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The price of petrol has soared fivefold since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu scrapped subsidies last year, and there are often shortages. Desperation rose further last week after the state oil company hiked prices for the second time in just over a month.

The Akasa Air flight, which was flying from India's capital New Delhi to the southern city of Bengaluru, "received a security alert" and the flight was ordered to return as a "precaution".

The 128 passengers were denied boarding a connecting flight after a few did not follow instructions, including anti-Covid mask requirements, on a flight from the United States to Germany.

Details have not yet been published but The Times said that if passed, a patient's wish to die is likely to need sign-off from a judge and two doctors, and would be limited to those with six to 12 months to live.

Other images on Midjourney purport to show the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima in 1945, the invasion of Prague by Soviet-allied troops in 1968 and even a vision of the Roman Coliseum in ancient times.

US presidential race sees Kamala Harris go after rival Donald Trump's mental state, while the 78-year-old's town hall meeting turned into an impromptu music session.

Major stock markets were mostly lower with declines in Shanghai, Hong Kong and London, while Frankfurt rose on a report showing reviving investor confidence.

North Korea on Tuesday blew up sections of the deeply-symbolic roads connecting it to the South, Seoul's military said.

Israel has assured the White House that a planned retaliatory attack on Iran won't target nuclear or oil facilities, according to US media.