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Our top stories.

Tim Waltz, Minnesota's governor, urged Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from the state

before they kill another American in the street, following the shooting of Alex Preti in Minneapolis.

A district court judge ordered federal agents not to destroy evidence after local officials

accused them of blocking

access to the scene. Mr. Preti is the second person federal agents have shot dead in the city this

month. The Wall Street Journal reported that China's top general, Zhang Niu Shia, is accused of

leaking secrets about the country's nuclear weapons program to America. Earlier, Chinese media accused General Zhang of enabling corruption and challenging the authority

of Xi Jinping, China's leader.

It leveled the same charges at General Liu Zhen Li, the army's chief of staff.

The pair were put under investigation on January 24th.

Syria's army extended a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic forces, a Kurdish-led militia, for 15 days. The truce was due to expire on January 24th.

Syria's government wants the group to give up its weapons and integrate into the armed forces.

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