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Hong Kong police are investigating the cause of a fire that led to a blackout of more than 150 thousand households. The blaze was started by high-voltage power cables, and is causing widespread disruptions to public services.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Campaigning for Japan's Upper House election kicked off Wednesday with ruling and opposition parties rushing to address concerns over inflation and regional security.
The race is considered a key test of voter confidence of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government 9 months after he assumed office.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
The United States House of Representatives investigating last year's US Capitol riot is sharpening its focus on President Trump's efforts to undo Joe Biden's victory by pressuring officials in key states.
Witnesses testifying include Republicans who were Trump supporters…unwilling to participate in illegal activity to change the results.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports on Day 4 of the televised public hearings.
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The United States House of Representatives investigating last year's US Capitol riot is sharpening its focus on President Trump's efforts to undo Joe Biden's victory by pressuring officials in key states.
Witnesses testifying include Republicans who were Trump supporters…unwilling to participate in illegal activity to change the results.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports on Day 4 of the televised public hearings.
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The US government says it is "appalling" that a top Kremlin official has suggested two Americans, captured by the Russians while fighting with Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv, might receive the death penalty.
The threat was made by President Putin's spokesman in an interview with a US TV network.
The whereabouts of the two men is unclear.
At the White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby:
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The most senior commander of police in Texas has described local law enforcement's response to last month's massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde as an "abject failure".
Steve McCraw, the Director of the Department of Public Safety has told members of the Texas Senate that children's lives were put needlessly at risk by a local commander who put the lives of officers first.
The testimony appeared to shock members of the Texas Senate who are leading one of several inquiries into the botched police response to the shooting at the Robb Elementary School.
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That key, he said, was not needed because he says there is evidence that the classroom in which the gunman was barricaded was not locked.
The U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland is making a trip to Ukraine to discuss Russian war crimes.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
The Democratic Alliance wants the FBI to investigate allegations of possible money laundering by South Africa’s President. Opposition politicians hope to establish the facts behind ‘DollarGate’ - the theft of a large sum of cash, more than two years ago, from one of the President’s wildlife farms. Mark Roughton reports.
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Millions of people across the UK face severe travel disruption as thousands of train staff go out on strike. The action follows a breakdown in discussions between union representatives and train companies. Rail bosses say they want to modernise the rail networks - calling some aspects of the system 'frankly Victorian'. But the plans include using technology instead of humans to do safety checks and getting rid of some ticket offices at stations, meaning around 1800 jobs are at risk. Laura Makin-Isherwood is at a train station in South West London.
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Gunmen who kidnapped worshippers from two churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North West Nigeria, have reportedly demanded over $200 thousand as ransom.
The gunmen attacked Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church in Rubu community of the State, during service on Sunday, killing at least 3 people and kidnapping dozens.
This is coming just weeks after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo state, and killed 40 people.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Nigeria's capital Abuja.
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