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The UN nuclear agency has announced that its Director General Yukiya Amano will travel to Tehran on Sunday following signs of progress in talks over Iran's nuclear programme. The IAEA, which has been unable to carry out full inspections in Iran, wants to investigate possible military aspects of its nuclear activities. Iran says its programme is for peaceful purposes.
President Obama says dozens of private companies have promised to give more than $3bn to help feed people living in poverty in Africa. Speaking in Washington, Mr Obama said nations and corporations needed to step up to the challenge of feeding the poor. Duncan Bartlett has more details.
In a major speech on food security, President Obama says there's no reason why Africa can't feed itself and asserted it was a moral, economic and security
imperative
to address the issue of hunger. He announced a new project to encourage private companies to share the financial burden of fighting hunger and malnutrition. Agribusiness giants like DuPont, Monsanto and Cargill are among the firms which have pledged $3bn to fund programmes to help farmers produce more food. Local African companies have signed up too.
Three Irish republican dissidents in Northern Ireland have been charged with a series of terrorist offences, including
conspiracy
to murder and cause explosions. The men, members of the Republican group known as the Real IRA, were arrested in security operations in the town of Lurgan near the Northern Irish capital Belfast. The Real IRA is one of several hard-line republican groups opposed to the peace agreement signed in 1998.