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Thousands of transport workers have walked out on the second day of the UK's biggest rail strike in 30 years.
Members of the RMT rail workers union are protesting proposed redundancies, pay cuts and safety concerns.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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Interest payments on government debt have hit an all-time high for May in the UK.
Surging Inflation has played a huge part in the high-interest repayments which has hit $9.2 billion.
Chris Jones has more from London
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European Union leaders meeting in Brussels are expected to unanimously agree to grant war-torn Ukraine candidate status for the 27-member bloc.
EU heads of state and government are also expected to back a similar bid from Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries.
Rosie Birchard is in Brussels.
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The Hong Kong government is ordering widespread COVID-19 testing for the city’s residents in a bid to curb a resurgence of cases. Health Authorities are trying to prevent an outbreak ahead of the city’s handover anniversary celebrations next week.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Further efforts are being made in Afghanistan to identify the scale of the devastation caused by an early morning earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1
The epicenter was in the southeast of the country, but the tremors were felt widely in neighboring Pakistan and India.
At least a thousand people have been killed and more than fifteen hundred injured.
Salam Al-Janabi is with UNICEF in Kabul.
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US President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal taxes on petrol in the United States for the next 3 months.
The US government collects 18 cents for every gallon of petrol sold in the US, and President Biden says the move is designed to bring about an immediate lowering of the price at the pumps.
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It is not clear how quickly Congress might move on the President's initiative.
He also challenged the oil industry to produce more petroleum, and announced executives will be meeting members of his White House team tomorrow.
And he defended the soaring petrol price as a cost America must bear to protect Ukraine's democracy.
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Authorities in Afghanistan say at least one thousand people have been killed and more than fifteen hundred injured after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the southeast of the country shortly after 1am local time.
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, and the number of people trapped beneath rubble is unknown.
It's the deadliest quake to strike Afghanistan for two decades, and was felt across India and Pakistan as well.
Ramiz Alakbarov (PRON: RAM-EASE ALAK-BAH-ROFF) is the UN's Resident Co-Ordinator in Kabul.
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U.S. Senators have a new federal gun law on the table that could be voted on as early as this week.
It comes after weeks of negotiations, since an 18-year old shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
FSN's Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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Heavy floods have affected seven and a half million people in India and Bangladesh as incessant rains batter South East Asia.
At least ten villages have been submerged in India's Assam state alone.
The death toll there – has risen to 89.
Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi
IN: More than...Health authorities in Nigeria say medical and dental degrees from Ukrainian universities obtained in 2022 will not be accepted in the country until further notice.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Health authorities in Nigeria say medical and dental degrees from Ukrainian universities obtained in 2022 will not be accepted in the country until further notice.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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UK inflation could reach 11% this year, according to the Bank of England.
Prices are continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years, with some people struggling to do their weekly grocery shop.
Sally Patterson has more.
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