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Jess Griesel faces a backlash for joining a party that backs the interests of poor black South Africans.
BBC News – Africa

One worker in seven has caring duties on top of their job – and some face huge challenges from both.
BBC News – Business

Six human rights groups outlawed by Israel say they are being silenced and want the ban removed.
BBC News – Middle East

David Henderson is convicted of endangering the safety of an aircraft in which two people died.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Residents on the Spanish island share how Cumbre Vieja’s eruption has changed their lives.
BBC News – Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron says the dispute is a test of the UK’s credibility.
BBC News – UK

The US president meets his French counterpart in the wake of a diplomatic row over a submarine deal.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenyans are loving their freedom as Covid restrictions ease, but vaccination rates are alarmingly low.
BBC News – Africa

An economic research group says many people will see their living standards fall over the next year.
BBC News – Business

Ali al-Nimr, who was arrested when he was 17, was originally sentenced to death by beheading.
BBC News – Middle East

Scientists think the turtles may have become tangled in abandoned fishing nets and drowned.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia closes non-essential services and sends workers home amid record Covid deaths.
BBC News – Europe

The system will remain in place and locations could be reinstated on the list if cases rise again.
BBC News – UK

The president said that his party was “on board” though the scaled-back plan’s fate is uncertain.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerians welcome the return of artefacts – including Cambridge University’s cockerel – looted in 1897.
BBC News – Africa