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The UN says 35 million around the world suffer from drug use disorders

Their report has also found record levels of opium and cocaine production.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says 35 million people worldwide are estimated to suffer from drug use disorders, more than previously thought.

Mexico's President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, says he's saddened by the deaths of a father and daughter from El Salvador as they tried to cross the Rio Grande into the US. A photograph of their bodies shows them wrapped together in shallow water.

A 23-year-old former beauty queen in The Gambia says she was raped in 2015 by former President Yahya Jammeh when he was in office.

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