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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car accident while on the campaign trail.
The Florida Governor had been travelling to an event in the US state of Tennessee.
His team confirmed DeSantis was not injured.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported a growth in sales profits, beating sales forecasts.
The announcement has resulted in a surge in the company's shares, jumping 5% and topping the FTSE 100 on Tuesday.
However, Unilever's strong performance has been almost entirely based on increased prices and has drawn criticism of profiting from the cost of living crisis.
Simon Gaitán reports…
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CUE: China won’t say if its foreign minister – who hasn’t been seen for a month – still has the job.
A foreign ministry spokeswoman in Beijing stonewalled embarrassingly when journalists asked her about who was running the department..
Here’s Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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Nigeria spent a total of $1.04m on foreign healthcare-related services in the first quarter of 2023.
That's a 40 percent increase from the $74 million spent in the same period in 2022.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea and Japan, just hours after a US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea.
Meanwhile, the US state department says it has not managed to have any substantive communication with North Korea over the American soldier who crossed into the country last week.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Tokyo.
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The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Texas governor Greg Abbott over the massive barrier of floating buoys the state has placed in the Rio Grande [GRAND] river to try and prevent migrants from crossing over the border from Mexico.
Abbot has said he will not comply with the order to remove the buoys, which cover an area of around a thousand feet, or 300 meters.
Ira Spitzer reports from Austin.
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Viewers flocked to US cinemas in record numbers over the weekend to watch the long-awaited Barbie and Oppenheimer.
Warner Brothers' "Barbie" brought in a massive $155 million in ticket sales from North American theatres.
Meanwhile Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, made $80.5 million in the US and Canada.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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Twitter has rebranded itself as X, and launched a new logo.
Owner Elon Musk has said X is intended to be an 'everything app', but the billionaire has faced challenges since acquiring the company last year.
US Correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.
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Welsh whisky has been awarded a UK special protected status.
The single-malt whisky from four Welsh distilleries will join its famous Irish and Scottish counterparts in receiving official protection.
Simon Gaitán reports…
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