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African migrants force their way into Spain's Melilla enclave

MELILLA, Spain, Jun 26 (Reuters) About 30 people forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla today, a local government official said, one of few successful attempts to storm the border so far this year following increased patrols and security.
Spain has two enclaves in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla, and migrants from all over Africa regularly try to reach them, by climbing the triple barriers that separate them from Morocco or swimming along the coastline.After thousands of migrants crossed from Africa to the enclave in 2014 and 2015, Spain last year stepped up security at the Melilla border. Although there is no official data, just a few dozen are believed to have made it so far in 2016.The migrants chanted "victory, victory" as they arrived at the short-stay immigrant centre, where they usually stop for a few weeks before they seek to reach continental Spain and either stay there or travel throughout Europe.
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Qatar to host meeting of G7, global south officials on Ukraine this weekend

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Doha, April 25 (UNI) Qatar is to host a meeting of high-ranking officials and security advisers from the G7 countries and the Global South this weekend to prepare for the upcoming Ukraine conference in Switzerland, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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THIRUVANATHAPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Students performing a dance, 'I Vote for Sure' as part of voter awareness programme of election, organised by Election Commission, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-126U

THIRUVANATHAPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Students performing a dance, 'I Vote for Sure' as part of voter awareness programme of election, organised by Election Commission, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-125U

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PURI, APR 25 (UNI):- On the occasion of second phase of voting sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture with the message 'My Vote My Duty', at Puri beach in Odisha on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-123U

KHAMMAM (TELANGANA), APR 25 (UNI):- Congress Khammam candidate Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, filing nomination paper for Lok Sabha elections in presence of Telangana Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, Ponguleti Sudhakar and MP Renuka Chaudhary, in Khammam on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-122U

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MALAPPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials engaging to arrange the 'Women's friendly polling station' (Model Polling Booth) for the second phase Lok Sabha polls, at St.Jemmas School, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-120U

MALAPPURAM, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials engaging to arrange the 'Women's friendly polling station' (Model Polling Booth) for the second phase Lok Sabha polls, at St.Jemmas School, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-119U

KANNUR, APR 25 (UNI):- District Collector and Election officer Arun K Vijayan watching the trial run of the 'Web casting control room' arranged at the Collectorate auditorium, ahead of the second phase Lok Sabha polls, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-117U

KOLKATA, APR 25 (UNI):- BJP Barrackpore Lok Sabha candidate Arjun Singh during election campaign, in Kolkata on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-116U

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RANCHI, APR 25 (UNI):- Health workers sanitise the village after an outbreak of H5N1 Influenza Bird Flu at Hotwar, in Ranchi on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-113U

BENGALURU, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials preparing for tomorrow's polling for the 2nd Phase General Elections-2024 at St. Thomas Public School, Church Road, Thippasandra, Indiranagar, in Bengaluru on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-112U

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PALAKKAD, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials team on the way to their respective polling booths by carrying the EVMS and elections materials to conduct the second phase of Lok Sabha polls scheduled on April 26 from the distribution center at Vyasa Vidhya Peedom in Kongad, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-109U

WAYANAD, APR 25 (UNI):- Polling officials team on the way to their respective polling booths by carrying the EVMS and elections materials to conduct the second phase Lok Sabha polls scheduled on April 26 from the distribution center at Chungathara Marthoma HSS in Wandoor, on Thursday. UNI PHOTO-108U

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