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Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.

Palestinians are "facing diminishing conditions for survival" in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid has been delivered in 40 days, the UN has warned.

It runs services across northern England and into the Midlands, including to stations in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, and Nottingham.

The heaviest rainfall - which could bring mud slides - is expected to hit northern California and southwest Oregon, according to the NOAA.

In the northern Philippines, hundreds of homes were flooded after a river overflowed.