BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING
In today’s briefing update, A Taliban attack on an Afghanistan hospital has killed at least 10 people.
The Canadian Prime Minister has apologised after the publication of a picture showing him wearing ‘brownface’ at a party.
26 children have died after a fire broke out in a school in Liberia. An investigation has been launched.
ALL in today’s WORLD 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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AFGHANISTAN WAR: DEADLY TALIBAN ATTACK ‘DESTROYS’ HOSPITAL
BBC News reports at least 10 people have died after a truck packed with explosives was detonated by the Taliban 
outside a hospital in southern Afghanistan. Local Media says many of the victims were doctors and patients. The Taliban have said they were targeting government intelligence offices, next door to the hospital.
Read the full story on BBC News
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CANADA’S TRUDEAU ADMITS TO RACIST ‘BROWNFACE’ MAKEUP
Aljazeera says Candian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised following the publication of a photograph that 
showed him wearing brownface makeup. The picture, taken 18 years ago, was published by Time magazine on Wednesday. Just one week into a federal election campaign. The election is scheduled to take place on October 21. Trudeau, 47 has already been under pressure over a corruption scandal and other controversies.
Read the full story on Aljazeera
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26 CHILDREN DIE IN LIBERIA BOARDING SCHOOL FIRE
CNN says twenty-six children have died after a fire broke out in a boarding school in a suburb outside the Liberian 
capital Monrovia. The children were sleeping when a building attached to a mosque at the school caught fire. The fire started at around 11 pm. The children were not able to escape because there was no fire exit. And there were security steel bars on the window. Liberia’s President George Weah said: I was touched by the terrible news and decided to rush here to see for myself the families of the children and the community leadership to extend my sympathy.” An investigation has been launched into what caused the fire.
Read the full story on CNN
https://wtxnews.com/2019/09/18/world-news-briefing-trump-looking-at-iran-options-taliban-attack-kills-48-indonesia-tackles-child-brides-problem/
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