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Fans worldwide paid tribute and Argentina was in mourning on Thursday after Diego #Maradona,one of the greatest footballers of all time,died aged 60,after years of drug and alcohol problems.Thousands of mourners gathered in streets and at stadiums in Buenos Aires.#s63 #maradona10

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Sudan's last democratically elected Prime Minister,Sadiq al-Mahdi,has died at the age of 84.His National UMMA party issued a statement today,revealing al-Mahdi died from #coronavirus infection,three weeks after being hospitalized in the United #Arab Emirates.#s63 #Sudan #politics

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South Africa is observing five days of mourning in remembrance of those who died as a result of gender-based violence and the coronavirus.The mourning period began on Wednesday,coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.#s63 #genderbalance

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Fans worldwide paid tribute and Argentina was in m

Fans worldwide paid tribute and Argentina was in mourning on Thursday after Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died aged 60 after years of drug and alcohol problems.

Thousands of mourners, many in tears, and many wearing the World Cup winner's number 10 Argentina jersey, gathered in streets and at stadiums around Buenos Aires in a spontaneous celebration of the player and manager's riotous life.

Tributes poured in from around the world as supporters, players and government leaders from South America to Europe and Asia marked the passing of an undisputed maestro.

The outrageously skilful Maradona, widely remembered for his "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals, died of a heart attack while recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain, a member of his entourage told AFP.

Family members were summoned to Maradona's home north of Buenos Aires before his death was announced, triggering a wave of grief across the country and worldwide.

Lionel Messi, Argentina's modern-day superstar, led the tributes as he said, “He has left us but he will never leave us because Diego is eternal."

Brazilian legend Pele, 80, constantly compared with Maradona in the debate over football's greatest player, said he hoped they would one day "play together in the sky.”

Hundreds of people were already queueing outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires when Maradona's coffin arrived late on Wednesday to lie in state during a three-day period of national mourning.

Despite major coronavirus problems in Argentina, with more than 1.3 million cases, fans gathered at landmarks including Buenos Aires' Obelisk monument and Argentinos Juniors' Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, where he started his career.

Elsewhere, underlining Maradona's global appeal, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar were among those to offer tributes. #s63

South Africa is observing five days of mourning in

South Africa is observing five days of mourning in remembrance of those who died as a result of gender-based violence and the coronavirus.

The period of mourning began on Wednesday, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

Mpho Sempe, who lives in Pretoria, said he and other men gather once every month to discuss possible solutions to the problem of gender-based violence, which has been a plague in their country for years.

South Africa is also in the grips of another burden, the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 21,083 South Africans.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is calling on citizens to wear black armbands or other signs of mourning to signify and respect those who died because of the pandemic.

Ramaphosa also ordered national flags to be flown at half-mast in various national key sites and government buildings until November 29.#s63

On Tuesday, Scotland voted to offer universal acce

On Tuesday, Scotland voted to offer universal access to period products, becoming the first country in the world to do so.

The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously in favour of the Period Products Bill, which makes it a legal right to have free access to sanitary products in public buildings.

"We all agree that no one should have to worry where their next tampon pads or reusable is coming from," Monica Lennon, the MSP who introduced the bill, said before the Edinburgh vote.

Adding, "Scotland will not be the last country to consign period poverty to history but we have the chance to be the first. This has been a long time coming.”

Sanitary products are free for pupils and students in Scotland, but the bill now places a legal duty on ministers to set up a country-wide scheme to ensure anyone can get access to them.

Schools, colleges and universities must also make a range of period products available for free in their toilets.

Lennon said that while the legislation was "world-leading", schools should also offer education to pupils to end the stigma of periods.

Aileen Campbell, Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government, said the bill sent an “important message about the kind of country we want Scotland to be.”

"That is a gender-equal Scotland, where no one has to go through the indignity of using unsuitable materials to mask their periods or stretch household budgets further to buy products for their children, or miss out on education, a Scotland where no one has to hide a tampon up their sleeve," she said.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the decision.

"Proud to vote for this groundbreaking legislation, making Scotland the first country in the world to provide free period products for all who need them," she wrote on her Twitter account.#s63

At least 14 pro-Iran fighters from Afghanistan and

At least 14 pro-Iran fighters from Afghanistan and Iraq were killed in airstrikes in eastern Syria, Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Wednesday.

