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South Africa's scheduled power cuts are being increased to up to six hours a day to avoid catastrophic grid collapse.

Up until now, the congressional committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol was missing a key piece of the puzzle - the testimony of someone who could offer a first-hand account of the situation in the White House in the hours before and during the attack.

A Louisiana judge has blocked the state's abortion "trigger law" banning the procedure at any stage of pregnancy.

At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.

South Africa was on Sunday mourning the deaths of 22 young people -- some of them as young as 13 -- at a tavern in East London.

Sudan's military has accused the Ethiopian army of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian who were captives.

Nigerian authorities in the north-western Zamfara state have called on locals to arm themselves against criminal gangs in an attempt to deal with the increasing numbers of kidnappings and violent attacks.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to urge delivery of more heavy weapons when he addresses the G7 group of wealthy nations later.

South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people in a nightclub.

Nike has announced plans to leave Russia, becoming the latest Western brand to quit the country since the invasion of Ukraine in February.

Eighteen migrants have died and others were injured when a huge crowd tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla, officials from neighbouring Morocco say.

Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women's constitutional right to abortion.