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s twin brother Gabriel about the aftermath of the inquest, what he wants to change to protect people like his sister, and the evolution of unregulated health advice online.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have kicked off rumoured wedding celebrations at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Also this week, a viral photo which appears to show Donald Trump meeting with a group of mysterious figures has led to a raft of theories about their identities. One of the most prominent narratives to emerge is that the men are representatives of the mythical kingdom Agartha. Matt dives deep into the lore on Agartha, and its adoption by Nazi occultists. Why has this theory seen such a resurgence among young people on TikTok, and how dangerous is the implicit ideology behind it?
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They examine some of the arguments for and against limits for under-16s, and ask whether a de facto ban could be reversible if companies address safety concerns.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been told to shelter on a docked spacecraft as repair work is carried out to fix new air leaks, Nasa says.
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On this episode of Top Comment, Marianna and Matt discuss why the case is receiving so much attention, and how race has played a leading role in the discourse.
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On this episode of Top Comment Marianna and Matt hear from some of the people posting and discuss their motives, the issue of misinformation and the risk of undermining an active investigation.
But is Keir Starmer’s decision making being guided by some of the failures of the 2003 Iraq war, which Blair led the UK into?
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s Political Editor Chris Mason, Deputy Economic Editor Dharshini David and Panorama film-maker Jane Corbin.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he hosted the country’s Eurovision Song Contest, but now he is mocked on national television, with one pundit describing him as an enemy of the state.
And John Bew, a professor, historian and former chief foreign policy adviser to four prime ministers, is in the studio to talk about what Trump might do in Iran, Ukraine, UK defence, and his time in Downing Street.
Also in the studio is BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, who’s back from a visit to Google HQ in California, where they are developing a quantum computer which could have capabilities beyond anything the world has yet seen. Faisal fills us in on what he learned from his trip.
In this episode of The Global Story, we speak to the former Washington Post journalist Douglas Farah, who participated in war games on Venezuela during Donald Trump’s first term, as well as during the Obama and Biden administrations.
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BBC News presenter, Lucy Hockings and Latin America editor for BBC Online Vanessa Buschschlüter explain the situation in Venezuela and the story behind Miss Machado’s journey to Oslo.
Adam is joined by Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent to discuss the domestic politics of revamping the treaty. Then, Tom Bateman, BBC state department correspondent joins for analysis of what Trump’s latest strategy means for European politics.
s strongest military? How are Ukrainian farmers coping in wartime? And does a record number of Russian billionaires show oligarchs are thriving despite international sanctions?
Two National Guardsmen have been shot a few blocks away from the White House in Washington DC.
What does she make of the current Russian opposition movement, and will Russia always feel like home? She also talks about her book, Political Girl.
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To answer your questions, Lucy Hockings is joined in the Ukrainecast studio by the BBC’s Europe digital editor Paul Kirby and senior digital journalist Laura Gozzi, as well as diplomatic correspondent James Landale from Kyiv. Could Ukraine develop its own nuclear weapons? Will a Swedish aircraft become a gamechanger? And would the seizure of frozen Russian assets held in Belgium really discourage external investment in Europe?
Adam and Chris are joined by the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller and Luke Tryl from More in Common.
She’s featured in a new film ‘She’ directed by Evgen Matvienko which recently premiered in London.
The panel also discuss the possibility of tax rises in the upcoming budget. And whether the Labour government have backed themselves into a corner with their tax promises.
Justin speaks to her about her book ‘Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House Outside the Party Lines’, why she thinks the Democratic Party has lost its fight and her belief that the party are abandoning LGBTQ issues and migrants in their attempt to fight back against Republicans.
s Olga Robinson and senior digital journalist Laura Gozzi, to answer your questions. Could Denmark and Sweden police the Baltic Sea? What happened to the Russian dam targeted by Ukraine? And are Russians facing discrimination from authorities in Europe?
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Julia Webster and Adriana Urbano. The social producer was Liv Facey. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with . The social producers were Sophie Millward . The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gabriel May and Kris Jalowiecki. The social producers were Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gabriel May. The social producers were Grace Braddock and Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Paddy O’Connell, Laura Kuenssberg and Joe Pike. It was made by Chris Gray with and Josh Jenkins. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producers were Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Antonio Fernandes. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Rufus Gray and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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Plus, The Only Way is Essex star, Junaid Ahmed tells all on navigating his sexuality and personal faith.
Shortly after his departure from ITV, Schofield sat down with the BBC’s Amol Rajan in June 2023 to share his side of the story.
The BBC spoke to Semina’s mother and investigated what role social media apps like Snapchat played in her death.
The BBC has investigated Shawn’s murder, and has heard how the loss has impacted his family back in Anguilla, who described it as their “worst nightmare”.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Julia Webster and Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Rufus Gray with Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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Jack Lopresti, a former Conservative MP, has made headlines for announcing he’s moved to Ukraine to serve in the country’s military.
He explains to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko why he came to that decision.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an "army of Europe" to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent's aid.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he said that Ukraine would "never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement" after US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to start peace talks.
In a speech on Friday, US Vice President JD Vance warned that Europe needed to "step up in a big way" on defence.
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Hamas has released three Israeli hostages, after days of fears over future of the Gaza ceasefire.
The hostages are now back in Israel.
Israel is releasing 369 Palestinian prisoners in return - a few went to the West Bank, the majority are now arriving in Gaza.
Hamas said on Monday it would not release hostages this weekend, blaming Israel for alleged violations of the ceasefire. Israel had said if hostages weren't released by midday (local time) on Saturday, it would resume attacks on Gaza.
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In the first weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has wasted no time in using Executive Orders to suspend all new asylum claims, freeze government hiring and spending, strip back agencies established by Congress, and offer a buyout deal for thousands of federal workers.
So far, the courts have been the only substantive roadblocks to Trump’s agenda, but is the President ready to defy the courts? The White House has accused the media of "fear mongering the American people".
As Trump pushes the limits of presidential power - and with legal challenges from Democrats, unions and legal groups, is the U.S. heading for a constitutional crisis?
If Donald Trump is willing to break the law, experts are asking who will stand up for the democratic system of government set up nearly 250 years ago?
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President Volodymr Zelensky and US Vice-President JD Vance have been discussing the war in Ukraine in a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
It comes after Vance criticised European leaders over free speech and democracy at the summit, telling world leaders "there is a new sheriff in town", referring to US President Donald Trump.
Earlier Zelensky said he doesn’t see a “ready US plan” to end the Ukraine war.
Trump had said US, Russian and Ukrainian officials would meet in Munich - but Moscow said they are not sending a delegation to the summit.
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After a frenetic few days of announcements from President Trump over negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine, what role can Europe play in supporting Kyiv?
The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko discuss whether Ukraine can survive on European aid alone.
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Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Caitríona Perry and James Landale discuss if the war in Ukraine might be about to end. They look at what American President, Donald Trump’s intervention means for President Zelensky and Ukraine, President Putin and Russia, and the rest of Europe, including the United Kingdom and the EU.
Plus, the UK economy unexpectedly grew in the final months of 2024 but the figures also indicated living standards last year were slightly lower than in 2023 on average. Adam and the team examine how people in the United Kingdom and America feel about the cost of living.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met US officials in Munich for key talks on his country’s future.
US President Donald Trump has started talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russia’s war in Ukraine, but Ukrainians themselves are in a state of frozen limbo.
Moscow’s invasion has shattered lives and levelled cities across the country.
South of Zaporizhzhia, on the banks of a reservoir now drained after the destruction of a vital dam, the BBC's Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse has asked people what possible future they can imagine.
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An Afghan man arrested on suspicion of driving into a crowd of people in Munich has admitted carrying out the attack and appears to have had a religious motivation, German prosecutors say.
Munich public prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann told reporters that the suspect had said "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) in Arabic when he was detained and she described the attack as "Islamist motivated".
Police said 36 people were injured in the attack near Munich central station on Thursday, among them a two-year-old girl.
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A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter over the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
The overnight strike hit the shelter of the plant's destroyed former fourth power unit, causing a fire that has since been extinguished, he added. Russia has not yet commented.
Zelensky will meet US Vice-President JD Vance for talks in Munich later, with the war expected to dominate a meeting of world leaders.
It comes after US President Donald Trump's surprise announcement that he and Putin had agreed in a phone call to begin talks to end the war.
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European powers including Germany, France and the UK have said they must be part of any negotiations on the fate of Ukraine.
It follows US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s agreed with Russia’s President Putin to begin talks to end the war in Ukraine.
Seven European nations and the European Commission issued a statement saying their shared objective “should be to put Ukraine in a position of strength” and provided with security guarantees to create “a just and lasting peace”. They said Europe and Ukraine must be involved in any negotiations.
President Trump’s announcement raised concerns in Europe and Ukraine that he would agree to Russian annexation of large parts of Ukraine’s territory now occupied by Russian forces. The administration has said it does not believe a return to the pre-war borders is realistic.
Ukraine’s President Zelensky said that no agreement could be reached without his country’s participation in negotiations.
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We look at President Donald Trump’s claim that there’s a “good possibility” that the Ukraine war could be about to end.
He spoke to Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during separate phone calls. Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet and Russia editor Steve Rosenberg talk through what we know.
Chris is on to talk about stories regarding the Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s CV, and her expenses when she was working for a bank in a previous job.
And, the CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness is warning about the “threat” AI poses to people using it to access news.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, better known as RFK Jr, has been confirmed as President Donald Trump's health secretary, after receiving votes 52-48 from the US Senate.
RFK Jr's record of vaccine scepticism came under scrutiny during confirmation hearings. He also pledged to tackle obesity and ultra-processed foods.
The Senate also confirmed Trump's pick to lead the Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, while Kash Patel's nomination for FBI director advances towards a vote by the full chamber.
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US President Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensy, starting negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
But is this bad news for Ukrainians?
The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire and Frank Gardner discuss the potential ramifications of this news in the latest episode of Ukrainecast.
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Police say the driver of a car which crashed into people in the German city of Munich is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker.
At least 28 people have been injured, at least two seriously, police say - they earlier said "several" people were critically hurt.
Officers are treating the incident as a "suspected attack", and local officials say the suspect was known to police for theft and drug offences.
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US President Donald Trump has said he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had spoken with Trump about a "lasting, reliable peace".
The calls with the warring sides came as both Trump and his defence secretary said it was unlikely Ukraine would join Nato, which will come as a bitter disappointment to Kyiv.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin supported Trump's idea that the time had come to work together.
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President Donald Trump has said he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he and the Russian president had "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately" and invited each other to visit their respective capitals.
Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had also spoken with Trump about a "lasting, reliable peace".
The calls with both warring sides came as both Trump and his defence secretary said it was unlikely Ukraine would join Nato, which will come as a bitter disappointment to Kyiv. Trump also told reporters at the White House that it was unlikely Ukraine would return to its pre-2014 borders, implying that Russia would retain control of Ukrainian territory.
Trump did not set a date for a face-to-face meeting with Putin but later told reporters at the White House: "We'll meet in Saudi Arabia."
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg, Sarah Smith and James Waterhouse.
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We look at a BBC investigation which has revealed that MI5 lied three times in court to protect one of its own violent, neo-Nazi agents.
As it was defending its handling of their agent who had attacked his girlfriend with a machete, MI5 lied to three courts when they said they had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying their agents’ identities.
They had actually given information about this agent to BBC investigations correspondent Daniel De Simone as they tried to persuade him not to continue his investigation. MI5 has apologised to the BBC and all three courts.
Adam is joined by Daniel who explains the details of his investigation.
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US defence secretary Pete Hesgeth says it is "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders when Russia first took control of Crimea.
He also downplayed suggestions of Ukraine joining Nato and ruled out deploying US troops to Ukraine under any future security arrangements.
Ukraine has repeatedly called for Nato membership and has rejected ceding territory as part of any peace deal.
Russia currently controls around a fifth of Ukraine's territory, mainly in the east and south.
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Elon Musk denied leading a "hostile takeover" of the US government and defended his cost-cutting plans as he made a surprise first appearance at the White House.
US President Donald Trump has signed an order giving Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) more authority to cut the federal workforce, and instructed heads of government agencies to comply.
BBC Verify’s Jake Horton fact-checked Musk’s claims - including his false claim that the US government was sending millions of dollars worth of condoms to Gaza.
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US President Donald Trump has welcomed home American schoolteacher Marc Fogel after he was released from prison in Russia.
Trump said Vladimir Putin had got "not much" in return, and said another detainee would be freed on Wednesday without giving their name.
Mr Fogel is a 63-year-old former diplomat who was working at the Anglo-American School of Moscow when he was arrested at a Russian airport in 2021 for illegal possession of cannabis.
It is unclear if the US released someone in return for Mr Fogel.
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Egypt says it plans to present a “comprehensive vision" for the reconstruction of Gaza that does not involve displacing the population, unlike a proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump.
In a statement, Egypt’s foreign ministry said they had an "aspiration" to work with the Trump administration on its plan, but stressed that any foreign intervention should "avoid jeopardising the gains of peace.”
There are fears that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could end this weekend after Hamas said it would delay the planned hostage release.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said: “If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end.”
Netanyahu did not specify whether he was demanding the release of all 76 remaining hostages, or just the three due to be freed this Saturday - but an Israeli minister said he meant "everyone".
Hamas responded by saying it remained committed to the ceasefire deal and that Israel was "responsible for any complications or delays".
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One person has been killed and four injured in Russia's latest missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the attack in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The Ukrainian military said it had shot down six out of seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones launched by Russia overnight.
It comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukraine would be prepared to swap land with Russia in potential peace negotiations.
The attack caused damage in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts, Klitschko said on Telegram.
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Israel's prime minister has warned Hamas it will end the ceasefire in Gaza and resume intense fighting if the Palestinian group "does not return our hostages by Saturday noon".
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to amass inside and around Gaza in response to Hamas's announcement that it was postponing freeing more hostages until further notice.
Netanyahu did not specify whether he was demanding the release of all 76 remaining hostages, or just the three due to be freed this Saturday - but a minister said he meant "everyone".
Hamas has accused Israel of violating the three-week-old ceasefire deal, including by blocking vital humanitarian aid - a claim Israel has denied.
Following Netanyahu's statement, the Palestinian militant group said it was committed to the Gaza ceasefire deal, but said Israel had failed to "abide by its commitments".
It added that Israel was "responsible for any complications or delays" in the hostage release process.
The group's decision to delay this weekend's scheduled release prompted US President Donald Trump to propose that Israel cancel the agreement altogether and "let hell break out" unless "all of the hostages" were returned by Saturday.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Wyre Davies and Lyse Doucet.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages on Saturday.
Hamas said on Monday it would not release three Israelis as planned this weekend, because of alleged Israeli violations of the ceasefire.
Speaking about the current ceasefire situation, President Donald Trump says he does not believe Hamas will meet the Saturday deadline to return Israeli hostages.
Trump who met with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday, has insisted the US will take the control of the the Gaza Strip.
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We look at the commissioner of the London Met police Sir Mark Rowley saying they have been left in a “hopeless position” after a High Court ruling.
The High Court today ruled the force could not dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. The ruling has huge implications for the ability of police chiefs to sack officers and is a major blow to Sir Mark's pledge to root out people who he says should not be in the force. Adam is joined by Sima Kotecha, Senior UK correspondent and former chief inspector of constabulary Zoe Billingham.
Also, a bill for assisted dying to be made legal in the UK has been changed causing some anger among MPs. The bill had previously said that a High Court judge must check each person is eligible for assisted dying, and had not been coerced into making the decision to die. Now, MP Kim Leadbeater says a panel of voluntary experts, including a psychiatrist, social worker and legal expert, would be better suited than a judge. Adam and Alex discuss if this changes the likelihood of the bill passing.
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A final message posted by Eden Knight, a popular online Saudi transgender woman, raised questions across the world.
Through access to private messages and a year-long investigation, the BBC has uncovered what happened in the final months before Eden Knight took her own life.
Eden's final note, viewed by millions, said a lawyer in the US - where she had been trying to claim asylum - had persuaded her into returning home to a family and country that would not accept her identity.
The BBC World Service has identified this man as Bader Alomair, who has worked at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington DC, evidence suggests.
Mr Alomair has not responded to the allegations raised in the BBC's investigation.
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US President Donald Trump has met King Abdullah of Jordan at the White House.
Speaking about the current Gaza ceasefire situation, Trump said he did not believe Hamas will meet the Saturday deadline to return Israeli hostages.
"I have a Saturday deadline, and I don't think they're going to make the deadline personally," the president says, adding: "I think they want to play tough guy, but we'll see how tough they are".
Earlier, Trump said "hell" would breakout if Hamas did not return all hostages by 12pm on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages on Saturday.
Hamas said on Monday it would not release three Israelis as planned this weekend, because of alleged Israeli violations of the ceasefire.
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The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris.
The statement, signed by France, China and India among other countries, pledges an "open", "inclusive" and "ethical" approach to the technology's development.
Downing Street said the UK "hadn't been able to agree all parts of the leaders' declaration" and would "only ever sign up to initiatives that are in UK national interests".
The statement signed by 60 countries says the summit has affirmed to reducing digital divides by promoting AI accessibility, and ensuring it is "transparent" and "safe", among other aims.
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is due to meet the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader, Alice Weidel, in Budapest.
Weidel's far right party shares Alban’s desire to rebuild their relations with Russia, despite the ongoing Ukraine war, as well as his strong anti-immigration stance.
The meeting comes less than two weeks before a parliamentary election in Germany in which the AfD is expected to come a strong second.
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US President Donald Trump said if Hamas does not release all remaining hostages from Gaza by midday on Saturday, Israel should cancel the ceasefire and "let hell break out”.
Ahead of a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, Trump suggested he may withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don't co-operate with his plan to take control of Gaza and resettle the population in the two countries.
Hamas said it would delay the release of Israeli hostages until further notice, accusing Israel of breaching the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Israel called the move a "complete violation" of the ceasefire deal, which began last month, and said its military was preparing at "the highest level of alert for any possible scenario in Gaza".
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We look at the latest Trump news which includes the announcement that he will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S.
President Trump made the announcement to reporters aboard Air Force One after becoming the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, where he and Taylor Swift got mixed reactions from the crowd.
Adam and Chris talk about the implications of the tariffs for the UK and the rest of the world with Sumi Somaskanda, BBC News chief presenter in Washington.
And we look at the latest suspension of a UK Labour Party MP as more WhatsApps are leaked.
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A two-day global summit is under way in Paris to discuss the future of AI.
The aim of the summit is to unite world leaders, tech executives, and academics to examine AI's impact on society, governance, and the environment.
Among those attending are US vice president JD Vance, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and China's vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang.
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Microsoft president Brad Smith and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai are also in attendance.
A key focus is regulating AI in an increasingly fractured world. The summit comes weeks after a seismic industry shift as China's DeepSeek unveiled a powerful, low-cost AI model, challenging US dominance.
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Already one of this year's early big hitters, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is also hoping to win awards - beginning with its script.
The game by Warhorse Studios is being looked at by the Guinness World Records to claim the title of longest script in video game history.
As wait and see for the record, the actors who play Henry and Hans spoke to BBC Newsbeat about the success of the first game and the anticipation for the latest instalment.
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US President Donald Trump has said he is committed to buying and owning Gaza and would possibly give sections of it to other states in the Middle East to rebuild.
Palestinians in Gaza would not want to go back after finding better places to live, he claimed.
He said he wanted to make it into a good site for future development and take care of the Palestinians.
He added that he would consider cases of allowing Palestinian refugees into the US.
This comes as the president has said he will announce a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US, a move that will have the biggest impact in Canada.
Trump also said that there would be an announcement later in the week about reciprocal tariffs on all countries that tax imports from the US, but he did not specify which nations would be targeted, or if there would be any exemptions.
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Thousands of Palestinians have been returning to their homes in northern Gaza after Israeli forces withdrew from a key militarised zone that had cut the territory in half.
Many of the returning people will find their homes reduced to rubble. Around 700,000 civilians fled their neighbourhoods at the time of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza.
The northern part of the Gaza Strip had been cut off from the south by the Netzarim Corridor. The Israeli withdrawal from the strategically important road was agreed as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Wyre Davies.
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How is uncertainty over the future of TikTok in the US affecting influencers and businesses who rely on the platform?
BBC Click’s Lily Jamali met content creator Peggy Shoo who has garnered millions of views sharing videos about milk.
Not only have Peggy’s videos boosted her own following, but they have helped a local family dairy business too.
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Israeli forces say they have completed their withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.
The road separates north and south Gaza, and was controlled by Israeli troops.
Their move was a condition of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, which this week saw the release of three Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners.
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A new “megaport” on Peru's coastline, that's part of China's Belt and Road initiative, has increased the frequency of its trips to Asia.
With a direct route to China that cuts sailing times by some 10 days, the port aspires to become South America's gateway to Asia, bypassing North America entirely.
Ritika Gupta, BBC's North America business correspondent reports from Chancay, Peru.
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Orbiting above us are thousands of satellites - but before they can be sent to space, they’ve undergone years of testing.
BBC Click’s Alasdair Keane takes a tour of the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility to find out what it takes to send a satellite to space.
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Mufasa: The Lion King was created by a visual effects team, who used virtual reality to map out the Savannah and bring Mufasa to life.
BBC Click speaks to Audrey Ferrara, MPC’s VFX Supervisor on the Disney blockbuster that has no sets and no locations.
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Israel's prison service says that all 183 Palestinian prisoners due to be released today have now been freed.
According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, seven of them have been taken to hospital.
The prisoners were released after Hamas freed three Israeli hostages.
Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi will be reunited with their families in southern Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they would "not gloss over the shocking scenes" from Gaza today.
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A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen.
Judge Carl Nichols issued a "limited" temporary restraining order, in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the agency.
The order will remain in place for a week, until 14 February at midnight.
Trump has argued that USAID, the overseas aid agency, is not a valuable use of taxpayer money and wants to dismantle it. He plans to put nearly all of the agency's 10,000 employees on leave, except 611 workers.
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Three more Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza in return for the freeing of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy have been handed over to the Israeli military.
Family members of the hostages say the three men look to be in poor condition. Israelis gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to watch the men being freed.
Some 180 Palestinian prisoners are being released from Israeli jails under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that began on 19 January.
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In this special episode recorded in the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London, Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason and Faisal Islam discuss the past and future of Brexit.
We look at whether or not another outcome may have been possible for the United Kingdom. Could former Prime Minister Theresa May have survived Brexit as PM, or was her successor Boris Johnson always destined to take the reigns? What have the last five years meant for ‘Vote Leave’ campaigner, Nigel Farage and his Reform Party? And, has the current Prime Minister, Keir Starmer’s latest trip to Belgium set the scene for the Brexit debate to heat up again?
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US President Donald Trump has ’signed a number of executive orders since his inauguration, resulting in a total reshaping of the way things are being done in US politics.
In the run-up to the election, Trump batted away concerns that Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for dismantling federal government, could shape his second term.
But Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025, has just been confirmed to lead the White House budget office.
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In the three weeks since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Elon Musk has taken a wrecking ball to the federal government in what he has called "a revolution of the people".
That revolution has included offers to buyout millions of federal employees, accessing sensitive data of millions of Americans and sweeping efforts to shut down federal agencies like USAID.
What, if anything, can get in Musk's way? And has there ever been so much power wielded in America by an unelected individual?
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The UN Human Rights Chief has warned that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo risks spreading and the worst violence may yet be to come.
Volker Turk spoke at an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Rwandan-backed M23 fighters took the city of Goma last week. There are reports of widespread human rights abuses, including sexual violence and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has vowed to continue its judicial work after US President Donald Trump signed an order to impose sanctions on its staff.
The ICC said it "stands firmly" by its personnel and the order seeks to harm its "independent and impartial" work.
Trump's order accuses it of "illegitimate and baseless actions", after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza, which Israel denies. The ICC also issued a warrant for a Hamas commander.
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Thailand’s government said it is trying to shut down the criminal scam compounds which have proliferated along its border with Myanmar.
Officials said they will do this by cutting electricity supplies and tightening banking and visa regulations.
It has resulted in a frenzy of building over on the Myanmar side of the border, with the most ambitious of these projects the newly built city of Shwe Kokko - a $15 billion investment promising casinos, luxury hotels and entertainment complexes.
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Today we look at what Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch had to say to Chris in the past 24 hours.
Keir Starmer has announced plans to make it easier to build nuclear power stations in England and Wales, whilst Kemi Badenoch was interviewed about her new policy pledge to block benefits for migrants settling in the UK.
And Adam and Chris are joined by health and science correspondent James Gallagher as recorded in front of a live studio audience for Newscast’s 5th birthday.
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel".
The measure places financial and visa restrictions on individuals and their families who assist in ICC investigations of American citizens or allies.
Trump signed the measure as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington.
Last November, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza, which Israel denies.
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US President Donald Trump has restated his plan for a US “takeover” of the Gaza Strip, after his idea was rejected by Palestinians and leaders around the world on Wednesday.
On social media, Trump said Gaza "would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting".
Palestinians "would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region," he added.
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Swedish police said they are still investigating the motive behind the country's deadliest mass shooting, as local media begin reporting details about the gunman.
Eleven people died in the shooting at an adult education centre in the city of Orebro, including the attacker, with at least six others injured.
The suspect has been named in reports as 35-year-old local man Rickard Andersson and he was reportedly a former student of the school.
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US President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Gaza's population would only be temporary, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
It follows Trump's suggestion that the US could "take over" Gaza and resettle around two million Palestinians living there – an idea that has drawn criticism from the UN, human rights groups and Arab leaders.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt further clarified Trump's comments, saying the US was not planning to put "boots on the ground" in the territory.
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Donald Trump has said that everyone loves his plan for the US to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and develop it, with Palestinians moved out of the territory.
"The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too," Trump said on Tuesday during a joint conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump made the comments after meeting with the Israeli leader at the White House. Netanyahu responded, saying the idea is "worth paying attention to."
However the proposal has been greeted by international condemnation. Middle East nations and European countries rejected the proposals as illegal and unworkable. Palestinians said they would amount to ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The US president has suggested that neighbouring nations including Jordan and Egypt could take in displaced Palestinians from Gaza - a proposal that was rejected by Arab nations.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Lucy Williamson, Nick Eardley and Jeremy Bowen.
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We look at what Donald Trump means when he says he wants to own Gaza.
Adam, Chris, Paddy and Laura speak to international editor Jeremy Bowen, who goes through the reaction from across the world and what the consequences of the comments are.
Everyone’s together in the BBC Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House on Newscast’s 5th birthday.
They also talk about the amount of money the UK may have to pay as it hands over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
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The King and Queen of Sweden have visited the grounds of a shooting at an adult education centre in Orebro.
Ten people were killed, plus the gunman who local media in Sweden have named as 35 year-old Rickard Anderson.
The attacker shot at police during the attack and it's not known if he killed himself, but police say there is "a lot" to suggest that.
Police are also unsure Anderson he had gun licences and are still trying to establish a motive for the attack.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump since his inauguration.
The visit comes despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2024 as well as Israel's former Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant.
Hamas leaders have also faced war crimes allegations, including arrest warrants from the ICC.
Israel and Hamas have denied the allegations, and those against Israel are rejected by the US.
It’s been over a year since some of the allegations were made. This explainer recaps on who’s making the accusations, what evidence they have, and the latest on legal proceedings.
Produced by Natalie Merzougui and Ahmed Nour Edited by Sayed Mohammad, Mohammad Homouda, Aseel Rabie Graphics by Mesut Ersoz
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US President Donald Trump has hinted the European Union (EU) could be next to face tariffs, after he applied 25% levies on goods from Mexico and Canada along with an additional 10% tax on imports from China.
Trump told the BBC that tariffs on EU goods imported into the US could happen "pretty soon".
On trade with Britain, he said "The UK is out of line. But I'm sure that one, I think that one, can be worked out."
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Swedish police have given an update on the mass shooting that happened on a school campus in Orebro on Tuesday.
Ten people, plus the gunman, were killed. Police say they are still trying to work out the gunman's motive, the attacker was unknown to police - they did not say if he had gun licences.
The shooting happened in Orebro, a city 200km (124 miles) west of Stockholm, at a school for adults on a site that also taught children - six school buildings, plus a restaurant, were locked down during the attack.
It is the worst school shooting ever to happen in Sweden, where school violence is rare.
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US President Donald Trump says he wants the US to "take over" Gaza, take a "long-term ownership position", and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
At a White House news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it".
Trump also said Palestinians could be resettled away from Gaza, "in areas where the leaders currently say no".
Jordan and Egypt reject the idea of Palestinians being resettled - while the Palestinian ambassador to the UN says "our homeland is our homeland".
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Swedish police have said at least 10 people have been killed and five others wounded in a campus shooting in the city of Örebro
Police said investigating officers were in the process of identifying victims. They believe that a man they said was the “primary perpetrator” of the attack was among the dead.
The authorities said there was no warning of the attack which took place on a campus housing an adult education centre. They believe the gunman was acting alone. His motive is unknown but is not believed to be terror-related.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Ellie Price and Katarina Folkeson.
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In this episode of Newscast, we look at what could be the start of a trade war between the US and China.
After postponing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, President Trump has introduced a 10% tax on all goods imports from China. Early this morning Beijing announced it would impose a retaliatory 10% levy, albeit on fewer products.
Adam is joined by Laura Bicker, the BBC’s China Correspondent and Cindy Yu from the Spectator’s Chinese Whispers podcast.
Plus, Adam speaks to journalist Ben Westhoff about the fentanyl crisis in America and why President Trump had cited it as the reason behind raising taxes on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods.
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Police in Sweden say "around 10" people have been killed in a shooting on a school campus in the central city of Orebro.
The shooting happened at a school for adults, although there are children's schools on the site.
Right now we are identifying the dead," Roberto Eid Forest, Orebro's chief of local police, says.
Police believe the perpetrator is among the dead and that he acted alone, although a motive is not yet clear.
Giving more detail about the perpetrator, police say he was not known to them before the shooting, has no connection to a gang and officers do not believe there was a terror motive to the attack.
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President Donald Trump has agreed to hold off imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days, but not on China.
After last-minute calls with Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to reinforce his country's border with the US to clamp down on migration and the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl.
Both Trump and Trudeau have portrayed the plan as a win.
"As president, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that. I am very pleased with this initial outcome," Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social.
Trudeau said Canada was implementing a $1.3bn (£1bn) border plan that included nearly 10,000 frontline workers and more resources to halt the flow of fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, which Trump has cited as a major concern.
The prime minister also said Canada would appoint a "fentanyl czar" and launch a joint strike force with the US to combat crime, fentanyl and money laundering.
Much of the border security plan had already been announced by Canada in December.
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At least five people have been shot at an education centre in central Sweden, police have said.
The shooting happened in Orebro, around 200km (124 miles) west of Stockholm, on Tuesday afternoon, at a school for adults.
Four of the injured have undergone surgery in hospital, and one is critically injured.
One of the people in hospital is thought to be the perpetrator, police said.
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Two Israeli soldiers have been killed, and six others injured, in a shooting at an army checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.
The attack took place in the Palestinian city of Tubas, and comes as the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said a nearby camp in the city of Jenin is going in a “catastrophic direction”, as the Israeli military continues its operation there.
The army said it has killed 50 people there so far, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the operation is aimed at ethnic cleansing, and has called on the US to intervene.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to become the first foreign leader to meet President Donald Trump at the White House in his second term later on Tuesday, at a critical juncture for the Gaza ceasefire.
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The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday.
In a statement, the group - which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - cited "humanitarian reasons" for the ceasefire, after capturing territory in eastern parts of the country.
The UN said at least 900 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in recent fighting in and around Goma, DR Congo's largest eastern city, after it was seized by rebels.
The alliance of rebel groups - known as the Congo River Alliance - has accused the Congolese military of killing people using aircrafts to bomb areas it holds.
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Taking the ladders out of the swimming pool and setting the rug on fire and removing the door - we've all done it, right?
Now, 25 years since the first game was released, professional Sims streamers Plumbella, TheEnglishSimmer and Xmiramira have revealed what's makes the game so special for them - and what the future may hold for the series.
The trio also discuss what they want - and don't want - to see from the film being produced by Margot Robbie's production company.
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China has announced retaliatory tariffs on some American goods, as US tariffs on all Chinese goods come into force.
The Chinese tariffs - due to begin on Monday - would put a 15% import tax on US coal and liquefied natural gas, plus 10% on crude oil, agricultural machinery, pick-up trucks, and some sports cars.
Proposed US tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican goods have been postponed after last-minute talks.
President Trump says the Chinese tariffs are a response to trade deficits, and the flow of fentanyl into the US.
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Today, we look at Sir Keir Starmer being the first UK Prime Minister to join a gathering of EU leaders since Brexit. Meanwhile, President Trump has unveiled his much promised tariffs.
Starmer says the trip is part of what he calls a “reset” between the UK and European Union.
It comes as President Trump says the US will “definitely” impose trade tariffs on the EU. This follows Trump imposing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China this weekend - only for the tariffs on Mexico to be reversed. Meanwhile, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hit back with a 25% tariff, marking the beginning of a trade war between the neighbouring countries. Adam and Chris are joined by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.
And, what is the future for the EU in the face of tariffs and internal disputes? Adam speaks to Katya Adler, BBC Europe editor.
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Bill Gates has revealed just how much his charitable Foundation has now spent in its efforts to combat preventable diseases and reduce poverty.
"I've given over 100 billion," he said in an interview with the BBC, "but I still have more to give."
The co-founder of Microsoft and his fellow philanthropist Warren Buffett are combining their billions through the Gates Foundation, which he originally set up with his now ex-wife Melinda.
Gates said philanthropy was instilled in him early on. His mother regularly told him "with wealth came the responsibility to give it away".
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US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is delaying tariffs on imports from Mexico for a month.
It comes after Mexico agreed to send 10,000 troops to the border to stem the flow of illegal drugs.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said the agreement also includes a commitment from the US to take steps to limit the flow of guns south.
Trump had previously said a 25% import tax on goods from Mexico would begin on Tuesday, along with tariffs on goods from Canada and China.
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The former president of Spain's football federation, Luis Rubiales, goes on trial on Monday, accused of sexual assault for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 World Cup.
Hermoso is scheduled to appear as a witness on the opening day having travelled from Mexico, where she plays club football. The trial runs until 19 February.
As Spain's players received their medals after defeating England in Sydney to win the 2023 World Cup, Rubiales grabbed Hermoso by the head and kissed her on the lips.
Afterwards, Hermoso said the kiss had not been consensual, while Rubiales insisted it had been.
After initially remaining defiant and denouncing a witch-hunt driven by "fake feminism", the federation president eventually resigned, before legal charges were brought against him.
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Daniel Khalife has been sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after spying for Iran and escaping from HMP Wandsworth, in London.
The judge sentencing Khalife said the ex-soldier "took payment on two occasions and travelled to meet intelligence officers from Iran in Turkey".
Khalife, who fled Wandsworth Prison in September 2023, was caught days later and later found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act in November.
He was found to have passed information to Iranian agents for cash, and told handlers he would stay in the military for more than 25 years for them.
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Smart glasses are often praised for being the next step on from the smartphone.
Maybe we’ll use them for calls and messages, and all sorts of information will flash up before our eyes, as sound is directed into our ears.
This year, the Consumer Electronics Show floor in Las Vegas was awash with smart glasses.
BBC Click’s Lara Lewington tested some of them out.
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President Donald Trump has said that a deal "can be worked out" with the UK, after saying the US will "definitely" impose trade tariffs on the EU.
His comments come after he already announced tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, and China.
The 25% import tax on Canada and Mexico, and 10% on China, will begin on Tuesday.
Trump has given a range of reasons for imposing tariffs on countries, including border security, inflows of drugs and trade deficits.
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Sick and wounded Palestinians have left Gaza for medical treatment in Egypt following the reopening of the Rafah border crossing after eight months.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on X that 34 children and three adults, along with 39 companions, crossed out of Gaza to receive treatment in Egypt.
The key gateway between Gaza and Egypt had been closed since Israeli forces took control of the Gaza side in May last year.
It has reopened as part of a ceasefire and hostage deal between Hamas and Israel.
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Once associated with gangsters, in South Korea tattoos still divide opinion.
While they have grown in popularity, only licensed doctors can officially ink skin.
So in the thriving underground scene in Seoul, many artists are, in effect, working illegally.
BBC 100 Women meets the women tattoo artists who are navigating this precarious work and those fighting to overturn the law so that artists no longer live in fear of being reported.
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US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on all goods imported from America's three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada.
Trump said the US would impose tariffs beginning on Tuesday of 25% on Canada and Mexico as well as an additional 10% tax on China. Canadian energy faces a lower 10% tariff.
He had threatened to impose the import taxes if the three countries did not address his concerns about illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Both Canada and Mexico said they were preparing retaliatory tariffs of their own.
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Many hotels are now integrating AI into their operations as the tourism industry evolves.
The founders of a new venture in Las Vegas claim they’ve created the first fully AI-powered hotel in the world.
BBC Click’s Paul Carter has been checking out the new venture which is due to open in 2025.
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Buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners have arrived in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip after leaving Israeli prisons.
Large crowds gathered to welcome the freed prisoners, as Israel confirmed all 183 people due to be freed today have been released.
This comes after the earlier release of three Israeli hostages - Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel - as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that began on 19 January.
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Could US president Donald Trump help broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia?
Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko from Ukrainecast spoke to Fred Fleitz, a national security official in Trump's first administration, who is close to the president’s current Ukraine-Russia envoy.
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There are fears of a major global trade war after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China starting immediately. He added that 'very substantial tariffs' would follow for the European Union.
Goods exported from Canada and Mexico to the US will be hit with a 25% tariff; products from China face a 10% levy. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would face difficult times as a result but promised a 'forceful' retaliation.
Many Chinese businesses were certain the tariffs were on their way and have been taking pre-emptive action. Many have moved their production lines offshore, to places including Cambodia.
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The German parliament has rejected immigration measures put forward by the conservative opposition and backed by the far-right.
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz had tried to rely on support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the second time in a week - but the bill was defeated by 350 votes to 338.
The strategy was widely condemned, including by former chancellor Angela Merkel, who accused Merz of turning his back on a previous pledge not to work with AfD in the Bundestag.
Merz defended his actions as "necessary" and said he had not sought the party's support.
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With daily announcements, executive orders and press conferences from Trump’s presidency in its first fortnight, how should we be navigating the daily torrent of news?
Americast examines the deliberate strategy by the White House (also used in Trump’s first presidency) to “flood the zone” with news.
Justin, Anthony and Marianna discuss whether Democrats and the media should be properly scrutinising each news story, what to ignore, and whether the strategy is successfully working for President Trump?
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Today, Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss whether Lord Mandelson will be approved as Ambassador to the US by President Donald Trump.
They also chat about a disagreement in the shadow cabinet and whether Rachel Reeves’ plans for growth will work.
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It's nearly three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
As attention turns to what a possible end to the conflict could look like, for many displaced families the search for their loved ones continues.
One woman's parents are among an estimated 60,000 missing soldiers and civilians, who disappeared following the occupation of a vast area of the east of the country.
The BBC's Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford speaks to her.
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The Palestinian armed group Hamas has released the names of three hostages it says it will free on Saturday under the ceasefire deal with Israel.
They are Israelis Ofer Kalderon, 53, and Yarden Bibas, 34, and American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65.
Mr Bibas is the father of Kfir, the youngest hostage who was 10 months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas.
His wife Shiri and their other son Ariel, four, were also captured.
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Flight data reorders, also known as black boxes, could offer crucial clues into what went wrong above the Potomac River.
US President Donald Trump blames diversity rules under his predecessors, saying he believes people hired for air traffic control roles were not always qualified - but he offered no evidence for this.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it has "a lot of information but...need some time to verify that" and a preliminary report will be issued in 30 days.
Details about some of the 67 people who died in the crash in Washington DC are now beginning to emerge.
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The US Transport Secretary has said the crash between a helicopter and passenger jet approaching Washington DC was “absolutely preventable”.
The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it crashed into the Potomac River after the collision, along with the military helicopter. The helicopter had three people on board, who were labelled a "fairly experienced crew" by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Figure skaters from the US and Russia were among passengers on the aeroplane, according to officials from US Figure Skating and a club in Boston.
Authorities searching the freezing waters of the Pototomac say there are no survivors and they are conducting a recovery operation.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Ros Atkins and Nomia Iqbal.
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Today, we discuss RFK Jr's confirmation hearing and Home Office plans to tackle migrant smuggling gangs.
The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told Chris the changes would mean the government endangering lives at sea is to be a new criminal offence. He and Adam are joined by home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani.
And, RFK Jr, President Trump’s pick for health secretary has been questioned by senators about his views on vaccines before a vote on his selection. Social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring goes through the answers.
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A passenger plane collided in midair with a military helicopter near Washington DC's Ronald Reagan airport on Wednesday evening.
The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it crashed into the Potomac River after the collision. The helicopter had three people on board, who were labelled a "fairly experienced crew" by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed there were no survivors.
Authorities searching the freezing waters say they have switched to a recovery operation.
Trump blamed diversity rules under his predecessors for the collision, saying he believes people hired for air traffic control roles were not always qualified - but offered no evidence for this.
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US President Donald Trump has said the cause of the Washington DC air collision is still unknown, but attacked diversity policies at the Federal Aviation Administration.
Trump was giving a press conference following the crash between a passenger plane and a military helicopter.
Officials have said no-one is believed to have survived - 64 people were on the American Airlines flight and three on the helicopter.
Trump blamed diversity rules under his predecessors, saying he believes people were hired for air traffic control roles who were not qualified - but he offered no evidence for this.
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Hamas says 110 Palestinian prisoners have been freed as part of the ceasefire deal brokered between Israel and Gaza earlier this month.
The release of Palestinian prisoners to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank was delayed after the chaotic third release of hostages in Khan Younis was criticised by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20, Israeli civilians Arbel Yehud, 29, and Gadi Moses, 80, and Thai agricultural workers Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Lamnao were freed in the exchange on Thursday.
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No survivors are expected after a plane carrying 64 passengers and crew collided in mid air with an army helicopter in Washington DC around 21:00 local time on Wednesday.
BBC Verify’s Nick Eardley takes a look at what we know about the collision, as well as analysing the cut-down audio of air traffic controllers before the crash.
Figure skaters from the US were among those who were on board the aeroplane. Russia has confirmed that some of its citizens were also on board.
Major incidents of this kind are relatively rare in the US, with the most comparable crash occurring in Buffalo, New York in 2009, where 50 people died.
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No survivors are expected after a plane and an army helicopter crashed in mid-air over Washington DC's Potomac River, DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said.
The American Airlines flight was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Officials have said that the focus has switched to recovery as 27 bodies were recovered from the plane, and one from the helicopter, which had three soldiers on board.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said: “At this time we don't know why it collided with the helicopter.”
Officials confirmed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will reopen on Thursday at 11:00 local time.
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The Israeli military says eight hostages have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza as part of a third release of hostages since a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas began on 19 January.
Agam Berger, a 20-year-old soldier, was freed first in northern Gaza and is now back in Israel.
The Israeli military said seven more hostages have now been handed to the Red Cross in Gaza.
It is thought two of the seven were Israelis 29-year-old Arbel Yehud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses - while the five others were foreign nationals, believed to be Thai.
Israel will later release 110 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as part of the exchange, according to Hamas.
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An American Airlines flight carrying dozens of passengers has collided with a military helicopter as it approached Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The plane then crashed into the Potomac River, officials said, and boats and divers are searching the water for survivors.
The Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet - carrying 60 passengers and four crew members - collided with the helicopter as it was approaching the runway at around 21:00 EST (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
The plane was coming from Wichita, Kansas, according to the airline.
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President Trump has signed an executive order to set up a 30,000-person facility for undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Donald Trump said the facility - which is separate to the high-security US military prison also located there - will be used to house "criminal illegal aliens" that are deemed to pose a public safety risk in the US.
Cuba's government swiftly condemned the announcement, accusing the US of torture and illegal detention on "occupied" land on the island.
The US administration's new border tsar, Tom Homan, said that an existing migrant detention centre at the base would be expanded amid an increase in migrant detentions and deportations during the Trump administration.
Trump's announcement came as he signed an Act into law requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.
The US has already been using a facility in Guantanamo - known as the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center - for decades. In a 2024 report, the International Refugee Assistance Project accused the US government of secretly holding migrants there in "inhumane" conditions indefinitely after detaining them at sea.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Today, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave her support to expanding Heathrow Airport to include a third runway.
Reeves also backed expansions at Luton and Gatwick airports, as well as a "growth corridor" between Oxford and Cambridge, which she claimed could be "Europe's Silicon Valley".
Other projects announced today include a major redevelopment of Old Trafford, the area around a new stadium for Manchester United, and a plan to bring Doncaster/Sheffield airport back into use and boost industry at East Midlands airport.
Adam Fleming is joined by the BBC's political editor Chris Mason, the BBC's chief economics correspondent Dharshini David and Policy and Analysis correspondent at BBC Verify Ben Chu.
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Rebels have reportedly taken over much of the key city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following three days of intense fighting between M23 rebels and the army and its allies.
Rwanda has been accused of backing the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group in recent months, but the neighbouring country has denied giving the rebels any direct military support.
Kenyan leader William Ruto had invited DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame to a virtual summit aimed at ending the fighting, later on Wednesday.
But state media said Tshisekedi will not take part in the regionally brokered talks.
Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would take part in the summit, but did not say whether Kagame would attend.
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Israel has named the three Israeli hostages set to be released on Thursday under the terms of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The trio to be released in the third exchange have been named as Arbel Yehoud, 29, Agam Berger, 19, and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.
As part of this deal 110 Palestinians are being released from Israeli jails, about 30 of which are believed to be women and children.
Five unnamed Thai nationals are also set to be released on Thursday in a separate deal.
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Authorities say at least 30 people have died and a further 60 were injured in a crowd crush in India’s northern city of Prayagraj at the Kumbh Mela festival.
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have expressed condolences for the victims of the crush, acknowledging the loss of lives.
The Kumbh Mela - which lasts for over six weeks - is believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth, drawing tens of millions of Hindus from around the world. Up to 100 million people were expected to attend the bathing day at the festival.
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UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the government is officially backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Reeves said the runway is “badly needed’ and could create 100,000 jobs at the London airport.
The plans received parliamentary approval in June 2018, but have been stuck in limbo after legal challenges ever since.
Reeves invited Heathrow to submit plans to expand the airport, but promised the government would only sign them off if "in line with legal environmental and climate objectives".
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Aid agencies have described a catastrophic situation in northern Gaza, where more than 300,000 displaced Palestinians have so far returned to their neighbourhoods under the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.
A United Nations official told the BBC there was a "massive, massive effort ahead" to ensure that key services were provided to those returning north.
The UN says almost 70% of buildings across Gaza have been destroyed or badly damaged by Israeli bombardment, and that in most cases the displaced have no physical homes to return to in the north.
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US Judge Loren AliKhan temporarily halted President Donald Trump's order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, just minutes before it was set to come into effect on Tuesday.
The judge’s order was in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of organisations representing grant recipients, which claims the White House's temporary freezing of already approved funding violates the law.
The acting head of the White House budget office had instructed agencies to "temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all federal financial assistance".
But the White House directive could have impacted billions of dollars meant for federal programmes, from disaster relief to cancer research.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had said the pause in funding would allow governments to cut back spending for "woke" gender issues and diversity programmes.
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Eyewitnesses and hospital sources have told the BBC that at least a dozen worshippers have been killed in a crowd crush at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India.
The incident took place between 1am and 2am local time (19:30 and 20:30GMT) when it is believed some pilgrims tried to jump over police barricades to reach Sangam Nose, the point where India's most sacred river Ganges meets Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
Devotees believe that bathing in the river will cleanse their sins and help attain salvation.
Wednesday was billed as the most important day for bathing during the festival, and officials expected up to 100 million people would attend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in a post on X (formerly Twitter) offered his condolences to devotees who have lost family members.
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Today, BBC’s special correspondent Fergal Keane travelled with the first Jordanian helicopter delivering aid inside Gaza since the Israel and Hamas ceasefire was declared.
And we discuss how immigration could push the population of the UK to 72.5 million.
This would be a 7.3% increase in the population from 2022 to 2032 and is almost entirely based on net migration according to ONS population projections.
The BBC’s population correspondent, Stephanie Hegarty, and Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford, Sarah Harper join Adam Fleming.
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Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an election labelled by Western governments as a sham.
The Central Election Committee stated on Monday that Lukashenko won 86.8% of the vote and that turnout was almost 87%.
BBC's Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, was given access to a press conference that the leader held on polling day and challenged Lukashenko on democracy in Belarus and his views on President Donald Trump.
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Adam Buhayov, Sophiia Buhayova, and Tetiana Tarasevych were all killed together on 7 November last year by a Russian attack in a war that has been ongoing in Ukraine since 2022.
Zaporizhzhia, where the family lived, is a regular target for Russian forces. It is a strategically important industrial city, near front-line fighting. Europe's largest nuclear power plant – about 55km (34 miles) from the city – is held by the Russians.
Sophiia's mother Yuliia Tarasevych, 46, now struggles to carry on - without most of her family, without her past and her future.
"I don't know how to live," she says. "It's hell on earth. I lost my mother, my daughter, and my grandson in one second."
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Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned home to northern Gaza on foot, with many returning to find their homes reduced to rubble.
As many as 700,000 people fled from Gaza City and the surrounding areas during the early weeks of the war.
The UN estimates that around 70% of the Gaza Strip's buildings have been damaged or destroyed since October 2023, with much of the worst destruction in the north.
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After a rapid advance, fighters from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebel group have reportedly captured much of the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Goma is a vital trading hub, and within reach of mining towns supplying metals and minerals in high demand, such as gold, tin and coltan.
The UN says hundreds of people are wounded, bodies are lying in the streets, and an upsurge in rape and gender-based violence has been reported.
Fighting between the M23 and DR Congo's army has intensified since the start of the year, with the rebels seizing control of more territory than ever.
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US President Donald Trump has called the rise of Chinese company DeepSeek "a wake-up call" for the US tech industry, after the emergence of its artificial intelligence (AI) model triggered shockwaves on Wall Street.
Shares in major tech firms such as Nvidia fell sharply, with the chip giant losing almost $600bn (£482bn) in market value.
What has shaken the industry is DeepSeek's claim that its R1 model was made at a fraction of the cost of its rivals - raising questions about the future of America's AI dominance and the scale of investments US firms are planning.
DeepSeek has become the most downloaded free app in the US just a week after it was launched.
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Today, we look at the relationship between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The two men spoke for the first time on Sunday since the return of President Trump to the White House. Whilst both sides were keen to stress the positives, the 45-minute call appears to have focussed on points of agreement not distance. Chris and Adam speak to North America Editor Sarah Smith.
And, is the battle for supremacy in AI starting to really kick off? Shares in major US technology firms have plunged after the rapid rise of a Chinese artificial intelligence firm today. Adam speaks to economics editor Faisal Islam and AI correspondent Marc Cieslak.
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Ceremonies have taken place to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland by the Soviet Red Army.
More than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz, the largest ever mass execution of human beings.
About 50 survivors returned to the site to lay wreaths and candles and give speeches at the commemoration service.
World leaders also attended the ceremony. The Polish President Andrzej Duda said his country would always preserve the terrible memory of Auschwitz "in order to never let it happen again".
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten coverage of the ceremony, hearing first-hand testimony and with reports by Katya Adler, Daniela Relph, and Steve Rosenberg.
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Rebels from the Congolese M23 movement say they have entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma and taken control.
Sitting on the border with Rwanda and the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma is a vital trading and transport hub, home to more than a million people and within reach of mining towns supplying metals and minerals in high demand such as gold, tin and coltan.
The rebels say they now control the city, but the Congolese government says its troops still hold some key locations.
Heavy artillery and gunfire has been heard in the city throughout the day.
The M23 are led by ethnic Tutsis, who say they needed to take up arms to protect the rights of the minority group.
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Four lynx were captured in the Scottish Highlands earlier in January after being illegally released into the wild.
Some have described their release as reckless and irresponsible, but there are a growing number of so-called “guerilla rewilders” who believe rare and even extinct species should be reintroduced to the country - regardless of what the government rules say.
BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt went to Devon to meet Derek Gow, who breeds British indigenous animals with a view to releasing them, to discuss rewilding the animal.
Farming communities have voiced concern about the potential impact on livestock.
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Ceremonies are taking place to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Some 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered at the Auschwitz complex, making it the site of the largest mass execution of human beings ever recorded.
About 50 survivors have returned to the site to lay wreaths and candles, and some will later give speeches at a service.
World leaders and King Charles are on their way to the event - but organisers want the dwindling number of survivors to be at the centre of the commemorations.
Polish President Andrzej Duda says his country's job is to preserve the memory of Auschwitz "in order to never let it happen again".
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US President Donald Trump has dropped the threat of 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after the South American nation agreed to accept deported migrants without restrictions.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro barred two US military deportation flights from landing in the country on Sunday, saying his country would only accept repatriated citizens on "civilian planes, without treating them like criminals".
A White House statement says Colombia has now agreed to accept migrants arriving on US military aircraft "without limitation or delay".
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians are returning to north Gaza after Israel opened routes through the Netzarim Corridor.
Drone footage showed masses of people walking north along the coastal route, though people travelling in cars face days-long waits at checkpoints.
The Palestinians had been due to return north on Saturday, but they were held up by a row over an Israeli hostage, Arbel Yehud.
On Saturday, President Trump suggested a "clean out" of Gaza, with Palestinians resettled in Jordan and Egypt - the idea was quickly rejected by both countries, plus others in the region.
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President Trump’s call to “clean out” Gaza with Palestinians moving to countries such as Egypt and Jordan has been condemned as a plan for ethnic cleansing. Mr Trump called Gaza a “demolition site” and said people there should move “either temporarily or long term”.
He said: You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing". He suggested that houses could be built “at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change”.
The President said he had made the request to Jordan's King Abdullah and Egypt's president. Both countries have rejected the idea of taking Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority also condemned the proposal. Lawyers and human rights advocates described it as ethnic cleansing. However the proposal has been welcomed by far-right Israeli nationalists.
Mr Trump’s comments come as a fragile ceasefire is continuing in Gaza. However there is renewed tension over Israel’s refusal to allow thousands of Palestinians to return to the north of the territory.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has taken place in Las Vegas - one of the biggest tech and innovation events of the year.
The BBC Click team looked at the latest health tech, from medical testing tool to weird and wonderful well-being devices.
And Lara Lewington learned how health technology is focusing on prevention by bringing all of our data together in one place.
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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has taken place in Las Vegas - one the biggest tech and innovation events of the year.
And the BBC Click team has had a closer look at the latest car tech..
Paul Carter takes a tour of the latest car technology and innovation on show, from self-driving vehicles to flying cars.
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US President Donald Trump said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza, which he described as a “demolition site”.
In a phone call this weekend, President Trump said he had told Jordan's King Abdullah: "I'd love you to take on more, because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it's a mess, it's a real mess."
Most of Gaza's two million residents have been displaced in the 15 months of war, which has flattened much of Gaza's infrastructure.
Hamas has vowed to oppose any such action, and the comments will likely outrage Palestinians in Gaza.
Some on Israel’s far-right want to return to Gaza, and have welcomed President Trump’s comments.
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On Inauguration Day, both the outgoing and incoming US presidents issued controversial pardons that expanded the power to new limits.
Joe Biden gave family members pre-emptive pardons, while Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people charged with crimes related to the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the questions raised about the President's view of what happened that day at the Capitol - and about how the American justice system works.
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Israel has released 200 Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank, as part of the ceasefire agreement signed earlier this month.
It comes hours after four female hostages - all Israeli soldiers taken on 7 October - were released by Hamas to Israel.
Of the released Palestinian prisoners, 70 of them - who had been convicted of the most serious offences, are expected to be deported via Egypt to neighbouring countries.
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Four female Israeli hostages - all soldiers - who were held in Gaza have been handed to the Red Cross, in the second hostage release since a ceasefire was agreed.
Hamas gunmen and crowds gathered in Palestine Square in Gaza City ahead of the release.
The Israeli military confirmed that the four women will be taken to Israeli territory, “where they will undergo an initial medical assessment”.
In exchange as many as 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are set to be freed.
Hamas is expected to provide more information about the remaining 26 hostages due to be released in the coming weeks.
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After he declared that "America's sovereignty is under attack” in an executive order, reports suggest that Donald Trump could send thousands of troops to install barriers at the US border with Mexico. Are barriers the answer to stop illegal crossings?
President Trump has given his first broadcast interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. In the interview he described the attacks on January 6 as “very minor incidents” and suggested Joe Biden should have pardoned himself before leaving office. But why has Trump issued a pardon to the founder of an illegal online drug marketplace?
And, Elon Musk’s controversial arm gesture continues to divide opinions as to its meaning. Some have insisted it was a Nazi salute, while Musk has said the comparisons to Hitler were “tired” and “dirty tricks”. Americanswers is back for a special Q&A at the end of a momentous week…
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Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Vicki Young and James Landale discuss President Trump’s first week back in office, including his first major speech at the World Economic Forum and his demand that NATO members raise their defence spending to 5%.
Plus, the team discuss Britain’s trade relationship with the EU, and the UK government’s plans to stop infrastructure projects being blocked with new planning reforms.
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Four young female Israeli soldiers are the next set to be released by Hamas as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
All were serving as observers at the Nahal Oz army base on the border with Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, 2023.
Their release will be the second such exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last Sunday. Three hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were released in the first swap.
In total, 33 hostages are set to be freed over six weeks of the first phase of the ceasefire, which came into effect on 20 January, 2025.
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A rare red weather warning, meaning there is a danger to life, is in place for Scotland as Storm Éowyn batters the UK and Ireland.
The strongest gust recorded in the UK so far is 100mph in Drumalbin, Scotland where the effects of the storm have been described as “once in a generation”.
More than one million people have been left without power across the UK and Ireland, including 725,000 in the Republic of Ireland.
Travel disruption has been widespread, with roads blocked by fallen trees, flights cancelled and rail services halted.
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On 29 September 2024, an apartment block in Ain El Delb was struck by Israeli missiles.
The entire six-storey building collapsed, killing 73 people - Lebanon’s deadliest attack in the latest escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces said the building was targeted because it was a Hezbollah "terrorist command centre" and it "eliminated" a Hezbollah commander. It added that "the overwhelming majority" of those killed in the strike were "confirmed to be terror operatives".
But a BBC Eye investigation verified the identity of 68 of the 73 people killed in the attack and uncovered evidence suggesting just six were linked to Hezbollah's military wing. None of those identified appeared to hold a senior rank.
The BBC's World Service also found that the other 62 were civilians - 23 of them children.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a ceasefire in Gaza has been delayed until Hamas releases a list of hostages.
A statement from his office says he instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) not to begin the ceasefire, which was scheduled to take effect at 8:30 local time (06:30 GMT).
Hamas says the delay is due to "technical field reasons".
The Israeli leader warned last night that the first phase of the deal to stop fighting in Gaza was “a temporary ceasefire”, and that Israel reserved the right to resume the war, with US backing, if it was to break down.
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President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address on 20 January will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington, he has confirmed.
The address, as well as other speeches, will now take place inside the US Capitol's rotunda, rather than outside the building.
The inaugural parade will also be held indoors at Washington's Capitol One Arena, along with all three inaugural balls.
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
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Today, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Alex Forsyth and Faisal Islam discuss how much we should read into some positive news for the UK economy this week, the UK government’s plan for new inquiries into grooming gangs, and why politicians are talking about Brexit again.
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00:35 - The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal 03:48 - Grooming gangs inquiries 11:45 - Are things looking up for the UK economy?
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him.
It is the longest valid jail sentence the cricket star-turned-politician, who has been detained since August 2023, has received.
He has faced charges in over 100 cases, ranging from leaking state secrets to selling state gifts - all of which he has denounced as politically motivated.
The latest case has been described by Pakistani authorities as the largest the country has seen.
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Israeli air strikes are continuing in Gaza ahead of the ceasefire agreement and hostage deal with Hamas, which comes into effect on Sunday, subject to the Israeli cabinet's approval.
The strikes killed 73 people overnight following the announcement of the deal, Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency reported. Victims include 12 people living in a residential block in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, the health ministry said.
Israel has previously launched air strikes in the run-up to ceasefire arrangements taking effect, most recently in Lebanon, where the capital Beirut suffered heavy bombing hours before a ceasefire came into force in November 2024.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been expected to confirm the ceasefire deal in parliament but his office claimed Hamas has "reneged" on parts of the agreement, prompting a "last-minute crisis".
Two hardline right-wing ministers, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, have long threatened to leave Mr Netanyahu’s government coalition if the ceasefire goes ahead.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Fergal Keane.
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UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced five government-backed local inquiries and a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs.
The government faced calls for a full national inquiry after interventions by tech billionaire Elon Musk. Adam is joined by Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, and social affairs editor Alison Holt.
And the ceasefire vote in Israel is delayed as airstrikes continue in Gaza. Adam also speaks to Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent.
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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has refused to take part in a second day of questioning in a criminal trial into his attempt to impose martial law.
He was arrested on January 15 on charges of insurrection for a failed martial law order on 3 December that plunged the country into turmoil.
Lawyers for the president said he would not take part in any further questioning due to ill health.
Meanwhile the constitutional court is holding a hearing to decide whether to permanently remove him from office or reinstate his powers.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war.
Qatari Prime Minister Al Thani said the agreement would come into effect on 19 January, as long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet.
Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages.
The attack triggered a massive Israeli offensive on Gaza, during which more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said the cabinet will delay a planned meeting to discuss approving the Gaza ceasefire deal, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute concessions.
Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza has said dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes ahead of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel coming into force.
Hamas says it is committed to a deal, but the BBC's Rushdi Abualouf hears the group is attempting a last-minute push for the release of one or two symbolic prisoners from its movement.
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Palestinians in Gaza have been celebrating the news of a ceasefire and hostage release deal reached between Israel and Hamas.
The ceasefire which is intended to mark the end of 15 months of war is due to begin on 19th January.
The US President Joe Biden confirmed agreement had been reached for a full and complete ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of all the hostages held by Hamas. 94 hostages are believed to be held by Hamas of whom 34 are presumed to be dead.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had long resisted a ceasefire and hostage agreement for months, due to pressure from right-wing members of his cabinet, knowing a deal could bring his government down. However it’s understood that the prospect of US President-Elect Donald Trump taking office had put pressure on both Israel and Hamas.
This latest bloody phase of a conflict that’s lasted many decades began when Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages. The attack triggered a massive Israeli offensive on Gaza, during which more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
The obstacles to any permanent peace are huge. Much of Gaza lies in ruins and Hamas has said it will not forget Israel for the suffering it has inflicted on Palestinians there. Many nations are calling for focus now on a two-state solution to address the roots of a conflict that has lasted for more than 70 years.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Sarah Smith, Lucy Williamson, Fergal Keane and Nick Eardley.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war.
The agreement would come into effect on Sunday so long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said.
US President Joe Biden said it would "halt the fighting in Gaza, surge much needed-humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, and reunite the hostages with their families.”
Palestinians in Gaza and Israeli hostages' families celebrated the news, which will see 33 of the almost 100 hostages held by Hamas exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails over the first six-week phase of the ceasefire.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has held talks with Poland’s PM Donald Tusk after infrastructure in Ukraine was hit in what local officials are describing as “a massive Russian attack.”
Ukraine says Russia targeted gas infrastructures and other major energy facilities near Lviv.
During the conference, Tusk said “all of Europe is committed to spending more on defence".
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Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up in the early hours of Wednesday - after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed.
Forecasters have again identified an area of "extreme fire danger", emphasising the risk level in a region to the north-west of the city centre.
The anticipated increase in wind speeds threatens to further fan the remaining four blazes, which firefighters have made further progress in tackling during a few days of calmer conditions.
There are hopes of another drop in wind speeds after Wednesday - but officials have highlighted the need for rain that would help fire crews in their battle.
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Talks have resumed in Qatar amid hopes that a ceasefire in Gaza is within reach. All sides have indicated that an agreement is closer than ever, with both Israel and Hamas openly expressing that a deal can be reached.
It is hoped that a ceasefire deal will mean an agreement to stop the war which has been raging in Gaza.
It is also expected to see an exchange of hostages and prisoners.
Hamas seized 251 hostages when it attacked Israel in October 2023. It is still holding 94 captive, although Israel believes that only 60 are still alive.
Israel is expected to release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, some jailed for years, in return for the hostages.
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As Los Angeles faces its most destructive wildfires in history, tens of thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes.
The largest blaze, in the Pacific Palisades area, has burned more than 23,000 acres, making it the city’s worst fire on record.
To grasp the scale, the affected area stretches across large parts of lower Manhattan and Queens in New York.
In this BBC News special, we hear from those on the front line and the people who have lost their homes and livelihoods to the disaster.
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South Korean authorities have arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces charges of insurrection following an unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law.
Yoon is now at the Corruption Investigation Office. He said he agreed to the interrogation "even though it is an illegal investigation, in order to prevent any unsavoury bloodshed".
Authorities served the warrant after an hours-long standoff with his security staff and supporters, which saw investigators using ladders and wirecutters to enter Yoon's residence.
This marks the first time in South Korea's history that a sitting president has been arrested.
Yoon had been holed up for weeks - investigators tried to arrest him earlier this month but failed.
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Today, the Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.
The Labour MP last week referred herself to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s standards adviser Sir Laurie Magnus - but insisted she has done nothing wrong. She said in a letter today that whilst Sir Laurie found she had not breached by the Ministerial Code that "it is clear that continuing in my role as Economic Secretary to the Treasury is likely to be a distraction from the work of Government.” Chris and Adam are joined by political and investigations correspondent Joe Pike.
And, Israel and Hamas are thought to be close to agreeing a deal which could halt the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Adam is joined by diplomatic correspondent James Landale.
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Former Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for defence secretary, has been questioned by a Senate committee.
He's been challenged over previous comments made about women in the military; elsewhere he vows to restore a "warrior ethos" to the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth also dismissed questions over reports of his heavy drinking, calling them a "smear campaign."
The hearing was disrupted several times as Hegseth attempted to deliver his opening statement, with police removing protestors from the committee room.
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South Korean investigators are trying once more to arrest impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol following a failed attempt earlier this month.
They had tried to arrest Yoon on 3 January but had to turn back after being locked in an hours-long stand-off with members of the Presidential Security Service (PSS).
The arrest is expected to be carried out with the help of veteran police detectives, local media reported.
Lawyers for Yoon have criticised the planned use of police officers, saying it was a betrayal of the public.
Yoon's impeachment trial, which will decide if he is removed from office, started yesterday but ended within four minutes because of his absence.
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Some of the 25 people who survived a dive-boat capsizing in the Red Sea have described what happened and why the incident has raised safety questions.
Two britons are believed to be among the 11 people who died or have been missing since the incident.
As well as describing the terror of being trapped in a rapidly sinking boat, the survivors accuse the company which ran it, Dive Pro Liveaboard, of several safety failings. They also say the Egyptian authorities were slow to react, something which may have cost lives.
The BBC sent all the safety concerns to the Egyptian government and the company, Dive Pro Liveaboard, multiple times but are yet to receive a response from either.
After the disaster, the Egyptian authorities immediately opened an investigation into the sinking which is yet to report it’s findings.
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The Princess of Wales has revealed she is in remission from cancer after making an emotional return to the hospital where she received treatment.
In a message posted on social media, Catherine spoke of her "relief" and said she remained "focused on recovery".
"As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead," the princess wrote in the post, which she signed off as "C".
Earlier, on a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London, Catherine thanked staff and empathised with cancer patients about the "tough" treatment but reassured them there was "light at the end of that tunnel".
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Firefighters in the Los Angeles area are facing a crucial day, as forecasters warn that particularly dangerous winds in north-west LA could spread blazes.
A red flag weather warning for wind gusts of up to 70mph has begun, while elsewhere LA residents have been told to stay indoors to avoid dust and ash.
At least two large blazes and two smaller ones continue to burn - the biggest, the Palisades Fire, has destroyed more than 23,000 acres and is 14% contained
At least 24 people have died in the fires and 23 others are missing, while more than 90,000 are under evacuation orders
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The wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war explains how Russia attempted to recruit her for sabotage.
The 42-year-old had been waiting for news of her husband Dima, an army medic captured by Russia, for more than two years when she suddenly received a phone call.
The voice at the end of the phone told her that if she committed treason against Ukraine, Dima could be eligible for better treatment in prison, or even early release.
Later, the Security Service of Ukraine told Svitlana that the man she'd been talking to was indeed in Russia, and she should break off contact.
In a statement to the BBC, the Security Service of Ukraine said co-operating with Russian agents "will in no way ease the plight of the prisoner; on the contrary, it may significantly complicate their chances of being exchanged."
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South Korea's Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from office after his shock martial law attempt last month.
The hearing ended within four minutes because of Yoon's absence - his lawyers had earlier said he would not attend for his own safety, as there is a warrant out for his arrest on separate charges of insurrection.
In December, Yoon was suspended after members of his own party voted with the opposition to impeach him.
However he will only be formally removed from office if at least six of the eight-member Constitutional Court bench votes to uphold the impeachment.
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President Joe Biden has said a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages is "on the brink" of coming to fruition and his administration is working urgently to achieve it.
Palestinian officials have confirmed that the terms of a deal are being finalised, while the Israelis said talks are at an advanced stage with a deal possible in hours or days.
It’s understood that Israel has agreed to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners including around 190 who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. In exchange, Hamas will release 34 hostages.
Hamas would release three hostages on the first day of the agreement after which Israel would begin withdrawing troops from populated areas of Gaza. Seven days later Hamas would release four additional hostages and Israel would allow displaced people in southern Gaza to return to the north on foot via the coastal road.
The agreement includes provisions for Israeli forces to remain in what’s known as the Philadelphi Corridor and maintain an 800-meter buffer zone along Gaza’s eastern and northern borders during the first phase of the deal lasting 42 days.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem and Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Today, we look at the announcement of a new AI Action Plan and the UK government’s hope that it will make the UK a world leader in AI.
In a speech, the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer laid out the government's plans to use AI across the UK to boost growth and deliver public services more efficiently. Adam and Chris are joined by the BBC’s AI Correspondent, Marc Cieslak.
Plus, we look at what today’s announcements mean for the NHS. Adam speaks to Dr Maxine Mackintosh, AI and health expert and Sana Khareghani, former head of the UK government office for AI about how AI could transform the NHS.
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Three wildfires are still burning in the LA area - the largest, the Palisades Fire, is just 14% contained.
LA City mayor Karen Bass said "urgent preparations" are being made, with close to hurricane-force winds forecast which could spark new fires across the region.
US President Joe Biden said he is "deeply saddened by the devastation" caused by the ongoing wildfires across Los Angeles.
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Three wildfires are still burning in the Los Angeles area and the largest, the Palisades Fire, is just 14% contained.
LA City mayor Karen Bass said "urgent preparations" are being made after the National Weather Service forecasted close to hurricane force winds this week.
Some 24 people have been killed by the fires, with at least 23 still unaccounted for and authorities said the death toll is expected to increase.
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In recent weeks, US President-elect Donald Trump has shown renewed interest in taking control of Greenland, a largely autonomous territory of Denmark in the Arctic and the world's largest island.
When asked if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the island, as well as the Panama Canal, he responded: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two.
"But I can say this, we need them for economic security," he told reporters during a wide-ranging news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last week.
So, how do people living in Greenland feel about Trump’s plans?
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One of the world's largest religious festivals kicks off today in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela – which happens every 12 years.
Over the next 45 days, officials are expecting 400 million Hindus to make their way to where the three rivers, the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati meet.
By bathing in the waters, devotees believe their sins will be washed away.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a "vast potential" for rejuvenating UK public services, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.
In a speech setting out the government's plans to use AI across the UK to boost growth and deliver services more efficiently, the prime minister said the government had a responsibility to make AI "work for working people".
But the announcement has prompted questions from critics over how much time and money will be needed to make the government's vision a reality, after concerns over current borrowing costs and the pound falling to a recent low.
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The launch of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has been postponed due to a “vehicle subsystem issue”.
The reusable rocket had been due to set off from Florida, but was delayed multiple times.
Bezos has plans for his company to become a rival to Elon Musk's SpaceX and the rocket, New Glenn, is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth.
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US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken by phone - in Biden's final week in office - as momentum builds towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Israel and Hamas are understood to be making progress but uncertainty remains over key aspects of the potential agreement.
The White House said Biden discussed the "fundamentally changed regional circumstances" following Israel's ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and the weakening of Iran's power in the region.
Netanyahu's office said he had updated Biden on instructions he had given to senior negotiators in Doha "in order to advance the release of the hostages".
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The BBC visited the so-called Shein village in Guangzhou, China, and found workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant were labouring for around 75 hours a week - which breaks the country's labour laws.
Shein said it is committed to the welfare of all employees in its supply chain.
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The fires in Los Angeles could "take off" again on Tuesday or Wednesday, the Pasadena fire chief has told the BBC.
High winds are forecast - and Pasadena fire chief, Chad Augustin, said they are at a "fork in the road" in the fight against the blaze.
There are three wildfires still burning in the LA area - the largest, the Palisades fire, is just 13% contained.
The number of people killed has risen to 24.
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The authorities in Los Angeles warn that scammers and looters are taking advantage of victims of the wildfires that have devastated large parts of the city. One man is reported to have dressed as a firefighter in order to burgle a home and dozens of others have been arrested.
16 people are now known to have died in the fires with another 16 missing.
More strong winds are forecast but firefighters say they are making progress, with one major fire contained. Aircraft have now been brought in to help tackle the blazes as strong winds that have been fanning the flames have died down.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy and John Sudworth.
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At least 16 people have been killed and another 13 missing from the devastating Los Angeles fires, the LA Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed.
Eleven deaths are linked to the Eaton fire, and five to the Palisades fire, but officials expect those numbers to rise.
Firefighters are making an all-out assault to prevent the largest of the deadly wildfires from spreading into one of the city's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
Aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the Palisades fire, which is now menacing Brentwood, home to the world-famous Getty Center art museum.
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The UK government has announced plans to cap the price of resale tickets in a clamp-down on ticket touts who bulk buy tickets and then resell them for huge profits.
They are also putting out a call for evidence on dynamic pricing after Oasis fans were charged £200 more than advertised for tickets to their reunion tour.
The cap would also apply to tickets in the live events industry including sport, music, comedy and theatre.
They will launch a consultation to seek views on capping resale prices on a range, from the original price to up to a 30% uplift, and limiting the number of tickets resellers can sell.
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Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal at a press conference.
While the president-elect appeared to rule out the possibility when it came to Canada, Trump did say he would use “economic force” to annex Canada and described their shared border as “an artificially drawn line”.
The Americast team analyse how seriously the world should take Trump’s threats, and what they indicate about his strategy when he takes office this January.
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Donald Trump’s re-election as US President this month is seen by many Israeli settlers as an opportunity to press ahead with the annexation of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlements have doubled in the last five years and are now home to more than 500,000 settlers.
The settlements are viewed as illegal by the UN's top court and most other countries, but Israel disputes that.
Israel's far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, publicly called for annexing the Israeli settlements in the West Bank following Trump’s election victory in November, but formal annexation has so far remained a dream for settlers.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is preparing to launch his first orbital rocket into space on Sunday with his space company Blue Origin.
The launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida marks a major milestone for Blue Origin as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the New Zealand firm Rocket Lab - both of which are already running missions for Nasa and others.
The spacecraft, named the Blue Glenn in honour of the first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn, has taken a decade to perfect.
The launch was slated to launch on Friday before being pushed back to Sunday, at the earliest, due to weather concerns.
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The US president-elect has previously promised he will negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
Now, Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US president-elect gave no timeline for when the meeting might take place.
The Kremlin said in response that it was open to the talks, but that no details had been confirmed yet.
Ukraine’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba discusses whether his country’s fate might have been different if Donald Trump was US president in 2022.
Kuleba also shares his thoughts on whether Ukraine’s age for military mobilisation could be lowered, telling Victoria Derbyshire why his 18-year-old son is keen to join the war effort.
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At least 10 people have been killed in devastating fires blazing across Los Angeles.
So far, it's estimated 10,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed.
A forecast for more strong winds is raising fears that the blazes could spread further.
BBC Correspondent Helena Humphrey has spoken to a family after they returned to their home to find they had lost nearly all their possessions.
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Firefighters are still struggling to contain the wildfires raging across Los Angeles for four days.
The US National Guard has been deployed and nightime curfews announced in some areas, to prevent looting. President Biden has said the city resembles a 'war scene.'
Around 10 thousand homes and buildings have been destroyed. Early estimates suggest the cost of the damage may amount to $150 billion dollars.
Fire authorities are admitting they do not have enough resources to tackle the biggest wildfires ever seen in the Los Angeles area.
Powerful winds and parched ground after months with little rain have contributed o the disaster. Scientists studying climate change have confirmed that 2024 was the hottest ever recorded, with temperatures 1.6 degrees higher than the pre-industrial average.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy, John Sudworth and Justin Rowlatt.
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The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.
The European Copernicus climate service said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the 1.5C threshold, as well as being the world's hottest year on record.
