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  1. A court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder.

    They were found to have fled advancing M23 rebels, retreating through the town of Sake where they killed two people by recklessly discharging their arms.

    Lawyers for the soldiers said they would appeal.

    Last November, three other soldiers were convicted of cowardice and sentenced to death.

    In DR Congo death sentences are commuted to life imprisonment.

  2. Trouble may be brewing for heavy tea drinkers, a dementia study found.

    Cuppa fans supping more than 13 a day may raise their risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong team said each extra cup ­“significantly decreased grey matter” in the brain, which “indicates over-drinking tea might lead to a decline in language and memory functions.”

    They added: “Our results shed light on a novel possible mechanism of tea intake to increase the risk [of Alzheimer’s] by ­reducing brain volume.”

    However, they also found one to six cups of tea a day may actually cut the risk of dementia.

  3. Special Air Service top brass want female troops to join the Army’s elite regiment.

    They believe women will add a new dimension to the fighting force with the motto “Who Dares Wins”.

    One in ten of the armed forces are women but there are none in the SAS or its sister regiment the Special Boat Service. In an unofficial recruitment drive, the regiment has visited the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berks, and the Infantry Battle School in Wales.

    But sources warn any female hopefuls will face the same gruelling six-month selection as male troops. Around 100 volunteer each year but only ten pass. So far, only two women are believed to have tried.

  4. A US F-22 stealth fighter jet has shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada - the second incident of its type in as many days.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the latest shootdown had occurred over the mountainous and sparsely-populated territory of Yukon in the northwest.

     

    Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand would not speculate on where the object came from.

    She described it as cylindrical in shape but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in the US a week ago.

    It was flying at 40,000ft and posed a risk to civilian air traffic when it was brought down about 100 miles from the border at 3.41pm EST (8.41pm GMT), she added.

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  5. The emblem for King Charles's coronation, created by former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive, has been unveiled.

    The design guru created the insignia taking inspiration from His Majesty's "love of the planet, nature, and his deep concern for the natural world".

     

    Sir Jony - who is credited as the creative mind behind the iPhone - and his creative collective, LoveFrom, have produced the image to honour Charles's reign.

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  6. It looks like a self-storage park: rows of shipping containers in a patch of Merseyside waste ground. But appearances can be deceptive as this is the first step in saving billions of pounds off bills and millions of tonnes of carbon. It's a mega-battery.

    Let's take a step back. One of the great advantages of fossil fuels, and one we take largely for granted, is they are so easy to store. Piles of coal, drums of oil, tanks of gas. They just sit there waiting for a deliberate spark.

     

    Renewables are different: you can't hold the wind or bottle the sun. As the proportion of green power on our grid grows so does this inconvenient truth

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  7. Preparations are underway in New Zealand for a severe storm that threatens to hit parts of the country already damaged by deadly flooding.

    Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to hit the country's North Island from Saturday night - potentially bringing strong winds and further heavy rain.

    Residents have been told to ensure they have enough supplies to last three days in case they are trapped at home.

    The storm comes weeks after torrential rain inundated the city of Auckland.

    Tens of thousands of sandbags have been distributed there due to concerns the sodden ground and weakened infrastructure have made homes more vulnerable to flooding.

    Evacuation shelters have been set up once again and Air New Zealand, the national carrier, has cancelled several domestic flights ahead of the cyclone's arrival.

     

    Photographs and videos posted on social media showed long queues at supermarkets and bare shelves as people prepared for more severe weather.

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