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8. April 2017, 21:58

3 killed in unrest in Bangkok

In Thailand, two protestors and one police officer have been reported killed in fresh clashes between riot police and anti-government protestors. The latest unrest happened as the authorities started to clear protest sites in the capital Bangkok. Meanwhile, the country's anti-corruption body has announced it will file charges against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a controversial rice subsidy scheme.

Iran talks start in Vienna

Iran and international representatives have started the first round of talks on a long-term agreement concerning Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. The negotiations - which are happening in Vienna - aim to build on an interim deal reached in November, in which Iran agreed to curb uranium enrichment in return for the easing of international sanctions.

49 killed in attacks in Iraq

Reports coming out Iraq say a wave of car bombs in Baghdad and in the south of the country has killed up to 49 people. Police say all of the attacks involved cars packed with explosives which blew up in or near commercial areas and bus stations.

Pussy Riot members detained in Sochi

The Russian protest punk group Pussy Riot says two of its members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who were recently released from jail have been detained by police in Sochi, where Russia is staging the Winter Olympics. The police have not yet commented.

Clashes in Kiev

Several thousand anti-government protestors have clashed with police near the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev. Some of the demonstrators hurled stones at police who responded with rubber bullets and smoke grenades. It's the worst unrest to hit the capital in three weeks.

1 killed in violence at PNG camp

One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia's immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea is one of two South Pacific nations where Australia operates camps to house asylum seekers who try to get to Australia by boat. Conditions in the camps have been strongly criticised by UN agencies and rights groups. Sarah Hanson-Young is a spokeswoman for the Australian Greens Party: "the reports that a person has died, that shots have been fired, that scores of individuals have been injured shows that it is untenable to keep the Manus Island detention camp open. It must be closed."

The weather

It’ll be mainly sunny in much of the country. But fog in the south, in the far east and in some Alpine valleys. High will be ranging mostly between 2 and 12 degrees, where there's a föhn up to 16.

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