This does not mean the international 1.5C target has been broken, because that refers to a long-term average over decades.
But does bring us nearer to doing so, as fossil fuel emissions continue to heat the atmosphere.
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Today, we look at Donald Trump avoiding jail, and any punishment, over charges of fraud relating to hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
Adam is joined by Caitriona Perry, the BBC’s chief presenter in Washington, and Gary O’Donoghue, the BBC’s senior North America correspondent. And, 2024 was the first year to exceed the key global warming threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures.
Adam talks to Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, which marks the UK government’s homework on… climate change.
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A night-time curfew has been imposed in areas impacted by the devastating wildfires blazing across Los Angeles.
The rule will be in effect in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Fire areas as police warn that anyone involved in "despicable" looting will be arrested.
At least 10 people have been killed in the fires so far and it's estimated 10,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has been spared jail time or a fine in New York in the hush-money case.
Last May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts relating to hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
On Friday, he was sentenced to "unconditional discharge" on all counts.
Paying hush money is not illegal in New York, but the charges stem from how Trump reimbursed his lawyer, who paid Daniels.
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Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, as officials warn more high winds could further fan the flames.
The wind forecasts and drought conditions mean a red flag warning, indicating critical fire conditions, is in place across Southern California.
Five fires are still burning and a man has been detained on suspicion of starting the latest fire.
However, the local fire chief said there is currently no "conclusive evidence" that the wildfires were started deliberately.
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Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least ten people, the city’s medical examiner confirms on Thursday evening.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says it hasn't been safe to reach many hard-hit areas and the death toll is "absolutely going to change”.
Forecasters have warned more high winds may fan the flames further.
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The devastating wildfires in California are continuing to spread despite the efforts of firefighters. More than 10,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed with entire neighbourhoods reduced to ashes.
180,000 people have been told to leave their homes with hundreds of thousands more on high alert.
Arson investigators are looking into the cause of one of the major fires, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angleles. Five people are known to have died and the authorities say if fires were started deliberately deaths will be treated as murder. There are some reports of looting with more than 20 arrests.
Fire authorities are admitting they do not have enough resources to tackle the biggest wildfires ever seen in the Los Angeles area. Strong winds and a shortage of water are hampering efforts to control the flames.
Sophie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy and John Sudworth.
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Tech millionaire Elon Musk has interviewed the co-leader of the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel.
Musk praised Weidel as “very reasonable” on Thursday, urging Germans to vote for the far-right party.
The AfD party is currently polling at about 19% in the run up to Germany's elections next month.
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Today, we look at the wildfires still raging across Los Angeles, where five people have been killed and more than 175,000 have been evacuated.
Adam speaks with BBC’s Los Angeles correspondent Emma Vardy about the extent of the damage and the rescue operations. And Politico’s California environment reporter Camille von Kaenel explains why President-elect Donald Trump blames the Democrats for the damage caused.
Plus, as the pound falls to its lowest level in over a year, at the same time UK borrowing costs hit their highest for 16 years - What is going on with the economy? Adam and Chris are joined by economics editor Faisal Islam to explain.
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Wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths and burning down hundreds of buildings.
Nearly 180,000 LA residents have been told to evacuate and authorities say they're doing what they can to ascertain if any more people have died.
The Palisades fire, one of the five still burning, is thought to be "one of the worst natural disasters in the history of LA" - it now covers covering 17,200 acres and is 0% contained.
Officials are hopeful that the "tide is turning", with LA's city fire chief saying winds - which helped the fires to spread - are forecast to "subside" today, and aerial firefighting allowed to resume.
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Tributes are being paid to former US president Jimmy Carter at his state funeral in Washington DC.
Delivering the eulogy, President Joe Biden said Carter made a "powerful difference" and established a "model post-presidency".
All five living presidents were in attendance for the funeral: Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton.
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At least five wildfires are raging in Los Angeles - the two largest cover more than 27,000 acres and are 0% contained.
Five people are confirmed dead and more than 137,000 people have been evacuated.
A fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday near the world-famous Hollywood sign - while buildings along the city's Sunset Boulevard, the famous strip that stretches for miles through Los Angeles, lies in ruins.
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Migration will remain of one of the top issues for US president elect Donald Trump when he takes office on the 20th of January.
One area of concern will be the Darién Gap - a treacherous strip of jungle connecting South and Central America.
It's renowned as one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.
The number of migrants undertaking this perilous journey has fallen by nearly 41% in the last year as the Panamanian government clamp down on illegal crossing - and US President Elect Donald Trump is likely to support those measures.
But despite the risks, for many people it's seen as a vital route towards the US.
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High winds and lack of rain are the main factors driving the Southern California fires, but climate change is altering the background conditions, increasing the likelihood of these fires, say experts.
Researchers have shown that a warming world increases the number of "fire weather" days, when conditions are more suited to outbreaks of fire.
California is particularly vulnerable right now because of a lack of rain in recent months, following a very warm summer.
The powerful Santa Ana winds that naturally occur at this time of year, combined with the dry conditions, can result in fast moving and dangerous fire outbreaks.
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A fire has broken out in Hollywood Hills, triggering mandatory evacuations including areas with celebrity homes.
There are now at least six fires raging in Los Angeles and its neighbouring Ventura county. Apart from one in Woodley, which has decreased in size, the others are 0% contained, officials say.
Five people are confirmed dead and more than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate from the Eaton fire. Another 37,000 have been evacuated because of the Palisades inferno.
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The authorities in California are warning that devastating wildfires are continuing to spread despite the efforts of firefighters, with “zero per cent containment” of the flames.
They’ve warned that the fire department does not have enough resources to tackle the biggest wildfire ever seen in Los Angeles. Strong winds and a shortage of water are hampering efforts to control the flames.
Around 50,000 people have been told to leave their homes and move to safety as some of California’s most desirable neighbourhoods are reduced to ashes.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy and Justin Rowlatt.
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Today, we look at the debate over a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal playing out in the House of Commons.
The issue was voted on because of an amendment to a Labour bill that will introduce changes to the education system.
Chris unpacks the politics, education editor Branwen Jeffreys explains the changes, and political correspondent Tom Symonds talks about what victims are calling for.
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Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.
He filmed the moment he was trapped in the vehicle, unable to stop the car or get help.
Johns said he almost missed his flight.
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Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.
The town has borne the brunt of Russian advances in recent months and is a stepping-stone to the key logistical hub of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine has not acknowledged the fall of Kurakhove, which is 35km (21 miles) south of Pokrovsk.
Meanwhile, Ukraine military has said it hit a Russian oil depot in a city of Engels that supplies fuel to an important military airbase.
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More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake struck in a remote part of western China.
At least 126 people have been killed while more than 400 people have been rescued, Chinese state media says.
The rescue operation is being hampered by winter temperatures that dropped to -16C overnight.
Earthquakes are common in the region, which lies on a major geological fault line, but Tuesday's was one of China's deadliest in recent years.
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Firefighters in California are battling three different blazes in and around Los Angeles, including a ferocious one that has ripped through the affluent Pacific Palisades neighbourhood.
At least 30,000 people were ordered to evacuate as the blaze in the west of the city exploded rapidly from 10 acres to nearly 3,000 in size.
Los Angeles residents abandoned their cars to flee a fast-moving wildfire as it closed in on a picturesque celebrity enclave, eyewitnesses say.
The fire - which broke out about 10:30 (18:30 GMT) on Tuesday - rapidly spread in incredibly dry conditions and high winds.
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Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency as a wildfire exploded from 10 acres to more than 2,900 acres in hours.
Officials say the blaze grew from 20 acres to more than 200 acres in about 20 minutes after it was reported about 10:30 local time.
Fire chief Kristin Crowley has ordered more than 30,000 people to evacuate, and said 13,000 buildings are under threat.
The wildfire’s growth has been fuelled by a fierce wind event that has placed a large portion of the state under a red flag warning.
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The US President-elect Donald Trump has ramped up threats to seize control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to US national security.
Asked at a press conference if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the autonomous Danish territory or the Panama Canal, he responded: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two…. but I can say this, we need them for economic security.” Both Denmark and Panama have rejected any suggestion that they would voluntarily give up their territory.
Mr Trump also said he planned to use “economic force” when asked if he would attempt to annex Canada, calling the US-Canada border an "artificially drawn line".
During the news conference at Mr Trump’s Mar-a- Lago estate in Florida he also criticised environmental regulations, the US electoral system and suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America”.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith.
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Today, we look at why Meta is bringing to an end the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram - and replacing them with ‘community notes’.
In a video posted online Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were "too politically biased" and it was "time to get back to our roots around free expression". Adam is joined by Vivian Schiller, vice president and executive director of Aspen Digital, and former head of news at Twitter.
And, as Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to launch a UK-wide investigation into grooming gangs, Adam speaks to Tom Symonds, the BBC’s political correspondent, and Alison Holt, the BBC’s social affairs editor, about what was learnt from past inquiries into child sexual abuse.
You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened "very high" tariffs on Denmark if it resists his effort to take control of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Asked during a news conference Tuesday if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take control of the strategically-important island, he said: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two."
"I can say this, we need them for economic security," he said.
Trump also said he would use "economic force" against Canada and called the US-Canada border an "artificially drawn line".
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Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users.
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were "too politically biased" and it was "time to get back to our roots around free expression".
Zuckerberg and other tech executives are seeking to improve relations with US President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office later this month.
In a wide-ranging news conference on Tuesday, when asked whether he thought Meta was introducing the changes due to threats he had made towards the company, Trump replied, "Probably."
At the same event, he also said he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a major earthquake killed dozens of people and damaged more than 1,000 buildings in a remote region of Tibet, near Mount Everest.
At least 126 people were killed, with another 188 injured, after the earthquake hit the foothills of the Himalayas at around 09:00 local time on Tuesday, according to Chinese state media.
A large-scale rescue operation was launched, with survivors under additional pressure as temperatures were predicted to fall as low as -16C (3.2F) overnight.
Earthquakes are common in the region, which lies on a major geological fault line, but Tuesday's was one of China's deadliest in recent years.
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French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96, according to a family statement shared with AFP.
Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died at midday on Tuesday "surrounded by his loved ones", the family said.
Le Pen - a Holocaust denier and an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration - founded the French far-right National Front party in 1972.
He reached the presidential election-run off against Jacques Chirac in 2002.
Le Pen's daughter, Marine, took over as party chief in 2011 and has since rebranded the party as National Rally, turning it into one of France's main political forces.
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For children in parts of India, such as West Bengal, playing outside can be deadly.
A new BBC investigation has revealed that hundreds of children in West Bengal have been maimed, wounded or killed by home-made bombs they mistook for toys.
But why are these lethal devices being made? Why are the children so often the victims?
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The US Congress formally certified the incoming president's re-election in a special session.
Vice-President Kamala Harris, who Donald Trump defeated in the 2024 election, presided over the event as required by the US Constitution.
Heavy security was in place in Washington DC, four years to the day after a mob of Trump's supporters violently besieged the US Capitol.
After the number of electoral college votes were read out from each state, Harris certified that Trump won the US presidency.
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Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of Canada's governing party after nearly a decade as prime minister.
Trudeau swept to power nearly a decade ago, heralded as the fresh face of progressive politics.
But in the years since his ascent to the global stage, and over two general elections, Trudeau and his brand have become a drag on the party's fortunes.
Trudeau will stay on as prime minister until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen, at a date yet to be set by the party.
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Today, we look at Keir Starmer’s response to what he calls “lies and misinformation” being spread over grooming gangs.
It comes after multi-billionaire Elon Musk accused the UK Prime Minister of being "complicit in the rape of Britain" during his time as director of public prosecutions for failing to tackle grooming gangs. Adam and Chris discuss his response in a press conference on Monday, and reflect on what impact Musk and President-elect Trump are already having on world politics.
Adam and Chris are also joined by Stephen Kinnock, the Care Minister to talk through the government’s plan to tackle hospital backlogs.
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Justin Trudeau has resigned as leader of Canada's governing party after nearly a decade as prime minister.
Trudeau said on Monday in a news conference in Ottawa that he will stay on as PM until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen.
He said, "This country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election."
He also addressed the exit of his former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, which is credited as sparking a renewed pressure from within his party and elsewhere to step down.
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Ukraine has launched a counter-attack in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says.
As officials in Ukraine also suggested an operation was under way, Moscow said it had met the attack with artillery and air power.
Ukrainian forces entered the region near the Ukraine border in August, seizing a chunk of territory.
Russian forces have pushed them back in some areas without managing to eject them entirely.
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The new year raises big questions for major economies around the world.
China and Germany stumbled last year with fundamental challenges proving difficult to fix.
Meanwhile, the US saw strong growth, but president-elect Donald Trump's return and his tariff-centred policies could have widespread effects.
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Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says.
In a statement, the ministry said efforts to destroy the Ukrainian attack groups were ongoing. Officials in Ukraine have also suggested an operation is under way.
Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August last year, seizing a chunk of territory.
In recent months, Russian forces have made big gains in the area, pushing the Ukrainians back, but failing to eject them entirely.
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Snow and freezing rain have swept parts of the UK as amber weather warnings remain in place for northern England and Wales on Sunday.
Parts of the south saw snow on Saturday night, which has now turned back to rain - but heavy snow is set to continue further north.
Frosty conditions are expected to return next week, with forecasters warning of a risk of ice causing treacherous conditions.
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Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, is due to arrive in South Korea after authorities tried and failed to arrest the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.
After a dramatic six hour stand-off, police called off the attempt to arrest the suspended president - as Mr Yoon's security team formed a human wall and used vehicles to block the arresting team's path.
It has been an unprecedented month for South Korean politics. Yoon's shocking yet short-lived martial law order was followed by an impeachment vote against him.
Protests in the country's capital Seoul continue, with hundreds taking to the streets in support and also against the impeached president. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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The nearly week-long state funeral of former US President Jimmy Carter has officially begun following his death last month aged 100.
The six days of ceremonies started on Saturday with a motorcade procession from the Carters' hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta, where he will lie in repose until he is moved to Washington DC.
Once all the services have concluded, Carter will be buried in his hometown alongside his wife, Rosalynn, who died last year at age 96.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, lived longer than any president in history.
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The inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States will take place on 20 January.
It will be his second time taking office. He served as the 45th US president between 2017 and 2021.
In this episode of Path to the Presidency, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda, Christian Fraser and Courtney Subramanian look at the shifting dynamics in Washington just weeks before Donald Trump takes office.
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A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York.
The sentencing date is less than two weeks before the US president-elect is set to be sworn in as president.
New York Justice Juan Merchan signalled he would not sentence Trump to jail time, probation or a fine, but instead give him an "unconditional discharge".
Trump had attempted to use his presidential election victory to have the case against him dismissed.
The president-elect has posted on social media dismissing the judge's order as an "illegitimate political attack".
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Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission.
The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping on its customers through its virtual assistant Siri.
The claimants also allege voice recordings were shared with advertisers.
Apple, which has not admitted any wrongdoing, has been approached for comment.
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Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg is to step down from his current job as president of global affairs at social media giant Meta.
In a post on Meta's Facebook on Thursday, Sir Nick, a former leader of the Liberal Democrats, said he was departing the company after nearly seven years.
He will be replaced by his current deputy and Republican Joel Kaplan, who previously served as deputy chief of staff in the White House during President George W Bush's administration, and is known for handling the company's relations with Republicans.
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Trump-backed Mike Johnson has been re-elected as Speaker of the US House of Representatives in the first round of voting after overcoming a Republican revolt.
The final tally stood at Johnson with 218 votes, Democrat Hakeem Jeffries with 215 votes and one vote for another member.
President-elect Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the Louisiana lawmaker Johnson.
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Today, we look at the government’s plans for a new independent commission on the future of adult social care in England.
It's due to start this April, but the final proposals are unlikely to be delivered before 2028.
Adam is joined by Vicki Young, BBC’s deputy political editor, and Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Group, the association for all care providers in York and North Yorkshire.
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US lawmakers have convened on the Capitol to kick off a new Congress.
Friday marks the start of the 119th Congress, with Republican majorities in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
This marks a Republican trifecta given that President-elect Donald Trump is also returning to the White House later this month.
Despite an endorsement from Trump, current speaker Mike Johnson faces opposition from several members within his caucus who remain unconvinced he deserves a second chance.
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New Orleans is mourning the loss of at least 14 people after a pick-up truck drove into a crowd of people in the city’s French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Americast hosts Justin, Anthony and Marianna explain what we know so far and how both Joe Biden and the incoming president, Donald Trump, have responded to the attack.
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After a dramatic six-hour long standoff with security, South Korean police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A large number of pro-Yoon supporters gathered outside his residence before sunrise, and were later joined by a human wall of security staff inside the property. It meant the 150 officers found themselves helplessly outnumbered.
The politician is currently under investigation for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in early December.
A Seoul court issued a warrant for his arrest early this week after he ignored three summonses for him to appear for questioning.
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The brother of the New Orleans terror attack suspect has said his action on New Year’s Day was “completely out of character”.
Fourteen people were killed and at least 35 injured after Shamsud-Din Jabbar carried out an Islamic State (IS)-inspired attack and drove into crowds in the early hours of New Year's Day.
His brother has given an interview to our US partner CBS.
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Martin "Tiger" Bech was one of the people killed in the New Year's day attack in New Orleans.
Fourteen people were killed and numerous others injured when a man ploughed through a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours.
The suspect, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was shot dead by police.
Martin's brother, Jack, has told the BBC that the close-knit Bech family will never be the same.
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After a six-hour long standoff with security, South Korea police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol.
The military and Yoon's security service officers formed a human wall and used vehicles to block the arrest team's path, local news outlet Yonhap reported.
Yoon is under investigation for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in early December.
The move, although short-lived, led to a political crisis as Yoon was impeached by an opposition-led parliament and suspended from office.
A Seoul court issued a warrant for his arrest early this week after he ignored three summonses for him to appear for questioning.
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Russian gas has stopped flowing to EU states via Ukraine after a five-year deal expired, marking the end of a decades-long arrangement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood". Poland's government meanwhile said the cut-off was "another victory" against Moscow.
The European Commission said the EU had prepared for the change and most states could cope. Moldova, which is not in the EU, is already suffering shortages.
Russia can still send gas to Hungary, Turkey and Serbia through the TurkStream pipeline across the Black Sea.
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About 200 huge footprints, left by vast dinosaurs in the Jurassic period 166 million years ago, have been found in a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire in England.
They reveal the comings and goings of two different types of dinosaurs that are thought to be a long-necked sauropod called Cetiosaurus and the smaller meat-eating Megalosaurus. The longest trackways are 150m in length, but they could extend much further as only part of the quarry has been excavated.
The tracks were first spotted by Gary Johnson, a worker at Dewars Farm Quarry, while he was driving a digger. "I was basically clearing the clay, and I hit a hump, and I thought it's just an abnormality in the ground," he said, pointing to a ridge where some mud has been pushed up as a dinosaur's foot pressed down into the earth.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Rebecca Morelle.
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Thousands of traders in Ghana's capital Accra are counting their losses after a devastating fire swept through Kantamanto Market early this morning.
The cause of fire is still under investigation, with authorities working to assess the extent of the damage. No casualties have been reported.
Kantamanto is one of the world's largest markets for secondhand clothes.
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Today, we look at the latest developments in the New Orleans attack that killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more on New Year's Day.
The FBI says 42-year-old army veteran, Shamsu-Din Jabbar, posted videos online proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Adam speaks to Justin Webb, host of our sister podcast, Americast, and Marianna Spring, BBC’s social media investigations correspondent.
And Adam is joined by Alex, as 20 councillors in Nottinghamshire quit Labour, after criticism that the party “had abandoned its traditional values.”
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Police in Las Vegas have given more details on the Cybertruck explosion incident at the Trump Hotel.
The Las Vegas police chief said the driver of the Tesla vehicle was likely Matthew Alan Livelsberger - although the body was "burnt beyond recognition", making him difficult to identify.
Earlier, the FBI confirmed there was "no definitive link" with the explosion and the deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day.
The police chief there were several commonalities between the Las Vegas driver and the New Orleans suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar - though there is still no indication yet that they knew each other.
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The FBI said it now believes that no-one else was involved in the deadly New Orleans attack on New Year's Day, other than Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
Earlier, US authorities said they believed multiple people were involved in the incident which killed 15 people, including the suspect.
The victims include an aspiring nurse and a mother of a four-year-old.
The FBI also said there is currently "no definitive link" with the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas hours later.
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An American college football player, a young aspiring nurse and a mother of a four-year-old are among the victims of the New Year's day attack in New Orleans in which at least 15 people were killed.
Their names are being released by families and relatives before authorities complete post-mortem examinations.
The driver of a pick-up truck that sped into large crowds has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, who was killed in a shootout with police.
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Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago.
Thousands of people died in the central city of Bhopal in December 1984 after breathing a poisonous gas leaked from the factory.
Since the disaster, the toxic material had been lying in the mothballed factory, polluting groundwater in the surrounding areas.
On Wednesday, around 337 tonnes of toxic waste was taken from the Union Carbide plant to an incinerator facility after a court last month set a four-week deadline for it to be disposed of.
Officials say it will take between three and nine months to treat and destroy the waste but activists have raised concerns about potential damage to people's health at the new location.
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South Korean police said the chief executive of Jeju Air has been banned from leaving the country as they continue their investigation into Sunday’s deadly plane crash.
It follows a police raid of Muan International Airport and the airline’s offices in the capital Seoul.
There were 181 people on board, 179 of them died after the plane crashed into a structure and exploded.
Investigators have now started the process of extracting data from the plane’s black boxes.
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US authorities say they believe multiple people were involved in an attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and wounded dozens on New Year's Day.
President Joe Biden says the attacker was inspired by the Islamic State group and the FBI says an IS flag was found in the truck.
The driver of a pick-up truck that sped into large crowds in the city's French Quarter has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, who was killed in a shootout with police.
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The UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in Oxfordshire, England.
About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor.
They reveal the comings and goings of two different types of dinosaurs that are thought to be the long-necked sauropod Cetiosaurus and the smaller meat-eating Megalosaurus.
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US President Joe Biden has said the man who drove a pick-up truck at high speed into large crowds in New Orleans on New Year's Day had a "desire to kill".
Fifteen people were killed and at least 35 injured during the attack on Bourbon Street in the city's French Quarter.
The driver of the vehicle has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, who was killed in a shootout with police.
The FBI said an Islamic State group flag was found in the truck and they are investigating the attack as an "act of terrorism".
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15 people were killed and at least 35 injured after a man drove into large crowds in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early hours of New Year's Day.
US investigators believe the suspect who was killed by police was not acting alone. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen, is believed to have driven a pickup truck into a crowd on a busy New Orleans street, before exiting the vehicle and firing a weapon. He was shot dead by police at the scene.
The FBI says an Islamic State group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving, while two improvised explosive devices were found nearby. FBI assistant special agent Alethea Duncan said the agency did not believe Jabbar was "solely responsible" and were investigating the incident as an "act of terrorism".
Jabbar was born in Texas and previously served in the US Army. He also appears to have worked in real estate, holding a license that expired in 2021. He had a criminal record, relating to traffic offences and theft.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Bateman in New Orleans.
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The FBI has released a statement which says the person who drove a car into a crowd of people in New Orleans, killing 10, is dead and the attack is being investigated as an "act of terrorism".
The statement says that the person "engaged with local law enforcement and is now deceased".
Police say the driver was "hell-bent on creating the carnage he did" and also opened fire on officers.
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Ten people have died and 30 are injured after a vehicle drove into a large crowd in New Orleans, according to authorities.
Videos on social media that appear to have been recorded today at the scene of the incident show multiple casualties on the ground. Gunfire can be heard in the background and people can be seen running from the area.
The incident occurred at approximately 03:15 local time (09:15 GMT) on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter - a popular tourist destination in the city.
Witnesses told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that the driver of the vehicle then got out and started firing a weapon.
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A decades-long arrangement allowing Russian gas to flow to EU states via Ukraine has ended after a five-year deal expired.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood" and had given the EU a year to prepare.
Russia can still send gas to Hungary, Turkey and Serbia through the TurkStream pipeline across the Black Sea.
The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" and that it could cope with the change. Slovakia, however, could face disruption and Moldova, which is not in the EU, is already suffering shortages.
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Gaza resident Amal Alabadla gave birth to her son Mohamed on October 7 2023 - her eldest son Noah was only 18 months at the time.
Since then Amal has faced a daily struggle to care for her children amid bombardments, food shortages and frequent displacements.
Amal's husband works in the West Bank, and hasn't been able to be with his family since before the war - so has never met his baby son.
Israel said it does not target civilians in Gaza and is dismantling terrorist networks.
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In his New Year address, Vladimir Putin has told Russians that the country will move forward with confidence in 2025 and that he's proud of his achievements.
The Russian president, who's been in charge for 25 years, paid tribute to the soldiers fighting in the war in Ukraine, calling them true heroes.
But the war has had devastating consequences for Ukraine and for Russia, which is suffering heavy losses on the battlefield and economic pressure from sanctions.
After nearly three years of fighting, how do the people of Russia view what's happening?
The BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg went into the streets of Moscow to ask Russians about their hopes for 2025.
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Today we look at the upcoming year around the world.
Adam Fleming speaks to Chris Mason about UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer’s foreign policy priorities and working with the incoming Trump administration with Senior North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue.
Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet joins from Syria to talk about what might happen next in the country and across the Middle East.
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01:30 - What a Trump Administration Will Mean For the UK 13:00 - The Middle East 29:59 - The US Election
Health officials in Gaza have said six newborn babies have died of hypothermia in the past two weeks.
With hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in tents, and temperatures expected to drop further in the coming days, the United Nations Children's agency UNICEF has warned that more children's lives are at risk.
Aid workers have said they're struggling to get supplies to them because of Israeli restrictions and theft.
Israel has said it's facilitating the delivery of aid.
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There's been an outpouring of tributes to Jimmy Carter, the former US president who has died at the age of 100.
US President Joe Biden described Carter as "a man of principle, faith and humility," while President-elect Donald Trump said Americans owe Carter a "debt of gratitude."
A national day of mourning and state funeral will be held on 9 January.
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A star system about 3,000 light years away is expected to briefly explode into brightness.
A guest star in the night sky, called T Cor Bor cannot normally be seen by the naked eye - but in a celestial event that takes place about every 80 years - could become visible in the night sky.
The astronomical phenomenon is caused by the interaction between two stars orbiting each other - but pinpointing the exact date it will happen can be tricky, with a few false sightings of T Cor Bor over the years and few records to refer to.
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President Biden has said that a National Day of Mourning will be held on 9 January, for former US president Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100. There will be a state funeral held for him.
Carter was the only US president to earn the Nobel Peace Prize for his post-presidency work, which he was awarded in 2002.
The former US president spoke with BBC World News America's Katty Kay in 2014 about Russia's annexation of Crimea, how he reacted to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and his post-presidency work for women’s rights.
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Newscast look back at the US election.
Adam Fleming, Sumi Somaskanda, Caitriona Perry and Justin Webb talk through their stand out moments of the US election campaign. From televised debates to two assassination attempts, and Joe Biden dropping out.
And they share their thoughts on what to look out for in 2025.
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Chapters:
01:08 - How things looked in January 2024 05:56 - Donald Trump’s Legal Problems 07:45 - The End of President Biden’s Campaign 12:29 - The Kamala Harris Campaign 18:20 - The Importance of Reproductive Rights. 22:00 - How the Media Covered the Election 24:19 - Election Night 28:00 - Looking Ahead to 2025
South Korea's acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operations after a plane crashed and killed all but two people onboard at Muan International Airport on Sunday.
The Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 burst into flames as it crash-landed at the airport with just two cabin crew members, who were in the rear of the plane, surviving the crash.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok has asked investigators to promptly disclose their findings to bereaved families.
His request also comes as another Jeju Air flight turned back to Seoul shortly after takeoff on Monday, due to an unidentified landing-gear issue.
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The former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100. He died at home in Plains, Georgia. His son said he was "a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love”.
A former peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter became president in the turbulent aftermath of the Watergate scandal, promising never to lie to the American people.
On the international stage he helped broker an historic peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. However he struggled to deal with the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
After a single term in office, he was swept aside by Ronald Reagan when he won just six states in the 1980 election.
After leaving office Jimmy Carter became a campaigner for international peace, the environment and human rights, for which he was recognised with a Nobel Peace prize.
The longest-lived president in US history, he celebrated his 100th birthday in October 2024.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue and Tom Bateman in Washington.
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Over the past week, suspected reprisal killings of people from the Alawite community which Syria’s deposed president Bashar Al-Assad belongs to have triggered protests.
Rebels Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham who have formed the de facto government of the country have denied carrying out reprisal attacks, and have promised a general amnesty for members of the former regime.
Tens of thousands of the former regime’s forces have been crowding at HTS centres to surrender. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye has been speaking to them to understand why the regime fell so rapidly, and whether they believe in the promise of amnesty.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100, the centre he founded has confirmed.
The former peanut farmer lived longer than any president in history and celebrated his 100th birthday in October.
The Carter Center, which advocates for democracy and human rights around the world, said he died on Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia.
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It has been confirmed that 179 people have died after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.
Two surviving crew members were pulled from the debris and taken to hospital.
The Boeing 737-800 flight - operated by airline Jeju Air - had 181 people on board including six flight staff.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace - but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible.
Putin said the "tragic incident", which killed 38 people, had occurred when Russian air defence systems were repelling Ukrainian drones.
Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky said Russia must "stop spreading disinformation" about the strike.
The plane is believed to have come under fire from Russian air defence as it tried to land in the Russian region of Chechnya - forcing it to divert across the Caspian Sea.
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India has mourned one of its longest-serving prime ministers, Manmohan Singh, with a state funeral in Delhi.
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Singh led the country from 2004 to 2014 and was considered the architect of India's economic liberalisation. He died on Thursday aged 92.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present at the ceremony on Saturday. He has called Singh one of the country's "most distinguished leaders".
Mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as Singh's coffin was taken through the city to the cremation grounds.
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One of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals has been forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military, medics have said.
It comes after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the area around the healthcare facility.
The head of the nursing department at Kamal Adwan hospital told the BBC that at about 07:00 on Friday, the military gave the administration 15 minutes to evacuate patients and staff into its courtyard.
Israeli troops subsequently entered the hospital and were removing the remaining patients, he said.
The Israeli military said on Friday afternoon that it was carrying out an operation in the area of the hospital, which it called a "Hamas terrorist stronghold".
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South Korea has voted to impeach its acting president Han Duck-soo just two weeks after parliament voted to impeach its President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Prime minister Han took over the role after President Yoon was impeached by parliament following his failed attempt to impose martial law on 3 December.
Han was supposed to lead the country out of its political turmoil, but opposition MPs argued that he was refusing demands to complete Yoon's impeachment process.
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UN Secretary General António Guterres has described Israeli air strikes on Yemen’s international airport as "especially alarming".
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen's international airport in Sanaa during the strikes which are reported to have killed at least six people.
In a statement on X, Guterres said: "I regret the recent escalation between Yemen and Israel, and remain deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation in the region."
Israel's military said it carried out "intelligence-based strikes on military targets”, but the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group said the attacks were “barbaric”.
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A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
The Parker Solar Probe passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface on Christmas Eve - enduring temperatures of 1,400C and radiation that could have frazzled its on-board electronics.
The probe moved faster than any human-made object by hurtling at 430,000mph - the equivalent of flying from London to New York in less than 30 seconds.
Scientists hope the mission will help us better our understanding of how the Sun works.
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Today, we look back at the big moments from the 2024 UK general election campaign.
Why did Rishi Sunak decide to hold the election in July? Why did his team decide to send him out into Downing Street in the rain? And looking back, were there any moments that could have changed the final exit poll?
Adam, Chris and Laura reminisce about covering the general election, tell us about their most memorable behind-the-scenes moments, and talk about the moments of the campaign they keep thinking back to.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction 02:04 Why was the “surprise” election called? 10:54 Sunak in the rain, the election campaign begins 14:25 What would Labour do about Diane Abbott? 19:20 The betting scandal 21.30 The PM leaves D-Day early 24:40 Labour’s tax claims 29:00 The return of Nigel Farage 31:55 Ed Davey’s stunts 35:25 Labour in power
Air strikes have been reported in two cities in Yemen, with witnesses and governing Houthi rebels saying the country's main international airport and a military base were targeted in the capital Sanaa.
Israel has said it carried out the strikes, and that its air force had targeted Houthi "military infrastructure".
Yemen's Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah reported that three people were killed in the strikes, and a further 11 were wounded.
Meanwhile in Gaza, a Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike while in a marked media vehicle, while Israel says it targeted "Islamic Jihad operatives posing as journalists."
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On 26 December 2004, Boxing Day, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of northwest Sumatra under the Indian Ocean, unleashing a devastating tsunami.
It killed an estimated 228,000 people across more than a dozen countries and caused massive damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives and Thailand.
The Andaman and Nicobar islands, located just about 100km north of the epicentre, suffered extensive damage when a wall of water, as high as 15 metres (49 ft) in places, hit land just about 15 minutes later.
Countries across the Indian Ocean have been remembering the catastrophic event 20 years on.
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Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with about 70 people on board in Kazakhstan, local officials have said.
Authorities in Azerbaijan, where the flight originated, said there were at least 30 survivors.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the Kazakh city of Aktau.
The plane was en route to Grozny in Russia but it was diverted due to fog, the airline told the BBC.
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A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere to try and help us better understand how the Sun works.
It is out of communication for several days and scientists will be waiting for a signal, expected at 05:00 GMT on 28 December, to see if it has survived.
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Today, we’re answering your questions about Christmas, UK politics and what goes on behind the scenes at Newscast HQ.
Adam, Paddy, Alex, Henry and Marianna cram into the Newscast studio for a Newscast Christmas party.
What’s on Henry Zeffman’s Christmas list? Is Die Hard a Christmas film? And where does the UK Prime Minister spend Christmas Day? Newscast answers all this and more.
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Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:32 What’s your favourite political system? 09:23 What’s at the top of your Christmas list 13:33 Does the UK Prime Minister get a break over Christmas? 16:45 What’s the most fun you’ve had working this year? 20:36 What drink would you have on Christmas day? 23:47 Best Christmas film?
Ukrainians are marking their third Christmas since the Russian invasion.
It comes as President Vladimir Putin's forces push deeper into the east of the country.
The city of Pokrovsk is Russia's next target, with troops less than two miles (three kilometres) from the city centre.
It's a key military hub and a part of the country's cultural identity - it's the birthplace of a well-known Christmas carol.
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Matt Gaetz spent tens of thousands of dollars on sex and drugs while formerly serving as a US congressman, according to a long-awaited report from the House of Representatives ethics committee.
It follows a years-long investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by Gaetz, who President-elect Donald Trump wanted to install as the nation's top lawman.
The committee also found evidence that Gaetz, 42, received gifts in excess of permissible amounts in connection to a 2018 trip to the Bahamas.
The former lawmaker has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, saying he is the victim of a smear campaign. Amid the controversy, he withdrew from consideration to serve as US attorney general.
US #MattGaetz #Congress #USHouse #BBCNews
Falling marriage and birth rates have long been an issue in South Korea. Despite the recent rise in matchmaking services, the numbers remain at record lows so the government is now hosting its own.
In 2023, the number of marriages was 40% lower compared to a decade ago.
The country’s total fertility rate - the average number of children a woman will have in her reproductive years - hit an all-time low of 0.72, the lowest in the world.
Experts attribute these figures to South Korea's long working hours, which in 2017 were the second highest globally after Mexico. Poor work-life balance, high housing prices and costly childcare also make it challenging for women to return to work after childbirth.
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Since Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, several European countries including Germany, UK and Denmark have paused asylum applications from Syria.
More than one million people who fled Syria during the civil war are currently living in the EU.
BBC's special correspondent Fergal Keane speaks to some of those he first met after they fled their homes in the early days of the conflict.
Warning: Distressing content.
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Today, we look at the most significant events in UK politics in 2024.
Adam is joined by Laura and Chris to talk about the events in 2024 that dominated the news headlines.
They look back at the Rwanda bill, the Conservative leadership election, Labour’s freebies row and the summer riots. And they talk about the political leadership changes across the UK with new first ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Chapters: 00:00 Who’s in charge across the UK at the end of the year 02:00 When will the UK general election be called 03:31 How foreign policy dominated in 2024 07:52 Immigration and illegal immigration 11:20 Conservative leadership contest 15:01 Keir Starmer’s first months in office 33:20 Plans for 2025
German authorities are facing questions about security and what they knew about the suspect accused of driving a car into Magdeburg Christmas market.
Five people were killed and more than 200 were left injured following the attack, with the suspect said to have used an access lane for emergency vehicles to enter the market.
On a visit on Saturday, politicians were heckled by members of the public, some seemingly outraged by what was criticised as a security lapse.
German authorities have defended the market's layout and security. The suspect has been ordered into pre-trial detention on counts of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.
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In Syria, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham or HTS’ takeover has sparked concerns for ethnic and religious minorities.
HTS is a Sunni Muslim group, and its leaders Ahmad Al-Sharra has a jihadist past.
Minorities say they are worried about Islamic rule, and those from Bashar Al-Assad’s Alawite community are worried their might be retribution against them.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye reports from Damascus with Aamir Peerzada and Sanjay Ganguly.
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A local fire brigade has paid tribute to a nine-year-old killed in an attack on a German Christmas market.
André Gleißner died after a car drove into a crowd of shoppers at the market in Magdeburg on Friday evening, according to the Schöppenstedt fire department.
Four women, aged 45, 52, 67 and 75, also died in the attack. Authorities are holding a suspect identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen on counts of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.
He is a 50-year-old Saudi-born psychiatrist who lives in Bernburg, around 40km (25 miles) south of Magdeburg.
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Troy Baker, one of the world's best-known video game actors, has said stepping into the lead role of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was daunting.
Baker who has more than 400 acting credits to his name said he “felt the weight of what this character meant”.
But the weight of expectation isn't only resting on the actor’s shoulders - anticipation for Indiana Jones's first video game outing in over 15 years is high.
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Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
According to the legal filing, she accuses Baldoni and his team of attacking her public image, following a meeting to address "repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior" by Baldoni and a producer on the movie.
In the legal complaint, Lively's lawyers allege that they engaged in "inappropriate and unwelcome behavior towards Lively and others on the set of It Ends With Us".
Baldoni's legal team told the BBC the allegations are "categorically false" and said they hired a crisis manager because Lively had threatened to derail the film unless her demands were met.
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Former Great Britain track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy won six Olympic golds between 2004 and 2012 - the second highest total by any British Olympian behind Sir Jason Kenny's tally of seven.
The Olympic champion retired from cycling in 2013, but in his career spanning many years he has seen technology shift in his sport.
Now, Sir Chris Hoy chats to Alasdair Keane about his passion for bike technology - and what it means for the future of the sport.
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German authorities are facing questions about security and what they knew about the suspect accused of using an access lane for emergency vehicles to drive into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing five people and injuring more than 200.
On a visit on Saturday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, ministers and regional political leaders were heckled by members of the public, some seemingly outraged by what was criticised as a security lapse.
German authorities have defended the market's layout and security.
The suspect has been named in local media as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor.
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The Israeli military has carried out a wave of attacks across the Gaza Strip, hitting targets in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.
A school sheltering displaced families and the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in northern Gaza, were among the sites hit, killing at least 28 Palestinians overnight and into recent hours.
It comes as mediators try to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Hamas officials say a deal is closer than ever if Israel does not impose new conditions.
Concerning the strike on the school, the Israeli military said that the school was a command and control centre being used by Hamas.
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A nine-year-old-child is among those who were killed when a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in Germany, officials say.
Four adults were killed and 200 people were injured when the suspect entered the market through an entrance reserved for ambulances and other emergency vehicles.
The BBC understands that the suspect in the Magdeburg attack is a man called Taleb al-Abdulmohsen.
While the motive is still unclear, prosecutors say it's linked to "dissatisfaction with the treatment of refugees from Saudi Arabia in Germany".
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Five people, including a child, have been killed after a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg.
The suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatrist, holds "Islamophobic" views, according to Germany's interior minister. However, the motive behind the attack is still unclear.
The head of Germany's police union says security at events in Germany "must be intensified" with more police, barriers and surveillance cameras.
The BBC's Anna Foster is in Madgeburg talking to locals about the effect the attack has had on the city.
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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to crowds in Magdeburg, after the attack that has left at least five people dead and over 200 injured.
Addressing reporters, the chancellor said that "normally a Christmas market is a very peacefully and joyful place... what a dreadful tragedy it is that so many people were injured and killed with such brutality in a place like that."
He added that Germany will provide support to those who have been affected by the attack, including those who helped the victims.
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At least four people, including a child, were killed after a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg.
More than 68 people have been injured, with 15 of them in a serious condition, according to city officials.
The suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, is believed to have acted alone. Video footage shows the moment the suspect was arrested.
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Melanie Woods is the 30-year-old wheelchair racer and Paralympian from Scotland.
Since 2018, she has competed at two Paralympic Games and several World Championships putting her in a unique place to inform new research from Loughborough University.
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A Christmas market in Germany has been turned into a scene of carnage after a car ploughed through crowds, leaving at least two people dead - including a small child - and injuring around 60 other people.
It took place in a market in the centre of the city of Magdeburg in east Germany. Emergency services and police have been deployed in large numbers as local hospitals are prepared for a mass casualty event.
The driver of the car is said to be a 50 year old doctor who's a Saudi national and who has been in Germany since 2006. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Frances Read.
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The US is edging towards another government shutdown after the lower chamber of Congress failed to pass a spending bill to keep federal agencies open.
Funding is set to lapse at midnight on Friday unless Republicans and Democrats can agree on a way forward.
Elon Musk is pushing for the move - the Tesla boss has been tasked with identifying spending cuts by co-leading the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
President-elect Donald Trump followed his calls to reject a bill that would have kept the government funded through March.
So what’s it all about and how serious would it be? Justin, Anthony and Marianna explain.
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A car has reportedly been driven into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg.
German media report that at least one person has been killed and dozens others injured - we are still awaiting official confirmation.
Local police in the central Germany city said "operations are currently taking place" at the market, which has been closed, without providing further details
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This week, Yang Tengbo was identified as the 50-year-old Chinese businessman and alleged spy banned from the UK.
It's triggered questions on an issue multiple governments have grappled with - the UK's relationship with China.
As the UK's Chancellor prepares to visit China in the new year, the BBC's Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, looks at how relations between the two countries became so strained.
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The UK has announced a stepping up of its international leadership in the support of Ukraine into 2025, with a new £225m package of military support.
But it’s not just weapons and aid that the UK and its allies are providing.
A programme known as Operation Interflex has now trained more than 51,000 Ukrainian troops on British soil, as soldiers work to defend their homeland from Russia’s illegal invasion.
The BBC has been granted inside access to the final two days of a high intensity five-day exercise at a military facility in the East of England.
Former Assault Helicopter pilot with the British Armed Forces & host of The Security Brief programme, Mikey Kay, takes us behind the scenes of the world’s largest training programme for Ukrainian troops.
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Adam Fleming speaks to a panel of new UK MPs about whether they felt prepared when the election was called in 2024, what mistakes they’ve made in Parliament so far and what really goes on behind the scenes in the House of Commons.
Labour MP for Kettering Rosie Wrighting, Conservative MP for Huntingdon Ben Obese-Jecty and Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire Pippa Heylings join Adam in the studio.
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00:00 - The MPs Give Their Maiden Speeches 08:05 - How the MPs Lives Have Changed 14:45 - The Responsibilities of an MP 17:12 - What the MPs would change about Parliament 23:00 - Have the MP’s witnessed any bad behaviour 26:50 - What the MPs are most proud of 30:00 - Leaders Christmas Cards
“Their mission is to infiltrate enemy lines.”
Former North Korean soldiers have given their insight on the condition of thousands of troops deployed to the frontline in Russia's war against Ukraine.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has reportedly sent around 11,000 troops to help Russian forces reclaim part of its Kursk region taken by Ukraine.
Washington and Kyiv say the soldiers have now entered the fight "in significant numbers" and Seoul says more than a 100 had already been injured or killed.
However, defectors and other military experts have told the BBC these troops should not be underestimated.
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Us Brits are weather obsessed.
Be it a heatwave, the latest named storm or a weather warning - it’s our go-to topic for small talk. Join BBC Weather’s Carol Kirkwood, Matt Taylor and Barra Best, along with famous faces Jeremy Vine and Lucy Porter, to explore where our fascination with a white Christmas comes from.
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The US House of Representatives has voted against a Donald Trump-backed funding measure, bringing a government shutdown a step closer.
A revised spending plan failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed in the lower chamber of Congress, with 38 Republicans voting against the bill on Thursday night, defying the president-elect.
After the bill failed by 174 votes to 235, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would come up with another solution before government funding lapses at midnight on Friday.
The Trump-approved replacement bill would have tied government funding to a two-year suspension of the federal debt limit, which determines how much the government can borrow to pay its bills.
Unlike in much of the rest of the world, government shutdowns in the US happen relatively often due to a 1980 act which basically ruled that without a budget there can be no spending.
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US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in charge but which Washington still designates as a terrorist organisation.
The visit follows those of delegations in recent days from the UN and other countries including the UK, France and Germany.
The delegation of senior officials includes Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf, Roger Carstens, who is US President Joe Biden's hostage envoy and Daniel Rubinstein, senior adviser in the Bureau of Near East Affairs.
This is the first formal American diplomatic appearance in Damascus in more than a decade.
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Judges in the French city of Avignon have sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for aggravated rape after he drugged and abused his then wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and invited dozens of strangers to rape her.
Dominique stood accused alongside 50 other men. Of the 50 co-defendants found guilty, 46 were found guilty of rape, two guilty of attempted rape, and two guilty of sexual assault.
For almost a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was unknowingly given sedatives by her ex-husband, who has admitted to raping her and inviting men he had recruited online to have sex with her in her bed at home while she was unconscious and unaware.
Although Dominique Pelicot admitted the charges against him, most of the other men on trial denied what they did was rape.
It was Gisèle's decision to waive her anonymity and throw this trial into the open - in her words, making "shame swap sides" from the victim to the rapist - something which has turned the 72-year-old into a feminist icon.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding in Avignon.
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The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbours or to the West.
In an interview with the BBC in Damascus he called for sanctions on Syria to be lifted, saying “the victim and the oppressor should not be treated in the same way.”
Sharaa led the lightning offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime less than two weeks ago.
The actions of Syria's new rulers in the next few months will indicate the kind of country they want Syria to be - and the way they want to rule it.
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Today, we discuss Gisèle Pelicot, whose ex-husband has been jailed for 20 years after drugging and raping her, and inviting dozens of strangers to also abuse her over nearly a decade.
Dominique Pelicot, 72, was found guilty of all charges.
He was on trial with 50 other men, all of whom were found guilty of at least one charge, although their jail terms were less than what prosecutors had demanded. Outside the courtroom, Gisèle gave her "profound gratitude" to supporters and said she believes in a "better future" for women.
Adam is joined by Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Paris correspondent Andrew Harding, and BBC online journalist Laura Gozzi to discuss today’s convictions and the impact of the trial for women’s movements across the world.
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A major journalism body has urged Apple to scrap its new generative AI feature after it created a misleading headline about a high-profile killing in the United States.
The BBC made a complaint to the US tech giant after Apple Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarise and group together notifications, falsely created a headline about murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
The AI-powered summary falsely made it appear that BBC News had published an article claiming Mangione, the man accused of the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself. He has not.
Now, the group Reporters Without Borders has called on Apple to remove the technology. Apple has made no comment.
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Eleven years since she was forced to flee the country, BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria to be one of the first journalists for a western news network broadcasting from Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime.
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The BBC's Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, has challenged Vladimir Putin on whether he has "taken care" of Russia during his 25-year rule.
At the president's annual end-of-year press conference, Rosenberg reminded Putin about how his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, told him to take care of the country when he handed over power.
In response, Putin said Russia had "regained its sovereignty".
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The suspect accused of shooting dead healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York has dropped his legal challenge against being extradited to the city to face murder charges.
Luigi Mangione is now in NYPD custody and is expected to be flown from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, to New York.
He faces charges including first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, one of which describes the killing as an act of "terrorism”.
He attended two hearings in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning for a gun charge in the state and a second on the request to extradite him.
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Speaking at a marathon end-of-year press conference, Russian president, Vladimir Putin said he should've acted earlier in Ukraine and prepared more before the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
He said "victory is nearer" in Ukraine, the situation was "changing drastically" and that Russian troops were regaining more territory every day.
Putin also denies that the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is a defeat for Russia and that he will "definitely" meet with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow following the toppling of his regime.
The Russian president took the opportunity to address other domestic issues including telephone scammers, the country's low birth rate and problems young people are facing when trying to get a mortgage.
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Gisèle Pelicot has thanked supporters in a speech outside a court in France, after her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years for drugging her and recruiting strangers to rape her.
Gisèle told a crowd of journalists that she is thinking about her children and grandchildren and all the other families and the victims of stories "often in the shadows, saying "we have the same struggle".
She said she "never regretted" opening the doors of this trial, "so society could see what was happening" and shared her "profound gratitude" to those who supported her.
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Haiti is one of the poorest countries on earth and its capital, Port-au-Prince, is largely controlled by criminal gangs.
Despite the deployment of an international security force to help restore peace, there has been a recent upsurge in gang violence.
When a BBC team travelled to the capital, 200 civilians were killed by a gang, whilst they were there.
Gang violence has been especially common following the resignation of the country’s third prime minister so far this year.
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Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced for 20 years after drugging his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and recruiting strangers to rape her for years.
Fifty other have also been sentenced alongside him in Avignon, France.
Dominique admitted to raping her and inviting the men he recruited online to have sex with her in her bed at home while she was unconscious and unaware.
Gisèle has waived her right to anonymity, saying she wanted to make "shame swap sides" from the victim to the rapist.
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The leader of the most powerful group in control of Syria has told the BBC that the country is exhausted by war and is no threat to its neighbours or the West. In an interview in Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa told the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen that sanctions on Syria should be lifted.
Sharaa led the lightning offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime less than two weeks ago. He is the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the most powerful group in the rebel alliance. He was previously known by his wartime name, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
Sharaa said HTS should be de-listed as a terrorist organisation. It is designated as one by the UN, US, and EU, among many others, as it started as a splinter group of al-Qaeda, which it broke away from in 2016.
Sharaa said HTS was not a terrorist group. He said they did not target civilians and considered themselves to be victim of the crimes of the Assad regime. The victims, he said, should not be treated the same way as the oppressors. He denied that he wanted to establish a regime like the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sharaa said the countries had very different traditions. Afghanistan was a tribal society. In Syria, he said, there was a different mindset.
He said he believed in education for women and referred to the high number of women attending university in parts of Syria.
Sharaa was relaxed throughout the interview, wearing civilian clothes, and tried to offer reassurance to all those who believe his group has not broken with its extremist past. However many Syrians do not believe him and fear that a hardline Islamist government will emerge.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in the Syrian capital Damascus.
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Today we look at Nigel Farage’s meeting with Elon Musk.
Adam and Chris discuss the significance of the Reform leader’s trip to Mar A Lago to meet Elon Musk and whether he’ll be allowed to donate to them under election spending rules.
They also talk about the WASPI women who have been campaigning for compensation over pension changes as they say they were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age.
And, Adam speaks to Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at the University of Oxford Ben Ansell to reflect on the year of elections.
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Scientists have warned that climate change could spell danger, as melting ice is forcing polar bears to spend more time on land.
Churchill, a town in Manitoba, Canada, is known as the polar bear capital of the world, and is noticing the effects of climate change on the number of bears spotted.
Every year, the Hudson Bay - on the western edge of the town - thaws, and forces the bears on shore. As the freeze sets in in Autumn, hundreds of bears gather here, waiting.
The BBC’s Victoria Gill has been in Churchill along with a team of polar bear researchers.
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Over the past few days, videos have been posted online about mass graves where Bashar al-Assad's regime buried those tortured to death in Syria's notorious prisons.
Local people are reporting more and more locations of mass graves across Syria, as is the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), a US-based NGO.
Rights group have concluded that more than 80,000 of the missing are dead. Another 60,000 people are believed to have been tortured to death, according to the UK-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
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The UN special envoy to Syria has warned that unless the country gets urgent support, it could be plunged back into conflict.
Geir Pedersen called for free and fair elections in Syria, and urged for humanitarian assistance to the country more than a week on from the downfall of President Assad.
Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown less than two weeks ago by a rebel coalition led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, known as HTS.
HTS is designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, the US, the EU, the UK and others.
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Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement on their Facebook pages since October 2023.
BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service analysis of more than 100,000 Facebook posts shows that news organisations based in Palestinian territories have seen a 77% drop in engagement since the start of the war in Gaza.
The first comprehensive data analysis by territory since the start of the war on Gaza.
Analysis of similar pages from Israel and neighbouring Arabic speaking countries shows a rise in engagement – the term used for likes, reactions, comments and shares.
It comes after a year of Palestinians complaining that they are being so called ‘Shadow banned’.
On Facebook’s sister platform, Instagram, exclusive access to leaked documents exposes how a change was made to Instagram's algorithm at the start of the war in Gaza, targeting Palestinian users only.
Meta confirmed changes to Instagram’s algorithm were made, and says “temporary product and policy measures” were adopted on Facebook in response to the conflict.
But denies deliberately silencing Palestinian voices and stands by its decision to alter how many people see content from Facebook Pages on safety grounds.
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The Latvian foreign minister, Baiba Braze, has described the death of a senior Russian general as "good news".
But how will Russia respond? Together with Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi, they react to Lt Gen Igor Kirillov's assassination and discuss what this can mean for a potential peace negotiations in Ukraine.
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kcm8rx
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Since 7 October 2023, all schools, universities and training centres in Gaza have remained closed.
Figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Education say that almost 13,000 Palestinian students have been killed since the start of the war with Israel, while 21,000 more students have been wounded in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
They also say that more than 400 government schools have been bombed by the Israeli military.
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There are concerns that the cyclone that hit the French island of Mayotte has caused great loss of life.
Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), flattening areas where the poorest lived in sheet-metal roof shacks.
A surgeon said the emergency department at his hospital has seen worryingly few patients given the scale of the destruction.
Authorities said they were having difficulty establishing the number of deaths due to the large number of undocumented migrants - over 100,000 - in a population of 320,000.
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Russia's security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely.
The Russian security service said the unnamed suspect was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence, according to state media agencies.
Ukraine's security service had already claimed it was behind the killing, a source told the BBC on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian source said Kirillov - who was Russia's chemical weapons chief - was "a legitimate target" and alleged he had carried out war crimes.
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Pope Francis was the subject of a foiled assassination plot involving a suicide bomber during a trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to his new memoir.
“Almost everyone advised me against that trip,” the Pope wrote in his autobiography Spera (Hope). The trip was the first ever by a pope to Iraq.
He was visiting Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and former stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group from 2014 to 2017.
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Today, we look at the assassination of a Russian general in Moscow.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block on Tuesday morning when a device hidden in an electric scooter exploded and killed him. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Adam is joined by James Waterhouse, BBC Ukraine Correspondent and Chris Steele - the former head of the Russia Desk at MI6, author of “Unredacted: Russia, Trump and the Fight for Democracy” and a director of Orbis Business Intelligence.
And, Sara Sharif's father and stepmother have been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Adam speaks to the UK Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza about how to keep children safe.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said he will be travelling to Mayotte "in the coming days", as he pledged to support fellow citizens, civil servants and emergency services involved in rescue efforts.
Macron said he will declare a national day of mourning, in light of "this tragedy, which has shaken each and every one of us".
Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph) to the French island, flattening areas where the poorest lived in sheet-metal roof shacks.
Rescue workers, including reinforcements from France, are continuing to comb through the debris searching for survivors.
Twenty people have been confirmed dead, but the local prefect said it could be thousands.
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A senior Palestinian official involved in the indirect negotiations of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has told the BBC that talks are in a "decisive and final phase".
Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, has also said an agreement is closer than ever.
In recent weeks, the US, Qatar and Egypt have resumed their mediation efforts – reporting greater willingness by both sides in this 14-month war to conclude a deal.
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Sara Sharif's father and stepmother have been sentenced to life in prison for the 10-year-old's murder.
Urfan Sharif must spend a minimum of 40 years in prison, and Beinash Batool must serve 33 years.
Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, was jailed for 16 years for causing or allowing the death of a child - he was found not guilty of murder.
The judge said during sentencing that Sara suffered "a campaign of torture", adding that she was "a very courageous little girl with an unquenchable spirit" and "full of personality".
Sara died on 8 August 2023 at her home in Woking, Surrey and her body was found with dozens of injuries two days later.
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A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck near Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, triggering landslides, crushing cars and flattening multiple buildings, including a complex that is home to multiple western embassies.
Power and mobile networks across the country have been cut off and the full extent of the damage still remains unclear, but there are unconfirmed reports of at least one death.
Dan McGarry, a journalist living in Port Vila, said he saw "several people who were visibly, seriously injured" outside the hospital's emergency department.
Vanuatu is prone to earthquakes, but McGarry told the BBC that the earthquake, which struck at 12:47 local time, felt like "the biggest one... in more than 20 years".
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Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed a Russian general who died in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off.
Sources in the Ukrainian security services have told the BBC that Kirillov was a "legitimate target".
The bomb was remotely operated and contained around 300g of explosives, according to Russian state media.
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A fortnight ago they were rebel gunmen fighting the Syrian state. Now with President Assad gone, the fighters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) are Syria's new de-facto rulers, and the new law in town.
HTS was once aligned with al-Qaeda and is still proscribed as a terror organisation by most Western countries. But it’s promised to uphold the rights of all Syrians.
BBC News has been on patrol with the rebels turned policemen in the province of Latakia, an Alawite stronghold where many people supported the former President.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Quentin Sommerville and camera-journalist Darren Conway.
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Today, we look at the naming of the alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew. Sources have told the BBC that Prince Andrew will not be at Sandringham with the rest of the Royal Family for Christmas this year after the alleged spy was named as businessman Yang Tengbo. Mr Yang has responded in a statement saying it was “entirely untrue” that he was a spy.
Prince Andrew previously said in a statement that he had "ceased all contact" with the Chinese businessman, with all meetings having been "through official channels" and "nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed".
Adam speaks to BBC Home and Legal Correspondent Dominic Casciani and Charles Parton, former UK diplomat to China and RUSI associate fellow.
And, the government has set out its plan for devolution. Joe Pike tells Adam about Angela Rayner’s plans for more mayors and abolishing district councils.
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In this episode of Path to the Presidency, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry are joined by North America Correspondent Anthony Zurcher to discuss Donald Trump's key policy priorities as it gets closer and closer to his inauguration.
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Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73.
The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.
Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.
Through his performances he transformed the tabla, a pair of drums used in Indian classical music, into a globally loved solo instrument that was the star of the show.
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Three people are dead and six others injured after a shooting at a school in Wisconsin, police say.
A juvenile suspect is among the dead following the attack at Abundant Life Christian School in the state's capital, Madison, the city's police chief Shon Barnes says.
The suspected attacker, who was already dead when officers arrived on the scene, is believed to have been a student at the school.
Residents have been asked to avoid the area and roads are closed near the school.
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The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, is facing calls to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case, days before he takes temporary charge of the Church of England.
As Bishop of Chelmsford, Mr Cottrell let priest David Tudor remain in post in the diocese despite knowing he had been barred by the Church from being alone with children and had paid compensation to a sexual abuse victim.
Tudor was only banned from ministry two months ago, after he admitted historical sex abuse allegations relating to two girls.
Mr Cottrell has responded saying he is "deeply sorry" that action could not be taken earlier, but that was the situation he inherited.
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An alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew has been named as Yang Tengbo after a court order protecting his identity was lifted.
The businessman, who previously could be referred to only as H6, was banned from the UK in 2023 by a semi-secret national security court.
The court who agreed to have his anonymity lifted said he had done "nothing wrong or unlawful" and descriptions of him as an alleged spy were "entirely untrue”.
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith earlier warned his presence was "the tip of the iceberg" in the UK.
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People are "starting to die of thirst and hunger" on the French island territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, a senator says, after a cyclone brought wind speeds of 140mph (225kmh).
Several hundred people are already feared dead - Mayotte's prefect warns the final toll could reach "close to a thousand or even several thousand".
It's the worst cyclone to hit the islands in 90 years, with waves up to eight metres high.
Mayotte is one of the poorest parts of France - with many of the 300,000 population living in shanty towns.
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The German parliament is due to hold a vote of confidence in the government of chancellor, Olaf Scholz, which is expected to lose.
Scholz requested the vote and wants to lose it because he currently runs a minority government, which means he cannot do anything without the Conservative opposition who are not willing to help him, he claims.
This comes after Scholz’s coalition collapsed in November 2024, effectively over the country’s budget.
The one way Germany can get an effective functioning government is by dissolving the current parliament and stage new, early elections in February 2025.
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Hundreds of people are feared dead in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory was devastated by a powerful cyclone.
Entire settlements were flattened when Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), with the poorest living in makeshift shelters particularly hard hit.
Rescue workers, including reinforcements from France, are combing through the debris searching for survivors.
Some of Mayotte's population of 320,000 have said they are struggling with severe shortages of food, water and shelter.
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Syrian’s are gathering documentary evidence of the barbaric crimes of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the hope that those responsible can be brought to justice.
During decades of repression under Assad and his father, human rights abuse included torture, executions and the arbitrary imprisonment of thousands of people.
Now volunteers, including victims and their families, are determined to preserve evidence of the crimes as they demand truth and justice.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Deep inside the Arctic, Svalbard is a white wonderland.
But with heavy snowfall also comes the risk of avalanches, which can endanger the communities that live here.
Physical protective barriers have been built to hold back the snow - but the locals have also turned to tech, with the help of a telecom firm and the University of Svalbard.
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Australia says the five remaining members of the "Bali Nine" drug ring have returned home after almost 20 years in Indonesian prison.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote on social media: "I am pleased to confirm that Australian citizens, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush and Martin Stephens have returned to Australia this afternoon."
He thanked Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto "for his compassion".
The high-profile case began in 2005 when Indonesia caught nine young Australians trying to smuggle 8.3kg (18lb) of heroin out of Bali.
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Teams from around the world have been competing at Cybathlon - a competition to develop assistive tech solutions for people with disabilities.
67 teams from 24 countries are competing across eight disciplines, and each is an obstacle course full of everyday tasks that disabled people have to deal with.
Amongst others, there are races for robotic legs, motorised wheelchairs, and full-on exoskeletons.
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Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former Manchester City footballer, has been appointed president by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 17 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country's towns and cities.
The 53-year-old is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream party and was the only candidate for the job.
On Saturday, 224 out of 225 members of Georgia's electoral college voted for him.
The four main opposition groups have rejected Kavelashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections held in October were rigged.
Large crowds of protesters, facing freezing temperatures, gathered outside parliament from the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of the vote.
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South Korean MPs have voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The vote marks a second attempt to impeach Yoon over his botched attempt to declare martial law, which sparked mass protests.
Thousands of people took to the streets in Seoul as protesters - both supporting and against the president - staged huge rallies ahead of the impeachment vote.
He will be suspended from office while the prime minister will serve as acting president.
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How did the killing of a health insurance boss divide America?
Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday after a days-long, multi-state manhunt following the suspected murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, Brian Thompson.
It’s led to a debate about the health system in America and also prompted anonymous donors to chip in thousands of dollars towards Mangione's defence through online fundraisers.
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Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation has found.
Recent claims from guests - including that cancer can be treated by following a keto diet, rather than proven treatments - were allowed by the Dragons' Den star with little or no challenge. Experts have told us failing to question these disproven claims is dangerous because it creates a distrust of conventional medicine.
In an analysis of 15 health-related podcast episodes, BBC World Service found each contained an average of 14 harmful health claims that went against extensive scientific evidence.
Flight Studio - the podcast production company owned by Mr Bartlett - said guests were offered "freedom of expression" and were "thoroughly researched".
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In an exclusive interview by the BBC’s Samira Hussain for Newsnight, the father of Harshita Brella, who was murdered and her body found in the boot of a car in East London, pleads for justice in “any way possible”.
Her mother and sister say she feared she would be killed by her husband, Pankaj Lamba.
Our team in India put these allegations to Pankaj Lamba’s family who said they “can’t believe he killed Harshita",
Warning, this video contains distressing scenes.
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In this episode of Newscast originally broadcast on BBC One, Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss why sandwiches have become the hot topic in Westminster, what the UK’s future relationship with the EU could look like in the new year, and planning reforms.
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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - The Westminster Sandwich Row 08:20 - Planning Reforms 20:47 - The EU
A former British soldier who went out to Ukraine to help in the war effort against Russia was unlawfuly killed by a "comrade", a coroner has found.
Daniel Burke, of Manchester, was assisting Ukrainian armed forces but was killed far from the frontline by someone he knew, his inquest was told.
Manchester Area Coroner, Zak Golombeck, said Mr Burke, 36, "died with bravery and valour and was sadly killed by cowardice and dishonour".
The suspect in the killing, an Australian national, is wanted by Ukrainian police after fleeing the war-torn country, the court was told.
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President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France's next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil.
A Macron ally, Bayrou is a mayor from the southwest and leads the MoDem party. Ahead of the announcement, the two men spent almost two hours in talks described as tense by French media.
The president's task is now to ensure Bayrou lasts longer than his predecessor, ex-Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who lasted just three months and was ousted by MPs nine days ago.
Macron is half-way through his second term as president and Bayrou will be his fourth prime minister this year.
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Mass rallies are getting under way in Syria today to celebrate the end of five decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad regime.
Images from Damascus show people gathering for the first Friday prayers since Islamist rebels seized power on Sunday.
Former President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, where he and his family have been given asylum, after rebels captured the capital Damascus.
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Leaders of the Islamist rebel fighters who ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad have suspended parliament and the constitution.
They said the move was necessary in order to ensure a smooth transition of power.
However a spokesman for the rebels said the country’s religious and cultural diversity would not be threatened.
Syrians are continuing to search prisons and hospitals in search of relatives who disappeared during Assad’s rule.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Lucy Williamson.
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In Syria’s capital Damascus, hundreds of people marched on the streets for the funeral procession of activist Mazen al-Hamada.
Mazen had been an outspoken critic of Bashar Al-Assad, and his was among dozens of bodies found in Seydnaya prison.
More than 110,000 people disappeared under Assad’s regime.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye reports with Sanjay Ganguly, Aamir Peerzada and Leen Al Saadi.
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Today, NHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis has said a sharp rise in flu cases “are adding to our 'quad-demic' worries”.
What is a quad-demic and how worried is the NHS? Adam is joined by BBC health editor Hugh Pym and Nick Hulme, the Chief Executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, to discuss the rise in hospital flu cases as well as problems caused by Covid, RSV and Norovirus, and how hospitals will cope with the strain.
Plus, the UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has doubled down on his housebuilding targets, promising “builders not blockers” for the planning system. Alex explains the jigsaw puzzle of planning regulations, local government and politics.
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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - The Quad-demic 20:16 - Adam and Alex Forsyth discuss Keir Starmer’s house targets
Twelve people guarding incoming aid lorries were among those killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, local medics and the Hamas-run Civil Defence authority have said.
Seven guards were killed in a strike in Rafah while protecting aid lorries from violent armed theft, which UN workers say is the main obstacle to getting supplies into southern Gaza.
Another attack left five guards dead in Khan Younis.
The Israeli military said it "conducted precise strikes on armed Hamas terrorists" who had planned to hijack the lorries.
"The occupation once again targeted those securing the aid trucks," Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal told the AFP news agency.
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Romania and Bulgaria have been given the green light to become members of the European Union's (EU) border-free Schengen travel zone.
It means that from 1 January 2025, it will be possible to drive all the way to France, Spain or Norway without a passport.
The decision was long awaited in Bulgaria and Romania. Both countries joined the EU 17 years ago.
But for truck drivers, the border bureaucracy is not over yet.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its air force and navy have conducted hundreds of strikes since Saturday night on targets across Syria.
The IDF said these strikes have taken out an estimated 70-80% of Syrian strategic military assets, from Damascus to Latakia.
Earlier, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented more than 310 strikes by the IDF since the Syrian government was overthrown by rebels on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Syrian rebel group that ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, that Israel would "respond forcefully" if they allow Iran to "re-establish itself in Syria".
He has previously expressed a desire for peaceful ties with the new Syrian government, and cast its interventions as defensive.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his shock decision to declare martial law last week, saying he did it to protect the country's democracy.
In a surprise televised address on Thursday, he said the attempt was a legal decision to "prevent the collapse" of democracy and counter the opposition's "parliamentary dictatorship".
Yoon has suggested that he would not step down ahead of a second vote to impeach him in parliament on Saturday.
The president and his allies are facing investigations on insurrection charges, and he and several of them have been banned from leaving South Korea.
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Syrian rebel forces have said they plan to close the notoriously harsh prisons run by ousted president Bashar al-Assad.
They also said they plan to hunt those involved in the killing or torture of detainees.
Rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, said he would dissolve the security forces of the former regime, in a statement seen by the Reuters news agency.
Videos showing thousands of prisoners being freed from Saydnaya prison - referred to as a "human slaughterhouse" by rights groups - surfaced after the collapse of the Assad government on Sunday.
Almost 60,000 people were tortured and killed in the prisons run by Assad, UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
As he fights a extradition to New York, Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry join Adam to discuss the case, and the social media obsession with the case.
Also, Chris and Alex Chalk, former Conservative justice secretary, are on talking about Labour’s announcement that they will inject £2.3 billion towards making more capacity in the prisons system.
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Luigi Mangione 14:05 Adam and Chris speak to Alex Chalk about UK Prisons
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In this episode of Path to the Presidency, recorded on 5 December, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda, Caitríona Perry, and Nada Tawfik discuss how the world is readying itself for Donald Trump's return to the White House.
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FIFA has officially awarded Saudi Arabia the hosting rights for the men's 2034 World Cup.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how we got here - and the controversies surrounding the decision.
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Syrian rebel forces said they took control of the oil-rich eastern city of Deir al-Zour, as they try to secure the country's resources.
Hassan Abdul-Ghani, a senior commander of the main Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), said his fighters had liberated the city and its military airport.
"Our forces have seized the entire city of Deir al-Zour," the rebels said in a statement.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) - a war monitor based in the UK - says that Kurdish forces previously controlling the city had withdrawn to other localities.
Kurdish forces had taken the city after former President Bashar al-Assar withdrew his troops earlier in the week.
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Adam Fleming is joined by the BBC’s Diplomatic Editor, James Landale, and Al-Lami, Chief Jihadist Media Specialist at BBC Monitoring. They discuss why Israel’s President, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered Israeli forces to bomb Syria, whether chaos in Syria could lead to a come back by IS and whether the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime could harm Iran.
Chief Political Correspondent, Henry Zeffman, tells Adam how Westminster has taken the news of Syria’s regime falling and why the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced a spending review.
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Chapters: 00:00 Why is Israel bombing Syria? 08:00 How is the rest of the world reacting? 15:30 How is Islamic State involved? 22:15 How have the British Government responded? 29:42 What has UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves been up to?
Victims of atrocities committed by Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria have been speaking out, after years of fear and repression.
BBC journalists have travelled to Ghouta, where chemical weapons were used on civilians in 2018, to speak to victims and eyewitnesses, who are now demanding justice.
We also report from the southern city of Daraa, the centre of anti-Assad protests that started in 2011. Government forces mounted a brutal siege and killed many civilians. We hear from the mother of a 13-year-old boy whose torture and murder by the regime's security forces helped fuel the uprising.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye in Ghouta and Lucy Williamson in Daraa.
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Luigi Mangione has contested his extradition to New York during a court hearing in Pennsylvania. New York officials have charged him with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York.
Mangione was arrested on Monday while eating at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The 26-year-old was allegedly in possession of a "ghost gun" with a 3D printed suppressor, bullets, multiple fake IDs and cash when he was arrested.
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Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete.
The chip is the latest development in a field known as quantum computing - which is attempting to use the principles of particle physics to create a new type of mind-bogglingly powerful computer.
Google says its new quantum chip, dubbed "Willow", incorporates key "breakthroughs" and "paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer."
However experts say Willow is, for now, a largely experimental device, meaning a quantum computer powerful enough to solve a wide range of real-world problems is still years - and billions of dollars - away.
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Israel has confirmed it carried out attacks on Syria's naval fleet.
The BBC has verified videos showing blasts at the port of Latakia in Syria, with footage appearing to show extensive damage to ships and parts of the port.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented more than 310 strikes by the Israel Defense Forces since the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday.
Israeli warplanes have also reportedly carried out hundreds of airstrikes across Syria, including on the capital, Damascus.
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A historic mass rape trail in France is drawing to its conclusion.
At the centre of it is 72-year-old grandmother Gisèle Pelicot.
Her husband of 50 years is accused of drugging her into unconsciousness and allowing strangers into the house where they allegedly raped her.
In his first British broadcast interview, Gisèle Pelicot's lawyer has told BBC Newsnight about the impact the case has had on his client.
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Rupert Murdoch has lost a battle to change who controls the future of his media empire when he dies.
The case pitted the 93-year-old against three of his children over who would gain the power to control News Corp and Fox News.
It has been reported that Mr Murdoch wanted to amend a family trust created in 1999 to allow his son Lachlan to take control without "interference" from his siblings Prudence, Elisabeth and James.
But a Nevada commissioner ruled Mr Murdoch and Lachlan had acted in "bad faith" and called the efforts a "carefully crafted charade", according to New York Times.
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The leader of the main Islamist rebel group in Syria has met the former prime minister to co-ordinate the transfer of power.
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said the country's new government will pursue officials from President Assad's regime.
He added that rewards will be offered for information about senior army and security officers involved in "war crimes".
Meanwhile, banking and public transport in Damascus are expected to resume on Tuesday as work continues to build a transitional government.
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Israeli warplanes have reportedly carried out hundreds of airstrikes targeting military facilities across Syria, including on the capital, Damascus.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it has documented more than 310 strikes by the IDF since the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday.
Israel says its actions are to prevent weapons falling "into the hands of extremists" as Syria transitions into a post-Assad era.
Meanwhile, rebels who have seized control of the country say they will hunt down officials who were involved in President Assad’s regime.
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A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder over last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald's in the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles (450km) west of New York City on Monday after a customer at the fast-food outlet recognised him.
An Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland family, he was found in possession of a gun and a handwritten document that indicated "motivation and mindset", according to police.
Mr Mangione then appeared in a Pennsylvania court to be arraigned on five initial counts and was denied bail.
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The day after rebel fighters seized control of Syria’s capital and President Assad fled to Moscow, the country’s new leaders have begun talks on forming a government.
Jubilant crowds have been flocking the streets to celebrate their new freedom.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten frontline reporting by Yogita Limaye in Damascus.
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Huge crowds of Syrians gathered at the notorious Saydnaya prison searching for their relatives, following the collapse of the Assad regime.
Saydnaya, known by Syrians as the “human slaughterhouse” is where the Assad family held opponents of their regime for decades.
Thousands of people are believed to have been detained, tortured and executed at the prison since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.
BBC News at Ten presents frontline reporting by Barbara Plett Usher in Damascus.
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President Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria has fallen.
It happened after a sudden offensive by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel factions.
The offensive lasted just 12 days and saw two key cities - Homs and the capital Damascus - taken over the weekend.
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Donald Trump has said he will hit China, Mexico and Canada with new tariffs on day one of his presidency, in an effort to force them to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the US.
The US president-elect said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, after being inaugurated on 20 January 2025.
He also said "we will be charging China an additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs" until it cracked down on fentanyl smuggling.
The threat could mark a major escalation in tensions with the US's three top trading partners. It could also lead to higher prices for Americans, since tariffs work as a form of tax on imports.
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Crowds have gathered in the centre of Syria's capital Damascus to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime, bringing the family's 50-year rule to a sudden end.
The swift offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel factions started just 12 days ago.
The coalition quickly captured Aleppo, before sweeping southwards to Damascus.
The military then collapsed and former president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia.
On Monday, people in Syria have described their tentative hope, and their fears, as they look towards an uncertain future.
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Rebel fighters have captured the Syrian capital of Damascus, effectively toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime that has been in power in the country since 1971.
Forces led by opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) entered the city in the early hours of Sunday morning, before appearing on state television to declare Syria to now be "free".
Assad, who's now reported to be in Russia where he's been granted asylum, fled after HTS took control of Damascus.
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President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, swept from power by rebel fighters, ends more than half a century of Syria’s rule by a family dynasty.
When Bashar Assad became President following his father, he was hailed as a reformer and courted by western leaders.
But mass protests in 2011 during the Arab Spring led to brutal repression and a civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and tore Syria apart.
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BBC journalist Barbara Plett Usher entered Damascus as rebel forces seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar Al Assad fled the country.
Later, Russia confirmed that Syria’s leader had arrived in Moscow and being given asylum.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Barbara Plett Usher and Feras Kilani in Damascus and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, on a momentous day in the Middle East.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the downfall of Bashar al-Assard in Syria an “historic day" for the Middle East and vowed to "take action against possible threats" in the country.
