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  Last update: 16:03 GMT 25.10.2020

  16:03 GMT 25.10.2020

  UK

  Demonstrators in London Stage Protest Against Police Brutality in Nigeria - Live Video

  Nigeria has been gripped by violent protests since early October when a rally against police brutality in Lagos resulted in law enforcement personnel opening fire at peaceful demonstrators, triggering unrest with buildings being set on fire, vehicles destroyed and shops looted.

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  Last update: 13:16 GMT 25.10.2020

  13:16 GMT 25.10.2020

  Middle East

  'Washington Has No Idea About Who It Deals With': Erdogan Brushes Off US Criticism Over S-400

  On Saturday, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar stated that the country’s military is checking its S-400 air defence systems and preparing them for deployment.

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  Last update: 10:34 GMT 25.10.2020

  10:34 GMT 25.10.2020

  World

  Live Updates: Minsk Police Use Riot Control Gear Against Protesters in City Centre

  Mass protests have been occurring in Belarus since presidential elections in August. According to the authorities, President Alexander Lukashenko gained 80.1 percent of the vote, however, the opposition claimed that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, not Lukashenko won the election, and accused the president of committing election fraud.

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  Last update: 14:32 GMT 25.10.2020

  14:32 GMT 25.10.2020

  Viral

  ‘Body Double’ Conspiracy Theories Run Wild Over Photo of Grinning Melania Trump

  FLOTUS Melania is known to be reserved when it comes to demonstrating emotions, and it appears her reputation is so “settled” that smiling pictures of her turning up in the media and internet immediately cause public scrutiny.

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  Last update: 14:39 GMT 25.10.2020

  14:39 GMT 25.10.2020

  Tech

  Kill or Be Killed: US Entomologists Vacuum Murder Hornets From Hive, Say They Won’t Spare Them

  The insect is the world’s largest hornet, with the queens reaching 5 centimetres in length. Scientists in the US state of Washington previously set 1,400 traps in order to catch the dangerous insect, but only managed to capture one hornet.

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  Last update: 10:57 GMT 25.10.2020

  10:57 GMT 25.10.2020

  Europe

  Election Interference? FEMEN Activist Gets Naked in Front of Ukraine’s President Zelensky at Polling Station - Video

  The young woman is a member of the notorious feminist group FEMEN, which was founded in Ukraine in 2008 and has affiliates in France and Germany. The group says it fights against the patriarchy, social inequality, and gender discrimination.

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  Last update: 16:18 GMT 25.10.2020

  16:18 GMT 25.10.2020

  Middle East

  Iran Holds Army Ground Force Drill in Border Area as Azerbaijani-Armenian Karabakh Conflict Persists

  Earlier this week, Tehran conducted air defence war games after stray missiles and shells made their way into Iranian territory amid ongoing hostilities between neighbouring Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

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  Last update: 05:12 GMT 25.10.2020

  05:12 GMT 25.10.2020

  World

  Live Updates: US Vice President Pence's Chief of Staff Tests Positive for COVID-19

  The pandemic continues to spread across the world, reaching 42,500,000 cases globally, with the highest number of infected in the United States (8.5 million cases and 224,000 deaths). India (7.8 million infected and almost 118,000 deaths) is second and Brazil (5.3 million infections and a death toll of almost 157,000) is third.