The airstrikes were carried out in the border province of Deir Ezzor on Saturday night. The Observatory group said that the airstrikes were carried out by Israeli warplanes.

The attacks have killed 8 Iraqis and 6 Afghan fighters.

As per AFP, Israeli army denied commenting on the reports saying that it doesn't comment on foreign reports.

More than 10 strikes hit positions of Iran-backed militias outside the border town of Albu Kamal, according to the war monitor.

The attacks also destroyed two bases as well as several military vehicles, the Observatory added.

Iran-backed fighters are heavily deployed in a stretch of territory between the Syrian towns of Albu Kamal and Mayadeen, both former strongholds of the Islamic State group.

Along with Russia, Iran has been a key backer of the Damascus regime in its nine-year-long civil war.

Israel has carried out hundreds of air and missile strikes on Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, targeting Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces as well as government troops.

The Israeli army rarely acknowledges individual strikes.

Syria's war has killed more than 380,000 people and displaced millions more since 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.#s63

The international community intensified its pressu

The international community intensified its pressure on Ethiopia's warring parties to cease fighting and protect civilians in Tigray on Tuesday, as the army said it has encircled the capital ahead of a threatened bombardment.

Forces loyal to Tigray's ruling party have been battling Ethiopian soldiers in the northern region for nearly three weeks, sparking a refugee exodus, civilian atrocities and fears of broader instability in the Horn of Africa.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner gave Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender on Sunday, an ultimatum rejected by the leader of the dissident region, who said his people are "ready to die" for their homeland.

Ethiopia's army says tanks are within 60 kilometres (37 miles) of the regional capital Mekele, where it promised a "no mercy" assault on TPLF forces.

"The highly aggressive rhetoric on both sides regarding the fight for Mekele is dangerously provocative and risks placing already vulnerable and frightened civilians in grave danger," said UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

Amnesty International urged Ethiopia against using artillery and aerial bombings in Mekele, appealing for both sides to consider the city's half a million inhabitants and the many more seeking refuge there from fighting elsewhere.

"Deliberately attacking civilians and civilian objects is prohibited under international humanitarian law, and constitutes war crimes," said Deprose Muchena, head of Amnesty International's east and southern Africa office.

The fighting has already driven more than 40,000 people into Sudan and forced many more to flee within Tigray. Hundreds have reportedly been killed, though the true extent of death and displacement is not known.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, a government-affiliated but independent body, said Tuesday that at least 600 people had been slaughtered in a "rampage" in the town of Mai-Kadra on November 9.

Long-running tensions between Addis Ababa and the TPLF boiled over in September when Tigray proceeded with regional elections in defiance of the federal government, which declared the vote illegal.#s63

A mysterious metal obelisk found buried in the rem

A mysterious metal obelisk found buried in the remote western United States desert has intrigued the minds of UFO spotters, conspiracy theorists and Stanley Kubrick fans around the world.

The shiny, triangular pillar, which protrudes approximately 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah was spotted last Wednesday by baffled local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air.

After landing their helicopter to investigate, Utah Department of Public Safety crew members found "a metal monolith installed in the ground" but "no obvious indication of who might have put the monolith there."

"It is illegal to install structures or art without authorization on federally managed public lands, no matter what planet you're from," warned the agency in a tongue-in-cheek press release on Monday.

News of the discovery quickly went viral online, with many noting the object's similarity with strange alien monoliths that trigger huge leaps in human progress in Stanley Kubrick's classic sci-fi film "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Others remarked on its discovery during a turbulent year that has seen the world gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic, and optimistically speculated it could have a different function entirely.

"This is the 'reset' button for 2020. Can someone please press it quickly?" joked one Instagram user.

"Up close it reads: 'Covid vaccine inside'" wrote another.

Although officials have refused to disclose the object's location out of fear that hordes of curious sightseers would flock to the remote wilderness, a Reddit user said they had managed to geo-locate the obelisk using surrounding rock formations.

Bret Hutchings, the pilot who happened to fly over the obelisk, speculated that it had been planted by "some new wave artist."

Hutchings admitted it was "about the strangest thing I've come across out there, in all my years of flying."
"We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears, then the rest of us make a run for it," he told local news channel KSLTV.#s63

Egypt's self-proclaimed superstar Mohamed Ramadan

Egypt's self-proclaimed superstar Mohamed Ramadan has sparked a heated political debate after snapping selfies with an Israeli singer and footballer.

