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Nigeria election 2019: Atiku Abubakar challenges Muhammadu Buhari

Votes are being counted in Nigeria's closely-fought general election, with voting hours extended in some places following delays in the morning. ...

Venezuela crisis: Border clashes as aid row intensifies

At least two people have been killed and several others injured in clashes near Venezuela's border with Brazil, local media report. ...

Nigerian elections: Voters taken through Boko Haram danger zone

Displaced people in north-east Nigeria have told the BBC they were transported through a dangerous conflict zone ahead of the country's elections in an operation agreed by the main political parties. ...

Venezuela crisis: Maduro to close border with Brazil

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced he is closing the border with Brazil on Thursday night as a row over foreign humanitarian aid continues. ...

'We want 6G!' Trump takes aim at US tech firms

Forget 5G. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to be a leader in 6G – a technology that is nowhere near ready for prime time. ...

Birmingham bin strike: Unite ballots over more action

Bin workers in Birmingham are being balloted on whether to take further strike action. ...

Independent Group: Three MPs quit Tory party to join

Three Tory MPs have resigned from the party to join an independent group, set up by former Labour MPs. ...

Trump seeks to recoup 'wasted' California high-speed rail funds

President Donald Trump has continued to escalate tensions with California by calling on the state to return billions in federal funds for a high-speed rail. ...

Fang Fenghui: China's ex-top general jailed for life

A former high-ranking Chinese general has been sentenced to life in jail for corruption, state media reports. ...

California leads 16-state lawsuit over Trump's emergency declaration

A coalition of 16 US states led by California has sued Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a national emergency in order to fund a wall along the Mexico border. ...

Brexit: Robert Buckland cautious over 'sensitive talks'

It would be "reckless and irresponsible" to give a running commentary on changes the UK is seeking to the Northern Ireland backstop, a government minister has said. ...

Marseille knife attacker shot dead by French police

A man has been shot dead after wounding at least two people with a knife in the centre of Marseille. ...

Trump suggests Rosenstein, McCabe are ‘treasonous,’

President Trump suggested Monday night that former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe committed treason, making his case in a tweet that cited Fox News’s Sean Hannity, hours after lobbing similar claims at Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. ...

Brexit: Prime minister to go back to Brussels on Wednesday

Theresa May will return to Brussels on Wednesday to continue talks on her Brexit deal. ...

Trump aides ignored warnings on Middle East nuclear power plan

  Top White House aides ignored repeated warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials and a close friend of President Donald Trump to advance a multibillion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, Democratic lawmakers alleged in a report released Tuesday. ...