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The UK politician Nigel Farage has apologised, after campaigners for his party were secretly filmed using racist and homophobic language.
It comes ahead of the general election next week, where his right wing Reform party is expected to take some votes off the ruling Conservatives.
John Bevir reports.
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Japan’s government is declining to comment on possible action to address a historic fall by the yen.
The currency briefly hit 161 against the US dollar on Friday, its lowest point in 37 years.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo
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US pharmacy giant Walgreens says it will close a substantial number of stores in the face of what it calls a "difficult operating environment".
On Thursday the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations, amid ongoing challenges with profitability and declining margins.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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Boeing is being sanctioned by the US agency looking into the mid-air door blowout on one of its 737 Max 9 planes, for revealing unauthorised details about the investigation.
The incident occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight in January, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing.
Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.
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Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump will tonight face-off against one another in the first Presidential debate of this tightly-fought campaign, more than four months before Americans go to the polls.
The hotly-anticipated 90-minute head-to-head in the US city of Atlanta is a rematch of when the pair took the stage four years ago.
Trump — who's since been charged for inciting an attempted insurrection and become the first President to be criminally convicted — lost that election, an outcome he denies.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Nigeria has initiated talks with Gavi Alliance, a global health partnership to obtain the oral cholera vaccine from them.
This is in the wake of an outbreak of cholera in the country.
Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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