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Dhaka firefighters battle huge blaze

Dozens have died in the Bangladeshi capital.

A fast-moving fire has swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. The blaze broke out Wednesday evening in a multi-storey residential building with one floor reportedly used to store flammable chemicals.

Three British MPs have left the governing Conservative Party to join an independent group set up by MPs who recently defected from the opposition Labour Party.

And we go to the Nigerian Capital Abuja to see how voters are preparing to go to the polls. Presidential elections were pushed back at the last minute and will now take place this Saturday.

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