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  There is heavy protection in Asaba the Delta State capital as southern governors meet today, Tuesday. Security operatives have been viewed at strategic factors in the capital to prevent any unexpected occurrences. The street main to the Government House, the venue of the summit has been barricaded whilst protection at the entrance gate has additionally been beefed up. The power assaults on police belongings and killings of policemen in the south-east and south-south, and kidnappings would be pinnacle on the agenda for the meeting. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olise Ifeajika, said that nearly all the governors are anticipated to arrive in the country these days (Tuesdays). He said, “Yes, we are comfortable to have them, the assembly will preserve in the authorities house; after the meeting, choices will be taken and the notification will be read.”

  The Queen is to lift out her first foremost public engagement due to the fact that the dying the Duke of Edinburgh, when she attends the State Opening of Parliament later. Prince Philip spent a long time accompanying the monarch to the event. This year's ceremony will be pared returned due to the fact of the pandemic. It will be the monarch's first authentic look in public in her function as head of nation and her first engagement outdoor Windsor Castle considering the fact that the demise of her husband on 9 April, aged 99. However, the Queen, 95, has been persevering with her respectable duties, together with taking phase in digital events, given that a two-week duration of royal mourning ended. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be a part of the Queen for the nation opening, throughout which the monarch marks the starting of the parliamentary session by means of turning in the Queen's Speech, which units out the government's legislative plans. The

  A younger whale trapped in London's River Thames was once euthanized after turning into stranded for a 2d time on a river embankment Monday evening. The minke whale's circumstance had deteriorated in the course of the day as it struggled in the unfamiliar environment, and it used to be "humanely put to sleep" by means of veterinary experts, the British Divers Marine Life Rescue stated in a statement. "Medics used inflatable pontoons to forestall the animal from slipping returned into the river, which allowed the veterinary group from the Zoological Society of London to in addition verify the animal and give up its suffering," the announcement read. The whale had in all likelihood swum lots of miles earlier than it used to be noticed round 7 p.m. on Sunday, caught close to Richmond Lock. Once freed, the whale slipped away underneath cowl of darkness earlier than rescuers may want to take in addition action, says a spokesperson for the Port of London Authori

  US President Joe Biden has rejected criticism that improved unemployment advantages are maintaining Americans from taking new jobs. Biden stated any unemployed American provided a "suitable" job should take it, or hazard dropping unemployment benefits. Republicans have blamed awful financial records remaining week on the Democratic president's selection to prolong extended unemployment benefits. The US introduced 266,000 jobs in April and the unemployment price edged up to 6.1%. Economists had expected from 900,000 to two million jobs. Yet there are 7.4m unfilled positions, in accordance to the US labour department. On Monday, Biden stated he used to be directing the US Department of Labor to work with states to reinstate necessities that these receiving unemployment advantages have to exhibit they are actively in search of work. "If you are receiving unemployment advantages and you are presented a appropriate job, you cannot refuse that job and simply hold getting

  Eight adolescents and a trainer had been killed in Russia on Tuesday as two gunmen opened fireplace at a faculty in the western metropolis of Kazan, in accordance to country media reports. One suspected shooter, believed to be a teenager, has been detained, nation information company RIA Novosti reported, citing a regulation enforcement source. A 2d attacker used to be killed and at least thirteen human beings have been taken to sanatorium for treatment, in accordance to Russia's TASS information agency. Witnesses additionally advised country media that there had been an explosion for the duration of the assault earlier than the capturing began, even though it used to be now not at once clear what brought about the blast. Several kids jumped out of the faculty window to escape. "There is heavy smoke," an emergency offerings supply informed RIA. Twenty-one ambulance groups and physicians have been dispatched to the school. Security measures have been reinforced in all ac