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In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – Bernie Sanders has won the New Hampshire primary! And maybe on his way to challenge Donald Trump in the November US presidential elections.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said the Church of England is deeply institutionally racist. It comes as Synod members backed a motion to apologise for racism in the C of E since the arrival of the Windrush generation.

Wuhan, doctors at the heart of the deadly coronavirus are overworked and under-equipped. Many of the doctors treating patients do not have the correct protective gear and are ‘exhausted.’

The US-Taliban talks have made ‘notable progress’ according to the Afghan President. In a tweet, the president indicates a possible breakthrough between the two. 

Entertainment, actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on multiple counts in relation to his 2019 attack hoax – the Empire actor claimed he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack. 

All this and more in today’s news briefing – A daily roundup of all the news headlines that you need to know, summarised as part of WTX News Briefing.

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Sanders wins in New Hampshire as Biden crashes  and burns

Arab News says Bernie Sanders has won New Hampshire’s high-stakes Democratic primary, according to US network projections, leaving rivals including Joe Biden in his wake as he staked his claim to challenge President Trump in November. 

Sanders had 26 per cent of votes with most of the count complete in the northern state, where he routed Hillary Clinton in 2016.  

“Let me take this opportunity to thank the people of New Hampshire for a great victory tonight,” Sanders said after ABC and NBC called the result in his favour. 

“This victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump,” he added.

Read the full story on Arab News

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Church of England is ‘deeply institutionally racist’ – Welby

BBC News says the Church of England is “still deeply institutionally racist,” the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Justin Welby said at a meeting of the Church’s ruling body, the General Synod, that he was “ashamed” of its history of racism.

Recently, Synod members backed a motion to apologise for racism in the Church of England since the arrival of the Windrush generation. 

The body also voted to “stamp out conscious or unconscious” racism. 

Read the full story on BBC News

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‘Exhausted’: Doctors at China’s virus epicentre overworked and under-protected

France24 says doctors in the centre of China’s coronavirus are facing a daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients and risk getting infected themselves due to a drastic shortage of masks and other protective equipment. 

Tired and understaffed, medical workers have had to deal with thousands of new cases per week in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak first emerged late last year. 

Many doctors have had to see patients without proper masks or protective body suits, resorting to reusing the same equipment when they should be changed regularly. 

Read the full story on France24

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Jussie Smollett indicted in Chicago on multiple counts in relation to 2019 hoax attack

RT News says actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on several counts stemming from him claiming to be a victim of a racist and homophobic attack. He was previously charged over the hoax, only to see the charges dropped.

The charges against the former ‘Empire’ star were confirmed on Tuesday. Smollet was indicted on six counts, including disorderly conduct, all related to lying to law enforcement or filing false police reports. 

“A Cook County grand jury returned a  six-count indictment charging Jussie Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers related to his false claims that he was the victim of hate crime, knowing that he was not a victim of a crime,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

Read the full story on RT News

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‘Notable progress’ made in US-Taliban talks

Aljazeera news says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he was told by the US Secretary of State that “notable progress” had been made during continuing talks between the United States and the Taliban.

In a post on Twitter, Ghani wrote that Mike Pompeo had told him in a telephone call that the Taliban made a proposal “with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction to violence,” as the US aims to strike a deal to take its troops home. 

The tweet indicates a possible breakthrough in US-Taliban talks in Qatar. So far, there has been a deadlock between the two due to, in part, the US insisting on a reduction of violence as part of any US troops withdrawal agreement. 

Read the full story on Aljazeera

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