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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has called the US senate 'the most privileged nursing home in the country' while addressing Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell's health issues.
Earlier this week, the 81 year old Senator from Kentucky froze while talking to reporters for the second time in just over a month.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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US President Joe Biden is seeking an additional $4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund in the wake of Hurricane Idalia.
The administration's extra request brings the total package, which needs to be passed by Congress, to $16 billion.
Idalia, which made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, has moved on from the United States mainland -- but across the country's Southeast, tens of thousands of people still remain without power, with the storm submerging neighbourhoods and leaving a trail of destruction in her wake.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Russia's share of European Union trade has continued to fall as the bloc reduces its reliance on Russian energy imports. The latest figures, driven primarily by Europe's desire to limit Russia's ability to finance its invasion of Ukraine, also show the EU's trade deficit with Russia is hovering around record lows.
Alex Cadier reports from Brussels
They are demanding the country's return to democratic rule, and President Mohammed Bazoum's release after his government was toppled by the junta in July.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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CUE: Hong Kong and southern China are bracing for a super-strong supertyphoon that’s bringing hurricane force winds. Beijing has issued its highest level of typhoon alert.
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A leader of the far right Proud Boys group has received the second longest sentence so far of those convicted in connection with the attack on the US capitol on January 6th 2021.
Jospeh Biggs, who was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges which allege that he tried to overturn the 2020 election result in the state of Georgia.
Mr Trump is among 19 people charged in the case, one of four criminal cases facing him as he vies for the Oval Office again.
With the latest, Benji Hyer reports.
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New York's attorney general has asked a state judge to declare Donald Trump liable for fraud even before the civil case against the former president goes to trial in October.
She's accused Trump of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars in order to gain favorable loan terms and other advantages.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Inflation in the Eurozone held steady in August according to the EU's latest estimate. European governments had hoped inflation would continue its downward trend ahead of the European Central Bank's decision on interest rates in mid September.
Alex Cadier reports from Brussels
A new UK Defence Secretary has been appointed as part of a 'Mini-Reshuffle' at the top of the British Government.
Grant Shapps, the former Energy Security Minister, has replaced the outgoing Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who had announced his decision to step down last month.
Simon Gaitán reports.
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