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Alexei Navalny's doctor has said the Russian opposition leader is on the verge of death as he continues his hunger strike in prison.

The global death toll from coronavirus has topped three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

Myanmar's junta has claimed to have pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners - but it is not known if the figure includes pro-democracy activists detained in the wake of February's coup.

Britain is going to do more to persuade other nations to take action on climate change from next week, Number 10 has said, calling it "the greatest challenge that we face".

Brazil's leaders say they will need billions of dollars in foreign aid each year if the country is to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Joe Biden has described mass shootings as a "national embarrassment" that has to end.

Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX has won a $2.9bn (£2.1bn) NASA contract to build a spacecraft to put humans on the moon.

A sheriff and his tiny police dog have died on the same day.

Two passengers are suing United Airlines after the engine of the plane they were on caught fire in mid-air.

Uighur people from Xinjiang working in other parts of China are subject to "political" checks and work under strict "half-military" style management, according to new evidence discovered by Sky News.