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The People Working to Rebuild Mosul

Newsday’s Shaimaa Khalil is reporting on life in Mosul

The Iraqi city of Mosul continues to try to rebuild itself after the horrors of the so-called Islamic State. The UN says it'll take about a billion dollars to get the city running again and it will take many years. So, what is life like for the people who are living there?

Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa. New dating of fossils from Israel indicates that our species lived outside Africa around 185,000 years ago, some 80,000 years earlier than the previous evidence.

An African business leader has urged that delegates snub US President Donald Trump's speech at the Davos World Economic Forum meeting today. The CEO of Business Leadership - Africa Bonang Mohale - has penned an open letter urging people to turn their backs on Trump when he arrives.

53 minutes

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Fri 26 Jan 201805:06GMT

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  • Fri 26 Jan 201805:06GMT