Israel’s military has moved reinforcements to the occupied Golan Heights - which it captured from Syria in 1967.
Netanyahu has announced his forces would temporarily seize the so-called buffer zone between the two countries which has existed since 1974.
He posted on X that the collapse of the Assad regime "offers great opportunity", but caveats that it is also "fraught with significant dangers".
The IDF also warned residents in five villages in southern Syria to stay in their homes because Israel would not hesitate to act if it felt it needed to.
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Reinforcement learning - where the machines are taught to mimic humans - is how AI is trained.
It aims to make the robots less robotic, and more multi skilled.
BBC’s Lara Lewington has gone to the world leading MIT computer science and artificial intelligence lab to teach the robots so they can behave as humanly as possible.
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This special report for 100 Women asks: Is Iceland the best place in the world to be a woman? The country tops world rankings when it comes to gender parity: parental leave conditions are so good that nearly 90% of working-age women have jobs, and progressive teaching methods aim at reversing gender stereotypes.
But it is also a country with persistently high rates of gender-based violence: about 40% of women subjected to physical and sexual violence – significantly higher than the global average. Is Iceland the gender equality paradise it is branded to be?
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Syrian rebel forces in Damascus have declared the capital city "free" of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 25 years of rule, as the former ruler is said to have left by plane for an unknown destination.
The initial offensive to defeat Assad's regime was led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - which was set up in 2012 under a different name, al-Nusra Front, and pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda the following year.
HTS publicly broke ranks with al-Qaeda in 2016, but is still designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, US, Turkey and other countries.
The US has named the group's leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, as a specially designated global terrorist and offered a $10m reward for information that leads to his capture.
Jawlani told CNN on Friday that "the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime" and that he planned to create a government based on institutions and a "council chosen by the people".
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Syrian rebel forces have entered Damascus amid reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country by plane for an unknown destination after 13 years of civil war.
Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali says he is ready to support continuity of governance in the country.
It comes only 12 days after the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions launched a major offensive in the north-west.
The rebels first captured the second city of Aleppo and then swept southwards down the highway to the capital as the Syrian military collapsed.
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Sir Bill Browder is an American investor who made a fortune in post-Soviet Russia before falling foul of Vladimir Putin.
He’s now a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin - and discusses what it’s like to draw the ire of the Russian president and whether he's always looking over his shoulder.
You can hear the full interview here:
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Syrian rebels are closing in on Damascus from the north and south, and have entered the key city of Homs, according to reports.
The Syrian presidency has denied reports that President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus.
The leader of the Islamist militant group HTS said their goal is the overthrow of Assad's regime.
Protesters have brought down the statue of the Syrian president's father in the suburb of Jermana, about 10km from Damascus, a witness told the Reuters news agency.
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Rebel forces in southern Syria have reportedly captured most of the Deraa region - the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
A UK-based war monitor reports that the "local factions" were able to take control of many military sites there following "violent battles" with government forces.
According to Reuters news agency, rebel sources say they had reached a deal for the army to withdraw and for military officials to be given safe passage to the capital, Damascus - roughly 100km (62 miles) away.
Meanwhile in the north, Syria's military says it is carrying out air strikes around Homs, trying to push back rebels who've reached the edges of the strategic city.
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It’s been one month since Kamala Harris lost the US presidential election and soul-searching within the Democratic Party has already begun as the party prepares for opposition.
It’s not yet clear how the Democrats intend to approach the next four years with Donald Trump in office.
Will they work with or against him? And how do they shape a new pitch to American voters?
The fallout also continues from Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter.
Gavin Newsom is the most senior Democrat to publicly criticise the president’s decision, and now Trump is arguing the case against him should be thrown out too.
Where does this leave Biden’s reputation?
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Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the Syrian city of Homs as rebel Islamist fighters close in. The speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has surprised everyone. The Syrian army of President Assad has been retreating with little sign of resistance.
Syria’s civil war began in 2011 and led to enormous loss of life - as many as 500,000 people are believed to have been killed. Rebel fighters were forced into retreat in 2016 but now they're back and in just 10 days they have captured Syria's second largest city of Aleppo and another major city, Hama. If they also capture Homs they could cut the main road from the capital Damascus to the Syrian coast.
The threat to President Assad’s regime comes as his international allies are weakened, with Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, are fighting in their own conflicts.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Hugo Bachega on the Turkey-Syria border.
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Syrian anti-government rebels were closing in on the city of Homs on Friday, as they gained new ground in a fresh offensive against President Bashar al-Assad.
This has led to tens of thousands of people fleeing Homs, Syria's third-largest city.
The rebels seized Hama to the north on Thursday, a second major blow to President Bashar al-Assad who lost control of Aleppo last week.
Their goal is to overthrow Assad's regime, the leader of Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said.
Meanwhile, Kurdish-led forces have also reportedly seized control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria.
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The search for a man who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York is now entering its third day, with police chasing several different leads.
Mr Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the search is on the right track as police have released new photos of "a person of interest" with his face uncovered.
Police say Mr Thompson was targeted in a pre-planned killing, for which they do not yet have a motive.
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Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election, meaning the process will be restarted from scratch.
The first round was won by Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The court's decision comes after intelligence documents were declassified, suggesting Georgescu benefitted from a mass influence operation – conducted from abroad – to interfere with the result of the vote.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will name a new prime minister "in the coming days", after Michel Barnier resigned following a no-confidence vote in parliament.
In a 10-minute address to the nation on Thursday, he rejected opposition pressure to stand down, vowing to stay in his post until the end of the mandate in 2027.
Macron was holding talks on Friday with leaders of the Socialists, who said they were ready for a compromise in forming a government as part of a short-term deal.
The Socialists joined colleagues on the left and far right in voting to remove Michel Barnier on Wednesday, only three months after he was appointed by Macron.
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Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria's third-largest city Homs in fear that Islamist-led rebels will continue to advance towards the capital, Damascus.
The rebels seized Hama to the north on Thursday, a second major blow to President Bashar al-Assad who lost control of Aleppo last week.
The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, told residents of Homs "your time has come".
Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive against the government last week and have so far captured two major cities. The rebel push is the largest offensive launched against the government in years, but a civil war has continued in Syria since the Arab Spring in 2011.
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Police in New York have released new photos of an unmasked individual wanted for questioning over the killing of a healthcare chief executive.
UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The attacker fled the scene without taking any of Thompson's belongings.
Police believe the victim was targeted in a pre-planned killing. Investigators are also using facial recognition technology and examining bullet casings with cryptic messages written on them as they seek to track down the killer. The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were written on the ammunition. It’s been suggested this is a reference to methods used by the US healthcare insurance industry to reduce or deny claims for payouts.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Ros Atkins and Nada Tawfik.
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Police have released two new photos of "a person of interest" in the killing of US health insurance executive Brian Thompson in New York on Wednesday.
NYPD are continuing their manhunt for a suspect after the "targeted attack" on the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Midtown Manhattan.
Thompson was shot in the back and leg around 06:45 EST (11:45 GMT) on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel.
Investigators say the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" were written on the shell casings recovered at the scene of the attack, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports.
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In the early hours of 26 March, The Dali, a massive 948ft cargo ship, slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, US.
Six men, all members of a road crew working on the bridge, were killed in the incident, while The Dali - still afloat - was stuck under huge chunks of shredded metal and concrete.
Eight months on, the investigation into the crash has provided a possible cause: a cable that shook loose, disrupting the ship's power supply and causing an initial blackout.
After that, a lack of fuel pressure to the generators may have created power fluctuations that tripped breakers and caused the ship to go dark again, with no time to change course.
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A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of northern California, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake led to a tsunami warning along the coasts of both northern California and southern Oregon.
The earthquake's epicentre was marked near Ferndale, California, a small city in Humboldt County.
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Syrian rebels say they have taken control of the major city of Hama, after the military withdrew its troops amid fierce battles.
The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, declared "victory" in the city and vowed there would be "no revenge".
Earlier, a rebel commander said HTS fighters and their allies had taken over a prison and released inmates.
The military said it had redeployed troops to "preserve civilian lives and prevent urban combat".
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Protesters have gathered in South Korea's capital Seoul for a second day, calling on President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign.
The South Korean ruling party says it will not vote to remove the president from office after his failed attempt to bring the country under martial law.
President Yoon's shock announcement on Tuesday night caused chaos in the country, and was quickly overturned by parliament.
Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun has taken responsibility for the situation and resigned.
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The price of Bitcoin has for the first time broken past the $100,000 mark, hitting a new record high.
The value of the world's biggest cryptocurrency has been boosted by hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will adopt crypto-friendly policies.
The milestone was reached hours after Trump said he would nominate former Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner Paul Atkins to run the Wall Street regulator.
Atkins is seen as being far more pro-cryptocurrency than the current head of the SEC, Gary Gensler.
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France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to tender his resignation today, hours after being ousted in a no-confidence vote.
Barnier's government collapsed after MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron.
The prime minister is likely to stay on as caretaker while Macron chooses a successor, a process which could take weeks.
Last night's vote was the first time a French government had been voted down by parliament in more than 60 years.
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Police in New York are using facial recognition technology and a discarded cell phone to identify and track down the killer of a healthcare chief executive.
UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
The attacker fled the scene without taking any of Thompson's belongings. Police believe Thompson was targeted in a pre-planned killing.
They are focusing on a surveillance image taken in a branch of Starbucks just before the shooting.
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The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs in the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him - just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron.
Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. It marks the first time the country's government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote since 1962.
The removal of Michel Barnier will increase France's current political instability after snap elections in the summer gave no single group a majority in parliament.
Barnier is now obliged to present the resignation of his government and the budget which was the cause of his downfall is defunct.
Both the far right and radical left had tabled motions of no-confidence after Barnier pushed through reforms to social security by invoking presidential decree on Monday after failing to win enough support for the measures.
The left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP), which won the most seats in the summer election had heavily criticised Macron’s decision to appoint the Michel Barnier as prime minister instead of its own candidate.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding and Katya Adler.
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French PM Michel Barnier has lost a vote of no-confidence, with left and far right parties uniting in parliament to collapse his government.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Barnier to run the government just three months ago.
His leadership was called into question after he used special powers to push through his budget without a vote.
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More than 300 people have been arrested since mass protests erupted in Georgia six nights ago, and an increasing number of accounts have emerged alleging violent attacks by police.
Demonstrations have continued every night since last Thursday, after ruling party Georgian Dream said it was halting the country's bid to start talks on joining the EU.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused opposition politicians of orchestrating the violence, blaming them for the injuries.
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The French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has said it is "possible" he could survive a no-confidence vote in his minority government.
Opposition parties have tabled the motion to oust the former Brexit negotiator after he used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.
In the interview with French TV channels on Tuesday, Barnier pleaded his case before the public, saying that he remained open to budget talks with opposition parties despite being widely predicted to lose the vote.
He also sought to distance himself from France's ongoing state of political instability, saying he was not at fault.
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South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after his move to impose martial law.
The president had said martial law was needed to protect the country from "North Korea's communist forces" and to "eliminate anti-state elements"
But less than two hours after his declaration, MPs defied the president, gathering at the National Assembly and voting to block his decision.
After the assembly vote, President Yoon announced he was reversing his martial law decision.
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South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has announced that he is lifting martial law in the country, just hours after imposing it.
He was forced to back down in the face unanimous opposition from members of South Korea’s national assembly. The political crisis is the most serious challenge to the country’s democracy since the 1980s.
The President, who was facing a political crisis and little public support, sought to impose military rule in what appeared to be a desperate gamble, after accusing his political opponents of being "communists" with “pro-North Korean sympathies” and engaging in “anti-state activities”.
However the announcement led to mass protests outside parliament and was rejected by the national assembly. After some of the tensest hours in the country’s recent history, Yoon said troops would return to their barracks and the order would be lifted.
Political opponents are now demanding that the President steps down immediately with some calling for him to be charged with treason for attacking South Korea's democracy and constitution.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Seoul.
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The diplomatic red carpet was rolled out for a state visit from the Emir of Qatar, with the King and the Prince and Princess of Wales leading a royal welcome.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer also welcomed Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for a state visit to Britain on Tuesday that the prime minister hopes will help build on the Gulf state's investment in the country.
The emir and wife Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani arrived at Horse Guards Parade in London with Prince William and his wife Kate, who was marking her return to formal state visit duties after undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer.
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Lawmakers in South Korea have voted to block the president's move to declare martial law, after both the ruling party and opposition vowed to obstruct the declaration.
The resolution requesting the lifting of martial law was passed with 190 of 300 members in attendance, with all present in favour.
President Yoon Suk Yeol had declared emergency martial law in the country in a surprise late night television address, calling it necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements.
Large crowds have been clashing with police outside the South Korean National Assembly since the unexpected announcement.
Martial law means rule by military authorities in a time of emergency, and can mean the suspension of normal civil rights.
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Large crowds have clashed with police outside the South Korean National Assembly after the country's president declared emergency martial law in the country in a late night television address.
In brief, martial law is a temporary rule by military authorities in a time of emergency, when the civil authorities are deemed unable to function.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said martial law is necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements.
South Korea’s main opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung has condemned the move, calling it unconstitutional.
The move comes as Yoon's People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party continue to disagree over next year's budget bill.
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk's record-breaking $56bn (£47bn) pay award will not be reinstated, a judge in Delaware has ruled, despite it being approved by shareholders and directors in the summer.
Judge Kathaleen McCormick upheld her previous decision from January, in which she argued that board members were too heavily influenced by Musk.
The pay package would have been the largest ever for the boss of a listed company, said Judge McCormick.
Responding to the ruling, Musk posted on X: "Shareholders should control company votes, not judges."
Tesla has vowed to appeal against the ruling, saying the decision was "wrong".
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Thousands of people have been protesting in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi for a fifth successive night after the ruling party Georgian Dream’s decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union.
Protesters threw fireworks at riot police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons.
Demonstrators have accused the government of abandoning their European future for a return to ties with Russia - but the ruling party denies any link with the Kremlin.
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US President Joe Biden has made his first and only visit to sub-Saharan Africa during his presidency, where he will highlight a US-backed railway project meant to counter China’s influence on the continent.
Biden’s three-day visit to oil-rich Angola will focus largely on the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment which aims to advance the US presence in a region rich in the minerals used to make batteries for electric vehicles.
The railway line will stretch for 1,344km (835 miles) from the mines of Democratic Republic of Congo to the Angolan port city of Lobito on the Atlantic Ocean.
Analysts view the Biden's trip as the most direct counter yet to China’s influence on the continent.
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Israel and Hezbollah have launched attacks against each other, with both sides saying they were retaliating against violations of the truce agreement.
A ceasefire deal to end 13 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was signed last week.
At least nine people have been killed by Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese villages, according to the country's public health ministry.
Israel said it struck targets on Monday evening in retaliation for an attack by Iran-backed Hezbollah on a military post in the Mount Dov area. It added there were no injuries in Hezbollah's strikes.
Hezbollah said it was responding to Israeli "violations" and said it carried out a "defensive warning" strike, firing mortars at an Israeli army position in an area occupied by Israel.
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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud.
The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, her sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment.
In April a trial found she had secretly controlled Saigon Commercial Bank and taken out loans and cash over more than 10 years through a web of shell companies, amounting to a total of $44bn (£34.5bn).
Of that prosecutors say $27bn was misappropriated, and $12bn was judged to have been embezzled, the most serious financial crime for which she was sentenced to death.
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The world’s top court has begun hearing evidence in a significant case that may clarify the legal responsibilities of governments in relation to climate change.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will hear testimony from nearly 100 countries including Vanuatu, the Pacific island nation that initiated the effort to get a legal opinion.
The hearing will attempt to answer key questions as to what countries should do to fight climate change and, critically, what should they do to repair damages linked to rising temperatures.
While the outcome is not legally binding, it could give extra weight to climate change lawsuits all over the world.
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“Darfur has seen the worst of the worst,” the UN’s new relief chief Tom Fletcher has said.
It marked the first time a senior UN official was able to visit this territory since Sudan’s civil war erupted 19 months ago.
His visit only became possible after extensive negotiations with Sudan’s two main rival forces – those headed by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), who heads the government recognised by the UN, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who are now in charge in most of Darfur.
UN officials refer to the RSF as “those in control of the area”.
Few journalists have made it to el-Geneina to see its plight, including the aftermath of what were two massacres over a period of several months last year, which the UN says killed up to 15,000 people.
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has used special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs.
It is a move expected to trigger a vote of no confidence in his minority government.
The government is unlikely to survive the vote, which the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) opposition party said it would trigger on Monday afternoon.
Marine le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) said it would support the no-confidence vote which could take place as early as Wednesday.
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“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found.
A total of 17 products, most of them own-brands sold in UK and German retailers, are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes - testing commissioned by the BBC World Service showed.
Most Chinese tomatoes come from the Xinjiang region, where their production is linked to forced labour by Uyghur and other largely Muslim minorities.
The UN accuses the Chinese state - which views these minorities as a security risk - of torture and abuse.
China denies it forces people to work in the tomato industry and says workers’ rights are protected by law. It says the UN report is based on “disinformation and lies”.
All the supermarkets whose products we tested dispute our findings.
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There was a fourth night of protests in Georgia over the ruling party's decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union.
Tens of thousands of Georgians protested on the streets of several cities.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said demonstrators had fallen victim to opposition lies and rejected calls for new elections.
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Russia carried out "a series of air strikes" in Syria on Sunday as rebels advanced after seizing Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The Syrian government has meanwhile lost control of Aleppo for the first time since the country's civil war began, the observers told news agency AFP.
The surprise offensive by opposition forces, which began on Wednesday, marks the most significant fighting in Syria's civil war in recent years.
It has been led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), as well as allied factions backed by Turkey.
Russian strikes hit Aleppo for the first time since 2016 on Saturday as rebel fighters swept into Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, the observers said.
The Russian air force played a significant role in keeping President Bashar al-Assad in power during the peak of the civil war.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has called Joe Biden’s decision to officially pardon his son Hunter “an abuse” and “a miscarriage of justice”.
The outgoing president made the decision despite previously saying that he wouldn’t interfere with the US justice department’s decisions.
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in September, and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun in June - becoming the first child of a sitting president to be a convicted of a crime.
In a statement, President Biden said his son had been "singled out”.
Hunter Biden said mistakes he made during the darkest days of his addiction had been "exploited to publicly humiliate and shame" his family.
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US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases.
In a statement, the president said his son had been "singled out", and called his cases "a miscarriage of justice."
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in September, and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun in June - becoming the first child of a sitting president to be a convicted of a crime.
The full and unconditional pardon comes after the president had previously said he would not give his son clemency.
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It takes a lot of energy to power the Sydney Opera House.
At any one time, the famous landmark can have up to 20,000 visitors.
The House was recently awarded with the highest six-star performance certification by Green Building Council of Australia.
This is how it became a global leader in sustainable practice.
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A couple who became parents to identical triplets after struggling to conceive "for years" said the last few months had been “magical and amazing”.
Shannon and Ace Page, both 28 and from Somerset, UK, turned to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment last year.
For some couples, IVF treatment is their only chance of being able to have children - but the process can be long, difficult, and emotionally draining.
The three boys, Cruz, Enzo and Aljo, were delivered healthy in a Bristol hospital at 29 weeks and six days.
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The Syrian government has lost control of its second city, Aleppo, for the first time since the country’s civil war began.
Led by Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), opposition forces have seized the city and are pushing south, observers told news agency AFP.
In a statement, President Bashar al-Assad vowed to "defend [Syria's] stability and territorial integrity in the face of all terrorists and their backers".
Russia, an ally of Assad, has carried out "a series of air strikes" in Syria early on Sunday.
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Retinal scans can already identify signs of conditions that can lead to blindness.
But now new research is investigating whether AI can help us pick up other illnesses this way too.
There are indications that scans can even predict signs of Parkinson's disease.
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The Russian Defence Minister has made an unannounced visit to Pyongyang - as Ukraine claims that North Korean troops are in Russia and ready to support Russia's military.
It's suggested tens of thousands of North Korean troops could be deployed.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins, along with BBC Verify, has been looking at what we know about North Korea's alleged involvement in the war.
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Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of the "majority" of the country's second-largest city, Aleppo, observers said.
The offensive is the largest against the Syrian government in years and the first time rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad have reached Aleppo since being forced out by the army in 2016.
It is thought that more than 300 people - including more than 20 civilians - have been killed since the offensive started on Wednesday.
Overnight, Russia has launched air strikes at rebel targets in the city, and a Kremlin spokesman expressed his support for "the government of Syria to quickly restore order”.
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Police in Georgia have used tear gas and made use of water cannon against demonstrators in Tbilisi for a second night.
Thousands of demonstrators took t the streets to protest against the government's decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union.
Crowds were seen shouting "traitors" and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police in the previous night's protests.
More than 100 arrests were made due to the unrest, Georgian police said.
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This week the last federal criminal case against Donald Trump was dropped.
It's a dramatic end to a year which began with Trump facing nearly 100 criminal charges connected to the two federal cases and others.
It was unprecedented legal territory for a former president, becoming the first to face a criminal trial and later conviction, in a case tied to a payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
With just under two months until he's back in office, is he likely to use the Justice Department to pursue his enemies, and will there be wholesale pardons for people convicted for the January 6 riots?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country has the right to attack the military facilities of countries supplying weapons to Ukraine, and a military site in Poland has been named as a "priority" target.
The newly established missile defence base in the northern Polish town of Redzikowo is part of NATO’s broader Aegis Ashore missile defence system.
Former senior British officer and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay explained how this system works, why it’s important, and the missile capability Russia has to attack it.
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Leaked CCTV footage reveals how special school pupils suffered while locked away in so-called 'calming rooms' at the Whitefield School in Walthamstow, north London.
The videos from Whitefield School in north-east London resemble "torture", according to one safeguarding expert.
A police investigation into the abuse footage, taken inside the special school's 'calming rooms' between 2014 and 2017, ended earlier this year without any charges. However, parents say they have been left to deal with the trauma.
The school says new leadership found the footage after the rooms had been shut and shared it with the police.
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Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Tbilisi on Friday evening to protest against the government's decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union "until the end of 2028".
Demonstrators were seen shouting "traitors" and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police overnight.
The previous night's protests saw police use pepper spray and water cannon against demonstrators, with the government saying 43 people were arrested.
Earlier, more than 100 diplomats and civil servants in Georgia signed an open letter saying the government's decision does not align with Georgia's strategic interests.
Defending his decision, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused the EU of "blackmail" after EU legislators called for last month's parliamentary elections in Georgia to be re-run. They cited "significant irregularities".
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The world is getting a first look inside a resplendent new Notre-Dame as France's President Emmanuel Macron conducts a televised tour to mark the cathedral's imminent re-opening.
Five-and-a-half years after the devastating fire of 2019, Paris's Gothic jewel has been rescued, renovated and refurbished - offering visitors what promises to be a breathtaking visual treat.
The president - accompanied by his wife Brigitte and Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich - is kicking off a programme of ceremonies that will culminate with an official "entry" into the cathedral on 7 December and the first Catholic Mass the next day.
On entering the refurbished cathedral, Macron said it was now "repaired, reinvented and rebuilt".
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MPs have voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, voting 330 to 275 in support.
The historic vote comes after five hours of passionate debate during which MPs shared personal stories, while those against the bill called for better end-of-life care.
The bill passing the first stage in the Commons means it will be followed by months of parliamentary activity before it becomes a law.
Laws throughout the UK currently prevent people from asking for medical help to die and there are several requirements for a patient to be eligible under the proposals.
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This week on AI Decoded, Christian Fraser asks - how do we monitor the threat of drone warfare in the air and also above and below the waves.
It comes as tensions mount in the Baltic Sea after suspected sabotage of undersea cables between Sweden and Denmark.
And as drone attacks continue between Ukraine and Russia.
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Member of UK Parliament are holding a passionate debate in the House of Commons on a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.
Laws throughout the UK currently prevent people from asking for medical help to die and there are several requirements for a patient to be eligible under the proposals.
The potential new law has divided MPs and they have been given a free vote, meaning they can vote with their conscience. If the bill passes today, there are still many months of parliamentary activity before it becomes a law.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has threatened to attack decision-making centres in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with the country's new ballistic missile, Oreshnik.
Putin was speaking hours after Russia launched a “comprehensive” strike on Ukraine’s energy grid overnight, in what he called a response to "continued attacks" using US-supplied Atacms missiles on Russian soil.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that any "Russian blackmail" would be met with a "tough response".
There were no fatalities in the overnight strike, but it left more than one million people in Ukraine without power.
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Former British army soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
Khalife, who escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information and passed it to Tehran and was found to have gathered the names of special forces soldiers. He was cleared of a charge of perpetrating a bomb hoax at his army barracks.
The 23-year-old admitted breaking out of Wandsworth prison in London in September 2023 by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry.
Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said Khalife should expect "a long custodial sentence". Khalife, whose actions breached the UK’s Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act, did not show any emotion as the verdicts were read out.
Prosecutors said Khalife played a "cynical game" after he contacted a man linked to Iranian intelligence soon after joining the army in September 2018, before later telling the UK intelligence agency MI6 he wanted to be a double agent.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Daniel Sandford.
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The Metropolitan Police in London has said it is investigating more than five people it believes may have assisted or enabled Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual offences.
The force launched a new investigation after 90 alleged new victims came forward following a BBC documentary which revealed the extent of the billionaire's predatory behaviour.
It was previously revealed the force had been contacted by 21 alleged victims before the documentary was released.
Despite that, Al Fayed died last year having faced no criminal charges.
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Israel is creating a new military dividing line in Gaza, separating off the far north of the strip, satellite images studied by BBC Verify appear to show.
Troops are in control of, and are clearing, an area across the width of north Gaza. Satellite images and videos show that hundreds of buildings have been demolished between the Mediterranean Sea and the Israel border, mostly through controlled explosions.
Images also show Israeli troops and vehicles have been stationed across the new divide. Analysts said the images suggest Gaza is being split into zones to make it easier to control.
An IDF spokesperson told the BBC it was "targeting terrorist operatives and infrastructure" in north Gaza.
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Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world's strictest laws.
The ban - which will not take effect for at least 12 months - could see tech companies fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they don't comply.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the legislation is needed to protect young people from the "harms" of social media, something many parent groups have echoed.
But critics say questions over how the ban will work - and its impact on privacy and social connection - have been left unanswered.
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A Russian overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine's power grid is a response to Ukraine's use of long-range US and UK weapons inside Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said.
He also threatened to target Kyiv's "decision-making centres" with Russia's new ballistic missile.
More than one million Ukrainians have been left without power, following the overnight assault.
This is the second such attack in November. It unfolded over several hours with waves of drones and missiles.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a "vile escalation".
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The boss of the company behind global fashion chain Uniqlo has told the BBC that the Japanese firm does not use cotton from the Xinjiang region of China in its products.
It is the first time Fast Retailing's chief executive Tadashi Yanai has directly addressed the contentious issue.
China is a crucial market for Uniqlo not just for customers but also as a major manufacturing hub.
Xinjiang cotton was once known as some of the best fabric in the world.
But it has fallen out of favour after revelations that it is produced using forced labour by people from the Muslim Uyghur minority.
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Former British army soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
Khalife, who escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information useful to an enemy and had a list of special forces soldiers.
He was cleared of perpetrating a bomb house at his army barracks.
The 23-year-old admitted breaking out of Wandsworth prison in London in September 2023 by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry during his Woolwich Crown Court trial.
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The latest UK net migration figure, for the 12 months to June 2024, was 728,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.
That's a fall from the 12 months to June 2023 - a newly revised figure shows that total was 906,000, far higher than previous estimates.
Net migration is the difference between the number of people arriving in the UK, and the number leaving.
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Sudan in north-east Africa was thrown into crisis in 2023 when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a brutal struggle for power.
The war has claimed more than 15,000 lives. About nine million people have been forced to flee their homes in what the United Nations has called one of the world's "largest displacement crises".
Among them are nearly five million Sudanese children who have lost almost everything. Nowhere else on Earth are so many children on the run, so many people living with such acute hunger. There is famine in part of the country while many people across Sudan are on the brink of starvation.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lyse Doucet.
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Thousands of Lebanese civilians are returning to their destroyed homes, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-back armed group Hezbollah came into effect.
Traffic jams built up on the main highway out of Beirut to southern Lebanon as people queued up to return home.
Many were seen waving Hezbollah flags and posters showing the group's deceased former leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The US-brokered ceasefire has put a temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict that intensified when Israel launched a ground invasion against Hezbollah in October.
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Five survivors have been found by Egyptian rescuers during a Red Sea search operation after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on Monday.
Four bodies have been recovered and another seven people are still missing. A total of 33 people have been rescued so far.
The victims' identities have not yet been disclosed by authorities.
The four-deck modern vessel is understood to have capsized after hitting a large wave near Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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Opposition supporters in Pakistan have temporarily called off protests demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Protesters had marched on Islamabad and vowed not to leave the capital city until Khan's release - but his supporters were pushed back by police and met with tear gas.
Four security officers and two civilians died in the clashes and at least 500 people were arrested during the protests, which started on Sunday.
Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said the protests had been "temporarily suspended" due to the "government's brutality".
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A former officer at a top-secret Russian nuclear weapons facility has revealed the secrets of life at the base after deserting from the country.
Anton, not his real name, said the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
He also rejected the view that Russia’s nuclear weapons mostly date from the Soviet era and might not work; saying they are fully operational and battle-ready.
The BBC is unable to independently verify all the events he described, although they do correspond with Russian statements at the time.
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A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after 14 months of fighting.
It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group.
US President Joe Biden said the ceasefire aimed to be a "permanent cessation of hostilities".
Thousands of Lebanese civilians have started returning to their homes in the south of the country, but Israel has warned that it is not yet safe to return to certain areas.
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Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire in Lebanon which could bring an end to more than a year of fighting there that has claimed thousands of lives. The office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his security cabinet had approved the US ceasefire plan.
It’s understood that the initial 60-day ceasefire will see Israeli troops pulling out of Lebanon and Hezbollah fighters withdrawing north of the Litani river, away from the border with Israel. Thousands of troops from the Lebanese Army are expected to be deployed to the area and an international committee will monitor the implementation of the ceasefire.
President Biden said the ceasefire was intended to become “a permanent cessation of hostilities” and a crucial step to achieving wider peace in the Middle East. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the deal was a “fundamental step towards restoring calm and stability in Lebanon and enabling displaced persons to return to their towns and cities”.
The announcement came after some of the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah for months, with Israeli airstrikes hitting Beirut, Israeli troops moving further into southern Lebanon and Hezbollah firing more rockets into northern Israel.
The deal does not bring an end to the war in Gaza, which began following the 7th October attacks on Israel by Hamas. The Israeli assault on Gaza has claimed more than 40,000 lives according to the Hamas-run administration there.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Hugo Bachega, Lucy Williamson and Frank Gardner.
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Russia and Ukraine have traded air strikes, after a week of intensifying rhetoric in which Russia tested a new missile on Ukraine.
Russia has made close to 1,500 strikes on Ukraine since Sunday evening on about half of the country's regions causing dozens of injuries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Meanwhile Ukraine's military said it had struck a key oil depot south of Moscow, and targets in the Bryansk and Kursk border regions.
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US President Joe Biden has announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah.
The deal will take effect from 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday 27 November, according to Biden.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel has agreed a ceasefire deal to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israeli troops began a land invasion of Lebanon almost two months ago, in response to almost a year of rocket attacks from Hezbollah.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has agreed a ceasefire deal to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
He said, under the deal, any attempts by Hezbollah to rearm will be a violation of the deal, and that Israel will "respond severely" if they do.
Israeli troops began a land invasion of Lebanon almost two months ago, in response to almost a year of rocket attacks from Hezbollah.
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Russia and Ukraine have traded air strikes, after a week of intensifying rhetoric in which Russia tested a new missile on Ukraine.
Russia has made close to 1,500 strikes on Ukraine since Sunday evening on about half of the country's regions causing dozens of injuries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Meanwhile Ukraine's military said it had struck a key oil depot south of Moscow, and targets in the Bryansk and Kursk border regions.
Russia's use of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro capped a week of escalation in the war that also saw Ukraine fire US and British missiles into Russia for the first time.
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Thousands of opposition protesters have converged on Pakistan's heavily-barricaded capital, demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
The convoy - which is aiming for a square in the centre of Islamabad - has clashed with security forces, who have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the marchers in an attempt to disperse them.
According to the prime minister's office, four paramilitary soldiers have been killed in a hit-and-run, which it has blamed on Khan's supporters. This has not been independently verified.
Khan has been held in prison for more than a year, facing a slew of charges and sentences which he alleges are politically motivated.
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The Israeli security cabinet will discuss a 60-day Lebanon ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Tuesday.
The proposed truce would be for an initial period of 60 days and include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, according to media reports.
In return, Hezbollah would end its presence south of the Litani River, about 30km (18 miles) north of the international border, and be replaced by Lebanese Army troops.
Even as diplomats suggested on Monday that a deal was close, fierce fighting continued, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 31 killed in Israeli air strikes and Hezbollah firing barrages of rockets at Israel.
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The special prosecutor who brought two key criminal cases against Donald Trump has asked judges to drop both of them after his victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Special counsel Jack Smith was overseeing cases accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 election results and improperly storing classified documents after he left office.
Trump had pleaded not guilty in both cases.
In new documents filed on Monday, Mr Smith said the cases should be closed because of a Justice Department policy that bans the prosecution of a sitting president.
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Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, is under lockdown for a second day as thousands of protesters demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan from jail converge on the city.
His supporters are also calling for the overturning of election results they say were rigged - a claim disputed by the Pakistan government.
The former PM has been detained for more than a year on various charges, but remains hugely popular despite his legal troubles and his supporters have been protesting for months.
His wife, Bushra Bibi, told supporters on Monday that the march would continue until her husband was free.
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Nigeria has one of the highest birth rates in the world, with women often facing social pressure to conceive and even ostracisation or abuse if they cannot.
Under this pressure, some women go to extremes to realise their dream of motherhood.
For over a year, BBC Africa Eye has been investigating the “cryptic pregnancy” scam.
Scammers posing as doctors or nurses convince women that they have a “miracle fertility treatment” guaranteed to get them pregnant. The initial “treatment” usually costs hundreds of dollars and consists of an injection, a drink, or a substance inserted into the vagina.
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Egyptian authorities say 17 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea.
Two of those missing are British, the BBC understands. Finland has also confirmed one of their nationals is also unaccounted for, as rescuers continue to search the area.
The boat with 31 tourists and 14 crew - who were all Egyptians - sent a distress signal at 05:30 (03:30 GMT), according to the governor of Red Sea province.
Authorities have not indicated the possible cause of the incident.
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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow.
She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she hadn’t blocked Kyiv’s entry into Nato in 2008.
Angela Merkel led Germany for 16 years. She was in office during the financial crisis, the 2015 migrant crisis and, significantly, Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
She says she believes the war in Ukraine would have started sooner and would likely have been worse, if Kyiv had begun the path to Nato membership in 2008.
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A British businessman caught on camera confessing he was illegally selling luxury perfume to Russia is not facing criminal charges, the BBC has learned.
David Crisp admitted to an undercover investigator that he had “ignored government edicts” on sanctions by selling £1,000-a-bottle “Boadicea the Victorious” perfume in Russia.
The BBC can now exclusively show the undercover video, which has previously only been shared in court.
Mr Crisp was arrested in 2023 by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) - the UK government agency responsible for sanctions enforcement - but the investigation was dropped earlier this year. This is despite the discovery of evidence that he tried to conceal more than £1.7m of illegal sales.
Mr Crisp, from Surrey, denies knowingly breaching sanctions or concealing trades with Russia.
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A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania's presidential election
With more than 99% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was on 23%, followed by centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union and populist social democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the pre-election favourite.
The strong showing of Georgescu, who has no party of his own and campaigned largely on the social media platform TikTok, came as the biggest surprise of the election.
The latest count suggests Lasconi is narrowly ahead of Ciolacu by around 2,000 votes and will face Georgescu in a final run-off for the presidency on 8 December.
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Defence ministers from the UK and key EU countries are meeting in Berlin, days after President Vladimir Putin said Russia had the right to target the military facilities of countries supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Poland has always insisted Ukraine has every right to use Western-sent missiles against Russia in self-defence.
But the country hosts several US military facilities – including one that Russian officials have identified as a possible target, if the war escalates.
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Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed six tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight.
A British woman, two Australian women, a US man and two Danish nationals have died.
The deaths remain under police investigation, but reports have suggested they may have consumed drinks tainted with methanol, a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.
Methanol poisoning has long been a well-known issue across South East Asia, particularly in the poorer countries along the Mekong river.
But despite foreign governments posting warnings about alcohol consumption in these places, there is still little awareness among the backpacker party scene.
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Public attitudes to immigration are hardening in the Irish Republic as the country sees a significant increase in arrivals. The government, which is facing an election, has said it will begin chartered deportation flights for those denied asylum in the coming months and is freeing up immigration officers from desk work to address the issue.
Asylum applications in Ireland have risen by nearly 300% in 2024 compared to the same period five years ago. A spike in arrivals via the UK has been driven by factors including the UK’s tougher stance post-Brexit and Ireland’s relatively healthy economy.
Tens of thousands of international protection applicants - some already with asylum status in Ireland and others waiting to be processed - have been sent to communities around the country, accommodated in hotels, former schools, apartments and even large tented camps.
There is evidence of growing public concern, with protests in some communities against the housing of asylum seekers locally.
Ireland’s housing shortage means that even those granted asylum are struggling to leave the temporary system as others arrive. Nearly 1,000 people are living in tented accommodation.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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In the heart of The Natural History Museum in London, UK, the exhibits are coming to life.
Visions of Nature takes visitors to the year 2125, to see how the natural world is adapting to climate change and human behaviour.
It's called a mixed reality experience; some of the exhibition is physically present, but much of it uses virtual reality headsets.
There are eight different ecosystems to explore, from the Scottish Highlands to the deepest oceans.
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Israel says a rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been murdered, and have vowed to track down his killers.
“The murder of Zvi Kogan is a criminal antisemitic terrorist incident," PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
Rabbi Kogan, an envoy of the orthodox Jewish organisation Chabad, had been missing in Dubai since Thursday.
His body was recovered after his abandoned car was found an hour's drive away from his home.
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A finance deal reached at the COP29 summit to help less-developed countries tackle climate change has been criticised for failing to meet the scale of the challenge.
Days of negotiations in Azerbaijan - that extended the talks by more than 30 hours - saw richer countries agree to raise their contribution to $300bn a year by 2035.
The African Group of Negotiators described it as "too little, too late", while the representative from India called it "a paltry sum".
Poorer countries had asked for $1.3 trillion to help them fight the climate battle.
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The UN's latest climate summit is coming to a close in Azerbaijan, and there have been more calls for countries to take further action to reduce emissions.
Crucial to any global response is America - the world's only superpower and the world's second largest emitter.
Now, Donald Trump is about to become its president - and he has been fiercely critical of Joe Biden's approach to climate change.
Our Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has been looking at what Donald Trump may do instead.
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UN climate talks are on the verge of collapse as a group representing small island states walks out of a key meeting at COP29 in Azerbaijan.
Nearly 200 countries are trying to reach a deal on money to help poorer countries tackle the effects of climate change.
However on Friday, poorer countries dismissed an offer of $250bn (£199bn) per year by 2035 and had been pushing for a significant increase.
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A famine-stricken camp housing about 500,000 displaced people in Sudan has received its first convoy of aid in months.
The United Nations' trucks arrived in Zamzam - which houses masses forced to flee during Sudan's 18-month civil war - on Friday.
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said food deliveries had been held up for months by fierce fighting in the nearby Darfur city of el-Fasher, as well as the "impassable" roads brought on by the rainy season.
The war - a power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis, forcing 10 million people from their homes and pushing communities into hunger.
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A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have now been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning by five missiles in the capital's densely-populated Basta district, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA).
Explosions shook the city following the Israeli attack, which happened at about 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Saturday.
The Israeli military made no immediate comment about the Basta strike.
The scale of Saturday's air strike and the fact it happened without warning indicate that a senior Hezbollah figure could have been the target, although there has been no confirmation from either the armed group or the Israeli military.
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As Donald Trump’s list of appointments becomes longer and more controversial, there’s one area that seems set for drastic change: defence.
The announcements come alongside Joe Biden’s decision to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles to fire into Russia, just months before Trump becomes commander in chief.
We speak to Robert Wilkie, the man in charge of preparing Trump’s defence policy.
He tells us what’s happening behind the scenes, how Trump could negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, and why he’s picked a Fox New presenter as his defence secretary.
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In this episode of Path to the Presidency, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry are joined by digital reporter Kayla Epstein to discuss more twists and turns in Donald Trump's transition.
It comes as his pick for US Attorney General, Matt Gaetz withdraws his candidacy.
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A young Australian woman has died, the sixth foreign tourist to lose their life in Laos in South East Asia, from suspected methanol poisoning.
Holly Bowles was 19, on holiday with her best friend Bianca Jones, who's also died. Simone White, a lawyer from Kent in the UK is also among the victims. Two other victims aged 19 and 20 were from Denmark, and an American man in his 50s has also died.
They were in a town called Vang Vieng in Laos, that's popular among backpackers. Some of those who fell ill have been taken to hospital in neighbouring Thailand.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.
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In southern China, scientists have discovered ancient forests with animals and plants they thought were extinct in several sinkholes.
The sinkholes have formed over tens of thousands of years and have only recently become visible when the land collapsed.
They're now being explored with the help of local mountaineers.
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The COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan has released a new draft finance deal that would have developed nations take the lead.
The deal proposes wealthier countries give $250bn (£199bn) per year by 2035 to developing nations to help tackle climate change.
But small island nations, including countries like Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu in the Pacific, and Barbados and Bermuda in the Caribbean, are "deeply disappointed" with the new cash offer, saying the proposed $250bn a year by 2030 is a cap that will "severely stagnate climate action efforts".
Delegates in Baku have been trying to debate a new deal.
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A civil jury has found that the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor assaulted a woman who had accused him of raping her.
He has been ordered to pay the woman more than €248,000 in damages.
The civil action was taken by Nikita Hand who sought damages for assault after accusing McGregor of raping her in the Beacon Hotel in Dublin on 9 December 2018.
The jury, at the High Court in Dublin, had been deliberating since Thursday afternoon before returning their verdict that McGregor did assault Ms Hand.
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Germany’s core industries, like car manufacturing, are under threat from competition abroad. Could artificial intelligence (AI) get Europe’s most powerful economy back on track?
Only two weeks ago its colation government collapsed, involving complicated constitutional questions at a time when economic growth has stalled.
Some of the world’s greatest experts on AI have gathered at the Falling Walls Science Summit, held on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It is 35th anniversry of the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the falling wall science summit looking at a gathering of the world’s greatest experts on artificial intelligence.
Founder of the summit Sebastian Turner hopes they will build bridges and break barriers, saying “which are the next walls to come down?”
Among the attendees is Richard Socher, whise pioneering research into prompt engineering lead to the explosion in generative AI.
Asked about how Germany could become one of the best countries for AI, he said it has to start “early on in high school” where people should study the English as a foreign language and also Python.
Meanwhile, two Berlin-based artists Matt Dryhurst and Holly Herndon also reveal how they use AI to aid the creative process.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said an attack by his forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday morning was carried out using "a new conventional intermediate-range missile".
He said that the missile, codenamed Oreshnik, was a response to Ukraine's use of US and UK-supplied long-range weaponry towards targets inside Russia.
Putin also suggested Russia could attack military facilities of those countries which allowed their weapons to be used for this purpose.
The US and the UK authorised the use of US ATACMS and UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles this week, in a major change of policy.
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Germany’s core industries, like car manufacturing, are under threat from competition abroad. Could artificial intelligence (AI) get Europe’s most powerful economy back on track?
Only two weeks ago its colation government collapsed, involving complicated constitutional questions at a time when economic growth has stalled.
Some of the world’s greatest experts on AI have gathered at the Falling Walls Science Summit, held on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It is 35th anniversry of the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the falling wall science summit looking at a gathering of the world’s greatest experts on artificial intelligence.
Founder of the summit Sebastian Turner hopes they will build bridges and break barriers, saying “which are the next walls to come down?”
Among the attendees is Richard Socher, whise pioneering research into prompt engineering lead to the explosion in generative AI.
Asked about how Germany could become one of the best countries for AI, he said it has to start “early on in high school” where people should study the English as a foreign language and also Python.
Meanwhile, two Berlin-based artists Matt Dryhurst and Holly Herndon also reveal how they use AI to aid the creative process.
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A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.
The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said they were "heartbroken" to confirm her death, more than a week after she fell ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.
Her friend Bianca Jones, also 19, and British lawyer Simone White, 28, from south-east London, were confirmed to have died on Thursday.
Many of the victims were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel with staff being told that guests had fallen ill after they failed to check out on 13 November.
The manager of the hostel has since been detained for questioning by police.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated long-time ally and veteran prosecutor Pam Bondi as his new pick for attorney general, hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.
Bondi has a long track record in law enforcement and previously served as Florida's attorney general.
A loyal Trump ally, she was part of his legal team during his first Senate impeachment trial and also publicly supported him by showing up at court during his hush money trial in New York.
The news of Bondi's nomination came about six hours after Gaetz said he would not seek the high-profile cabinet post, following days of debate over whether to release a congressional report on sexual misconduct allegations against him. Gaetz has vehemently denied the claims.
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udges at the International Criminal Court have issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of committing with others the war crimes of mass starvation, murder and persecution. Warrants have also been issued for Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the Hamas military commander, Mohammed Deif.
The judges said there were “reasonable grounds” the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas.
Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned the ICC’s decision as “antisemitic”, while Hamas said the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant had set an important historical precedent.
The Court says it has reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant "each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts".
Israel says the Hamas commander Mohammed Deif was killed in Gaza in July. However the ICC said prosecutors were not in a position to determine whether he was killed or remained alive. The Court said it had reasonable grounds to believe he was "responsible for the crimes against humanity of murder; extermination; torture; and rape and other form of sexual violence; as well as the war crimes of murder, cruel treatment, torture; taking hostages; outrages upon personal dignity; and rape and other form of sexual violence".
The issuing of arrest warrants means the men face arrest if they travel to any country that is a member of the International Criminal Court.
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British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to die in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, following the deaths of an Australian woman, American woman and two Danish women.
A number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.
News reports and testimonies on social media from other tourists have suggested they may have consumed drinks laced with methanol, a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.
Many of the victims were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel with staff being told that guests had fallen ill after they failed to check out on 13 November.
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Vladimir Putin says Russia hit Ukraine with a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, days after Kyiv used Western-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia.
The Russian president says the strike was in response to Ukraine's "use of American and British long-range weaponry".
It's still unclear exactly what was damaged in the attack, which Ukraine says was targeting infrastructure in the eastern city of Dnipro.
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Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to become attorney general after days of debate over whether to release a report on sexual misconduct allegations against him.
On X, formerly Twitter, the 42-year-old said that the controversy over his potential nomination "was unfairly becoming a distraction" to the work of the incoming Trump administration.
The report included the findings of a probe sparked by allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
Gaetz has denied the claims but said that he hoped to avoid a "needlessly protracted Washington scuffle."
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A US official has disputed Kyiv's claim that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukraine, reports the BBC's US partner CBS News.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine was attacked with a "new Russian rocket" and suggests it has the "characteristics" of an ICBM.
Russia has refused to comment - instead it claims, without further information, to have shot down two UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles
ICBMs are designed to deliver nuclear warheads, but can also be fitted with conventional explosives, and travel thousands of kilometres at high speed. There's no suggestion a nuclear warhead was deployed in this case.
It's still unclear exactly what was damaged in the attack, which Ukraine says was targeting infrastructure in the eastern city of Dnipro.
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Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles at targets within Russia for the first time, the BBC understands.
It comes just days after US-supplied longer-range Army Tactical Missile System (Atacms) missiles also struck targets inside Russia.
Former senior British officer and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay explains how these latest missiles will be used against Russia, and how they could change the military strategy in the Kursk region.
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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas's military commander.
A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military has said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.
The judges said there were “reasonable grounds” the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas. Both Israel and Hamas have rejected the allegations.
It will now be up to the ICC's 124 member states - who do not include Israel or its ally, the United States - to decide whether or not to enforce the warrants.
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Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in overnight Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza.
Paramedics and Hamas-affiliated media said at least 66 were killed, including women and children, when several houses sheltering displaced people were hit near Kamal Adwan hospital in the town of Beit Lahia. One unverified video showed more than 20 bodies lined up in a street.
Another 22 people were killed in a strike on a house in the northern Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. It has recently intensified its offensive in northern Gaza, saying it is stopping Hamas from regrouping.
In a separate development, US mediator Amos Hochstein has arrived in Israel from Lebanon.
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High-tech equipment made by a UK firm worth $2.1m (£1.6m) has been sold to companies in Russia connected to the military, customs documents seen by BBC News suggest.
The documents indicate the British-made camera lenses were shipped by a company registered in Kyrgyzstan, apparently run by swimwear model Valeria Baigascina.
The UK manufacturer, Beck Optronic Solutions, which has worked on British Challenger 2 tanks and F35 fighter jets, told us it had not breached sanctions, had no dealings with Russia or Kyrgyzstan, and was unaware of the shipments.
Ms Baigascina said she was the founder of the company but had sold it in May. She denied the allegations, saying that when she had owned it, “nothing like that was supplied”.
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea looks like an act of sabotage.
A 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable between Finland and Germany was severed in the early hours of Monday, while a 218km internet link between Lithuania and Sweden's Gotland Island stopped working on Sunday.
The incidents came at a time of heightened tension with Russia, and Pistorius said "nobody believes that these cables were cut accidentally".
The Swedish and Lithuanian defence ministers said they were "deeply concerned" that the cable connecting their two countries had been cut.
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Ukraine has fired UK-supplied long-range Storm Shadow missiles at targets within Russia for the first time, the BBC understands.
The UK government is not commenting on the reports but the defence secretary said "Ukraine’s action on the battlefield speaks for itself".
It comes just days after US-supplied longer-range Army Tactical Missile System (Atacms) missiles also struck targets inside Russia.
US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel landmines, a defence official told the BBC, as the US steps up aid to slow Russian advances.
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Vice-President-elect JD Vance is shoring up Senate support for Donald Trump's cabinet picks as he brings attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz along on a visit to the Capitol.
The nomination has caused controversy among Republicans and Democrats, as the House Ethics Committee is expected to meet amid a debate over whether it should release a report on Gaetz.
The report includes the findings of an investigation sparked by allegations against the former congressman of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, all of which Gaetz has denied.
He resigned from the House of Representatives after Trump announced he wanted the Florida politician to be America's top lawyer. Now that Gaetz is no longer a member of the House, it's uncertain if the report will be made public.
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Harvesting olives is an age-old ritual and also an economic necessity for many Palestinians, but, according to the UN, it is increasingly precarious.
Farmers across the West Bank - internationally regarded as Palestinian land occupied by Israel - face heightened risks, like organised attacks by Israeli settlers seeking to sabotage the olive harvest, along with the use of force by Israeli security forces to block roads and Palestinians' access to their lands.
At end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank - she was later shot and killed by an IDF soldier.
The IDF says it’s investigating the incident.
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YouTuber and social media personality Logan Paul is facing fresh questions over his cryptocurrency dealings, with ongoing concerns he may have profited from misleading fans.
The BBC has seen new evidence suggesting he promoted investments without revealing he had a financial interest in them.
The influence of Paul - whose YouTube channel has more than 23 million followers - appears to have caused prices in these investments to spike, leading to suggestions he could have profited from sales of any tokens he held.
Paul also currently faces a multi-million-dollar lawsuit over a failed crypto project called CryptoZoo.
He denies any wrongdoing.
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US President Joe Biden has agreed to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines, a US official told the BBC.
The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said such mines would be delivered soon, and Washington expected that they would be used in Ukraine's territory.
It is thought the move is an attempt to slow Russian troops who have been steadily advancing in Ukraine's east in recent months.
The provision of anti-personnel land mines is the latest move by the outgoing US administration to bolster Ukraine's war effort before Donald Trump returns to the White House on 20 January.
It comes days after Washington gave Ukraine permission to fire US-supplied missiles at Russian territory for the first time.
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Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lowering the threshold for Russia's use of nuclear weapons. It follows a US decision to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range missile strikes on Russia using American weapons. Ukraine has carried out its first such attack, with Russia confirming that US ATACMS missiles have hit its Bryansk region.
Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine states that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack. An attack on Russia with conventional missiles, drones or aircraft could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.
The Kremlin urged other countries to study the changes. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the decree as “a very important text” and said "it should become a subject to a very deep analysis".
Recently Russia warned it would deliver “an appropriate and tangible” response to the US President's decision to let Ukraine use ATACMS missiles to strike the country. Russia's foreign ministry said that such an attack "would represent the direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in hostilities against Russia”.
Joe Biden’s change of policy comes two months before Donald Trump is sworn in as the new US President. Mr Trump has claimed that he will help bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg, Nick Eardley, Vicki Young and Lyse Doucet.
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From April 2026, inherited agricultural assets in the UK worth more than £1m, which were previously exempt, will be liable to the inheritance tax at 20% - half the usual rate.
Among those marching in Whitehall was TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who said "it's the end" for farmers, as he called for the government to change its mind.
The prime minister said he understood farmers' concerns and "wants to support" them but added "the vast majority" would be unaffected.
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Gisèle Pelicot has denounced the mass rape case of 51 men as a "trial of cowardice" on her final day of evidence.
Pelicot, who has attended the mass rape trial from its start in September, was questioned by defence lawyers after the last defendant in the case, Philippe L, left the dock.
She has waived her right to anonymity so the entire trial can be heard in court in Avignon in the full glare of publicity.
Her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted recruiting dozens of men online to rape her over almost a decade at their home in Mazan.
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New York prosecutors have vowed to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his criminal conviction, but they expressed a willingness to wait to sentence him until he completes his upcoming presidential term.
Prosecutors urged the judge who is considering Trump's sentence after his guilty verdict to consider options other than dismissal, including holding off until the president-elect is scheduled to leave the White House in 2029.
The Manhattan district attorney's office asked Justice Juan Merchan to set a new deadline of 9 December for both sides to consider the case and file new motions.
Trump's sentencing is scheduled for 26 November, but it could be delayed further.
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Turkish air strikes in drought-struck north-east Syria have cut off access to electricity and water for more than a million people, in what experts say may be a violation of international law.
Turkey carried out more than 100 attacks between October 2019 and January 2024 on oil fields, gas facilities and power stations in the Kurdish-held Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), according to data collated by the BBC World Service.
The attacks have added to the humanitarian crisis in a region reeling from a year-long civil war and four years of extreme drought exacerbated by climate change.
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Ukraine has said it will "never submit" to Russia as it marks 1,000 days since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of the country.
"Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law," the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
It comes as eight people, including a child, were killed in a drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern region of Sumy overnight, where 89 were also killed in a separate strike on Sunday.
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1,000 days into the war in Ukraine – and just two months before his presidency ends - Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to fire US-supplied long range missiles into Russian territory.
The US has forbid the use of ATACM ballistic missiles inside the country – until now.
The change in policy reportedly comes in response to the recent arrival of North Korean troops to support Russia in the Kursk region, where Ukraine has occupied territory since August.
In this week’s Security Brief, former senior British officer and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay explains how these weapons will be used, the support that may follow from Nato allies, and how Russia will respond.
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A Hong Kong court has sentenced key pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.
Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections. Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years.
Most of the group were found guilty of conspiring to attempt subversion, while two were acquitted.
Their trial marked the largest use of the harsh national security law (NSL) which China imposed on Hong Kong shortly after the city’s explosive pro-democracy protests in 2019.
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The mother of 24-year-old Harshita Brella, whose body was found in the boot of a car in London, has told the BBC: “I just want justice for my daughter”.
An international manhunt is underway for Ms Brella’s husband, Pankaj Lamba, who has been named by British police as the prime suspect. Detectives believe he has fled the country. The couple had been living in Corby in the English county of Northamptonshire after arriving in the UK from India.
Harshita Brella’s mother Sudesh Kumari spoke through tears to the BBC from the family home in Delhi. The family said Ms Brella had been "very excited" to move to the UK in April after an arranged marriage with Pankaj Lamba. A legal wedding was held in August 2023 in India and then the couple held their traditional Indian ceremony in March 2024 before leaving for the UK the following month.
Ms Brella's father, Satbir Brella, said: "I want my son-in-law to be brought to justice and I want my daughter's body brought home."
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Samira Hussain and Jo Black.
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It appears that North Korean troops will enter combat against Ukraine in the coming days, says US defence secretary Lloyd Austin.
The US will allow Ukraine to use the missiles to hold onto the small chunk of Russian territory it occupies in Kursk, reportingly making the decision after the Kremlin allowed North Korean troops to fight there.
There is evidence that up to 10,000 soldiers have travelled from North Korea to the Russian-held part of Kursk and will oversee combat operations.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit, and emphasised the importance of a "strong UK-China relationship" for both countries.
The meeting was the first time a UK prime minister has met the Chinese president in person since 2018, following a recent souring in relations.
The PM signalled a desire for greater business co-operation, particularly on "areas of mutual cooperation" such as international stability, climate change and economic growth.
Xi told Starmer that the two countries should commit to mutual respect and openness, saying: "China and the UK have broad space for co-operation across various domains."
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Afghans are the second largest group of migrants coming to the UK illegally in small boats.
The UN says they are among the top asylum seekers in the world. With a third of the country’s people struggling to eat, and the Taliban government banning women from work and education, thousands of Afghans are trying to flee the country every day.
But leaving Afghanistan has become harder than ever before with countries like Pakistan, Iran and Turkey intensifying their crackdown on illegal migration from the country in the past year.
The BBC has had rare access to those attempting to flee Afghanistan who describe extraordinary risks they take.
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Donald Trump has vowed to overturn guidance on the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI).
Trump’s promise echoes his party’s platform, which says that the executive order “hinders AI innovation”.
Outside the US, the Vatican and Microsoft have released a digital recreation of St. Peter’s Basilica created with AI.
Finally: should we be kind to AI? Since generative chatbots mirror human communication patterns, politeness toward chatbots tends to generate better responses.
Moreover, one AI company has hired an “AI welfare” researcher to analyse if its systems are becoming conscious.
The Context’s panel discusses these topics on this week’s AI Decoded.
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The parents of a British teenager who took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion have made a direct appeal to criminals in Nigeria to stop "terrorising" the vulnerable.
Murray Dowey, from Dunblane, was only 16 when he ended his life last year.
It is thought he had been tricked by criminals in West Africa into sending intimate pictures of himself and then blackmailed.
Sextortion often involves victims being sent a nude picture or video before being asked to send their own in return.
They then receive threats the material will be shared with family and friends unless they meet the blackmailer's demands - pressure it is believed led Murray to take his own life.
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President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with long-range missiles supplied by the US has sparked a furious response in Russia.
On Monday, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that “if such a decision has been taken it means a whole new spiral of tension and a whole new situation with regard to US involvement in this conflict".
Mr Peskov accused the Biden administration of “adding fuel to the fire and continuing to stoke tension around this conflict".
The US's decision comes after Russia deployed North Korean troops to the war zone to fight alongside Russian forces.
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In Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, glaciers are under threat.
This is part of an area referred to by some as the Third Pole; a place which has more ice than any other part of the world outside the polar regions.
But climate change is altering the landscape across Gilgit-Baltistan and neighbouring Chitral, researchers say.
According to the Aga Khan Development Network, more than 48,000 people are considered to be at high risk from a lake outburst or landslide.
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Air pollution in India's capital Delhi has soared to extremely severe levels, choking residents and engulfing the city in thick smog.
Authorities have announced further restrictions of construction activities and vehicle movements in the city to combat worsening air quality.
According to measurements by Swiss air quality group IQAir, Delhi has surpassed Lahore in Pakistan as the world's most polluted city.
However, Lahore is still experiencing severe air pollution, with schools, universities and parks closed and a lockdown planned, to limit the damage.
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Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed.
A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighbourhood on Sunday, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency.
Afif, one of the few remaining public faces of the group, was last seen on Monday, when he gave a press conference in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where the group is based.
Meanwhile, an Israeli air strike on a five-storey residential block in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza has killed at least 40 people, officials in Gaza say.
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US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by America to strike Russia, officials say.
The move marks a major change in policy for Washington which had refused for months to agree to Kyiv's requests for authorisation to use the ATACMS missiles outside its own borders.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the news - which came via briefings from US officials - saying "such things are not announced, missiles speak for themselves".
Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned Western nations against such a move, saying it would represent the Nato military alliance's "direct participation" in the Ukraine war.
UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, is also due to address the issue at the G20 summit of world leaders in Brazil, where he said shoring up support for Ukraine will be his top agenda.
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High inside the Arctic circle, the archipelago of Svalbard is one of the fastest warming places on Earth.
Yet for most of its history, it has depended on coal for energy and jobs.
How has it been taking steps towards clear energy?
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A VO2 max test is one of the best ways to measure your overall fitness.
It may also be the best single measure for your life expectancy.
Here's how new technology can work it out - in just three minutes.
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"I am profoundly disturbed to find these days my identity is being stolen by others and greatly object to them using is to say whatever they wish."
That's how broadcaster and biologist Sir David Attenborough has reacted after the BBC played him clips of his voice being mimicked by Artificial Intelligence.
Dr Jennifer Williams, a researcher of AI audio, explains the issues of voices of prominent figures such as Sir David being cloned.
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A "massive combined strike" on Ukraine's energy infrastructure was carried out overnight by Russia, President Zelensky has said.
At least seven people have been killed and many were injured - including children - following the strikes on Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Lviv and Odesa regions.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company says the attacks caused "significant damage" to thermal energy plants, with emergency blackouts in three regions.
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Joe Biden has sat down with China's President Xi Jinping for the last time as US president.
The two acknowledged "ups and downs" in relations over Biden's four years in office during a summit in Peru.
Meanwhile, Presdient-elect Donald Trump has named more people for his cabinet ahead of his inauguration in January, but faces a tough process to get them all confirmed.
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Relatives of civil-rights activist Malcolm X are suing US law enforcement agencies for complicity in his assassination 60 years ago.
They claim the FBI, CIA and the New York Police Department were all aware of a plot to assassinate him but did nothing to stop it, seeking $100m in damaged.
Three men were convicted of his murder, but two were exonerated more than 50 years later when the case was re-examined.
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At least 10 babies have died after a fire broke out on the children's ward of a hospital in northern India.
16 other babies are being treated for their injuries with some described as being in a critical condition.
Local officials said the blaze in the intensive care unit was possibly caused by an electrical fault in an oxygen concentrator.
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YouTuber Jake Paul left a permanent stain on two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson's boxing legacy with a points win in front of fans in Texas.
The match was also streamed and watched by millions on Netflix.
More than £14.1m was recouped from ticket sales alone, with one VIP group package which included a ringside seat and photographs with the fighters costing as much as £1.6m.
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Ukrainie's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia's war on his country will end "faster" than it otherwise would have done with Donald Trump's return to the White House.
Mr Zelensky didn't say if the US president-elect had made any demands about talks with Russia, but told a Ukrainian radio station that Trump's promise to the US public that he will end the war "is very important for them, not only for the sake of Ukraine."
Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused Germany of trying to appease Russia after Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call with Vladimir Putin for the first time in two years.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with the BBC’s Caitríona Perry and Sumi Somaskanda.
In this episode, the duo are joined by digital reporter Bernd Debusmann Jr to discuss the period of transition for Joe Biden and Donald Trump, as one prepares to leave the White House and the other plans his return.
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The involvement of Donald Trump’s close-knit family defined his first term in the White House.
Eight years later, his circle of advisers appears to have expanded, welcoming a cadre of media personalities and influencers.
Who’s in Trump’s orbit now? Which of his family members are raising their profiles, and who is taking a step out of the spotlight?
Sarah and Marianna examine who has the president-elect’s ear with Trump biographer Marc Fisher.
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The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka's new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country's snap parliamentary elections.
Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament, with 159 seats.
Dissanayake needed a clear majority to deliver on his promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the island's worst-ever economic crisis.
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The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts, including a former UN climate chief, have said.
In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil energy.
This week the Azerbaijani president told world leaders gathered in his country for COP29 that natural gas was a “gift from God” and he shouldn’t be blamed for bringing it to market.
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South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
The group has been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
They have refused to cooperate with authorities, as some are undocumented - coming from neighbouring countries like Lesotho and Mozambique - and fear being deported.
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Israeli airstrikes have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and flattening a building near one of the city’s busiest traffic junctions.
The strikes followed a warning of imminent attacks issued by the Israeli military on social media.
On Thursday, an airstrike on an emergency response centre in the city of Baalbek killed at least 12 rescue workers.
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Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration.
Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading health information that scientists say is false.
If his nomination is approved by the Senate, he will lead a huge agency overseeing everything from food safety to medical research and welfare programmes.
Trump told supporters at his election night victory party that Kennedy wanted to "help make America healthy again".
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Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella has told Elon Musk “not to interfere” in the country’s politics, after the billionaire waded into a debate over Rome's migrant policy.
Mr Musk commented on a ruling by Italian judges that curbed Italy's controversial deal with Albania over processing migrants, writing on X that this decision was “unacceptable”, and that these judges “need to go”.
In an unusual move, President Sergio Mattarella indirectly responded to Musk in a statement.
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Donald Trump has vowed to overturn guidance on the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI). Trump’s promise echoes his party’s platform, which says that the executive order “hinders AI innovation”.
Outside the US, the Vatican and Microsoft have released a digital recreation of St. Peter’s Basilica created with AI.
Finally: should we be kind to AI? Since generative chatbots mirror human communication patterns, politeness toward chatbots tends to generate better responses. Moreover, AI company Anthropic hired an “AI welfare” researcher to analyse if its systems are becoming conscious.
The Context’s panel discusses these topics on this week’s AI Decoded.
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Apple is facing a legal claim accusing it of locking 40 million British customers into its iCloud service and charging them "rip off prices".
Consumer group Which? says the legal action could result in a £3bn payout if successful, with the average customer getting around £70.
Apple has rejected the suggestion, saying users are not required to use iCloud.
Facebook, Google, gaming giant Steam and the UK's leading mobile providers are among others facing legal claims at the same court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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World leaders taking part in the latest annual UN climate meeting in Azerbaijan are hoping to agree action to help rein in rising global temperatures.
US President-elect Donald Trump is a known climate sceptic who has called efforts to boost green energy a "scam", and his victory has been seen by climate experts as a major setback.
He won’t actually be at COP29, and the team representing President Joe Biden will push for progress, but they know that anything agreed will not bind the new administration.
A key issue under discussion at the talks in Baku is how to get more cash to poorer countries to help them curb their planet-warming gases, and to cope with the growing impacts of climate change.
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India’s capital Delhi has overtaken the Pakistani city of Lahore as the most polluted city on Earth.
Delhi’s air pollution index had reached 418, which is defined as ‘severe’, on 14 November, according to IQAir, a Swiss-based Air Quality Index monitoring group. A ‘good’ rating is between zero and 50.
The Indian city battles smog every winter, due to plummeting temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speed, vehicular emissions and crop stubble burning.
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Large parts of Spain were hit overnight with more torrential rain, just two weeks after more than 220 people died in flash flooding in Valencia.
It is the same weather system affecting Málaga and other parts of southern and eastern Spain.
Valencia is still recovering from a year's worth of rain in just eight hours last month.
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The Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives, the BBC's US partner CBS has projected.
It's expected they will win a minimum of 218 seats, with their final number likely ending up between 220 and 222.
The House of Representatives has 435 seats, with 218 needed to secure a majority.
So far, the Democrats have 208, with nine still to be called.
This means Donald Trump now has full control of both chambers of Congress, having already bagged a majority in the Senate, the upper chamber.
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It’s been confirmed that the Republicans will hold on to their majority in the US House of Representatives following the recent election, giving Donald Trump's party control over all the major levers of government.
Mr Trump has nominated Congressman Matt Gaetz for attorney general, former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, Senator Marco Rubio to be secretary of state, Pete Gegseth - a Fox News host and Army veteran - as defence secretary, and John Ratcliffe as head of the CIA. Mr Trump also appointed Elon Musk and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to jointly lead a new Department of Government Efficiency.
President-elect Trump met Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the presidential transition. Biden told him”welcome back" as the pair shook hands and said they both hoped for a "smooth" transition.
Across Washington at the Capitol, Senate Republicans have elected John Thune as their new majority leader.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Ben Chu.
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Senate Republicans have elected their colleague from South Dakota, John Thune, as their new leader in the chamber.
The 63-year-old won a secret ballot on Wednesday, defeating Florida Senator Rick Scott and Texan Senator John Cornyn.
It is the first time in 17 years that Republicans have chosen a new Senate leader replacing Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in US history, who will step down in January.
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President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with outgoing President Joe Biden for the traditional meeting at the Oval Office - where both men said they hoped for a "smooth" presidential transition after a "tough" political campaign.
The outgoing First Lady joined President Joe Biden to greet President-elect Trump at the White House this morning.
During this meeting, Jill Biden gave Trump a letter for his wife, Melania Trump, who chose not to attend the traditional post-election tour of the residence.
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Pubs, bars and clubs that have signed up for a scheme designed to protect people on nights out from harassment and unwanted advances are not implementing it, a BBC undercover investigation has found.
The Ask for Angela initiative, a not-for-profit project in place at thousands of venues nationwide, aims to provide a discreet lifeline for those feeling unsafe.
Those concerned about their safety are advised to use the code word "Angela", to indicate to bar staff they are in need of help.
But secret filming by BBC researchers found that in half of the London venues they visited, including major chains, staff failed to respond when the code word was used.
The BBC received similar reports from across the UK. The Ask for Angela scheme says the BBC’s findings are concerning.
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The mystery as to why a beluga whale appeared off the coast of Norway wearing a harness may finally have been solved.
The tame white whale made headlines five years ago amidst widespread speculation that it was a Russian spy, which experts now believe belonged to the military.
One expert in the species says she believes the whale did escape from a naval base in the Arctic Circle, however Dr Olga Shpak does not believe it was a spy.
A BBC documentary, Secrets of the Spy Whale, looks into how the whale escaped and is now on BBC iPlayer and will be shown on BBC Two on Wednesday at 21:00 GMT in the UK.
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The militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad have released a hostage video of Alexander Trufanov, also known as Sasha.
He is a 28-year-old man who is one of a hundred or so people still thought to be held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
This comes as the US says Israel has not breached American laws on blocking aid supplies, after a 30-day deadline it gave Israel to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some military assistance cut off lapsed.
Officials said on Tuesday that Israel has taken a number of steps to address its demands to surge supplies into Gaza, but added that more progress must be made.
Despite the US claims, the UN has warned that the amount of aid getting into Gaza is at its lowest level in a year.
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Elon Musk has been made head of a new "Department of Government Efficiency" by Donald Trump, the latest appointment to the president-elect's emerging team.
Trump says the billionaire businessman will co-lead the organisation with former Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
The department will "provide advice and guidance from outside of government" to "dismantle government bureaucracy" and cut spending. But it is not yet fully clear what form it will take.
Trump has also picked Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to be defence secretary, and John Ratcliffe as his director of national intelligence.
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Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say.
A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention.
The researchers from Macquarie University in New South Wales say the lights distorted the silhouette of their "decoys" on the ocean's surface and limited the ability of the great whites to see against the sunlight.
Lights could prove a non-invasive means of shark restraint, unlike nets or drones, they added.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned, days after a damning report said the Church of England had known for years about a serial child abuser who subjected more than 100 boys and young men to sexual and physical assaults. . In a resignation statement Welby said he "must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between 2013 and 2024".
The spiritual head of the world Anglican communion was accused of failing to act on reports of horrific child abuse by John Smyth QC.
The review of the Church’s handling of the Smyth case said Justin Welby "could and should" have reported the case to authorities when details were presented to him in 2013. Mr Welby had acknowledged that the review made clear he had "personally failed" to "energetically investigate" when presented with the facts.
Smyth is believed to be the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England, having subjected as many as 130 victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks.
His abuse took place over almost five decades and across three countries, according to the report. He targeted boys who attended summer camps he ran for young Christians. Smyth abused 26 to 30 boys and young men in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. He then relocated to Africa, where he abused a further 85 to 100 "young male children aged 13 to 17".
The report made clear that from July 2013, the Church of England knew "at the highest level" about Smyth's abuse in the UK and should have "properly and effectively" reported him to the UK police and the relevant authorities in South Africa.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Aleem Maqbool and Mark Easton.
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The president of COP29’s host country has told the UN climate conference that oil and gas are a "gift of god".
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticised "Western fake news" about the country's emissions and said nations "should not be blamed" for having fossil fuel reserves.
The country plans to expand gas production by up to a third over the next decade.
Shortly afterwards, UN chief António Guterres told the conference that doubling down on the use of fossil fuels was "absurd".
Separately, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged further reductions on emissions, saying the UK will now aim for an 81% decrease by 2035.
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The value of cryptocurrencies have been surging since Donald Trump’s US election victory last week.
Bitcoin has now broken into new territory, heading towards $90,000 a token.
Other cryptocurrencies, including dogecoin - which has been promoted by high-profile Trump supporter Elon Musk - are also making gains.
On the campaign trail the president-elect pledged to make the US "the crypto capital of the planet".
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At least 35 people have been killed and 43 more injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people at a stadium in Zhuhai, China on Monday, according to authorities.
A 62-year-old male driver, surnamed Fan, is alleged to have driven an SUV through a barrier and into Zhuhai Sports Centre in what local police described as a "serious and vicious attack".
Chinese media reported that many elderly people, as well as teenagers and children, were among the injured.
Fan was arrested while trying to flee, police said, and is currently in a coma as a result of self-inflicted wounds.
The BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonnell reports from the scene, where locals appeared to attempt to keep journalists away.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned following a report into a child abuser associated with the Church of England.
In his resignation statement, Welby said the report "exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth".
He added, when he was told in 2013 that Smyth had been reported to police, "I believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution would follow".
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Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%.
The Hague court of appeal said it could not establish that Shell had a "social standard of care" to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount, even though it agreed the company had an obligation to citizens to limit emissions.
Shell said it was pleased with the court's decision, but Friends of the Earth Netherlands said the ruling was a setback that affected them deeply.
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A US deadline set for Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza expires on Tuesday.
The UN said Israel hasn’t done nearly enough to meet the American demands, which include allowing more aid in, evacuating the sick and critically injured and limiting civilian casualties.
Israel said it had met most of the demands, but was still discussing some items.
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New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologised to victims of abuse in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country's biggest abuse scandals.
The historic apology, delivered in parliament, comes after a report found that 200,000 children and vulnerable adults had suffered abuse while in state and faith-based care between 1950 and 2019.
Many of them included people from the Māori and Pacific communities and those with mental or physical disabilities.
The government has since promised to reform the care system.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is facing mounting pressure to resign after a damning report into a child abuser associated with the Church of England.
The spiritual head of the world Anglican communion is accused of failing to act on reports of horrific child abuse by John Smyth QC, who preyed on more than 100 boys and young men.
A review of the Church’s handling of the Smyth case said Justin Welby "could and should" have reported the case to authorities when details were presented to him in 2013.
Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley is the most senior member of the Church to call on Justin Welby to stand down, after others accused him of "allowing abuse to continue" between 2013 and Smyth's death in 2018.
Mr Welby has acknowledged that the review made clear he had "personally failed" to "energetically investigate". He said he had considered resigning, but decided to stay in his role.
Smyth is the most prolific known serial abuser associated with the Church of England, having subjected as many as 130 victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks.
His abuse took place over almost five decades and across three countries, according to the report. He targeted boys who attended summer camps he ran for young Christians. Smyth abused 26 to 30 boys and young men in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s, the report found. He then relocated to Africa, where he abused a further 85 to 100 "young male children aged 13 to 17".
The report says that from July 2013, the Church of England knew "at the highest level" about Smyth's abuse in the UK and should have "properly and effectively" reported him to the UK police and the authorities in South Africa.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by religion editor Aleem Maqbool.
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Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club's former manager Jurgen Klopp was circulated on social media.
Refereeing body PGMOL says the suspension comes into force with immediate effect and is pending a full investigation.
The video, widely shared on social media, has not been verified by the BBC. It is unclear when it was filmed or its authenticity.
A source told the BBC that PGMOL's inquiry is treating the video as genuine.
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Armistice Day has been marked with two minutes of silence across the UK and in Europe.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer joined an event in Paris, while Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, led the ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
Sir Keir and the French president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in the French capital.
Across the UK, the traditional two-minute silence at 11:00 on 11 November was observed. It marks the time and date when the World War One armistice came into effect.
While the Armistice Day tradition began as a way of commemorating those killed in World War One, it is now used to remember all the people killed in wars since then.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has made two more key appointments ahead of his return to the White House in January.
Tom Homan, 62, will serve as Trump's "border tsar", having previously served as the returning president's acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, 40, has also been made ambassador to the United Nations, the BBC's US partner CBS News has confirmed.
Meanwhile, Trump's Republican Party are edging closer to full control of the US Congress. They already have a majority in the Senate and need to win just a handful of seats to take the House of Representatives.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has promised €3.8bn in aid to deal with the aftermath of the floods in the country.
