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Four final-year students died after a house party in Nsukka, the BBC reported. Police said they fell ill after drinking alcohol, but the cause of death has not been confirmed. The university declared three days of mourning.
Lord Leveson, who oversees MI5's conduct, said courts will now be far more reluctant to accept the service's word without evidential proof, after a BBC investigation showed it lied to three courts.
President Trump told Hugh Hewitt he wants to 'get Cuba done' before 2029 and would 'certainly consider' a short military operation, as Washington tightens sanctions on Cuban shipping.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who did not attend, called the first day very productive. No breakthrough was announced. Jared Kushner told delegates the U.S. had narrowed the gaps.
Russian strikes cut power to about 600,000 people in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region and Ukrainian drones set a Russian refinery on fire, a day before U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi.