Irish leaders to discuss general election date next week
Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin has said a general election date will be discussed between the three coalition party leaders next week.
A general election must be called in the Republic of Ireland before the term ends in March 2025, with speculation rising that a poll could be called imminently.
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🇧🇩Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Hasina
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⚠️⚠️One Direction star Liam Payne dies after balcony fall - police
Liam Payne, the former One Direction star, has died aged 31 in Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, police say.
In a statement, police said they discovered Payne's body after an emergency crew responded to an emergency call in the upscale neighbourhood of Palermo on Wednesday.
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🇲🇽Mexico drug tsar's spectacular fall from grace culminates in NY court
Appearing in a crisp suit and dark tie, Genaro García Luna – the highest-ranking Mexican official ever to be convicted in the United States – remained impassive as his sentence was handed down in a New York courtroom.
He was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison, as well as a $2m (£1.5m) fine. It was not the life sentence he could have received, but a jail term that the judge, Brian Cogan, felt reflected the severity of his crimes.
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⚠️⚠️Lammy joins EU ministers meeting in Europe 'reset'
David Lammy has become the first foreign secretary since Brexit to attend a regular meeting of EU foreign ministers, as part of Labour's "reset" with Europe.
Lammy travelled to the meeting as a special guest of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and Labour's agenda.
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🇿🇦Pioneering South African politician dies aged 65
The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at the age of 65.
Tito Mboweni had suffered a "short illness", the presidency confirmed on Saturday evening, without specifying further.
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🇰🇪Kenya's president makes urgent cash call for Haiti mission
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🇬🇧Kate in Southport for surprise first public visit since chemo
The Princess of Wales visited Southport for her first official engagement since finishing cancer treatment.
She and the Prince of Wales were due to meet the families of three young girls killed in a knife attack in July.
Royal sources say Catherine decided to join Prince William to show her "support, empathy and compassion to the local community".
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🇮🇳Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies aged 86
Indian tycoon Ratan Tata has died aged 86, says the Tata Group, the conglomerate he led for more than two decades.
Tata was one of India's most internationally recognised business leaders.
The Tata Group is one of India's largest companies, with annual revenues in excess of $100bn (£76.5bn).
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⚠️⚠️Customers of failed crypto firm FTX set for refunds
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🇦🇺Australian PM apologises for Tourette's syndrome taunt
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🇲🇽Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
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🇪🇹Ethiopia president replaced after falling out with PM
Ethiopia's parliament has approved the appointment of a new president to replace the country's first female head of state, Sahle-Work Zewde.
Taye Astike Selassie, foreign minister since February, has taken up the largely ceremonial role. In Ethiopia, political power lies with the prime minister - currently Abiy Ahmed.
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🇲🇿Fresh faces in Mozambique's poll as independence era leaders bow out
Mozambique is set for a watershed election that will see a change of the presidential guard, with the era of leaders who forged their careers in the trenches of the independence war against Portuguese rule coming to an end.
For the first time, the once all-powerful Frelimo party is fielding a presidential candidate who was born after independence - the charismatic 47-year-old Daniel Chapo, who it hopes will rally voters fed up with its 49-year rule.
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🇲🇻Maldives president visits 🇮🇳India amid trouble in tourist paradise
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu is expected to seek a bailout during his visit to India this week as the archipelago nation stares at an economic crisis with fears of debt default.
It’s Muizzu's first official bilateral visit after he was voted to power late last year following a campaign centred on an 'India out' policy, with a promise to reduce Delhi's influence.
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🇬🇧King and Queen greeted by light show on 🇦🇺Australia tour
Sydney Opera House was lit up with images of past royal tours as King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in the Australian city on Friday.
The couple arrived on a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, following a torrential rainstorm, to begin their six-day tour of the country.
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⚠️⚠️Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, killed by Israeli forces
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has been killed by Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza, Israel has confirmed.
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🇮🇹Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy
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🇬🇧King's Australia🇦🇺 visit in 'insult' row over reception
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🏴Scotland's former First Minister Alex Salmond dies age 69
Scotland's former First Minister Alex Salmond has died suddenly at the age of 69.
Local media reports said he collapsed during a lunch and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Alba party, which he led, believe the cause of death to be a heart attack, according to the Press Association news agency.
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🇧🇶Violent protests force Martinique airport to close
Passengers were left stranded when the international airport in the Caribbean island of Martinique was forced to close by unrest over the cost of living in the French territory.
On Thursday dozens of protesters stormed the runway at the airport in the capital, Fort-de-France, prompting its closure. Inbound flights were re-directed to nearby Guadeloupe, also a French territory. The airport reopened on Friday.
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🇨🇲Cameroon bans reports on President Biya’s health
The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, following rumours of his death.
Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji told regional governors that these stories “disturb the tranquillity of Cameroonians”.
“Any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited,” he insisted, threatening that “offenders will face the rigour of the law.”
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🇿🇦South Africa's 'high priest' Ray McCauley dies aged 75
Tributes are pouring in for the widely admired but controversial founder of the Rhema Bible Church South Africa, Ray McCauley, who has died aged 75.
"Pastor Ray has gone to be with the Lord peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family and loved ones," his son said in a statement.
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🇨🇲The 91-year-old African president who keeps defying death rumours
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🇧🇷Brazil lifts ban on Musk's X after it pays $5m fine
Brazil's Supreme Court has said it is lifting a ban on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes said that he authorised the "immediate return" of X's activities in the country after it paid hefty fines and blocked accounts accused of spreading misinformation.
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🇹🇳Tunisian president wins second term with landslide
In an election that was criticised by rights groups, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won a second term with more than 90% of the vote, the electoral commission has said.
Only two candidates out of more than a dozen other hopefuls were allowed to stand against President Saied in Sunday's ballot, where only 29% of the more than nine million registered voters took part.
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🇮🇳Indian financial aid opens 'new chapter' with 🇲🇻Maldives
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🇲🇻Maldives president in Delhi to seek aid and reboot ties
Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu has told the BBC that he is confident that India will come to the aid of the island nation as it faces an economic crisis.
Muizzu, who begins a five-day visit to India on Sunday, is expected to seek a bailout worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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🇹🇳Tunisia's president seeks new term in election he's all but sure to win
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🇬🇧Mike Lynch drowned onboard Sicily yacht - inquest
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch drowned but the cause of his daughter's death when a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily is under investigation, an inquest has heard.
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