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Afghans mourn the loss of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura after he was shot on his way to work in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Nakamura left his home in the 1980s to treat patients on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. But he changed even more lives by building canals and securing a stable food supply for more than 600,000 people.

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Some 2,000 Yellow Vest protesters hit the streets in Paris for another weekend to call for improved living conditions and the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
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A factory fire in India’s capital New Delhi kills at least 43 people. Authorities say the fire engulfed the six-storey building while the workers were asleep.
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Fish pedicures have been banned in some parts of the world over health concerns, but spas offering the service continue to thrive across Asia. In Indonesia, it's seen as a novel way to get softer skin. And as Natasha Hussain reports, one venue is offering a two-in-one special.

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The Fulani tribe in West Africa is well-known for travelling long distances with their livestock in search of greener lands. But their traditional way of life is now being threatened by successive droughts in the Sahel region. And as Adesewa Josh reports, it's forcing some to take on new jobs.

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The UK goes to the polls on December the 12th for what some are calling the most important general election in a generation. At its heart is Brexit and how to resolve it and all the parties are offering different policies. The Liberal Democrats are even promising to cancel it altogether. Simon McGregor-Wood reports now from Cheltenham, where a majority of people voted to remain in the EU and where the Liberal Democrats hope to win the seat from the Conservative Party.

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According to official figures in Egypt, up to 12 million people are homeless, including three million children. The problem has been made worse by high prices, inflation and a lack of housing. The government hasn't been able to do much, so it's left to individual groups. Sarah Balter explains.

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The Turkish government says contrary to some reports, it has not backed down on its demand that its NATO partners recognise the YPG terror group as a security threat to Turkey. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Hasan Abdullah has more.

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More than 40 people have been killed in a fire in a factory in New Delhi. 15 others are wounded.
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By Afra Aksoy

TRIPOLI (AA) – Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday announced that pacts with Turkey over maritime jurisdiction areas as well as military and security cooperation went into effect.

According to the Libyan GNA's Justice Ministry, the internationally recognized government's Presidential Council requested relevant departments to bring the pacts into force following their ratification.

The pacts are set to be published in Libya's Official Gazette at the beginning of 2020, the ministry added.

Signed on Nov. 27 and passed by Turkey's parliament this Thursday, the memorandum determining both countries' marine jurisdictions rejects unilateral and illegal activities by other regional countries and international firms and aims to protect the rights of both countries in line with the international law of the sea.

Turkey declared the maritime pact went into effect on Saturday.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Mediterranean region is estimated to boast millions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic meters of natural gas, worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Turkey, for its part, has urged regional countries to take an equality-based approach, but its calls have largely fallen on deaf ears. Turkey continues its drilling and discovery operations in the region under the protection of the country's navy.

In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey does not want any escalation in the region but stands ready to respond to possible hostilities.

Since 2011, when longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed, Libya has seen the emergence of two rival seats of power: one in eastern Libya, to which military commander Khalifa Haftar is affiliated, and the Government of National Accord, which enjoys UN recognition.

* Writing by Ali Murat Alhas