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In a Sunday op-ed in the Religious News Services the Hindu-American legislator claimed that media outlets have highlighted her meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'proof' about her being a 'Hindu nationalist'.

The helicopter was carrying a German alpine guide and four German heli-skiers, while the light aircraft was a French four-seater tourist Jodel plane with three people on board.

Emergency services were still responding to the situation in and around the town of Brumadinho and did not yet have a precise toll, the official said.

While Elizabeth, 92, did not mention Brexit explicitly in an annual speech to her local Women's Institute in Norfolk, the monarch said every generation faced "fresh challenges and opportunities."

On Wednesday, the United States, Canada and most of Caracas' South American neighbours endorsed opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim on the Venezuelan presidency.

Aerial images showed muddy brown water covering swaths of lands and, in some areas, rushing water washing away houses and debris.

The 21-year-old suspect, identified as Zephen Xaver, called police and said he had fired shots inside the bank.

The poll date is set to ignite campaign season in a country where colourful and boisterous political rallies have often tipped into deadly violence.

The decree, published in the Royal Gazette, called for a general "election of members of parliament" and gives the kingdom's Election Commission five days to announce when it will hold the much-anticipated poll.

Germany said on Monday it had banned Mahan Air from its airports citing 'foreign and security policy interests'.

The court's decision was expected as it had previously judged him to be a flight risk who could potentially tamper with evidence. Even Ghosn's own lawyer has said his client will likely remain in jail until his trial.

The military said in a statement on Tuesday that forces have killed at least 59 suspected militants and arrested another 142 suspected militants and criminals.

The discovery of an undeclared missile headquarters comes three days after US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he "looks forward" to another summit to discuss denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February.

There was no immediate tsunami warning or reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) about 219 km (136 miles) south of Raba on Indonesia's central island of Sumbawa.

Zardari, the husband of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was elected to parliament from the southern Sindh province in the elections in July last.

A new report by the Oxfam charity found that billionaires around the world saw their combined fortunes grow by $2.5 billion each day in 2018.