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Several prominent critics of Kremlin policies - ex-spies, journalists and politicians - have been poisoned in the past two decades.

In the UK, two Russian ex-secret service agents were targeted: Alexander Litvinenko fatally with radioactive polonium-210 in 2006, and Sergei Skripal with the toxic nerve agent Novichok in 2018. The Kremlin denied any involvement.

Alexei Navalny, who has been physically attacked

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The lawyers for the family of a black man shot in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin say he will need a "miracle" to walk again.

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot "at least seven" times as he went to a car and opened its door in Kenosha.

At least one of the bullets went through his spinal cord, lawyers said.

The shooting of Mr

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US President Donald Trump has warned his fellow Republicans their opponents may "steal" November's election, as his party anointed him as their candidate.

"They're using Covid to defraud the American people," Mr Trump told delegates on the first day of the party convention in North Carolina.

Mr Trump repeated his much-disputed claims that mail-in ballots could lead to voter fraud.

Opinion polls suggest he currently trails Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

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The influential head of a major evangelical college has resigned after allegations about his private life.

Jerry Falwell Jr took a leave of absence earlier this month after posting a photo of himself with trousers unzipped on Instagram.

Further scandals have since emerged, including someone who claimed to have had a sexual relationship involving Mr Falwell Jr and his wife.

Mr Falwell Jr has now resigned as president

The governor of the US state of Wisconsin has deployed the National Guard to maintain "public safety" after police shot a black man on Sunday.

Jacob Blake is reportedly in a stable condition after officers shot him multiple times as he tried to get into a car in the city of Kenosha.

Protests erupted in the city soon after, and authorities imposed an emergency overnight curfew.

Governor Tony Evers has now called up the

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The New York attorney general has asked a judge to order the testimony of Donald Trump's son in a probe of the president and his private businesses.

The investigation centres on whether Eric Trump and the Trump Organization improperly inflated assets.

Mr Trump, executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, dismissed the probe as "prosecutorial misconduct".

The investigation is one of

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Turkey and Greece have announced they will conduct rival naval exercises off the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday amid rising tension over claims to gas and oil in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Turkey sent out an official warning to other vessels to avoid the area.

Greece announced its exercises after Turkey said it would extend a mission by a seismic research ship.

Germany is sending its Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to Athens and Ankara on Tuesday to try to

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A Brazilian congresswoman has been accused of orchestrating the murder of her pastor husband, after multiple botched attempts.

Flordelis dos Santos de Souza's husband, Anderson do Carmo, was shot 30 times at their home in Rio de Janeiro in June 2019.

Ms de Souza, 59, said her husband, 42, had been killed in a robbery.

But prosecutors say they have unearthed a murder