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The senior Democrat politician on the US Senate Intelligence Committee hasaccused Russia of mounting what it called “a propaganda campaign onsteroids" in seeking to influence the 2016 US presidential election.Senator Mark Warner was speaking at the opening of an inquiry to investigate whetherRussia interfered with democratic process.

Court officials in South Korea say the ousted President ParkGeun-hye has been arrested on corruption charges. Ms. Park, who denieswrongdoing, is accused of allowing her close friend to extort money fromcompanies in return for political favors.

The Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says the body of KimJong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, is being returned toPyongyang more than six weeks after he was killed. Mr. Najib said that nineMalaysians, who had been barred from leaving North Korea, were also on the wayhome.

US representative of the United Nations says the country isno longer making the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, a focus with policy inSyria. Ambassador Nikki Haley said America’s priority would now be, as she putit, to look at how best to make a difference to the Syrian people.

The British government has published its plans to convertthousands of European Union laws into British law as the country leaves the EU.The Repeal Bill will end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice onceBritain finally exits the block.

A judge in Brazil has sentenced the former speaker of thelower house of Congress Eduardo Cunha to more than 15 years in prison forcorruption. Mr. Cunha led the impeachment process against President DilmaRousseff last year.

Ivory Coast, the world’s top coco producing country, has cutthe price guarantees coco farmers by almost 40%. Thousands of tons of coco werebacked up in warehouses because of plummeting world prices. BBC news.