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Officials say severe floods in Pakistan may have cost more than $40 billion in damage and economic losses.
This comes as the death toll has reached more than 1,400, and there are forecasts for more heavy rain.
Our correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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The body of Queen Elizabeth II has been brought to Buckingham palace.
Thousands of people gathered in the rain to watch the arrival.
She will remain at the palace overnight Tuesday before moving to Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, where she will lie in state for four days ahead of her funeral.
Olly Barratt is at Windsor castle, where he's been monitoring the public reaction to Elizabeth's death.
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Kenneth Starr, whose investigations into Bill Clinton led to the former president's impeachment, has died at 76.
Starr became a household name in the US for looking into Clinton's business dealings and personal life.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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US President Joe Biden has celebrated the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act at the White House, even as high consumer prices continue to bite.
The event hailing the $430 billion law - which aims to fight climate change, reduce drug prices and tackle inflation - took place on the same day that new government data showed an unexpected August rise in prices.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Queen Elizabeth II's casket has made its way to London where she will lie in state at Westminster Hall for the next 4 days ahead of Monday's funeral.
The coffin was flown to RAF Northolt on the outskirts of the capital after the people of Scotland were given 24 hours to file past it in Edinburgh's St. Giles Cathedral.
FSN's Olly Barratt is at Windsor, where the Queen will be buried next week alongside her husband, Prince Philip.
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Union workers at the Port of Felixstowe have confirmed they will walk out for a second time at the end of the month. Felixstowe handles 48% of the UK's shipping containers, raising concerns of 'serious' disruption to supply chains as a result of the eight day strike. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky claims the country has recaptured more than 3500 square miles of territory from the Russians so far this month, and he's promising further efforts to push Russian forces back.
There's been no independent confirmation possible of the Ukrainian leader's claims, but there is widespread evidence to support the view that the Russians have suffered heavy losses in the last few days.
Reporter Julia Chapman is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with more on what President Zelensky had to say.
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The Kremlin says that Russian troops in Ukraine are "regrouping"…..Russia still holds about one fifth of Ukrainian territory.
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, now a prominent critic of President Putin, says the Russian leader's difficulties are growing.
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The leader of Russia’s Communist Party is now describing the situation in Ukraine as a full-scale war and is urging President Putin to engage in a full-scale nationwide call-up of additional troops.
But calls are also growing in Russia for Vladimir Putin’s resignation as news spreads of Ukraine’s
recent military victories.
Reporter Stuart Smith in Moscow works within the Kremlin’s reporting restrictions.
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Britain's unemployment rate is at its lowest in almost 50 years.
The Office for National Statistics announced that the unemployment rate sank to 3.6 per cent in the three months to July, the lowest since 1974.
But experts warn that fewer people are entering the job market.
Our UK correspondent Sally Patterson has more.
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A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine has arrived at Port Sudan.
It's the first shipment to the north-African nation since the start of the Russian – Ukraine in February.
Naba Mohiedeen reports from Khartoum.
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