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Trump's words 'endangered' Americans before US Capitol riot, Pence says
Trump's words 'endangered' Americans before US Capitol riot, Pence says
by  AFP

Former president Donald Trump's inflammatory words before and during last year's US Capitol insurrection endangered Americans including his own deputy Mike Pence, the former vice president said in a television interview set to air Monday. "The president's words that day at the rally (before the riot) endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol," Pence told ABC News.

UK to end deployment of 300 troops to UN mission in Mali
UK to end deployment of 300 troops to UN mission in Mali
by  AFP

Britain announced Monday that it would cut short its troop deployment with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali after relations with the country's Russian-backed junta soured. France pulled its troops out of Mali earlier this year amid growing friction with the junta in Bamako, while Sweden announced in March it would be leaving the MINUSMA mission.

Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pact
Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pact
by  AFP

The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday formally launched a climate partnership to work together on conservation. The DRC, which is home to 60 percent of the vast Congo Basin rainforest, has faced criticism for launching an auction in July for oil and gas blocks, some of which are in sensitive areas.

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