![French President Emmanuel Macron (second left) and then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (centre) standing on the deck of HMAS Waller, an Australian submarine. France is furious after Australia announced a plan to buy nuclear-powered subs using US and British technology, ending an earlier deal with France [File: Brendan Esposito/Pool via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9MX4YR.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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![A national guardsman stands watch over a fence near the bridge where thousands of Haitian migrants have created a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas [Eric Gay/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21261470414165.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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China’s Xi warns of ‘interference’ as Australia brushes off anger
Beijing says Asia-Pacific region must ‘resist external forces’ but Australia points to China’s own nuclear capabilities.
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Niger’s nomadic herders get together to celebrate cultural ties
The annual Cure Salee festival bringing together Tuareg and Wodaabe pastoralists marks the end of the rainy season.
![Woodabe people attend the annual festival for nomad people called Cure Salee in Ingall, Niger on September 16, 2021 [Michele Cattani / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9N36A2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)