More than 200 people died in the flooding, which was caused by torrential rain hitting Valencia and neighbouring provinces in October.
The announcement comes after a huge night of protests in Valencia which saw over 100,000 people rally against the authorities' handling of recent deadly floods, demanding the resignation of regional head Carlos Mazón.
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A Church of England bishop has called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign, calling his position "untenable" after a damning report into abuse by a prolific child abuser associated with the Church.
Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley is the most senior member of the Church to call on the Most Rev Justin Welby to stand down, following the "horrific, horrendous and shocking" report.
Welby is facing mounting pressure to resign after it emerged last week that he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports of John Smyth QC's "abhorrent" abuse of more than 100 boys and young men.
Welby acknowledged he should have more rigorously followed up the details and said last week he had considered resigning, but decided to stay in his role.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
In this episode, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda, Caitríona Perry and Katty Kay discuss what the next few weeks in US politics may look like, after Donald Trump’s election victory.
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Arab and Muslim leaders have met in Saudi Arabia to discuss the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
The summit in Riyadh will focus on what has been described as Israel’s ongoing aggression in the region.
The new Israeli Defence Minister said his country is close to defeating Hezbollah, and described the killing of the group’s leader in September as a “crowning achievement”.
The BBC’s Security Correspondent Frank Gardener is following the meeting in Riyadh.
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Large swathes of South Sudan have been under water for several years after unprecedented flooding, which scientists say has been worsened by climate change.
In recent years, these climate-driven floods have mixed with oil.
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country and one of its poorest, with a government hugely dependent on oil revenue.
Health professionals and politicians in the area have told the BBC they fear pollution and the lack of clean water are taking a toll on human health.
The BBC asked the oil consortium GPOC and the South Sudanese president’s office to comment on the allegations in this report, but they did not respond.
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The Kremlin has denied that a phone call took place between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, claiming an article reporting it "does not correspond at all to reality".
Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that the US president-elect had already spoken to Putin.
The article claimed Trump had urged the Russian leader not to further escalate the war in Ukraine.
During his election campaign, Trump declined to specify how he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine in a day - but it could involve imposing a deal on both sides.
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The UN's annual climate conference has begun, with world leaders from around 200 nations due to appear over the next two weeks.
COP29 is being held in Baku, the capital of oil-producing nation Azerbaijan.
The assembled delegate will discuss ways to limit and prepare for future climate change.
A particular focus will be how countries plan to limit long-term global temperature rises to 1.5C - a target set by the Paris Agreement in 2015.
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When it was announced Black Ops 6 would launch on subscription service Game Pass, industry leaders were torn on whether it would work or not.
Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, the director of Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Miles Leslie, has revealed whether the gamble paid off and what it could mean for the future of the franchise and gaming as a whole.
Miles also discusses whether Call of Duty moving to be an Xbox exclusive impacted sales of the game on PlayStation.
Credit: Call of Duty Black Ops, Treyarch, Activision
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At least 30 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency.
The civil defence said the dead included 13 children.
And at least 23 people, including seven children, have been killed in Almat near Byblos, to the north of the capital Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck a site in Jabalia where "terrorists were operating" and steps had been taken to mitigate civilian harm and the details were under review.
The IDF has not commented on the strike in Lebanon.
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Russia launched a record 145 drones at Ukraine on Sunday, according to officials. Ukraine says it managed to shoot down 62 drones and also attacked an arsenal in the Bryansk region of Russia overnight.
Ukraine also launched its biggest drone strike on Moscow since the start of the war in 2022.
At least 34 drones were launched at the Russian capital, which injured at least one person. The attack also forced flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports.
Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of western Russia in three hours on Sunday, the defence ministry said.
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Donald Trump is projected to have won the state of Arizona, giving the Republican all seven swing states in the US presidential election.
After four days of vote counting, the final US state has declared its result, giving Trump a final electoral college vote total of 312, while Kamala Harris got 226.
There is still one branch of Congress to be decided, with Republicans currently leading the race to control the House of Representatives.
Earlier, President-elect Trump ruled out re-hiring administration officials Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo for his second White House term.
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Qatar has withdrawn as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage release talks between Israel and Hamas, reports say.
It comes after senior US officials reportedly said Washington would no longer accept the presence of Hamas representatives in Qatar – where they have had a base since 2012 - accusing the Palestinian group of rejecting fresh proposals for an end to the war in Gaza.
Anonymous Qatari sources told the AFP and Reuters news agencies that Hamas's political office in Doha "no longer serves its purpose" due to "a refusal to negotiate a deal in good faith".
Qatar is ready to resume its role as a mediator were Israel and Hamas to show "sincere willingness to return to the negotiating table", the sources went on to say.
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At least 25 people have been killed and dozens others injured after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Pakistan's Balochistan province, authorities have said.
The explosion happened as a popular morning train was about to leave Quetta station in southwestern Pakistan.
A militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it carried out the bombing in what police are deeming a suicide attack.
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Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats might have seen more success in the US election if President Joe Biden had quit the race sooner.
The party was beaten in the race to the White House by Republican Donald Trump, and finger pointing has began.
Pelosi - one of the most powerful politicians in Washington - told the New York Times that "had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race".
She is widely reported to have led the Democrats’ push to oust Biden, who ended up leaving the race at the end of July after weeks of pressure, before he quickly endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to take his place.
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Three men have been charged by the US Justice Department over an alleged plot by Iran to murder Donald Trump and other American citizens.
The US government says the plot was thwarted by the FBI. One of the accused men hasn't been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
Prosecutors say the plan dates back to September, before the Presidential election. They allege that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards planned to carry out surveillance and kill Mr Trump.
Investigators learned of the plot while interviewing Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national identified by officials as an Iranian government agent, who was deported from the US after being imprisoned on robbery charges.
He told investigators that a Revolutionary Guard contact in Iran instructed him to assassinate Mr Trump, according to the criminal complaint.
Two other men who the authorities say were recruited to participate in other assassinations, including a prominent Iranian-American journalist, have been arrested.
Donald Trump has a history of animosity towards Iran and the allegations raise questions about this will affect his policy towards the country in his new Presidency.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and James Landale.
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The US government has brought charges against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected the next president.
The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an indictment against Farhad Shakeri, 51, alleging he was tasked with “providing a plan” to kill Trump.
The US government said Mr Shakeri has not been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
Prosecutors allege that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard directed Mr Shakeri in September to devise a plan to surveil and kill Trump.
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Amsterdam's mayor has condemned "hit and run" attacks on Israeli football fans visiting the city.
Mayor Femke Halsema said the city is looking back at a "black night and a dark day".
She said men on scooters roamed the city attacking supporters after trouble between Maccabi Tel Aviv football club fans and pro-Palestinian protesters.
Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla said Maccabi supporters attacked a taxi and set a Palestinian flag on fire on Wednesday.
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A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals, the BBC can report.
A secret recording shows the chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil and gas company with a man posing as a potential investor.
"We have a lot of gas fields that are to be developed," he says.
A former head of the UN body responsible for the climate talks told the BBC that Soltanov's actions were "completely unacceptable" and a "betrayal" of the COP process.
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Donald Trump is on course to win Nevada and increase his margin of victory in the US election.
The state was one of seven identified as key targets for both campaigns - and six have been called for Trump, with Arizona the only swing state that has not yet declared its results.
Trump has also announced his campaign manager, Susan Summerall Wiles, will serve as his White House chief of staff - making her the first woman to be appointed to the role.
In a statement, Trump said that Wiles "just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history" and "is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected".
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Violence broke out in Amsterdam last night as Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv was in the city for a Europa League match.
At least 62 people were arrested, Dutch police say, and five people taken to hospital.
There were arrests in Dam Square before the match, with reports of clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and Maccabi fans. Videos seemingly showed visiting fans setting off fireworks, making racist chants about Arabs, and tearing down a Palestinian flag.
The Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemned "antisemitic attacks" on Israelis, and said the city was now "calm".
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Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, having promised action on issues including immigration, the economy and abortion.
While campaigning, Trump promised the biggest mass deportations of undocumented migrants in US history.
Trump has promised to "end inflation" - which rose to high levels under President Joe Biden before falling again. But a president's power to directly influence prices is limited.
Trump has said states should be free to decide their laws on abortion, but struggled to find a consistent message of his own.
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Protests have erupted in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Netanyahu said a "crisis of trust" between the two leaders led to his decision, adding that Foreign Minister Israel Katz would step in to replace him.
Gallant said his removal was due to disagreement on three issues, including his belief that it is possible to get the remaining hostages back from Gaza if Israel makes "painful concessions" which it "can bear".
Many protesters on the streets were calling for Netanyahu to resign, and demanding the new defence minister prioritise a hostage deal.
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President Joe Biden has addressed the nation from the White House, in his first speech since Donald Trump's election win.
Biden began his remarks by saying that for over 200 years, the US has carried out the "greatest experiment of self-government in the history of the world", where the people vote and choose their own leaders and do it peacefully, "where the will of people always prevails".
Biden also said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory and that he would help him with an orderly transition of power.
Biden has also paid tribute to his vice-president, saying Kamala Harris ran an "inspiring campaign".
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Donald Trump has soared to a decisive election victory over Kamala Harris, lifted up by some of the very voters that Democrats once relied on.
The Republican president-elect showed strength with the white working-class voters who first propelled him to the White House in 2016, while racking up huge support from Latino voters and putting in a better-than-expected performance among younger Americans, especially men.
Among Latinos, a key part of the Democratic voter base for decades, Trump benefited from a mammoth 14 percentage-point bump compared to the 2020 election, according to exit polls.
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Kamala Harris's supporters have been reacting to her loss in the US election.
At a concession speech in Washington DC, the vice-president acknowledged "the outcome of this election is not what we wanted", but insisted there must be a peaceful transfer of power.
Donald Trump will begin to choose his cabinet in the "days and weeks ahead", the team leading his transition to the White House has said.
They say he will select personnel that enact policies that "make the life of Americans affordable, safe, and secure".
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News of Donald Trump's return to power in the White House has made global headlines.
But he will face more complicated challenges now than the first time round.
The Republican once vowed to end the war in Ukraine in a single day, and has repeatedly criticised US military aid for Ukraine.
Meanwhile Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, was one of the first to congratulate Trump and has previously called him Israel's best ever friend in the White House.
As world leaders flock to congratulate Trump on his victory, the BBC's Middle East correspondent Jeremy Bowen analyses what his presidency could mean.
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Germany's governing coalition has collapsed after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired a key minister, and said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year.
The chancellor said he had no trust in Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who heads the pro-business Free Democrats and has been part of the coalition along with Scholz's Social Democrats and the Greens.
It plunged Europe's largest economy into political chaos, hours after Donald Trump's US election victory triggered deep uncertainty about the future of the continent's economy and security.
The coalition collapse means Scholz's government no longer has a majority in parliament, having governed Germany since 2021.
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election, in a historic political comeback.
But what will actually change when his new term begins?
The Americast team assemble to separate the fact from fiction: Will he really declassify the JFK files and end the war in Ukraine on his first day in office?
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to reshape US foreign policy, promising uncertainty on many fronts.
Mr Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine and reset trade relations, with America First policies of protectionism and tariffs.
Policy in the Middle East, where Israel is fighting in Gaza and Lebanon with US military support, is uncertain.
The new President has a combative relationship with China over trade, while military tensions have been growing over Taiwan.
The European Union and NATO will again face Mr Trump’s longstanding demands that they do more to provide for their own military defence.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Steve Rosenberg and Katya Adler.
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Kamala Harris has addressed the nation for the first time since Donald Trump's US election victory.
"We must accept the results of this election," Harris told the crowd at Howard University in Washington DC, adding that while the outcome is not what she wanted, "the light of America’s promise will always burn bright".
Earlier, Harris called Trump to concede the election.
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US shares hit record highs on Wall Street and the dollar posted its biggest gain in eight years as Donald Trump was re-elected to the White House in a historic win.
Bitcoin has also hit an all-time high, following Trump's election promise to prioritise the volatile crypto currency.
Investors are, however, betting that Trump's plan to cut taxes and raise tariffs will push up inflation and reduce the pace of interest rate cuts.
Higher rates for longer mean investors will get better returns on savings and investments they hold in dollars.
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Republicans have retaken control of the US Senate, after flipping seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana.
The results guarantee the Republicans at least 52 out of 100 seats in the new chamber, with a handful of races still undecided.
Jim Justice, West Virginia's current governor, won the seat vacated by former Democrat Joe Manchin, while Bernie Moreno in Ohio unseated Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown. In Montana, Democratic veteran Jon Tester lost to Republican Tim Sheehy.
If the Republican Party controls the House, Senate and the White House, it would have broad power to pass laws and enact the president's partisan agenda. Republicans last won a majority in the Senate in 2018.
The Senate result immediately kicked off discussions about who would replace Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader, and therefore become majority leader, in the next legislative session. McConnell, 82, announced earlier this year that he was stepping down from the powerful role.
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to reshape US foreign policy, promising potentially radical shifts on multiple fronts as war and uncertainty grip parts of the world.
During his campaign, Trump made broad policy pledges, often lacking specific details, based on principles of non-interventionism and trade protectionism - or as he puts it “America First”.
His victory signals one of the most significant potential disruptions in many years in Washington’s approach to foreign affairs in the midst of parallel crises.
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election.
The election campaign was one for the history books: Trump survived two assassination attempts and his original opponent President Joe Biden dropped out just months before election day.
The BBC’s Gary O'Donoghue explores the factors that led to Trump’s “extraordinary” political comeback.
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election.
Trump won the vital swing states of North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania – and is currently ahead in Michigan, Nevada and Arizona.
The BBC’s Lewis Vaughan Jones analyses how Republicans and Democrats performed in key states – and Donald Trump’s path to victory.
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election, securing a historic return to White House.
Hailing a “magnificent victory”, the Republican candidate told jubilant crowds at his campaign watch party in Florida: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
Kamala Harris is yet to concede or address supporters.
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Donald Trump is likely to win the 2024 US presidential election after picking up three key battleground states.
The Republican candidate declared victory at his campaign watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Trump thanked voters and said: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate”.
So, what went wrong for Kamala Harris? And what could a second Trump presidency look like?
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The 2024 US presidential election is far from decided – but it has already been eventful.
Watch some of the key moments from the evening, as vote counting continues.
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Donald Trump has declared victory in the 2024 US presidential election, telling jubilant supporters "we made history”.
The Republican has picked up the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, leaving Kamala Harris with only a narrow path to victory.
Trump addressed supporters at his campaign watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He said: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
He also vowed to “heal” the country and fix the borders, adding that he and his party made history for a reason.
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Donald Trump is projected to have won the US state of Georgia in the latest results of the US election.
It is one of seven key swings states, crucial to Kamala Harris and the former president's journey to the White House.
The projection comes as crowds of young supporters left a Harris watch party at Howard University.
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Donald Trump is projected to have won the battleground state of North Carolina in the US election.
This is good news for the Trump campaign, as it gains them 16 electoral college votes and puts the former US president on the path to securing 270 votes needed to win.
But the majority of the other swing states have yet to be called, meaning things could still tilt in Kamala Harris's favour.
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Vote counting has ramped up as polls close in the key battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona and Michigan.
Seven out of the 50 US states are known as swing states where either presidential candidate could win.
More than a dozen states have already been projected.
In addition to the presidential election, there are Senate races and abortion ballot measures to watch.
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Millions of Americans across the US have cast their votes, as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vie to become the next president.
Regional powers are going their own way, autocratic regimes are making their own alliances, and the devastating wars in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere are raising questions about the value of the United State's role.
The US is the single largest donor when it comes to the UN system. In 2022, it provided a record $18.1bn (£13.9bn).
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Election day voting has begun in the United States, with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris neck and neck in the polls.
The election has been a unique one, with the initial Democrat candidate President Joe Biden pulling out of the race in July to be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
In July, there was an assassination attempt against Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump, at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania - where an audience member was killed and a bullet grazed the former president's ear.
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Election day voting has begun in the United States, with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vying to become the next president.
Americans aren't just choosing the president - they're also picking members of the US Congress, and some states are voting on abortion rights.
More than 82 million people voted before election day but it could take days, or it could be soon after polls close, when the winner is announced.
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A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say.
Ken McCallum, the head of the UK's domestic intelligence agency MI5, said last month that Russian secret agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness" after the UK had helped Ukraine in Russia's war.
Western officials are now thought to have linked the arson attacks to a campaign orchestrated by Russia's GRU foreign military intelligence service.
Russia denies being behind acts of sabotage.
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Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 3,000 people since October last year.
As Israel continues its intense bombardment, one of Lebanon’s main cities in the south, Nabatieh, is now largely empty.
Israel ordered the entire city to evacuate in early October.
Despite this, the city’s main hospital remains open, and emergency services are still operating for the approximately 200 families who remain there.
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The Spanish city of Barcelona has been hit by flooding on Monday, as search and rescue efforts continue following devastating flooding around Valencia last week.
Spain's state meteorological agency has placed parts of Catalonia on red alert for torrential rain, with local media showing footage of cars partially submerged on a highway.
A similar weather event, which hit the Valencia region with a year's worth of rain last week, has caused at least 217 deaths. On Monday, rescuers focused their efforts on searching for missing people in underground car parks.
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Fremont in Nebraska is a thousand miles from Mexico. It's one of many communities a long way from the southern border where residents feel a recent influx of migrants has changed where they live.
Central American migrants started arriving in the town more than a decade ago - and more have moved there since a record surge of border crossings at the beginning of the Biden administration.
Immigration and border security is a key issue in the presidential election, so how are voters in Fremont talking about it?
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Most gamers will agree a hard-hitting soundtrack is almost as important as the story for video games.
Band members from While She Sleep, Polyphia and TesseracT have sat down with BBC Newsbeat to discuss how playing video games as a kid inspired them to jump on new projects blending their love for heavy metal and gaming.
Also discussed is how the members feel metal and gaming has a unique bond over other types of music.
Credit: Cult of the Lamb, Massive Monster Credit: TesseracT, War Of Being
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The main airport in Barcelona, Spain has diverted 50 flights due to land there because of a rainstorm hitting the area.
This comes after the Spanish weather service issued a red alert for the region, in anticipation of torrential rain which they are starting to see.
More than 200 people were killed in Spain last week due to flooding in Valencia, which is the worst in Spain for decades.
Spanish rescuers are focusing their search for missing people on underground garages and a multi-storey car park following the floods.
The storm caught many victims in their vehicles on roads and in underground spaces such as car parks, tunnels and garages where rescue operations are particularly difficult.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are pushing their closing messages to voters on the last day of campaigning before America decides its next president.
Both candidates are in a final sprint across key battleground states, with Harris to campaign in Pennsylvania today and Trump heading to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Harris vowed to do everything in her power to "end the war in Gaza", while Trump made claims, without providing any evidence, of election fraud in Pennsylvania.
The polls suggest the race is still exceptionally close and more than 75 million people have already voted.
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Moldova's pro-EU President Maia Sandu has claimed a second term after a tense election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia.
Her rival Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed by the pro-Russian Party of Socialists, had called for a closer relationship with Moscow.
During the day the president's national security adviser said there had been "massive interference" from Russia in Moldova's electoral process that had "high potential to distort the outcome".
Russia had already denied meddling in the vote, and Stoianoglo, who was fired as prosecutor general by Sandu, has denied being pro-Kremlin.
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King Felipe VI of Spain has faced angry protesters while visiting the Valencia region, which has been hit by unprecedented floods.
Footage shows an angry crowd shouting "murderer" and "shame" at the king, who was also asked why nothing had been done to avoid the tragedy.
Spain's worst floods in decades have left whole neighbourhoods covered in mud and strewn with mangled cars and debris.
More than 200 people were killed in the floods, with many more missing. Emergency workers are continuing to comb through underground car parks and tunnels in the hope of finding survivors and recovering bodies.
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A female Iranian student has been detained by security guards after she stripped to her underwear in public at a university in Tehran.
A spokesman for the Islamic Azad University said she'd been found to have a "mental disorder".
But many social media users in Iran have said her actions were more likely a protest against the country's strict dress code.
Under Iranian law women and girls above the age of puberty must cover their hair with a hijab and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to disguise their figures.
What has happened to the student since being detained is unknown.
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The UN’s Children’s Agency has said 50 children have been killed in 48 hours in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
The city has been under intense attack for weeks, with Israel saying it is trying to prevent Hamas from regrouping.
UNICEF’s director Catherine Russell said it was another example of “the grave consequences of indiscriminate strikes on civilians”.
She added that the entire population of northern Gaza was at “imminent risk of death from disease, famine and ongoing bombardment”.
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As parents in South East Asia get richer, they are increasingly turning to convenience foods to feed their babies.
These products are often marketed as healthy and nutritious, but many of them contain added sugar, while the same products sold in western supermarkets have no sugar.
A Unicef study of 1,600 baby foods across South East Asia found nearly half included added sugars and sweeteners.
The BBC’s Suranjana Tewari travelled to the Philippines to find out more.
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A Russian disinformation network has been impersonating dozens of media organisations, including the BBC, and has shared false news reports online in the run-up to the US election.
The operation has also been targeting journalists and fact-checking organisations asking them to check their own fake reports.
BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson has been looking into how the network operates and its possible aims.
Additional reporting: Shayan Sardarizadeh Graphics: Mesut Ersoz Producer: Sarah Glatte
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The US election is just days away with Democrat candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump remaining neck-and-neck in the polls.
The result will have major implications across the globe - including for the war in Ukraine.
November 19th will mark 1000 days since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, and now North Korea is directly involved. It has deployed 10,000 troops to Russia, with many of them understood to be in Russia’s Kursk Oblast region.
In this week’s Security Brief, former senior British officer and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay tells us how a Trump presidency would change the US approach to Ukraine, and how The West might respond to North Korea joining forces with Russia.
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region after catastrophic flooding.
Thousands of people have also travelled to the city to support the clean up.
Heavy rains that began on Monday caused floods that destroyed bridges and covered towns with mud, cutting off communities and leaving them without water, food or electricity.
More than 200 people are confirmed dead, with the toll expected to rise further.
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Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the UK Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting.
She now leads the main opposition party against Keir Starmer's Labour government.
She takes over from Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives to their worst ever election defeat in July.
During her campaign, Badenoch vowed to return the Conservatives to "first principles" and launch a series of reviews in the coming months to shape a new policy platform.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
This week the trio share the key moments they will be looking out for on election night.
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Voting for the first time in any election can be a big deal, but could this one be the biggest?
BBC Americast have spoken to three first time voters to see what needs to be done for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to win their vote.
Also discussed is how the candidates have used social media to help influence younger voters.
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At least 205 people have died following heavy flooding in Spain, authorities say, as rescue efforts continue
In the Valencia region, at least 202 people have died and a temporary morgue has been set-up in a convention centre, with a local mayor warning many more bodies may yet be found.
Two people were also confirmed dead in the Castilla La Mancha region, and another in Andalusia
Large numbers of people have been seen out in the streets helping with the clean-up effort in Valencia and the military has also been brought in
The state meteorological agency says adverse weather conditions will continue over the weekend
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Israel has bombed the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time in nearly a week.
This comes a day after Benjamin Netanyahu met visiting US officials to discuss a possible deal to end the war in Lebanon.
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US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been campaigning in the southernmost states of America.
Harris promised to "fight for working people” and for women’s rights, while Trump repeated false election fraud claims during an on-stage interview with Tucker Carlson in Arizona.
More than 65 million people have already cast their vote - beating the early voter turnout record set in 2020.
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The United Nations have said children in Gaza are "paying the price for a war they did not start", adding that more one million will need mental health support.
According to Unicef - the United Nations children’s agency -14,000 children have been reportedly killed in the war with Israel.
Many children have been displaced after their families followed Israeli orders to flee certain areas.
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At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds to find survivors.
"Right now the most important thing is to save as many lives as possible," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told victims in a visit to affected communities.
But in some of the towns worst-hit in Tuesday night's floods, people were left to the task of recovering bodies from the mud and wreckage.
"We all know someone who has died," said pharmacist Miguel Guerrilla, standing outside his chemist shop which has been covered in thick mud.
Questions have been asked over whether disaster management services issued warnings too late.
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Technology firms are increasingly turning to nuclear sources of energy to supply the electricity used by the huge data centres that drive artificial intelligence (AI).
Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres.
Microsoft and Amazon have also turned to nuclear energy to fuel the AI boom.
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Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say - the deadliest such strikes in months. Hezbollah said it had fired barrages of rockets towards the Krayot area north of Haifa and at Israeli forces south of the Lebanese town of Khiam, which is across the border from Metula. An Israeli farmer and four foreign agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said.
Later, a woman in her 60s and a man around 30 were killed near Kibbutz Afek, on the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa, according to paramedics. The deadly rocket attacks came as two US special envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to discuss a possible ceasefire deal to end the war with Hezbollah.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Drones have been used extensively by both Ukrainian and Russian militiaries, changing the way war is being fought.
But the BBC has heard eyewitness testimony and seen credible evidence that suggests Russia is also using drones against civilians in the front-line city of Kherson.
Ukraine says that in just three months, there has been a surge in drone attacks on civilians in the southern Kherson region, where at least 30 people have been killed.
Since its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has consistently denied deliberately targeting civilians.
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At least 158 people are now known to have died after flash floods hit parts of Spain, particularly devastating communities in Valencia.
Almost all the deaths - 155 - have been recorded in the region, with two more in Castilla-La Mancha and another, a British man, in Andalusia.
Emergency teams are continuing to search for those missing and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to Valencia to assist with the operation.
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North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes - the longest flight recorded yet - before falling into waters off its east, South Korea and Japan said.
The ICBM launch violated UN curbs and came at a time of deteriorating relations between the two Koreas.
Seoul's defence ministry said the test was intended to develop weapons that "fire farther and higher”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in a rare same-day report on state media that the launch shows "our will to respond to our enemies" and described it as "appropriate military action".
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At least 95 have been confirmed dead and dozens are missing after huge rains swept the eastern province of Valencia in Spain and beyond.
Rescue efforts are continuing as the country endures its worst flooding disaster in decades, with the Spanish government saying the death toll is feared to climb.
Torrential rain on Tuesday triggered flash floods which swept away bridges and buildings.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared three days of national mourning as the extreme conditions continue, restricting some rescue efforts.
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At least 72 people have died in the south-east of Spain, where flash flooding has caused “enormous destruction”.
Rescue teams are working to find those feared missing, but damage to infrastructure has made some communities hard to access.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised residents in affected areas that they would not be abandoned, and announced a three-day mourning period.
There has also been criticism of the civil protection agency - which is deployed during natural disasters - as it did not issue an alert until 20:15 local time on Tuesday, when the flooding had already caused a great deal of damage.
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Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories say they are being paid "thousands of dollars" by the social media site.
The BBC identified networks of dozens of accounts that re-share each other's content multiple times a day to boost their reach, and therefore, revenue on the site. Some of these networks support Donald Trump, others Kamala Harris, and some are independent.
X did not respond to questions about whether the site is incentivising users to post like this, nor to requests to interview owner Elon Musk.
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China is celebrating what it calls a "complete success" after sending its youngest-ever astronauts to the Tiangong space station.
The BBC was given rare access to the Jiuquan Satellite launch centre in Gansu and were just over a kilometre away when Shenzhou 19 blasted off.
The launch is also the latest success in the fast-paced development of China's space industry - and it is reportedly worrying some in the US.
Earlier this year, Nasa chief Bill Nelson said the US and China were “in effect, in a race” to return to the Moon, where he fears Beijing wants to stake territorial claims.
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Spain's King, Felipe VI, has said he is "devastated" by the deadly flash floods which have swept across the country.
At least 51 people have been killed with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warning victims that conditions are still dangerous and should take care when navigating areas which have been badly hit.
A town near Valencia saw more than a year's worth of rain in just eight hours, as water washed away cars and destroyed bridges in some areas.
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Footage has emerged of US President Joe Biden appearing to call Donald Trump supporters “garbage”.
The White House said Biden was "referring to hateful rhetoric used against Puerto Ricans”, but Republicans and Trump's campaign have condemned the president.
The comments came shortly after Kamala Harris urged voters to "turn the page on the drama and the conflict" in politics during a speech in Washington DC on Tuesday night.
Trump has seized on the comment and accused Democrats "running a campaign of hate".
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The Hamas-run health health ministry in Gaza says at least 93 Palestinians are killed or missing, following an Israeli attack on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
It says a number of people are still under the rubble, with ambulances and rescue services unable to reach them.
Gaza's civil defence agency says the number of people killed in the attack has risen to 93.
The Israeli military says it is "looking into the reports".
Meanwhile, the US has warned Israel that there will be consequences if plans to ban the relief agency, Unrwa,
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At least 51 people are known to have died after torrential rain caused flash floods in south-eastern Spain, authorities have said.
Local officials in Valencia say it is "impossible" to put a final figure on the number of people who have died.
Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas. In the town of Chiva near Valencia more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours.
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A comedian at a Donald Trump rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage", sparking fury from Republicans and Democrats and accusations of racism.
The comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, was among the speakers at the Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. He also made a series of jokes that leant on racist stereotypes.
A Trump adviser distanced the former president from the Puerto Rico joke, which was also denounced by Trump's Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
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A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered.
The unknown waltz was unearthed in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.
The rare manuscript - dated between 1830 and 1835 - was discovered by curator Robinson McClellan while he was cataloguing new collections.
He then worked with a leading Chopin expert to authenticate the score.
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The polls in the US election are incredibly tight, but if Donald Trump loses there are concerns that he will refuse to accept the results, as he did in 2020.
In 2020, Trump repeatedly - and falsely - claimed the election had been stolen, with his allies launching multiple legal challenges.
On 6 January, some of his supporters stormed the US Capitol.
The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what might happen this time.
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Super-strength drugs linked to hundreds of deaths have been found in samples of fake medicines bought online.
The BBC found more than 100 examples of people trying to buy prescription medicines such as diazepam - commonly used to treat anxiety, muscle spasms and seizures - and instead receiving products containing nitazenes.
The synthetic opioid drugs have been connected to 278 deaths across the UK in a year, according to the National Crime Agency.
Nitazenes can be stronger than both heroin and fentanyl.
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Israel's allies have condemned a vote in the Israeli parliament banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa from working within the country.
The laws bar Unrwa from operating in Israel and annexed East Jerusalem and severely curtail its ability to work in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: "We continue to urge the government of Israel to pause the implementation of this legislation. We urge them not to pass it at all."
Israel has objected to Unrwa for decades, with this intensifying over recent years.
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North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are operating in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian troops have a foothold, Nato has said for the first time.
Nato chief Mark Rutte said the deployment represented a "significant escalation" and a "dangerous expansion" of Russia's war in Ukraine. Last week, President Vladimir Putin refused to deny that North Korean troops had arrived in Russia.
Rutte added that North Korea had already sent ballistic missiles and millions of rounds of ammunition to Moscow for use in Ukraine.
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Global efforts to tackle climate change are wildly off track, the UN has said, as new data shows that warming gases are accumulating faster than at any time in human existence.
The update came as a separate report showed that greenhouse gases have risen by over 11% in the last two decades, with atmospheric concentrations surging in 2023.
Researchers are also worried that forests are losing their ability to soak up carbon, which could be contributing to record levels of warming gas in the atmosphere.
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Satellite images have shown damage to a number of military sites in Iran from Israeli strikes over the weekend.
They include strikes on sites experts said were used for missile production and air defence, including one previously linked to Iran's nuclear programme.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the attack should not be "exaggerated or downplayed" but refrained from pledging immediate retaliation.
Israel said it targeted military sites in several regions of Iran on Saturday in retaliation to Iranian attacks, including a barrage of almost 200 ballistic missiles fired towards Israel on 1 October.
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A prolific Vietnamese people smuggler, who entered the UK illegally this year in a small boat, has told the BBC he forges visa documents for other Vietnamese who plan to make the same crossing.
The man, who we are calling Thanh, is now claiming UK asylum and told us he has spent almost 20 years - his entire adult life - in the smuggling industry.
He has been in prison, led a gang working on the northern coast of France, and claims to have helped more than 1,000 people to risk their lives to cross the Channel.
The self-confessed criminal met the BBC at a secret location to share detailed information about the mechanics of the international smuggling industry.
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The US presidential election is just over a week away - and both candidates are making a final push for votes.
Republican candidate Donald Trump held a rally in his home state of New York, with thousands gathering at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan for one of the highest profile events in his campaign.
Guests included billionaire Elon Musk and Trump's running mate JD Vance.
Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris was in Pennsylvania, one of the battleground states that could decide how this election plays out.
The vice president made the rounds through Philadelphia, where she attended a church service, stopped by a bookshop, a youth basketball facility and a Puerto Rican restaurant.
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The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has lost its majority in parliament, its worst result in over a decade.
The LDP and its much smaller coalition partner Komeito have taken 215 seats together, falling short of the 233-seat majority needed to govern.
The party's new leader Shigeru Ishiba said there are no plans to expand the coalition at this stage.
Ishiba, who called the election just days before he was sworn in as prime minister, has vowed to stay in office despite the LDP's loss of parliamentary majority.
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The transnational trade in modern ivory is banned in a bid to protect elephants - but the trade of ancient mammoth tusks is not.
However, telling the difference between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth ivory has proven to be a real problem for border security.
But now, lasers could the solution.
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A speech by Israel’s prime minister has been interrupted at a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel's air strikes should not be ‘downplayed nor exaggerated’.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the attack was "strong, precise and achieved all its objectives".
Elsewhere, the Israeli military says four soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon, where Israel has been battling Iran-backed Hezbollah.
An Israeli strike in Sidon has killed eight people, Lebanon's health ministry said.
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In his first BBC interview since standing down as chief of the general staff, General Sir Patrick Sanders has shared his views on whether peace with Russia is possible.
The ex-British Army chief has told Ukrainecast that he believes the world is more dangerous than it was during the Cold War.
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jzg8ls
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People who wear glasses, no matter where they're from, can often share the same problem - fogged up lenses.
There have been many attempts to solve this issue, including sprays and lens cloths.
But thanks to new tech, there may be a more permanent solution.
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Israel has launched air strikes on Iran, with blasts heard in the capital Tehran.
Israel's military says the strikes were on Iranian military targets and all its planes have returned safely.
Military bases in the west and south west of the Iranian capital were targeted, according to an Iranian news agency, but Iranian state media is so far denying there was any real damage.
The Israel Defense Forces say the strikes are in response to "months of continuous attacks" from Iran and after a barrage of Iranian missiles hit Israel on 1 October.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Iran should not respond to Israeli strikes, speaking at a press conference in Samoa.
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In a phone call following the 2020 election, Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Secretary of State to "find 11,780 votes" – a move which along with other alleged efforts to overturn the result led to criminal charges against Trump and some of his allies.
Sarah’s there, and she’s been hearing about legal cases over who can and can’t vote, as well as from Trump supporters who already have doubts about the reliability of the result.
She, Anthony, and Marianna discuss whether we could see similar events to those that led to the Jan 6 riots.
Plus, what are social media companies doing, and not doing, to try to prevent disinformation.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
In this episode, the trio unpack whether one candidate in the US presidential election is in the lead - or if it’s too close to call.
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A man from Northern Ireland has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in jail for the extreme online sexual abuse of children and the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl.
Alexander McCartney, 26, from County Armagh, admitted 185 charges - including more than 50 blackmail offences.
Now one of the world's most prolific online child abusers, he created fake personas to target as many as 3,500 victims, aged 10 to 16, from more than 30 countries.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a 12-year-old girl from the United States, Cimarron Thomas, took her own life in 2018 while he was abusing her.
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A video of the immediate aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, which had been turned into a shelter for displaced civilians, emerged this week.
Footage filmed by a paramedic, the first on the scene, shows the grief, pain and panic in the minutes after the explosion.
BBC journalists have found the paramedic and spoken to her about the aftermath.
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Mini the long-tailed macaque was rescued after a BBC Eye investigation exposed a global online monkey torture ring.
She was taken from the forest after her mother was killed. Her owner then tortured her and filmed it for sadistic customers mainly in the US and the UK, before she was rescued.
After two years of rehabilitation at a sanctuary run by the Jakarta Animal Aid Network, Mini and her adopted family were deemed ready to return to the wild.
BBC World Service reporter Rebecca Henschke – who spent over a year tracking Mini and her torturers down – went along for her release.
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Evidence of how Germany is being used to store small boats before they are used by migrants to cross the English Channel has been uncovered by a BBC investigation.
During covert filming, two smugglers revealed how boats were being stored in secret warehouses in the city of Essen.
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King Charles has told Commonwealth leaders "none of us can change the past" at a summit in Samoa, indirectly addressing the country's history of slave trade and the discussion around potential reparations.
But leaders could commit to learning from history and "finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure," he told the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
UK PM Keir Starmer, who is also at the summit, also told the BBC the UK "can't change our history", regarding slavery when asked about reparations.
Diplomatic sources have told the BBC a number of the Commonwealth grouping's leaders want to start a "meaningful conversation" about whether the UK should pay reparations for its role in the slave trade.
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Are there too many Call of Duty games and could Black Ops 6's release change the future of gaming?
Call of Duty YouTubers BennyCentral and OllMS have sat down with BBC Newsbeat to discuss the latest release in the CoD franchise and if its release on Xbox Game Pass could spell out the future for gaming as we know it.
Benny and Olly also discuss who's the better streamer and who's the better CoD player.
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Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), are one of the emerging disinformation trends ahead of the US presidential election in November.
Humans should be worried about the threat posed by AI, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said earlier this year. Gates has privately said he donated about $50 million to a pro-Harris super-PAC, according to reports.
On this week’s AI Decoded, the panel discusses the potential misuse of AI in the US political arena.
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Without action the world could warm by a massive 3.1C this century, the UN has said in a new report.
The UN Emissions Gap report indicates that if only “current policies” are implemented the world could warm by up to 3.1C.
This would be “catastrophic” for the world according to the UN, leading to dramatic increases in extreme weather events including heatwaves and floods.
The UN's predictions of temperature rise have stayed essentially the same over the past three years since countries met in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.
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The Turkish government has said at least five people were killed after an attack on aerospace company - TAI - which manufactures drones and jets for the military near Ankara.
Turkey has said it was a terrorist attack - and launched strikes on armed separatist group the PKK in response.
Footage from the attack shows two heavily armed people arriving at TAI. It also shows a large explosion at the site.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
BBC Verify explains how the attack unfolded.
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As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed.
In a study that has provided clues about how polar bear disease could be linked to ice loss, scientists examined blood samples from bears in the Chukchi Sea - between Alaska and Russia.
They analysed samples that had been gathered between 1987 and 1994, then collected and studied samples three decades later - between 2008 and 2017.
The researchers found that significantly more of the recent blood samples contained chemical signals that bears had been infected with one of five viruses, bacteria or parasites.
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King Charles has taken part in a traditional ritual in Samoa, drinking a ceremonial beverage, made from the root of a plant.
He was also declared a "high chief" of the archipelago during his trip to the country.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are on a three-day visit to Samoa ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which is being held in the island nation. The monarch is the symbolic head of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth heads of government are said to be preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade. Downing Street has insisted the issue is not on the agenda for the summit.
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The rhetoric between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has become increasingly combative with less than two weeks to go until the US election.
At a campaign event, the vice-president labeled Trump “a fascist”, echoing comments from his former White House Chief of Staff.
John Kelly criticised the former president in a New York Times interview.
The shift in message is thought to be a bid to win over moderate Republicans - but the former president has accused Harris of peddling lies.
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Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.
Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday.
But diplomatic sources said officials were negotiating an agreement to conduct further research and begin a “meaningful conversation” about an issue which could potentially leave the UK owing billions of pounds in reparations.
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Beetlejuice director Tim Burton Tim Burton has revealed that being on the internet makes him feel "quite depressed".
Ahead of the opening of a major career retrospective in London, he told BBC News: "Anybody who knows me knows I'm a bit of a technophobe.
"If I look at the internet, I found that I got quite depressed," the 66-year-old said. "It scared me because I started to go down a dark hole. So I try to avoid it, because it doesn't make me feel good."
The World of Tim Burton at the Design Museum features 600 items which organisers say give "a rare private glimpse into his creative process" and goes on display in the UK for the first time on Friday.
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One of Russia's allies, the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, said claims that North Korea had sent troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine were “rubbish”.
Lukashenko told the BBC’s Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, that involving North Koreans on the front lines would be a step towards escalating the conflict.
Belarus has played a part in Russia’s war. In February 2022 Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched, partly, from Belarusian territory.
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A former top security adviser, who served four Israeli prime ministers, has said Israeli soldiers in Gaza should refuse to obey orders to commit acts that may be war crimes.
Eran Etzion, who served as deputy head of his country’s National Security Council, believes Israel’s army may be committing war crimes in northern Gaza. He said ordinary soldiers and their officers must reject illegal instructions.
He said “we have our history, we have our morals, we have our values, and we must operate under international law and under international standards if we want to continue to be a member of the international community, which we do.”
Israel has faced mounting international criticism over its conduct during the war. The United States has threatened to cut arms shipments if Israel does not allow more aid into Gaza. The United Nations has accused the Israelis of repeatedly blocking the transfer of aid.
Currently the worst crisis is northern Gaza. Israel’s army, the IDF, has rejected allegations that it is implementing a deliberate policy of starvation to force large numbers of civilians to flee from Jabalia. There is evidence of terrible suffering in hospitals in the region, with large numbers of casualties and little medical supplies.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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The Amazon has had its worst forest fires in two decades. More than 62,000 square kilometres have been burned this year already – an area of land bigger than Sri Lanka or Costa Rica.
Most fires in the Amazon are illegally started by humans, according to scientists, the Federal Police, and the government: loggers and miners looking to exploit land in the Amazon, or farmers turning it into pasture.
The world relies on the Amazon to absorb much of its carbon.
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Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman whose former husband is on trial for drugging and raping her when they were married, and inviting dozens of other men to rape her, took to the stand in court on Wednesday.
Ms Pelicot, 71, told the court in Avignon she wants women who have been raped to know that "it's not for us to have shame - it's for them".
She was taking the stand following a request from her legal team that she be given the chance to respond to the evidence and testimony that have been shared so far at the trial.
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King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will chair a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers for the first time.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen at Faleolo International Airport where a red carpet had been rolled out.
Samoa, a small country in the central South Pacific Ocean, is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which has the theme "One Resilient Common Future".
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There is a growing amount of evidence suggesting North Korea is sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine.
New footage has emerged appearing to show North Korean soldiers training on Russian soil.
South Korean lawmakers have reported that North Korea has already sent 3,000 troops to support the war against Ukraine.
North Korea is expected to provide a total of 10,000 troops by the end of 2024.
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Three people have died and 14 injured after an attack at a Turkish aerospace company near Ankara, Turkey's interior minister said.
The interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, called it "a terrorist attack", and said two suspects were "neutralised”.
Local media reported a blast and shooting outside the site some 40km (25 miles) outside Ankara.
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Russia has long recruited prisoners to fight in Ukraine, but BBC analysis has revealed how the initial focus on convicted criminals has shifted to include people yet to face trial.
The latest laws mean that both prosecution and defence lawyers are now legally obliged to inform people who are charged with most crimes that they have the option to go to war instead of court.
The legislation, passed in March 2024, means that if they sign up, the prosecution and any investigation will be stopped. Their cases will generally be closed completely at the end of the war.
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Donald Trump's campaign has accused the UK's Labour Party of election interference, as it sends volunteers to campaign for Kamala Harris in the US election.
Trump's team complained to the Federal Election Commission, and said "illegal foreign assistance" is a "another feeble attempt in a long line of anti-American election interference”.
The dispute began with a LinkedIn post from Labour's head of operations, asking for people to travel to the US, saying nearly 100 were already going.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has played down the row, telling reporters that Labour volunteers “have gone over pretty much every election”.
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The US secretary of state has told Israeli leaders that “much more needs to be done” to get humanitarian aid to civilians in besieged northern Gaza, raising possible consequences if action isn’t taken, according to US officials.
Anthony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, as part of a regional tour that Washington sees as a chance to revive diplomacy after Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza last week.
Elsewhere, the Israeli military said they killed the heir tipped to succeed the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air strike nearly three weeks ago.
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The Lebanese health ministry says at least 18 people, including four children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike near Lebanon’s largest public hospital in southern Beirut.
Another 60 people were injured when at least three buildings about 50m (160ft) from Rafik Hariri University hospital were destroyed in the Jnah neighbourhood on Monday night.
The health ministry said the attack - one of at least 13 reported across the capital - caused “significant damage” to the hospital.
The Israeli military said it hit a "Hezbollah terrorist target" near the hospital, without giving details, and insisted that the hospital was not targeted or its operation affected.
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With two weeks to go until election day, polls in critical swing states could not be closer.
Kamala Harris is set to unveil her "Opportunity Agenda for Latino men” as she seeks to woo undecided voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
Elsewhere, Donald Trump is also turning his attention to winning over these voters, joining a roundtable at the Latino Summit in Florida.
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Vladmir Putin spent Tuesday meeting leaders from more than 30 of the world’s most important emerging economies who have gathered for the Brics annual summit.
Brics stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
This week, in the Russian city of Kazan, President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies.
Among the leaders invited are China’s Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The Kremlin has called it one of the "largest-scale foreign policy events ever" in Russia.
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The former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his British partner have been arrested and are facing sex trafficking charges.
Mike Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith and the couple’s alleged middleman were arrested on Tuesday morning.
The FBI and prosecutor's office have given a press conference explaining the details of the charges.
Lawyers for Mr Jeffries and Mr Smith have both previously denied any wrongdoing by both men. Responding to the latest news, Mr Jeffries' lawyer told the BBC: "We will respond in detail to the allegations after the Indictment is unsealed, and when appropriate, but plan to do so in the courthouse – not the media."
A lawyer for Mr Smith has been approached for new comment. A&F declined to comment on the latest developments.
The FBI opened an investigation last year after the BBC revealed claims that Mike Jeffries and his partner sexually exploited and abused men at events they hosted in their New York residences and hotels around the world.
A BBC investigation found there was a sophisticated operation involving a middleman and network of recruiters tasked with recruiting men for the events.
Following the BBC’s reporting, a civil lawsuit was filed in New York accusing Mr Jeffries and Mr Smith of sex-trafficking, rape and sexual assault.
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An Aboriginal protester has been arrested at the Sydney Opera House as crowds awaited a glimpse of the King and Queen on the final day of their tour in Australia.
Thousands of people packed the harbourside forecourt to see the royal couple visit on Tuesday afternoon.
But before they arrived, Wayne Wharton, a prominent Indigenous activist from Brisbane, was arrested after shouting anti-monarchist slogans and refusing a police order to move on.
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Thirteen people including a child have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the main government hospital in southern Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry says.
It was among 13 air strikes that hit south Beirut on Monday evening. The Israeli military said it was attacking facilities linked to Hezbollah.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Israel is continuing to prevent humanitarian missions from reaching northern Gaza with critical supplies, including food and medicine.
The Israeli military has been intensifying a weeks-long offensive in parts of northern Gaza against what it said were Hamas fighters who had regrouped there.
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People in Moldova have backed the Eastern European country's proposed changes to its constitution and commitment to joining the EU by the thinnest of margins in a referendum.The referendum had been widely expected to comfortably pass in the country of 2.6 million, which borders Romania and Ukraine.
The vote was combined with presidential elections in which Maia Sandu, the incumbent pro-EU president, failed to win re-election outright and faces a second round next month. In recent weeks Moldovan authorities uncovered a giant scheme of payments coming from Moscow – and paid to people to vote against Sandu and the EU referendum.
Russia denies the allegations of meddling. On Monday, the Kremlin branded Moldova's votes as "unfree".
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New evidence seen by the BBC suggests more babies in Lucy Letby’s care were harmed – and in one case poisoned with insulin.
The former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others - including trying to kill two with insulin at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
BBC One's Panorama has seen documents which suggest a third baby may have also been poisoned within hours of Letby taking over the boy’s care.
Panorama has also discovered that potentially life-threatening incidents involving infants occurred on almost a third of Letby’s 33 shifts while she was training at Liverpool Women's Hospital in 2012 and 2015.
The programme’s revelations follow months of criticism of the prosecution’s case in her first trial. A number of experts have challenged the medical evidence used to convict Letby, as well as the way statistics were put forward in court.
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US President Joe Biden’s Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein has arrived in Beirut in an attempt to find a negotiated end to the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Hochstein says all parties are working on producing a formula that brings an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict "once and for all".
It is his first visit to Lebanon since Israel escalated its military campaign against Hezbollah four weeks ago.
On his previous trips Hochstein has tried, and failed, to prevent the war which has inflicted a heavy toll on people and infrastructure in Lebanon.
Israel has carried out several air strikes across Lebanon, saying it is targeting branches of a bank used by Hezbollah.
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Martyn Blake, the firearms officer who shot Chris Kaba in London during a police stop, has been found not guilty of murder.
Mr Blake, 40, shot the unarmed 24-year-old in the head during a police vehicle stop in Streatham, south London, in September 2022.
The officer denied intending to kill the 24-year-old.
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Israel targeted branches of Al-Qard Al-Hassan - a US-sanctioned financial association linked to Hezbollah - in a wave of strikes across Lebanon overnight.
It claims AQAH "directly funds Hezbollah’s terror activities, including the purchase of weapons and payments to operatives in Hezbollah’s military wing".
The Israeli military issued 24 evacuation warnings of air strikes in less than an hour, which caused widespread panic according to the UN's envoy to Lebanon.
Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on X that Beirut is "in flames" after the Israeli attacks.
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King Charles faced shouts of "you are not my King" from an independent senator after he finished an address at Australia's Parliament House.
The incident happened on the second official day of his engagements in the country.
Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian woman, interrupted the ceremony in the capital city of Canberra before she was escorted away by security.
After making claims of genocide against "our people", she could be heard yelling: "This is not your land, you are not my King."
But Aboriginal elder Aunty Violet Sheridan, who had earlier welcomed the King and Queen, said Thorpe's protest was "disrespectful", adding: "She does not speak for me."
The ceremony concluded without any reference to the incident, and the royal couple proceeded to meet hundreds of people who had waited outside to greet them.
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The right to abortion is a key issue for many women in the US Presidential election, according to opinion polls. They suggest that the issue could have a big impact in the swing states where the election will be won and lost.
Republican leaders have supported tough restrictions or an outright ban on abortion and that has been proving a liability for Donald Trump, who has been changing his public position on the issue.
Meanwhile Kamala Harris is highlighting her support of abortion rights as she seeks the votes of pro-choice women.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.
“I hardly believe President Putin will go to Britain just to testify something,” he said.
The UK government holds Russia, and two Russian agents, known as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, responsible for the attack.
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Fans in the UK and around the world are holding vigils this weekend in memory of Liam Payne, the One Direction star who died on Wednesday.
A memorial has already been held in his home city of Wolverhampton, and in Liverpool, with further gatherings planned on Sunday including in London, Manchester and Birmingham.
Groups of fans have also come together in Sydney, Manila and elsewhere.
Payne, who was 31, died after falling from the third floor of hotel balcony in Argentina.
It is not yet known when his body will be repatriated to the UK.
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In this episode of Path to the Presidency, the BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda, Caitríona Perry and Katty Kay discuss Hurricane Milton and the impact it could have on the upcoming US presidential election.
The trio also discuss conflict in the Middle East, and the latest in the race for the White House.
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Former US President Barack Obama has made an impassioned plea to black men to get behind the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris.
In an unannounced stop at a Harris campaign field office in the swing state of Pennsylvania, he chided male voters "coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses" not to support a woman for president.
Obama, the nation's first black president, suggested that sexism was at play for why hesitation “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers”.
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James Carville, the influential Democratic strategist, and man behind Bill Clinton’s successful ’92 presidential campaign joins Justin Webb on Americast.
James’s message, ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ is credited with some of that success, he tells Justin what he thinks Kamala Harris’s message should be in 2024, and why he thinks her party’s campaign needs to be more aggressive.
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At least 16 people have died after Hurricane Milton passed through Florida, though the total number of deaths could rise as rescue workers make their way through floodwaters and debris
More than two million homes and businesses are without power and thousands of people have been rescued from flooded areas.
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Tesla boss Elon Musk has unveiled the firm's long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California.
The futuristic-looking vehicle, with no pedals or steering wheel, deposited Musk in front of an audience eager to hear details about a project he considers key to Tesla's next chapter.
The multi-billionaire reiterated his view that fully self-driving vehicles will be safer than those operated by humans.
Although Musk is hopeful for production to begin "before 2027", analysts are doubtful on how realistic this is.
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Israeli ground troops and Hezbollah fighters have been continuing to battle for control of southern Lebanese villages, as Israel pushes ahead with its ground offensive.
The border near the Israeli town of Metula has seen heavy rocket fire from Lebanon in the past few days.
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson was taken into the town which is now under military blockade by the Israeli army.
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Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
The organisation, made up of survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
The group were praised by Nobel Committee Chair, Joergen Watne Frydnes, for their use of witness testimony to ensure nuclear weapons are never be used again.
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Lebanese officials say 22 people have been killed and 117 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut yesterday evening.
There was no warning issued before the strikes which hit residential buildings in two densely packed neighbourhoods in Bachoura - a small Shia area in the capital.
This is the third time Israel has launched air strikes on the city outside of the suburb of Dahieh, where it has struck repeatedly.
Media outlets, quoting security sources, suggest the apparent target, Wafiq Safa, survived. Safa is a high-ranking Hezbollah official and close ally of Hezbollah's former long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Neither the Israeli military nor Hezbollah's media office have commented.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is developing at high speed, with big players like Google and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI transforming modern life.
However, some experts fear AI could be used for malicious purposes.
On this week’s AI Decoded, tech writer Parmy Olson and psychologist Gary Marcus discuss the implications of consolidated power in AI development.
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Florida residents are being warned not to visit areas hit by Hurricane Milton, after it brought tornadoes, floods, and storm surges to the state.
US President Joe Biden spoke about the latest recovery efforts in Florida after Hurricane Milton.
More than three million homes and businesses are without power, and Governor Ron DeSantis says more flooding is expected in coming days.
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At least five people have died after Hurricane Milton lashed the US state of Florida, state Governor Ron DeSantis said.
DeSantis did not provide further details on the deaths, but earlier, officials from St Lucie County, on the east coast, confirmed four deaths in the area, which they said were the result of at least two tornadoes that hit before Milton itself arrived late on Wednesday.
The storm has caused widespread damage and destruction across the state, with more than three million homes and businesses left without power.
Some areas on the west coast saw 18in (45cm) of rain, and DeSantis said flooding remained possible in the coming days.
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Israel’s defence minister says it will retaliate to last week’s missile attack from Iran - but where are they likely to strike?
And as the ground invasion into Lebanon continues, how might other proxies in the region respond?
In this week’s Security Brief, former Senior Officer with the British Army and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay looks at how the conflict in the Middle East is changing, and how far the fighting could spread.
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The UN is warning of a humanitarian law breach after two peacekeepers were injured when an Israeli tank fired on a watchtower at a UN base in southern Lebanon . Israeli forces have "repeatedly hit" UN positions the last 24 hours, including "deliberately" firing at security cameras, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) says.
Lebanese authorities said Israeli air strikes killed five health workers in the south of the country on Wednesday. At least 115 health workers have been killed since last month.
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A further 65 women have contacted the BBC saying they were abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, with allegations stretching far beyond Harrods and as far back as 1977.
Their accounts include new details of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape, sent to the BBC in the weeks since the documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods and a podcast were broadcast.
They suggest Al Fayed, who died last year, used a broader range of abuse tactics and also targeted women employed outside his businesses.
Several of the women interviewed by the BBC allege they were recruited by Al Fayed under false pretences into roles on the billionaire’s domestic staff and were then sexually exploited by him - including at his mansion in Oxted.
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Florida residents are being warned not to visit areas hit by Hurricane Milton, after it brought tornadoes, floods, and storm surges to the state.
Four people were killed by tornadoes on the state's east coast in St Lucie County.
More than three million homes and businesses are without power, while Governor Ron DeSantis says more flooding is expected in coming days.
In St Petersburg, on the west coast, the water supply has been cut, a crane crashed into a newspaper building, and the roof of a Major League Baseball stadium was ripped off.
Some parts of the state are having 1-in-1000 year amounts of rain.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has held talks with Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street, as the Ukrainian president seeks to shore up European support for his country's war effort.
Mark Rutte, the new head of the Nato military alliance, also attended to take part in the talks with Zelensky.
Rutte told BBC News after the meeting that "it's crucial for Ukraine to prevail," adding the situation "is not only a problem for the Ukraine, but also a threat to all of us".
Rutte, when asked whether he would support such use, said that legally, Ukraine is allowed to use its weapons if they can hit targets in Russia that present a threat to Ukraine, but the decision was not up to him.
"That is up to the individual allies to decide how weapons they deliver into Ukraine can be used," he said.
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At least 28 people have been killed and 54 injured in an Israeli strike on a former school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza, paramedics and health officials say.
The Palestinian Red Crescent says the strike hit Rufaida school, near the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters, and their emergency medical teams responded.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it "conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and control centre in the area of Deir al-Balah".
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Hurricane Milton has torn through Florida, bringing tornadoes, floods, and the risk of storm surges.
More than three million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "a number of deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast.
In St Petersburg, on the west coast of the state, the water supply has been cut, and the roof of a Major League Baseball stadium torn off.
Milton comes two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed at least 225 people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
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Hurricane Milton has made landfall in the US state of Florida.
More than two million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "a number of deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast.
Milton was downgraded from a category five hurricane to category one, but is still wreaking havoc.
It comes two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed at least 225 people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
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Israel is expanding its war in Lebanon, with further intensive airstrikes and thousands more ground troops deployed in a new zone in the south-west of the country.
Israel’s Prime Minister has warned Lebanon it risks a fate similar to Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Lebanese people to “throw out Hezbollah” and avoid “destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza”.
Around 1,500 people are reported to have been killed in Lebanon and around a million displaced from their homes since Israel launched its recent offensive there.
Hezbollah, the armed group backed by Iran, has responded by firing more missiles at Israel.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin, Lucy Williamson and Jeremy Bowen.
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When Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, died aged 54 last year she left behind an intimate request: for daughter Riley Keough to finish off her memoir based on recorded tapes and their time together.
On Tuesday, the day of the book's release, the BBC met Keough in New York to discuss From Here to the Great Unknown, a life story filled with trauma, addiction, loss and grief.
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US President Joe Biden has received a briefing alongside Vice-President Kamala Harris about preparation efforts for Hurricane Milton.
Biden said that Milton "is looking like the storm of the century" and that many communities have been left "without a moment to catch their breath" after Hurricane Helene, less than two weeks ago.
"I know it's really tough, all your belongings, everything you own," he said, “but I urge everyone in Hurricane Milton's path to follow all safety instructions as we head to the next 24 hours. It's literally a matter of life and death."
Biden added that the White House is doing what it can to make sure that fuel remains affordable and available.
Vice-President, Harris, warned against companies - or individuals - seeking to profiteer from the storm and its aftermath by exploiting "people who are desperate for help".
"Anyone taking advantage of consumers will be held accountable," the Democratic presidential nominee warned.
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A border conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon has escalated into a much more deadly crisis.
The past few weeks has seen exploding pagers, assassinations, a massive ballistic missile strike and an invasion.
The UN says a quarter of Lebanese territory is under evacuation orders – while about 1.2m people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel began intense air strikes last month, and more than 2,000 people have been killed.
Now, the crisis threatens to engulf nearby countries and spark a regional war.
Carine Torbey, Beirut's correspondent for BBC Arabic, explains how the past few weeks have brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment.
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Hurricane Milton is going to be "deadly and catastrophic", officials are warning, as millions leave Florida ahead of the storm's arrival
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, has been speaking in what will be his last briefing before Hurricane Milton makes landfall late on Wednesday night.
“51 counties remain under a state of emergency but authorities are "prepared and we will respond”, he said.
He adds "there is still hope" Milton could weaken further before it reaches Florida after it was downgraded to a category four storm earlier by the National Hurricane Center.
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A quarter of Lebanese territory is under "Israeli military displacement orders", according to the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Around 1.2m people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel began intense air strikes last month.
In Beirut, people are sleeping on streets, beaches, and the main Martyrs' Square.
In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah reports clashes with Israeli troops in eastern and western parts of the border.
Overnight Israeli air strikes continued on Beirut, although residents said they seemed less intense than previous nights.
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Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards the state's west coast.
Milton, a category five storm, is expected to hit the Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h).
US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a matter of “life and death”, as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years
It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
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President Biden has warned people in Florida to evacuate as a "matter of life and death" ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall in the state.
The storm is expected to slam into the heavily populated city of Tampa with on Wednesday night, less than two weeks after the state was hit by the devastating Hurricane Helene.
The largest evacuation in Florida for many years is underway, with more than a million people told to leave their homes.
Speaking at the White House, President Biden said the storm could be one of Florida's worst in a century. “Evacuate now, now, now," he told Florida residents, vowing that the federal government would help the state "before, during and after" the hurricane arrives.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gordon Corera.
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US officials are warning about the potentially life-threatening impacts of Hurricane Milton as it barrels towards the Florida coast.
Milton is one of the most powerful storms to form in the North Atlantic in recent years.
It comes just two weeks after Hurricane Helene caused substantial damage across the US.
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A BBC investigation has tracked down a British man whom Brazil Police accuse of trying to traffic cocaine with a street value of about £100m ($134m) from South America to Europe.
Authorities in Brazil believe he hired an innocent crew to sail his yacht across the Atlantic, but when they had to make an emergency stop off the coast of West Africa, police there found more than a tonne of the drug hidden in secret compartments below deck.
BBC Africa Eye and Cape Verdean rapper Ga DaLomba have investigated ‘Highway 10’, the transatlantic drug smuggling route.
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Israel is expanding its ground invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah, sending thousands of additional troops into a new zone in the south-west of the country.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a fourth division had joined the eight-day-old ground operation seeking to dismantle Hezbollah targets and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told officers that the successor of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah "was probably also eliminated".
Hezbollah's fighters launched barrages of rockets towards the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on Tuesday for the third consecutive day, injuring 12 people.
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Kenyan MPs are due to vote on whether to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a political row that has gripped the nation, following his recent fallout with President William Ruto.
The lawmakers accuse Gachagua of corruption, practising ethnically divisive politics and undermining the government, among a host of other charges.
The 59-year-old politician, popularly known as “Riggy G”, has described the allegations against him as "outrageous" and "sheer propaganda", maintaining they are part of a plot to hound him out of office.
He is expected to appear before parliament to defend himself before the vote, after which impeachment proceedings will move to the Senate.
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The Sphinx, a patch of snow believed to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
Iain Cameron has spent decades surveying the patch, hidden in one of the most isolated parts of Scotland's Cairngorms.
Describing his work as “citizen science", Iain and other experts document areas of snow across the country and share their findings with the Royal Meteorological Society.
The patch was thought to be a permanent fixture in the Scottish landscape - researchers attribute its recent melting to the effects of climate change.
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US officials have warned of the threat to life posed by Hurricane Milton, which briefly became a category five storm before returning to category four as it heads towards Florida.
Milton is still packing ferocious winds of up to 155mph (250km/h) as it moves past the northern edge of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center have said "potentially catastrophic" storm surges are possible along coastal areas.
The storm is expected to hit the heavily populated city of Tampa Bay with full force on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the state was hit by Hurricane Helene.
Floridians have been told to prepare for the state's largest evacuation effort in years.
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A year after the Hamas attacks on October 7th 2023, Israel is stepping up its offensive in Lebanon, with a wave of airstrikes on 120 targets.
Memorial events took place across Israel, with ceremonies to mark October 7th and remember the hostages still held in Gaza.
Hamas fired more rockets at Israel from Gaza. Hezbollah in Lebanon also fired dozens of missiles at Israel.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting of the October 7th commemorations and reporting by Anna Foster, Lucy Williamson, Jeremy Bowen and Fergal Keane.
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A double-decker school bus carrying more than 60 passengers has crashed in Northern Ireland’s County Down.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) has declared it a "major incident".
The double-decker bus was carrying more that 60 passengers, over 50 have minor injuries and 8 are being treated for more significant injuries at the scene.
BBC News understands the majority of those onboard are pupils from Strangford College.
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) have deployed five fire appliances and a specialist team are at the scene of a "collision involving an overturned bus".
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People in Florida have been told to prepare for the largest evacuation effort for years as a new hurricane heads for the Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from another historic storm.
Hurricane Milton, off the Mexican coast, could threaten lives when it reaches the state's west coast in the middle of the week, the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) says.
It comes just 10 days after Storm Helene - the deadliest mainland storm since Katrina in 2005 - tore through the US south-east, killing at least 225 people.
Hundreds of others are still missing.
At least 14 of those deaths were in Florida, where 51 of 67 counties are now under emergency warnings as Milton approaches.
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An undercover BBC investigation has revealed businesses have been displaying inaccurate food hygiene ratings in England and Wales, with many lying about them when challenged.
Secret recording captured businesses from small local restaurants to a supermarket chain, misleading customers with inaccurate Food Standards Agency (FSA) ratings, in what experts say is a nationwide problem.
Where places lied when asked about their ratings, one expert said this amounted to fraud.
Confronted with the evidence, some businesses did not respond at all while others denied any deliberate deception.
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People across Israel and the world are remembering 7 October attacks a year on, in which Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage.
Since then, nearly 42,000 people have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Commemorations have been held on Monday morning centred on the site of one of the first places to be attacked - the Nova music festival. It lies three miles from the border with Gaza and Israel's President Isaac Herzog led a minute's silence.
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A year after the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7th 2023, the conflict is spreading.
The surprise attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage, triggered a chain of violence and escalation.
Israel invaded Gaza with its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to destroy Hamas and release the hostages. At least 40,000 people have been killed there according to the Gaza authorities, most of them women and children. Many more are unaccounted for and much of Gaza lies in ruins.
Now Israel has begun a new invasion to the north in Lebanon, to crush Hezbollah and end its rocket attacks on Israel. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed along with many senior commanders of the Iran-backed group. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed many civilians and more than a million people have fled their homes.
The Houthis in Yemen - also backed by Iran - have been drawn into the conflict. They launched attacks on shipping in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has retaliated with airstrikes there too.
The gravest threat of a wider war is direct conflict between Iran and Israel. Israel has carried out a series of targeted assassinations including in the Iranian capital Teheran. Iran responded to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon with missiles launched at Israel. Direct conflict between the two powers risks a full-blown regional war.
On the anniversary of the October 7th attacks, Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Hugo Bachega.
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Companies are being warned about the increasing use of AI to carry out so-called CEO Fraud.
More victims are coming forward with their stories of being targeted using generative AI techniques.
But while some fear the rise of AI clones, companies say we should be excited about a future where your clone can go to a meeting on your behalf.
Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy has had an AI clone of himself built by engineers at Fraia AI - but can he fool his colleagues with it?
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More than 30 air strikes have taken place in the southern suburbs of Beirut - where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
Huge flames and plumes of smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky, while residents were filmed fleeing in panic as explosions echoed in the background.
It comes after the Israeli military had warned people to evacuate and said last night it had killed 440 Hezbollah fighters in its ground invasion in southern Lebanon.
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We’re slowly getting used to Artificial Intelligence doing uncannily human things - chatting with us, creating pictures and videos.
But so far, all of this AI has used a lot of computing power.
And in the last year or so, we’ve seen a new type of computer chip made specifically for AI, and your mobile phone.
Spencer Kelly has been testing some of the latest AI features available to us.
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Lebanon is facing a “terrible” refugee crisis, with people “left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes”, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
More than 1,110 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since 23 September, according to Lebanese authorities, with more than 1.2 million people displaced by the ongoing fighting.
Israel said it's targeting Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure.
In response, Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel, as the group said an air base near Haifa was among targets.
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Donald Trump is set to return to the site of his assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania nearly three months after he was shot at during a rally.
In that time, investigations by US Senators and the Secret Service have tried to uncover the security failings which allowed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to shoot eight times at the former president.
The Republican presidential candidate is holding a high-profile rally as the 2024 race for the White House enters its final month.
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How important is the United States when it comes to resolving conflict in the Middle East, and how much power does the US president really have in the region?
With the election just weeks away, Justin and Sarah look at how the conflict might affect voters, and what it means for both Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’s presidential campaigns.
On 4 October, after the this podcast was published, President Joe Biden responded to a question on whether he was worried if Israeli Prime Minister was holding off on agreeing a Gaza ceasefire deal in order to influence next month's US election, saying, "I don't know".
CNN’s Chief International Anchor, Christiane Amanpour joins Justin and Sarah, sharing her insights and contacts from the region.
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Israeli air strikes have hit Beirut after the Israeli military warned people in a southern suburb to evacuate.
Strikes hit the southern Dahieh area, where the Israeli military issued several warnings, telling people to evacuate areas near buildings it said were Hezbollah facilities.
As air strikes continue, Lebanese authorities said four hospitals are now out of action.
Israel has been attacking the city for more than a week, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
This week, the trio discuss the potential “October surprises” that could shape the course of the race.
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Israel says Iran has launched more than 180 missiles towards the country, starting on 1 October, in a large-scale attack that has further heightened fears of an all-out regional war.
Iranian state TV said Iran had fired 200 missiles, including hypersonic weapons, towards Israel.
This week’s Security Brief explored the capabilities and ranges of Iran's ballistic missiles, considering the high cost and possible resupply constraints.
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More air strikes have been reported in southern Beirut and Lebanon, as Israel told more than 30 villages in the south to evacuate.
A major road out of Lebanon was hit overnight - pictures show a large crater near the border crossing into Syria, where thousands of people have been fleeing. Israel said the route was being used to transport weapons.
Lebanon's health ministry said earlier 37 people have been killed in Israeli ground and air attacks in the past 24 hours.
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Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has delivered a sermon at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque in a rare public appearance.
In the sermon, he defended Iran's missile attack on Israel earlier this week as a "minimum punishment".
The last time Khamenei delivered his Friday prayer was shortly after Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani, died in a US drone attack near Baghdad's airport in 2020 and subsequent Iran's attack on US military bases in Iraq.
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A fresh wave of air strikes rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday, as Israel continued its battle against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
One of the huge explosions was heard just outside the city's international airport, which borders Dahieh - Hezbollah's stronghold in the capital.
Multiple US media reports, citing Israeli officials, said a key target was Hashem Safieddine, considered to be the potential successor of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's long-standing leader who was killed in a similar attack last week. Safieddine's condition is unknown.
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Entertainment giants Lionsgate are partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) company Runway to allow a new AI model to be trained on their extensive film and TV archive.
Lionsgate will be able to use the resulting AI technology in future productions.
Demi Guo, CEO of Pika Labs and PJ Accetturo, CEO of FilmPort AI, joined this week’s AI Decoded to explore the impact of AI on the film industry, in terms of job displacement and creation.
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President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris have travelled to south-eastern US states hit by Hurricane Helene, as the death toll from the storm climbed to almost 200.
Biden flew by helicopter over North and South Carolina to view the scale of the devastation.
Hundreds of people remain missing, with search-and-rescue teams struggling to reach remote areas.
Biden has deployed 1,000 active-duty soldiers to help 6,000 National Guard members and 4,800 federal aid workers already working across six states hit by the extreme weather.
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Why did Iran attack Israel? Will Israel attack Iran? Why does the US support Israel?
The BBC's experts on the Middle East answer your questions.
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An Israeli air strike that killed multiple children at a former school twelve days ago had been targeting one local Hamas figure, the BBC has been told.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a Hamas "command and control centre" had been embedded inside the compound in Gaza City, which it targeted in a "precise strike" on 21 September.
It killed 22 people, including 13 children and six women, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
The school, closed during the war, had been housing displaced people, the health ministry said.
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An overnight Israeli air strikes on central Beirut has killed at least six people, Lebanese officials have said.
The target was a building where a Hezbollah member lived, and Dahieh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut, was also attacked.
Israel began a ground invasion of the south this week, and announced the death of eight Israeli soldiers inside Lebanon on Wednesday.
Israeli air strikes will continue and Lebanese people who have left their homes in the south of the country should not return, the army said on Telegram.
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The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.
The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move.
This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US government as a military base for its navy ships and long-range bomber aircraft.
The announcement, made in a joint statement by the British and Mauritian Prime Ministers on Thursday, ends decades of often fractious negotiations between the two countries over the islands.
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The US President Joe Biden has said he would not support an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, as he tries to contain further escalation in the middle east conflict.
It came as Israel warned that its retaliation against Iran for firing more than 180 ballistic missiles would be severe. Israel’s Prime Minister met military advisers and held talks with Washington to discuss his country’s response.
Iran has warned that it will launch a new "crushing attack" if Israel does retaliate.
Anna Foster presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lyse Doucet and Gordon Corera.
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The Israeli military and Hezbollah have reported ground fighting inside southern Lebanon, a day after Israel announced it was invading.
The IDF said it's using "precision-guided munitions and close-range engagements" inside Lebanon.
Earlier, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran would "pay", after Iran fired around 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday.
Lebanese officials said more than 1,000 people have been killed in the past two weeks, while around a million may now be displaced.
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One of the worst famines in decades could soon take hold in Sudan, following a year-and-a-half of civil war.
More than 150,000 people are believed to have died and millions more displaced.
Aid agencies have warned Sudan could soon experience the worst famine of anywhere in the world unless significant help arrives.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Iran will "pay" for a missile attack on the country.
Most of the 180 missiles were intercepted on Tuesday night. One Palestinian was killed in the West Bank, and a school in central Israel and a restaurant in Tel Aviv were hit.
Iran said the barrage was in response to Israel’s "aggressive acts", including the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel said it's sending "additional forces" to its ground operation inside Lebanon, which began earlier this week.
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Tim Walz and JD Vance have faced off in their only vice-presidential debate of the US election.
Tuesday night's debate saw heated moments discussing 6 January, one muted microphone and a few tense moments.
But it also saw candidates tackle questions on immigration, abortion rights and election integrity.
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Tim Walz and JD Vance have clashed on immigration, the economy, and the Capitol riot in the only US vice-presidential debate of the US election.
The debate between the vice-presidential candidates in New York was largely policy-focused and civil – but grew heated over the topic of abortion access.
Republican Vance attacked Kamala Harris for record migration at the US southern border, while Democrat Walz accused Vance of vilifying migrants.
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Iran has threatened to carry out a further “crushing attack” on Israel, after firing 180 ballistic missiles at its regional enemy.
The latest warning from Iran came after Israel’s Prime Minister said his country would retaliate for the latest Iranian missile strike. Mr Netanyahu told his cabinet: “Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it.”
Iran launched the missiles in retaliation for a series of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon and its capital Beirut which killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other senior commanders of the Iranian-backed militia group.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, described the missiles fired at Israel as “a decisive response to the aggression of the Zionist regime”. It’s reported that the order to launch the missiles was made personally by Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
The Iranian attack came after Israel announced a major ground offensive in southern Lebanon.
Anna Foster in Beirut presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison, Lucy Williamson, Orla Guerin and Sarah Smith.
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Iran has launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel, with at least some striking Israeli territory.
It is the second attack by Iran this year, after it fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel in April.
Israeli army officials said the attacks appear to be over and Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari has said that the Israeli Air Force will "strike powerfully in the Middle East" tonight.
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Israel's military said missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel "a short while ago", with sirens heard across the country.
It comes after the US warned earlier that a missile strike from Iran could be imminent.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) urged Israelis to "remain alert and precisely follow the home front command's instructions".
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The US has indications that Iran is preparing to "imminently" launch a missile attack on Israel, a senior White House official has said.
Israel has not identified any aerial threat being launched from Iran, said military spokesperson Daniel Hagari.
Israeli troops have invaded Lebanon, in what the Israeli military calls a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah.
The Lebanese prime minister said his country is facing "one of its most dangerous phases", and that one million people are displaced.
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It is feared more than 600 people have died after hurricane Helene battered through the US, officials have said.
Nationwide, more than 100 people have been confirmed dead, according to the BBC's US partner CBS, with officials warning that figure is expected to rise.
Helene slammed into Florida as a category four hurricane on Thursday, but was downgraded to a tropical storm.
Rescuers are focusing their efforts on Asheville, North Carolina - one of the worst affected areas.
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Emergency workers in Thailand have recovered the bodies of 23 people from a school bus which crashed and caught fire just outside the capital, Bangkok.
The bus was carrying dozens of school children back from a trip to the north of the country. The vast majority of victims are believed to be children.
Nineteen children and three teachers are reported to have survived, 16 of whom are being treated in hospital for their injuries.
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Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet for their one and only vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night in New York City.
Walz - the Minnesota governor - will be representing the Democrats and Kamala Harris.
Vance - the Ohio senator - will be making the case for the Republicans and Donald Trump.
They’ve both been picked in part for their mid-western roots in the battle for rural voters.
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The Lebanese prime minister has said his country is facing "one of the most dangerous phases" in its history.
Najib Makati was speaking after Israeli troops invaded Lebanon, in what the Israeli military calls a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah.
About one million people have been displaced across Lebanon since Israeli air strikes began last month, Mr Makati added.