Ramadan, a 32-year-old actor and rapper, boasts millions of followers in the Arab world, is a close friend of Morocco's King Mohamed VI and the recipient of the 2019 All Africa Music Awards prize.

On Saturday, the official Facebook page of the State of Israel in Arabic linked to the foreign ministry published a photo of Ramadan hugging Israeli singer Omer Adam on a Dubai rooftop.
The picture carried the caption "art always brings us together.”

A short video clip also surfaced on social networks showing Ramadan mingling with fans with the popular Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila" playing in the background.

And another widely shared photo of him with Israeli footballer Diaa Saba also caused a stir online.

The pictures and video sparked a storm of protest in Egypt, with many calling for a boycott of Ramadan and the hashtag "Mohamed Ramadan is a Zionist" trending on Twitter.

"Truly there's nothing but entertainment bringing you two together -- not religion, not Arab identity, or humanity or land or shared history," someone wrote on Facebook, addressing Ramadan.

Egypt's controversial celebrity, who regularly displays his flashy cars and extravagant lifestyle on social media, shot back at critical fans saying, “I don't ask which country the person who wants to take a photo with me comes from unless they say themselves." #s63

Staff at Shanghai's biggest international airport

Staff at Shanghai's biggest international airport are facing mass testing after a small outbreak of Covid-19 in the city was linked to several cargo handlers, with plans underway to vaccinate high-risk workers.

Life in China where the virus first emerged late last year has largely returned to normal following strict testing and harsh lockdowns, but there has been a series of sporadic local outbreaks over recent months.

Shanghai reported six local infections linked to the airport this month, with most of the cases in the past few days.

Overnight Sunday into Monday, workers in full protective gear ushered Pudong International Airport staff into a multi-storey car park to have the virus test, with videos posted online by Shanghai health authorities showing scores of people filing into the facility.

More than 17,700 people had been swabbed by Monday morning in the drive to test airport cargo staff, the official Xinhua news agency reported, and results had come back negative on over 11,500 so far.

China has been giving experimental Covid-19 vaccines to people including state employees, international students and essential workers heading abroad since July.

On Monday authorities said two cargo handlers at the airport who tested positive earlier this month had entered and cleaned a container arriving from North America without wearing masks in late October.

China has been rolling out mass-testing campaigns upon the emergence of local cases, and authorities have recently shifted their focus to imported frozen food and other imports, which are blamed for a resurgence of local infections.

A cluster of domestic cases have also been reported in the northern port city of Tianjin, where state media said 2.6 million people are being tested.#s63

A wild elephant that fell into a well in southern

A wild elephant that fell into a well in southern India was lifted out with a crane following a 16-hour rescue mission involving dozens of rangers and firefighters.

The elephant fell more than 20 metres after it wandered into a village in Tamil Nadu state last week while looking for food.

"Villagers heard sounds and saw the animal had fallen into the well," local forest ranger Rajkumar told AFP. He said they believed it might have been trying to escape from a pack of dogs.

Frightened at first, villagers called authorities when they realised it could die unless rescued.

Around 50 rangers and firefighters rushed to the village, where they initially tried to pump water out of the well , but the scared creature kept pushing away the equipment they were using.

The rescuers then tried shooting the 2.4-metre elephant with tranquilliser darts.

"Out of the three times we tried, we succeeded twice," Rajkumar said.

As night fell, watched on by a large crowd of villagers, rescuers climbed down into the well and attached straps to the sedated animal's feet. They then used a crane to hoist the elephant out upside down.

It was monitored by rangers for half an hour before being ushered back into the forest.

India is home to nearly 30,000 elephants, around 60 percent of the wild Asian elephant population.But urban expansion has put them in conflict with humans.

About 2,360 people were killed in elephant attacks between 2014 and 2019, according to Indian government data.

In the same period about 510 elephants died, including 333 from electrocution and around 100 from poaching and poisoning, the figures show.

Earlier this year in the southern state of Kerala, a plantation worker was arrested when a pregnant elephant died after eating fruit laced with explosives.#s63

Wearing blackface, thick red lips, and an afro wig

Wearing blackface, thick red lips, and an afro wig, the festive character of Black Pete causes outrage abroad but still thrives in the Netherlands and parts of Belgium.

Known in Dutch as Zwarte Piet -- literally Black Pete -- he is the buffoonish helper of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, who gives out sweets to children and wraps presents.

