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Federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled that the USDA needs to use $5.25bn in emergency funds to make at least partial payments to Americans on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap)

People in Tanzania have been sharing images of dead bodies strewn on the streets after the violence that followed last week's election - we'll speak to our correspondent.

We bring a special report from India's poorest state - Bihar - where a regional election is being seen as a litmus test on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.

(Photo: A sign on the entrance to the Washington Monument alerts visitors that it is closed due to the government shutdown; Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)