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US Government Shutdown Continues

The closure is now in its sixth day and affects about 25% of government programmes.

Both Houses of Congress in the United States have met and adjourned after a few minutes without agreement on how to resolve a damaging shutdown of parts of the government.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has insisted that the exclusion of three regions from Sunday's presidential election will not prevent the result from being declared.

The alert level for Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second-highest level possible after a series of eruptions.

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