🇧🇩 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule of the country has ended as she fled weeks of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government, but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people died. Hasina, 76, fled the country by helicopter, a source close to the leader told AFP shortly after protesters had stormed her palace in Dhaka. The source said she left first by motorcade but then was flown out, without saying her destination.
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1️⃣ *Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule of the country has ended* as she fled weeks of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. 🇧🇩 *Hasina had sought since early July sought to quell protests against her government,* but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people died. In a *broadcast to the nation on state TV, Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman said Hasina had resigned* and the military would form an interim government. *Hasina, 76, fled the country by helicopter, a source close to the leader told AFP* shortly after protesters stormed her palace in Dhaka. *Jubilant crowds waved flags, some dancing on a tank in the streets before hundreds broke through* the gates of Hasina's official residence.
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1️⃣ *Student leaders in Bangladesh have demanded Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus lead a caretaker government,* a day after the military took control as mass demonstrations forced long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. 🇧🇩 *Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January* and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the past month demanding she quit. *Hundreds of people died as security forces sought to quell the unrest, but the protests grew* and Hasina finally fled Bangladesh aboard a helicopter on Monday as the military turned against her. *Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Monday afternoon on state TV that Hasina had resigned* and the military would form an interim government.
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3️⃣ *Kamala Harris is set to announce her running mate before the pair head out on a five-day tour* through America's hottest battleground states, just three months out from the presidential election. 🇺🇸 The *US vice president's campaign has come out of the blocks at a lightning pace since she replaced Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket*, smashing fundraising records and wiping out the leads built up by Republican rival Donald Trump. *Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democratic rising star, is considered the favorite to join Harris as her vice-presidential pick*, ahead of several other state governors, a US senator and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. US media reported on Monday that *Harris had narrowed one of the most consequential choices of her political career to Shapiro and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz* and would likely make her decision public in a video announcement.
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🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 🚨 ICC approves $70 million budget for Pakistan-hosted 2025 Champions Trophy: report https://tinyurl.com/bdhrf7jx
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اگر آپ حق کے ساتھ نہیں کھڑے تو تاریخ کو اِس سے کوئی غرض نہیں کہ آپ مسجد کے حُجرے میں تھے یا کسی طوائف کے کوٹھے پر۔