Black Pete appears to be a jovial version of the more sinister helpers of Saint Nicholas that can be found elsewhere in European folklore, who punish naughty children.

Critics say Black Pete's black face, thick red lips, gold hooped earrings, black curly wig and gaudy medieval clothes are clearly racist.

They say his appearance evokes colonial times when the Netherlands was part of the slave trade, particularly from Suriname.

In 2015 a UN committee on racial equality said the character reflected "negative stereotypes" and was seen as "a vestige of slavery" by many people.

Dutch artists from African and Surinamese backgrounds have regularly spoken out against the tradition.

The issue is also increasingly known internationally, with reality TV star Kim Kardashian last year speaking out on social media against the "disturbing" character.

Supporters of Black Pete have held numerous counter-protests against KOZP demonstrations, sometimes throwing eggs at them and clashing with their opponents.

The Netherlands started to make changes in 2014, when Saint Nicholas was accompanied by "Cheese Pete", whose face was painted in yellow.

Since then many broadcasters, local councils and schools have opted for "Sooty Pete" with grey streaks on his cheeks, supposedly caused by his descent down the chimney.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meanwhile said in June he believes that in years to come there "will be no Zwarte Piets any more.” #s63

Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, bu

Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand's "sea gypsies" it has brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism.

Since the pandemic began, life has been easier for Sanan Changnam and his people, there's an abundance of fish to eat and real estate projects on their ancestral land in the tourist hotspot of Phuket have come to a standstill.

With Thailand closed to foreign visitors for the past eight months, tourist boats have been stuck at the quay and fishing has been easier for the Chao Lay, or "people of the sea".

"We don't dive as deep as before, so it's less dangerous," Sanan, 42, tells AFP.

His ancestors, former nomads who came from Indonesia nearly 300 years ago, took a spit of land in Rawai, a beach in the south of Phuket, long before the island became one of the country's most popular destinations.

More than nine million visitors came to Phuket in 2019 and the boom has had a huge impact, bringing declining fish stocks, shrinking fishing grounds and a frenzy of construction.

The traditional way of life of the Chao Lay, also known as "sea gypsies", has been turned upside down but the pandemic has brought a pause.

"It gives us a bit of a breather," says Alim, Sanan's uncle.

"Before, we risked being arrested by a patrol or having our boats confiscated," he says.

"We sometimes went up too quickly to the surface, not respecting decompression times. It was dangerous, there were injuries, even deaths."

But with tourism halted because of the virus, Phuket's economy is paralysed, tens of thousands of workers have returned to their home provinces elsewhere in Thailand and construction projects are at a standstill.#s63

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Freak ice storms following an abnormal weather phenomenon has left 150,000 people without water and electricity in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, prompting a state of emergency.

The exceptional weather brought down cables and trees with the government of the Primorsky region declaring a state of emergency.

"The situation with the electricity supply remains very difficult -- the destruction is widespread," the regional administration's deputy head Elena Parkhamenko said.

Adding that it could take "several days" to restore power.

Freezing rain began pummelling the city of some 600,000 people overnight on Thursday, after a cyclone carrying hot air met an anticyclone carrying cold air, Boris Kubay, a local weather service official said.

He said in some places the resulting ice was 12 millimetres thick, something not observed in the region in 30 years.

Photos and videos published by local authorities and on social media showed everything from apartment buildings to road signs to public transport covered in ice.

Video footage from a security camera showed a man moving away from his car at the last second as he was cleaning ice from its windshield before a block came crashing down from the side of a building.

The regional government said as of November 22 around 60,000 residents of Vladivostok remained without power with temperatures below freezing.#s63

On Monday, Britain’s Supreme Court will hear the

On Monday, Britain’s Supreme Court will hear the case of a woman stripped of her UK citizenship after joining the Islamic State in Syria, who wants to return to appeal the ruling.

The government in July won its bid to have the country's highest court consider whether Shamima Begum, 20, should be allowed to return to the UK to pursue an appeal over her revoked citizenship.

Earlier in July, three senior Court of Appeal judges ruled Begum should be allowed to come to Britain for the legal challenge.

But one judge said the Supreme court should consider the government's appeal because it raised "points of law of general public importance.”

Begum was 15 when she and two other schoolgirls from Bethnal Green in east London left home to join the jihadist group on February 17, 2015.