He also appealed for more aid to “provide basic support to displaced civilians”.
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Israeli troops have entered Lebanon, in what the Israeli military calls a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces say the targets inside southern Lebanon pose "an immediate threat to Israeli communities".
Israeli air strikes have continued overnight with the IDF saying it hit Beirut, while officials in Lebanon say a building in a Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon was hit.
On Monday, Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem said the group was ready for an Israeli ground offensive and that the battle "may be long".
In Lebanon, officials say more than 1,000 people have been killed in the past two weeks, while up to a million may now be displaced.
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Hundreds of thousands of Russians are estimated to have left their country since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
President Putin began a military mobilisation in September 2022 described as "partial" by the authorities, but in reality it meant most men were at risk of the draft.
Families started leaving in droves, creating long queues lasting for days on Russia's borders with Georgia and Kazakhstan.
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Israel has told the US it plans to launch a limited ground incursion into Lebanon as soon as Monday, a US official has said.
Hezbollah's deputy leader said it's ready for an Israeli ground offensive, as Israel continues air strikes across Lebanon.
It's the first speech by a high-ranking official since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Naim Qassem said the battle "may be long".
In Lebanon, officials said more than 1,000 have been killed in the past two weeks, while up to a million people may now be displaced.
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Hezbollah's deputy leader has said it's ready for an Israeli ground offensive, as Israel continues air strikes across Lebanon.
In the first speech by a high-ranking official since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Naim Qassem said the battle "may be long".
At the same time, Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant told troops near the Lebanese border they are prepared to use forces "from the air, sea, and land".
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in the past two weeks, officials there said, while up to a million people may now be displaced.
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Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found.
A gang forced 16 victims to work at either the fast-food restaurant or the factory - both in the UK - which supplied Asda, Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose.
Well-established signs of slavery, including paying the wages of four men into one bank account, were missed while the victims from the Czech Republic were exploited over more than four years.
McDonald’s UK said it had improved systems for spotting “potential risks”, while the British Retail Consortium said its members would learn from the case.
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Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has opened the door to a new era, its leader Herbert Kickl has told supporters, as they celebrated an unprecedented election victory.
Kickl's party won 29.2% of the vote according to provisional results - almost three points ahead of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) on 26.5%, but far short of a majority.
Kickl's victory is only the latest in a string of far-right election successes in Europe and he praised voters for their "optimism, courage and trust" in delivering a "piece of history".
The FPÖ has been in coalition before, but the second-placed ÖVP has refused to take part in a government led by Kickl.
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Hamas says the leader of its Lebanese group, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, has been killed by Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon.
Israel says it has expanded its military operations overnight in the country by targeting dozens of Hezbollah targets.
Separately, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine militant group said three of its leaders were killed in a strike on central Beirut.
Israel has not commented on the Beirut incident - if confirmed, it would be the first Israeli strike on Beirut beyond Hezbollah’s base in the southern suburbs.
It comes a day after Israel carried out "large-scale" air strikes on Yemen, targeting what it calls "military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime".
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Israel has carried out what “it called large-scale" air strikes on Yemen, targeting what it described as “military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime”. Power stations and a port were hit in Ras Isa and Hudaydah.
The strikes came as Israel carried out more attacks across Lebanon, and Hezbollah fired more rockets into northern Israel. Israel has again targeted the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, the Hezbollah stronghold where its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israeli bombing. Israel is now claiming that 20 other senior leaders of the militia were also killed.
Lebanon’s prime minister has said that as many as a million people may now have been displaced by the bombing campaign, as people flee north in search of safety.
There have been more warnings that the escalating conflict risks turning into a full-scale regional war, involving Iran which backs Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
Anna Foster in Beirut presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison, Orla Guerin and Frank Gardner.
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Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the long-standing leader of Hezbollah, is a major escalation in its war with the Lebanese militant group.
It has, potentially, brought the region one step closer to a much wider and even more damaging conflict, one that pulls in both Iran and the US.
The BBC’s Frank Gardener looks into what the three countries are likely to do next.
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An NHS surgeon who has volunteered for over fifty humanitarian missions worldwide has told the BBC that his recent visit to Gaza was the worst situation he's ever encountered.
Dr Ammar Darwish said that he saw "horrors unparallelled" to anywhere else he’d worked in.
He recorded a video diary for the BBC to show what life is like there.
Israel says it follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm.
They said they evacuated the area around the hospital as part of an anti-terror operation - but told the hospital itself that it needn’t evacuate.
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Israel says it hit "dozens" more Hezbollah targets overnight, a day after announcing the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Lebanese media says at least 15 people were killed in the overnight strikes.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "settled the score" with Nasrallah's death.
But Iran’s supreme leader has said Nasrallah's death "will not go unavenged".
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Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, after a series of massive Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Nasrallah, who had not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by Israel, was one of the most influential figures in the Middle East.
Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, and other Hezbollah military leaders were also killed in the attack on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, according to the Israeli military.
Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s death and vowed to keep up the fight against Israel “in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defence of Lebanon”. Iran, the main backer of Hezbollah, declared five days of national mourning. Iran’s Supreme Leader declared that Nasrallah’s death "will not go unavenged"
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had “settled the score” with Nasrallah’s death and described his assassination as an “historic turning point” which could reshape the region.
US President Joe Biden said that his death was a "measure of justice for his many victims” and Kamala Harris described Nasrallah as a “terrorist” with blood on his hands.
Western countries are warning citizens to leave Lebanon as the assassination fuels fears of a wider war. Israel has strongly signalled that it may send ground forces into Lebanon. Thousands of Lebanese citizens are continue to flee the south of the country.
Anna Foster in Beirut presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Orla Guerin, Caroline Hawley, Frank Gardner and Tom Bateman.
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Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah after Israeli strikes on Beirut.
Nasrallah, who had not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by Israel, was one of the best-known and most influential figures in the Middle East.
Air strikes are continuing in southern Beirut, with a BBC correspondent seeing thick smoke rising over several locations in Dahieh on Saturday morning.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed.
A statement shared on the IDF's X account says: "Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world."
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Shia Islamist Hezbollah movement, is one of the best known and most influential figures in the Middle East.
Nasrallah has not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by Israel.
The statement follows a series of overnight strikes in Beirut which Israel said were targeting Nasrallah and other Hezbollah commanders.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
In this episode, the trio discuss what world leaders gathered at the United Nations think about the US election.
They also discuss New York Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment and tactics for next week’s Vice Presidential Debate.
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Huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital today after Israel fired a series of rockets into Beirut.
The Israeli Defence Force says it was targeting what it said was Hezbollah's headquarters and its leader Hassan Nasrallah. It’s unclear whether he was in the building and whether or not he survived the attack.
The IDF also issued warnings to people living in parts of the southern suburbs of Beirut to leave their homes after growing signals that Israel may be preparing a ground offensive in Lebanon.
Iran, which backs the Hezbollah militia group, called the latest bombing a “dangerous, game-changing escalation”.
The strikes came hours after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech to the UN General Assembly in New York. He made no reference to US calls for an immediate ceaseffire between Israel and Hezbollah and instead vowed to keep fighting, telling world leaders at the United Nations “we are winning".
Anna Foster in Beirut presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Hugo Bachega, Tom Bateman and Jeremy Bowen.
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Who are the Americans sharing their theories online, and what is the real world impact on the election and those people affected by it?
Marianna shares insights with Justin from her reporting in the United States for her new BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds podcast Why Do You Hate Me USA, where she hears the views of two women from different backgrounds who believe Trump’s assassination was staged.
She also investigates the impact on election workers who are having to work underground.
How did this happen, and what might happen after this November's election regardless of which candidate wins?
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Tributes are being paid to Dame Maggie Smith who has died at the age of 89.
A legend of British stage and screen, Dame Maggie won two Oscars during her career - for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1970 and California Suite in 1979.
She was known to many as Professor Minvera McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.
In hit ITV drama Downton Abbey, she played Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, the grand matriarch who excelled at withering one-liners through the show's six series.
Leading the tributes, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Dame Maggie "was beloved by so many for her great talent, becoming a true national treasure whose work will be cherished for generations to come".
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Explosions have been heard in Beirut after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Netanyahu said Israel would "not rest" until its residents could return to the north, telling world leaders at the UN: "We are winning".
He also warned Hezbollah's backer Iran that there was "no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach".
Israel says it aims to remove Hezbollah's threat, and return displaced people back to northern Israel. Hezbollah, backed by Iran, says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians.
Nearly 800 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since Monday, local officials said.
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Sudan is at breaking point.
After 17 months of a brutal civil war which has devastated the country, the army has launched a major offensive in the capital Khartoum, targeting areas in the hands of its bitter rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The RSF seized most of Khartoum at the start of the conflict, while the army controls the twin city of Omdurman, just across the River Nile.
But there are still places where people can, and do, cross between the two sides.
The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher reports from Sudan.
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Data and artificial intelligence (AI) software is being increasingly used to track down criminals.
One facial recognition company, Clear View AI, used AI to track down a child abuser in the US.
But campaigners have raised concerns about its use as "digital police line-up" as UK police roll out live facial recognition operations.
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Biden announced that the US will send $7.9bn (£5.9bn) worth of military aid to Ukraine in a surge of assistance as his presidency nears its end.
The aid, part of a $61bn package that passed Congress in April, includes additional Patriot air defence missiles and long-range munitions.
The weapons package will be approved through presidential drawdown authority and will pull from existing Pentagon supplies to deliver the arms more quickly.
Congressional Republicans blocked the Biden administration's $61bn military package for months earlier this year, before ultimately relenting and passing the legislation in April. Before that, arms supplies to Ukraine had dried up for several month
The US has been the largest foreign donor to Ukraine, with $56bn provided for its defence to date.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says his military would fight with "full force" in Lebanon, despite calls from allies, including the US, for a ceasefire.
The Lebanese government says Israeli strikes killed at least 26 people across the country on Thursday, with more than 550 killed since Monday.
Since 8 October, there has been near-daily cross border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, backed by Iran, says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians. Israel says it aims to remove Hezbollah's threat, and return displaced people back to northern Israel.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing five criminal charges, including wire fraud, bribery and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations.
The federal indictment against Adams has now turned him into a criminal defendant, making him the first sitting mayor to be charged in New York City history.
The mayor and other top city officials are facing growing scrutiny as part of multiple federal corruption probes, including whether his campaign received illegal foreign donations from Turkey.
As mayor, he has taken a tough-on-crime stance, including a move to reintroduce a controversial unit of plain-clothes police officers to New York City streets.
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The head of Israel’s army has told troops that extensive air strikes in Lebanon targeting the armed group Hezbollah may pave the way for them to “enter enemy territory”.
The remarks by Lt Gen Halevi are the plainest indication yet from a senior figure that a ground invasion of Lebanon may be imminent.
Lt Gen Halevi said troops would "destroy the enemy" and its infrastructure. “We keep striking and hitting them everywhere,” he told soldiers from the 7th Brigade taking part in an exercise on Israel’s northern border. “The goal is very clear - to safely return the residents of the north. To achieve that, we are preparing the process of a manoeuvre, which means your military boots... will enter enemy territory.”
More than 90,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon in the last three days, according to the United Nations as Israel carried out another wave of "extensive" airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
51 people were killed in the latest Israeli attacks according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Around 500 were reported to have been killed yesterday.
Israel said it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Hezbollah militia group towards Tel Aviv. It’s the first such rocket attack on the Israeli city. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, says it is resisting Israeli aggression and acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Anna Foster presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams in northern Israel, Orla Guerin in Tyre and Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem.
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A couple in the US have filed a lawsuit against tech company Lovo after they allegedly found AI copies of their own voices online.
"A tech company stole our voices, made AI clones of them, and sold them possibly hundreds of thousands of times," Linnea Sage said.
The firm has not yet responded to their claims or the BBC's requests for comment.
Lovo co-founder Tom Lee has previously said its voice-cloning software only needs a user to read about 50 sentences to create a faithful clone.
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With short summers, a cold climate, and a landscape of lava fields and glaciers, Iceland's not the first place you'd link with food production.
But pioneering entrepreneurs are growing some surprising crops, and doing it sustainably.
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Formula Student is a world series of events featuring electric cars built by teams of students.
Could this be the future of motor racing?
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A "barrage" of rockets have been fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army, as Hezbollah targeted industrial and military sites.
Most of the 105 rockets were intercepted, though some homes were hit, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Video posted online overnight, so far unverified by the BBC, appears to show a fire in a residential area near Haifa after it was hit by a Hezbollah rocket.
As fears increase that the conflict may break out into a full-scale war, the US Embassy in Beirut has urged US citizens to "depart Lebanon while commercial options still remain available”.
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel was entering a "new phase of the war" concentrating more of its efforts in the north.
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After a second assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, Americast hears from a former Secret Service agent on what goes into protecting a secret service agent, particularly on a golf course.
Sarah, Justin and Marianna are joined by Bill Gage, who helped protect President George W. Bush and President Obama.
They discuss what went wrong, what secret service agents hide in their golf bags, and he also picks out out some of his most memorable experiences on the job.
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Hezbollah has confirmed its senior commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi were both killed in a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday.
The Lebanese health ministry says the attack by Israel killed at least 31 people, including three children.
The Israel Defense Forces said the strike targeted the Iran-backed group's Radwan forces.
The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk told a security council meeting that the pager and walkie-talkie explosions this week in Lebanon, which killed 37 people, violated international humanitarian law.
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Lawyers representing 37 women who say they were raped or sexually assaulted by Mohammed Al-Fayed say he was a monster and sexual predator, whose behaviour was enabled by Harrods, the luxury London department store he owned until 2010.
Mohamed Al-Fayed was an Egyptian billionaire businessmen, who residence and main business interests were in the UK for decades. He owned Harrods, Fulham Football Club in West London and the Ritz Hotel in Paris. His son Dodi was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales when they died in a car crash in Paris. Mohamed Al-Fayed died in 2023 at the age of 94.
The current owners of Harrods say they're appalled by the allegations and have put a settlement process in place for alleged victims.
A former manager of Fulham FC's women's team has said that female players weren't allowed to be left alone with the billonaire when he owned the club, because it was well known that he liked 'young, blonde girls'.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Helena Wilkinson, Daniel Sandford and Laura Scott.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Sumi, Caitríona and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
This week, Sumi and Caitríona discuss voter sentiment in Michigan, how race and gender are affecting the election campaign, and the aftermath of a second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Will Michigan voters sway the outcome of the election?
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Twelve people have been killed and dozens injured after Israel's military said it carried out a "targeted strike" on the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The IDF said it killed Hezbollah's operations commander Ibrahim Aqil in the attack, alongside other senior members of the group's Radwan unit.
It is Israel's third strike on Beirut this year.
Cross-border exchanges escalated after dozens were killed in a series of exploding device attacks on Hezbollah members, which were widely blamed on Israel.
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Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of department store Harrods, "was a monster" enabled by a system that "pervaded" the London store, a lawyer for his accusers has said.
Al Fayed, who died in 2023, was described as a "sexual predator" who assaulted staff and threatened them over a 25-year-period, barristers representing dozens of women told a press conference in London.
Dean Armstrong KC said it was time Harrods "took responsibility" after allegations against Fayed were made in a BBC investigation this week.
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China has been supporting the military junta in Myanmar since the start of the civil war more than three years ago.
But the military regime is now fighting for control in large areas of the country, including Shan State along China’s border, where it has suffered some of its biggest losses.
The crisis at its doorstep - a nearly 2,000km (1,240-mile) border - is becoming costly for China, which has invested millions of dollars in Myanmar for a critical trade corridor.
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More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia’s military have now died in Ukraine, according to data analysed by the BBC.
For the first time, volunteers - civilians who joined the armed forces after the start of the war - now make up the highest number of people killed on the battlefield since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
BBC Russian and the independent website Mediazona have collated and identified these names.
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Storm Boris is battering the north-east and central regions of Italy, days after causing widespread flooding in central Europe.
More than 1,000 residents in the north-eastern region of Emilia Romagna have been evacuated, while towns in the central region of Marche reported serious flooding and disruption.
The European Union said it will provide €10bn (£8.4bn) to help affected countries.
Strong winds and rains which have swept across Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria, killing at least 23 people.
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Israel has launched extensive air strikes on southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military said its warplanes struck more than 100 Hezbollah sites, including a weapons storage facility.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel is embarking on a "new phase of the war”.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said deadly explosions earlier in the week "crossed all red lines”.
Israel has not said it was behind the attacks - which saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode simultaneously across the country, which killed more than 37 people and injured thousands.
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The United States election result will have major implications around the world, meaning many countries have an incentive to try and interfere to either support a particular candidate or simply destabilise America.
This week’s AI Decoded explores the growing threat of generative artificial intelligence in creating deepfakes, which can undermine democracies - including in the US. Deepfakes use a form of AI called deep learning to make images of fake events.
Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump's electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies. There is currently no evidence that the hackers received any reply from any recipients.
The US has charged and sanctioned Russian state media executives and restricted Kremlin-linked broadcasters as it accused Moscow of a widespread campaign to interfere with the presidential election.
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Israel has launched air strikes on southern Lebanon as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemns this week’s fatal exploding devices attacks. Moments before Nasrallah’s televised speech, Israel confirmed the strikes.
Nasrallah says the device attacks - which killed at least 37 - crossed “all limits, rules and red lines.” More than 2,600 people were injured when thousands of pagers exploded on Tuesday and walkie-talkies exploded on Wednesday.
France and the United States are united in calling for restraint, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Paris.
"We believe [a ceasefire] remains possible and necessary. But meanwhile we don't want to see any escalatory actions by any party that makes that even more difficult," Blinken adds.
The US is "still gathering information" on Lebanon device attacks, says US Department of State spokesman Matthew Miller.
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Israel has launched air strikes on southern Lebanon as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned this week’s fatal exploding devices attacks.
Israel confirmed fresh strikes on Lebanon before Israeli fighter jets could be heard flying over Beirut during Nasrallah’s televised speech.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces says it's working to “degrade” Hezbollah’s "terrorist capabilities and infrastructure".
At least 37 people were killed and 2,600 injured after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lebanon, said Nasrallah.
Multiple sources say Israel's Mossad spy agency was targeting Hezbollah; Israel hasn't commented.
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has called the fatal device attacks in Lebanon as "war crimes or at least a declaration of war". Israel launched strikes in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah's chief said radio and pager attacks "crossed all red lines". He blamed Israel for the pager and walkie-talkie attacks. About 4,000 pagers were targeted, he added. Israel has not yet directly commented on the attacks. Israeli jets were heard flying at low altitude in Beirut during Nasrallah’s speech causing a massive noise. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
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Lebanon has banned all pagers and walkie-talkies from all flights at Beirut airport.
According to Lebanon's National News Agency, which quoted the aviation agency, passengers have been told that they may not carry such devices in their carry-ons, and they will be confiscated immediately if found.
At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds of walkie-talkies, some reportedly used by Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday.
Just a day earlier, thousands of pagers used by members of the armed group exploded in the country.
Israel has not commented on the blasts, but on Wednesday, Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced "a new phase in the war".
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One of America's most influential labour unions has declined to issue a US presidential endorsement for the first time since 1996.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has 1.3 million members across the US and Canada and said it had received "few commitments on top Teamsters issues" from either Democratic nominee Kamala Harris or Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The move is a major blow to the Harris campaign's efforts to win over working-class voters with less than 50 days before election night.
Voters in the battleground state of Michigan have been discussing the issues concerning them heading into November’s elections.
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Five women say they were raped by former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed when they worked at the luxury London department store.
The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, sexually assaulted them - including rape.
The documentary and podcast - Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods - gathered evidence that, during Fayed’s ownership, Harrods not only failed to intervene, but helped cover up abuse allegations.
Harrods’ current owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations and that his victims had been failed - for which the store sincerely apologised.
If you are affected by issues of sexual assault you can contact the BBC Action Line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
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The United States says it is involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent a further escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
More than 32 people were killed and 2,450 people injured after thousands of walkie-talkies and pagers exploded in Lebanon.
Multiple sources say Israel's Mossad spy agency was targeting Hezbollah members, but Israel has not commented on the blasts.
On Wednesday, Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced "a new phase in the war”.
The UN General Assembly has also adopted a Palestinian-drafted, non-binding resolution demanding Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.
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Fears are growing of all-out conflict between Israel and Lebanon, as Israel's defence minister said his country was “opening a new phase in the war” and more troops were sent to the border. Yoav Gallant said the "centre of gravity is shifting to the north”.
His warning came hours after a new wave of explosions killed 14 people and injured at least 450 across Lebanon when walkie-talkies exploded, according to the country’s health ministry. That came a day after exploding pagers killed 12 people in Lebanon including two children and left almost 3,000 people in hospital.
Multiple sources said that Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting Hezbollah fighters and had managed to place explosives in the electronic devices. Israel has declined to comment on those claims and the United States declared that it had no prior knowledge of the attacks.
The defence minister’s announcement suggests that Israel is shifting its focus towards its conflict with Hezbollah - the Iran-backed group based in Lebanon. Around 60,000 people have been displaced in the north of Israel due to rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah since the October 7th attacks in Israel and the war in Gaza. Thousands of people in Lebanon have been killed and injured by Israeli attacks.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin, Gordon Corera and Jeremy Bowen.
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Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, are interfering more with radio telescopes than earlier versions, they say.
The thousands of orbiting satellites are “blinding” radio telescopes and may be hindering astronomical research, according to Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON).
SpaceX, which owns Starlink, has not replied to a request from BBC News for comment.
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Exploding walkie-talkies have killed 14 and injured at least 450 people across Lebanon, the country's health ministry says.
The blasts come a day after exploding pagers killed 12 people, including two children, and left almost 3,000 in hospital.
Media reports say walkie-talkies used by the armed group Hezbollah blew up in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon, which are seen as its strongholds.
The militant group blamed Israel for the exploding devices, while Israeli officials have so far declined to comment.
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More than 100 have been wounded and at least three people are reported to have been killed in the latest wave of walkie-talkie blasts in Lebanon, the health ministry says, as quoted by the AFP and AP news agencies.
The Lebanese Red Cross says its teams are responding to "multiple explosions in different areas", including in the country's south and east.
About 30 ambulance teams have been deployed and more are on "high alert and ready to intervene", it added.
The blasts come a day after pagers exploded across the country. Multiple sources say Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was behind the attack on Tuesday - Israel has not commented.
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More blasts have been reported in Beirut, a day after exploding pagers killed 12 and injured thousands across Lebanon.
A BBC reporter says one blast happened at a funeral, other sources say "communication devices" seem to have exploded
Multiple sources say Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was behind the attack on Tuesday - Israel has not commented.
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A partial evacuation has been ordered in Russia's Tver region after a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire there, the local governor has said.
Igor Rudenya said emergency services in the town of Toropets were trying to "localise" the blaze caused by falling drone wreckage. He did not say whether there were any casualties.
Unverified footage has emerged purportedly showing a massive blast in the town. Video footage circulating on social media showed detonations and smoke covering a large stretch of sky.
AFP and Reuters news agencies have quoted Ukrainian sources as saying an ammunitions warehouse had been struck.
The military site reportedly housed fuel tanks, as well as artillery shells, ballistic missiles, and explosives, in a series of warehouses. These are all weapons that have been used in Russia’s relentless full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence, but it is “fixable”, according to its top climate official.
The country has been torn apart by more than 30 years of overlapping conflicts - including an Islamist insurgency, a civil war, and a series of regional and clan confrontations.
Yet Abdihakim Ainte, the Somali prime minister’s climate advisor, still regards his country as “as story of potential - of promise”.
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Thousands of people have been injured in Lebanon, after pagers used by the armed group Hezbollah to communicate dramatically exploded almost simultaneously across the country on Tuesday.
It is unclear how the attack - which looks to have been highly sophisticated - occurred, though Hezbollah has blamed its adversary Israel.
Israeli officials have so far declined to comment.
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Israel's Mossad spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers before they detonated across Lebanon, multiple reports say.
So far Israel hasn't commented.
At least nine people were killed and thousands injured when the pagers went off on Tuesday.
It is unclear how the attack - which looks to have been highly sophisticated - occurred, though Hezbollah has blamed its adversary Israel. Israeli officials have so far declined to comment.
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The militia group Hezbollah promised revenge against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others including Iran's envoy to Beirut. A girl of eight was reported to be among the dead and at least 200 people were said to be critically injured.
Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the detonation of the pagers - handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages - as an "Israeli aggression". Hezbollah said Israel would receive "its fair punishment".
Lebanon’s public health minister described the attacks as "a major escalation at a time when everybody was hoping that things were moving to a kind of cessation of hostilities or some kind of ceasefire”. He said Israel was the "obvious culprit".
Israel has declined to comment on the cause of the explosions.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams and Gordon Corera.
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The mayor of a Polish city has asked all 44,000 residents to evacuate, as widespread flooding continues to batter central Europe.
Nysa mayor Kordian Kolbiarz asked people to head for higher ground, citing the risk of an embankment breaching and releasing a cascade of water into the town from a nearby lake.
The death toll from the floods that hit over the weekend rose to at least 16 on Monday, with seven confirmed fatalities in Romania. Casualties were also recorded in Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.
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Bulldozers are traditionally used across the world to build homes, offices, roads and other infrastructures.
But in recent years, many say they have become a weapon in the hands of India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to destroy the homes and livelihoods of the minority Muslim community.
BJP leaders have defended their actions, saying "nothing is done against the law".
But the demolitions have been criticised in India and made headlines globally, with critics saying there is "only the thinnest veneer of legality covering this official action" and that they "are bulldozing over the very spirit of the law".
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Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is expected in court today after he was arrested in New York City on Monday.
He faces three charges - racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
During a hearing from prosecutors in New York, Nathan Williams, the district attorney, outlined the newly-released indictment for reporters saying in part that Combs forced women to engage in sexual intercourse with other men.
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You've built up excitement among fans and you have a release date for your game - but what do you do if you feel it isn't quite ready?
Former Pokemon developer and co-founder of studio All Possible Futures, James Turner, has revealed what it's like to have those "uncomfortable" talks about delaying a video game.
James spoke to BBC's Newsbeat how he felt it was right for The Plucky Squire to be delayed so that it was "polished" and properly ready for fans.
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Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have reportedly been injured after handheld pagers they use to communicate exploded.
Lebanon’s state news agency said there were blasts in the southern suburbs of Beirut and several other areas. Hezbollah's al-Manar TV also said many pagers had exploded, without identifying those hurt.
Videos and photos on social media appeared to show wounded men sitting or lying on floors and others being rushed to hospitals. Unconfirmed CCTV footage showed blasts in shops.
A Hezbollah official told Reuters news agency it constituted the "biggest security breach yet" since hostilities with Israel escalated 11 months ago in parallel with the Gaza war.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, though the events come hours after Israel’s security cabinet made the safe return of 60,000 residents displaced in the north by Hezbollah attacks an official war goal.
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Donald Trump has spoken for the first time about what appeared to be the second assassination attempt on his life.
Speaking in a livestream on social media platform X, the Republican presidential candidate said he and a friend were "grabbed" by agents and bundled into golf carts as gunfire rang out.
Secret Service personnel several hundred metres away had spotted the barrel of a rifle poking out of foliage. After opening fire, agents pursued the suspect, who dropped his weapon and drove away, but was later arrested on a highway.
The suspect, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Routh, did not fire any shots himself, the Secret Service has said.
Routh appeared in a Florida court Monday to face gun possession charges. Investigations by the FBI and the state of Florida continue.
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Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start.
Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her for over 10 years, has admitted to all the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on 2 September.
Referring to the 50 co-defendants who are accused of raping his now ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot, Pelicot said: "I am a rapist like the others in this room."
Although no cameras are allowed in court, the trial is open to the public at the request of Gisèle, who waived her right to anonymity at the beginning of the proceedings.
Her legal team said opening up the trial would shift the "shame" back on to the accused.
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More than 5,000 troops have been deployed to support people in southern Poland, as floods threaten parts of central Europe.
At least 18 people have died in the flooding in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria.
Water levels in Nysa, southern Poland, have started receding after the mayor of the town of more than 40,000 people ordered residents to evacuate on Monday due to damage to a nearby flood bank.
The flooding comes after Storm Boris brought vast amounts of rain and snow at the weekend.
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One of the final messages from the five-person crew of the Titan submersible before it imploded, killing all inside, has been revealed.
Investigators with the US Coast Guard said a message reading, “all good here”, was among the final communications between the Titan and its mother ship, before they lost contact for good.
Also shown at the hearing for the first time was an image, taken by a remotely operated vehicle, of Titan's tail cone sitting on the seafloor following the implosion.
Coast Guard officials began a two-week inquiry on Monday, aiming to uncover the facts of the incident and offer recommendations to prevent similar tragedies.
The deep-sea vessel, operated by Oceangate, was less than two hours into its descent towards the wreck of the Titanic when it imploded in June 2023.
Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, British explorer Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeole, were all aboard the Titan at the time of the implosion.
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The UN’s most senior official overseeing aid and reconstruction in Gaza has told the BBC that the international community is collectively failing innocent civilians in the territory.
Sigrid Kaag, who was appointed nine months ago to improve the delivery of urgently needed aid, said a report she is due to make to the UN Security Council today would be “very sombre and perhaps dark”.
She described the situation in the territory as a “significant catastrophe”.
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The Secret Service, FBI, and other authorities held a news conference regarding the apparent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump.
The Secret Service said its agent’s "swift" action and "hyper vigilance" prevented the suspected gunman from getting a line of sight to Trump.
Ron Rowe, acting Secret Service director, stated that Trump had "the highest level" of security and that the "footprint" of his security detail was very similar to what he had when he was still president.
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Donald Trump has blamed President Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for the latest apparent assassination attempt against him, claiming that their rhetoric was inspiring violence against him.
It follows the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh in Florida, after secret service officers opened fire on a man armed with an assault rifle, concealed in woodland where Mr Trump was playing golf.
Donald Trump said of the suspect: “He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it… Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.”
The latest incident took place months after a gunman opened fire on Mr Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania, wounding the former president in the ear and killing one supporter in the audience.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Ros Atkins.
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TikTok argued in court on Monday that a US law - which would see it banned unless it is sold by ByteDance - would have a “staggering” impact on the free speech of its US users.
The law was prompted by concerns that US users' data is vulnerable to exploitation by China's government.
TikTok and ByteDance have repeatedly denied links to the Chinese authorities.
The companies sued to block the legislation in early May, calling it unconstitutional and an effective ban on the speech of its 170 million US users.
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The suspected gunman in the apparent assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump appeared before a court in Florida today.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, has been charged with federal gun crimes - possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obstructed serial number.
Court documents show that Routh was hiding on the edge of Trump's Florida golf course for nearly 12 hours before the apparent assassination attempt.
Trump was unharmed during the incident on Sunday - it is the second apparent attempt on his life in two month.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he is “interested” in learning about Italy’s scheme to send migrants rescued at sea to Albania to process asylum claims.
The British leader is meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as Italy receives the highest number of migrant arrivals, but has recently seen a dramatic fall.
"I've long believed that prevention and stopping people travelling in the first place is one of the best ways to deal with this particular issue”, said Keir Starmer.
The pair will discuss what is known as irregular migration, among other issues, as both countries aim to reduce arrivals by sea.
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Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspected gunman in the apparent assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump, has appeared before a court in Florida.
The 58-year-old is charged with federal gun crimes - possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obstructed serial number.
Trump was unharmed after being rushed to safety - it is the second apparent attempt on his life in two months.
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Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended six-month sentence for child abuse image offences, meaning he avoids jail.
He is also required to complete a sex offender programme, and will be on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
In July, Edwards admitted having 41 such images which were sent to him on WhatsApp.
The sentencing hearing is told Edwards, 63, paid another man, Alex Williams, hundreds of pounds of for gufts and presents in exchange for the images. After sentencing, the BBC said: "We are appalled by his crimes. He has betrayed not just the BBC, but audiences who put their trust in him".
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Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii has been named by US media as the suspected gunman accused of assassination plot against Donald Trump.
Trump has said he is “safe and well” after what the FBI has described as a “second apparent assassination attempt” at his Florida golf course.
Secret Service agents spotted the barrel of a rifle poking through bushes on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
The FBI said Trump was 300-500 yards (275 to 455m) away at the time.
A witness reported seeing the suspect emerging from some bushes and jumping into a black Nissan car after the agents had fired at him a number of times.
The incident comes almost exactly two months after a gunman attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, striking his ear.
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Former President Donald Trump says he is "safe and well" following gunshots "in my vicinity" at his golf course in Florida on Sunday.
The FBI says it is investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination" of former President Trump.
A man with an AK-47-style weapon was seen near Mar-a-Lago, where Trump was apparently located at the time, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports.
Secret Service agents fired shots at the suspect, who attempted to flee.
A person is reportedly in custody and a weapon and scope have been recovered.
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after five days in orbit.
The historic mission featured the world's first commercial spacewalk by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
The Dragon capsule made splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly after 03:37 local time (07:37 GMT), in an event stream lived by SpaceX.
"Splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth," SpaceX said on social media platform X.
The US space agency Nasa said the mission represented "a giant leap forward" for the commercial space industry.
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Torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across central and eastern Europe.
Four people were killed and two others are missing in Romania. Several people remain unaccounted for in the Czech Republic where flood barriers have gone up in Prague.
Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk confirmed one death on Sunday as he urged stricken residents to cooperate with rescuers.
The Austrian province surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster area, with its leaders speaking of "an unprecedented extreme situation".
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There are 250 million two-wheelers on India's roads.
They emit harmful pollutants that are adding to the worsening air quality of its cities.
But one company claims it has a solution: a motorbike that runs on compressed, natural gas (CNG).
Bajaj Auto claims making the move effectively halves the running cost of a bike and dramatically reduces emissions.
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Thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei.
The athlete died after being set on fire by her former boyfriend, and has now been buried in her father's homestead in eastern Uganda.
As she was also a member of Uganda's armed forces, soldiers carried the coffin and gave a three-volley salute at the service.
Dickson Ndiema attacked Cheptegei with petrol just under a fortnight ago outside her home in neighbouring north-west Kenya, close to where she trained.
The 33-year-old's killing, and its brutal nature, left her family distraught and shocked many others across the world.
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There are millions of heavy goods trucks driving on roads all over the world.
But why are so few of them running on electricity?
Alasdair Keane visited Södertälje in Sweden - home to one of Europe's biggest truck manufacturers, Scania - to find out if the switch can be made.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with US President Joe Biden at the White House, where they discussed Ukraine, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.
After the meeting, Starmer gave no indication if the UK and US would allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons inside Russia.
Biden said Putin will "not prevail" in the war in Ukraine, during the meeting with Starmer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously warned against such a move, saying it would represent Nato's "direct participation" in the Ukraine war.
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You’re watching Path to the Presidency with Caitríona, Sumi and Katty – a weekly discussion about the 2024 US election with the BBC’s official election night anchors.
This week the trio discuss the aftermath of the recent US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Will the debate impact how people vote in key swing states?
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Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris - but what difference is it likely to make, in terms of persuading the undecideds, and getting new voters registered?
BBC Americast also looks back at the history behind celebrity endorsements from Frank Sinatra’s backing of JFK to Bruce Springsteen and Ronald Reagan, what motivates a star to back a politician? When does an endorsement backfire?
Justin Webb, Sarah Smith and Marianna Spring speak to Tyler Foggatt, a senior editor at The New Yorker magazine.
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Since President Putin's invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, there's been a crackdown in Russia on anyone expressing anti-war views. Even everyday conversations can have dire consequences.
Russians are reporting and denouncing fellow citizens to the police - with some facing long prison terms. It’s revived grim memories of the Soviet past, when denouncing colleagues and neighbours was widespread.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg.
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Stranded Nasa astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams say they feel "grateful" to spend more time in space, despite difficulties.
The two gave a news conference about their experience of being stuck on the International Space Station for months.
The two Americans, who arrived on the ISS in June, have been unable to get home because of a problem with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The Starliner returned to Earth earlier this month 'uncrewed' - or with no humans on board - after the journey was deemed too risky for astronauts.
Nasa says Wilmore and Williams will be brought back to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon craft next year.
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The governor of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state has told the BBC that up to two million people have been affected by major flooding in the region.
The floods began when a dam overflowed following heavy rains.
Local officials said it was the worst flooding in the state in two decades.
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t’s been three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
Interviews with their leaders have become increasingly difficult to get.
In an exclusive sit down-interview, the BBC’s Yogita Limaye has spoken to Taliban government deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat who defended their time in power and a new edict which further curbs women’s freedoms.
He also spoke about engagement with the international community and the threat of IS.
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This is the ultimate underdog story.
Rongjiang, a humid county in southwest China’s Guizhou province, is usually known for its watermelon production.
But the agricultural town has created the nation’s most popular football league: the Guizhou Village Super League.
With thousands of fans and players who might be farmers, students or shopkeepers, the league has become a viral sensation.
It has even been praised by the country’s leader Xi Jinping, as it brought vitality and economic boost to the remote and rural part of China.
Unlike your typical football league, this is more like a weekly football festival with fans dressed in traditional ethnic costume and banging drums.
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Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats it has accused of spying.
The country's security service FSB claimed their activities threatened the country's security and said in a statement it had received documents indicating Britain's involvement in inflicting "a strategic defeat" on Russia.
The UK Foreign Office said the accusations against the diplomats were "completely baseless".
It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden about the war in Ukraine, including whether to give Kyiv permission to fire their missiles at targets inside Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested Moscow will regard this as a serious escalation of the war which equates to "direct participation" of Nato countries.
“If that is the case, we will take corresponding decisions based on the threats that will be created to us,” he said on state TV.
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Russia’s President Putin has warned that the United States and European countries would be “directly participating” in the war in Ukraine if they lift restrictions on it using long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.
He said that would change the nature of the conflict and mean the US and other NATO countries were “fighting with Russia”.
It comes as the United States and Nato allies consider whether to allow Ukraine to use the long-range missiles they’ve supplied to attack targets within Russia.
Mr Putin has repeatedly warned in the past that Russia could escalate the conflict and might use nuclear weapons if its security was threatened.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Damian Grammaticas and Steve Rosenberg.
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Computer chip designer Nvidia has come to dominate the market for chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, which process large amounts of data for AI workloads.
Nvidia is the third-most valuable company in the US, behind only Microsoft and Apple.
Startup Groq is challenging Nvidia’s market dominance and has raised nearly a billion dollars for its alternative AI chip development.
Groq CEO Jonathan Ross joins this week’s AI Decoded to highlight the differences between standard AI chips and Groq's alternate technology.
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Donald Trump has announced that he will not participate in a second debate against Kamala Harris ahead of the November elections.
The former president claimed on Truth Social that polls showed he "clearly won" his first debate against Harris in Philadelphia earlier this week.
Trump added that Harris "should focus on what she should have done" while vice-president.
Polls show the two candidates in an extremely tight race with just two months to go before the election.
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Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis have become the first non-professional crew to perform one of the riskiest manoeuvres in space - a spacewalk.
The pair stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, starting at 11:52BST, wearing specially-designed suits.
It was commercially funded by Mr Isaacman. Before, only astronauts with government-funded space agencies had done a spacewalk.
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The much-awaited mpox vaccines are finally arriving in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
As mpox cases continue to increase in parts of Africa, questions are being asked about how countries, if they can even get vaccines, are able store and distribute them.
Few facilities are up to the task as the vaccines need to be stored at particular temperatures.
A tall order in the worst-hit country, DRC, where the country’s health authorities face many logistical challenges.
The BBC’s Ian Wafula reports from a cold storage facility in Kinshasa as mpox vaccines start arriving in the country.
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Billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman becomes the first non-professional astronaut to walk in space.
"Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here Earth sure looks like a perfect world," the businessman said as he stepped out into space.
Mission specialist Sarah Gillis followed Isaacman's spacewalk.
Isaacman is bankrolling the Polaris Dawn mission which blasted off in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship on Tuesday.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet for the first time on a debate stage in Philadelphia, sparring over key issues and exchanging deep personal attacks.
The momentous meeting was marked by question dodging, finger pointing… and a claim about pet-eating.
The BBC's Justin Webb, Sarah Smith, Marianna Spring and Anthony Zurcher give their analysis on the debate.
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Donald Trump was left looking angry and frustrated in his crucial TV debate with Kamala Harris in Philadelphia.
In a fiery 90 minutes that could help decide the presidential race, Harris frequently rattled the former president with personal attacks that threw him off message and raised the temperature of this highly-anticipated contest.
Her jibes on the size of his rally crowds, his conduct during the Capitol riot, and on the officials who served in his administration who have since become outspoken critics of his campaign repeatedly left Trump on the back foot.
The pattern for much of this debate was Harris goading her Republican rival into making extended defences of his past conduct and comments. He gladly obliged, raising his voice at times and shaking his head.
Both candidates made untrue statements but most came from Trump. He faced mockery for claiming that immigrants in Ohio were eating the cats and dogs of their neighbours.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Ros Atkins.
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised debate in the US election campaign.
In 90 minutes of often fiery exchanges, the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates traded claims over key election issues including the economy, immigration and abortion.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump attended the same 9/11 memorial the morning after a fiery debate - their first of the 2024 US presidential election.
Both presidential candidates will attend a number of events throughout the day, marking the 23rd anniversary of 9/11.
The 9/11 memorial involved Americans who lost family members on 11 September 2001. They read out the names of victims and shared stories about them, with attendees standing throughout the event as a sign of respect.
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Almost thirty years ago, a journalist in India’s northern state of Bihar interviewed a group of village midwives who told a shocking story.
Speaking on camera, these women admitted that they routinely murdered new-born baby girls on the orders of the girls’ families.
These shocking confessions — unseen until now — are the starting point for a documentary that explores the disturbing history of infanticide in rural India.
But the film does not end with the killings. This is also a story about a remarkable campaign to save baby girls from being murdered at birth — a campaign that relied upon the very midwives who had carried out the killings.
The BBC Eye documentary "The Midwife's Confession" can be watched in full here: https://youtu.be/uSuMOh_d9oc
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy have arrived in Kyiv on a joint visit as Ukraine continues to press for the right to use US and British long-range missiles against Russia.
The two men travelled together to the Ukrainian capital after talks in London. They are due to meet President Volodymr Zelensky, who has repeatedly called on Washington to loosen the limits on US-supplied weapons.
The policy will come under further scrutiny when UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets President Biden at the White House on Friday.
Ukrainian officials have said the restrictions have left them fighting against Russia's full-scale invasion with their hands tied.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would respond "appropriately" if the US were to allow Ukrainian missile strikes on its territory.
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Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.
At a treatment centre in South Kivu province that the BBC visited in the epicentre of the outbreak, they say more patients are arriving every day - especially babies - and there is a shortage of essential equipment.
Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - is a highly contagious disease and has killed at least 635 people in DR Congo this year.
Even though 200,000 vaccines, donated by the European Commission, were flown into the capital, Kinshasa, last week, they are yet to be transported across this vast country - and it could be several weeks before they reach South Kivu.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will debate for the first time in the 2024 US presidential election.
The Republican ex-president and the Democratic vice-president remain locked in a tight race, both nationally and in the swing states.
Voters in the US go to the polls on 5 November to elect their next president.
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The UK, France and Germany said they have imposed fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, including restrictions on national carrier Iran Air's ability to fly to the UK and Europe.
Also among the new measures, which have been announced as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits London, are travel bans and asset freezes on a number of Iranians accused of facilitating military support for Russia.
Mr Blinken said Russians had been trained by Iranian forces to use short-range ballistic missiles and that they could be deployed against Ukrainians within weeks.
Iran has repeatedly denied supplying ballistic missiles to Russia.
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Beyoncé has been snubbed by the Country Music Awards, despite having one of the biggest country hits of the year with Texas Hold 'Em.
When the nominees for the ceremony were announced on Monday morning, the star was notably absent - with not a single nomination.
Beyoncé had widely been expected to gain recognition at the awards, with fans speculating she could become the first black woman to be shortlisted for album of the year, for Cowboy Carter.
Instead, Morgan Wallen walked away with the most nominations, three years after being suspended by his record label for using a racial slur.
The star later apologised and reunited with his record label.
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The death toll continues to rise in Algeria and Morocco, following deadly flooding caused by torrential rains.
Morocco's interior ministry said at least 18 people lost their lives, in what is described as usually excessively dry areas in the south of the country.
They added that four others are missing.
Meanwhile in neighbouring Algeria, authorities said at least five died in the country's desert provinces.
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At least 19 people have been killed in an overnight Israeli strike in the designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Witnesses said the strike obliterated an area crowded with tents for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, south-west of Khan Younis, leaving huge craters in the sand.
“The bombing was incredibly intense. People were thrown into the air,” one displaced man told the BBC. “You can’t imagine the devastation.”
The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked what it called “a number of senior Hamas terrorists” operating there - a claim Hamas denied.
The military also disputed the initial death toll put out by the Hamas-run Civil Defence authority, which reported that rescue teams had recovered more than 40 bodies.
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Australia is planning to ban children from using social media due to the "mental health consequences".
The legislation will impose and enforce a minimum age to use social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram by the end of the year.
Although the exact age has yet to be revealed by the government, it is likely to be between 14 and 16 with the Australian prime minister favouring the upper level in that age range.
Describing social media usage amongst children as a "scourge", Prime Minister Antony Alabanese said he wanted them to have "real experiences with real people".
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to have their first presidential debate.
The Republican ex-president and the Democratic vice-president remain locked in a tight race, both nationally and in the swing states.
The primetime duel on ABC News will be their first meeting and only the second time they have shared the same room.
It is not the first debate of the campaign. Trump faced Joe Biden on stage in June, weeks before the president dropped out of the race.
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Three years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan a new law has been passed compelling women to cover their face and body completely when leaving their homes. The latest restrictions also state that women’s voices must no longer be heard in public.
They are the latest in a series of draconian restrictions imposed on women by the country’s Taliban rulers.
There’s been international outrage. The US and EU are among those condemning the new laws but they have little influence over Afghanistan’s religious leaders.
Despite the risks some women in Afghanistan have spoken out, giving interviews to BBC News.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye inside Afghanistan.
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Apple has unveiled its latest smartphone, the iPhone 16, alongside an updated Apple watch.
In tech terms, it's the blue ribbon event, with Apple remaining one of the biggest companies in the world - and the latest generation of tech is the key to its fortune.
This model features AI and a new camera button, which autofocuses and has a shutter release.
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In Afghanistan, there are 3.2 million children with acute malnutrition, according to the UN.
Seven hundred children have died in the past six months at one hospital, the Taliban’s public health department in Nangarhar told us. That’s more than three a day.
Malnutrition is a condition that has plagued Afghanistan for decades, triggered by 40 years of war, extreme poverty and a multitude of factors in the three years since the Taliban took over.
But the situation has now reached an unprecedented precipice. For the last two weeks, the BBC has been chronicling the disaster in the country.
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The Princess of Wales has spoken of her relief at completing her course of chemotherapy, in a personal video released by Kensington Palace.
Catherine revealed in March that she was undergoing cancer treatment and has been out of sight of the public for much of this year.
She will be carrying out a few engagements this year, which could include Remembrance events in November and her annual Christmas carol concert.
But in an emotional video message she says this year has been "incredibly tough" and "that life as you know it can change in an instant".
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Kamala Harris will face off against former President Donald Trump in the second presidential debate on 10 September.
In a first televised debate in 2024 between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the US presidential candidates traded barbs and personal takedowns. President Joe Biden's performance forced him to drop out of the race and his Vice-President Kamala Harris took his place.
With less than two months until election day, it's a high-stakes night for both candidates, where their words and debate style will be put to the test.
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Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last month helped to boost national morale, but the Kremlin has retaliated with serious of missile attacks.
On Sunday, Russia claimed to have taken control of a village just 10km from a key transportation hub Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine.
The front line is less than 8km (4.9 miles) from Pokrovsk, prompting thousands of residents to flee.
If the city falls, Russian forces will cut off one of the main supply routes in the region. For Ukraine, this would mean the loss of almost the entire Donetsk region.
BBC's Abdujalil Abdurasulov who has been filming Ukrainian soldiers in the area sent this report.
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Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has vowed to "continue to fight" for democracy in his own country, after being granted asylum in Spain.
Mr González left Venezuela, after having spent weeks in hiding, arriving at the Torrejón military air base in Madrid with his wife at about 16:00 local time on Sunday (14:00 GMT).
The departure of the 75-year-old from the country followed turmoil in the wake of the 28 July elections, in which President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory - something which was disputed by Mr González, and many sections of the international community.
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Millions of children in Afghanistan are suffering extreme food shortages with many dying from hunger and disease. The United Nations says more than three million children under the age of 5 are malnourished.
The humanitarian crisis is worsening in a country suffering extreme poverty after years of war and economic collapse.
Major aid donors including the United States and UK have cut aid since the Taliban took over the country in 2021.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Afghanistan by Yogita Limaye.
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The Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country for Spain, where he is to be granted political asylum.
Mr González has been in hiding ever since an arrest warrant was issued after he disputed July's presidential election result - in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
Venezuela's Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said in a post on social media that after "voluntarily" seeking refuge at the Spanish embassy in Caracas some days ago, Mr Gonzalez asked the Spanish government for political asylum.
She added that Caracas had agreed to his safe passage and that he had left.
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At least two civilians have died with children among the injured after a Russian air strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
Ukraine says it shot down 15 Russian launched attack drones and one guided missile during attacks overnight.
Meanwhile, funeral services have been held in Poltava where 51 people were killed following another Russian air strike last week.
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Three people have been killed in an attack at the border between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said three Israeli civilians were killed in the shooting at the Allenby Bridge crossing.
The attacker approached the area from the Jordanian side in a truck, then got out and opened fire, the IDF said.
Security forces "eliminated" the gunman and the IDF is checking the truck over for signs of explosives, a statement said.
Jordan says it has closed its side of the border and is investigating the incident.
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British tennis star Jack Draper has said being sick on court in his US Open semi-final defeat was "the worst feeling ever."
As the contest became more physical in the second set, a peaky-looking Draper vomited three times and was unable to inflict enough damage on his opponent, Jannik Sinner.
Speaking after the match, Draper said: "I didn't have any problems before the match, but it obviously just built up.
"Sometimes I do feel a bit of nausea on court, and I do feel a little bit sick when it gets tough."
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The United Nations has called for a "full investigation" into the killing of a US-Turkish woman in the occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday.
Local media reported that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead by Israeli forces as she took part in a weekly protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita near Nablus.
Ms Eygi's family said a video showed she was killed by a bullet from an Israeli military shooter and called for the US to investigate.
Israel's military said it was "looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area".
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Asia's strongest Typhoon of the year has hit Vietnam after sweeping through China's Hainan island, where at least two people were killed.
Thousands of trees have been uprooted, with ships and boats swept out to sea, according to Vietnamese state media.
The storm hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph) on Saturday morning, the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center said.
In Hai Phong, news agency AFP reports metal roof sheets and commercial sign boards were seen flying across the city.
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President William Ruto has declared three days of national mourning in Kenya following a fatal fire at a boarding school in Nyeri.
Seventeen pupils were confirmed dead by the Ministry of Education on Friday morning, while the deputy president said 70 children were unaccounted for, so the death toll could not be verified.
It is thought some of these children may have run into the local community to escape the fire, or were picked up by their parents without the school knowing.
More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it caught fire at around midnight local time. The average age of the victims was about nine years old, according to the police.
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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station.
The empty craft travelled in autonomous mode after undocking from station.
The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched with Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, was deemed too risky to take the astronauts home.
They will instead return in a SpaceX Crew Dragon, but not until February - extending an eight-day stay on the ISS to eight months.
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The White House says it's "deeply disturbed" by news that an American-Turkish woman has been shot dead, apparently by Israeli troops, in the West Bank. She was taking part in a protest against Jewish settlements.
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who was 26, was shot in the head. Israel says its troops opened fire on "an instigator of violent activity". The US State Department has called on Israel to carry out an urgent investigation. The West Bank has been occupied by Israel for decades. It’s home to around three million Palestinians, who want the territory to be part of a future independent state.
But half a million Jewish settlers have moved there and occupied land, which is illegal, under international law.
The shooting came as Israeli forces withdrew from parts of the West Bank, after a major nine-day military operation targeting Palestinian militia groups.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jenin.
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A 14-year-old boy and his father have faced court for the first time charged over the murder of four people following a shooting at a high school in the US state of Georgia.
Colt Gray, was arrested shortly after the shooting on Wednesday at his school, Apalachee High in Winder, near Atlanta. He has been charged with four counts of first degree murder.
The judge clarified that he would not face execution, after first stating the maximum penalty was death.
His father Colin Gray, 54, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and child cruelty - the most severe charges against a parent over a US school shooting.
The judge told him he faced a total of 180 years in prison for his charges.
Neither of the accused requested a bond and no pleas were entered.
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China has announced that it is ending the practise of allowing children to be adopted overseas, bringing uncertainty to families currently going through the process.
A spokeswoman said that the rule change was in line with the spirit of international agreements.
At least 150,000 Chinese children have been adopted abroad in the last three decades.
More than 82,000 have gone to the US, more than anywhere else in the world.
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In a week where Sony announced it was pulling Concord - one of its other recent big games - from sale after a tepid response from critics and players, there's pressure for Astro Boy to be a success.
And it's director, Nicolas Doucet, has been talking to BBC Newsbeat about food... and how the game is more of a "two-course meal that is going to be just right" rather than an all-you-can-eat blockbuster with hours upon hours of gameplay.
But Doucet feels that's what gamers want right now - and that Astro Bot can satisfy gamers' appetites.
Credit: Astro Bot, Team Asobi, Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Aid agencies warn Sudan could soon experience the worst famine of anywhere in the world unless significant help arrives.
The BBC saw the desperation of Sudanese people first-hand when visiting camps in Adré, on the country’s western border, and Port Sudan.
Sudan's civil war began in April last year when the army (SAF) and the their former paramilitary allies, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), began a vicious struggle for power, in part over proposals to move towards civilian rule.
The war, which shows no signs of ending, has claimed thousands of lives, displaced millions of people and plunged parts of the country into famine.
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Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty to all nine charges in his federal tax evasion case, catching federal prosecutors off guard as they prepared to begin his trial.
The son of US President Joe Biden had previously denied allegations that he intentionally avoided paying $1.4m in income tax from 2016-19.
Three months ago, he was found guilty in a separate case of charges related to gun possession and drug use, becoming the first criminally convicted son of a sitting US president.
The last-minute reversal in the tax case was announced in a Los Angeles court on Thursday as jury selection was about to start.
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Climate scientists at Oxford University Physics are contributing to the EU's "Destination Earth" initiative by developing a weather model that utilises Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The project involves AI and a digital twin of Earth, simulating natural phenomena and human activities to predict climate change scenarios around the globe – potentially protecting the most vulnerable communities against extreme weather.
About 3.3 to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
AI commentator Stephanie Hare and various industry experts join this week’s AI Decoded to discuss advancements in weather forecasting and climate prediction.
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A member of the British Royal Navy has died in a training exercise in the English Channel.
A helicopter ditched during night-flying exercises with an aircraft carrier near Dorset, the navy said.
There were no other fatalities or serious injuries, a spokesperson for the Royal Navy said.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey said the investigation into the accident has already started.
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A boy accused of killing four people at his high school in Georgia was interviewed last year by police about anonymous online threats, investigators said.
Colt Gray, 14, denied to police in May 2023 he was behind internet posts that contained images of guns, warning of a school shooting.
The suspect opened fire on Wednesday at Apalachee High School in the city of Winder, killing two teachers and two pupils, investigators say. Eight students and one teacher were injured.
He was arrested on campus and will be prosecuted as an adult.
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The deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell Tower fire in London were the result of "dishonest" and “greedy” companies, decades of failure by successive governments, and incompetence and chronic lack of leadership by the fire service, a damning inquiry report has concluded.
The residential high-rise tower block in west London was engulfed by fire in June 2017. Highly-flammable cladding had been installed on the block in a recent renovation.
The report said that all deaths in the fire were "avoidable" and people living in Grenfell Tower were "badly failed" by those responsible for their safety.
The inquiry Chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said those involved bore different levels of responsibility, with failings in most cases attributable to “incompetence” while others were due to "dishonesty and greed”.
Manufacturers of the building’s unsafe cladding engaged in "systematic dishonesty", the Chairman said. He also accused them of misleading customers about their products’ safety.
The report found that the fire was preceded by "decades of failure" by the government" and the building industry to act on the known dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings.
It also identified a "chronic lack" of leadership at the London Fire Brigade and an "attitude of complacency”.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Symonds and Lucy Manning.
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Officials have named 14-year-old Colt Gray as the suspect in a shooting that left four people dead in Apalachee High School in the US state of Georgia.
Two students and two teachers died in the shooting. Nine people were injured and are currently being treated at local hospitals.
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The US election will take place on 5 November.
With two months to go, polls have indicated that Kamala Harris has a slight lead over Donald Trump - but the race is tight.
There is an apparent gender divide amongst the US electorate - with Harris leading among women, and Trump more popular with men.
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Six children and a pregnant woman were among 12 people who died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the French coast, in the English Channel, on Tuesday.
The disaster is the deadliest loss of life in the Channel this year.
Despite the deaths, more people were seen trying to make the crossing on Wednesday.
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Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank have increasingly been using violence to seize land and property forcing many Palestinians from their homes.
BBC Eye Investigations reveals how these settlers are establishing a new type of illegal settlement known as a herding outpost, giving them access to huge areas of land.
These and other outposts don't have government approval and are illegal under Israeli and international law.
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Seven people have been killed in Ukraine's western city of Lviv, according to the mayor, during a fresh wave of Russian attacks overnight.
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy said Russia had attacked with drones and hypersonic missiles early on Wednesday. Among those killed were a baby and two girls aged nine and 14 as well as a woman working as a midwife in the city, officials said.
Meanwhile, five people were wounded when a hotel was hit and nearby blocks of damaged in the city of Kryvyy Rih, according to officials.
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The Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in London, UK, in 2017 was the result of a chain of failures by governments, "dishonest" companies and a lack of strategy by the fire service, the final report of a six-year public inquiry has concluded.
The report sets out a "path to disaster" at Grenfell stretching back to the early 1990s over how fire safety in high rise buildings has been managed and regulated.
The coalition and Conservative governments “ignored, delayed or disregarded” concerns about the safety of industry practices, the inquiry added.
A manufacturer of cladding products “deliberately concealed” the fire risks they posed, the report said.
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A former deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese government.
Linda Sun has been accused of acting as an agent for Beijing in return for millions of dollars, special home deliveries of salted duck and other perks.
Prosecutors said she and Christopher Hu, her husband and co-defendant, used their ill-gotten gains to purchase real estate and luxury vehicles.
The couple pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in a Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday.
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About 240 million people are eligible to vote in this year’s US election, but only a relatively small number of them are likely to settle the question of who becomes the next president.
Experts believe there are only a handful of states that could plausibly be won by Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, for the Democrats or Republicans respectively.
Seven of them - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - could hold the key to the White House.
Now, in the final months of the election, both campaigns are at full throttle to win over undecided voters in these states.
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At least 12 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the French coast in the English Channel. A pregnant woman was among those who died. Six of those who lost their lives were children.
The French coast guard said more than 50 people were rescued off the Gris-Nez cape, near the town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Two were said to be in critical condition. The migrants were reported to be from east Africa.
The French authorities said the boat was overloaded and only a handful of those on board had life jackets. The disaster is the deadliest loss of life in the Channel this year.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says polio vaccinations of children in central Gaza have "surpassed the target" in the first two days of its immunisation campaign.
Dr Rik Peeperkorn, the UN agency's representative in the Palestinian territories, said 161,030 children under the age of 10 were vaccinated on Sunday and Monday - above the projection of 156,500.
The difference was probably the result of an underestimate of the population crowded into the area, he explained.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a series of localised pauses in the fighting to allow health workers to administer vaccines after Gaza's first confirmed case of polio in 25 years left a 10-month-old partially paralysed last month.
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At least 51 people have been killed and more than 200 injured by a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine's armed forces confirmed soldiers were among those killed, after a military training institute was among the buildings hit.
It's the single deadliest attack on a Ukrainian town or city this year.
“Just imagine this life and like this several times per day. We can't continue like this. It's just not fair,” Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian MP, said to the BBC.
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At least 12 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the English Channel on Tuesday morning, according to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
It's not yet clear how many people were on board the vessel when it capsized off the coast of Le Portel in northern France, but a large search and rescue operation remains under way.
More than 50 people have been rescued with many receiving treatment in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
It is the deadliest disaster this year in the Channel, which is the world's busiest shipping lane.
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The UK has defended its decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel.
On 2 September, it suspended around 30 out of 350 weapons export licences to Israel, saying there is a "clear risk" the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision "shameful", saying on social media that it "will only embolden Hamas".
But UK Defence Secretary John Healey insisted the UK remained a "staunch ally" of Israel, telling the BBC Israel's security would not be weakened by the decision.
Husam Zomlot, the Palestinians' top envoy to the UK, called the partial ban an “important first step” to the UK’s fulfilment of its “legal obligations under domestic and international law”.
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Brazil's Supreme Court has upheld a ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
A majority of three out of five justices have already voted in favour of the measure, meaning the ban will stay in place even if the two remaining justices were to vote against it.
X has been suspended in Brazil since the early hours of Saturday after it failed to appoint a new legal representative in the country before a court-imposed deadline.
It is the culmination of a feud between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and X's owner Elon Musk which began in April, when the judge ordered the suspension of dozens of accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.
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People in Israel have been ordered to head back to work, after its labour court ordered an end to the general strike at 14:30 local time (12:30 BST).
Israel's biggest trade union says hundreds of thousands of people joined its general strike, aimed at forcing the government to secure a hostage release deal with Hamas.
Roads were blocked, some hospitals reduced services, and banks were closed.
Now, workers have been ordered to go back to their jobs, says Arnon Bar-David, the head of Histadrut, the union which organised Monday's strikes.
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The German chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged mainstream parties not to lend support for Alternative for Germany (AfD), the first far-right party projected to win a state election since the second world war.
The AfD won almost a third of the vote in the eastern state of Thuringia - putting the party nine points ahead of the conservative CDU, and far in front of Germany's three governing parties.
The AfD's top candidate in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, who is a highly controversial figure in Germany, hailed a "historic victory" and spoke of his great pride. He failed to win a direct mandate for the state parliament, but secured a seat because he was top of his party list.
Mr Höcke's party has been designated as right-wing extremist and he has been fined for using a Nazi slogan, although the former history teacher denies knowingly doing so.
The result gives the far right its first win in a state parliament election since World War Two, although it has little hope of forming a government in Thuringia because other parties are unlikely to work with it.
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Israel says its forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies were located on Saturday in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area.
The IDF named the hostages as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sgt Ori Danino.
Spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said an initial assessment was they were "brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them".
A senior Hamas official, Izzat al-Rishq, insisted Israel was responsible for their deaths, as it has refused to sign a ceasefire deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not rest until those responsible for their killing are brought to justice.
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X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline set by a Supreme Court judge to name a new legal representative in the country.
Alexandre de Moraes ordered the "immediate and complete suspension" of the platform until it complies with all court orders and pays existing fines.
"Free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes,” said Elon Musk, X owner.
The row began in April, with the judge ordering the suspension of dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.
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A series of “humanitarian pauses” to fighting in Gaza are due to begin on Sunday, to allow hundreds of thousands of children to be vaccinated against polio.
The agreement comes after UN officials said a 10-month-old has been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first recorded case of polio in 25 years.
Humanitarian groups say the virus has re-emerged because the war between Israel and Hamas has disrupted regular child vaccination programmes.
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Israel says it has killed the head of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Jenin and two other fighters, as its major military operations continue for a third day in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli security forces shot dead Wissam Khazem and then launched air strikes on the other two men as they attempted to flee, a statement said.
The Palestinian health ministry said the three men were killed overnight near the town of Zababdeh, south-east of Jenin. Hamas also confirmed their deaths.
At least 20 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israeli operation, which is one of the biggest in the West Bank in two decades, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The operation has attracted international criticism, with concerns raised over civilian casualties and the destruction of infrastructure. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in the West Bank.
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The Israeli military has said it's killed the head of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Jenin and two other fighters.
It comes as a major operation by the Israeli military continues for a third day in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli security forces "encountered and eliminated" Wissam Khazem in a vehicle and then carried out air strikes on “two additional terrorists while they attempted to flee”, a statement said.
The Palestinian health ministry said the three men were killed overnight near the town of Zababdeh, south-east of Jenin.
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Germany says it has carried out its first deportation of convicted Afghan offenders since the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan three years ago, a week after three people were fatally stabbed at a street festival in the western town of Solingen.
The killings shocked Germany and sparked an intense debate over asylum rules when it emerged the main suspect was a 26-year-old Syrian refugee facing deportation. An Afghan man was detained after another deadly attack in May.
The government in Berlin has already announced a series of measures ahead of elections on Sunday in eastern Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany is riding high in the polls.
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The Māori king in New Zealand - Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII - has died at the age of 69.
The Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement, announced the news on social media on Friday morning local time.
Spokesman Rahui Papa said the king had been in hospital recovering from heart surgery, just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation.
He died peacefully surrounded by his wife and three children.
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The mother of a 13-year-old-British girl who died after a severe reaction to a Costa Coffee hot chocolate says she wants to make sure no other parent loses their child in the same way.
Hannah Jacobs died within hours of taking a sip of the drink in February last year.
Her mother Abimbola Duyile is calling on the food industry to take allergy training more seriously, and says she “lies awake at night” wondering if she could have prevented her death.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has defended changing her mind on key issues in her first interview since entering the presidential race.
The Democratic nominee was pressed on why her policies on immigration and climate have changed since she ran for president in 2019.
Ms Harris was under pressure to finally face questions but she shared the 27-minute, pre-recorded interview with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Her Republican opponent Donald Trump gave his reaction to the interview after it finished, calling it "BORING!!!".
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There has been turmoil in Venezuela since the announcement of a disputed election result that handed a third consecutive term in power to President Nicolás Maduro.
The opposition says the result is fraudulent and that its candidate, Edmundo González, won the election by a wide margin. Gonzalez faces an arrest warrant for questioning over alleged election fraud.
The lawyer of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained. Perkins Rocha also serves as legal adviser for the opposition Vente Venezuela party.
He is the latest person with links to the opposition to be seized in the aftermath of last month's presidential election.
The government of Maduro has detained more than 2,400 people over the past month, creating what the UN has called "a climate of fear".
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There have been conflicting death tolls as Israel's operation unfolded across multiple cities.
The IDF said yesterday that nine militants had been killed, five in Jenin and Tulkarm, and four in al-Faraa refugee camp. The Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday that 12 people had been killed in IDF attacks so far.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to immediately halt its operation, saying it was "fuelling an already explosive situation".
He urged Israeli forces to "exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when it is strictly unavoidable".
The IDF said the five Palestinians were killed after "exchanges of fire" in Tulkarm.
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Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, Paris prosecutors say.
Mr Durov, 39, has not been remanded in custody, but placed under judicial supervision, and has to pay a €5m (£4.2m; $5.6m) deposit.
The Russian-born billionaire, who is also a French national, also has to show up at a French police station twice a week and is not allowed to leave French territory.
Mr Durov was first detained upon arrival at Le Bourget airport north of Paris last Saturday under a warrant for offences related to the app.
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US authorities said that the man who attempted to kill former President Donald Trump acted alone and there is no sign of foreign involvement.
But FBI officials stressed at a news briefing on Wednesday that a motive for the assassination attempt remains unknown, and they said that Thomas Crooks - the 20-year-old assailant - had a "mixture of ideologies".
The law enforcement agency described Crooks's search history, and it released photos of the gun he used and the improvised explosive devices found in his car.
Crooks attempted to shoot the former president at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. He grazed Trump’s ear, killed one man and seriously injured two others.
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At leat 10 people have been killed in the biggest Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank for 20 years
Israeli forces simultaneously entered the cities of Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and Tubas in what the Israel Defence Forces called “a counter-terrorism strike” agains Palestinian groups armed by Iran.
Recently the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank, captured in 1967, breached international law.
Violence has been increasing in the West Bank since the Hamas attacks of October 7th, with the United Nations saying more than 650 Palestinians have been killed there.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson and Jeremy Bowen.
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One of Britain's rarest plants has been discovered in the wild for the first time since 2009.
The plant is a ghost orchid - a rare flower with no leaves or chlorophyll - the green pigment that absorbs sunlight so that plants can turn it into energy.
Unlike most plants, the orchid doesn't need sunlight, instead, it feeds on nutrients from fungi underground.
Its location in England is being kept secret to protect the orchid from being squashed by flower tourists who want to look at it or being stolen by a plant poacher.
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What happened to hundreds of people who apparently disappeared in Bangladesh during the rule of the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina?
Human Rights Watch claim that security forces were behind more than six hundred disappearances during her fifteen year rule.
Many of them being political rivals, Sheikh Hasina's government consistently denied any involvement.
But now, the new interim government in Bangladesh has opened an investigation.
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At least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say.
However, the true figure could be higher, with Palestinian officials earlier saying that at least 11 people had been killed since the Israeli operation began at midnight local time.
Israeli security forces said they were carrying out "a counterterrorism operation to thwart terror" in Jenin and Tulkarm.
This appears to be a major Israeli operation, with at least four Palestinian cities being targeted at the same time - Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and Tubas. Israeli forces conduct regular raids in the West Bank but this one seems more far-reaching than most.
It is believed to be the first time since the second intifada - a major Palestinian uprising from 2000 to 2005 - that several Palestinian cities have been targeted simultaneously in this way.
The West Bank is a chunk of land located on the west bank of the River Jordan and bounded by Israel to the north, west and south. To its east lies Jordan.
It has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of difficult on-off talks between Israel and the Palestinians - both of whom assert rights there - have left its final status unresolved.
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In January, the UN's top court ordered in an interim ruling that Israel must take all measures “to prevent and punish” genocidal acts – including incitement to genocide – against Palestinians in Gaza, but stopped short of telling it to halt the war.
The highly anticipated hearing at the International Court of Justice was part of a case brought to the court by South Africa, accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
Israel has rejected the accusation as "wholly unfounded".
Since the ruling, Israel has been accused of allowing inflammatory public statements to continue.
BBC News Arabic has examined such statements and investigates what action Israel has taken to prevent incitement to Genocide.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to its attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
More than 40,430 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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US prosecutors have issued revised charges against former President Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election after he lost to Joe Biden.
They are in response to a US Supreme Court ruling last month that said presidents enjoy broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office.
The revised indictment lays out the same four criminal counts against Trump - which he denies - but they now relate to his status as a political candidate rather than a sitting president.
It appears unlikely that the case - and other criminal cases faced by the Republican - will reach court before this year's election on 5 November.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to square off in their first presidential debate next month, but the campaigns are still warring over logistics - namely relating to the microphones.
Trump's campaign is pushing for the microphones to be muted when it is the other person's turn to speak. This is a rule that was originally requested by Joe Biden when he was the Democratic candidate.
Trump's team ultimately agreed to the request - which was an apparent effort by Biden's campaign to limit interruptions.
The Harris campaign wants to shift the agreed rules with just two weeks to go so that both candidates' microphones will be unmuted for the entire debate.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his troops' incursion into Russia's Kursk region is part of a "victory plan" that he will present to US President Joe Biden next month.
President Zelensky said the success of the plan would depend on President Biden and on whether the US would give Ukraine "what is in this plan or not".
A number of Ukrainian troops made an incursion into Russia's Kursk region in early August, with Russia so far seemingly unable to repel them.
Russia have, however, continued to attack in Ukraine with a second day of deadly strikes - a day after launching one of its biggest air attacks of the war.
At least six people died overnight Sunday to Monday and dozens were wounded as more than half of Ukraine's regions were attacked by drones and missiles.
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The Israeli military says commandos have rescued a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel.
Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was rescued in a "complex operation" from an underground tunnel in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security service, according to a statement.
No further details could be published "due to considerations of the safety of our hostages, the security of our forces, and national security", it said.
Mr Elkadi - the eighth hostage rescued by Israeli forces since the start of the war in Gaza - is in a stable condition in hospital, where he is undergoing examinations.
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Jake Sullivan has arrived on his first visit to China as US national security adviser. He will hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries try to stabilise relations.
Mr Sullivan and Mr Wang have met four times over 16 months in Vienna, Malta, Washington and Bangkok. Their last meeting in January was shortly after a high-stakes summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden that sought to reset frosty ties.
The talks signal that China is still a priority for the Biden administration, even as the retiring president enters his final months in office.
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The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli military evacuation orders in the centre of the Palestinian territory.
A senior UN official told reporters that its humanitarian staff had been unable to operate on Monday because of safety concerns, but stressed that UN agencies would not be leaving Gaza and were trying to find somewhere to operate safely.
Elsewhere in the region at least five people, including two children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an urban refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed the strike, on Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarm, saying it had targeted what it called the command room of a "terror cell".
The UN said last Wednesday that 128 Palestinians, including 26 children, had been killed in Israeli air strikes in the West Bank since 7 October.
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Russia has launched one of its biggest air attacks on Ukraine of the war so far, the head of the Ukrainian air force has said.
At least six people were killed and dozens wounded as missiles and drones were fired into more than half of Ukraine's regions on Monday.
Power infrastructure was hit, causing widespread blackouts, as the entire country was put under air raid alert and told to take shelter.
Russia confirmed it had launched attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure - one of its long-term tactics - and said all its targets were hit.
According to Mykola Oleshchuk, the commander of Ukraine's air force, Russia launched 127 missiles and 109 attack drones.
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Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah.
Hezbollah said it had still managed to fire 320 rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander. According to Israel's military, one Israeli navy soldier was killed.
The US says it is working to avoid any further escalation after 10 months of hostilities that have raised fears of an all-out war.
There was no breakthrough at the latest round of US-backed Gaza peace talks in Cairo.
Before leaving, Hamas said it rejected new Israeli conditions and accused Israel of backtracking on promises. Israel denies changing its demands since a last round of talks in early July.
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A 26-year-old man has given himself up and confessed to a mass knife attack at a street festival in Germany, police said on Sunday.
"The involvement of this person is currently under intensive investigation," prosecutors and Düsseldorf police said in a joint statement.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into "participating in a terrorist organisation".
Three people were killed and another eight injured in the city of Solingen during a festival to celebrate its 650-year history, in what Chancellor Olaf Scholz described as a "horrific act".
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Israel's military says it has conducted pre-emptive air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting plans for a significant attack against its territory.
Hezbollah also confirmed it had started "phase one" of an extensive attack on Israel, firing 320 Katyusha rockets and drones targeting 11 military sites.
About 100 fighter jets "struck and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels" in more than 40 sites, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
At least one person was killed after an Israeli airstrike on a car in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, according to the country's health ministry. It is a major escalation in tensions, and follows the killing of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut almost a month ago.
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Police in Germany have arrested a 15-year-old in connection to stabbings in the city of Solingen.
He was detained this morning after two women reported overhearing a conversation between the 15-year-old and someone else in which they discussed the attack.
The teenager is suspected of knowing about the attack beforehand and not reporting it to police. The identity of the attacker is still unclear.
While one person is in custody, investigators are still trying to establish exactly who carried out the attack.
Three people died in the attack and four more are "very seriously injured", police say.
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An investigation into the Sicily yacht deaths is considering multiple options including manslaughter, officials have said.
In a press conference prosecutors said they are in the early stages of the investigation and stressed they are not investigation anyone specific at the moment.
Italian authorities confirmed the final missing body found was that of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
Officials also said the yacht, called the Bayesian, likely sank due to a down burst - a localised powerful wind that descends from a thunderstorm.
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Three people have been killed and eight have been injured in a knife attack in the western Germany city of Solingen, police say.
The attacked fled the scene and police are still searching for an "unknown" suspect and police say the motive for is unclear.
Celebrations were under way to mark the 650th anniversary of the city's foundation when the attack happened.
The search is ongoing and police are urging locals to be cautious.
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A reigning Paralympic champion has told BBC News that NHS prosthetics need to improve to help produce Great Britain’s “next generation” of gold medallists.
Speaking ahead of the Paris Paralympics, runner Richard Whitehead said the UK health service's prosthetics were "not fit for purpose" because they failed to allow for a full range of movement and could cause discomfort and skin irritation when running.
The NHS does not routinely provide sports prosthetics - also known as activity limbs - to adults.
NHS England says many fitness and physical activities are possible without a sports-specific prosthetic.
The cost of lower-limb prosthetics varies greatly depending on type, from £1,000 to over £50,000.
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Police in Germany say a number of people have been killed and injured in a suspected knife attack in the western city of Solingen.
At the time of the attack, celebrations were under way to mark the 650th anniversary of the city being founded.
German newspaper Bild is reporting that the suspect stabbed people at random at the festival.
The attacker is believed to have fled the scene, and police have launched a manhunt.
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The World Health Organisation has already declared MPox a global health emergency. And now a new strain of the virus is rapidly spreading across parts of Africa, leading to a new surge of infections.
The epicentre of the outbreak is the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 16,500 cases have been recorded this year, with 570 deaths.
