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Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau haș announced he is stepping down as leader of the country and his party - after nearly a decade as prime minister.
He said he would remain in both roles until his replacement has been chosen through a party election.
North America correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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Donald Trump has been officially certified as the next U.S. President.
A congressional process was held on January 6th, four years after the infamous Capitol Riots of 2021; when Trump's supporters tried to stop Joe Biden from being declared the next President.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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A deadly winter storm is dumping buckets of snow across the east coast of North America.
Storm Blair has triggered a state of emergency for millions of people in seven US states.
The nation's capital, Washington DC, is under a blanket of powder, with the city's mayor warning of "dangerously low" temperatures throughout Monday.
From there, Benji Hyer reports.
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Donald Trump's hush money sentencing could be delayed once again, as his lawyers appeal rulings in the case.
The US president-elect is due to be sentenced on Friday, but on Monday his attorneys asked Judge Juan Merchan to hold off while the appeal played out.
In May, Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records - making him the first president in US history to be elected with a criminal record.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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The UK Prime Minister has hit back at attacks from Tesla owner Elon Musk about his handling of grooming gangs.
In recent days the billionaire owner of X has repeatedly accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to tackle groups responsible for child exploitation when he was director of public prosecutions.
The Prime Minister didn't mention Mr Musk by name, but says his government's tackling the issue head on, and is happy to debate the issue with anyone basing their arguments on facts:
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Nigeria says it is activating surveillance measures on people coming into the country from China.
This follows the outbreak of a virus in the country, causing respiratory problems especially among children.
Tesem Akende reports.
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More than 70 million Americans are under winter weather alerts, as a huge winter storm is forecast to bring the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in over a decade to some parts of the US.
Kate Fisher reports
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US Congressman Mike Johnson has been re-elected as the United States's Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In a dramatic turn of events on Capitol Hill on Friday, he appeared to fall short in the first round of voting — only for a handful of holdout members to later throw their weight behind the Louisiana lawmaker.
Benji Hyer was following.
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