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Simone Biles has become the first US gymnast to win eight national titles, as her comeback continues.
The 26 year old is returning from a 2 year mental health break following the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Former US President Donald Trump will go on trial next March on charges of trying to overturn the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election in America.
A federal judge in Washington has rejected efforts by Trump lawyers to delay the trial until 2026.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A federal hate crime investigation is underway in the United States after a white man shot three black people in Florida.
Ryan Christopher Palmeter opened fire at a Dollar General store in the city of Jacksonville on Saturday.
The shooting has been described as racially motivated.
Sally Patterson has more.
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West Africa's regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS has demanded a shorter transition period from military rule to democracy in the Republic of Niger.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Haryana (Hur-yaa-naa) state, which borders India's capital New Delhi is on high alert after Hindu groups said they will carry out a precession in the religiously sensitive district of Nuh on Monday.
Violence in Nuh had led to 6 deaths in July when a similar procession was attacked by a mob.
Ishan Garg has the latest from New Delhi.
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China has placed a blanket ban on all seafood from Japan in response to the discharge which it calls selfish and harmful.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US stocks closed higher on Friday following comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 clinched their first weekly gains after three weeks of losses.
Sally Patterson has more in New York.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has made his annual speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
He's warned the Fed may still need to increase interest rates to further slow inflation.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The World Health Organization is calling on governments to remain vigilant as variants of the Covid-19 virus continue to spread.
Several new strains are being monitored by the United Nations' health agency - and it says people should get vaccinated to stay safe.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Uganda has banned the importation of used clothes in a move to protect the local textile industry.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says the country has attracted large investments in textiles manufacturing and there is a need to ring-fence and support the blossoming textile sector.
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Nigeria's president and Chairman of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, Bola Tinubu, says he is keen on a peaceful resolution of the Nigerien crisis, but still open to exploring other options.
The bloc has maintained that it will use military force if diplomacy fails to reverse the coup that saw the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum in July.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China Xi Jinping discussed the two countries' border dispute on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa.
The brief meeting comes just days before President Xi is expected to arrive in New Delhi for the G20 summit.
India and China have been locked in a border standoff since 2020.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Beijing has banned all seafood from Japan in protest over the country’s release of treated water into the ocean.
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Maui county has filed a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric alleging that the utility company's power lines caused the deadly wildfires on the island earlier this month.
More than a hundred people were killed in the blazes.
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