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The grand jury in Georgia, investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, delivered 10 indictments.

More details, including the names of those charged, are to be revealed later on Monday night.

Mr. Trump has already been indicted three times this year.

The investigation in Georgia reported he stems from a phone call Mr. Trump made to Brad Raffin's burger.

The state's top election official asking him to, quote, find 11,780 votes to reverse his loss in the state.

President Vladimir Putin's economic advisor, admonished Russia's central bank for loose monetary policy as the rubles slid past a 16-month low to 102 against the dollar, having lost around 30% of its value this year.

The bank had earlier blamed the slump on deteriorating foreign trade conditions.

It said it may raise its key interest rate and convened an unscheduled rate meeting on Tuesday.

The currency has suffered from escalated military spending, western sanctions and European countries diversification away from Russian energy supplies.

The death toll from wildfires in Hawaii rose to at least 96.

It is the deadliest natural disaster since the archipelago became an American state in 1959.

Josh Green, Hawaii's governor, promised to investigate the response to the fires.

Many residents have complained that emergency warning systems never sounded.

President Joe Biden said he was looking into visiting Hawaii in the coming days.

A judge in Montana sided with 16 young environmentalists who sued the state for violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment.

The first such case to reach trial in America.

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