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India's Ministry of External Affairs says it's exploring all legal options after 8 former Indian naval officers were sentenced to death in Qatar.
They were working for a private company in the Middle Eastern nation but reports say they're being accused of spying on Qatar's submarine program for Israel.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: Neither Qatar...CUE: State media say Li Keqiang, [LEE KUH-CHEE-ANG], who was once the second most powerful politician in China, has died of a heart attack. He was sixty-eight.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong:
IN: Li Keqiang stepped down….
OUT: …Andrew Wood, Hong Kong."
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U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Washington on Thursday in a flurry of diplomacy between the two nations.
The U.S. wants China to help make sure the Israel-Gaza conflict doesn't spill over into other countries; and Beijing has expressed a willingness to work together.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington
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IN: It's one of the highest level
OUT: Caroline Malone, Washington
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Roughly 200 British Nationals are known to be trapped in Gaza, currently under siege by Israel.
The UK Prime Minister said that Border Force teams have been deployed to Egypt and are ready to help evacuate British citizens, when a pause in the fighting allows.
The Government had previously confirmed that at least 12 British Nationals were killed in Hamas' attack on Israel and 5 remain missing and thought to be among the hostages held in Gaza.
Simon Gaitán reports…
In: Rishi Sunak
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Dur: 0:59
Police in the US state of Maine are appealing for information after a mass shooting killed at least 16 people and injured many others.
A shooter opened fire in a bowling alley and restaurant in the city of Lewiston before fleeing.
Officials have identified Robert Card as a 'person of interest', and have released images from the scene of a man carrying an assault rifle.
Sally Patterson has more.
IN Schools and businesses
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Nigeria's Supreme Court will today rule whether to uphold President Bola Tinubu's disputed election victory.
President Tinubu's two main contenders in the February 25th presidential election filed an appeal to the apex court challenging the decision of a lower court last month to uphold Tinubu's win.
Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who came second and third respectively in the February election allege that the election was marred by irregularities.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
INTRO: "Atiku Abubakar...
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India is restoring some visa services for Canadians a month after diplomatic relations between the two nations soured.
Ties hit rock bottom last month when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that Indian agents had a role to play in the death of a Canadian Sikh man – a charge India has denied.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: India is now...