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North Korea is blasting joint US and South Korea military drills as pushing tensions to the brink of nuclear war.
The two defense partners have expanded war games in the region in an effort to deter Pyongyang’s missile launches.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has met Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in California, becoming the most senior U.S. official to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil since 1979.
The meeting - which also included a bipartisan group of lawmakers - went ahead despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.
Mr McCarthy said he hoped the meeting could promote 'democracy, peace and stability'.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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Johnson & Johnson is offering $8.9 billion dollars in settlement to tens of thousands of people who say they got cancer from their talcum powder.
The company is using a bankruptcy maneuver to try and end years of litigation.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The Taliban has banned women from working at the United Nations in Afghanistan, according to UN officials.
Since the Islamic fundamentalist group returned to power in 2021, women's access to public life has been restricted.
The UN called the move a 'violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women'.
The Taliban says it respects women's rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Sally Patterson reports.
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The husband of Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested.
Peter Murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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About 10 students have been abducted by gunmen in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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Figures published by the UK's Gender Pay Gap Service show men are still paid more than women in the United Kingdom. There has been a push for greater earnings transparency over the last decade - but the latest data showed 4 in 5 employers still pay males more, with the median pay gap between men and women sitting at 9.4%. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more.
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India has abstained from voting at the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution to extend the investigation into Russia's alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
The resolution was passed nonetheless with 28 out of 47 members voting in favor of an investigation.
Delhi has now abstained from all four UNHRC resolutions concerning the war in Ukraine.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: India calls these...South Korea’s president is hosting a delegation from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee in Seoul on Wednesday.
The delegation will discuss the Seoul-Washington alliance ahead of the president’s summit with Joe Biden later this month.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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Former US President Donald Trump has launched a blistering attack on the New York prosecutor who charged him with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a Manhattan court yesterday.
Speaking at his Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida hours after he entered not guilty pleas in New York, the President denied any wrongdoing and demanded the resignation of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Friend has now been let out, after being arrested along with others protesting the state's abortion ban.
Senate lawmakers passed a bill banning most abortions at six weeks in the state on Monday.
U.S. Correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
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History is being made in the United States as former President Donald Trump prepares to surrender to authorities in New York on criminal charges.
He's accused of multiple felonies relating to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels at the final days of his 2016 election campaign against Hillary Clinton.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks has the latest.
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