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  • November 13, 2025

Tobacco firm lobbied against African rules UK already enforces

British American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the UK. A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from the company’s subsidiary in Zambia to the country’s government ministers, asks for plans to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship to be abandoned
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  • November 13, 2025

What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump

What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump Getty Images Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump (pictured here in 1997) were friends for years, though the US president says he had a falling out with him in the early 2000s US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of
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  • John
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  • November 12, 2025

Google Maps hides Western Sahara border for Morocco users

The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter. After media reports last week highlighted the discrepancy, tying it to the UN security council endorsing the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the tech company
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  • November 12, 2025

Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say

Chris Mason, Political editor and Henry Zeffman, Chief political correspondent Allies of the prime minister are making it clear he would fight any challenge to his leadership from Labour MPs. There are fears from those loyal to Sir Keir Starmer that his job might be under immediate threat, perhaps as soon as shortly after the
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US Sends $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea for DeporteesUS Sends $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea for Deportees
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  • November 11, 2025

US Sends $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea for Deportees

The United States has sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation, according to a leading congressional Democrat, current and former state department officials and public government data. The money sent to Equatorial Guinea
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Protesters target major new Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts rowProtesters target major new Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts row
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  • November 11, 2025

Protesters target major new Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts row

Protesters have disrupted a preview event at a major new museum in the Nigerian city of Benin that has become embroiled in a row over the restitution of artefacts looted by British colonial forces. The demonstrators asserted that the opening of the Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) is a violation of Benin City’s cultural
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Terrorist turf war in north-east Nigeria kills about 200Terrorist turf war in north-east Nigeria kills about 200
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  • November 11, 2025

Terrorist turf war in north-east Nigeria kills about 200

As many as 200 terrorists were killed in a turf war on Sunday between rival jihadists in north-east Nigeria. The fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) broke out over the weekend in the village of Dogon Chiku, which lies on the shores of Lake Chad, a restive
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Jacob Zuma’s daughter goes on trial over deadly South African riotsJacob Zuma’s daughter goes on trial over deadly South African riots
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  • November 11, 2025

Jacob Zuma’s daughter goes on trial over deadly South African riots

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a politician and daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma, has pleaded not guilty to incitement to commit terrorism and public violence over deadly riots in 2021. The trial, which began on Monday in the coastal city of Durban, is the first prosecution in South Africa in which terrorism‑related charges are
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Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protestsTanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests
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  • November 11, 2025

Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests

Tanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party, Chadema, amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week. More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated
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Canada no longer measles-free as outbreaks spreadCanada no longer measles-free as outbreaks spread
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  • November 11, 2025

Canada no longer measles-free as outbreaks spread

Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said on Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country’s measles elimination status comes more than a year after the highly contagious virus started spreading. Canada has logged 5,138
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