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Thursday 11 August 2022 06:01 BST

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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP-REPUBLICANS — Donald Trump’s preferred candidates have been beating out GOP establishment picks in primary races all summer. And Republicans leapt to his defense after the FBI searched his Florida estate. As the 2022 midterm season enters its final phase, the Republicans on the November ballot are tied to the divisive former president as never before — whether they like it or not. By National Politics Writer Steve Peoples. SENT: 1,350 words, photos.

TRUMP-LEGAL TROUBLES — Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings. By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak and Michelle L. Price. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, videos. With TRUMP-FBI-THREATS — FBI’s Wray denounces threats following search of Trump home.

CANADA-EUTHANASIA — Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules. Human rights advocates say those regulations devalue the lives of disabled people and have led to disturbing conversations, complaints from families and lawsuits. By Medical Writer Maria Cheng. SENT: 2,390 words, photos, video. An abridged version will be sent at 11 a.m.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — The Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization as Russia suffers military losses in its invasion of Ukraine which is nearing its sixth month. Such a move could be very unpopular for President Vladimir Putin. Russia is engaged instead in a covert recruitment effort that includes using prisoners to make up for the manpower shortage. This also is happening amid reports that hundreds of soldiers are refusing to fight and are trying to quit the military. SENT: 1,280 words, photos.

INDIA AT 75-JOBLESS ECONOMY — India’s phenomenal transformation from an impoverished nation in 1947 into an emerging global power whose $3 trillion economy is Asia’s third largest has made it a major exporter of things like software and vaccines. But many millions of Indians are employed in informal day labor or farm work, struggling to survive. Raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor. By Krutika Pathi and Bhumika Saraswati. SENT: 1,190 words, photos.

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE-AFTER THE BURN — The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke uncoils in the wind. A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and what’s left behind is a blackened landscape of skeletal pines and leafless oaks, scorched meadows and ashen stumps where saplings once stood. Then, slowly, life returns. By Michael R. Blood. SENT: 620 words, photos.

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