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Norway is expected to become the first country in the world to approve the controversial practice of deep sea mining.
Supporters say it's needed to find precious metals and minerals, but opponents argue the environmental consequences could be devastating.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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CUE: A U.S. Navy sailor's been sentenced to twenty-seven months in jail for accepting bribes of almost fifteen thousand dollars to give China military information. He is from Monterey Park in California.
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http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0109-haryanagirlssexualassault-pb.mp3Five hundred female students of a university in the north Indian state of Haryana have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing a professor of sexual assault.
The girls are demanding the professor's suspension and an inquiry led by a retired judge.
Priyata Brajabasi has more.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he supports the "establishment of an independent Palestinian state" as he heads for another visit to Israel amid its war with Hamas.
On his fourth trip to the Middle East since the October 7th attacks, America's top diplomat warned all parties against an escalation in violence, promising to use his leverage to try to protect civilians, help deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, and return hostages still held in the strip.
Benji Hyer reports.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is campaigning for more support in South Carolina – particularly from Black voters – on a trip on Monday.
He's speaking at a church where a white supremacist shot and killed people in 2015 – and reminding people what is at stake.
Caroline Malone reports.
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A corruption trial against the National Rifle Association in the United States begins on Monday.
New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses the gun rights group and its leaders of widespread civil corruption - the defendants have denied wrongdoing.
The trial is expected to last around six weeks.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globes - the film about the creation of the atomic bomb won 5 awards.
Succession was the TV winner of the night - in the first awards after a major shake up of the voting panel.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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In a surprise announcement, the EU Council President has said he's running to be an MEP.
Charles Michel has said he'll step down from his current role, if he's successful in June and elected to the European Parliament.
But there are concerns about his successor - as Ishan Garg reports.
Government ministers in the UK are meeting to discuss what's been called the 'most widespread miscarriage of justice' in British history.
More than 700 Post Office branch managers were wrongly convicted of financial crimes due to faulty accounting software. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the government, which wholly owns the Post Office, is reviewing the options to help victims of the scandal.
Those convicted, some of whom were jailed, were found guilty of charges including fraud, theft and false accounting due to problems with a nationally implemented piece of software first introduced in 1999.
A TV drama that aired last week has brought the subject back into the spotlight.
Many of those involved are still fighting to clear their names and have not received full compensation. Conservative peer Lord Arbuthnot wants justice for victims.
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