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Nigeria denies Christians are disproportionately targeted

Donald Trump says he would not allow the large number of deaths of Christians to continue

A spokesman for the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, said any US cooperation in fighting Islamist extremists was welcome if it was in collaboration with the government in Abuja. Unfounded claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria have been circulating in US right- wing religious circles for months.

The Taliban say an earthquake has killed several people in northern Afghanistan.

And we'll get an update from our correspondent on the stabbing spree on an English train on Saturday, which left 11 people injured. A railway staff member is still in a life-threatening condition.

(Photo: Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu speaks during a press statement; Credit: Reuters)

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