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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 6th of September, these are our main stories.

The former leader of the Proud Boys' Far Right Group in the United States has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for his role in the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021.

Spain's football federation has sacked the head coach of its World Cup winning women's team, a close ally of Luis Rubiales, the suspended president.

The army in Bukina Faso says 17 soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in clashes with Islamist militants.

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Right now, New York is one of the top tourist destinations in the world and at least looking back over the last decade,

Airbnb has been a pretty significant part of the tourist accommodation landscape.

But now, officials in the city say that visitors will only be able to book such a accommodation for a maximum of two guests and the host must be present during the stay.

We begin in Washington.

The former leader of the Far Right Proud Boys' militia has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

In the decade, Tadio was not in Washington on January the 6th, 2021, but was accused of directing the military-style assault on the Capitol by members of the Proud Boys.

I spoke to our correspondent, Vera Davis, who was outside the court in Washington.

The prosecution remembered, I'd asked for a sentence of 33 years.

The judge said that kind of sentence has usually handed down to somebody responsible for a terrorist attack flowing up a building or an attack in the United States.

In which several people were killed, therefore he wasn't going to hand down a sentence of that level.

But mindful of the violent events of January the 6th, of course, events in which five people did actually lose their lives, he said that Tadio should be sentenced to 22 years in jail.

Because he was quite clearly the orchestrator, the organizer of what the judge called a seditious conspiracy.

That conspiracy was, of course, to stop the peaceful transfer, the constitutional transfer of power for one president to another.

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