She claims she married a Dutch convert soon after arriving in IS-held territory. She was discovered, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February last year.

Her newborn baby died soon after she gave birth. Two of her other children also died under IS rule.

Her British citizenship was annulled on national security grounds.

That prompted her to take legal action, arguing the decision was unlawful as it had made her stateless and exposed her to the risk of death or inhuman and degrading treatment.

British-born Begum is of Bangladeshi heritage. But Bangladesh's foreign minister has said he will not consider granting her citizenship.

While those opposing her admission to the United Kingdom have argued she is a security threat, groups calling for her to be allowed to return have said greater human rights principles are at stake and that Begum should answer for her crimes in Britain.#s63

Hundreds of Guatemalan protesters demanding the re

Hundreds of Guatemalan protesters demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, partly burned the Congress building on Saturday.

The protests follow the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation.

The flames in the legislative building could be seen from the street in Guatemala City, and a spokesman for the Red Cross, told journalists that they treated several people for smoke inhalation.

Police arrested more than 20 people and almost 50 others were sent to hospital for injuries, one of them in a serious condition.

A separate, peaceful, protest took place in front of the old government palace in the historic center of the capital, not far from Congress, also urging Giammattei to resign.

Carrying the national flag and banners that read, "No more corruption," "Giammattei out," and "They messed with the wrong generation," the protesters filled the central square in Guatemala City in front of the old palace.

In a tweet, Giammattei denounced the attack on the Congress, and vowed legal repercussions.

"I reiterate that you have the right to demonstrate according to the law. But we cannot allow vandalism of public or private property," he posted.

"Whoever is proven to have participated in these criminal acts will fall under the full weight of the law," the post continued.

The widespread discontent and indignation in Guatemala against Giammattei's administration and Congress are caused by a lack of resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the new budget.

Giammattei's vice president said on Friday night he had asked the president to resign with him.

"For the good of the country, I asked him that we present our resignations together," Guillermo Castillo said in a message posted on social media.

According to official data, 118,417 people have been infected by the coronavirus, and 4,074 have died.#s63

On Sunday, Australian authorities reported the dea

On Sunday, Australian authorities reported the death of a man they said was attacked by a shark at a beach popular with tourists on the country's northwest coast.

The police said they were called to Cable Beach, a popular tourist spot on Australia’s Indian Ocean coast, in the morning after reports of the attack.

The 55-year-old victim was pulled from the water with serious injuries and treated by police before paramedics arrived, he died at the scene, police said.

Police later said that they shot at the shark, which lingered close to the shore, for almost half an hour after the attack.

The species of the shark was not immediately confirmed, but locals told reporters it may have been a tiger shark, which is sometimes drawn close to the shore by shoals of small fish.

Kimberley District Police Inspector Gene Pears told reporters that the victim had been bodyboarding about 30 to 40 meters (100-130 feet) from the beach when he was attacked.

A couple on the beach saw thrashing in the water and rushed to drag the man to safety.

“It's a tragic incident, very unexpected, a person going out to have a bit of fun in the water,” Pears said.

Park rangers immediately closed the beach and a fisheries vessel was assigned to patrol the area.

The man’s death marks the eighth fatal shark attack in Australian waters this year.

Shark attacks are rare on Cable Beach, a 22-kilometre (13-mile) stretch of pristine white sand next to the town of Broome.

But authorities are generally forced to close the beach once or twice a year when deadly saltwater crocodiles are spotted nearby.#s63

Princess Diana's brother criticized BBC’s probe

Princess Diana's brother criticized BBC’s probe into claims his sister was tricked into an explosive interview in which she spoke about her crumbling marriage, as a limited one.

Prince William, Diana's eldest son, had welcomed the investigation into the 1995 interview, saying it "should help establish the truth behind the actions that led to the Panorama interview and subsequent decisions taken by those in the BBC at the time."

But Diana's brother Charles Spencer tweeted late Friday that he was "not at all satisfied with the parameters" of the probe into the interview by BBC journalist Martin Bashir for the "Panorama" programme.

Spencer alleges Bashir showed him faked documents about how Diana's staff were betraying her, how her husband was cheating and how she was being spied upon, to convince his sister to grant the interview.

The BBC announced on Wednesday the immediate start of an investigation led by Lord Dyson, a former senior British judge, into the events surrounding the interview.

Spencer questioned the scope of the enquiry, saying Dyson should "be free to examine every aspect of this matter, from 1995 to today, as he sees fit."

Prince Harry, William's younger brother who is currently in California, has not publicly commented on the investigation.

The probe will focus on Bashir, who has been accused of using underhand means of convincing Diana to speak to him.

It will also consider mocked-up bank statements detailing purported payments from the one of Spencer's former employees to members of the royal staff.

Bashir, 57, who is now the BBC's religious affairs editor, did not respond to the latest claims.#s63

At least eight people were killed Saturday when a

At least eight people were killed Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, marking the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital.

The salvo slammed into various parts of central and north Kabul -- including in and around the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses embassies and international firms.

The Iranian embassy said on Twitter that its main building had been hit by rocket fragments after a missile landed on the premises. No one on the compound, located just outside the Green Zone, was wounded.

Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian blamed the Taliban, saying "terrorists" had fired a total of 23 rockets.

"Based on initial information, eight people were martyred, and 31 others were wounded," Arian said, noting the final toll would change.

Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz confirmed the same tolls and details.

The Taliban denied responsibility, saying they "do not blindly fire on public places.”

Photos and videos circulating online showed several buildings with damaged walls and windows, including at a large medical complex.

Recent big attacks in Kabul, including two horrific assaults on educational institutions that killed nearly 50 people in recent weeks, follow a familiar pattern in the aftermath, with the Taliban denying any involvement while the Afghan government pins the blame on them or their proxies.

The Taliban are under pressure not to attack urban areas, having pledged not to do so under the terms of a US withdrawal deal signed in February.

Any acknowledgement of overt involvement in such incidents could in theory slow the American pull-out, though outgoing US President Donald Trump has made clear he wants US forces out regardless of the situation on the ground.

The Islamic State group claimed the two attacks on educational centres, but Kabul said the Taliban's ultra-violent Haqqani network was responsible.#s63

Eight people were injured in a shooting at a US ma

Eight people were injured in a shooting at a US mall in Wisconsin on Friday according to police, who said they were still hunting for the shooter.

The FBI and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's office tweeted that their officers were on the scene at the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, supporting the "active" response by local police.

"When emergency personnel arrived, the shooter was no longer at the scene," the Wauwatosa Police Department said in a statement.

It said the wounded included seven adults and one teenager who had been rushed to hospital. The seriousness of their injuries was not immediately known, but Wauwatosa mayor Dennis McBride told ABC news their injuries were not life threatening.

The shooter was identified by police as a "white male in his 20s or 30s."

Numerous workers at the mall took shelter inside the building as the shooter rampaged, according to videos circulating on social media.

Shopper Jill Wooley told a local news station she was inside with her 79-year-old mother when the gunfire erupted.

"I knew right away it was a gunshot and they just kept coming one right after the other," Wooley told CBS affiliate WDJT. "We just dropped to the floor."

"I think we're all born with it," she said. "We've all been exposed to public shootings like this. I think all of us have thought of what we would do in a situation like this."

"We are disheartened and angered that our guests and tenants were subject to this violent incident today," the company that operates the mall said in a statement.

"We are thankful for our partners at the Wauwatosa Police Department and we are cooperating with them as their investigation develops," it added.#s63

More than 300 Senegalese fishermen have contracted

More than 300 Senegalese fishermen have contracted a mysterious skin ailment after returning from sea, according to the country's health minister.

On Thursday, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr said that "in the past two days we have seen an illness appear around Thiaroye that affects fishermen who have been at sea, and who often have lesions."

Senegalese media showed pictures of fishermen who work from the Thiaroye port south of Dakar afflicted with lesions on their face and limbs.

"To date, we have identified more than 300 cases, and identification continues as fishermen return from the sea," Sarr said.

"Among these cases are 18 who were hospitalised and others who are being treated at specialist centres," he added.

France's Pasteur Institute and the Senegalese health ministry's anti-poison centre have been asked to analyse possible causes, the minister said.

"We can say today that this is not linked to the Covid epidemic because Covid tests are negative, nor have we detected the presence of other viruses, which naturally makes us think of a toxic origin," Sarr said.

Senegal's environmental service will analyse the sea water, he added.

The minister hastened to add that "there is no suspicion" of the disease being contagious, because "only fishermen coming back from the sea are hit" and it has not spread among their families.#s63

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