In neighbouring Burundi, one of the world’s poorest nations, there’s been a steep rise in cases, that is worrying medical authorities.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Mercy Juma in Bujumbura.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr has said he is suspending his independent run for the US presidency but will not drop out, keeping his name on the ballot in the states where it will not affect the race.
He announced the decision on Friday following days of speculation about a potential endorsement of Donald Trump.
Mr Kennedy, 70, a Democrat for most of his life and the scion of the powerful Kennedy dynasty said: "In my heart I no longer believe I have a realistic path to victory in the face of systematic censorship".
The decision effectively brings to an end a campaign fuelled by Mr Kennedy's anti-vax views, coloured by stories of dead bears and brain-eating worms. His polling has slumped from a high of double figures as funds and national coverage dried up.
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Kamala Harris made her big speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.
But what did Kamala Harris say in her keynote speech and did she do enough to convince undecided voters?
Justin Webb, Sarah Smith and Anthony Zurcher are at the Democrat National Convention in Chicago for Americast, and give their analysis.
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A 10-month-old baby has been partially paralysed after contracting polio in Gaza, United Nations officials have said.
According to the UN, Gaza has not registered a polio case for 25 years, although type 2 poliovirus was detected in samples collected from the territory’s wastewater in June.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he is "gravely concerned" and confirmed that efforts are under way to roll out a vaccination programme in the coming weeks.
In efforts to contain the spread, the UN has been pressing for a week-long pause in fighting to carry out a polio vaccination campaign for more than 640,000 children under the age of 10.
WHO has approved the release of 1.6 million doses of vaccine and UNICEF is coordinating their delivery along with cold storage units. UNRWA’s medical teams will administer the vaccines once they arrive in Gaza.
On 18 August, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said since 7 October, 282,126 vials of the polio vaccine, sufficient for 2,821,260 doses, have been sent to Gaza.
They added that an additional 60,000 vaccines will be delivered to vaccinate over one million children in the coming weeks.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Ukraine to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The trip comes just weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The visit is significant because Kyiv and some Western capitals had reacted sharply to Mr Modi’s visit to the Russian capital in July.
Mr Zelensky was particularly critical, saying he was “disappointed to see the leader of the world's largest democracy hug the world's most bloody criminal in Moscow”.
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Divers have located a sixth body after the sinking of a luxury yacht off Sicily, believed to be that of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, according to reports in Italian media.
Hannah is the last of those missing following the sinking earlier this week.
The body of her father, tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, and five others have already been brought to shore following the sinking of the luxury yacht Bayesian, which foundered during a freak storm off the Italian fishing village of Porticello, east of Palermo.
Of the 22 passengers and crew on board, 15 people survived the sinking, including a one-year-old child and Hannah’s mother, Angela Bacares.
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The United Nations has urged the UK to take action to curb racist hate speech, including by politicians, in a report published on Friday.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said it was especially concerned by the persistence and in some cases "sharp increase" of hate crimes and hate speech in the UK.
Concerns included racist hate speech published by mainstream media, on social media, and spread by politicians and public figures.
The UN said it was "particularly concerned" about racist acts and violence by "far-right and white supremacist" groups.
Much of the evidence considered by the committee would have been collected before the general election and the recent riots across England and Northern Ireland fuelled by misinformation and anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic nomination for president on the final night of the party convention in Chicago.
In a highly personal headline speech focused on unity and working-class aspiration, she pledged to lead "for all Americans" and create an "opportunity economy”.
She also leaned heavily on protecting the right to abortion - an issue that has helped motivate Democratic voters in recent elections.
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Immigration policy is considered one of the biggest political challenges for the Democratic Party and for Kamala Harris in particular.
Donald Trump and his Republican allies have made immigration a focal point of their criticism for Harris, calling her a “failed border tsar”.
But Democrats at the party convention in Chicago have fired back, praising the Biden administration’s efforts on immigration.
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Demonstrations have been taking place in Chicago this week outside the Democratic National Convention, in opposition to US support of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Thousands of people are thought to be taking part in the march on Thursday, the last day of the DNC.
A group of pro-Palestinian delegates who were denied the chance to speak at the convention have been staging a sit-in outside the arena.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Ukraine on Friday, just weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The visit is significant because Kyiv and some Western capitals had reacted sharply to Mr Modi’s visit to the Russian capital in July.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “disappointed to see the leader of the world's largest democracy hug the world's most bloody criminal in Moscow”.
Delhi has often spoken about the importance of respecting territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations. It has continuously pushed for diplomacy and dialogue to end the war.
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US President Joe Biden has “stressed the urgency” of reaching a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House has said.
He also reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to help defend Israel against what the White House called "all threats from Iran, including its proxy terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis".
The office of Mr Netanyahu reiterated that Israel planned to keep troops in a strip of land along the border between Gaza and Egypt - known as the Philadelphi Corridor - in the event of any such deal.
The issue has become a key sticking point - with Hamas so far insisting on a total withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Egypt also opposes the presence of Israeli troops along its border with Gaza.
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Doctors at a top Indian government hospital in Delhi have ended an 11-day strike and protest against a rape and murder of a doctor.
The strike end came hours after an appeal by the supreme court called for doctors to return to full duties.
Demonstrations are continuing in Kolkata after the trainee doctor's body was found earlier this month in a state-run hospital where she worked.
She had worked a night shift and her death sparked huge protests as well as a nation-wide conversation on violence against women in India.
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The body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered from the Bayesian yacht off the coast of Sicily, a source close to the family has said.
The search is continuing for one person who's still missing - it's believed it is Mike's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.
Five bodies have been brought ashore but they have not been formally identified.
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The UN has said Ukraine is breaking international law in the way in prosecutes people accused of collaborating with Russia.
Almost 2,000 people have been convicted of collaborating with the Russians under legalisation drafted by the Ukrainian government early in the war.
Collaboration offences range from simply denying the illegality of Russia’s invasion, or supporting it in person or online, to playing a political or military role for the occupying powers. Accompanying punishments are tough too, with jail terms of up to 15 years.
One accused is Tetyana Potapenko, a neighbourhood volunteer for 15 years, who is adamant she is not who the Ukrainian state says she is.
Ukrainian prosecutors claimed she had illegally taken an official role with the occupiers, which included handing out relief supplies.
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Lesotho’s ‘white gold’ is the water which plays an important role in the south African country’s economy.
This is largely due to the Katse dam which, standing at 185m (600 feet) tall, it is Africa’s second largest curved dam.
But despite being water rich the country remains economically poor and its citizens haven’t been feeling the benefits.
Demands have increased for Lesotho’s water from other parts of southern Africa, including South Africa where, in Johannesburg, taps run dry due to its growing populations and climate change.
Government officials have acknowledged the problem and say they are acting to address it.
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Whether you’re playing it for yourself or watching on streaming services like Twitch or YouTube, cosy games are having a bit of a moment.
That includes titles from massive global studios like Animal Crossing, as well as hundreds of indie hits.
So what makes a game cosy, and how do the people who make them find the balance between relaxing and too easy.
BBC Newsbeat spoke to the team behind the BAFTA award-winning Unpacking about what’s next for the industry and how they’re leaning into cosy and cute for the future of their studio.
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Tim Walz, Kamala Harris's running mate, has formally accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the party convention in Chicago.
In a headline speech in Chicago, the running mate of Kamala Harris touted his small-town upbringing and career as a teacher and coach.
It came after Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance on stage, telling the raucous crowd to back Harris in November.
Former US President Bill Clinton, in his 12th consecutive convention speech, hailed Harris as "extraordinary" and took aim at Donald Trump who he said "creates chaos”.
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Tim Walz has issued a rallying cry for Democrats as he accepts the vice-presidential nomination.
"We’ll sleep when we’re dead. And we’re gonna leave it all on the field," he told the party convention on its third night in Chicago.
The running mate of Kamala Harris has touted his small-town upbringing and career as a teacher and coach in an emotional speech.
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Four bodies have been brought to shore from the wreckage of the luxury British yacht that sank off Sicily.
A fifth body has been found inside the boat, authorities tell the BBC.
Six people were missing after the yacht sank on Monday - the recovered have not been identified.
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Hundreds of Africans employed as domestic workers are fearing what could happen if war breaks out in Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded near-daily fire of shells across the border since the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel.
There are concerns that the rest of Lebanon could get caught up as the conflict transforms into a wider regional struggle.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive Mpox vaccines from 26 August as cases surge in East and Central African countries.
Vaccine doses cost $100 per dose (£76.30), making them inaffordable for many.
Twenty-four people have died in the region from the virus.
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Over 300 climate adaptation projects have been created in Denmark's capital to protect the city from floods and extreme weather.
In 2011, Copenhagen was hit by a major flood, leaving the capital knee-deep in water and causing widespread damage.
The projects include underground tunnels, to carry away rainfall, as well as the creation of new green spaces.
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Two bodies have been found inside the sunken yacht off the coast of Sicily.
Divers have been attempting to access the boat - which is around 50m (165ft) below the surface - since Monday morning.
Six people are still missing, including businessman Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, fellow British citizens Jonathan and Judy Bloomer, and two American citizens, Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo.
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The EU is planning to introduce a €7 (£6) EU visa waiver for some non-EU citizens by summer 2025.
Under new rules, visitors from a list of non-EU countries, including the UK, will need to apply for a waiver, similar to a US Esta, before travelling to 30 countries in Europe.
The EU has not yet announced a firm start date for the scheme.
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Romanian police have searched the houses of controversial influencer Andrew Tate as part of an investigation into new allegations against him.
The internet personality was already awaiting trial for rape and human trafficking, but could potentially now face additional charges of sex with, and trafficking in, underage persons, as well as money-laundering and attempting to influence witnesses, prosecutors say.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have denied all previous charges against them.
They were first detained in Romania in December 2022, then released from house arrest in August 2023.
According to DIICOT, the special prosecution service of the Romanian Organised Crime Directorate, four houses were searched on Wednesday morning in the capital, Bucharest, and in Ilfov county.
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The search for six people who are missing after a yacht sunk off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday is now in its third day.
Rescue teams are expected to attempt to enter the sleeping cabin of the ship on Wednesday, after being hampered by debris blocking access.
Divers are being helped by remote controlled vehicles that can operate on the seabed for far longer than the rescuers themselves.
Among the missing are British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.
Four others are missing: Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda.
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It is notoriously difficult to piece together what is happening in Myanmar's civil war.
But the BBC has managed to construct a picture of what happened on the evening of 5 August through a series of exclusive interviews with more than a dozen Rohingya survivors who escaped to Bangladesh, and the videos they shared.
All of the survivors - unarmed Rohingya civilians - recount hearing many bombs exploding over a period of two hours.
While most described the bombs being dropped by drones, a weapon increasingly being used in Myanmar, some said they were hit by mortars and gunfire.
Survivors’ videos analysed by BBC Verify show the riverbank covered in bloodied bodies, many of them women and children.
There’s no verified count of the number of people killed, but multiple eyewitnesses have told the BBC they saw scores of bodies.
Survivors said they were attacked by the Arakan Army, one of the strongest insurgent groups in Myanmar which in recent months has driven the military out of nearly all of Rakhine State.
The AA declined to be interviewed but its spokesman Khaing Tukha denied the accusation and responded to the BBC’s questions with a statement which said “the incident did not occur in areas controlled by us”.
He also accused Rohingya activists of staging the massacre and falsely accusing the AA.
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Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris's husband and the first second gentleman in US history, spoke on the stage on the second day of the Democratic National Convention.
In his speech, he says his wife will be a "president we can all be proud of".
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Protests have erupted outside Israeli consulate in Chicago as the Democratic National Convention enters the second night.
Tuesday's protest comes after thousands marched through Chicago in a mostly peaceful demonstration on Monday, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to US support for Israel.
The Israel-Gaza war is also a topic that is dividing the Democrats at the convention.
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Former Trump spokesperson Stephanie Grisham has spoken at the DNC (Democratic National Convention) in Chicago, as well as those who have previously voted Republican, who now say they are backing Kamala Harris.
Speakers at the second night of the DNC include democratic luminaries as well as some very unexpected voices.
Grisham said Trump has "no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth" and that he mocks his supporters in private.
Meanwhile, the former US president has been holding his own speaking engagement in Michigan, where he issued a response to some of what was being said at this week's convention.
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King Charles has met with survivors of a knife attack carried out in Southport, UK - in which three young girls died, and ten others were seriously injured.
Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Alice da Silva Aguiar died when a knifeman attacked at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July.
During a private meeting the King heard about the experiences of some of the young children who were attacked, and also signed a book of condolence.
The monarch also met regional leaders and has been hearing from frontline staff who responded to the attack.
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The Casting of Frank Stone is a spin-off, single-player game set in the universe of multiplayer title Dead by Daylight (DBD), created by Behaviour Interactive and Supermassive Games.
Developers Traci Tufte and Mathieu Côté sat down with BBC Newsbeat to reveal why they decided to leap from the multiplayer aspect of DBD to create their latest project.
Traci and Mathieu also discuss the game being the final cover of Gameinformer, the historic gaming magazine which ceased production in August.
Credit: Supermassive Games, Behaviour Interactive
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President Joe Biden gave a tearful keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago.
Speaking to a packed arena on the first night of the DNC, Biden offered a defence of his presidency, touching on his accomplishments before he abandoned his re-election bid in mid-July.
"Like many of you, I gave my heart and soul to this nation,” he said, towards the end of a nearly hour-long address punctuated by raucous shouts of "Thank you, Joe".
His speech also sang the praises of his vice-president, Kamala Harris - the woman he hopes will succeed him in the White House.
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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are among six people missing after a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily in a freak storm.
The 56m vessel was carrying 22 people including British, American and Canadian nationals. Fifteen people were rescued, including a one-year-old girl.
The yacht, named Bayesian, capsized and sank at about 5am local time after a sudden storm generated a woterspout - a rotating column of air similar to a tornado on land.
Mr Lynch, known by some as "the British Bill Gates", co-founded software company Autonomy, which was then bought by tech giant Hewlett-Packard for $11bn. He was later charged with fraud over the deal but was acquitted by a jury just two months before the yacht disaster.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Mark Lowen and Simon Jack.
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One man has died and six other people are missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a British yacht sank off the coast of Sicily during bad weather.
There were 22 people on board in total - 15 people were rescued including a one-year-old child. Sources say Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares was also rescued.
The 56m (183ft) yacht, the Bayesian, was around 700 metres from the harbour when it sank.
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The Democratic National Convention begins on Monday in Chicago, in what is expected to be a celebration of Kamala Harris's nomination as presidential candidate following Joe Biden's exit.
Ms Harris is expected to join President Biden on stage when he addresses the convention on Monday.
Meanwhile, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters are expected near the convention site to show their opposition to Biden's policies towards Israel and Gaza, from which Ms Harris, his vice-president, has not deviated.
There will also be events organised by pro-Israel groups, including a "hostage square" to draw attention to the plight of those who remain in Hamas captivity.
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With just three months to go before the 2024 US election, thousands are set to gather in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic Party has already officially nominated Vice-President Kamala Harris in a virtual roll call after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
Dozens of prominent Democrats and celebrities will be taking the stage in Chicago, including former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Rumours have swirled about whether Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will attend this year, but neither has actually confirmed they will be there.
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Opposition supporters have gathered across Venezuela to protest against Nicolas Maduro's disputed victory in last month's presidential election.
Opposition leader María Corina Machado joined thousands of protesters in the capital, Caracas, and urged them not to be afraid.
Ms Machado, who had been in hiding after being accused of insurrection, said there was nothing above the voice of the people, and that the people had spoken.
Police and the army were deployed in force as supporters of Mr Maduro also held a demonstration.
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Calls for improved allergy training after death of girl, 13, after drinking hot chocolate | BBC News
The death of a 13-year-old girl after drinking a hot chocolate from a coffee shop in London should be a "wake up call" to all food companies, campaigners say.
Hannah Jacobs died of a hypersensitive anaphylactic reaction within hours of sipping the drink bought by her mother in February 2023 - despite making staff at the Costa Coffee aware of her daughter's allergies.
An inquest found there had been a "failure of communication" between the coffee shop staff in Barking, east London, and Hannah's mother Abimbola Duyile.
The parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse - who died in 2016 from an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger baguette - and Hannah's legal team have urged government action to protect people with food allergies.
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US President Joe Biden says a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was "closer than we've ever been".
However, speaking at the White House, the US president cautioned an agreement is "not there yet".
The US, Qatar and Egypt have presented a proposal that aims to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas after months of deadlock in talks to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages.
After two days of negotiations in Doha, the mediators said they would meet in Cairo before the end of next week “with the aim to conclude the deal under the terms put forward today”.
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Travellers should consider getting vaccinated against mpox if they will be visiting affected areas in Africa, new advice says.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has updated its recommendations in response to outbreaks of a new strain of the virus. Other continents, including Europe, can expect some cases too, it says.
EDC says the risk of it spreading everywhere is low, despite the World Health Organization recently declaring the mpox situation a global emergency. The disease - formerly known as monkeypox - can be passed on by close contact with anyone with the infection.
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UK-donated Challenger 2 tanks have been used by Ukraine as part of its surprise incursion into Russia, a UK source has confirmed.
The Ministry of Defence is not officially commenting on what specific UK weapons are being used by Ukraine.
However, following Kyiv's incursion into Russian territory the department reiterated that Ukraine had "a clear right" to use UK-supplied weapons for "self defence against Russia's illegal attacks".
The UK is one of the biggest donors of military aid to Ukraine, behind the US and Germany.
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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed as a result of Israeli military action in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.
That number - 40,005 on Thursday - equates to about 1.7% of the 2.3 million population of the territory - another indication of the human cost of the war.
The health ministry’s figures for the number of people killed do not differentiate between civilians and fighters - its breakdown of identified reported fatalities said a majority are children, women or elderly people.
This month, Israel’s military told the BBC that more than 15,000 “terrorists” had been killed during the war.
International journalists, including the BBC, aren't able to report from Gaza to independently verify figures from either side.
The war began when thousands of Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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Ukraine says its troops have advanced further into Russia and captured more than 100 troops. It’s the biggest invasion of Russia by foreign forces since the Second World War.
The incursion into Russia's Kursk region began a week ago and took Moscow by surprise. President Putin has declared that the attack will be repelled.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse, Steve Rosenberg and BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson.
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The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global health emergency. Mpox is a highly infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox.
The WHO convened its emergency mpox committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of the virus, clade Ib, had reached four previously unaffected provinces in Africa.
This strain had previously been contained to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 13,700 cases and 450 deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole body, has spread to other African countries, including Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), Kenya and Rwanda.
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A week after Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack into Russia’s Kursk region, Russian forces have been scrambling to regain control.
Ukraine troops who launched the surprise incursion across the border claim to control around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory.
Russia has deployed missiles and airstrikes in its attempt to contain the Ukrainian advance as the Kremlin attempts to play down the significance of the surprise attack. It is continuing to evacuate Russian civilians from the area.
Ukraine has not stated the purpose of its assault and has made clear that it is not seeking to permanently occupy Russian territory. However the shock attack has served to boost morale within Ukraine, more than two years after it was invaded by President Putin’s forces and it may serve to draw Russian forces away from frontline fighting within Ukraine.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse.
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An artwork appearing on the shutters of London Zoo has been confirmed as the latest and final image in Banksy's surprise animal art trail across the capital.
It shows a gorilla lifting the shutter to release a sea lion and birds, while other animals appear to look on.
It is the ninth Banksy to appear in London since 5 August.
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There is a new evacuation order for a seaside area of Athens as wildfires continue to rage in Greece, with one person confirmed to have been killed.
Helicopters had to be grounded overnight for safety reasons but are back in the air attempting to put out the fires, along with trucks and hundreds of firefighters.
European countries are sending aid and resources.
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Thousands of residents are being evacuated from their homes as a large wildfire is spreading towards Athens in Greece, with some flames leaping as high as 25m (80ft).
The historic site of Marathon is among the areas where residents are being moved to safety by the emergency services.
Houses and properties in the nearby town of Varnavas were burning, according to the fire brigade.
Forty fires have broken out in Greece since Saturday afternoon with firefighters still battling seven.
More than 500 firefighters and 150 vehicles have been deployed to help put out the flames.
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President Zelensky has confirmed for the first time that the Ukrainian military is conducting a cross-border offensive inside Russia's western Kursk region.
He said Ukraine was pushing the war onto "the aggressor's territory".
It is the deepest raid into the country since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia's foreign ministry said its army will deliver a "tough response" to the incursion.
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Police have so far arrested 779 people in connection with rioting, with 349 of those charged, the National Police Chiefs' Council said.
It follows a week of violent disorder, including attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers and the looting of shops, which was fuelled by a false rumour that the Southport triple murder suspect was a Muslim asylum seeker.
Thousands of anti-racism protesters rallied in towns and cities across the country on Saturday.
People took to the streets in cities including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and London.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has condemned the loss of civilian life in an Israeli air strike against a school building in Gaza on Saturday.
More than 70 people were killed at the building which sheltered displaced Palestinians, the director of a hospital has told the BBC.
Ms Harris said "far too many" civilians had been killed "yet again"and reiterated calls for a hostage deal and a ceasefire, echoing comments made by the White House.
An Israeli military spokesman said al-Taba’een school "served as an active Hamas and Islamic Jihad military facility", which Hamas denies.
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As the world warms and heatwaves become more frequent, we turn up the air con. But that contributes to climate change.
What's the solution?
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The UK’s most famous submarine, 'Boaty McBoatface’, has returned to shore after 55 days at sea.
The robot has completed a more-than-2,000km scientific odyssey from Iceland that could change what is known about the pace of climate change.
It was hunting for marine snow - tiny particles that sink to the ocean floor, storing huge amounts of carbon.
The deep ocean, referred to as the “twilight zone”, is enormously mysterious. Boaty went there on the longest journey yet for its class of submarine.
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Russia has imposed a "counter-terrorism operation" regime in three regions to try to halt a surprise cross-border incursion by Ukrainian troops.
The authorities in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on the border with Ukraine now can restrict the movement of people and vehicles and use phone tapping among other measures.
This comes as the Ukrainian offensive into the Kursk region is now in its fifth day. Kyiv has not openly admitted the incursion.
The UN nuclear agency has urged Russia and Ukraine to exercise "maximum restraint" as fighting nears a nuclear power plant.
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An Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has killed dozens of people, Hamas-run authorities in the territory say.
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said al-Taba’een school "served as an active Hamas and Islamic Jihad military facility" with approximately 20 "militants" operating there.
More than 60 people were killed and 47 injured, the health ministry’s ambulance service said, quoted by the AP news agency.
Earlier, the Gaza civil defence agency - a rescue service - said at least 90 people were killed. The BBC cannot independently verify figures from either side.
According to the United Nations, 477 out of 564 school buildings in Gaza had been directly hit or damaged as of 6 July, with at least another 14 targeted since.
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Fred Trump III, Donald Trump’s nephew, is on this week's episode of Americast.
He speaks to Anthony Zurcher about growing up with uncle Donald, their strained relationship, and why he’s backing Kamala Harris over a member of his own family.
Plus we hear what it’s been like at rallies with Harris and Walz.
HOSTS: • Marianna Spring, Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
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Israel has agreed to send a delegation to fresh talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar, which have been trying to mediate a deal, said in a joint statement the talks could take place in either Doha or Cairo.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli negotiators would be there.
There was no immediate comment from Hamas.
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After a breathless couple of weeks in American politics it’s time for the Americast team to take stock. Has there been a more tumultuous time in American politics? And what can history tell us about what’s happening today?
This week we’re joined by former BBC correspondent and historian Nick Bryant who tells that Trump is as much product of U.S. history as JFK, Lincoln and Reagan.
HOSTS: - Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter GUEST: - Nick Bryant, former BBC Washington correspondent and author of ‘The Forever War’
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a 10 September debate on ABC, the network says, setting up the first showdown between the candidates.
Former US President Donald Trump held a rare news conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump said he wants to debate Harris multiple times, and he had agreed to three dates in September.
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It's been over two weeks since Fallout London was released after a turbulent few months since Bethesda's update to Fallout 4.
Team Folon's Dean Carter has returned to catch BBC Newsbeat up on reaction to the game since it went live, how they managed to get John Bercow to do some voice acting, and what the future holds for Fallout London.
Dean also talks about the communication issues with Bethesda which plagued the original release date for the mod.
The BBC has reached out to Bethesda for comment.
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Heavy fighting in Russia's Kursk region has entered a third day, with efforts "ongoing" to expel Ukrainian forces from the country, Moscow's defence ministry has said.
At least 1,000 Ukrainian troops, supported by tanks and armoured vehicles, crossed the border on Tuesday, Russia has said.
Some 3,000 people have had to evacuate the region, as ongoing military altercations have killed at least four people, Kursk's deputy Governor Andrei Belostotsky said.
Ukraine's military is yet to directly comment on the reports, but President Volodymyr Zelensky said, without referencing the assault: “Everyone can see that the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise [and] achieve results.”
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has declared there is "a lot of work to be done" in Bangladesh, as he arrived in the country to take over as interim leader.
His plane touched down just days after Sheikh Hasina - the woman who ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years - fled across the border to India.
She resigned as prime minister after weeks of student-led protests - which left hundreds dead - escalated and culminated in calls for her to stand down.
The decision to name Prof Yunus as chief adviser of the interim government followed a meeting between President Mohammed Shahabuddin, military leaders and student leaders.
The students had been clear they would not accept a military-led government, but wanted Prof Yunus to lead.
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Thousands of counter-protesters took to the streets of England last night after a week of violent unrest across the country.
Anti-racism protesters gathered in Liverpool, London, Bristol and Newcastle to show support for refugees and immigrants.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, who sent thousands of officers to spots around the north of England yesterday, says he's "pleased" with how it went.
He said: “It went off very peacefully last night. A couple of locations we had some local criminals turn out and try and create a bit of anti-social behaviour and we arrested a few of them."
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said earlier today there's "no excuse for thuggery", adding that police and courts "stand ready" to deal with those involved in riots.
Disorder erupted last week after the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport - with unrest fuelled by misinformation online.
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Popular online games could be first to be hit by the video game acting strike if the dispute is not resolved quickly, according to a union boss.
Performers in the industry walked out on 26 July after a failure to reach an agreement over the use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) in development.
Members of union SAG-Aftra, which represents about 2,500 performers, recently staged a picket outside the offices of Warner Bros, one of 10 game companies negotiating with the union.
They say their offer gives workers "meaningful protections" but SAG-Aftra disagrees.
BBC Newsbeat spoke to Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union's chief negotiator, to find out what it could mean for gamers.
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A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef.
Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral reef over the past decade are the highest recorded in 400 years.
Extreme heat has already caused five mass bleaching events in the past nine years alone.
Writing in the journal Nature the scientists behind the study said increased temperatures, driven by climate change, now pose an “existential threat” to this natural wonder of the world.
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - a longtime political foe of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina - has been named the country's interim leader.
The 84-year-old was appointed a day after Ms Hasina fled the country following weeks of deadly protests that brought her resignation.
Students who led the mass protests that unseated Ms Hasina refused to accept a military-led government and pushed for Prof Yunus to lead the interim administration.
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A Thai court has ordered the dissolution of the reformist party which won the most seats and votes in last year’s election - but was blocked from forming a government.
The ruling also banned Move Forward's charismatic young former leader Pita Limjaroenrat and 10 other senior figures from politics for 10 years.
The verdict from the Constitutional Court was expected, after its ruling in January that Move Forward's campaign promise to change royal defamation laws was unconstitutional.
The court had said changes to the notoriously harsh lese majeste law was tantamount to calling for the destruction of the constitutional monarchy.
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People living in Haifa in Northern Israel are preparing for a potential conflict with the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The leader of Hezbollah has said the response to the Israeli assassination of a senior commander in Beirut is coming.
He added that the group might act alone or in co-ordination with other Iranian-supported factions in the region.
Countries around the world have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon in recent days, amid concerns that a possible attack from the heavily armed Hezbollah on Israel could lead to a wider war between the two sides.
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UK police are preparing for more possible riots across England - with reports at least 30 protests could be planned for Wednesday.
Nearly 6,000 officers have been mobilised, say police sources, and the communities minister Jim McMahon says anyone involved in disruption will face "the full force of the law".
More people are due in court throughout the day, after the first person was jailed over the clashes on Tuesday.
The disorder erupted in cities across the country last week after the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport - with unrest fuelled by misinformation online that the suspect was an asylum seeker.
Inquests have opened into the deaths of the three girls - the coroner said they will be "missed beyond any description".
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After two days of negotiations in Doha, Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as its new overall chief, replacing Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated in Tehran last week.
Since 2017, Sinwar has served as the group's leader inside the Gaza strip. He will now become leader of its political wing.
The Hamas leadership unanimously chose Sinwar to lead the movement, a senior Hamas official told the BBC.
The announcement comes at a moment of soaring tensions in the Middle East, as Iran and its allies threaten retaliation for the killing of Haniyeh, which they blame on Israel. Israel has not commented.
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Tim Walz touted his rural roots and said Donald Trump would take the US "backwards" as he appeared for the first time as Kamala Harris’s running mate at a raucous Democratic Party rally.
At the event in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the party’s new nominee for vice-president said their Republican rivals in November's election were "weird as hell".
The Minnesota governor spoke in front of thousands of supporters just hours after he was announced as Ms Harris’s pick for the role.
The Trump campaign, meanwhile, was quick to attack Mr Walz as a "dangerously liberal extremist".
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They're probably the most noticeable absentees from the Paris Olympics - yes, we're talking about Mario and Sonic.
The duo and their friends (and foes) have been a feature of every Olympic Games since Beijing in 2008 with their very own video game, dedicated to the event.
But fans were stunned when executive producer of the franchise, Lee Cocker, revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that Mario and Sonic at Paris 2024 was never on the cards.
BBC Newsbeat's Peter Gillibrand sat down with Lee to find out why.
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Israel’s leading human rights organisation says conditions inside Israeli prisons holding Palestinian detainees amount to torture.
B’tselem’s report, entitled “Welcome to Hell”, contains testimony from 55 recently released Palestinian detainees, which points to a dramatic worsening of conditions inside prisons since the start of the Gaza war 10 months ago.
It also describes overcrowded, filthy cells, where some inmates are forced to sleep on the floor, sometimes without mattresses or blankets.
It is the latest in a series of reports, including one last week by the UN, which contain shocking allegations of abuse directed against Palestinian prisoners.
Since the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October, in which around 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the number of Palestinian detainees has doubled to around 10,000.
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Kamala Harris has picked Tim Walz as her running mate for the presidential election, US media has reported.
Walz, the Minnesota Governor and a former high school teacher, will become vice-president if Harris beats Donald Trump in November.
Harris interviewed several top contenders in Washington DC over the weekend and reportedly had not made up her mind until earlier today.
The announcement comes as Harris begins a tour of key battleground states, starting with a rally in Philadelphia later today where Harris will officially introduce Walz as her running mate.
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Stock markets in Europe remained unsettled on Tuesday despite a rebound in Japan which almost reversed record falls at the start of the week.
London's FTSE 100, along with stock markets in Paris and Frankfurt, opened higher but soon slid back.
Overnight, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index jumped by 10.23%, or 3,217 points in its biggest one day gain in points, after the previous day's plummet.
Focus has now shifted to US stock markets, which open in a few hours, after a couple of days of torrid trading.
The Nikkei's 12% slump at the start of the week weighed on global stock markets. Sharp share price drops in UK, Europe, and US followed.
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There has been more unrest in parts of the UK, with police coming under attack in cities such as Darlington and Plymouth.
Several vehicles and a pub were also damaged in Birmingham after false reports of a far-right march.
There has been violent disorder in towns and cities across the UK since last Tuesday, the day after three young girls were killed in Southport.
The riots began after false claims on social media said someone who had arrived in the UK illegally was to blame for the attack.
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Talks between protest leaders and the military are underway in Bangladesh, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country.
Huge crowds stormed Hasina's official residence in Dhaka on Monday, and there was looting and disorder in the capital, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
The country's army chief says an interim government and new elections will be announced - although there has not been much detail provided.
Student leaders have said that they will not accept a military-led government.
The protests began back in July with calls to abolish civil service job quotas, but spiralled into demands for Hasina to quit after 15 years in power.
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An interim government will be formed in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country, the army chief has said.
Hasina is reported to have flown to India as thousands of demonstrators advanced towards her official residence.
The student protests began in July with calls to abolish civil service job quotas, but spiralled into demands for their PM to quit after 15 years in power.
Nearly 300 people are estimated have died in the violence so far.
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A Russian opposition activist who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason said he thought he would die there.
Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is also a British citizen, has been vocal in his condemnation of Vladimir Putin and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday, he was part of the biggest ever Russian-American prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
Kara-Murza was taken to Germany where he saw his family for the first time in two-and-a-half years.
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Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon, as fears grow of a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. Israel has not commented.
His assassination came hours after Israel killed Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut.
Western officials fear that Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia and political movement based in Lebanon, could play a key role in any such retaliation, which in turn could spark a serious Israeli response.
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Iran has threatened “harsh punishment” for Israel, which it says was responsible for assassinating Hamas’s leader on Wednesday.
Israel has not commented directly on the strike which killed Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran early on Wednesday.
However, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had delivered “crushing blows” to its enemies in recent days, including the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon hours before the Tehran strike.
He warned Israelis that “challenging days lie ahead”, as fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East grow.
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Vice-President Kamala Harris interviewed potential contenders to be her running mate on Sunday, ahead of a battleground tour next week.
Among those who travelled to Washington, DC, to meet Harris were Governor Josh Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly and Governor Tim Walz.
A decision is required before the Democratic National Convention, which starts on 19 August in Chicago.
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Major Wall Street indexes have tumbled as fears of a US economic recession grow.
The drop comes amid a global market selloff, including in Europe and Asia.
Weaker-than-expected economic data from the US, including a jobs report on Friday, has fuelled speculation that the world's largest economy is slowing.
Elsewhere, Japan's market plummeted to its biggest fall by points in history and in London, the FTSE 100 index fell by 2.8%.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has held an emergency meeting with ministers and police officials following a weekend of "violence" in the UK.
Protests and unrest in cities and towns across England and Northern Ireland broke out following the deaths of three young girls in Southport last Monday.
Earlier, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she supports peaceful protesters who want to raise their views - but says that was a "world away" from the kind of "violence and thuggery" seen at the weekend.
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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country as anti-government protesters storm her official residence in the capital of Dhaka.
Student leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that the nation's long-serving leader step aside
On Sunday, at least 90 people were killed and hundreds more injured in clashes between police and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters
The UN has called for an end to the "shocking violence" and urged restraint from Bangladeshi politicians and security forces.
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At least 90 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in clashes between police and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bangladesh on Sunday.
The unrest comes as student leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that the nation's long-serving leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step aside.
The death toll includes at least 13 police officers, and an indefinite nationwide curfew has been put in place to curb further violence.
The student protest - which has been ongoing since July - started with calls to abolish quotas in civil service jobs, but has since transformed into a much wider anti-government movement.
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Climate change and extreme weather don't just affect our physical lives, there's growing evidence they impact our mental health too.
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Iceland is one of the most volcanic places on earth.
The Krafla volcano has erupted 30 times in the past 1,000 years, and upended local residents.
Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock to learn more about how volcanoes behave.They hope it could allow them to better predict eruptions, and consequently save more lives.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The US has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon on “any ticket available”, as fears grow that war in the Middle East may spread.
The UK, Sweden, France, Canada and Jordan have issued a similar warning. Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at the town of Beit Hillel in northern Israel at around 00:25 local time on Sunday (21:25 GMT Saturday) .
Footage posted on social media showed Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepting the rockets. There have been no reports of casualties. Israel’s air force responded by striking targets in southern Lebanon.
Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.
Israel is yet to comment on his death.
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If you walk through the streets of Shanghai, its café culture is unmissable.
There are some areas where you won’t be able to turn without passing yet another new café.
China’s financial capital now has so many coffee shops that the government has claimed it has the most in the world.
However, with so many new establishments, the competition for customers has become fierce.
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The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said.
Tensions remain high in the region over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and Fuad Shukr, a key commander of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The Hamas leader was killed in Tehran on Wednesday. Iran and its proxy in Gaza blamed the attack on Israel, which has not commented.
Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei has vowed "harsh punishment" against Israel after the assassination of Haniyeh.
Missile defence forces were placed on a state of increased readiness to deploy, the Pentagon said, adding that its commitment to defend Israel was "ironclad".
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has passed the threshold to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in a vote of party delegates.
Speaking by telephone, Ms Harris said she was "honoured to be the presumptive nominee" as the virtual roll call continues ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago later this month.
Ms Harris is the first black woman and first South Asian woman to become the White House standard-bearer for a major US political party.
She is expected to name her running mate by Monday.
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Millions of residents in northern Nigeria have been placed under 24-hour curfews amid nationwide protests against the high cost of living.
Governments in the states of Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina have ordered locals not to leave their homes - and therefore not attend protests - on Friday.
There is a heavy security presence around the country with nine more "days of rage" scheduled by the movement's organisers.
The nationwide demonstrations were organised via social media using the hashtag #EndBadGovernance and according to rights group Amnesty International, 13 protesters across Nigeria were killed by security forces on the first day of the protests.
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A black female soldier who fronted British Army recruitment campaigns has spoken for the first time about how years of racist abuse and bullying made her life whilst serving “a living hell”.
Kerry-Ann Knight, 33, took her case to a UK employment tribunal and accepted a substantial settlement from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) last month.
She says when her complaints weren’t taken seriously she began secretly recording conversations - including one where laughter could be heard after a white male soldier said “just [expletive] tar and feather her, it’s what they used to do in the old days”.
Mrs Knight and the MoD settled before a final judgement was made, after the Army agreed to making a public apology.
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Donald Trump returning to the White House would be “a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity” for North Korea, according to Ri Il Kyu - one of the highest-ranking defectors.
Mr Ri escaped North Korea in 2016 and has since been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions.
He says that North Korea still views Mr Trump as someone it can negotiate with over its nuclear weapons programme, despite talks between him and Kim Jong Un breaking down in 2019.
In his first interview with an international broadcaster, Mr Ri provides a rare understanding of what one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states is hoping to achieve.
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Italy's Angela Carini abandoned her Olympic bout against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif inside 46 seconds, saying: "I had to preserve my life."
Khelif is one of two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing in Paris, having been disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the two boxers are "real people" who have been competing "for many years".
He added that "this is not a transgender issue".
Khelif will face Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori in the 66kg quarter-finals on Saturday, where another win would guarantee her an Olympic medal.
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The burial ceremony for Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh - who was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday - is under way in Qatar.
Funeral prayers for Haniyeh will take place at the Imam Muhammed bin Abdul Wahhab mosque - the largest in Qatar - before he is buried at a cemetery in Lusail, a city north of Doha.
Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Iran’s capital. Iran and its allies have blamed Israel, though Israel has not claimed responsibility for his death.
US President Joe Biden has said that the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh “doesn’t help” talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza.
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World leaders have called on Venezuela to release the full details of the election, after the country's opposition published voting tallies showing its candidate, Edmundo González, won by a wide margin.
Last Sunday, the electoral council, which is government-controlled, announced President Maduro had won the election for a third term.
But this was immediately disputed by the opposition who said, with access to the majority of receipts from electronic voting machines around the country, it was false.
President Maduro has previously accused foreign governments of interfering in the election, and has strongly denied electoral fraud.
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Rory Golden was on the Oceangate expedition when contact with the sub and its five passengers was lost on a dive to the Titanic in June 2023.
Those who perished were British explorer Hamish Harding, the British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, Stockton Rush, the CEO of Oceangate, and French diver Paul Henri - or PH - Nargeolet.
Rory Golden was a close friend of PH - a veteran deep sea explorer.
He is now on the first expedition to the Titanic since the tragedy - an expedition that PH Nargeolet was supposed to be leading.
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The United States and Russia have completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place.
The prisoner exchange followed years of secretive back-channel negotiations. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined the families of Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and Evan Gershkovich at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington to welcome them back to U.S. soil.
As part of the deal, Russian security service hitman Vadim Krasikov has been freed by Germany. There has been days of speculation about a major swap between Russia and Western countries, which was heightened after several prisoners were moved from their prison cells in Russian jails to unknown locations.
US journalist Evan Gershkovich had been sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after being convicted on espionage charges.
Paul Whelan, 54, was given a 16-year jail sentence in 2020 after being arrested in Moscow on suspicion of spying in 2018.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg.
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The US has confirmed at least 24 people were involved in a prisoner exchange between Russia and some Western countries including the US and Germany.
Among the prisoners released are the US citizens Evan Gershkovich - a Wall Street Journal reporter - and former US Marine Paul Whelan.
As part of the deal, Russian security service hitman Vadim Krasikov has been freed by Germany.
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There's been success in years gone by with table top games of an 'adult' nature - but it's rare to see them come through in video games.
But Jackbox, the popular online party-game, has now launched its 'naughty pack' which will be adults-only - after feedback from its fans.
BBC Newsbeat have sat down with comedian and Jackbox's Naughty Pack creative director Brooke Breit, formerly of the Second City improv troupe, to discuss why fans wanted this 'naughty' addition to what some have long considered to be a 'family friendly' game.
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US President Joe Biden has confirmed four prisoners are "finally coming home" from Russia as part of the biggest swap since the Cold War.
Biden said the 16 prisoners released from Russia include four Americans, five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners.
He added that the released prisoners will soon be "wheels up" and returning to the US, describing the deal as a "feat of diplomacy and friendship".
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Nationwide protests are taking place in Nigeria, as the country experiences its worst economic crisis in a generation.
Annual inflation is at its highest in almost three decades, with food prices having risen even faster.
The planned protests have commanded the Nigerian government’s attention.
President Bola Tinubu made an appeal through Information Minister Mohammed Idris Malagi, asking organisers to shelve the plan and urging them to be patient.
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Three US citizens imprisoned in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, are expected to be released on Thursday under a prisoner exchange deal.
Gershkovich, US Marine veteran Paul Whelan, and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva will be released under the deal agreed by the Biden administration, a senior US official confirmed.
In total, the exchange will involve 24 prisoners held in Russia, the US, Germany and three other Western countries. The swap has not occurred yet but is expected later today.
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Israel's military says it has confirmed that Hamas's military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike in the Gaza Strip last month.
Deif was targeted in the strike on a compound in the Khan Younis area on 13 July. Hamas is yet to confirm his death.
Israel says Deif was one of the figures responsible for planning the 7 October attacks in southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage.
Israel's announcement comes after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismael Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran, and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
A statement from the Israeli military said that "following an intelligence assessment, it can be confirmed that Mohammed Deif was eliminated" in the 13 July strike.
Gaza’s Hamas-run health authorities said at the time that the air strike had killed more than 90 people, but denied that Deif was among the dead.
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A man has faced court accused of starting a California wildfire that has burned through more than 370,000 acres of land, destroyed scores of buildings and forced thousands from their homes.
Ronnie Stout, 42, appeared in court on Monday afternoon charged with arson, for allegedly igniting the Park Fire by pushing a burning car into a ravine.
The fire is now the 5th largest recorded in the state, burning in four counties about 100 miles north of Sacramento, has torn through an area slightly larger than the city of Los Angeles.
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Fresh protests have broken out in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, after the disputed result of the country's presidential election.
Thousands gathered in the city centre to show their opposition to President Nicolás Maduro's claim of victory.
Many said they would not stop until there was a new government, and some said this would only be achieved if the security forces joined opposition protesters.
However the military and police have so far remained loyal to Mr Maduro and have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at some protesters.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that challenging days lie ahead - but that the country was prepared for any scenario in a televised speech today.
Netanyahu said Israel had delivered crushing blows to Iran's proxies over the past few days, including Hamas and Hezbollah.
"We are prepared for any scenario and we will stand united and determined against any threat. Israel will exact a heavy price for any aggression against us from any arena,” he said.
But Netanyahu did not mention the killing of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who died in an overnight air strike in Iran.
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Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who died in an overnight air strike in Tehran, according to Iranian media.
Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the strike - Israel hasn’t commented but has previously vowed to eliminate the group’s leaders.
The killing, which came just hours after an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, has heightened fears of wider conflict in the Middle East.
It could also delay efforts to bring a ceasefire in Gaza, as Haniyeh was a key player in negotiations.
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Dozens of volunteers have repaired the damage caused during a riot in Southport on Tuesday night.
At least 39 police officers were injured in the UK town, with 27 taken to hospital, and a police vehicle was set on fire.
According to local residents, rioters attacked a mosque and smashed walls to use bricks as missiles.
Earlier, hundreds of people had gathered for a vigil to honour the victims of Monday's knife attack at a dance school in which three young girls were killed.
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Hamas has said its leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed while staying in Tehran, Iran.
He was killed in an air strike at about 2:00 local time, according to reports.
The group blames Israel for the attack - Israel has yet to respond but has previously vowed to eliminate Hamas's leaders.
Haniyeh's death came hours after Israel said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Israel has carried out an airstrike on Beirut which it says targeted and killed the most senior military commander of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Israel Defence Forces named their target as Fuad Shukr who they said he is also known as Hajj Mohsin and said he was the senior military advisor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, describing him as his “right-hand man.”
The IDF said he was behind a recent rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children and young people. Hezbollah has denied involvement in that attack.
There have been warnings that Israel and Lebanon may be on the brink of war and a major escalation of the conflict that began with the October 7th attacks in Israel and its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Quentin Sommerville and Paul Adams..
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Simone Biles inspired the United States to victory in the women's team gymnastics event as the first leg of a "redemption tour" began with a fifth Olympic gold.
For the world's most decorated gymnast, it is the first Olympic gold since Rio 2016 after she pulled out of several events in Tokyo three years ago with the 'twisties' - a disorientating mental block.
Simone Biles now has eight Olympic medals, including five gold, surpassing the legendary Shannon Miller to become the most decorated US Olympic gymnast in history.
Biles, along with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera, are the fourth American team to win an Olympic gold medal.
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At least one explosion has hit a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, which is a base for the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Israel's army said it has carried out a strike, which it said targeted the Hezbollah commander responsible for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.
Israel blamed Hezbollah for that strike - the group has denied involvement - and an Israeli reaction had been expected following the incident over the weekend.
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There have been protests across Venezuela following the announcement on Monday of the disputed result of the presidential election.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) - which is dominated by government allies - declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
The CNE's announcement has been widely decried as fraudulent both inside and outside Venezuela with the Carter Center demanding the CNE publish the detailed voting tallies.
The opposition said the tallies it has had access to - which it has made public - show that its candidate, Edmundo González, is the clear winner.
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A third child has died after a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in north west England.
The girl, aged 9, died in the early hours of Tuesday morning.Two other girls aged 6 and 7 died on Monday.
Five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition.
Singer Taylor Swift has said the knife attack at a dance workshop themed around her music has left her "completely in shock".
A 17-year-old boy, from Banks in Lancashire, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
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Israeli far-right protesters have broken into an army base in a show of support for soldiers accused of severely mistreating a Palestinian prisoner there.
Israeli media reports suggested the Palestinian has been sexually assaulted by the reservists.
Large crowds gathered outside the Sde Teiman compound after Israeli military police entered it to detain the reservists, who are now subject to an official investigation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement and strongly condemned the incident and called for “an immediate calming of passions”.
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People in Caracas have been banging pots and pans from their homes and on the streets in protest against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's claim of victory in the country's disputed election.
Crowds of people have been making their way, by foot, to Miraflores – the presidential palace – in protest.
The opposition has disputed Mr Maduro's declaration of victory as fraudulent, saying its candidate Edmundo González won convincingly with 70% of the vote.
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A deadly rocket attack that killed 12 children and teenagers has heightened fears of open war between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah.
The attack - on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday evening - has devastated the Druze community. They are part of an Arabic-speaking ethnic and religious group based in Lebanon, Syria, the Golan Heights and northern Israel.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the strike. Western governments are urging Israel to show restraint in its response.
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Around 4.4 million children under the age of five in northern Nigeria are acutely malnourished, according to the United Nations' World Food Programme.
That’s more than double last years figures, the organisation says.
Families are grappling with high food inflation and security concerns, and many can no longer afford to feed their children.
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At least eight people have been stabbed in a 'major incident' in Southport, Merseyside.
The UK's North West Ambulance Service says it was called to a property, with reports of ‘multiple stabbings’, and paramedics have treated eight patients with stab injuries.
The victims have been taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Aintree University Hospital and Southport and Formby Hospital.
Armed police have detained a man and seized a knife.
Police have asked the public to avoid the area. Officials say there is no wider threat to the public.
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Transgender people in Russia have had their human rights systematically eroded, a UN independent expert has told the BBC.
One year after the country passed a law banning gender reassignment surgery, Graeme Reid said transgender Russians had been deprived of their “most basic rights to a legal identity and access to healthcare”.
BBC News Russian has spoken to two transgender people who said they had no choice but to flee their homeland.
If you, or someone you know has been affected by issues raised in this story, sources of support are available via the BBC Action Line.
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Israel's security cabinet has authorised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister to decide when and how to retaliate for a deadly rocket attack Israel and the US say was carried out by the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah.
Ministers met in an emergency session following the strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday evening, which killed 12 children and teenagers from the Druze community.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility.
It was the deadliest cross-border incident in months of exchanges of fire between the two sides.
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President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results announced by the electoral council.
The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso - who is a close ally of Mr Maduro - said that with 80% of ballots counted, President Maduro had 51% of the vote, compared to 44% for his main rival.
The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement as fraudulent and promised to challenge the result.
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A group of scientists have developed a new technique to monitor the snow on the largest glacier in the Swiss Alps.
So, how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The International Olympic Committee has recognised the state of Palestine since 1995.
Three quarters of UN members also now recognise Palestine, but the US, UK and the host of this year’s Games, France, do not.
After more than nine-months of war in Gaza, the Palestinian athletes are one of the smallest teams competing in the Games in Paris.
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In Iceland, a huge carbon plant is sucking carbon dioxide from thin air and turning it into rock.
So, how does the technology work and will it help in the fight against climate change?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Hezbollah has denied any involvement in an air strike which killed 12 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Children were among the fatalities when a rocket hit a football pitch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams.
But Israel has blamed the Lebanese militant group for the attack, and now many fear an all-out war in the middle east.
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Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah will “pay a hefty price” after a rocket strike on a football pitch in a town in the occupied Golan Heights killed 11 children and young adults, according to the Israeli authorities. Israel said dozens more were injured in the blast.
The Israel Defense Forces said a rocket fired by the Lebanon-based militant group fell on the Druze town of Majdal Shams. Hezbollah has denied the claim.
Benjamin Netanyahu ended a visit to the US early and returned to Israel to deal with the crisis. Hard right members of his government are calling for war against Hezbollah. The attack has the potential to trigger an all-out conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, whose forces have regularly exchanged fire since the outbreak of war in Gaza.
Jane Hill presents BBC News reporting by Mark Lowen and Paul Adams.
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Israel's military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more than 100, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health.
The Israel Defense Forces (IFF) said on Telegram that a Hamas command and control centre was embedded inside the Khadija School.
The IDF added that Hamas used the compound as a hiding place to direct and plan attacks and store weapons.
Gaza’s health ministry said footage showed the victims were civilians and most of them were children.
The BBC verified a video that shows children among the injured.
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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has appeared in a US court after being 'tricked' by US federal agents into entering the US.
The 76-year-old is the leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, and is considered to be one of the world's biggest drug lords.
But how was he tricked into getting caught now, after evading top law enforcement agencies in the world for years?
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Kamala Harris is closing the gap on Donald Trump according to recent opinion polls showing them as "neck-and-neck".
Fresh surveys carried out by the Wall Street Journal show just a two-point gap in favour of Donald Trump - suggesting that the Democrats have gained ground since Joe Biden dropped out of the race last weekend.
But the polls show Donald Trump currently still has a number of key states on his side with around 100 days to go until American's head to the polls.
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Hours before the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, coordinated arson attacks on three lines of the high-speed TGV network on Friday caused chaos for travellers.
French rail company SNCF has warned that disruption from Friday's sabotage against the country's train network could last until the end of the weekend.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, SNCF said traffic "would improve" on affected lines on Saturday thanks to the work of thousands of rail workers.
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France’s high-speed rail network was thrown into chaos, hours before the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, by a series of coordinated arson attacks.
The saboteurs struck away from the capital at five apparently unguarded places. France's state-owned rail company SNCF says the saboteurs vandalised or targeted five signal boxes and electricity installations.
France's TGV high-speed train services ground to a halt on major lines and stranded passengers filled the main concourses at Gare Du Nord and Gare Montparnasse, two of the major rail hubs in Paris for travellers on the main lines running north and west of the capital.
The caretaker Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the repercussions for the rail network were massive and serious, and France's intelligence services and forces of order had been deployed to "find and punish those behind these criminal acts". It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks.
The sabotage took place despite a massive security operation to protect the Olympics. Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of police, soldiers and other guards deployed to maintain security on the big showpiece day launch the Olympic Games.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding and Gordon Corera.
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In the days after Kamala Harris announced her presidential bid, the Democrats raised more than $100 million.
Now, Donald Trump's team has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, challenging whether she can take over Joe Biden's campaign funds.
But, where does all this money come from and what is it used for?
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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas.
Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organisation with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is currently jailed in the US.
Arrested with Zambada on Thursday was Guzman's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, said the US justice department.
In February, Zambada was charged by US prosecutors with a conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, a drug more powerful than heroin that has been blamed for the US opioid crisis.
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A humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war.
Local officials warned that more than two million people are now at risk of starvation and the BBC has gained exclusive access to some of the worst affected areas in Tigray province.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris - who is expected to be the Democratic nominee for November's presidential election - has held what she called "frank and constructive" talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ms Harris said she made clear her "serious concerns" about casualties in Gaza, and told Mr Netanyahu how Israel defended itself mattered.
"It is time for this war to end," she said after their face-to-face talks at the White House.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China.
It comes after widespread flooding and landslides across Taiwan and the Philippines, which killed at least 21 people.
The Philippines says it is "racing against time" to contain an oil spill after a tanker carrying 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel capsized and sank off of the country's coast.
China activated its highest-tier disaster warning as the storm made its way to its shores, and Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting with the Communist Party's top leadership on flood control and disaster relief plans, state media reported.
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A series of fires have hit French high-speed rail lines, hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Rail company SNCF said it is a "massive attack aimed at paralysing the network" and France's transport minister condemned the "co-ordinated malicious acts".
Some 800,000 customers are affected with disruption expected all weekend, the rail firm said.
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Barack Obama has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of speculation over whether he would support her.
Former President Obama and ex-First Lady Michelle Obama said in a joint statement that they believe Ms Harris has the "vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands".
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Paris is set to host the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games, with athletes and dignitaries set to be carried down the River Seine on a flotilla.
But, with the eyes of the world watching, a mammoth security operation has been put in place, involving tens of thousands of police.
In the hours before the ceremony, French rail company SNCF has said its high-speed network has been targeted by "malicious acts" aimed at paralysing the system.
More than 300,000 spectators are expected in the heart of Paris for the event, which will see more than 10,000 athletes carried past some of the city’s most iconic landmarks, including Notre-Dame cathedral and the Eiffel Tower - before reaching the Trocadéro.
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An array of tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are under development or already in use in the defence sector.
For instance, BAE Systems, a global defence contracting company, has unveiled the industry’s first AI-powered learning system that aims to instruct military trainees to be “mission-ready” faster.
Blending human and machine intelligence, AI weaponisation in warfare, such as autonomous weapons, can improve military capabilities via rapid data processing and more accurate targeting.
However, researchers and critics caution against this appetite for the acceleration of AI in the defence industry, noting that several of these development companies operate without checks on transparency and accountability.
AI presenter Priya Lakhani joins this week’s AI Decoded to discuss the military use of AI-enabled weapons.
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UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has agreed a new security partnership with India designed to unlock investment in emerging technologies.
On a visit to the country, Mr Lammy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told the BBC that Britain would work with India to agree a free trade deal in the coming months.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, was the only journalist travelling with Mr Lammy and sent this report from New Delhi.
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In a rare televised address from the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden made his first public comments on why he dropped out of the presidential race.
The 81-year-old also endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to unite their fellow Democrats and the country.
Biden said he would level with the American people, and tell the truth, but did he answer the big question?
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Benjamin Netanyahu has told US lawmakers "our enemies are your enemies" in a landmark speech to US Congress.
The Israeli prime minister intended to rally support for the war against Hamas in Gaza, but was marked by pro-Palestinian protests inside and outside the Capitol.
The Israeli leader received a raucous reception from mostly Republican politicians as he delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, his fourth.
In contrast, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, and the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, criticised the address in a post on X.
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Rescue officials in Taiwan are searching for a cargo ship with nine crew members that has sunk off its southern coast.
The Tanzania-flagged freighter had been off the southern port city of Kaohsiung when Taiwan was struck by Typhoon Gaemi.
The storm has also brought relentless rain to the Philippines, where a tanker carrying close to 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel has capsized.
The typhoon, which made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday, has killed three people and injured hundreds more on the island, officials said.
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US President Joe Biden says he ended his re-election bid to unite his party and his country.
In a televised address from the Oval Office, Biden says it's time to "pass the torch to a new generation" adding that "personal ambition" cannot get in the way of "saving our democracy.”
Biden stepped aside as the Democratic candidate for November's election and endorsed his Vice-President Kamala Harris on Sunday, following weeks of pressure after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump.
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Ukraine is engaged in the bleak future of war, with both sides using remotely-operated drones to strike individual soldiers, army positions and other targets with deadly speed and precision.
With the frontline largely static and soldiers dug in, drones have become the new means of attack, with both Russian and Ukrainian forces seeking to gain an advantage using the new technology.
Russia has the advantage in numbers: six drones for every Ukrainian one, although Ukraine’s drone teams say they have the technological edge and are quicker at finding ways to counter-attack and jam Russian drones.
Jane Hill presents a BBC News at Ten special frontline report by Quentin Sommerville in Lyptsi in north-east Ukraine.
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters have descended on Washington for a "day of rage" over the war in Gaza.
The protests come before Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress in a bid to bolster support for his country.
Mr Netanyahu was invited by the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, whose Republican Party is trying to show unflinching support for Israel.
But more than 30 Democratic lawmakers said they will not attend, including influential former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast, bringing gusts of about 240kmh (150mph).
Gaemi, which has landed near the city of Hualien, is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years.
Taiwanese officials said two people had been killed and hundreds more injured.
The island's largest annual military drills have been cancelled, along with almost all domestic flights and more than 200 international flights, according to the transport ministry.
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Tesla has reported its lowest profit margin in five years.
The car maker has been forced to cut prices in recent months to compete with rivals.
"Overall, our focus remains on company-wide cost reduction," the company said on Tuesday in an update for investors.
Elon Musk, the company's CEO, said he would be shocked if his self-driving cars weren't ready to operate without human supervision on US roads by the end of next year.
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More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said.
Khan Younis has been the focus of a new Israeli military offensive, which it says is aimed at combating “efforts by Hamas to reassemble its forces there".
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued an evacuation order for eastern parts of Khan Younis on Monday.
It also reduced the size of the designated humanitarian zone which it claimed was being used by Hamas fighters to carry out "terrorist activity and rocket fire".
At least 80 Palestinians have been killed in the area since the Israeli operation began, according to figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.
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Kamala Harris has told her first election campaign rally that American voters face “a choice between freedom and chaos”. She was speaking in the critical swing state of Wisconsin.
It came as senior Democrats threw their support behind Kamala Harris to be their party's candidate in November’s presidential election, after Joe Biden withdrew from the race.
The most powerful Democrats in Congress, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, announced their support for Ms Harris shortly before the rally. Kamala Harris was launching her campaign with just 105 days to go before the election.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith.
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Vice-President Kamala Harris has addressed voters for the first time since she secured enough support to become the Democratic Party's nominee for US president.
She said Donald Trump "wants to take our country backward", speaking at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, in the critical swing state of Wisconsin.
Harris said she will spend the coming weeks uniting the Democratic Party “so we are ready to win in November”.
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An influx of international music tourists attending concerts and festivals in the UK led to more then £8bn being spent in 2023.
The total number of people attending live music events across the UK from abroad was 19.2 million - an increase of 33% on 2022 when the figure was 14.4 million.
But despite the growth in music tourism, independent events and grassroots music venues say they are still struggling.
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The World Health Organization is “extremely worried” about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater.
Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, head of the WHO’s team in the Palestinian territories, told reporters a risk assessment was being implemented and that health workers were providing protection advice to Gaza's 2.3 million population.
But, he added, it would be “very difficult” for people to follow it, given the breakdown of water and sanitation services.
Traces of polio - which is spread through faecal matter - were found in sewage samples collected from two sites in Gaza a month ago, indicating it may be circulating.
No associated paralytic cases have been recorded so far. But the Israeli military said on Sunday that it had begun vaccinating its soldiers.
The WHO and the UN children's agency (Unicef) believe a mass vaccination campaign may be needed in Gaza.
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Rescue teams have retrieved the bodies of more than 200 people killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, a local official has told the BBC.
The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a remote mountainous area of the Gofa zone.
The local authority said the search for survivors was "continuing vigorously" but that the "death toll could yet increase".
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In one single day, since Joe Biden announced he was stepping down as the Democrat’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris has raised over $150 million for her presidential campaign.
She has also gained the endorsements of a large number of Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and the Clintons.
But how realistic are her chances of winning against Donald Trump and how should the Democrats be shaping her campaign?
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The head of the US Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle has said she plans to resign following security lapses in the run up to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to step down following the assassination attempt of Donald Trump.
The demand came during and after a hearing on Monday that questioned Ms Cheatle about her agency's security preparations ahead of the 13 July rally in Pennsylvania.
The shooting left one person dead and three others, including Trump, wounded.
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Dozens of people have been killed in Kenya, as police cracked down on protests countrywide.
And with a new series of demonstrations about to begin, there are concerns over how security forces will respond.
Protests began with demonstrations against a finance bill that was going to raise new taxes.
And as protesters became more defiant, police switched to firing live rounds which resulted in the deaths of some protesters.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US this week under pressure to end the Gaza war, from both Israelis and the US administration.
Mr Netanyahu is set to meet Joe Biden and address a joint session of Congress, the only foreign leader to do so for a fourth time.
The trip offers him a platform for a reset with Washington after months of tensions over his hardline approach to the war.
But the visit is overshadowed by President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election, highlighting political uncertainties about Israel’s next partner in the White House.
The prime minister got a lot of unwelcome attention in Israel until the moment he boarded the plane.
A drumbeat of protests demanded that he stay home and focus on a ceasefire deal with Hamas to free Israeli hostages.
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Bangladesh's Prime Minister has blamed her political opponents for the deadly unrest in the country, adding she was "forced" to impose a curfew for public safety.
"I never wanted it," Sheikh Hasina said on Monday in a meeting with business leaders in the capital Dhaka. "We will lift the curfew whenever the situation gets better."
Her comments come a day after Bangladesh's top court scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs, which have sparked weeks of violent clashes across the country.
More than 150 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and the police and the rallies have escalated into calls for Ms Hasina to step down.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris made her first public appearance since President Joe Biden left the 2024 race on Sunday.
More leading Democrats are backing Harris as the party's new presidential nominee, as her campaign sees a surge in donations.
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says her support for Harris is "official, personal and political.”
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Republican members of Congress are focusing on the role of the Secret Service, as their frustration and anger grow over the agency's response to an attempt to assassinate presidential nominee Donald Trump.
During a House committee hearing US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle described the shooting was "the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades".
Ms Cheatle's agency is tasked with providing protection to the president and his family, former presidents, those in line to the White House and other political candidates.
Republicans, who control the House, have been unified in pushing for Ms Cheatle to step down - or be fired - after a 20-year-old gunman was able to shoot the former president in the ear at the 13 July rally.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris made her first public appearance since President Joe Biden left the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.
More leading Democrats are backing Harris as the party's new presidential nominee, as her campaign sees a surge in donations.
Some key Democrats haven't yet endorsed Harris after Biden dropped out, including former President Barack Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The fallout from Fridays’ global IT outage, caused by a faulty security update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike which caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world, is continuing to affect businesses.
Delta Airlines cancelled more than 600 flights that were due to take off today. The airline appears to have been worse affected than rivals.
CrowdStrike says "a significant number" of devices that were impacted by a global IT outage on Friday are now back online.
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A convicted South African murderer who shot dead dozens of black men during apartheid has told the BBC the police sanctioned his violence.
Louis van Schoor says others should share the blame for the killings he carried out as a security guard.
Over a three-year period in the 1980s under the country’s racist apartheid system - which imposed a strict hierarchy that privileged white South Africans - Van Schoor shot and killed at least 39 people.
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US President Joe Biden has said it's "in the best interest of my party and the country" for him to withdraw from the upcoming presidential race.
Biden has endorsed his Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate.
The announcement caps a tumultuous period in US politics, which began with his sometimes incoherent debate performance against Donald Trump on 27 June. Mr Biden says he will remain president until January.
The Americast and Newscast teams have come together to talk about what's happened and what it could all mean for the US election.
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A number of students in Bangladesh have vowed to continue protesting, despite the Supreme Court's decision to change the controversial government job quotas which sparked last week's protests across the country.
The court ruled just 5% of the roles can be reserved for veterans' relatives. However, protestors are calling for the court order to be implemented before more protests are called off.
A third of public sector jobs had been reserved for the relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed a nationwide curfew and communication blackout has been imposed.
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Joe Biden has become the first president in almost 60 years to abandon a campaign for re-election.
The president announced the news on social media and stated that he would be supporting the vice-president Kamala Harris in the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee. Ms Harris said “my intention is to earn and win this nomination”.
Mr Biden has long faced questions about his ability to serve a second term as president. A disastrous stumbling TV debate with the Republican candidate Donald Trump brought the criticism to a head and had led to pressure from senior Democrats for Mr Biden to withdraw from the race.
Following Mr Biden’s announcement, former President Barack Obama called him “one of America’s most consequential presidents”. Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, also praised Joe Biden and his decision to step aside.
Donald Trump said Mr Biden “was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve”. Some senior Republicans in Congress called on Mr Biden to resign immediately as President rather than serving the remainder of his term of office.
Sumi Somaskanda presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Nada Tawfik.
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US President Joe Biden has announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying "it is in the best interest of my party and the country."
It follows weeks of intense pressure from fellow Democrats after a faltering debate performance against Republican Donald Trump at the end of June.
President Biden said in his statement he would address the nation on the matter next week and and gave his endorsement to his Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she should be the Democratic party's presidential nominee.
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US President Joe Biden has announced he is withdrawing from the race to be the next president, following mounting pressure from Democrats.
Mr Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the current vice-president, as the Democratic nominee for the US 2024 presidential race.
"Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this," he wrote on X.
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US President Joe Biden ends re-election campaign, saying "it is in the best interest of my party and the country.”
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Thousands of people in Majorca are protesting against the surge in tourism that is being blamed for plummeting living standards among the local population.
Activists say spiralling housing costs on the Spanish Island are being driven by a huge number of properties being bought by foreigners.
This year, the anger among many locals is reaching a new level - notably demonstrated in Barcelona recently when visitors were drenched with water pistols.
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Bangladesh's top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people.
A third of public sector jobs had been reserved for the relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
But after widespread protests, the court has ruled just 5% of the roles can be reserved for veterans' relatives.
A nationwide curfew remains in place, as sporadic clashes are reported to have continued in some areas.
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Israel has carried out air strikes on the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen, a day after a drone launched by the group hit Tel Aviv.
According to Houthi-linked news outlets, three people have died, and more than 80 injured in Saturday’s strikes.
On Sunday morning, the Israeli military said it had shot down a missile fired from Yemen before it crossed into Israel's air space.
It comes after a man died in a drone attack in Tel Aviv on Friday – which the Houthis claimed responsibility for.
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Donald Trump has held his first rally since an attempt was made on his life – and the first with his new running mate JD Vance.
The Republican presidential nominee told the thousands of attendees in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy”, and to huge applause, said he was ready to "take back the White House".
An investigation is under way into the shooting last weekend, which left Trump with a wounded ear - though the prominent white bandage he wore throughout the Republican National Convention had on Saturday been replaced by a discreet flesh-toned plaster.
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The Olympic and Paralympic Games are returning to Paris this summer, with mountain biking to take place at Elancourt Hill - the highest point in the Paris region.
But despite mountain biking being a an Olympic sport since 1996, mountain biking hasn't featured in the Paralympics - partially due to lack of suitable bikes.
Many traditional handcycles are built to be ridden on the road, but one company believes they have developed a solution.
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Around 11% of the Earth's land mass is covered by permafrost. But its delicate balance is being threatened by climate change.
Video made in partnership with @bbcideasand @royalsociety.
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Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed a nationwide curfew, as protests and rioting have continued.
At least 67 people have now died in violence, which was sparked by students calling for the government to axe a rule reserving scores of public jobs for the families of veterans of the country's independence war in 1971.
The prime minister's office announced the curfew after an attack on the Narsingdi prison on Friday saw hundreds of inmates released.
Schools and universities across Bangladesh have also been shut until further notice.
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US President Joe Biden has said he is “looking forward” to getting back on the campaign trail next week, after testing positive for Covid-19.
But, despite his commitment to stick in the race ahead of the US election, more Democrats have called for him to step aside as the party nominee.
In recent weeks, Biden has been caught in a whirlwind of political pressure to step down, but in announcing his return to the campaign, he said “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win”.
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A massive tech failure that caused chaos around the world on Friday is continuing to cause disruption into the weekend.
Cyber-security firm CrowdStrike has apologised after an update to its antivirus software - which is designed to protect Microsoft Windows devices from malicious attacks – instead caused a global outage.
The outage caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays across the world, while banking, healthcare and payment systems were also affected.
But, while the software bug has been fixed, experts say the manual reboot of each affected Microsoft computer will take a huge amount of work – and may take some time.
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Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, 46, is spending millions trying to turn back time on his body.
His extreme and sometimes controversial regime of fitness, tracking and treatments has raised a lot of eyebrows after his story went viral last year.
BBC Click’s Lara Lewington has returned a year on to find out about the latest experiments he has been trialling.
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The boss of the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has said he is “deeply sorry” for the global IT chaos caused by a flawed software update to Microsoft’s Windows operating system which was provided by his company.
George Kurtz, the CEO of CrowdStrike, warned that it may take some time for the fix which has been implemented to work and for services to return to normal.
Millions of people around the world have been affected, after transport networks, businesses, healthcare services, TV networks and payroll systems were among those hit by the biggest global computer outage ever.
Computers failed to start-up after the flawed update and technology experts have said that every affected PC may need to be individually provided with a software fix.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Zoe Kleinman, Emma Vardy, Katy Austin and Hugh Pym.
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US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of spying by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security prison, after a secretive trial labelled a "sham" by his employer, his family and the White House.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter was arrested by security services in March 2023 while working as a reporter in the city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow.
Russia accuses him of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), accusations that Gershkovich, the WSJ and the US strongly deny.
He’s the first US journalist to be convicted for espionage in Russia since the Cold War ended more than 30 years ago.
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A major software outage has stopped computers working across the world in a number of sectors, causing severe disruption to healthcare, flights, trains, businesses and media organisations.
The outage was caused by a software update from CrowdStrike, a cyber security firm. A bug affected Microsoft Windows computers, knocking them offline around the world.
CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz says he is “deeply sorry” for the incident.
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Fast fashion generated almost two million tonnes of waste last year, with more than 90% of clothes going to landfill, according to the Earth Organisation.
The industry is looking to technology to help it reduce waste.
To find out more, the BBC's Tadgh Enright spoke to Hal Watts, the CEO of Unmade, a software company that allows buyers to order clothing items as they need them, on demand.
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Netflix said it added more than eight million subscribers in the three months to June, reeling in audiences for the new season of Bridgerton and new drama Baby Reindeer.
The gain was almost double what investors had predicted, proving the lasting power of the firm's tightened restrictions on password sharing.
But the streaming giant warned the impact of the crackdown on sharing passwords may run out in coming months, leading to slower growth in the months ahead.
It said it was looking into new areas, such as sports, live events and gaming to extend its lead.
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Five days after surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump has addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In a 90-minute speech, he described the moment he narrowly avoided being hit by an assassin's bullet, before being smothered by Secret Service agents.
"I'm not supposed to be here," he told the crowd, adding: "I had God on my side”.
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Donald Trump addressed the Republican convention in Milwaukee as he returned to the stage for the first time since an attempt on his life at a rally on Saturday.
The former president described feeling the bullet strike his ear and being smothered by Secret Service agents. Trump said he narrowly avoided being killed.
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Dana White, the UFC chief, introduced the former president after wrestling legend Hulk Hogan earlier ripped off his shirt and told Americans to embrace "Trumpamania.”
Trump has embraced White, one of his most outspoken supporters outside of politics, and the hugely popular combat sports franchise he manages, gracing several of its live events over the past year while grappling with court battles.
No stranger to controversy, White admitted last year to slapping his wife after a drunken altercation at a New Year's Eve party was caught on video.
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Joe Biden's campaign faced further pressure on Thursday amid reported concerns from Barack Obama about the presidential election, a darkening mood among Democrats and polls suggesting Donald Trump was pulling ahead.
Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, has also privately told him that he cannot beat Donald Trump in November's election, according to CNN.
Polling on Thursday by the BBC's US partner, CBS News, showed him five points behind Trump - the widest margin recorded this campaign.
But Mr Biden's campaign batted away reports of high-level Democratic concern as "baseless", insisting he would remain the nominee.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky has told the BBC that if Donald Trump becomes the next US President, dealing with the new team in the White House would be “hard work, but we are not afraid of hard work”.
In an exclusive interview, Mr Zelensky said that “nobody in the world” could push Ukraine into an unjust peace deal with Russia that meant the permanent loss of Ukrainian territory.
Mr Trump has previously suggested that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours. Mr Zelensky said that the “simple way” to do that would be to push Ukraine to "pay the price" of a peace deal by giving away land to Russia, but he said his country would never accept that.
Mr Zelensky was speaking at Blenheim Palace in the UK where he joined dozens of leaders and the UK’s new prime minister Keir Starmer, to discuss how they could help support Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Chris Mason.
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US President Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy for re-election after top Democrats - such as Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff - reportedly expressed concerns about his ability to win.
There are also reports from the Washington Post citing multiple associates that former President Barack Obama has told allies that Mr Biden's path to victory is greatly diminished, and that he needed to seriously consider his candidacy.
Mr Biden has repeatedly said he intends to stay in the race, despite the calls for him to step aside.
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On day three of the Republican National Convention, JD Vance gave his first major speech since being picked as the Republican vice-presidential candidate.
Speaking to the Republican convention in Milwaukee, he described himself as a "working-class boy" and said that Donald Trump's policies will help left-behind voters.
In the Democrat camp, President Joe Biden confirmed he had tested positive for Covid-19, whilst facing new questions over his candidacy in the November election - with his campaign events currently on pause.
On this week’s Americast, the BBC’s Sarah Smith and Anthony Zurcher discuss another huge day in American politics from Milwaukee.
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Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as president of the European Commission following a secret ballot among Members of the European Parliament.
She will now serve five more years in the top EU job after receiving 401 votes from MEPs in Strasbourg on Thursday.
Ms von der Leyen, of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), was first elected in 2019.
Speaking after the vote, she said that the most important thing for Europe was to defend its democracy "which is under attack from inside and from outside".
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is welcoming around 50 leaders from across Europe at the fourth European Political Community summit.
The prime minister says he wants to rebuild the UK's relationship with European allies during the meeting at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
Leaders will discuss shared challenges such as the war in Ukraine and illegal migration. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is also expected to attend
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President Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy in the November election - with his campaign events currently on pause due to a Covid-19 infection.
Announcing his Covid infection on Wednesday, Biden's press secretary said the 81-year-old was facing mild symptoms.
Before contacting Covid, Biden suggested only a serious medical condition and a suggestion from doctors to consider his health would make him pull out of the race.
Top two Democrats in the US Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are both reported to have met him individually to express concerns over his bid for the White House.
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Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick JD Vance has vowed to fight for working-class Americans that he argued had been “cast aside and forgotten” by the Democrats.
He argued in his address at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that Trump was the "last best hope” for Americans.
Trump and his running mate will challenge the Democratic White House ticket, currently Joe Biden and his Vice-President, Kamala Harris, in November’s election.
Day three of the RNC came after the White House announced that Mr Biden had tested positive for Covid.
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Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai Trump, 17, spoke at the Republican convention, telling personal stories about her grandfather.
Kai is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr, and his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump.
Her appearance is another example of how the campaign is pushing the 'Trump the family man' message.
Donald Trump Jr spoke about the vice-presidential nominee JD Vance and the recent assassination attempt on the former president.
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Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.
Biden was expected to speak at the UnidosUS conference in Las Vegas, but this speaking engagement was canceled.
The US president addressed the NAACP convention, also in Las Vegas, on June 16.
Biden previously had Covid in July 2022.
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The US Secret Service is at the center of scrutiny after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The rally's security failure has led to calls for the director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, to resign.
The violent incident was the first time a current or former US president has been wounded in an attempted assassination since Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Cheatle has said she would not resign from her role.
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Prominent Democrat Adam Schiff - a California congressman running to be the state's next senator - has called on President Joe Biden to "pass the torch" and allow another Democrat to challenge Donald Trump in November.
