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Mass disruptions are being felt across France, as many public services come to a near stop with the third consecutive week of strike action crippling the country.
Tens of thousands of people across many sectors are refusing to go to work, protesting the government's controversial pension reform plan which is now being debated in parliament.
Here's Sarah Coates in Paris
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The death toll from a clash between terrorists and a local security group in Nigeria's Northern State of Katsina has risen above 100, residents say.
The killings happened after more than 48 hours of fighting.
Authorities in Katsina have sent a delegation to the area and have launched an investigation into the incident.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party has now launched a protest
against the federal government’s alleged inaction against the Adani group.
Critics allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is
shielding the Adani group companies from the investigation due to Mr. Modi’s
closeness with the group’s head Mr. Gautam Adani.
The Adani companies have lost billions of dollars in market
value after US short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the company of stock
manipulation and accounting fraud.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
The United States says it is closely watching events in North Korea ahead of a large scale military parade in Pyongyang on Wednesday.
The event will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, and comes as Pyongyang says it intends to “perfect” its readiness for war.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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Beyonce has broken the record for most career wins at the Grammy Awards.
The pop superstar lost out to Harry Styles in the Best Album category though.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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The US military is continuing its search for debris from the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by American fighter jets on Saturday.
Navy divers are now working to recover remnants off the coast of South Carolina to find more information about the balloon's payload that could provide an insight for US intelligence agencies into China's spying capabilities.
From Washington DC, Benji Hyer reports.
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Officials are trying to get residents to leave the area around a burning train in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Emergency teams are working to stop an explosion releasing toxic gas at the crash site.
U.S. correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
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India is now also planning on sending assistance to earthquake-hit Turkey.
Expressing his grief over the deaths, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said India stands in solidarity with Turkey.
An earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes on the Richter scale hit Turkey
and Syria on Monday, killing nearly 600 people.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
The Macron government's controversial pension reform plan goes before the French parliament today/ Monday/February 6, with fierce debate expected among MPs.
The bill, which would see the age of retirement raised from the current 62 to 64 is widely unpopular, although the government says it's necessary to keep the pension system from crumbling.
Here's Sarah Coates in Paris.
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