have been told the competitions watchdog is monitoring the situation, as consumers are hit with yet another cost-of-living pressure. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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Republicans who sought to overturn the 2020 election have won primaries in two US states, reflecting the continued impact of former president Donald Trump's false claims that the election was rigged.
But Mr Trump's favoured candidates did not win everywhere as Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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Russia has expelled over 50 European diplomats in what's being described as a tit-for-tat move.
Well over 300 Russian diplomats have been expelled from Europe alone since the invasion of Ukraine began, more could yet still be given their marching orders.
Chris Jones has more from Riga Latvia.
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The Nigerian government has tasked social media platform Facebook against allowing separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB from using it to incite violence and hatred in the country.
It says the group has been proscribed and classified as a terrorist organisation.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Almost half of new nurses and midwives in the UK trained abroad, according to new data.
A new report from the Nursing and Midwifery Council also shows record numbers of nurses are leaving the profession.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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Nearly 1000 Ukrainian fighters have left the Azovstal steelworks over the past 2 days, says the Ukrainian government.
Most have now been taken to Russian controlled towns and there are now fears though over what their fate might be.
Chris Jones has more from Riga, Latvia.
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Finland and Sweden have applied for membership of the NATO military alliance.
Ambassadors representing the two countries met with alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday morning to officially hand over their letters of application.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels, where NATO is headquartered.
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Pollution may be killing 2.4 million people in India a year according to a new study in the medical journal The Lancet Planetary Health.
It's one of the largest killers in the country – causing nearly twice as many deaths than cigarette smoking.
Ishan Garg tells us more from one of the worst-hit cities, New Delhi.
IN: Deaths from...There are reports a fatal airline crash in China two months ago may have been deliberate.
The Wall Street Journal newspaper says findings from a US investigation into the crash suggests the plane’s nosedive was intentional.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Japan's economy shrank for the first time in two quarters as Covid-19 curbs hit the service sector and rising prices weighed on businesses.
The weak reading is raising concerns about a longer term downturn.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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