Mr Schiff said that Mr Biden “has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history", and he could "secure his legacy of leadership" by allowing Democrats to support another candidate.
Mr Biden has repeatedly said he intends to stay in the race, despite the calls for him to step aside.
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Nearly 200 Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war have been exchanged, following a mediation by the United Arab Emirates.
Each country swapped 95 prisoners, according to Russia’s Defence Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The swap was the third of its kind in recent months.
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One by one, Donald Trump’s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination took the stage to sing his praises at the party's convention on Tuesday night.
From his box just above the convention floor, Trump smiled at times as he watched his former opponents Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy voice their full support for his candidacy.
If there were any doubts that this was Trump’s party, Tuesday’s programming put them to rest.
“I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,” said Ms Haley, the former UN Ambassador who posed the strongest challenge to Trump earlier this year.
Sarah and Anthony are at the Republican convention, chatting to delegates and catching up with each other about what's been happening in Milwaukee.
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There are about 10 million internally displaced people in Sudan, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
The United Nations has called the situation one of the world's "largest displacement crises".
In April last year, Sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a vicious struggle for power.
The war has since claimed more than 15,000 lives and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
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As the conflict in Gaza continues, there are growing fears that another war may erupt in the Middle East - with devastating consequences for the region and beyond.
Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have been trading fire for the past nine months.
If this conflict escalates to all-out war, it could draw in Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen.
The United Nations has warned of a possible “catastrophe beyond imagination”.
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King Charles III has delivered the King's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, in London.
In a speech written by the newly-elected Labour government, the King announced draft laws including plans on nationalising the railways, renewable energy, housing and planning.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the plans will "take the brakes off Britain”.
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Former US President Donald Trump’s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination have endorsed him at the party's convention.
Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy voiced their full support for his candidacy on Tuesday night as Trump watched on.
“I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,” said Ms Haley, the former UN Ambassador.
Tuesday marked Trump's second public appearance since the shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania on the weekend.
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US Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty on 16 counts tied to a scheme where he accepted bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments.
A jury convicted Menendez of all charges after more than 12 hours of deliberation over three days. The trial lasted nine weeks.
Menendez - formerly the head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee - now faces the prospect of decades in prison.
Democratic lawmakers have called on him to step down from Congress in light of his conviction.
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Donald Trump has announced that Ohio senator JD Vance will be his running mate in the upcoming election.
This means that if Trump returns to the White House, Vance will be his vice-president.
But who is JD Vance, and what does the big announcement mean for the presidential election?
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President Paul Kagame is on course to extend his 24-year rule in Rwanda by another five years in a landslide victory.
With 79% of ballots counted, Kagame has secured 99.15% of the vote, according to partial results from the electoral commission.
The 66-year-old again faced no meaningful opposition, with leading figures banned. His two opponents shared less than 1% of the vote.
“These are not just numbers. They show the trust, and that is what is most important," Kagame said.
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Several people have been killed after a car bomb exploded outside a cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The bomb went off at 22:28 local time on Sunday while people were watching the Euro 2024 football final between Spain and England.
Al-Shabab have claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to witnesses, many customers escaped by clambering up ladders and jumping over walls.
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Earlier this week, shots were fired at Donald Trump, but how did the gunman get so close to the former US President?
Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department for Homeland Security has given his thoughts on the inside, along with an inside track on presidential security at the highest levels.
Also, as the Republican Convention gets underway in Milwaukee, Justin and Miles discuss Trump’s call for America to “UNITE”, and, what it means for Joe Biden and the Democrats.
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England manager Gareth Southgate has resigned following a second consecutive European Championship final defeat.
England lost 2-1 to Spain in Berlin on Sunday, after previously being beaten by Italy on penalties three years ago.
The 53-year-old, who managed England for 102 games over eight years, announced his resignation, stating it was "the honour of my life" to lead the team.
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Former US President Donald Trump has been seen for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a rally in Pennsylvania at the weekend.
He was in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, and entered the hall to wild applause with a heavily bandaged ear.
The leading Republican candidate was announced as the party's official nominee.
JD Vance was picked to be his running mate.
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BBC Verify has analysed video which shows the police were warned of the threat to Donald Trump almost two minutes before Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on him from the roof of a building at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Mr Trump narrowly survived the assassination attempt, after the gunman accessed a roof around 130 meters from the podium where the former president and Republican candidate was speaking.
It’s the job of the US Secret Service to protect sitting and former presidents. Somehow the gunman managed to breach the security perimeter with a rifle and reach an elevated position close to Mr Trump.
Video of the attack and the accounts of eyewitnesses appear to show that members of the crowd became aware of the threat before the police and other security officials alerted them to the danger.
When the gunman opened fire security and Secret Service officials at the rally reacted to the threat and responded, with Thomas Crooks shot dead by snipers.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Ros Atkins and Frank Gardner.
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Donald Trump is in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, two days after he survived an assassination attempt.
Trump swept a majority of votes from national convention delegates and named JD Vance, the senator of Ohio, to be his running mate and vice-president if he returns to the White House.
After receiving the votes of enough delegates to clinch the nomination, the former president will lead the GOP in a third consecutive election.
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Donald Trump has named Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice-presidential nominee.
Mr Vance, 39, is a Yale-educated venture capitalist and author of the bestselling memoir-turned-film Hillbilly Elegy.
Once an avowed "never-Trumper", he won a seat in the US Senate in the 2022 midterm elections with the former president's endorsement.
Trump said on Truth Social on Monday that after "lengthy deliberation and thought", Mr Vance was "the person best suited" to be his running mate.
He said he had considered the "tremendous talents of many others".
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Search teams looking for Jay Slater in Tenerife have found a body near the last known location of the missing British teenager's mobile phone.
The Guardia Civil said its officers and a mountain rescue unit found the body of a young man in the Masca area "after 29 days of non-stop searching".
The 19-year-old was last seen on 17 June, after visiting an Airbnb rented by two people he had been with at a music festival on the island.
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Former Brazilian model, wellness influencer and spiritual life coach Kat Torres was an inspiration and a lifeline to women all over the world.
More than a million people on Instagram followed her extraordinary career trajectory from extreme poverty in Brazil to a European modelling career and a life of luxury in the US.
But behind the perfectly curated posts is a story of sexual exploitation and human trafficking that led to missing women and sent their families and the FBI on a desperate search to find them.
After months of investigations, a team from BBC Eye and BBC News Brasil uncovers a wellness empire built on half-truths and lies.
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Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
A spectator was killed in the attack, while two other people were seriously injured.
The gunman, named as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by the Secret Service, though his motive remains unknown.
BBC Verify has pieced together videos, eye-witness testimony and satellite imagery from the rally to answer the question of how the attack happened.
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Spain has won Euro 2024 after defeating England 2-1 in Berlin to become the first country to win the Euros four times.
Spain won all seven of their games during the tournament held in Germany before lifting the trophy, with goals in the final from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal securing the win.
England aimed to end 58 years of 'hurt' with their first major men's tournament win since 1966, but instead left fans and players heartbroken with a second successive European Championship final loss.
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Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Republican National Convention, which is going ahead as planned after an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Trump will be formally confirmed as his party's candidate for the presidential election in November.
The former president said he will give a "whole different speech" on Thursday, in a change from the "humdinger" he had planned.
The man who tried to kill Trump - Thomas Crooks, 20 - was shot and killed by the Secret Service but his motive remains unknown.
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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania exposed a series of security lapses that allowed the gunman to mount his assassination attempt.
The gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to access a roof around 130 meters from the podium where Mr Trump was speaking.
It’s the job of the US Secret Service to protect sitting and former presidents. Somehow the gunman managed to breach the security perimeter with a rifle and reach an elevated position close to Mr Trump.
Video of the attack and the accounts of eyewitnesses suggest that members of the crowd became aware of the threat before the police and other security officials and attempted to alert them to the danger It was only when the gunman opened fire that officials recognised the danger and responded, with Thomas Crooks shot dead by armed officers.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue, Tom Bateman and Sarah Smith.
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Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay has sat down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
This week, Katty visits Boston to meet Aly Raisman, a two-time Olympic gymnast for Team USA.
The pair discuss Raisman’s historic career, life after gymnastics, and her work as an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse.
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Donald Trump has returned to his home in New Jersey after he was injured in what the FBI are treating as an attempted assassination at a rally on Saturday.
Trump says he was shot in the ear, describing a "bullet ripping through skin".
The FBI has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks - he was shot and killed by the Secret Service.
At a news conference, an FBI agent said it was "surprising" the attacker was able to open fire.
Justin, Sarah and Marianna get together on Sunday morning to talk through what we know about the incident.
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The man who is suspected of attempting to kill former US President Donald Trump has been named.
The FBI has identified the gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks - he was shot and killed by the Secret Service.
Trump was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, said he was shot in the ear.
The FBI said they are treating the incident as an assassination attempt.
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Former US President Donald Trump was rushed off stage after gunshots erupted at a rally in Pennsylvania in an apparent assassination attempt.
The suspect was shot dead at the scene by US Secret Service agents, the service's spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said. He added that one bystander was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured.
Law enforcement sources told the BBC's US partner CBS News that the male attacker had been armed with a rifle and had fired from an elevated structure a few hundred metres away outside the venue. They added that the attack was being treated as an assassination attempt.
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US President Joe Biden gave a brief statement after shots were fired at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, with the attacker killed and a spectator reported dead.
Federal agencies are involved in investigating the shooting, President Biden said.
Biden said he hoped to speak with Donald Trump later tonight, adding that he had been thoroughly briefed on what happened.
Trump said he was shot in the ear, describing “whizzing sound” and feeling a “bullet ripping through his skin."
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Donald Trump was rushed off stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after loud bangs were heard.
The former president is reportedly "fine" according to his campaign.
A male attacker has been killed.
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At least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
They said about 300 people have been injured, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa Salama.
In a news conference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "no certainty" that either of them had been killed.
The strike hit the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis, which the Israeli military has designated as a humanitarian zone.
Mr Netanyahu said he gave the order for the operation to go ahead after being briefed by his general security forces.
An Israeli military official claimed tha the strike took place in an "open area" where there were "no civilians".
Ben Brown presents BBC News reporting by Fergal Keane and Lucy Williamson.
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 71 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leaders.
More than 289 people were injured, according to the health ministry's statement.
Hamas says the strike hit the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis, which the Israeli military has designated as a humanitarian zone, urging Palestinians to seek shelter there.
An Israeli official said the strike targeted the head of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an "open area" where there were "only Hamas terrorists and no civilians".
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Alec Baldwin broke down in tears as a judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against him for a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust.
The trial collapsed three days into Baldwin's trial in Santa Fe, at a court just miles from where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot with a revolver that Mr Baldwin was using in rehearsals.
It is the second time the case against the actor has been dismissed since the October 2021 shooting. He will not be tried again.
His lawyers alleged police and prosecutors hid evidence - a batch of bullets - that could have been connected to the shooting.
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US President Joe Biden has attempted to put his re-election campaign back on track with a strong speech before a friendly audience at a rally in Detroit.
The Democrat has faced intense scrutiny after a series of high-profile gaffes in recent weeks.
But in a fiery rally, the 81-year-old told supporters that he can beat former President Donald Trump in November's election.
The crowd in Michigan chanted "don't you quit" and "four more years".
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A videogame set in a divided America starring a cast of diverse characters was always likely to ruffle feathers.
Dustborn is a comic-book inspired videogame that takes place in a dystopian USA run by an authoritarian force known as Justice.
Characters are at the heart of the game, and its main cast has drawn a fair amount of attention.
But both star Dominique Tipper and Red Thread Games's creative developer Ragnar Tørnquist told BBC Newsbeat it's time for games to better represent those starring in, playing and creating the games we play.
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A defiant President Biden has hit the campaign trail in the swing state of Michigan as he continues to try to save his bid for re-election and take on Donald Trump in November.
It came after another serious blow to his campaign, when he made two more blunders during a press conference at the NATO summit in Washington.
Pressure has been building for Mr Biden to step aside as Democratic candidate for November's election since a stumbling performance in a TV debate last month.
He insists he is fit to run and that the decision rests with voters rather than party leaders in Washington.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Michigan.
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Apple's high price, high spec Vision Pro headset went on sale in February in the United States.
After years of rumours during development, the company revealed the device in June 2023.
It is the first major new product to be released by the firm since the Apple Watch launched in 2015.
The BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman was one of the first people in the world to try out the headset.
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A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians will set sail for the Titanic on Friday to gather the most detailed photographic record ever made of the wreck.
The BBC has had exclusive access to expedition members here in the US city of Providence, Rhode Island, as they make preparations to leave port.
They'll be using state of the art technology to scan every nook and cranny of the famous liner to gain new insights into its sinking.
This will be the first commercial mission to Titanic since last year's OceanGate tragedy. Five men died while trying to visit the lost ship in a novel submersible.
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US President Joe Biden insists he will not end his re-election bid because he believes he is best placed to beat Donald Trump in November.
But at a high-stakes press conference at the Nato summit in Washington he told reporters his vice-president, Kamala Harris, was qualified to take over the top job if necessary.
US President Joe Biden mistakenly referred to Vice-President Harris as 'Trump' at the event.
Earlier, he misnamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as 'President Putin' while speaking to reporters about Nato’s support for Ukraine.
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On this week’s AI Decoded, technology presenter Priya Lakhani explored the integration of AI and data analytics into sports, particularly at Wimbledon, to enhance the fan experience and protect players from online abuse.
The All-England Lawn Tennis Club is using artificial intelligence (AI) for the first time to protect players at Wimbledon from online abuse, via an AI-powered threat matrix.
This innovation in social media monitoring can help identify and report abusive messages, with an emphasis on shielding athletes' mental health.
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Palestinians living abroad have accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning - cutting them off from crucial online services.
They say it has left them unable to access bank accounts and job offers - and stopped them using Skype, which Microsoft owns, to contact relatives in war-torn Gaza.
Microsoft says they violated its terms of service - a claim they dispute. The internet is frequently disrupted or switched off there because of the Israeli military campaign - and standard international calls are very expensive.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, which killed about 1,200 people.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 38,000 people have been killed in the war.
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China has fiercely rejected accusations from Nato - whose leaders are meeting in Washington - that it's helping maintain Russia's war in Ukraine.
Beijing has described Nato's behaviour as "unreasonable", and urged nations to reflect on the "root causes" of the war.
The Nato gathering has mostly focused on support for Ukraine - but China's role has also come under the spotlight.
The military alliance said Beijing had become Russia's "decisive enabler", with its "large-scale support for Russia’s defense industrial base".
On Thursday, Nato will hold talks with the leaders of several Asia-Pacific countries about China.
Nato Secretary General Stoltenberg will hold a media briefing later in the day.
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Nato members have pledged their support for an "irreversible path" to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid.
While a formal timeline for it to join the military alliance was not agreed at a summit in Washington DC, the military alliance's 32 members said they had "unwavering" support for Ukraine's war effort.
Nato has also announced further integration with Ukraine's military and members have committed €40bn ($43.3bn, £33.7bn) in aid in the next year, including F-16 fighter jets and air defence support.
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All civilians in Gaza City are being told to leave their homes and head south. The Israeli army has dropped thousands of leaflets telling more than a quarter of a million people that the area remains a dangerous combat zone.
The UN has said it is deeply concerned about the evacuation orders being given. It is the second time since the war began that Gaza City as a whole has been asked to evacuate.
Further south at least 29 Palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people.
Gaza’s Hams-run health ministry says the strike was next to the gates of a school east of the city of Khan Younis.
The Israeli military said it had used "precise munition" to target a "terrorist from Hamas' military wing" who had taken part in the 7 October attack on Israel. It said it was "looking into the reports that civilians were harmed" adjacent to the school.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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F-16 fighter jets are on their way to Ukraine to aid in Kyiv's defense against Russia, says the White House.
US President Joe Biden has pledged to provide Ukraine with five new strategic air defence systems to counter relentless Russian attacks, in a forceful speech welcoming Nato leaders to Washington DC.
In brief but strongly delivered remarks at the opening of the summit, the president declared the military alliance "more powerful than ever" as it faced a "pivotal moment" in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Mr Biden said the US would partner with Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Romania to donate Patriot missile batteries and other systems to aid Ukraine, amid growing civilian casualties in the conflict.
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Manchester United have been pushed further into the red after their worst-ever Premier League season.
The club lost £71m in the three months to the end of March compared to just £5m in the same three months last year.
Professor Kieran Maguire looks into what has happened at the club for its finances to have ended up in this position.
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The number of people killed in Ukraine during a deadly Russian strike on Monday has reached 43.
More bodies have been found buried under the rubble from a residential building that was impacted in the strikes.
The attack was globally condemned, with US President Joe Biden saying it was a "horrific reminder of Russia's brutality".
Mr Biden, who is hosting a Nato summit in Washington on Tuesday, also vowed to strengthen Kyiv's air defences.
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At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school in southern Gaza, hospital officials say.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said the strike had hit next to the gate of al-Awda school in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of the city of Khan Younis.
The Israeli military said it had used "precise munition" to target a "terrorist from Hamas' military wing" who, it said, had taken part in the 7 October attack on Israel.
It said it was "looking into the reports that civilians were harmed" adjacent to al-Awda school, which houses displaced people from the eastern villages of Khan Younis.
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Wildfires, storms, hurricanes and flooding have pushed up costs for the insurance industry.
In the UK, weather damage insurance claims were the worst on record last year, according to the Association of British Insurers.
This massive rise was largely fuelled by the succession of storms that struck the UK last autumn.
In the US, millions of homes in Texas are experiencing power outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
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The Spanish economy has been growing faster than most of its European neighbours recently - and that's in great part due to its tourism industry.
Tourism contributes around 13% of GDP growth to the country's economy thanks to a model based on sand, sea and sun.
This year, nearly 100 million foreign visitors are expected - a new record - and not everyone is happy about the influx of tourists.
Anti-tourism protests have been taking place across many parts of the count§y, including popular destinations Barcelona and Malaga.
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US President Joe Biden has welcomed Nato leaders to Washington DC - and the war in Ukraine has been top of the agenda.
Warning that "autocrats" had overturned global order", Mr Biden announced more military aid for Kyiv.
The US president and the leaders of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Romania are donating Patriot missile batteries and other systems to bolster Ukraine's beleaguered air defences.
In total, Nato plans to donate five strategic air defence systems and dozens of smaller, strategic anti-air batteries over the coming year, the White House said.
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Donald Trump will announce within days who he has chosen as his Republican running mate.
When the Republican party convention begins next Monday in Wisconsin, the wait will be over, Trump senior adviser Jason Miller said on Fox News.
Names getting a lot of buzz include Ohio senator JD Vance, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and Florida senator Marco Rubio.
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US President Joe Biden has been addressing the opening of a Nato summit in Washington DC as pressure grows on him to abandon his presidential re-election campaign.
A seventh Democratic member of Congress has called on him to quit as senior party members held meetings to discuss his candidacy.
Concerns have been growing since President Biden’s disastrous TV debate with the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
It comes as Mr Biden takes centre stage at the meeting of Nato leaders, with the war in Ukraine at the top of their agenda.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Europe's big new rocket, Ariane-6, has made its inaugural flight.
The vehicle will launch out of French Guiana on a demonstration mission to put a clutch of satellites in orbit.
Developed at a cost of €4bn (£3.4bn), Ariane-6 is intended to be a workhorse rocket that gives European governments and companies access to space independently from the rest of the world.
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A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media.
The charges brought against Yulia Navalnaya, who lives outside Russia, in absentia are to do with her alleged "participation in an extremist society", Tass news agency said.
The opposition leader - Russia's most significant for the past decade - died in an Arctic Circle jail of natural causes, according to Russian authorities.
Mr Navalny had been serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.
But his widow accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing him.
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US President Joe Biden has condemned a wave of Russian missile strikes that killed at least 38 people in Ukraine as a "horrific reminder of Russia's brutality", as he vowed to strengthen Kyiv's air defences.
At least 190 were injured across the country, including some at Ukraine's biggest children's hospital in the capital, Kyiv, on Monday.
Ukraine published photos on Tuesday of what it said were recovered fragments of a Russian cruise missile that hit the Ohmatdyt hospital.
Russia claimed the blast was caused by a misfiring Ukrainian air defence missile, but the UN said it was highly likely Moscow was behind the attack - a conclusion shared by analysts who spoke to BBC Verify.
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Justin Bieber has performed at an Indian billionaire pre-wedding party.
The Canadian pop star sang dozens of hits at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s sangeet ceremony in Mumbai.
Anant Ambani is the son of Mukesh Ambani - the richest man in Asia with a net worth of $124bn (£96.6bn), according to Forbes.
The pre-wedding celebrations started back in March, which saw Rihanna perform.
But the extravagance of the events has brought some criticism due to the poverty affecting tens of millions of people in the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and toured him around his Novo-Ogaryovo home outside Moscow ahead of official talks in the Kremlin on Tuesday.
Putin greeted Modi as his "dear friend" and said he was "very happy" to see him, according to Russian state media reported.
This is Modi's first foreign visit after he won a rare third term in office in this summer's elections.
The BBC’s India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukharji explains why trade will be top of the agenda during the summit.
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The White House has pushed back on questions about US President Joe Biden’s mental fitness.
Questions about the 81-year-old’s mental sharpness have intensified since a poor debate performance against Donald Trump last month.
Mr Biden took the highly unusual step of phoning in to a morning TV show, saying: "I am not going anywhere."
He dared doubters in the party to either challenge him or unite behind his candidacy.
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A day of mourning is being observed in Ukraine after one of the worst waves of Russian missile strikes in months, with at least 41 people killed and 166 injured.
The main children's hospital in the capital Kyiv was among buildings hit in cities across the country on Monday.
Russia denied targeting the Kyiv hospital, saying it had been hit by fragments of a Ukrainian air defence missile, while Ukraine said it had found remnants of a Russian cruise missile.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack "brutal" and described his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as a "bloody criminal".
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A children's hospital in Kyiv has been largely destroyed after Russia launched a wave of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine.
The Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital - Ukraine's biggest paediatrics facility - sustained major damage in the explosion.
Thirty-six people were killed and 140 people were injured in the airstrikes, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky's office. They said more than 40 missiles of different types had hit buildings and infrastructure in cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Russia has denied targeting the hospital, saying it was hit by a Ukrainian air defence missile. But Ukraine says it found fragments of a Russian cruise missile at the scene.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse, Steve Rosenberg and Jonathan Beale.
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The US is dealing with extreme weather, as Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, and California bakes in a heatwave.
Record temperatures have been recorded on the West Coast, and the soaring temperatures have led to wildfires.
At least two people have died after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, knocking out power for more than two million people while bringing heavy rain and fierce wind gusts.
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A children's hospital has been seriously damaged in Kyiv and at least 31 people have been killed across Ukraine during rare daytime Russian strikes.
Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital - Ukraine's biggest paediatrics facility - sustained major damage during the blast, and pictures from the scene showed young children - some with IV drips - sitting outside the hospital as it was evacuated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland, has vowed to retaliate.
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Moscow for a bilateral summit with President Vladimir Putin.
It’s Modi’s first visit since Russia’s war in Ukraine began more than two years ago.
The BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg said the visit gives Putin another opportunity to claim that attempts by the west to isolate Russia over the war in Ukraine have failed.
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A children's hospital has been seriously damaged in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv by Russian strikes, as 24 people were killed across the country in an early morning barrage.
At least 10 people were killed in Kyiv by the rare daytime attack, including two who died at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, which sustained major damage during the blast.
Vitaliy Klitschko, Kyiv's mayor, said the bombardment was "one of the the worst attacks" on the capital since the start of the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland where he is expected to sign a security pact, said Russia must face consequences for its attacks on civilians.
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Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the US found the company violated a deal meant to reform it after two fatal crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the plane-maker had also agreed to pay a criminal fine of $243.6m (£190m).
However, the families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal" that would allow Boeing to avoid full responsibility for the deaths.
The settlement must now be approved by a US judge.
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France is facing political deadlock after parliamentary elections dealt a blow to the far-right National Rally - but leave no party with a majority.
A coalition of left wing parties - have won most seats in the high stakes snap election.
The left-wing New Popular Front has won 182 seats in total, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally have 143 MP’s, coming behind President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble Alliance, which has 168 seats.
RN leader Jordan Bardella blamed "unnatural political alliances" for stopping their rise to power.
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France’s left-wing political coalition, the New Popular Front, is celebrating after exit polls in the second round of parliamentary elections predicted it was on course for victory.
France's far-right National Rally had been widely expected to win the election after leading in the first round of voting.
The snap election was called by a weakened President Macron, in response to a surge in support for the far-right party led by Marine Le Pen. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who was appointed by President Macron only seven months ago, has said he is planning to resign.
France is now heading for a hung parliament with no party expected to achieve an overall majority. The biggest group in the left-wing alliance is led by the radical socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who may now become Prime Minister.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Katya Adler and Andrew Harding.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer started his tour of the UK nations in Scotland on Sunday.
He'll first meet Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and is then due to hold talks with Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, whose party had a disappointing election.
Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Sam White, Starmer's former chief of staff, believes the new PM took the "narrow path" to lead Labour to victory in the general election.
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Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay has sat down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
This week, Katty chats to Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee – who has held the Olympic record for women’s long jump and heptathlon for nearly 40 years.
They discuss Joyner-Kersee’s early beginnings, her rise to Olympic success, and what inspired her to return to her hometown and support her community.
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Keir Starmer has said that he is going to have to make tough decisions and "make them early" in his first news conference as UK prime minister.
He said that prisons are an obvious example of an issue that needs to be addressed, "where other parts of the system are broken".
On Saturday he chaired a cabinet meeting for the first time in Downing Street in which he said a "huge amount of work" was under way.
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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran’s new president, after beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili by nearly three million votes.
Speaking after the result was announced, he said he would extend his hand to all Iranians.
Dr Pezeshkian, a 71-year-old heart surgeon and member of the Iranian parliament, is critical of Iran’s notorious morality police and caused a stir after promising “unity and cohesion”, as well as an end to Iran's “isolation” from the world.
Millions of people boycotted the elections over the lack of choice in the candidates, dominated by Islamic hard liners, and the impossibility of real change as long as the supreme leader tightly controls policies.
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US President Joe Biden has said only the "Lord Almighty" could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat for a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy.
Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make the results public in order to reassure voters he is fit to serve another term.
The 81-year-old once again pushed back on the idea, aired by some Democratic officials and donors, that he should stand aside for a younger alternative following his disastrous debate with Donald Trump last week.
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The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, with Keir Starmer as Britain's next prime minister.
From Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, leaders from around the world have reacted to Labour's election win.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given his first speech as UK prime minister.
Addressing the nation outside Number 10 Downing Street in London, the new prime minister promised to "rebuild" the country's "infrastructure of opportunity... brick by brick".
Labour achieved a landslide victory in the UK general election – ending 14 years of Conservative government.
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Sir Keir Starmer has officially become UK prime minister following an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London.
The King formally asked the Labour leader to form a government and become prime minister.
It follows Labour’s landslide victory in the UK general election – ending 14 years of Conservative government.
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Rishi Sunak is to resign as Conservative Party leader after a catastrophic election defeat to Labour.
The outgoing UK prime minister announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in London.
Sunak said he will not resign immediately – only when formal arrangements for a successor have taken place.
Labour won the UK general election in a landslide, with the Conservatives seeing their worst result – in terms of seats – in the party's history.
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The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the UK general election.
With fewer than 10 seats left to declare, this is set to be the worst Conservative result – in terms of seats – in history.
Sir Keir Starmer will be the next UK prime minister and will enter Number 10 Downing Street today.
Overnight, the Liberal Democrats made huge gains, while the Scottish National Party lost dozens of seats.
Reform UK have net four MPs so far and the Green Party have had their best election performance to date.
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Labour has officially won the 2024 general election after reaching the required 326 seats.
Speaking in central London, the next prime minister Keir Starmer says "change begins now".
"It feels good, I have to be honest," he tells a cheering crowd.
He adds that the task of a Labour government is "nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold our country together".
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PM Rishi Sunak holds his seat in Richmond and Northallerton, Yorkshire but says he takes responsibility for Conservatives losing the election.
Speaking after it was announced that he'd held on to his seat, he says "Labour has won this election" and that he's called Keir Starmer to congratulate him.
"Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in our country's stability and future."
Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 144.
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Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, wins in Clacton - with the Conservatives in second place.
It is his eighth attempt to become a member of UK parliament, after failing seven times before.
Farage is the second Reform UK candidate to win, after Lee Anderson took Ashfield earlier.
Labour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, according to the exit poll, meaning Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister.
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Lee Anderson, who switched from the Conservative Party to Reform UK back in March, wins Reform's first seat of the night in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Reform UK, which was formed in 2018 as the Brexit Party, is forecast to win 13 MPs in the UK general election, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky.
Polling expert Sir John Curtice said Reform UK had benefited from a significant fall in the Conservative vote in seats the party had previously held, as well as advancing most in areas where people voted Leave in the 2016 referendum.
In an early sign of Reform UK's success in winning over former Tory voters, the first two results of the night - in Blyth and Ashington and in Houghton and Sunderland South - saw the party beat the Conservatives by more than 4,000 votes.
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The first result of the night is in - and it’s a win for Labour’s Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South.
It has been a strong Labour seat since its creation in 2012.
Phillipson won with 18,847 votes and could become education secretary - having had the brief in Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet since November 2021.
Reform UK's Sam Woods-Brass beat the Conservatives into second place in the constituency.
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It appears the Conservatives have suffered heavily in places where more than a third of households have a mortgage - a reflection perhaps of the damage done by former prime minister Liz Truss's "fiscal event", says BBC polling expert John Curtice.
Meanwhile, Labour’s vote is up more in seats where a large part of the population say they are in bad health - a measure of relative deprivation - and in places where more people voted Leave in 2016.
At the past five UK general elections, the exit poll has been accurate to within a range of 1.5 and 7.5 seats.
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Labour is set to win a UK general election landslide with a majority of 170, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky.
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
The Liberal Democrats are projected to come third with 61 MPs.
The Scottish National Party will see its number of MPs fall to 10 and Reform UK is forecast to get 13 MPs, according to the exit poll.
The Green Party of England and Wales is predicted to double its number of MPs to two and Plaid Cymru are set to get four MPs. Others are forecast to get 19 seats.
At the past five UK general elections, the exit poll has been accurate to within a range of 1.5 and 7.5 seats.
BBC's Jeremy Vine looks at where the Conservatives may have lost seats.
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Labour is set to win a UK general election landslide with a majority of 170, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky.
If the forecast is accurate, it means Sir Keir Starmer will become prime minister with 410 Labour MPs - just short of Tony Blair’s 1997 total.
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
At the past five UK general elections, the exit poll has been accurate to within a range of 1.5 and 7.5 seats.
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The last Olympics in Tokyo were one of the hottest on record, with more than a hundred athletes suffering heat-related illnesses.
To avoid a similar situation at the Paris Olympics this summer, more and more athletes are adopting heat-training strategies to get ahead of the competition.
Qasa Alom, from the BBC’s Climate Question podcast, has been to meet one of them - Phil Sesemann.
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Australian police have found human remains while searching for a 12-year-old they believe was the victim of a crocodile attack.
The child was last seen on Tuesday, swimming with family near the remote Aboriginal town of Nganmarriyanga - about a seven-hour drive southwest of Darwin in the Northern Territory (NT).
As many as 40 members of the community helped police officers in their search for the child, which started shortly after the 12-year-old was reported missing.
No details were given on whether the crocodile suspected to have attacked the child had been found.
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Hezbollah has said one of its senior commanders was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, with the Iran-backed armed group retaliating with a barrage of rockets against Israel.
Mohammed Nimah Nasser is the latest senior member of Hezbollah to be targeted by Israel during almost nine months of cross-border violence which have raised fears of an all-out war.
Hezbollah said it had launched 100 rockets and missiles at Israeli military positions “as part of the response to the assassination”. The Israeli military said a number of projectiles which fell in open areas sparked fires, but no injuries were reported.
The military said Nasser commanded Hezbollah’s Aziz Unit, which is responsible for launching rockets from south-western Lebanon, and accused him of directing a “large number of terror attacks”.
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With the Esports World Cup underway, some gamers have voiced concern over it taking place in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
But CEO of the event, Ralf Reichert has promised fans that "everyone is welcome" but "in every country in the world, there are different local habits and cultural norms which you need to adhere of."
BBC Newsbeat have looked into some of the issues gamers have raised ahead of the event.
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Powerful Hurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.
The category four storm brought winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) on Jamaica's southern coast.
Social media photos show floodwater pouring down streets, with roofs ripped off by the wind.
The storm has killed at least seven people so far as it sweeps across the Caribbean. It has now been downgraded to a category three storm, and is due to make landfall in Mexico later on Friday.
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US President Joe Biden has blamed his debate performance last week on jet lag, telling reporters that he "wasn't very smart" for "travelling around the world a couple of times" before the debate.
Biden, 81, last returned from travel on 15 June, nearly two weeks ahead of the 27 June debate.
The Democratic presidential candidate appeared to struggle through some responses during a debate with former President Donald Trump last Thursday.
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The leaders of Russia and China have arrived in Kazakhstan for a regional security gathering.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are in the Kazakh capital Astana for the two-day meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The annual event has been dominated by China and Russia, as they seek to shape regional developments since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Putin is also due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leaders of Azerbaijan, Mongolia and Pakistan before an informal dinner hosted by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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Jamaicans are bracing for a deadly hurricane as it heads towards the island on Wednesday.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring "life-threatening winds and storm surge" to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged people to "take this hurricane seriously".
Jamaican authorities have imposed a curfew from 06:00 to 18:00 local time (12:00-00:00 BST).
At least seven people were killed as the storm swept through the Caribbean.
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Cannabis clubs are set to open in Germany following their legalisation at the start of this month.
Germany partly decriminalised marijuana use on 1 April this year, allowing over 18s to possess up to 25g of cannabis in public and adults to grow up to three plants per household.
But for those wanting to just purchase the drug, growers associations or "social clubs" can now be established with up to 500 members, as of 1 July.
Members must be over 18 and live in Germany, and the clubs can grow and distribute the drug on a strictly not-for-profit basis.
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The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to leave a wide sweep of land to the east of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after rockets were fired towards Israel.
People in the area first received audio messages telling them to leave, before the Israeli military posted a message in Arabic repeating the warning on social media.
It comes after about 20 rockets were launched towards Israel in the heaviest such attack in months, with a number intercepted and others landing in open areas with no injuries reported.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said it launched the barrage in response to Israeli “crimes”.
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Congressman Lloyd Doggett has become the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call on Joe Biden to step aside in the race for the US presidency.
It follows a critical review by some in the Democrat Party of the president's performance during his first debate with Republican rival Donald Trump - but Biden's team says he has no plans to walk away.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump's sentencing following his conviction in his hush-money trial will be delayed until September.
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Police in India are investigating the cause of a crush that killed more than 100 women and children at a religious gathering.
The incident happened during a satsang, a Hindu religious festival, in the northern district of Hathras on Tuesday.
The death toll has now risen to 121, making it one of the deadliest such disasters in more than a decade.
Officials said the event was massively overcrowded.
Authorities had given permission for 80,000 people to gather, but around 250,000 people attended the event, according to the first information report (FIR) lodged by the police.
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A deadly hurricane which has been tearing through the Caribbean is intensifying as it moves towards Jamaica.
Hurricane Beryl is now a category five storm, meaning its winds and storm surges could prove catastrophic.
The storm made landfall on Monday on Carriacou, an island which is part of Grenada.
So far, there are reports of three people dead as a result of the storm, two in Grenada and one in St Vincent.
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Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa to disperse anti-government protests.
In both city centres many businesses have remained closed.
Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Kisumu.
Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people have been killed by security forces.
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More than 100 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said.
The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state.
The victims, including a large number of women and some children, are still being identified.
Survivors have described how the disaster unfolded as they tried to leave the event in Mughalgarhi village.
A spokesperson for a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh told the BBC it would "take hours to release the final tally", but confirmed at least 100 dead.
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Former nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of trying to kill a premature baby girl.
The 34-year-old was convicted by a jury at Manchester Crown Court of attempting to murder a child referred to in court as Baby K.
Last August, the 34-year-old was convicted by a different jury of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
However, a verdict on the allegation relating to Baby K could not be reached, and a retrial was ordered on the single count.
The retrial jury found her guilty of trying to murder the “very premature” infant by dislodging her breathing tube in the early hours of February 17 2016.
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A deadly hurricane which has been tearing through the Caribbean is intensifying as it moves towards Jamaica.
Hurricane Beryl is now a category five storm, meaning its winds and storm surges could prove catastrophic.
The Jamaican government has issued a hurricane warning and people living in low-lying and flood-prone areas have been urged to seek shelter.
A waiter in Kingston told Reuters news agency that the atmosphere in the Jamaican capital was calm.
The mayor of the resort town of Montego Bay warned residents not to take a "wait and see" attitude and urged them to be "prepared for anything
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Palestinians have been fleeing districts to the east of Gaza’s second city of Khan Younis after Israel issued evacuation orders.
Overnight and into the morning, witnesses reported multiple Israeli strikes in and around Khan Younis. A medical source and the Palestinian Red Crescent said eight people had been killed and more than 30 wounded.
Patients and medical staff have also been leaving the European Gaza hospital in the area, as the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza told them to evacuate.
The Israeli military has not itself issued an evacuation order for the hospital.
The Red Cross is reported to have helped patients in the process of transferring to another hospital. The UN reports that 250,000 people in Southern Gaza have been affected by Israel's evacuation order.
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France's political rivals barely had time to digest the results of National Rally (RN)'s election success, before they had to kick-start a new campaign for the final vote.
The anti-immigration party secured one in three votes in the first round of parliamentary elections. They have now set their sights on winning an absolute majority.
RN leader Jordan Bardella, who hopes to be France's next PM, appealed to voters to make a choice between a left-wing alliance he called "an existential threat to the French nation" and a party of patriots ready to leap into action.
PM Gabriel Attal, who may be days from losing his job, says the stakes are clear - to stop the far right winning an absolute majority.
Emmanuel Macron, who called the election and propelled France into political crisis, still has three years as president and has vowed not to resign.
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At least one person has died after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in several countries in the Caribbean.
Thousands of people remain without power or living in temporary shelters in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and St Lucia.
The hurricane was upgraded to a Category 5 as it moves east towards Jamaica. It is expected to hit Mexico by the end of the week.
Images on social media showed homes with their roofs blown off and residents picking through rubble to salvage their possessions.
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The US Supreme Court has said Donald Trump and other former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts, in a major legal victory for the Republican White House candidate.
The decision makes it less likely that the Republican candidate will stand trial before he challenges Democratic President Joe Biden in November's White House election.
It is the first time since the nation's founding that the Supreme Court has declared former presidents can be shielded from criminal charges.
The justices found that a president is not immune for "unofficial acts”. The 6-3 ruling did not dismiss outright an indictment that charges Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but it did strip away key elements of the case against him.
The three liberal justices on the Supreme Court dissented strongly from the ruling, expressing “fear for our democracy”. “The President is now a king above the law,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Hurricane Beryl has made landfall on Carriacou Island in Grenada, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The hurricane, which has regained strength in the past hours, has sparked warnings of life-threatening winds and dangerous storm surges.
A hurricane warning is also in effect in Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago.
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Thousands of people are leaving Sudan’s south-eastern state following the capture of the provincial capital Singa by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Concerns are growing over escalating violence, and human rights groups are warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis, citing mass displacements caused by recent clashes.
As a result, as many as 6.5 million Sudanese children have been forced out of school.
Sudan descended into chaos in April 2023 when former allies - the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - began fighting each other for control of the country.
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The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution for actions taken while he was in the White House.
The decision means the federal election interference case against Trump will return to a lower court, which will then decide how to apply the Supreme Court ruling.
While the court ruled that the former president is immune from criminal prosecution for "official acts" taken in office, he is not immune for "unofficial acts".
Writing the court's opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said: "The nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution" for official acts taken as president.
The document stipulates that courts would need to distinguish between what were official and unofficial actions.
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Talks between the Taliban and the international community in Qatar today will centre on measures to combat the production of illegal drugs and the economy.
The UN-led meeting is the first to include Taliban officials since they seized power in Afghanistan more than three years ago.
However, the absence of women at the Taliban’s insistence has prompted criticism from rights groups and activists.
The Taliban’s spokesperson said they wanted to engage, but urged others not to interfere in issues they describe as internal, including women’s rights.
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France’s far right is in pole position after the first round of parliamentary elections that confirmed their dominance in French politics.
Supporters of Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally (RN) cheered as she said the president’s “Macronist bloc has been all but wiped out”.
RN won 33.1% of the vote, with a left-wing alliance behind on 28%, and the Macron camp behind on 20.76%.
This marks the first time the far right has won the first round of a French parliamentary election.
“I aim to be prime minister for all the French people, if the French give us their votes,” said 28-year-old RN party leader Jordan Bardella.
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Marine Le Pen’s far-Right National Rally party has won a major victory in the first round of French parliamentary elections.
Exit polls place the party on course to win around 34% of the vote, well ahead of their centre and left rivals.
The French President Emmanuel Macron political gamble in calling the snap election has spectacularly backfired. His Ensemble centrist alliance has suffered badly, expected to come third with around 20% of the vote. France’s left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, had a stronger showing of around 28% according to the exit polls.
Celebrating her party's success, Marine Le Pen said "democracy has spoken" as she declared that President Emmanuel Macron's camp had been “practically wiped out”.
France now faces a second round of voting and the possibility of a far-Right government coming to power. However political rivals are already calling for an alliance against the National Rally. Left and centre party candidates who came third are expected to withdraw from the second round, in the hope of depriving Marine Le Pen’s party of power.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding.
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Could new tech help mountain biking become part of the Paralympics?
BBC Click looks at the latest innovations in the sport.
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How much does your swimming costume affect your performance?
BBC Click looks at the latest technology in elite-level swimsuits.
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Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay sits down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
This week, Katty visits Miami to sit down with Lindsey Vonn – one of the most decorated skiers in history – for a conversation about her historic career, how she deals with injury, and what her life has been like after the Olympics
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France is voting in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times.
The National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella is well ahead in the polls - three weeks to the day since they won European elections. President Emmanuel Macron reacted immediately by calling a national vote and stunning his country.
A high turnout is expected among 49 million voters for such a pivotal election and polls close in the big cities at 20:00 (18:00GMT), when the first exit polls come out.
This is a two-round election, and most of the National Assembly’s 577 seats will not be decided until the second-round run-off vote next Sunday.
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A new search is under way in Tenerife for missing British teenager Jay Slater following calls from Spanish police for volunteer help.
On Friday the Guardia Civil asked voluntary organisations and members of the public with expertise in difficult conditions to come to northern Tenerife.
Dozens of experienced local firefighters, police and mountain rangers are leading the search.
Authorities had hoped the operation would be a “massive search” but less than 12 members of the public had arrived at the meeting point before it began.
The 19-year-old has not been heard from since the morning of 17 June, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains and had 1% battery on his phone.
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Why create augmented reality athletes?
BBC Click chats to Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock about the tech.
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Iran will hold a run-off election after no candidate won a majority in the first round of the presidential vote.
It came down to a tight race between hardline candidate Saeed Jalili and reformist Massoud Pezeshkian.
Candidates need to win 50% of the vote but the pair both hovered around the 40% mark - each overtaking the other over several hours.
Iran's interior ministry confirmed the second round is set for 5 July.
The vote is to replace former president Ebrahim Raisi, who died on 19 May when the helicopter he was in crashed into a mountain, with seven other people also killed.
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US President Joe Biden has hit back at criticism over his age, telling supporters he will win re-election in November after a poor debate performance fuelled concern about his candidacy.
"I know I'm not a young man, to state the obvious," he told a rally in the battleground state of North Carolina on Friday, one day after he struggled in the televised showdown with his Republican rival Donald Trump.
Mr Biden, 81, said he believed with his "heart and soul" that he could serve another term, as the cheering crowd in Raleigh chanted “four more years”.
Trump, meanwhile, held a rally of his own in Virginia just hours later, where he hailed a "big victory" in the debate, which CNN said was viewed by 48 million people on television and millions more online.
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How can AI be used for Olympic training and judging?
BBC Click looks at the latest AI technology being used in sport.
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More UK political party leaders faced challenging audience questions in an additional BBC Question Time Leaders' Special.
Reform UK's Nigel Farage was challenged over campaigner's racist comments while Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay was asked about transport infrastructure, immigration and comments made by some of his party's candidates.
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President Biden has directly addressed the storm of criticism he’s faced of his stumbling performance in a TV debate with rival presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Mr Biden told supporters “When you get knocked down you get back up”. Mr Biden acknowledged that he is indeed old, but said he can still beat the former president in the November US election.
He said: “I know I’m not a young man, to the state the obvious. Well, I know I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth.”
Democrats have expressed great unease at the president's shaky debate performance, with party insiders admitting that some of his answers triggered panic in their campaign.
Mr Biden's team insists the president will not step down as the Democratic candidate and that he will debate Donald Trump again in September.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Join Radio 4 presenter Justin Webb, North America Editor Sarah Smith and North America Correspondent Anthony Zurcher for their podcast with insights from across the US.
On Thursday Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced off in their first presidential debate.
The testy showdown was noteworthy for Biden’s stumbles while Trump avoided key questions.
The Americast Team reacted to the policies debated as well as each candidate’s performance.
Sarah and Anthony joined us from the Spin Room after the debate, where they talked about the Democrats’ mood and how the Trump team reacted.
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump have clashed over the war in Ukraine, during the first televised debate of the 2024 US presidential election campaign.
Trump claimed that Russia and Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine because he saw how incompetent Biden's team was in their exit from the war in Afghanistan.
Biden defended his foreign policy record, and claimed that Trump told Putin to do "whatever you want".
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Iranians are voting for a new president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
The next presidential election was not due to take place until 2025, but the crash in May, which killed eight people, has led to the snap election being called.
Elections in the Islamic Republic are tightly-controlled affairs - the candidates are all vetted by an influential committee of clerics before they can stand.
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle.
The two candidates were asked questions about the economy, abortion, the Middle East, the Jan. 6 attack, Trump's criminal conviction and more.
The BBC’s Gary O'Donoghue offered his analysis of the 90-minute debate.
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US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump hit out at one another in a testy televised debate - the first of the 2024 US election.
The two rivals accused one another of lying as they answered wide-ranging questions on issues including foreign policy, the economy and abortion.
This is the second time Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, have challenged each other for the White House after Trump lost in 2020.
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As is the case with most other software, artificial intelligence (AI) is vulnerable to hacking.
A hacker, who is part of an international effort to draw attention to the shortcomings of the biggest tech companies, is stress-testing, or “jailbreaking,” the language models at Microsoft, ChatGPT and Google, according to a recent report from the Financial Times.
Two weeks ago, Russian hackers used AI for a cyber-attack on major London hospitals, according to the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre. Hospitals declared a critical incident after the ransomware attack, which affected blood transfusions and test results.
On this week’s AI Decoded, the BBC’s Christian Fraser explores the security implications of businesses that are turning to AI to improve their systems.
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A BBC investigation has tracked down a people smuggler who organised a small boat crossing to the UK in which a seven-year-old girl died.
Five people died in a crush onboard an overcrowded small boat as it crossed the English Channel, including the girl, named Sara.
Smugglers had packed over 100 people on to the inflatable vessel.
As of 26 June, 13,195 people had crossed the Channel in 2024 - above the numbers for the same period in the previous four years.
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Kenya’s President William Ruto has called for an “open dialogue” with young people, after at least 22 people will killed in deadly protests over a proposed finance bill.
The bill – which contained controversial tax hikes – will be withdrawn, after protests saw parliament set on fire on Tuesday.
In an address to the nation, Ruto said he would now enter into dialogue with the young people, who were at the forefront of the biggest protests to hit the country since he was elected in 2022.
On Thursday morning police were deployed across the capital and around State House, with many Kenyans on social media vowing to stage a march into the president's official residence.
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Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in the capital La Paz was stormed by soldiers.
Armoured vehicles and troops had taken up position on Murillo Square where key government buildings are located. They all later withdrew.
The rebel military leader in charge, Gen Juan José Zúñiga, had said he wanted to "restructure democracy" and that while he respected President Luis Arce for now, there would be a change of government. He is now under arrest.
President Arce condemned the coup attempt, calling on the public to "organise and mobilise... in favour of democracy".
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US President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of veterans who were convicted of crimes under a military law that banned gay sex for more than 60 years.
The veterans were convicted under a provision of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which criminalised sodomy from 1951 to 2013.
The US Congress had repealed the portion of the code that outlawed consensual sodomy in 2013.
This military provision is separate from the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" President Bill Clinton-era policy, which banned openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military.
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke with Steve Marose, a former US Air Force officer who was charged with three counts of consensual sodomy in the late 1980s. Marose served two years in prison for those charges.
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The leaders of the UK's Conservative and Labour parties faced each other in the final television debate, ahead of the general election on 4 July.
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly on their plans for tax and immigration, while facing audience questions.
They were challenged about integrity in politics in one of the last major set-piece moments before polling day next week.
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Kenya’s President William Ruto says he will withdraw a finance bill containing controversial tax hikes after deadly protests which saw parliament set ablaze on Tuesday.
In an address to the nation, he said it was clear that Kenyans "want nothing" to do with the bill.
"I concede," he said, adding that he will not sign the bill into law.
At least 22 people were killed in Tuesday’s protests, according to the state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHRC).
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Australia, after walking free from a US court.
Assange was pursued by US prosecutors for publishing secret military information, and feared a long sentence in a high-security US prison.
But, last week, he signed a deal with the US that would see him plead guilty to one charge, instead of the 18 he was originally facing.
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For nearly fifteen months, Evan Gershkovich has been locked away in a Moscow jail.
The US journalist went on trial on Tuesday, in Yekaterinburg - the Russian city where he was arrested on espionage charges while on a reporting trip for the Wall Street Journal.
Prosecutors claim that the American journalist had been collecting classified information about a Russian tank manufacturer near Yekaterinburg on behalf of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.
Mr Gershkovich, his employer and the US government vehemently reject the charge. If convicted the maximum possible sentence is twenty years in prison.
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Specially trained dogs are arriving in Tenerife as the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater continues.
Police confirmed to the BBC that new resources had been brought in to help find the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, England.
The Guardia Civil, whose ground searches had concentrated on the area where his last mobile phone signal was traced, said their efforts "are not being scaled back".
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Kenyan President William Ruto addressed the nation on Tuesday evening after protests over tax rises.
At least five protesters were shot dead by police in Kenya and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday.
President William Ruto pledged a tough response to what he called the "violence and anarchy".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply saddened by the reports of deaths and injuries" and urged the Kenyan authorities to "exercise restraint", and called for all demonstrations to be peaceful.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russia's former defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the chief of general staff, Valery Gerasimov.
The ICC judges said the two men were suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Ukraine.
The court said there were grounds to believe that Mr Shoigu and Mr Gerasimov bore individual criminal responsibility for attacks on civilian targets between October 2022 and March 2023.
Russia's Security Council said the ICC's arrest warrant against Mr Shoigu was "insignificant" and part of a hybrid war against Moscow.
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In the Central African Republic, one of Africa’s poorest countries, local sand diver Thomas Boa and Chinese construction manager Jianmin Luan struggle to improve their fortunes.
They “eat bitter” today in the hope of a better tomorrow, but with no guarantees of what their futures may hold.
From BBC's Africa Eye.
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Police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have shot dead at least five people during huge protests against planned tax increases, according to the Kenya Medical Association.
A journalist from the Reuters news agency also reported counting the bodies of at least five protesters outside parliament. About 40 people are being treated in hospital.
Earlier, the crowds broke through police cordons and entered parliament, setting part of the complex alight.
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In Ukraine there are many openly LGBTQ soldiers serving on the front line.
Attitudes to LGBT rights have shifted enormously over the past decade, as Ukraine has embraced European values, though many still hold socially conservative and even homophobic views.
LGBT soldiers have reported being bullied and harassed in their units, with reports of discriminatory comments such as “Why can’t you form your own unit?”.
The BBC has asked Ukraine’s military about the treatment of LGBT soldiers, but has not yet received a response.
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Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark case that ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students must be drafted to the military.
There have been long-standing exemptions for conscription for young men registered in full-time religious study, but a legal arrangement allowing the practice to continue expired recently.
The strains of the current war in Gaza - with Israeli military leaders complaining of a shortage of combat soldiers - have led to renewed demands for what is seen as more equal sharing of the security burden.
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Abed, a German-born Palestinian, was visiting family in Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, killing around 1200 people and taking more than 250 people hostage.
Israel responded, killing more than 37,000 Palestinians so far.
Trapped for five weeks amidst the chaos, Abed witness multiple deaths and injuries, before managing to leave.
To help those he left behind, he's now cycling from Germany back to the Palestinian territories - or as close as he can get - in an attempt to raise 300,000 euros to build a field hospital in Gaza.
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Demonstrators in Kenya are gathering in towns and cities to protest against a finance bill that would raise taxes.
Public outcry has already forced the government to withdraw some of contentious provisions, including a 16% tax on bread and an annual 2.5% tax on vehicles.
But protesters say this is not enough and have demanded that legislators, who are currently debating the bill in parliament, to reject the entire bill.
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China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first ever samples from the Moon's unexplored far side.
The probe landed in the Inner Mongolia desert on Tuesday, after a nearly two-month long mission that was fraught with risks.
Scientists believe samples could answer key questions about how planets are formed.
China is the only country to achieve the technically challenging feat of landing on the far side of the Moon, having done so before in 2019.
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In Ukraine there are many openly LGBTQ soldiers serving on the front line.
Attitudes to LGBT rights have shifted enormously over the past decade, as Ukraine has embraced European values, though many still hold socially conservative and even homophobic views.
LGBT soldiers have reported being bullied and harassed in their units, with reports of discriminatory comments such as “Why can’t you form your own unit?”. The BBC has asked Ukraine’s military about the treatment of LGBT soldiers, but has not yet received a response.
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Spain has become one of Europe’s prime renewable energy hotspots, with a sharp increase in installation of solar and wind generators over the last few years.
However despite the successful move towards green energy sources, electricity consumption has been dropping.
This has triggered concern this could lead to a crisis in the industry.
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After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
For years, the US has argued that the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.
Assange spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he was fighting extradition to the US.
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Princess Anne has been hospitalised with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse while walking on her estate in Gloucestershire.
Buckingham Palace says the Princess who is 73 is expected to make a full recovery, although she is likely to remain in hospital for some time.
A planned working trip to Canada by the Princess has been postponed.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Daniela Relph.
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A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures.
The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson’s daytime seizures by 80%.
The surgery was carried out in October as part of a trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London when Oran - who is now 13 - was 12. Epilepsy seizures are triggered by abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain.
The device, which emits a constant pulse of current, aims to block or disrupt the abnormal signals.
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Here are the UK's general election headlines for Monday, 24 June.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is not aware of any other Conservative candidates being investigated by the gambling commission in connection with allegations of betting on the date of the UK’s general election.
Labour leader Keir Starmer said the Conservative Party investigation into the betting allegations were designed to “knock the story into the long grass” until after the election.
The UK's main political parties have “ducked” addressing stark choices over public finances in their manifestos, a leading think tank has warned.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has launched its 2024 election manifesto.
SNP leader John Swinney has said Brexit is doing “colossal” damage to the UK’s and Scotland’s economy.
The co-leader of the Greens has defended the scale of his party's tax plans, calling them "fairly modest" by European standards in a BBC Panorama interview.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has pledged to address dangerous NHS wait times in A&E.
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A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea.
The blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul.
Local television footage showed large smoke clouds and small explosions going off as firefighters sought to put out the fire. A part of the roof had collapsed.
South Korea is a leading producer of lithium batteries, which are used in many items from electric vehicles to laptops.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the "intense phase” of fighting Hamas in Gaza is nearly over, allowing forces to move to the northern border with Lebanon to confront Hezbollah. Netanyahu said he expected the ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to be completed soon. But he said that “doesn’t mean the war is about to end”, with action continuing until Hamas was completely driven from power. Hezbollah has been launching missiles, rockets and drones into northern Israel in support of Hamas since the day after the 7 October attacks in southern Israel, when gunmen from Gaza killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others as hostages. More than 37,620 people have been killed in Gaza during the military campaign that Israel launched in response, according to the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the "intense phase" of fighting in Rafah in southern Gaza is nearly over, but that this does not mean that the war is coming to an end.
He said the war would continue until Hamas was completely driven from power.
He added that the Israeli military would soon be able to redeploy troops to the border with Lebanon, where exchanges of fire with Hezbollah have been escalating.
Mr Netanyahu also again rejected the idea that the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority should run Gaza in place of Hamas.
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Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay sits down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
In this episode, Katty visits California to sit down with basketball icon Magic Johnson.
They discuss Johnson’s career, HIV advocacy, Olympic memories and his post-basketball business empire.
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The Israeli military has said its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded Palestinian man to the front of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the incident after it was captured on video and shared on social media.
An IDF statement said the man was wounded in an exchange of fire during the raid, in which he was a suspect.
The injured man's family said that when they asked for an ambulance, the army took him, strapped him to the bonnet of their jeep and drove off.
The individual was eventually transferred to the Red Crescent for treatment and the IDF said the incident would be investigated.
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Winged machines are "flying" - or at least swimming - beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.
Known as "sea dragons" or "tidal kites", they look like aircraft, but are in fact high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity from the power of the ocean.
So, how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists.
Researchers observed the animals in the forests of Uganda over the past four years.
The scientists, who published their findings in the journal PLOS One, think the chimps could even help in the search for new medicines.
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Conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has prompted concerns from the US that it risks turning into a wider regional war.
The two sides have exchanged fire across the Lebanon-Israel border in recent weeks. Hezbollah said it is fighting Israel to support Hamas in Gaza.
Israel's military said that operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon had been "approved and validated".
The US sent its envoy to both sides of the border this week to try to resolve the conflict and to try and find diplomatic solution.
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Ukraine has said its energy facilities have come under a “massive” attack from Russia overnight, in the latest onslaught targeting the country's power grid.
It is the eighth time Russia has launched an attack on energy infrastructure facilities in the past three months, Ukraine’s energy ministry said.
Air defence systems shot down 12 of 16 missiles and all 13 drones launched by Russia at several regions through the night, the Ukrainian air force said.
Two energy workers were wounded and taken to hospital in the Zaporizhzhia region, and energy equipment was damaged in the Western city of Lviv, officials added.
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More than 70 million Americans - about one in five of the population - are living under heat alerts as temperatures soar.
Authorities are concerned for vulnerable people in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, as the states are not accustomed to this level of heat.
Cooling centers have opened up in cities across the north-east part of America, with officials saying temperatures could top 100F (38C).
Scientists say extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of climate change.
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Legendary rock band Queen will sell their catalogue of songs to Sony music for £1bn, according to a report from Variety magazine.
It is thought to be the biggest deal of its kind, with Bruce Springsteen selling his catalogue to Sony for only half the amount Queen has.
While the company would get the rights to Queen’s recorded music, the surviving members of the band would retain revenues from live performances.
Nick Reilly, a content editor at Rolling Stone magazine, said the size of the deal shows “how beloved their songs are”.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) may allow some students at UK schools to continue conversing with Holocaust survivors even after they are no longer alive.
The technology utilises speech-to-text recognition, cameras and AI language model understanding to allow viewers to ask the survivors about their life and experiences.
The programme, which was created by Holocaust Educational Trust, shows virtual 3D versions of Holocaust survivors which can answer 1,000 questions from pupils.
AI presenter Priya Lakhani visited a school in south London to witness the technology in action.
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Many parts of the world are currently experiencing above-average temperatures, with meteorologists saying this is largely a result of global warming.
While some areas are seeing colder conditions, far more regions are enduring temperatures described as being quite a lot warmer than average.
Swathes of the globe including North America, southern and eastern Asia and south-eastern Europe are currently experiencing extreme temperatures.
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UK political party leaders faced challenging audience questions in a BBC Question Time Leaders' Special.
Current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was grilled on NHS waiting lists and Brexit, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was asked about housing costs and his plans for the NHS.
SNP leader John Swinney was pressed over independence and the recent scandals in his party, while Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey was asked about his campaigning antics, the party's spending plans and trust issues over previous broken campaign promises.
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Mark Rutte, who has been the Netherlands' Prime Minister since 2010, is set to take over as as Nato’s secretary general in October.
The current head, Jens Stoltenberg, will be stepping down on 1 October after holding the position for nearly a decade.
Rutte's support for Ukraine helped win him the favour of key Nato countries including the UK and the US.
On Thursday, his only opponent - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis - pulled out of the race.
Rutte is expected to be confirmed as Nato’s next secretary general over the next few days.
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Protesters have taken to the streets in Nairobi, Kenya, to challenge the government over a series of unpopular tax proposals - including a 16% levy on bread.
On Tuesday, hundreds of protestors - most of them younger people - braved tear gas lobbed by police to march through the capital, Nairobi, bringing the city's central business district to a standstill.
The government had earlier defended the tax hikes, which had been projected to raise $2.7bn (£2.1bn), saying they were needed to cut reliance on external borrowing.
MPs are now debating the revised bill and are expected to vote on it next Tuesday.
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The leaders of Vietnam and Russia, President To Lam and President Vladimir Putin, have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, congratulating him on his recent re-election.
Mr Putin, in return, said strengthening a strategic partnership with the south-east Asian country was one of Russia's priorities.
His trip to Vietnam, which comes on the heels of his lavish visit to North Korea, is being interpreted as a demonstration of the diplomatic support Russia still enjoys in the region.
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Wildfires in the US state of New Mexico continue to burn out of control after destroying more than 1,000 homes in the state.
The entire population of one New Mexico town was ordered to evacuate.
Overall, more than 70 million Americans, about one in five people, remain under heat alerts on Wednesday. Heat alerts also apply in six Canadian provinces.
Meanwhile, tropical Storm Alberto has formed over Western Gulf of Mexico.
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Russia and North Korea have signed a deal to help each other in the event of aggression against them, President Vladimir Putin has said.
Kim Jong Un has said he fully supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Putin visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years.
The Russian leader received a red carpet welcome, including roses, waving crowds and ceremonial gunfire following his overnight arrival.
The US and South Korea have accused the North of supplying Russia with artillery ammunition in exchange for food and military aid, however both countries have denied this.
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Chip-maker Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company after its share price climbed to an all-time high on Tuesday.
It is now worth $3.34 trillion (£2.63 trillion), with the price having nearly doubled since the start of this year.
The firm is now more valuable than fellow tech giant Microsoft. It overtook Apple earlier this month.
The Californian company's meteoric rise has been fuelled by its dominance of what analysts call the "new gold or oil in the tech sector" - the chips needed for artificial intelligence (AI).
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The war in Ukraine has many far-reaching effects but one of the more unexpected has been on couples hoping to have babies through commercial surrogacy.
The country used to be the go-to destination in Europe due to its surrogacy laws, but now it's nearby Georgia, where numbers are soaring.
Agencies there are recruiting women from across central Asia to meet the rising demand, leading to concerns about exploitation.
Recently, Russian forces launched a renewed offensive in the Kharkiv region in an attempt to break through a weakened Ukrainian front line.
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About 80 million people in the US are currently subject to an extreme heat warning, as a huge dome of hot air hovers over mid-Western and Eastern states.
In the West, firefighters are still battling to bring several wildfires under control.
Weather warnings have also been issued in four Canadian provinces.
The extreme heat has been described by the National Weather Service as the region's first significant heatwave of the season.
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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has said he "fully supports" Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin visits the country for the first time in 24 years.
The two leaders hailed ties between their countries after they held talks following the Russian president’s overnight arrival.
The US and South Korea have accused North Korea of supplying Russia with artillery in exchange for food and military aid.
China, which has close ties with both Russia and North Korea, has "welcomed" the summit between Putin and Kim but will be watching developments carefully.
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The White House has accused "right-wing critics" of selectively editing videos in a "misinformation" campaign to question President Joe Biden's mental state.
In the most recent incident, Mr Biden’s opponents claimed he experienced a moment of confusion that required Barack Obama to lead him off stage at a weekend fundraiser.
The White House shared other footage that they said showed Mr Biden was just pausing to take in the applause.
The mental acuity of both Mr Biden, 81, and his 78-year-old challenger, Donald Trump, have come under scrutiny as the US election race heats up.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea to a red-carpet welcome on Tuesday night at the start of his first visit to the totalitarian state in 24 years.
Mr Putin was met off his plane by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and - flanked by a military guard of honour - the pair talked animatedly for several minutes.
The two leaders last met in September at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's far east, but this is Mr Putin’s first trip to Pyongyang since 2000.
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President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials.
The issue of immigration has proven an election-year headache for Mr Biden, who recently issued a sweeping executive action to curb record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border.
The new policy will apply to those who have been in the country for at least 10 years and will allow them to work in the US legally.
The White House believes more than 500,000 spouses will benefit.
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Elder Scrolls Online has been played by 24 million people and made $2bn since it launched over 10 years ago.
Streamers KayPOWXD GeekyCassie, and Dawnwhisper told BBC Newsbeat that the game's sense of community is what keeps them coming back.
Kay, who got into gaming thanks to her dad and has been playing the game since the beginning, said long-term players refer to themselves as an "ESO fam".
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The upper house of Thailand's parliament has approved a law giving equal marriage rights to same sex couples.
It will now be sent to the Thai King for royal assent.
Once the law receives royal approval, Thailand will become the third place in Asia - after Taiwan and Nepal - to allow same-sex marriage.
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Doctors have told the BBC that malnutrition and severe dehydration has affected dozens of Gazan's who have struggled to receive food supplies.
At the beginning of June, the UN’s children’s agency, Unicef, reported that nine out of 10 children in Gaza were experiencing severe food poverty, surviving on two or fewer food groups per day.
It said that “months of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian aid have collapsed the food and health systems, resulting in catastrophic consequences” and that children were “at risk of life-threatening malnutrition".
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Thousands of doctors in Seoul are striking in protest of the government's plans to introduce more trained physicians into the system.
South Korea has one of the lowest doctor-to-patient ratios among major economies, so the government wants to add more medical school placements.
But groups representing doctors argue that the government should prioritise better pay and working conditions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised North Korea for "firmly supporting" Moscow's war in Ukraine, ahead of his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years.
Mr Putin is expected to arrive in the capital to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday.
The two leaders last met in September at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's far east, but this is Mr Putin’s first visit to Pyongyang since 2000.
The United States said it was concerned about the "deepening relationship between these two countries".
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Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned China that it must stop financially supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda interviewed Stoltenberg about international politics related to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In a wide-ranging interview, the Secretary General clarified that NATO’s position with regards to nuclear deterrence remains unchanged, following his comments to the Telegraph about the nuclear threat from an alliance of North Korea, Russia and China.
Mr Stoltenberg also suggested a possible “economic cost” should be imposed on China should it continue to support Russia’s war in Ukraine. He also spoke about the impact of US politics on support for Ukraine.
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The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water.
The nine are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of Greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching Greek islands, BBC analysis has found.
The Greek coastguard told our investigation it strongly rejects all accusations of illegal activities.
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The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water.
They are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of Greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching Greek islands, a BBC investigation suggests.
In five of the incidents, migrants said they were thrown directly into the sea by Greek officials. In four cases they said they had landed on Greek islands but were rounded up. In other incidents, migrants said they had been put on inflatable rafts which deflated and appeared to have been punctured.
The Greek coastguards rejected all accusations of illegal activities. They said they acted with professionalism and with “a strong respect for human rights”.
The BBC showed footage of 12 people being loaded into a Greek coastguard boat and then abandoned on a dinghy to the former head of special operations for the Greek coastguard. Speaking while unaware that he was being recorded, he said it was "obviously illegal" and "an international crime".
The Greek government has long been accused of removing migrants by forcibly pushing people in boats back towards Turkey, which is illegal under international law.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams.
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More people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study has suggested.
Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East may have contributed to people's desire to switch off the news, the report's authors said.
It said that news avoidance is now at record high levels.
The report also found that audiences for traditional news sources like TV and print have fallen sharply over the past decade, with younger people preferring to get their news online or via social media.
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Campaigning for the French general election has kicked off, after President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election following victory for his rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the European Parliament vote.
The French political picture consists of the newly formed New Popular Front on the Left, the National Rally on the Right, and in the Centre President Macron and his allies.
The elections are conducted over two rounds, beginning on 30 June. The next round is on 7 July.
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It’s been more than two years since Ukraine was invaded by Russian forces and now Moscow’s offensive is getting ever more intense.
With many of its soldiers dead, injured or exhausted, the Ukrainian government has stepped up its efforts to mobilise more men.
A new law, introduced in May, requires every man aged between 25 and 60 to log their details on an electronic database so they can be called up.
Conscription officers are on the hunt for those avoiding the register, pushing more men who do not want to serve into hiding.
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The Israeli military says it will hold a daily "tactical pause of military activity" along a road in southern Gaza to enable more humanitarian aid to enter.
The pauses, which are said to have begun on Saturday, will last from 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) until 19:00 local time until further notice.
It comes after eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast in southern Gaza on Saturday, Israel’s military said, the deadliest incident for the army in the war since January.
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More than 90 countries and international organisations are attending the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, aimed at creating the broadest possible backing for a process that could help end the war in Ukraine.
On Friday, Vladimir Putin claimed he would agree to a ceasefire if Ukraine withdrew troops from four regions which Russia partially occupies and claims to have annexed.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the Russian president's plan "propaganda" which effectively suggested that Ukraine "must withdraw from Ukraine".
Russia has not been invited, and its biggest backer China is not present, leading some to cast doubt on the summit's effectiveness.
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South Africa's parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress and opposition parties.
The new government of national unity combines Mr Ramaphosa's ANC, the centre-right Democratic Alliance and smaller parties.
In his victory speech, Mr Ramaphosa hailed the new coalition, and said voters expected the leaders to "to act and to work together for the good of everyone in our country".
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The UN's health agency says a significant proportion of Gaza's population is facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions - after eight months of war - thousands of children have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition.
More than 37,000 people have been killed, and many hundreds of thousands more injured or displaced in Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
The war began after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others back to Gaza as hostages.
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The Princess of Wales says she is making “good progress” after her cancer diagnosis and is to attend the formal Trooping the Colour ceremony in London.
It will be her first public appearance this year following the diagnosis, and her abdominal surgery in January.
In a personal message, Catherine said her treatment was still ongoing and will continue for another few months. She said “I am not out of the woods yet.
It’s the most significant update on Catherine's health since revealing in March she had cancer, in a statement written in her own words.
It is accompanied by a new photograph of the princess, taken by photographer Matt Porteous, which shows her near her home in Windsor.
But there is caution with the positive message.
“As anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days,” she says. "On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well”.
The princess says "I am learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body, and allowing myself to take this much needed time to heal."
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonny Dymond and Helena Wilkinson.
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The Princess of Wales has said she is making “good progress” after her cancer diagnosis.
She will attend Trooping the Colour on Saturday, which will be her first public appearance this year.
Catherine said her treatment is still ongoing and will continue for another few months in a message.
The event is a birthday parade for the monarch and a palace spokesman said King Charles was “delighted that the princess is able to attend tomorrow’s events”.
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Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine would need to withdraw troops from territories Russia claims to have annexed before a ceasefire could begin.
Ukraine's President Zelensky has called the terms a Hitler-like "ultimatum".
Ukraine has long said that it will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.
Russia's president also said Ukraine would have to give up on joining Nato before peace talks could start.
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What is a cryptic pregnancy?
When Tawana, 21, was admitted to hospital with chest pains, she had no idea she was eight months pregnant. She had the contraceptive implant and even had a negative pregnancy test.
She was experiencing a cryptic pregnancy. A paper published in the British Medical Journal in 2002 estimated that it occurs in about one in every 2,500 pregnancies - suggesting about 320 cases in the UK every year.
Tawana joins Jonelle and Kirsty in the Reliable Sauce studio, along with her partner Emmanuel and their one-year-old baby River, to share their story.
How often do cyptic pregnancies happen? And who is most likely to experience them? BBC health reporter Elena Bailey explains.
Listen to the full Reliable Sauce episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j46vjb
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South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), says it has agreed a deal with the governing African National Congress (ANC) to form a government of national unity.
This comes after weeks of speculation about who the ANC would partner with after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years, in last month's elections.
It got 40% of the vote, while the DA came second with 22%.
This paves the way for ANC leader Ramaphosa to remain president.
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The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of el-Fasher, where fighting has sparked fears of a possible genocide.
Sudan's army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, in a civil war that has killed thousands and forced millions from their homes.
El-Fasher is the last major urban centre in Darfur that remains in the hands of Sudan's army.
The security council has called for "an immediate halt to the fighting" and withdrawal of all troops from the city.
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Negotiations are still ongoing over the formation of a new government in South Africa.
The country’s parliament is meeting for the first time since the governing African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in last month's elections.
The ANC says it has made a "breakthrough" on forming a government of national unity but it was too early to give details.
One of parliament's first duties on Friday is expected to be a secret vote on whether Cyril Ramaphosa remains president.
The ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years in the 29 May election, getting 40% of the vote.
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Tesla shareholders have backed a record-breaking pay package for boss Elon Musk and approved a plan to move the firm's legal headquarters to Texas.
The package was blocked earlier this year by a judge in Delaware over concerns it was unfair to shareholders.
The vote is a victory for the multi-billionaire, who had campaigned fiercely for the payout, which is worth up to $56bn (£43.9bn).
Its exact amount depends on the Tesla share price.
"Hot damn, I love you guys," he told a crowd of enthusiastic shareholders who had gathered in Texas for the firm's annual meeting.
But the vote is not binding and legal experts have said it is not clear if the court that blocked the deal will accept the re-vote and allow the company to restore the pay package.
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Donald Trump has returned to Capitol Hill to meet Republicans in his first visit to the area since the 6 January riot of 2021.
The presumptive Republican nominee in November's presidential election delivered a message of unity, promising to "work out" any lingering differences within the party.
Later in the day, the former president was also scheduled to meet an association of 200 corporate leaders.
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The Boston Dynamics robot, Spot, has just leveled up at the AI (artificial intelligence) Summit in London.
Boston Dynamics exhibited a new AI-powered self-learning development in its autonomous robots.
Spot is a four-legged mobile monitoring device mostly used in industrial settings, costing $74,500 (£55,000).
Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and government relations for Boston Dynamics explained the update to the BBC’s AI Decoded.
AI Summit London is a two-day conference featuring panels and presentations on emerging AI technology.
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US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial in Russia on espionage charges, Russian prosecutors have said.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter has been accused of collecting "secret information" from a Russian tank factory on behalf of the CIA.
The prosecutors have said he will stand trial in a court in Yekaterinburg - the city in the Urals he was arrested in last March while covering the war in Ukraine.
Mr Gershkovich, 32, denies the charges, while the WSJ dismissed the forthcoming trial as a "sham".
The US considers the reporter to be "wrongfully detained".
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects "important decisions" to be made at the G7 summit, to help his country fight invading Russian forces.
The White House said the G7 nations have made good progress on a US plan to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) a year for Ukraine.
Leaders from seven of the world's richest nations - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US - are at the summit in Italy to discuss a number of issues, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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Arcane is one of the best reviewed video game adaptations of all time. It’s even won a prestigious Emmy award. So why is it ending?
The show’s co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer Christian Linke from Riot Games talks to BBC Newsbeat about why the second season will be the last, what champions might get their turn in the spotlight next, and whether Ella Purnell is the ultimate good luck charm.
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Arcane is one of the best reviewed video game adaptations of all time. It’s even won a prestigious Emmy award. So why is it ending?
The show’s co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer Christian Linke from Riot Games talks to BBC Newsbeat about why the second season will be the last, what champions might get their turn in the spotlight next, and whether Ella Purnell is the ultimate good luck charm.
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Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni has welcomed leaders of the world's seven richest nations at the G7 summit in Italy.
The members - Canada, France Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States - meet throughout the year to discuss global events, with one set-piece summit a year.
They are expected to discuss a number of issues, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
The group cannot pass laws - but some of their past decisions have had global effects, including backing a deal in 2021 to tax multinational companies.
This year, the summit is expected to agree a plan to use frozen Russian assets to raise billions of dollars for Ukraine.
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Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to the warring sides of the Sudan civil war.
A BBC investigation has documented the Sudanese Army's use of types of Iranian drones in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Evidence has also emerged that the RSF received modified commercial drones from the UAE.
Foreign-made drones prominently changed the course of the war on the ground since their appearance in 2023.
Sudan's armed forces have been fighting the RSF for the last 14 months.
The BBC has contacted the Sudanese army, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Qeshm Fars Air to comment on the allegations that Iranian drones are being used in the conflict but has not had a response.
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Hamas says it has submitted its response to a US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza.
In a statement, the group stressed its "positivity" in negotiations to reach a deal.
But US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Hamas that it is "time for the haggling to stop", after its leaders proposed "numerous changes" to the deal.
The proposed plan - which has been endorsed by the UN security council - calls for a six-week ceasefire that would eventually become permanent.
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Hungary will not take part in further Nato-led efforts to coordinate security assistance and training for Ukraine.
