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Police are deployed in large numbers in Portadown ahead of a planned anti-immigration march and protest in the town, after a wave of unrest rocked the town of Ballymena, some 30 miles (48 kilometres) northwest of Belfast, for three nights. IMAGES
"Recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity has moderated," US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tells a press conference in Washington, DC, adding it "largely reflects a slowdown in consumer spending." SOUNDBITE
"Attacks on nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic of Iran have caused a sharp degradation in nuclear safety and security in Iran. Though they have not so far led to a radiological release affecting the public, there is a danger this could occur," Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), tells a meeting at the United Nations. SOUNDBITE
Massive clouds of smoke are seen billowing over the central Gaza Strip from the Israeli border, where a plane has airdropped aid as Israel continues its bombardment of the war-ravaged territory. Gaza is slipping into famine, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday, as the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said the death toll in the nearly 22-month war had surpassed 60,000. IMAGES
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