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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the French ambassador and 15 hundred troops will be pulled out of Niger in the wake of July's coup saying military cooperation is over.
Sarah Coates has more from FSN's bureau in Paris.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be trying to smooth over relations with neighbouring Poland, after a disagreement over grain imports grew into a major diplomatic row.
Travelling back from a UN meeting in New York, Zelenskyy stopped over in Poland to award two Polish volunteers with medals for service to Ukraine's armed forces.
From Warsaw, Trent Murray reports.
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The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21 according to authorities.
More than fifty people were wounded in Saturday's bombing.
Our Africa correspondent Isabel Nakirya reports.
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France says it will withdraw its ambassador to Niger Republic and end all military cooperation with the country.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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The Philippines has hit out at China for placing a floating barrier in a disputed part of the South China Sea.
Manila says it deprives Filipino fisherman from fishing within its exclusive economic zone.
Patrick Fok reports.
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The first asteroid sample collected in space by US Space Agency, NASA, has arrived on Earth.
Scientists say the asteroid, Bennu, could tell us more about how life began. They're also keen to learn more about it as there's an outside chance it could hit Earth in the next 300 years.
Kate Fisher reports
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The US state of California is suing anti-abortion groups for claiming they could reverse the effects of the abortion pill.
Heartbeat International and RealOptions told patients that a high dose of the hormone progesterone could undo a termination.
But California accused them of spreading misinformation.
Sally Patterson has more.
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New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has been charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for influence.
His wife, Nadine Arsalanian Menendez has been charged alongside him, for bribes which included gold and cash among other things.
It’s the second round of corruption charges against Menendez in ten years.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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