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BBC news with Stewart Macintosh.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is braced for the announcement of the presidential election result after a delay that has raised fears for the country's stability. Riot police have been deployed around the commission’s headquarters in Kinshasa amid fears that a disputed outcome could trigger violence.

Britain is ending its policy requiring women saved from forced marriages abroad from taking out a government loan to cover the cost of their rescue. The decision follows a newspaper investigation which found that some were made to pay for their food, shelter and flights back to Britain.

Spain's center-right People's Party (PP) has reached an agreement with the far-right anti-immigrant Vox Party, enabling a PP-led coalition to take power in the southern region of Andalusia. The PP will unseat the socialists who held power there for 36 years.

The far-right Italian deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has called on populists from Italy and Poland to launch what he called a new European Spring to replace the center-right influence of Germany and France.

Iran has acknowledged for the first time that a US citizen was arrested in the country last month. The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the US government had been informed of the arrest of Michael White in the city of Mashhad. No reason was given.

The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged Mexicans not to panic as petrol shortages bite as a result of his crackdown on fuel theft and corruption. Long lines have been reported at petrol stations in at least six days.

Mysterious energy bursts from an unknown origin in deep space have been detected for only the second time since 2007. Some scientists suggest the radio flashes could have be generated by phenomena such as black holes. Others hypothesize that they could be the product of complex alien technology.

BBC news.