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22/07/2019 GMT

Unknown mob attacks Hong Kong protesters

BBC World Service - Newsday, Unknown mob attacks Hong Kong protesters

A mob of masked men armed with batons stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long on Sunday. Footage posted on social media showed the men, all in white T-shirts, violently attacking people on platforms and inside train carriages.

If Nigeria doesn't record another case of polio for the next two months it'll be officially declared polio-free. The time between now and the end of September is crucial, if it is to gain the World Health Organisation declaration.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has been facing strong accusations of misleading parliament over a campaign donation of almost $36,000, according to the corruption watchdog there. He says the reports are fundamentally flawed.

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