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Italy's president has rejected Prime Minister Mario Draghi's offer of resignation.
Draghi said he would resign after a key coalition partner boycotted a confidence vote in the country's senate.
Draghi has been heading up the Italian government since February 2021.
Reporter Rosie Birchard breaks down how the political crisis unfolded.
In: Prime Minister Mario
Out: European Central Bank
Duration: 00:45
The European Commission has released its Summer economic forecast - warning the war in Ukraine is continuing to cast a long shadow over Europe's finances. Inflation is now expected to hit 7.6% this year in 2022 - up from May's forecast of 6.1%. Growth is slightly down at 2.6% but expected to fall to 1.4% next year.
Laura Makin-Isherwood reports from Brussels.
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OUT: Laura Makin-Isherwood, Brussels.
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Wednesday's Conservative Party leadership vote has concluded, eliminating another candidate.
The number still in the contest is now down to 5 from the original 11.
Chris Jones has more from London.
IN: "Suella Braverman…"
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DUR: 42 secs
Search efforts are underway to find dozens of people still unaccounted for following severe flooding in a rural part of the US state of Virginia.
Six inches of rain fell there in just a few hours earlier this week, causing power outages, damaging roads, and tearing homes from their foundations.
Benji Hyer has been following developments from Washington DC, which borders the affected state.
IN: Buchanan County
OUT: SOC
DUR: 40 secs
South Africa’s Public Protector is the first head of an organisation, established to protect democracy in the country, to face a parliamentary impeachment inquiry. Multiple witnesses are giving testimony, as the committee considers whether the claims of misconduct and incompetence against the Public Protector are sufficient to warrant her impeachment. Mark Roughton reports.
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At least Wednesday said six people have died in a rainstorm that hit Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, North west Nigeria.
The state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), says 65 people also sustained injuries in the storm.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja
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Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba is in The Hague for a major meeting focused on coordinating efforts to investigate alleged Russian war crimes.
The conference is co-hosted by the International Criminal Court, the Dutch foreign ministry, and the European Commission.
Rosie Birchard reports.
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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister has told the security to "do whatever is necessary" to restore order in the country.
Protestors are taking to the streets after the country's President fled to the Maldives hours after promising to resign.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: Protestors in Sri Lanka...The father of a former choirboy is attempting to sue the Catholic Church and Cardinal George Pell.
Pell was found guilty of abusing two choirboys in December of 1996, but the convictions were unanimously QUASHED by the Australian High Court.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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DUR: 41 secs
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The Hong Kong government is accusing the US of “cheap, bullying behavior” after a Congressional report said more sanctions may be imposed on the city’s officials to protect public freedoms.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
IN: The Hong Kong
OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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President Biden has arrived in Israel at the start of a controversial overseas trip that will include additional stops in the West Bank and Saudi Arabia.
He visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and on Thursday will hold talks with the country's caretaker prime minister Yair Lapid.
Touching down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv he pledged to deepen ties between the US and its key ally in the Middle East.
IN: "Every chance…."
OUT: "…even further"
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