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More rail strikes have been announced in the UK, as workers fight for higher pay and better working conditions.
The one day walkout is scheduled to take place on the 27th of July, and there are warnings that more could follow.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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A Briton of Nigerian descent Kemi Badenoch is aspiring to become UK's next prime minister.
She is among 11 aspirants vying on the platform of the Conservative Party.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Voting for the next Conservative party leader in the UK will open on Wednesday.
Eight candidates must receive at least 30 votes from their fellow MPs to proceed to the next round.
Two further candidates - former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and junior minister Rehman Chishti - failed to secure enough nominations on Tuesday.
This comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood down as party leader last week, following a mass exodus from his cabinet.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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Hong Kong’s new health chief says he expects the city will scrap its strict COVID-19 quarantine rules for incoming travelers by November. The rules have become increasingly controversial as other global financial centers have opened up their borders already.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The outgoing Sri Lankan president has fled the country ahead of his resignation as protests against his government grow.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in the Maldives on Wednesday where he was received by senior government officials.
Many in Sri Lanka blame him for the crippling sovereign debt that's resulted in the country's worst economic crisis in the past seven decades.
Ishan Garg reports.
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In a legal filing, Twitter accuses the billionaire of "refusing to honor" his legal obligations.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A "call-to-arms" is how the January 6th Committee investigating last year's attack on the US Capitol has described Donald Trump's tweets in the lead up to the deadly assault.
During the seventh in a series of congressional hearings, lawmakers heard testimony from witnesses, laying out ties between Mr Trump and the far-right extremist groups at the vanguard of the violent effort to prevent a peaceful transition of power, as Benji Hyer reports from Washington.
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At the latest meeting of the House Committee investigating last year’s uprising on Capitol Hill, dissident Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney has claimed that former President Donald Trump has been engaged in attempted witness tampering.
She made the explosive revelation at the end of Tuesday’s hearing in Washington.
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The number of candidates running for leadership of the UK's conservative party has been whittled down from 11 to 8.
Nominations were held on Tuesday where MPs could choose to back their preferred candidate.
Those who did not receive more than 20 votes were ruled out of the race, as Chris Jones reports from the British Capital.
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