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In a groundbreaking judgement, India's Supreme Court has ruled that all women are entitled to a legal abortion, regardless of their marital status.
The court said that depriving unmarried women of the right to abortion was a violation of their fundamental rights.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Japan is marking 50 years of diplomatic ties with China amidst ongoing land disputes, economic rivalry, and rising tensions over Taiwan.
The two countries ended war in 1972 but relations have been fraying in recent years.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo
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South Korea is making final preparations to escort US Vice President Kamala Harris to the Demilitarized Zone at the border with North Korea. Her visit on Thursday comes hours after Pyongyang test-fired ballistic missiles off its east coast.
Richard Kimber reports.
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Florida's governor Ron De Santis is warning that "nasty" days are ahead as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in the US state.
Forecasters said cities at the heart of the storm were facing extremely dangerous winds and rains, as officials warned it was too late to evacuate in some places.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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US officials say that "tremendous progress" has been made in negotiations with Pacific Island leaders as President Biden hosts them for a first White House summit.
But the State Department would not disclose whether the Solomon Islands has dropped its opposition to a planned declaration that the White House hopes will be unanimously supported by the time the 2-day summit ends.
The State Department spokesman is Ned Price.
The Biden administration is joining Europe in condemning the outcome of 4 referenda held by Russia in regions of Ukraine controlled by Russian forces,
The Kremlin says the people there overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia.
With the US reaction, State Department Spokesman Ned Price.
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Hurricane Ian has made landfall in Florida,
The eye of the storm moved onshore over the city of Fort Myers, about 120 miles south of Tampa.
With sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, forecasters say the storm will create potentially-deadly floods.
Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, has declared a state of emergency.
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Florida is battening down the hatches ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Ian, which is expected to make landfall later today.
The storm brought flooding and widespread power outages overnight in Cuba.
Armando Fernandez with Florida Power and Light - the state's largest utility - says people there should be braced for substantial disruption.
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The Ukrainian government says it will redouble its efforts to liberate all occupied territories in the country after the Kremlin hailed the outcome of four referenda dismissed as a sham by western governments.
The referenda in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson set the stage for the possible annexation of territory by the Russians.
Reporter Sergio Olmos is in Kyiv.
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Nigeria's president says no state in the country has the right to arm local vigilantes.
This follows a bid by one state in the country's southwest to arm their local security outfit, Amotekun.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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With the humanitarian crisis continuing to deepen in Ukraine, France is stepping up its efforts to help the war torn country, with Russia's war on its neighbour now into its seventh month.
Sarah Coates has more from Paris.
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More than a dozen Uganda People's Defence Forces soldiers have reportedly died in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a helicopter crashed on them on Monday. It is the second military aircraft Uganda's army has lost within a week. Leon Solomon reports
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The Bank of England has announced plans to buy long-term government bonds 'at whatever scale necessary' in a bid to bring calm to the UK economic markets. It comes after days of turbulence following the UK government's 'mini-budget' announcing widespread tax cuts. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief says all available information indicates that leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines are the result of a deliberate act.
The pipelines were built to funnel gas from Russia into Germany; they've been at the centre of geopolitical tensions in recent months, with gas supplies disrupted in suspected Russian retaliation to EU sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.
Moscow says it is "extremely concerned" about the gas leaks.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.