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The UK government has announced major tax cuts, to be funded by significant borrowing.
Finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng vowed to end what he called a 'cycle of stagnation', unveiling the biggest tax cuts since 1988.
It comes as the Bank of England warns the UK may already be in recession.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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The government has declared an outbreak.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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Sudan's civil strikes over unpaid salaries and the government's failure to implement the 2022 salary structure continue.
Junior doctors extended their strike for three days starting from Wednesday, while striking government servants in North Darfur entered their second month of industrial action.
Naba Mohiedeen reports from Khartoum.
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The US Justice Department can, pending an appeal, continue reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
That's according to a three-judge federal appeals panel which sided with the Justice Department, blocking a ruling that would have delayed the criminal investigation into the highly sensitive documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate, as Benji Hyer reports.
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The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iran's morality police for abuse and violence against Iranian women, and for violating the rights of peaceful protestors.
It comes as more and more people join demonstrations in Iran, against the death of a woman in police custody.
U.S. Correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
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The South African Reserve Bank is once again increasing the prime lending rate by three quarters of a percentage point. The move was expected by most economists, despite the added pressure it places on cash-strapped consumers. Mark Roughton reports.
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Ukraine says it is donating wheat to Ethiopia and Somalia through a World Food Programme initiative .
The president of Ukraine confirmed this during his speech at the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN.
The World Food Programme has earmarked Ethiopia as one of the countries at the verge of starvation.
Coleta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa :
Ukraine says it is donating wheat to Ethiopia and Somalia through a World Food Programme initiative .
The president of Ukraine confirmed this during his speech at the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN.
The World Food Programme has earmarked Ethiopia as one of the countries at the verge of starvation.
Coleta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa :
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Ukraine says it is donating wheat to Ethiopia and Somalia through a World Food Programme initiative .
The president of Ukraine confirmed this during his speech at the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN.
The World Food Programme has earmarked Ethiopia as one of the countries at the verge of starvation.
Coleta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa :