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US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy calls on Russia to de-escalate tensions

US, UK, France, Germany and Italy agree to use ‘all the tools at their disposal’

First verdict against the former leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Ousted leader found guilty on charges of inciting unrest and violating Covid restrictions

Gambian opposition parties reject election results

A South African scientist explains what their research tells us about the new strain

New rules mean unvaccinated people can only meet up to two others not in their household

We go to India which has become the latest country to record cases of the variant

Omicron variant fuelling sharp rise in Covid cases amongst younger population

Omicron variant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain in South Africa

The safety of Peng Shuai is a matter of concern after she made sexual assault allegations

The future of abortion rights in the US face legal challenge

We hear from a rape survivor who is begging the Court not to upend abortion rights.

Mississippi is trying to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling

Prince Charles said slavery was a stain on the shared history of Britain and Barbados

In a speech, Prince of Wales acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery"

Barbados becomes the world's newest republic - replacing Queen Elizabeth with a president

We speak to a leading epidemiologist about how the world should best respond to the risk

Health ministers from the world's richest countries gather for emergency talks

We speak to a health official as Cyril Ramaphosa attacks the travel bans as Afrophobia

Scientists fear the variant - known as B.1.1.529 - could be most transmissible of all

New covid variant drives UK to ban travellers from six countries in southern Africa

Britain is halting all flights from South Africa in response to a new coronavirus variant

Five women and a girl were among the dead, France's interior minister said

The UK has renewed calls for France to agree to joint police patrols along the coast.

They now face minimum sentences of life in prison.

A spacecraft has launched to test technology to steer asteroid off course

The attacker wept as he was arraigned in court with counts of intentional homicide.

The 39-year-old male is to be charged with six deaths after another victim died.

Taiwanese firms must distinguish between right and wrong; says Beijing.