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The US supreme court will hear arguments in a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law designed to prevent discrimination in voting.
The outcome of the case could change the course of next year's midterm elections.
Charlotte North reports from Washington
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Raila Odinga, a frontline figure in Kenyan politics and a former Prime Minister, has died in India at the age of 80.
Isaac Lukando reports.
In a dramatic escalation of Madagascar's political crisis, Colonel Michael Randrianirina of an elite military unit has announced that the armed forces are taking control of the country.
Isaac Lukando reports.
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India is fast-tracking bilateral trade talks with the United States, aiming to clinch an agreement by November. The push comes as New Delhi faces mounting pressure over its export tariffs and energy ties with Russia.
Just hours after returning from his victorious trip to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump is shifting his focus to the other side of the world - hosting the Argentinian leader Javier Milei at the White House.
It comes after the US agreed to a 20 billion dollar currency swap in a major bailout of the Latin American nation.
Kate Fisher reports
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While President Donald Trump has declared the Israel-Hamas war over, some Middle East experts say the process to end the two-year conflict is just beginning.
Monday's historic release of the remaining living Israeli hostages and more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners that had been held by Israel is just the first step of President Trump's 20-point plan to bring peace to the region.
Charlotte North reports from Washington.
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The World Health Organization has issued a warning about three contaminated cough syrups in India.
These include Respifresh, ReLife – and Coldrif, which has been linked to the deaths of some 20 children in India in the past month.
Rebecca Bundhun has more from Mumbai.
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The families of the last 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been sharing joy and relief at their return to Israel after two years in captivity.
But Israel says only four of the dead hostages have been returned after Hamas said it does not know the location of some of the other 24.
Blake Sifton reports from Tel Aviv.
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US President Donald Trump has declared that the war in Gaza is over, as 20 hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
He was speaking at a summit in Egypt where he signed a document, with the leaders of Turkey, Egypt and Qatar, who brokered the deal alongside the US. But the contents of the document were not immediately clear, and it was not signed by Israel or Hamas, neither of which had representatives at the meeting.
Kate fisher reports
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