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The death toll in Myanmar following Friday’s major earthquake has risen to 2,056, the ruling military junta has said.

They also say more than 3,900 people are injured, and a further 270 still missing.

Getting information out of Myanmar has proven to be difficult and the country’s military leadership has a history of suppressing the scale of national disasters.

Foreign aid and rescue teams have joined the effort, with a Chinese team reportedly pulling four people alive from the rubble in Mandalay on Monday.

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Stock markets have fallen in Asia and Europe after US President Donald Trump suggested that new tariffs he is set to announce this week will hit all countries, not just those that have the biggest trade imbalances with the US.

Trump made the comments in preparation to unveil a massive slate of import taxes on Wednesday, in what he has called America's "Liberation Day".

The measures will come on top of tariffs already imposed by Washington on aluminium, steel and vehicles, along with increased levies on all goods from China.

With 48 hours to go before the tariffs come into force, the UK is still locked in talks with the US about an exemption.

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US President Donald Trump has said he is “very angry” with Russian President Vladimir Putin after weeks of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine.

In an NBC News interview, he criticised Putin for attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility, and threatened to impose a 50% tariff on countries buying Russian oil if he did not agree to a ceasefire.

Trump's comments mark a change in tone towards Putin. Over the past six weeks, Trump has publicly berated Zelensky and demanded numerous concessions from Ukraine's president.

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Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for public office for five years, meaning she cannot run in the 2027 French presidential election.

She was found guilty of embezzling European funds to finance her National Rally (RN) party.

In addition to the ban from running for public office, she has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment, two of which will be suspended - though it is not known if she'll actually spend time in jail or if she will have restrictions, such as wearing an electronic tag.

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BBC Africa Eye goes undercover to track down rogue relocation agents who squeeze thousands of dollars from aspiring migrants with the promise of a job in the UK.

Exploiting the desire of millions of Africans to migrate to Europe, these agents fuel a thriving underground trade in UK work papers.

BBC Africa Eye discovers what happens when the promised jobs do not materialise, and the pitfalls of the UK immigration system which has allowed the illegal schemes to flourish.

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Hospitals in Myanmar - many of which have been damaged by Friday’s earthquake - are overwhelmed by the surge of casualties, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.

At least three hospitals are completely out of service, while another 22 are "partially damaged and not really able to function", they said.

They have also warned that Myanmar's ruling military junta has previously been accused of withholding international aid to certain regions.

Around 1,700 people have died after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck close to Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, on Friday.

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The US is seeking to broker a ceasefire in the full-scale war with Ukraine, which is now into its fourth year.

On Tuesday the White House said the two sides had agreed to a limited truce in the Black Sea. But Russia then put forward a list of conditions including the lifting of some Western sanctions, prompting concerns that Moscow was trying to derail any moves towards a ceasefire.

Martin Griffiths, a former United Nations official who has direct experience of negotiating with both Ukraine and Russia, gives his take on how the peace talks are going, and shares his advice on how the Americans could improve their strategy.

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Rescue teams from around the world are in Myanmar after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, killing 1,700 people.

In neighbouring Thailand, the death toll in Bangkok has risen to 18, with 78 still missing.

Search and rescue efforts are under way in both countries, as Thailand's deputy prime minister says rescuers have detected signs of life under the rubble at a collapsed building site.

In Myanmar, which has been torn by conflict, the National Unity Government – currently in exile – has announced a "two-week pause in offensive military operations" in areas hit by the quake.

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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has told the BBC he failed to follow up abuse allegations within the Church of England because the scale of the problem was "absolutely overwhelming".

In November he became the first Archbishop to quit as a result of a scandal in the Church in more than 1,000 years, after a damning independent review found he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports about John Smyth, a serial abuser of children and young men.

In his first interview since resigning, Welby, 68, told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the sheer scale of the problem was "a reason – not an excuse" for his failure to act after taking the job in 2013.

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One of Russia’s negotiators in talks with America - President Vladimir Putin’s envoy on foreign investment Kirill Dmitriev - has defended US officials that repeat Russian narratives.

“What is perceived as Kremlin talking points is, actually, sometimes it’s good to understand the position of the Kremlin,” he said.

He also suggested Russia was open to the idea of economic cooperation with America in the Arctic “where beneficial to Russia and also to the US”.

Mr Dmitriev was speaking to the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg in Murmansk.

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