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1. How mines in war-torn DRC lie at heart of Trump’s fortune-hunting in Africa

   World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo where conflict, aid and minerals all intersect to investigate what Donald Trump’s brazen commercial interest in the war torn country actually means

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   Men aged 45 and 47 arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following attack on volunteer-led ambulances run by Jewish community

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9. KKK propaganda and regalia found in government office during closet clear out

   Some of the materials uncovered by workers at the DPS dated as far back as the 1960s, and have been handed over to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

10. Some of Australia’s biggest news programmes go dark as ABC staff go on strike over pay

    Hundreds of staff of ABC staged large-scale protests outside the broadcaster's office over low pay and working conditions