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Channel drownings: UK and France trade accusations after tragedy at sea.

British and French leaders have traded accusations after at least 27 people died trying to cross the Channel in the deadliest incident since the current migration crisis began.

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Norwegian journalists reporting on World Cup workers arrested in Qatar.

Two Norwegian journalists investigating conditions for migrant workers in Qatar ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup were arrested and detained for 36 hours as they tried to leave the country, Norwegian media have reported.

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Sudan PM calls for halt to post-coup firings and hirings 

Sudan’s newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has ordered a halt to the firing of civil servants and a review of all appointments made after his detention in last month’s military coup. 

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Russia accuses west of building up forces on its borders.

Russia has accused the west of building up forces on its borders as well as those of Belarus in remarks that appeared tailored to mirror recent US warnings about Moscow’s aggressive positioning towards Ukraine.

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House Democrats pass Biden’s expansive Build Back Better policy plan.

Joe Biden has hailed the US House of Representatives for passing a $1.75tn social and climate spending bill, a central pillar of his agenda that must now go before the Senate.

The Democratic majority in the House approved the Build Back Better Act on Friday despite fierce opposition from Republicans.

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‘Horrific’: 10 people suffocate in overcrowded migrant boat off Libya.

Ten people were found dead in the lower deck of a severely overcrowded wooden boat off the coast of Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported.

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Turkey releases Israeli couple detained on espionage charges 

An Israeli couple held in Turkey for a week on suspicion of espionage has been released. 

Mordi and Natali Oknin were detained after visiting the newly opened Camlica Tower – Istanbul’s tallest building. They were freed on Thursday. 

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Brexit minister says UK not trying to move checks to Irish border

The Brexit minister, Lord Frost, has said suspending parts of the Northern Ireland protocol by triggering article 16 of the agreement with the EU is still a “very real option” but has indicated that he hopes a deal can be done by Christmas.

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Biden-Xi virtual summit: leaders warn each other over future of Taiwan

Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden in a virtual summit that China was prepared to take “decisive measures” if Taiwan makes any moves towards independence that cross Beijing’s red lines.

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Foreign citizens caught up in crackdown on Tigrayans in Ethiopia

American and British citizens have been swept up in Ethiopia’s mass detentions of ethnic Tigrayans under a new state of emergency in the country’s escalating war.