Ethiopia carries out deadly airstrikes in Tigray
New drone strikes have killed at least 17 people in Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Tigray, say aid workers.
The UN has criticised Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and suspended programmes in Tigray after following the strikes.
A number of Gambians are among the 19 people who died in a fire which gutted an apartment building in New York. We hear from the Gambia's ambassador to the US.
Plus we meet the young Nigerian student turning discarded car tyres into functional items of furniture.
Photo: Photo: Medical staff in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region attend to a patient. Credit: Getty Images.
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