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Multiple blasts hit northeast Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, state governor and residents say
Multiple blasts on Monday struck Maiduguri city, capital of Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeastern state of Borno, with several people feared killed, the state governor and residents said. Videos circulating online showed emergency responders at a Maiduguri hospital attending to injured people, some with torn and bloo...
Limited flights leave UAE but disruption continues amid Iran strikes
A limited number of flights have been able to leave the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as departures across the Middle East continue to be disrupted by the joint Israeli and US war on Iran. More than 4,000 flights a day have been cancelled across the region, according to flight tracking service Flightradar24, with hundreds...
UN releases $60m from emergency response fund to tackle Ebola outbreak
The United Nations has approved the immediate release of $60 million from its central emergency response fund to help contain a deadly Ebola outbreak spreading across parts of Africa. The emergency funding will support an intensified response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other vulnerable countries within...
US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America
A judge in the US has ruled that the effective closure of the Voice of America (VOA) last year was “illegal” and that hundreds of its journalists should be reinstated. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has given authorities one week to restore the international broadcaster’s service. The VOA was set up during World W...
TikTok, YouTube deactivate 4.7m child accounts in Indonesia
Social media companies TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under the age of 16 in Indonesia, the country’s communications minister said, as its social media curbs began to take effect. TikTok, developed by Chinese technology company ByteDance, has deactiva...
US House approves outline for $70bn more for immigration enforcement
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-year budget plan that would pave the way for Congress to consider an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement activities by federal agents. The House voted 215-211, with no Democrats supporting it. House Speaker Mike Johnson held the vote open...
No burial without justice – Ghana blocks funeral, demands probe into citizen’s killing in South Africa
Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quarshie, says authorities have halted plans to bury a Ghanaian citizen killed in South Africa. He insists that justice must first be served before any funeral arrangements proceed. Speaking on JoyNews PM Express on Wednesday, he revealed that Ghana has demanded a ful...
No Ghanaian killed in xenophobic attacks – Envoy debunks viral death claims
Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quarshie, has dismissed viral claims that Ghanaians have been killed in ongoing xenophobic attacks, insisting no such deaths have been recorded. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express with Evans Mensah, he said, “So the current xenophobic actions that are going on, nobody ha...
Trump confirms he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat. “I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,” Trump told reporters. “I just have to do what they say.” The revelation com...
Once-in-a-generation solar eclipse wows millions in UK and Europe
The UK and Europe have enjoyed their most dramatic solar eclipse for nearly 30 years, with millions thought to have witnessed the once-in-a-generation event. Those watching the astronomical phenomenon from the UK were treated to a partial eclipse, which peaked shortly after 19:00 BST, when most saw more than 90% of the...
Three men will be executed on the same day as death penalties rise in US
It’s been 16 years since three people were executed on the same day in the US, but later on Thursday, three men convicted of murder in different US states will all face the death penalty. The planned executions of inmates Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, Jeremy Williams, 41, and Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 71, in Tennessee, Ala...
Jason Arday death ‘tragedy on so many levels’ says PM Burnham
Andy Burnham has described the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday as “a tragedy on so many levels,” as he called for a “moment for reflection”. Arday was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. “It’s not a moment for any rushing to judgment. It’s a moment for reflection,.....