The news was announced at a joint conference in Budapest between the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and the head of Nato Jens Stoltenberg.
Although Orbán is Moscow’s closest ally in the European Union, he has pledged not to block Nato funding for Ukraine by other allies.
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Four Russian naval vessels - including a nuclear-powered submarine and a frigate - have arrived in Cuba, in what is seen as a show of force amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.
The vessels are anchored at the Havana Bay - some 90 miles (145km) from the US state of Florida.
Russia's defence ministry says the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Kazan submarine are both carriers of advanced weapons, including hypersonic missiles Zircon. They earlier conducted missile drills in the Atlantic.
But Cuba's foreign ministry says none of the vessels has nuclear arms on board, and their five-day visit does not pose a threat to the region.
US officials say they are closely monitoring the visit.
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Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage.
The vessel, called "Quest", has been located on the seafloor off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Shackleton suffered a fatal heart attack on board on 5 January 1922 while trying to reach the Antarctic.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his shock decision to dissolve parliament and call elections.
He said calling elections was the only republican option and urged French voters to come together and “say no to the extremes”.
Macron’s decision to call two rounds of elections in June and July has left the Conservative republicans deeply divided.
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Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang.
The country’s food agency claimed that the capsaicin levels in the packet noodles could poison consumers.
It's unknown if any specific incidents in Denmark had prompted authorities there to take action.
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The United States' envoy to Sudan has warned that the besieged city of El Fasher could fall to rebel forces imminently.
The armed forces have been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a civil war that started 14 months ago.
More than 15,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the conflict started.
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Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all three charges in his federal gun trial, becoming the first son of a sitting US president to be receive a criminal conviction.
Prosecutors said Biden, 54, had lied about his drug use on a federal form when he bought a handgun in 2018.
Biden pleaded not guilty, claiming he was in recovery from drug addiction at the time and therefore did not lie on the gun application form.
A panel of 12 Delaware jurors reached their verdict after about three hours of deliberations. Biden showed little emotion as he learned his fate. He stared ahead with arms folded before turning around to hug some of the associates on his legal team.
He faced two charges related to lying about his drug use on a federal background check, and one for possessing a gun while addicted to or using drugs.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith.
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Hamas says it has submitted its response to a US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. A senior group official told the BBC that it still requires an Israeli commitment to a permanent ceasefire.
In a statement, the group, and its Palestinian Islamic Jihad allies, said they were ready "to engage positively to reach an agreement that ends this war".
Earlier on Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had "reaffirmed his commitment" to the Gaza ceasefire plan.
The proposed ceasefire plan calls for a six-week ceasefire that would eventually become permanent.
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Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all three counts in his federal gun crimes case in Delaware.
Biden now faces a possible prison term of up to 25 years, although a sentence of that length for a first-time offender is highly unlikely.
Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying about his drug use on a handgun licence application will be a “devastating personal blow for his father,” writes BBC North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher.
President Biden said he would "accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.”
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South Korea has announced it plans to restart propaganda broadcasts over the North Korea border – for the first time in six years – in response to Pyongyang sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border.
Over 300 North Korean balloons were detected over Saturday and Sunday with around 80 landing in the South carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets, after sending several hundred the previous month.
Following the latest batch of balloons, South Korea’s National Security Council said broadcasts on the border would resume on Sunday after agreeing to restart the loudspeakers for the first time since 2018.
In recent years, the broadcasts have included news from both Koreas and abroad as well as information on democracy and life in South Korea, and the South Korean military claims the broadcasts can be heard as much as 10km (6.2 miles) across the border in the day and up to 24km (15 miles) at night.
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A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”.
Lord Sumption’s comments on Monday came as a third senior foreign judge in the past week resigned from the Court of Final Appeal.
Hong Kong’s government said it "strongly disapproves" of Lord Sumption's opinions, calling them a "betrayal against Hong Kong's judges".
It highlighted remarks from the other leaving judges who said they still believed in the independence of the courts.
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Apple is set to boost its Siri voice assistant with OpenAI's ChatGPT, as it looks to catch up in the AI race.
At its annual developers show, the iPhone maker announced a makeover to Siri, as part of a new personalised AI system - called "Apple Intelligence".
Updates to its iPhone and Mac operating systems will allow access to ChatGPT through a partnership with developer OpenAI, and is expected to become available in the autumn.
Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, said the move would bring his company's products "to new heights", though the company’s share price fell by 1.91% on Monday, the day of the announcement.
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The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said.
The vice-president and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars.
In a news briefing, President Chakwera said the Malawi Defence Force commander informed him that the search and rescue operation had been completed and the plane was found.
Mr Chakwera paid tribute to Dr Chilima, describing him as "a good man", "devoted father" and "formidable VP".
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The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US resolution backing a ceasefire plan in Gaza.
It sets out conditions for a “full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners.
Fourteen of the 15 Security Council members voted in favour of the US-drafted resolution, while Russia abstained.
It means the Security Council joins a number of governments, as well as the G7 group of the world's richest nations, in backing the three-part plan that was unveiled by President Joe Biden in a televised statement on 31 May.
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Around two million British citizens living overseas will be able to vote in next month’s UK general election after a rule change.
Previously, people who left the UK more than 15 years ago lost their right to vote.
But now, British citizens living abroad can register in the last constituency they were signed up in before leaving the UK.
It is estimated that the number of people able to register after the rule change will increase from around 1m, to 3.2m-3.3m.
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Jurors in the Hunter Biden gun case have begun deliberating, and must now decide the fate of the US president's son.
The 54-year-old is accused of lying about his drug use on a federal form while buying a weapon in 2018.
For days, prosecutors presented evidence to suggest that Mr Biden was in the throes of addiction when he purchased the gun in Delaware.
His defence team say he was in recovery and therefore not a drug user at the time.
Mr Biden, who did not testify, denies the three related charges.
If convicted, he could face up 25 years in prison.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Cairo and Jerusalem as he attempts to build regional support for a draft Gaza peace deal recently unveiled by President Joe Biden.
The top American diplomat met with foreign leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on his eighth visit to the Middle East since the start of the war in Gaza.
Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the US have been attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas for months.
But Mr Netanyahu has not endorsed the US proposal yet, either.
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The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their manifesto.
Rishi Sunak has said affording a home has "got harder" under a Conservative government, in a BBC interview.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has announced he will resign from the role after the general election.
Labour has said it would create new nurseries places in England.
And Reform UK has launched its economic policy.
The latest election headlines for Monday 10 June.
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The UN Security Council voted 14-1 in support of the US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan on Monday.
The proposal sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of deceased hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners.
The plan includes three phases that would end with a multi-year reconstruction plan for Gaza, which has been largely destroyed due to the fighting.
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Microsoft has announced the latest game in the Call of Duty franchise – Black Ops 6, but the way it can be played could change the way new titles are released.
Set for an October release, the game will be available straight away for Game Pass subscribers, meaning that a monthly subscription, rather than an upfront chunk of money, will be needed to access to game.
The tech giant has previously made games available to Game Pass subscribers on launch day - such as 2023's much-anticipated Starfield - but has never done so with a release anywhere near as significant as Call of Duty.
And, given that Call of Duty is played by 25 million players a month and has topped 425m lifetime sales, it has the potential to change the way that games are released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US has said that a mistake by an air traffic controller caused a near-collision in Texas last year.
An investigation was launched after a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet came within about 170 feet (52 m) of each other, before the FedEx Boeing 767 was forced to fly over the Southwest 737-700 to avoid a crash in poor visibility conditions.
Investigations determined that an air traffic controller had cleared both planes to use the same runway, having expected the Southwest plane - which had 123 passengers onboard - would have already departed before the FedEx plane landed, given his "expectation bias" that Southwest planes were quick to depart.
The incident – one of at least half a dozen near-miss incidents in the US last year - raised concerns about aviation safety and the strain on understaffed air traffic control.
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Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government, in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict plans for Gaza.
Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the decision was made with a "heavy heart".
Mr Gantz is a political rival of Mr Netanyahu and a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
His centrist National Unity party was in opposition until 11 October 2023 when, after the start of the war following Hamas's 7 October attacks, he agreed to form an emergency government with Mr Netanyahu.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap parliamentary election, after France's National Rally party surged to victory in the European election this weekend.
The far-right party won more than double the votes of Macron's centrist alliance, leading to the president to say: "I cannot act as if nothing had happened".
The parliamentary election will take place on 30 June and 7 July - but Macron's own position as president is not at stake.
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says an Israeli raid on a refugee camp - which led to the rescue of four hostages - killed 274 people, including children and other civilians.
On Saturday, Israel's forces, backed by air strikes, fought intense gun battles with Hamas in and around the Nuseirat refugee camp, freeing the captives.
Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, who were abducted from the Nova music festival on 7 October have been returned to Israel.
The Israeli military has estimated that fewer than 100 people died in the operation.
But the latest figures from the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza would, if confirmed, make it one of the deadliest days of the conflict so far.
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The first BBC election debate featured the seven biggest parties in Great Britain.
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Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival on 7th October have been rescued in a daylight raid in central Gaza, as scores of Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks in the same area.
Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were freed during a "high-risk, complex mission" from two separate buildings in the Nuseirat area, the Israel Defence Forces said.
The IDF said the released hostages were all in good health. They were reunited with their families at a medical centre near Tel Aviv.
Dozens of Palestinians, including children, were killed by Israeli forces in the area where the operation took place.
Two hospitals in Gaza said they had recorded 70 bodies while Hamas's government media office said at least 210 people had been killed.
Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said Cogat, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge of civilian policy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, estimated there had been fewer than 100 casualties.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Hugo Bachega.
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A performance simulator facility has been developed to allow musicians to practise performance in real-world conditions - even with reactive virtual audiences and audition panels.
The Royal College of Music, London, uses the lab to train and refine skills of musicians in stage presence, communication and stress management.
BBC Click has visited the lab to see how it is putting musicians to the test.
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Inside the bodies of humpback whales are clues about how climate change is transforming Antarctica.
In the rich, freezing seas off the peninsula, penguins, seals and many whales feed on Antarctic krill.
These diminutive, almost unimaginably numerous, shrimp-like creatures thrive under sea ice.
As the climate warms up, scientists are racing to understand what that means for this ice-dependent food supply.
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Representatives from the major parties in Great Britain faced each other in a seven-way debate ahead of the UK general election on 4 July.
Conservative's Penny Mordaunt, Labour's Angela Rayner, Stephen Flynn from the Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrat's Daisy Cooper, Green Party's Carla Denyer, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth and Nigel Farage of Reform UK joined the BBC election debate on Friday night.
The politicians answered questions from the audience on topics including immigration and the NHS, and clashed over the armed forces and climate policy.
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Leading figures from the seven UK political parties have taken part in the BBC election debate.
The politicians clashed over the economy, armed forces, NHS, immigration and climate policy.
The line-up included Conservative's Penny Mordaunt, Labour's Angela Rayner, Stephen Flynn from the Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrat's Daisy Cooper, Green Party's Carla Denyer, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth and Nigel Farage of Reform UK.
Mordaunt said UK PM Rishi Sunak was "completely wrong" to leave D-Day events early - which the PM earlier admitted was a "mistake". Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Argentina's President Javier Milei has denied that it is ordinary Argentines who are paying for his radical austerity measures.
In a BBC interview, Mr Milei, who campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolise his desire to slash public spending, insisted that the political class were paying for his huge cuts, not the people.
The right-wing economist was voted in after years of high government spending and high debt.
He spoke to the BBC's South America correspondent, Ione Wells, on 6 May 2024.
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Myanmar’s military junta government is facing an armed challenge to its rule in several parts of the country.
In the Chin state in the west of Myanmar, ethnic resistance groups have managed to push the military junta out of several areas near the country’s western border and battles are currently raging as they fight to gain control of more territory.
The BBC has had rare access to the state and has seen evidence of how the Burmese army have launched a campaign of torture, abduction and murder to stop youngsters from joining rebel fighters.
Myanmar’s military is yet to respond to the BBC’s questions about these allegations.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye reports from western Myanmar.
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The UK's prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has said it was a "mistake" to leave D-Day commemorations in France early.
Mr Sunak returned to the UK early on Thursday, from events in Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
It later transpired he'd taken part in an ITV election interview.
After apologising, Sunak says people "can judge me by my actions when it comes to supporting the armed forces".
The UK will hold a general election on Thursday 4 July, which all parties are currently campaigning for.
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Pro-democracy activists in Sudan claim that about 40 people were killed in “violent artillery fire” when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman.
The RSF are also accused of carrying out a “massacre” on Wednesday, where at least 150 people died. The RSF has not commented on the accusations.
The fighting that has erupted in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country is a direct result of a vicious power struggle between the regular army and a paramilitary force called the RSF.
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The US has told Israel it must be fully "transparent" over an air strike that reportedly killed at least 35 people at a central Gaza school packed with displaced people.
Local journalists told the BBC a warplane had fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat urban refugee camp.
The Israeli military said it had conducted a "precise" strike on a "Hamas compound" in the school, but Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office denied the claim.
The US called on Israel to identify publicly the Hamas fighters it said it had killed - just as the Israeli military gave the names of nine of them.
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Voters across Europe are heading to the polls, with nearly two million additional teenagers eligible to cast their ballot for the first time.
Changes to the law in some EU countries mean 16 and 17 year olds in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Greece and Malta are able to take part.
In the 2019 European elections, young people turned out in record numbers, their votes going overwhelmingly to green parties.
This time opinion polls suggest the far right will make significant gains - helped by unprecedented support from younger voters.
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Russia is the most sanctioned economy in the world - yet this year Russia is set to grow faster than all advanced economies, according to the International Monetary Fund.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany.
Vladimir Putin is hosting an International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, where it's claimed that delegates from more than 130 countries and territories are taking part.
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New advancements in artificial intelligence have the capacity to deliver major breakthroughs in cancer therapy.
AI-powered protein design company Profluent used AI to make an open-source gene editor called OpenCRISPR-1.
OpenCRISPR-1 can create molecules with the power to edit the human genome, according to Profluent.
Profluent's aim is to develop gene editors that are more operative than existing biological mechanisms, especially mechanisms that prevent illnesses like cancer and fight viruses.
AI presenter Priya Lakhani joins The Context to explain this development in health and technology.
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Eighty years ago on 6 June, D-Day, the largest land, air and naval operation in history was unleashed to fight the Nazis – led by a group of British troops who crash-landed in Normandy in six flimsy gliders.
In 1984, the man who led this mission gave an extraordinary account to the BBC.
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US President Joe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
He described the conflict as being part of an unending struggle between dictatorship and freedom.
On 6 June 1944, tens of thousands of soldiers landed on five beaches in Normandy, northern France.
The largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Other leaders present at ceremonies on Thursday included French President Emmanuel Macron, King Charles III and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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The American Boeing company has launched its Starliner capsule towards the International Space Station (ISS) with two Nasa astronauts aboard.
It's the first time the vehicle has been entrusted to carry people after coming through a long and tortuous development programme.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be testing the capsule on a mission that's expected to last just over a week.
Starliner is scheduled to dock with the space station on Thursday.
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Nvidia's market value has surged past $3tn (£2.3tn), lifting the chip giant ahead of Apple to become the second most valuable publicly listed company in the world.
The firm's share price rose more than 5% on Wednesday, to more than $1,224.
It extended a breathtakingly rapid climb that started last year, powered by bets that the US firm is positioned to be a major winner from a wave of investment in artificial intelligence (AI).
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An Israeli air strike on a UN school packed with hundreds of displaced people in central Gaza has killed at least 27 people, local officials say.
The Israeli military said it carried out a strike on a UN school that housed a "Hamas compound".
Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The Hamas media office has accused Israel of committing a "horrific massacre".
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said jets had conducted a "precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside an Unrwa school in the area of Nuseirat".
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Events are taking place in France and the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France.
US President Joe Biden and King Charles III are among world leaders attending ceremonies.
On 6 June 1944, tens of thousands of soldiers landed on five beaches in Normandy, northern France.
The largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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President Joe Biden has issued a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border that have left him politically vulnerable in an election year.
Under the order, which took effect at midnight, officials can quickly remove migrants entering the US illegally without processing their asylum requests.
Rival Republicans say Biden has not gone far enough, while some of the president's Democratic allies - and the United Nations - have expressed concern.
A spokeswoman for the UN's refugee agency said those fearing persecution should have access to safe territory.
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United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said the world's fossil fuel industries should be banned from advertising to help save the world from climate change.
Mr Guterres called coal, oil and gas corporations the “godfathers of climate chaos” who had deceived the public for decades.
Just as tobacco advertising was banned because of the threat to health, the same should now apply to fossil fuels, he said.
His remarks were his most damning condemnation yet of the industries responsible for the bulk of global warming.
They came as new studies showed the rate of warming is increasing and that global heat records have continued to tumble.
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France and Britain are holding commemorations marking the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
In Portsmouth in England, King Charles called on people to live up to the freedom soldiers died for, paying tribute to surviving veterans. In France, President Macron also evoked the spirit of sacrifice at a ceremony in Brittany.
The D-Day landings saw troops from the UK, US, Canada and France attacking German forces in Normandy, northern France, during World War Two.
It was the largest seaborne invasion ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe.
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A mother whose son killed himself just six hours after being targeted by "sextortionists" is campaigning to raise awareness.
Jordan DeMay died in 2022 after brothers Samuel and Samson Ogoshi targeted him from Lagos, pretending to be an attractive girl his age, and then blackmailed him with explicit images of himself.
Now, his mother, Jenn Buta, is using the TikTok account Jordan set up for her to warn young people about such criminals, largely based in Nigeria - and her videos have more than a million "likes".
Nigerian police have told BBC News any suggestion they are not taking the crimes seriously is "laughable".
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Palestinian locals said the burnt-out remains of the al-Shifa hospital “reeked of death” after Israeli forces left on 1 April.
During the past eight months of war, hospitals have come under repeated attack, with Israel claiming they are used as bases by Hamas; something the group denies.
But events at al-Shifa – once the biggest and best equipped medical facility in the Gaza Strip – have arguably been the most dramatic.
The two-week surprise raid, launched after Israel said Hamas had regrouped at the site, was described by the Israeli government as "precise and surgical".
Its spokesman, Avi Hyman, asserted that it had set "the gold standard of urban warfare". He said: “We took out over 200 terrorists. We apprehended over 900 terrorists with not a single civilian casualty.
With decaying bodies sticking out of the sand piled up by combat bulldozers in the courtyards of al-Shifa, the claim that there had been no civilian casualties was immediately questioned.
In recent weeks, four mass graves have been uncovered at the site, with Palestinian search teams saying that several hundred bodies have been found.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a third consecutive term in a much tighter general election than anticipated.
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost its outright parliamentary majority for the first time in 10 years.
The opposition coalition, INDIA opposition alliance, performed far better than expected, securing 232 seats.
It has not accepted defeat and said it will meet today to decide next steps. More than 640 million people voted in the marathon seven-week election, hailed as a "world record" by election authorities.
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US President Joe Biden has announced a sweeping new executive action aimed at curbing migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border.
It will stop migrants who cross unlawfully from receiving asylum, but only takes effect when the southern border has been "overwhelmed.”
The Biden Administration says the action makes it easier for immigration officers to remove people who are in the US illegally.
Immigration is one of the key voter issues ahead of November's presidential election, and both Democrats and Republicans are seeking to prove their credentials on the topic.
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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented a choice ahead of the European elections this weekend: go to vote if you don’t want to go to war.
Previously, Tusk has warned Europe is in a "pre-war era" and Ukraine must not be defeated by Russia for the good of the whole continent.
Tusk’s campaign team has been highlighting the threat of Russian aggression for months.
Tusk’s Civic Coalition is stressing that the EU needs to stand firm and united against the danger from Moscow.
Vladimir Putin has recently said he has no plans to attack a Nato country.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third consecutive term in a much tighter general election than anticipated.
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may fall short of a majority, despite confident claims that it was heading for a clearcut victory.
The results are a personal blow to Mr Modi, who has always secured majorities in elections as both chief minister of Gujarat state and India’s prime minister and has dominated the country's politics for a decade.
The verdict marks a surprising revival for the Congress Party-led INDIA opposition alliance, defying earlier predictions of its decline.
More than 640 million people voted in a marathon seven-week election, hailed as a "world record" by election authorities.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye in Delhi.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Labour leader Keir Starmer clashed over the NHS, cost of living, education and immigration in the first head-to-head TV debate of the election.
In opening statements, Starmer said this election was about a choice between "chaos" with the Conservatives or "rebuilding with Labour". Sunak said "uncertain times call for a clear plan and bold action".
You can hear from the other political parties on Friday, when leading figures from seven parties debate on the BBC from 19:30.
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China says its lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the moon to begin its journey back to Earth carrying the first samples ever collected from the region.
On Sunday, the robot landed in a giant crater close to the moon's south pole in a world-first feat celebrated by the international science community.
China is the only country to have landed on the far side of the moon, having also done so before in 2019.
China aims to be the first country to bring back rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon, which scientists say could be very different from rock formations on the near side.
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After two decades of construction, work will soon be completed on the world's first geological tomb for spent nuclear fuel - half a kilometre underground.
Finland opened Europe’s most powerful nuclear reactor last April - it's betting on nuclear to boost energy security and help it reach its climate goals.
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Early trends in India's election vote count are not showing the expected landslide for the current prime minister.
Narendra Modi's BJP-led alliance is leading in just under 300 seats, while opposition parties are ahead in about 200.
Modi is eyeing a rare third consecutive term for himself and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but early results are not showing the landslide win expected.
Early results show the Congress party along with other opposition parties doing better than expected.
The world's biggest election was held in seven phases over six weeks with almost a billion people registered to vote.
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Destiny 2: The Final Shape expansion could bring the series’ story to an end after more than a decade years.
Twitch streamer IFrostBolt talks to BBC Newsbeat about what he hopes fans like himself will discover and why he doesn’t want the game to end.
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Italy's current government is led by the Brothers of Italy party, which has roots in post-war fascism.
Its leader, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has said her movement has completely changed and that it is clear her politics are not those of the people raising their arms in Milan.
But some fear she and her party have not moved far enough away from their political origins and that what was once considered the extreme is becoming mainstream.
Ms Meloni's Brothers of Italy party bears the same three-coloured flame logo adopted by neo-fascist groupings after the second world war, but she has progressively shifted her movement away from the far right.
BBC's Mark Lowen looks into the world of neo-fascism in Italy for BBC InDepth.
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Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people abducted by Hamas on 7 October.
It says the four were killed while together during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, adding that their bodies were still being held by the militants.
The men were named as British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell, 51, Chaim Peri, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Amiram Cooper, 85.
The announcement comes as the US says it has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council supporting the ceasefire plan outlined by President Biden.
The three-phase plan involves an end to the conflict, the release of the hostages and reconstruction of the Palestinian territory.
At least 36,470 people have been killed in Gaza in almost eight months of fighting, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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Votes are being counted in India after the world's biggest election was held in seven phases over six weeks with hundreds of millions of people voting.
Early trends show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led NDA alliance is leading in nearly 300 seats.
Most exit polls had suggested a comfortable win for Mr Modi's party, which is eyeing a rare third consecutive term in power.
However, the opposition alliance INDIA is performing better than expected and is ahead in more than 200 seats.
A party or alliance needs to win 272 seats in the 543-member parliament to form the government. Results are expected later on Tuesday.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear that his forces will continue the war in Gaza until it has achieved its objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing Israeli hostages.
President Biden has unveiled a peace plan which calls for an immediate ceasefire by Israel and Hamas, leading to negotiations on a permanent end to hostilities.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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In the patriotic run-up to the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne – the punk group The Sex Pistols released an incendiary single that ignited a firestorm of controversy and brought them overnight notoriety.
With its provocative title and lyrics that openly attacked the UK establishment, during this week in 1977 the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen sparked outrage with its release.
Six months earlier, the BBC tried to get to the bottom of the chaotic youth movement that seemed to be challenging the very foundations of British society.
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Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has become the first child of a sitting US president to be a criminal defendant.
Prosecutors allege Hunter Biden, 54, lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased a handgun in 2018.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts, in a case that began on Monday with jury selection.
Mr Biden, the only surviving son of President Joe Biden, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first woman president in an historic landslide win.
Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday's election.
That gives her a lead of about 30 percentage points over her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez.
Ms Sheinbaum will replace her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on 1 October.
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Ruja Ignatova convinced millions of people around the world to invest in the cryptocurrency OneCoin, promising to eclipse the kind of huge returns seen by early Bitcoin investors.
As investigators from Germany and the US closed in on Ms Ignatova in October 2017, she took an early morning Ryanair flight from Sofia to Athens, never to be seen again.
For the past year, BBC World Service’s Eye Investigations and Panorama have been trying to find out more about what happened to her, and whether she is even alive.
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The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft.
It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered.
The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air traffic and adverse weather.
So, what exactly is it used for?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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What does bilingualism do to the brain? Are there benefits to speaking more than one language?
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Two Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before Hamas was destroyed.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid has pledged to back the government if Mr Netanyahu supported the plan.
The prime minister himself insisted there would be no permanent truce until Hamas's military and governing capabilities were destroyed and all hostages released.
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The ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, has been hit by the worst election result since apartheid ended 30 years ago.
With results from 99% of voting districts declared the ANC has 40%.
This is a steep fall since the last election when it got 58%, and means it will have to share power with one or more parties.
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The US aerospace giant Boeing has delayed its first crewed flight.
Liftoff was expected at 17:25 BST but was delayed for currently unknown issues.
The Starliner's first voyage carrying astronauts to the International Space Station has been highly anticipated.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak previously announced the next general election will take place on 4 July.
The UK is divided into 650 areas, called constituencies, and each of these elects one MP to represent local residents at Westminster.
Most candidates represent a political party, but some stand as independents.
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In a bid to cut screen time and endless scrolling, a rising number of people in the US are ditching smartphones for more basic handsets.
Could we be seeing the return of the ‘dumbphone’?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The South African party ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, has been hit with its worst election result since apartheid ended 30 years ago.
With results from 99% of voting districts declared the ANC has 40%.
This is a steep fall since the last election when it got 57%, and means it will have to share power with one or more parties.
ANC leaders are preparing for complex coalition talks.
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US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end".
The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza.
There would also be a "surge" of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange of some hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
The deal would eventually lead to a permanent "cessation of hostilities" and a major reconstruction plan for Gaza.
Hamas said it views the proposal "positively".
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President Biden has set out a peace proposal and ceasefire offer from Israel that he said could end the war in Gaza.
Mr Biden urged both Hamas and Israel's leaders to accept the deal, saying those in Israel who wanted "indefinite war" must change their minds. He outlined a three-phase proposal, that would begin with an immediate six week ceasefire. At the same time, Israeli forces would carry out a withdrawal from Gaza. Israeli hostages in Gaza would be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners and 600 trucks of humanitarian aid would be delivered there each day. In the second phase, Hamas and Israel would negotiate a permanent end to hostilities. The final phase would include a major reconstruction operation in Gaza, with international support.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Bateman in Washington.
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Donald Trump has confirmed he will appeal against his historic conviction in his New York trial in remarks at Trump Tower.
The former US President was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his trial on Thursday.
He claims his prosecution was politically orchestrated and that the trial was "rigged".
"We're going to be appealing this scam," he said, before complaining about the conduct of Justice Juan Merchan.
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US President Joe Biden has outlined a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying "it's time for this war to end".
He has set out a three-stage roadmap - involving a six-week ceasefire that would become permanent and then the rebuilding of Gaza with international assistance.
Biden has urged Hamas to "take the deal", while also pressing all Israeli political leaders to do the same.
Israeli forces are currently in central Rafah, in Gaza's south, but earlier this week the White House said the IDF had not crossed any red lines set by the US President.
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Thousands of NHS cancer patients in England are expected to get access to trials of a new type of treatment using vaccines to fight their disease.
Thirty hospitals so far have signed up to the Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad.
It is designed to match patients with forthcoming trials using mRNA technology, as found in current Covid jabs.
The vaccines are designed to prime the immune system to recognise and destroy any remaining cancer cells and reduce the risk of the disease recurring.
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US President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region, US officials have said.
One official said his team had been directed to ensure Ukraine was able to use US weapons for "counter-fire purposes" to "hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them".
Russian forces have made gains in the north-eastern Kharkiv region in recent weeks after a surprise offensive in the area, close to the border with Russia.
European leaders and the UK had called for restrictions on the use of such weapons to be relaxed, despite concerns that such a development could further escalate the conflict.
President Vladimir Putin warned that attacks by Ukraine on Russia with Western missiles risked triggering a wider war.
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How realistic is sim racing and are we about to see gamers jump into F1 cars for real?
F1 reserve driver Liam Lawson has sat down with BBC Newsbeat to talk about how realistic F1 games like EA's latest title, F1 24, really are and what it's like when F1 drivers and sim racers go head-to-head.
He also delves into life living in the UK and the odd comparisons the city where he lives has with the Monaco Grand Prix.
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Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic criminal trial in New York.
He will be sentenced on 11 July and could face prison. It is the first time a former or serving US president has been convicted of a crime.
He is accused of concealing a payment made by his former lawyer to buy the ex-adult film star’s silence shortly before the 2016 election.
Trump pleaded not guilty and called the verdict a "disgrace".
The BBC's Kayla Epstein, who was inside the court, describes what Trump did after the guilty verdict was read in the New York courtroom.
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Claudia Sheinbaum is the current front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election - which would make her the country's first ever woman to take on the role.
With her closest rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, also a woman, and the only man in the presidential race a distant third, Mexico is almost certainly set to break centuries of male domination of the country’s highest office.
In a nation with deeply embedded problems with machismo and sexual violence against women and girls, Sheinbaum says the fact that both leading candidates are women is a sign that Mexican society is evolving.
On average, 11 women a day are murdered in Mexico.
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Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic criminal trial in New York.
12 jurors deliberated for two days before reaching a unanimous verdict - it is the first time a former or serving US president has been convicted of a crime.
He will be sentenced on 11 July - the former president could face prison, but legal experts have said a fine is the more likely outcome.
Trump has called the verdict a "disgrace" and has attacked Judge Merchan, who presided over the case.
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After a trial lasting more than five weeks, Donald Trump has been convicted of falsifying business records in the first criminal trial of a former president.
It is the first time in history that a former US president has been convicted of a crime.
The 12 jurors deliberated for two days before reaching a unanimous verdict - the court heard from 22 witnesses over six weeks, including Stormy Daniels, whose alleged sexual encounter with Trump was at the centre of this case.
Trump stood accused of concealing a payment made by his former lawyer to buy the ex-adult film star’s silence shortly before the 2016 election, he had pleaded not guilty and claimed without evidence that the prosecution was politically motivated.
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It's more than a century since Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, and his totalitarian regime, swept to power.
His rule was marked by brutal repression - and when Mussolini allied with Hitler's Germany, thousands were sent to their deaths during the Holocaust.
Italy's current government is led by the Brothers of Italy party, which has roots in post-war fascism.
Its leader, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, says her movement has completely changed.
But some fear she and her party have not moved far enough away from their political origins - and that what was once considered the extreme is becoming mainstream.
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A mayoral candidate in the Mexican state of Guerrero has been shot dead in the latest attack on an aspiring politician, ahead of this weekend's elections.
Alfredo Cabrera, who was running for mayor in the town of Coyuca de Benítez, was killed by a gunman at a campaign rally.
The run-up to the vote, in which a new president as well as members of the legislature, nine governors and almost 20,000 local officials will be chosen, has been the most violent in recent history.
More than 20 candidates have been killed and hundreds more have been threatened.
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The counting of the votes has started in what is seen as South Africa's most closely fought elections since the African National Congress came to power 30 years ago.
Wednesday's election saw long lines of voters outside polling stations late into the night across the country.
The key issues for voters were widespread corruption in government, high levels of unemployment and rampant crime.
A record 70 parties and 11 independents were running, with South Africans voting for a new parliament and nine provincial legislatures.
More than 27 million people were registered to cast their ballots, including a high percentage of young voters.
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Israel's military has taken control of the buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border known as the Philadelphi Corridor, meaning that Israel now controls Gaza's entire land border.
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found within the zone.
Egyptian TV quoted sources denying this, and said Israel was trying to justify its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Meanwhile, the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has decreased by two-thirds since Israel began its military operation in Rafah earlier this month, according to the UN.
Israel has insisted that it must take Rafah to achieve victory in the war triggered by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on the country on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage.
At least 36,170 people have been killed across Gaza since the start of the conflict, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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A Hong Kong court has found 14 democracy activists guilty of subversion and acquitted two in the biggest national security case.
They are among 47 who were charged in 2021 with trying to “overthrow” the government by organising an unofficial election.
Their arrest marked the biggest crackdown under the National Security Law imposed by China in 2020.
Beijing says the law is essential for Hong Kong’s stability but rights groups say it has crushed civil liberties and created a climate of fear.
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After a trial lasting more than five weeks, a New York judge has instructed a jury to make a historic decision: whether Donald Trump is guilty or not guilty of a crime.
The former president has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a hush-money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
Deliberations began on Wednesday afternoon, but the 12 jurors left the Manhattan courthouse without a verdict.
When they come back on Thursday morning, they will sift through the requested testimony and once again weigh whether Mr Trump will become the first former US president to be convicted of a felony.
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A joint European-Japanese satellite has launched to measure how clouds influence the climate.
Some low-level clouds are known to cool the planet, others at high altitude will act as a blanket.
The Earthcare mission will use a laser and a radar to probe the atmosphere to see precisely where the balance lies. It's taken fully 20 years to get Earthcare into space
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Temperatures have crossed 50C (120F) in parts of northern and central India as the country grapples with extreme heatwave conditions.
Indian summers, which extend from March to September, are usually hot and humid.
But the weather department in India has said the country is likely to experience longer and more intense heatwaves this year.
BBC weather presenter Ben Rich has explained what is causing the intense heat in India.
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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted on charges of insulting the monarchy, the country’s attorney-general has said.
The controversial political leader, who returned to Thailand last year after 15 years in exile, is being charged over an interview he gave to a Korean newspaper nine years ago.
In that interview he had accused the king’s top advisory body, the privy council, of helping engineer the 2014 military coup which deposed an administration led by his sister Yingluck.
He is the most high-profile figure to face charges under Thailand's notorious lese majeste law, which has been used extensively against political dissidents.
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South Africans are voting in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994.
More than 27 million people are registered to cast their ballots in a poll that highlights growing political fragmentation after 30 years of democracy.
A record 70 parties and 11 independents are contesting an election that will see South Africans vote for a new parliament, and nine provincial legislatures.
The African National Congress, the party of the late Nelson Mandela, faces its biggest challenge in 30 years as millions go to the polls.
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Israel has denied launching a deadly air strike on a camp of displaced people in al-Mawasi, on the coast west of Rafah, on Tuesday.
The strike followed mounting international pressure on Israel in the wake of Sunday's air strike in Rafah which killed at least 45 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, which Israel called a "tragic mishap".
But Israeli officials claim they did not organise the al-Mawasi strike on Tuesday, which Palestinian officials say resulted in 21 people being killed, with a further 64 injured.
Meanwhile, Algeria has become the latest country to ask for a UN resolution in hopes a ceasefire agreement can be agreed between the two sides.
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Close to 2,000 children have been injured or killed in Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion.
Child psychologists report a "catastrophic" surge in young people across the country struggling with symptoms that include panic attacks and depression.
Right across Ukraine, young people are experiencing loss, fear and anxiety. An increasing number struggle to sleep, have panic attacks or flashbacks.
Russian troops have recently crossed the border in a surprise offensive, taking new ground, and missile attacks on the city of Kharkiv have also increased.
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It’s been a long day for the 18 jurors at Donald Trump's trail in New York, who could be held back a further four hours to listen to closing arguments from the prosecution.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said his flawed star witness is a "tour guide" to evidence, and that it doesn't matter if jurors ''want to go into business with Michael Cohen".
Trump's defence team presented their final argument earlier in the day, giving 10 reasons why they should not convict him and calling Mr Cohen "the MVP of liars".
After closing arguments, Justice Juan Merchan will give final instructions to the jury, and then they will begin deliberations.
Only a unanimous verdict can convict Trump - who is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims they had sex.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, and denies any sexual encounter with her.
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Israeli ground troops are reported to have advanced into the heart of the southern Gazan city of Rafah.
Journalists and witnesses there say Israeli tanks have seized control of a key roundabout in the centre of the city.
The Israeli military has said it is investigating the possibility that weapons stored in a nearby compound caught fire after an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Sunday, triggering a blaze in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians that killed dozens of people.
Meanwhile, the Hamas-run health ministry has said 21 people were killed and 64 injured in a displaced persons camp in Rafah on Tuesday amid continuing Israeli shelling. Israel’s military has denied carrying out a strike on the area.
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Jasmine used in perfume by two major beauty companies was picked by children, the BBC can reveal.
An investigation into last summer’s perfume supply chains found flowers picked in fields where we saw children working were ending up in the supply chains for global brands L’Oréal and Estée Lauder.
All the luxury perfume brands claim to have zero tolerance on child labour. L'Oréal, Lancôme's owner, said: "Whenever an issue arises, L’Oréal works proactively to identify the underlying causes and the way to resolve the issue."
Estée Lauder, Aerin Beauty's owner, said it had contacted its suppliers to investigate this very serious matter.
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Indian Administered Kashmir has seen its highest voter turnout in more than three decades.
Elections are normally boycotted, seen as a way for the Indian government to legitimise control over the region.
These are the first general elections since the Modi government took away Kashmir’s special status in 2019.
Voting has become a way for many Kashmiris to protest that move.
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Preparations are under way at major Channel crossing points for a new automated European Union (EU) border IT system due to start this October, despite fears of queue chaos for holidaymakers.
Under the Entry Exit System (EES) non-EU nationals, including Brits, will have to register biometric information the first time they cross the border.
This has prompted concerns there might be huge delays as a result.
But tens of millions of pounds are being spent on equipment and processing areas at Dover’s ferry port, Eurostar’s London St Pancras terminus and Eurotunnel’s Folkestone site.
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Papua New Guinea authorities say nearly 7,900 people living near the site of a deadly landslide are "at risk" as rock and debris continues to move down the hillside.
An alert for potential evacuation has been put out, with a province official saying the mountain remains "very active".
Rescuers say it is increasingly unlikely that victims will be found alive in the rubble.
The country's disaster agency says it fears about 2,000 people were buried when a mountain side collapsed last Friday.
This is much higher than the UN's estimate of about 670 victims.
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The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later on Tuesday to discuss Israel's strike on the southern Gazan city of Rafah on Sunday.
At least 45 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while hundreds more were treated for severe burns, fractures and shrapnel wounds.
Israeli strikes in Rafah have continued despite the dozens killed in Sunday's bombing.
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike was a “tragic mishap” but added: “I don’t intend to end the war before every goal has been achieved.”
Last week, the EU asked Israel to "fully respect" a ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel stop military actions on Rafah "which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”.
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Russian forces say they have taken two more Ukrainian villages in the east of the country.
Moscow's foreign ministry announced the capture of one village in the Kharkiv region and another one in Donetsk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Western leaders to pressure Russia into peace using "all means" necessary.
Mr Zelensky has long said he will not negotiate with Russia directly until Moscow's forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.
His call, however, comes as Russia makes gains against Ukraine, with Kyiv suffering from a shortage of Western-supplied weapons.
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The grain left from beer production is being used to make alternative leather and it means no animals or plastic is used to make the material.
The waste is usually used for animal feed or could even end up in landfill.
So, how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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There are fears the number of missing following a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea could stretch into the thousands, a government agency has said.
The acting director of the nation's National Disaster Centre said in a letter it was feared more than 2,000 people were buried alive in Friday's disaster.
However, an exact casualty figure has been hard to establish and estimates have varied widely, as rescue efforts have been hindered by rubble 10m deep in some places and a lack of adequate equipment.
Fewer than a dozen bodies have been recovered so far, while the United Nations put the figure of the missing at 670.
The collapse of a mountain side early Friday morning wiped out a bustling village in Enga province, where about 3,800 people had been living.
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Flo has spent much of her life camouflaging or masking who she really is in order to fit into the non-autistic world.
Here's why she decided to stop.
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In the village of Lyptsi, Ukrainian forces appear to have blunted Russia’s surprise offensive.
A few weeks ago, they were rapidly advancing towards Kharkiv - but with the help of reinforcements, Ukraine is slowly stemming the tide.
One Ukrainian unit on the frontline call themselves the Peaky Blinders, after the cult TV series.
Oleksandr, their leader, says at the outbreak of the war they turned up to guard their streets with shotguns, wearing civilian clothing - like a scene from the hit show.
The group uses cheap, mass-produced small drones to take out tanks, target groups of infantry or individual soldiers.
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A new device to help reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital has been given regulatory approval.
The Liberty allows patients to take blood tests and upload the results at home without supervision.
Patients said it has allowed them to cut down on draining hospital visits, while clinicians have suggested it could boost NHS productivity.
However, Cancer Research UK said it has so far only been trialled on a small number of people.
The charity added more work is needed before we know whether it can be used more widely in cancer care.
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How do you go from experimenting with an idea to creating a multi-award-winning video game?
Well, the minds at Sad Owl Studios achieved just that when they scooped two awards at the Bafta Game Awards, including best British video game.
They sat down with BBC Newsbeat to discuss their cheeky speeches, the troubling state of staffing in the gaming industry and the future for their own studio.
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The late 1940s saw the rise of Tropical Modernism – it was a style of architecture that took the simple design of modernism and adapted it into cool buildings for hot and humid climates.
So, why is there now a growing interest in this type of design?
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The United Nations' top court has ruled that Israel must "immediately halt its military offensive" in Rafah in southern Gaza.
The International Court of Justice, which decides disputes between countries, says "the catastrophic situation" in Gaza had deteriorated and described humanitarian conditions in Rafah as "disastrous."
The judges also said the Rafah border crossing with Egypt must be opened for the entry of humanitarian aid "at scale”.
South Africa had asked the ICJ to make the order as an emergency measure, saying Israel’s actions in Rafah amount to a “genocidal” operation and threatened the survival of the Palestinian people.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected allegations of genocide, calling them false and outrageous. Some of his cabinet partners accused the court of antisemitism and siding with Hamas.
However for Mr Netanyahu’s critics the ruling is one more sign of Israel’s growing international isolation.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem and legal affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani.
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Next week South Africans head to the polls, 30 years on from the nations first democratic election.
That election back in 1994 followed decades of a brutal and racist apartheid regime.
The BBC's special correspondent Fergal Keane was reporting there at the time and has returned to the county to see what has changed and what hasn't.
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The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must halt its military offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza.
South Africa had asked the ICJ to order it as an emergency measure, saying Israel’s actions in Rafah amount to a “genocidal” operation and threaten the survival of the Palestinian people.
The ICJ is the top UN court and can make legally binding rulings in disputes between countries, but has little way of enforcing its orders.
Israel has previously called South Africa's case "wholly unfounded", saying the Rafah offensive is key to defeating Hamas following the 7 October attacks, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 252 were taken to Gaza as hostages.
At least 35,800 Palestinians have been killed in the war since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
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A massive landslide is feared to have killed many after it struck six remote villages in Papua New Guinea, local officials and aid agencies said.
The landslide buried more than 100 homes after it struck at around 03:00 local time Friday (17:00 GMT Thursday) in the highlands of Enga, north of the island nation in the south-west Pacific.
It was not immediately clear how many people were trapped in the rubble and no casualties have been officially confirmed.
Enga governor Peter Ipatas told AFP news agency it was an "unprecedented natural disaster".
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape said his government has sent disaster officials to the landslide site to "start relief work, recovery of bodies, and reconstruction of infrastructure".
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A desperate search for survivors is under way after a two-storey restaurant collapsed on the Spanish island of Majorca, killing four people and injuring 16, local emergency services say.
Several people are believed to be trapped under rubble at the site of the Medusa Beach Club, a beachside restaurant in one of the busiest areas of the regional capital, Palma de Majorca.
The building collapsed at about 20:30 local time (19:30 BST) on Thursday night. People fell into the basement below, where there were customers and staff.
Police say the terrace caved in because of “excessive weight” being placed on it, but investigations continue. Emergency workers have called for silence as they listen for survivors.
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US regulators have sued Live Nation, accusing the entertainment giant of using illegal tactics to maintain a monopoly over the live music industry.
The lawsuit from the Department of Justice said the firm's practices had kept out competitors, and led to higher ticket prices and worse service for customers.
Attorney General Merrick Garland called on the courts to break up the company.
Live Nation said in a statement on its website that claims that it wielded monopoly power were "absurd".
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Countries around the world are working to implement legislation to regulate artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) development and use.
This week, AI technology companies from across the globe including the US, China, Middle East and Europe developed a set of agreements at the AI Seoul Summit.
These agreements pertain to thresholds for severe AI risks, including in building biological and chemical weapons.
The European Union's AI Act, a more comprehensive standard than the regulations in the US thus far, will go into effect next month.
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An Austrian man has discovered the remains of prehistoric mammoths while renovating his wine cellar.
The find has been called an "archaeological sensation” by researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The winemaker, Andreas Pernerstorfer, reported his find to the authorities, who identified them as the bones of at least three Stone Age mammoths.
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Another senior defence official in the Russian military has been arrested after being accused of taking a large bribe, Russian media has reported.
General Vadim Shamarin, the deputy chief of General Staff, has appeared in court and he's the fourth senior official to be arrested since April.
Earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin removed Sergei Shoigu as his defence minister, and replaced him with the former deputy prime minister, Andrei Belousov.
It was a move seen as an attempt by the Kremlin to boost the army's efficiency and tackle corruption.
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Fighting has continued to intensify in and around the Sudanese city of El Fasher, where medical charity MSF has reported 700 casualties in 10 days.
The internet has been cut making access to the city difficult. Soldiers from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are besieging the city.
A power struggle within the military government has seen months of widespread fighting between the regular army and members of the RSF.
Thousands have died and some five million people have been forced to flee their homes.
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Thousands have marched in Iran for the final day of funeral rites for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.
Raisi, 63, died alongside his foreign minister and six others when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration.
Raisi's coffin was flown to Mashhad in northeast Iran after a funeral procession was held for him in the eastern city of Birjand.
Despite huge crowds, not all Iranians supported the president and many celebrated his death on social media.
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President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that French police forces will remain for "as long as necessary" in New Caledonia, as he arrived in the riot-plagued French Pacific territory.
Mr Macron said the 3,000-strong force deployed from France would stay put - even during the Paris Summer Olympics if required.
Six people, including two police officers, have been killed and hundreds injured in the riots triggered by a controversial electoral reform proposed last week.
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Taiwan's defence ministry has condemned China's military exercises around the self-ruled island as "irrational provocations".
The drills come just three days after the inauguration of Taiwanese president William Lai, whom Beijing has labelled as a "separatist" and a "troublemaker".
Beijing, which has long claimed Taiwan, is performing the drills all around the main island, and the Taipei-controlled islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin.
A spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has called them a "strong punishment" for "separatist acts".
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At least nine people have been killed, including a child, and about 50 have been injured after part of a stage collapsed at an election rally in Mexico.
The incident occurred as presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez was delivering a speech in the city of San Pedro Garza Garcia, near Monterrey.
Mr Maynez was uninjured in the collapse. Several members of his team had been hurt, he said.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has reacted to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of the UK general election.
The election is set to take place on Thursday, 4 July.
And, after the prime minister made his announcement at 10 Downing Street in London, the leader of the opposition made his announcement in front of a podium bearing bears Labour's "change" campaign message.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for Thursday, 4 July.
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Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, Ebrahim Raisi.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University, where caskets carrying Mr Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, were draped in Iranian flags.
Iran’s acting president, Mohammad Mokhber, stood nearby and openly wept during the service, while top leaders of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard were also in attendance.
Authorities had warned against demonstrations against the funeral procession, and some residents in Tehran reportedly received texts urging them to attend Wednesday's ceremonies.
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Ireland, Norway, and Spain have announced they will recognise a Palestinian state from 28 May.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said a two-state solution was the "only alternative"; while Ireland's PM Simon Harris said the decision would help create a "peaceful future".
But, while Palestinian leaders welcomed the decision - with the Palestine Liberation Organization calling it a "historic moment" - Israel reacted furiously, saying it would summon the three countries' ambassadors to watch a video of the 7 October attacks.
At least 140 countries already recognise the state of Palestine - but not the UK or the US.
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Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong has offered his "deepest apologies to everyone affected" after a flight from London to Singapore encountered severe turbulence, during which a passenger died.
The man, named as 73-year-old Geoff Kitchen, died of a suspected heart attack.
Seventy-one wounded passengers are being treated at a hospital in Bangkok, where the plane made an emergency landing. Six are in critical condition.
Singapore's new PM Lawrence Wong has promised a "thorough investigation”.
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One person has died, with several injured, after severe turbulence on a London to Singapore flight.
Authorities at Bangkok airport said the victim was a 73-year-old British man who "likely" died from a heart attack.
Seven people are seriously injured - the wife of the British man who died has gone to hospital.
Anyone not wearing a seat belt was “launched into the ceiling”, one passenger said.
Singapore Airlines said the flight experienced "sudden extreme turbulence" over Myanmar.
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Warning: Discussions of mental health.
Ninja Theory's Melina Juergens has told BBC Newsbeat how her own mental health experiences helped her connect with her character in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II.
Melina adopts the role of Senua, a woman living with psychosis as she manages her mental illness and the stigma that separates her from her community.
Melina also talks about the painstaking detail that went into props and costumes, including Senua's own clothing.
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The first of several ceremonies for President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials killed in the helicopter crash were held today.
Mourners gathered around the caskets as the procession passed by. The funeral ceremony began in the north-western city of Tabriz at 09:30 local time.
Another planned procession will take place in the religious city of Qom later on Tuesday.
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Authorities at Bangkok airport have said a 73-year-old British man died on a Singapore Airlines flight, "likely" from a heart attack.
Bangkok airport added that seven people are in a critical condition following turbulence on the London to Singapore flight, and twenty-three other passengers have been injured, as well as nine crew members.
Authorities in Thailand said that the man was travelling with his wife, who has also been admitted to a hospital in Bangkok.
Singapore Airlines says it "offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased".
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The UK government will set out details of the infected blood compensation scheme on Tuesday.
30,000 people were infected with hepatitis and HIV while receiving NHS treatment between the 1970s and 1990s - and 3,000 have since died.
On Monday, a public inquiry said victims were repeatedly failed, with evidence of a cover-up.
Roger Newman, who discovered he was infected with HIV and hepatitis C as a teenager, said, "We were also all so aware of so many that couldn't be there because they were either too ill or already passed away."
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Medical workers in Israel have told the BBC that Palestinian detainees from Gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies.
A whistle-blower detailed how procedures in one military hospital were “routinely” carried out without painkillers, causing “an unacceptable amount of pain” to detainees.
The Israeli army said detainees at the facility were treated “appropriately and carefully”.
It added in response that handcuffing of detainees in the Sde Teiman hospital in southern Israel was “examined individually and daily, and carried out in cases where the security risk requires it”.
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Funeral rites for Iran's president and seven others who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday have begun.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to mourn President Raisi.
The first ceremony is taking place in Tabriz in the country's north-west, the region where the crash happened.
But not everyone supported him - and many Iranians celebrated his death on social media.
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Mount Fuji is one of Japan's most iconic landmarks, and in recent years, social media has made photographing it even more popular.
But that's created a bit of a problem for residents of Fujikawaguchiko, a town with an incredible view, which is being swamped by millions of tourists.
Residents have now decided they've had enough.
And to keep the selfie-crowds away, they're taking the unlikely step of putting up a huge barrier to block the view.
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Prosecutors at the international criminal court have applied for arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.
The court’s chief prosecutor said there are reasonable grounds to believe both men bear responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed since the Hamas attacks on October 7th and the subsequent war in Gaza.
Arrest warrants are also sought for Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh, along with the group's military chief Mohammed Deif.
The prosecutors accuse Israel of state-sanctioned targeting of Gaza’s civilian population including extermination, murder and using starvation as a weapon of war. They accuse Hamas of extermination, hostage taking, torture and sexual violence.
Judges at the International Criminal Court will now decide whether they there is sufficient evidence to issue the warrants.
Mr Netanyahu described the application to arrest him as absurd and President Biden called it “outrageous.”
Hamas demanded the “cancellation of all arrest warrants issued against leaders of the Palestinian resistance” and said it violated their right under international law to resist Israeli aggression and occupation.
The accusations against the Israeli and Hamas leaders stem from the events of 7 October, when waves of Hamas gunmen attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 252 others back to Gaza as hostages. The attack led to the current war, in which at least 35,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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Justice Juan Merchan cleared the court and reprimanded a witness in a dramatic moment at Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York.
Michael Cohen, Mr Trump's former fixer, finished four days of testimony.
Cohen has testified that Trump approved a plan to reimburse him for $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claims she and Trump had sex.
Trump denies falsifying business records to cover up the payment, and denies any sexual encounter with Daniels.
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Authorities in the UK covered up the infected-blood scandal, knowingly exposing victims to unacceptable risks, a report has said.
The five-year investigation accused doctors, the government, and the NHS of letting patients catch HIV and hepatitis.
More than 30,000 people were infected, from 1970 to 1991, by contaminated blood products and transfusions, and about 3,000 have died.
Sir Brian Langstaff, who chaired the inquiry, said the scale of the scandal was "horrifying" and the authorities had been too slow to respond to the risks.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced five days of mourning, following the death of the country’s president in a helicopter crash.
Ebrahim Raisi, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six other people, were killed when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a mountainous area of north-western Iran.
Ayatollah Khamenei said he offered his condolences "to the dear people of Iran".
Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed to assume interim duties after the death of the president, and he will also work to prepare for a presidential election within 50 days - a period of time set out in Iran's constitution for replacing a president who dies in office.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can bring a new appeal against extradition to the US, the UK High Court has ruled.
In 2022, then-home secretary Priti Patel signed his extradition order, which would see Mr Assange sent to the US to stand trial for leaking military secrets.
But, today’s decision means he will be able to challenge US assurances over how his prospective trial would be conducted and whether his right to free speech would be infringed.
Mr Assange has resisted extradition from the UK for more than a decade, after his Wikileaks website published thousands of confidential US documents in 2010 and 2011, and he will now have a number of months to prepare his appeal.
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The final report of the public inquiry into the UK's infected blood scandal will be published on Monday.
More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, from 1970 to 1991, by contaminated blood.
The scandal has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history, with victims campaigning for years.
Some of the treatments were imported from the US where blood was bought from high-risk donors such as prison inmates and drug-users.
One victim said any potential apology from the government "won't bring back the dead".
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A huge search operation is underway in Iran after a helicopter carrying the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in the mountainous north-west of the country in heavy fog. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was also on the aircraft.
The men had been visiting Iran’s remote mountain border region with Azerbaijan to inaugurate a new dam project. Two other helicopters in the convoy made the journey safely.
Rescue teams are attempting to locate the helicopter but are being hampered by very poor weather. Iran’s army is reported to have ordered that all resources needed be sent to the search area. The Red Crescent is helping with the search operation. Drones and rescue dogs are being used in the attempt to locate the helicopter. Countries in the region including Turkey have offered assistance with the search.
Mass prayers are being said in mosques in Iran. Iran’s state-run television first announced news of what they described as a “hard-landing”. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a message of calm, saying he hoped that God would return the President to the people. He told Iranians that there would be no disruption to the running of the country.
President Raisi has been a key and controversial figure in Iran for many decades, regarded as a hardliner within the Islamic Republic’s leadership. The accident comes at a time of high tension in the Middle East, with the war in Gaza and fears that the conflict could widen.
Israel and the United States have accused Iran of backing militant groups including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Recently Iran fired hundreds of missiles at Israel. An airstrike on a military base in Iran was widely seen as Israel's response to that attack.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is a well-known figure on the international stage, where he has been involved in talks and negotiations about Iran's nuclear programme.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Hawley.
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Robots have integrated in our lives in different ways and have taken over some tasks which were exclusively done by humans.
But, robots have not yet been able to have a sense of touch - could this be about to change?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Many cancer treatments can be harsh on patients and not all are successful despite huge progress made by researchers and scientists.
However, technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are now helping to discover more effective drugs which have fewer side-effects.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Ukrainian boxer, Oleksandr Usyk, has become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in 25 years.
He beat Britain's Tyson Fury in a fiercely competitive contest in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, which went the entire twelve rounds.
Usyk, 37, won on a split decision, which meant Fury, 35, lost for the first time in his 16-year professional career.
The heavyweight world title is considered by boxing lovers as the greatest, most coveted, prize in sport.
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Warning: This film includes descriptions some viewers may find distressing.
In South Korea, K-pop stars have fame, fortune and millions of female fans.
But, some led a double life.
This film tells the story of the female journalists who took on the task of investigating the secret chat groups where evidence of sexual crimes were being shared by prominent K-pop stars.
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Plastic is one of the most incredible materials in the modern world - but the way we use it damages the environment. What’s the solution?
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Russia’s President Putin has said there are no plans to capture the country's second city Kharkiv, after Russian troops crossed the border into north eastern Ukraine.
The Russian leader said his forces were advancing in order to protect the Russian border region.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that there were issues with military staffing and morale, saying a number of existing brigades were empty.
He said the country's air fleet was lacking and renewed calls for allies to send more air defence and fighter jets.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that a lack of military manpower is sapping its forces' morale.
He was speaking as new laws to boost army recruitment come into effect.
Prisoners will now be allowed to join, and fines have gone up for men who ignore the order to fight.
Ukraine’s forces are short on weapons and are trying to shore up a weakened front line. They are facing growing military pressure from Russia, which has made its largest territorial gains in the country in 18 months.
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Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three hostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say.
The bodies were those of Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Itzhak Gelerenter, it said. The IDF said they had been murdered on 7 October and their remains taken back to Gaza.
Local media reported that the bodies were found in a Hamas tunnel. About 1,200 people were killed in an unprecedented attack when Hamas gunmen burst into Israel - they took 252 others back to Gaza as hostages.
After the 7 October attacks, Israel launched an offensive in Gaza that has killed more than 35,000 people, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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In 1961, the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro talked to the BBC about his land reform – passed this week in 1959 – and how he wanted peace.
But it was the start of a spiralling situation between the US and Cuba that would push the world to the brink of catastrophe.
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Taiwan will enter a new era on Monday, as President Tsai ying-Wen hands over power.
She's served two terms in office. And in that time, she has faced growing pressure from Beijing, which sees the self-governing island as a breakaway province.
The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has said that what he calls 'reunification' must be fulfilled, and Taiwan has effectively become more dependent on support from the US to ensure it continues to self-govern.
Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been to meet President Tsai, and ask her about her legacy.
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If you're into sports and gaming, you're pretty much covered - unless you're a boxing fan.
Since EA discontinued Fight Night in 2011, boxing fans have had little to satisfy their appetite in the virtual world, but a game studio from Sheffield hopes to change that.
Undisputed's developers have told BBC Newsbeat why they felt it was time for boxing to make a return to the video game ring.
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The resurgence of Roaring Kitty and the meme stock rally has given the world's biggest gaming retailer, GameStop, a rollercoaster week on the US stock exchange.
GameStop, the subject of the original meme stock back in 2021, saw a 179% jump on the NASDAQ this week, but almost as soon as the craze started, it looks to be fizzling out.
Companies from any industry can become meme stocks, if they have a strong online following.
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Ukrainian troops are preparing to defend the north-western city of Sumy in the Kharkiv region, as Russia continues its summer offensive.
Russian forces have already penetrated the border area near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city in recent weeks.
The US-based Institute for the Study of War think tank believes Putin's main aim is to create a buffer zone, as does Russian military analyst Anatoly Matviychuk.
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Hundreds of French police reinforcements have arrived in New Caledonia amid ongoing riots in the Pacific Ocean territory which have left five people dead.
A state of emergency on the islands has now been triggered as the reinforcements look to "regain control", according to French High Commissioner Louis Le Franc.
The unrest erupted this week after lawmakers in Paris backed and approved changes to voting rolls that the indigenous population say will dilute their political influence.
Hundreds of people have been injured, and officials say around 200 people have been arrested so far.
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The survivors of last week's deadly floods in northern Afghanistan are continuing to search for lost loved ones.
Buildings were completely wiped out and livelihoods were lost when torrents of water swept through the province of Baghlan.
Noor Mohammed, 74, was one of those whose search ended with tragedy, after he lost his wife, sister, son and two grandchildren when the flood waters hit.
The flash floods are said to have been a result of unusually heavy storms and a dry winter in the province, which has left the ground too hard to absorb the water.
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The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), will hear Israel's response to a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war.
Israel, which has called South Africa's case "wholly unfounded" and "morally repugnant", will appear before ICJ judges today.
Earlier this year, the ICJ said South Africa had a right to bring its case against Israel and that Palestinians had “plausible rights to protection from genocide” - rights which were at a real risk of irreparable damage.
Meanwhile, there has been further calls for Israel to allow more aid into Gaza by reopening the Rafah crossing.
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OpenAI has unveiled its latest version of ChatGPT - called GPT-4o.
It is faster than earlier models of the chatbot and has been programmed to sound conversational in its responses to prompts. It will gradually be rolled out to all users of ChatGPT, including free-users.
OpenAI say they've tested it with external experts and will continue to mitigate risks such as bias, fairness and misinformation as they're discovered.
On the latest Artificial Intelligence: Decoded, BBC News explores OpenAI’s latest moves.
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A man has been charged with the attempted murder of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
The alleged assailant has not been formally named, but local reports have widely identified him as a 71-year-old from the town of Levice.
Reports say he could face up to life in prison.
The politician is in a serious but stable condition after being shot several times whilst speaking to a crowd during a visit to Handlova.
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Argentina's President Javier Milei has denied that it is ordinary Argentines who are paying for his radical austerity measures.
In a BBC interview, Mr Milei, who campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolise his desire to slash public spending, insisted that the political class were paying for his huge cuts, not the people.
The right-wing economist was voted in after years of high government spending and high debt.
He spoke to the BBC's South America correspondent, Ione Wells, on 6 May 2024.
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South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to order an immediate halt to Israel's incursion in Rafah.
It says as well as direct military attacks, Israel is ‘starving’ Palestinians in Gaza by obstructing access to food and medicines.
Israel has insisted it is acting in accordance with international law, dismissing the claims as “baseless blood libel”.
The country launched a military campaign on Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage.
More than 35,230 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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Thousands of people in western Canada are facing the wrath of wildfires this week amid severe drought.
Some six thousand people were told to evacuate Fort McMurray, Alberta, where 90,000 residents were forced to flee during the 2016 wildfires.
More than 3,000 others were ordered to leave Fort Nelson, British Columbia, where a fire is burning 2.5km (1.5 miles) from the town.
Shifting winds are now expected to push wildfires away from Canada’s major oil producing region.
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From the media circus outside the courthouse where Donald Trump was on trial for covering up hush money payments, to the Mexican border where he is promising to crack down on migration, to a typical Main St in a bellwether Philadelphia suburb.
Newsnight's Mark Urban travels across the US asking why Donald Trump, who was written off on Jan 6 2021 as his supporters stormed the US Capitol and he attempted to overturn the election result, is today in with a very good chance of winning back the White House.
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The US economy is going from strength to strength so why is Joe Biden having difficulties persuading voters to give him a second term?
Newsnight's Mark Urban visits the booming new green industries of the South West, where economic growth brings with it higher inflation and migration.
And he talks to pro-Palestine student protesters who see no difference between Biden and Trump, hours before their camp is forcibly removed by the police.
Democratic Congresswoman Zoë Lofgren, a key member of the committee that investigated the events of Jan 6, makes the case for a Biden re-election.
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Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, the military says, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind since the war began in October.
Israeli media say the troops were killed when they were mistakenly hit by Israeli tank fire on Wednesday, with the military confirming they were killed "as a result of fire by our forces".
It happened in Jabalia in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are battling Hamas fighters.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the fighting and bombardment.
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin has visited China in what is his first international visit since the start of his fifth presidential term.
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his “old friend” Vladimir Putin to Beijing.
Putin said Russia and China wanted a political solution to the 'Ukraine crisis' while Xi called for a two-state solution to the war in Gaza.
The meeting - the third in just over a year - comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raged on for more than two years.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after being shot several times, the deputy prime minister has said.
Tomas Taraba told the BBC Mr Fico's surgery had gone "well" and "I guess that at the end he will survive".
Earlier the defence minister said Mr Fico was "fighting for his life" after being gravely injured in an attack in the small town of Handlova.
A suspect was detained at the scene of the shooting.
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The Prime Minister of Slovakia has undergone hours of emergency surgery after being shot multiple times while leaving a government meeting and passing through crowds of people in the town of Handlova.
Robert Fico was said to have been stabilised following “life threatening injuries”. It’s reported that five bullets were fired and he was hit in the stomach, arm and leg.
The suspect, a 71-year-old man, was arrested at the scene. Slovak media reports said he had worked as a security guard at a shopping mall and that the attack may have been politically motivated.
Slovakia has become increasingly polarised under Robert Fico’s government. His populist party began on the left but has moved increasingly to the right. It is anti-EU, against sending aid to Ukraine and against LGBTQ rights. His government is currently seeking to close down the national public broadcaster which it accuses of not being objective and creating political divisions. Opposition parties say many of Mr Fico's government’s measures are a threat to democracy.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Bethany Bell in Bratislava and Katya Adler in Brussels.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is said to be in a "life-threatening condition" after he was shot and wounded.
Several shots were heard, before his security detail bundled him into a nearby car.
The Slovak leader has been taken to hospital and his alleged assailant detained by police.
US President Joe Biden has condemned the shooting as a "horrific act of violence".
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the attack was a “monstrous crime”.
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As the world watches the first cinematic trailer for the latest Assassin's Creed title, Shadows, Charles Benoit, Ubisoft associate game director tells BBC Newsbeat why the team decided it was time for a game set in Japan.
Charles also delves into the struggles game companies sometimes face with new releases and the art of creating an engaging and entertaining open-world game.
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has been taken to hospital in a "life-threatening" condition, after an assassination attempt was carried out.
The Prime Minister was "shot multiple times" in front of a building in the central Slovak town of Handlova, where a government meeting was held.
Fico has been taken to hospital by helicopter and his alleged assailant has been detained by police.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot, according to local media reports.
Mr Fico was shot in front of a cultural community centre in the town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held, reports say.
Several shots were heard, according to journalists on the scene.
The Slovak leader has been taken to hospital and his alleged assailant detained by police.
Handlova is around 180km (112 miles) north-east of the capital Bratislava.
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Mass protests continue as Georgia's parliament has voted through a divisive "foreign agent" law.
Critics say the bill - which they call the "Russia law" - could be used to threaten civil liberties.
However, the bill now faces a likely veto by Georgia's president, which the parliament in Tbilisi can override by holding an additional vote.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has cancelled all upcoming foreign trips as troops struggle to contain the new cross-border incursion, with several towns and villages coming under heavy fire.
Ukraine has pulled back its troops from several villages in the border region of Kharkiv following continued pressure from Russian forces.
Soldiers had come under heavy fire and moved to "more advantageous positions" in two areas of the north-eastern region, a military spokesman said.
Throughout the course of the two-year war, Ukraine has typically used this type of language to signify a retreat.
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A manhunt is underway for a prisoner who escaped from a prison van during an ambush by armed men who killed two prison officers and wounded others.
The prisoner on the run, Mohamed Amra, is said to have ties to a gang in the southern city of Marseille, which has been plagued by drug-related gang violence.
Known as "The Fly", Amra was being taken from court to a prison in the city of Rouen near Paris on Tuesday when a car rammed the prison van at a toll booth and armed men opened fire.
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Hundreds of police officers in France are hunting for an armed gang who ambushed a prison van, shooting dead two prison guards and freeing a prisoner known as ‘The Fly”.
The brutal attack, which took place at a road toll booth and was captured on CCTV, has shocked France. Gunmen opened fire on prison officers, killing two and critically injuring two others. France’s President Emmanuel Macron said “everything is being done to find the perpetrators.
The prisoner, Mohamed Amra - was being taken from court to a prison when a car rammed the prison van at a toll gate. He’s accused of being a drugs gang leader and has been indicted by prosecutors in Marseille for a kidnapping that led to a death.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nick Beake in Rouen.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin must pay to rebuild what he has destroyed in Ukraine.
Speaking in Kyiv, Mr Blinken said Washington has the power to seize Russian assets in the US and will use them to help rebuild Ukraine.
Blinken’s visit comes as the country struggles to hold back a major Russian incursion near its second biggest city of Kharkiv.
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Georgian lawmakers have passed a law that will force civil society groups and media organisations to declare foreign funding.
There have been weeks of mass street protests and even scuffles inside parliament.
Critics say the law is modelled on a Russian law and could be used to threaten civil liberties.
The government insists it's necessary for transparency.
On Tuesday, police were dispersing large crowds of protesters outside Georgia's parliament.
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At least two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy, France.
The prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack.
Three other officers were seriously injured after being shot with "heavy weapons", the French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti has said.
Several hundred police officers and gendarmes are involved in the manhunt. French prosecutors have named the inmate as Mohamed Amra, who was previously convicted of aggravated robbery and charged with abduction leading to death.
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Russian forces have been gaining ground in their most significant advance in Ukraine for many months.
Troops crossed the border from Russia, north of Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, seizing territory in a surprise new offensive.
It follows months of largely static fighting over defensive positions in the east and south of Ukraine, where Russia has held territory occupied since its invasion in 2022.
Ukrainian forces appear to have been caught by surprise by the opening of the new front north of Kharkiv. Thousands of civilians are fleeing the area. The Russian advance could directly threaten Kharkiv if its forces reach artillery range of the city.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse and Jeremy Bowen.
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An injection designed to tackle obesity could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes - regardless of how much weight they lose while on the drug, according to a new study.
Researchers looked at the effects of semaglutide - which is a prescription drug that suppresses appetite and is sold under the brand names Wegovy, Ozempic and Rybelsus.
They said the anti-obesity jabs could also benefit the cardiovascular health of millions of adults, with one researcher likening it to when statins were introduced in the 1990s.
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OpenAI has unveiled the latest version of the tech which underpins its AI chatbot ChatGPT.
It’s called GPT-4o, and it will be rolled out to all users of ChatGPT, including non-subscribers.
It is faster than earlier models and has been programmed to sound chatty and sometimes even flirtatious in its responses to prompts.
The new version can read and discuss images, translate languages, and identify emotions from visual expressions.
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Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks destined for Gaza on Monday, throwing food packages onto the road and ripping bags of grain open in the occupied West Bank.
The lorries, which were set upon at the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron, came from Jordan and were heading to Gaza, where people are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
The White House has condemned the attack, describing the "looting" of aid convoys as "a total outrage".
The group reportedly behind the blockade said they were protesting against the continued detention of Israeli hostages.
The action on the aid lorries comes just a day after the United Nations reported one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ukraine as weapons from a new American aid package begin arriving at the front line.
Blinken, who arrived in Kyiv by sleeper train, is expected to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials.
The visit comes as the country struggles to hold back a major Russian incursion near its second biggest city of Kharkiv.
The cross-border offensive in Kharkiv region is one of the most significant Russian ground attacks since the start of the war.
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More than 30 serious criminals have been jailed after UK police cracked their encrypted text messages and uncovered a violent feud over stolen drugs.
Crime bosses in the Huyton Firm, had planned to murder the men they thought had taken more than £1m of cocaine from them.
After a successful challenge in court, BBC Panorama obtained 10,000 of the firm's messages.
They reveal plans for brutal violence, including a hand-grenade attack.
The Huyton Firm - named after the part of Merseyside where it is based - has been run for 30 years by two secretive brothers.
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Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is testifying at a New York court in the ex-president's historic hush-money trial.
Mr Cohen alleges that the former president told him to be prepared for "a lot of women" who could come forward when he entered the presidential race.
It's alleged that Mr Cohen paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 (£104,300) to stay quiet about claims that she and Mr Trump had sex in 2006.
Mr Trump is accused of trying to cover up the payments he made to reimburse Mr Cohen by fraudulently recording them in his business records.
Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the payment and denies any sexual encounter with Stormy Daniels.
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Ukraine says there is heavy fighting taking place in Kharkiv, as Russia intensifies its attacks on the region.
This follows Friday's surprise incursions across the border, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in one of the most significant ground attacks since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Thousands of civilians have fled towards Kharkiv, and there are concerns among Ukrainian commanders about what could happen if Russian forces get within artillery range of the city.
Kharkiv regional head Oleh Syniehubov said Russia was deliberately trying to stretch the front line by attacking in small groups in new directions.
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Britain's coasts are littered with shipwrecks, meaning thousands of haunting artefacts and in some cases - lucrative treasure - are resting on the sea floor.
Up to 300 items were found in 2023, a BBC Freedom of Information request revealed.
A 200-year-old elephant tusk, coins from the Spanish Armada, plane parts, iron swords and a jar of Marmite were among the items found and reported to the Receiver of Wreck last year.
Human bones, mammoth bones and a French-made 2.5 tonne 17th Century bronze cannon were also on the list.
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken is warning that an all out Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza would provoke "anarchy" without eliminating Hamas.
It is his latest attempt at preventing Israel from carrying out a ground assault.
An Israeli bombardment in the eastern parts of Rafah has already displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Speaking to CBS News Mr Blinken said, "As we look at Rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at a very high cost."
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Overnight protests in Georgia have continued into the morning in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law.
After a standoff with protesters outside parliament in Tbilisi, security forces pulled out from the main square on Monday morning.
The protesters oppose a controversial foreign influence bill, described by critics as the "Russia law".
The final voting on the bill is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Russian forces have, in recent days, made small but significant gains right along the border in the Kharkiv region.
Their advances are only a few miles deep but have swallowed up around 100km (62 miles) of Ukrainian territory. In the more heavily defended east of Ukraine, it’s taken Russia months to achieve the same.
Russia claims its forces have now entered the border town of Vovchansk, which Ukraine disputes.
Ukraine's military chief has said its forces are doing all they can to hold the line in Kharkiv but they are facing a "difficult situation".
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There has been a lot of debate around the world about ultra-processed food and some studies have suggested it is linked to poor health.
But, what exactly is ultra-processed food and is it harmful for us?
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Discussing food is like discussing the weather - it can get people talking for hours.
But when the BBC recently visited one of Asia’s leading food and drink events, it became clear that there are some cuisines that leave even the foodies speechless.
“British food?” asked one Thai woman. “Um… I’m not really sure what that is. Is that, like, sausage?”
So, how is Britain doing when it comes to exporting and selling food in Asia?
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Israel has continued its offensive on several parts of Gaza as the Israeli Defense Forces say they have found Hamas tunnels leading from the Rafah crossing into Egypt.
It comes as the IDF continues to order controversial evacuations from the area.
Israel says it has created a humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, but the UN says the area has no running water and poor sanitation.
Meanwhile, the UK is investigating a claim by Hamas that a British-Israeli hostage has died in Gaza.
Hamas claims Nadav Popplewell died of wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike more than a month ago.
The Israeli military is yet to comment.
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You might remember the buzz over cloning when Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was born in 1996.
Fast forward two decades and cloning technology has moved on so much that you can now clone your pets.
But, animal cloning is still controversial and critics have raised ethical concerns about the wellbeing of donors and surrogates.
The success rate of a cloned embryo is relatively low and complications during the cloning process can cause pain and suffering to the animals involved.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme and was made in collaboration with BBC Reel.
Video by Claudia Baxter and Tristan Vince Executive producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh Reporter: Stephanie Hegarty
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The Israel Defense Force has told tens of thousands more Palestinians to leave Rafah, as it intensifies military operations in southern Gaza.
Flyers dropped from the air and posts on social media told residents in the city's eastern districts to go to al-Mawasi - a narrow coastal area which Israel calls an "expanded humanitarian zone".
Israel's plans to extend its ground offensive to the southern tip of the Gaza Strip - where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from fighting elsewhere in the territory, has sparked international concern.
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Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia's president for the fifth time as he embarks on a new six-year term.
When he first became president - in 2000 - at his inauguration ceremony he promised to preserve and develop democracy and take care of Russia.
BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg asked Fiona Hill, a former White House national security advisor and Russia expert, how the Putin then compares to the Putin now.
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Climate activist Great Thunberg is well-known across the world. But have you heard of Severn Cullis-Suzuki?
In 1992, when she was just 12, Severn warned the world about the environmental crisis.
Here she tells her story.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying a clan of sperm whales in the East Caribbean, found the mammals use clicks to tell other whales who they are.
Sperm whales are known to be very sociable and communicate with each other across thousands of miles with a series of rhythmic clicks, called codas.
Researchers have analysed recordings from 60 different members of the Eastern Caribbean sperm whale clan to create what they call a "sperm whale phonetic alphabet" of different click combinations.
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Apple has apologised after a backlash over an advert that showed objects, including musical instruments and books, being crushed by a hydraulic press.
Apple said the advert fell short of its goal of empowering and celebrating creatives, in a statement released to marketing publication Ad Age.
The video was meant to demonstrate how creativity has been compressed into the latest iPad.
But celebrities including Hugh Grant and Justine Bateman reacted with horror to the destruction shown in the advert.
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"Russia has launched a new wave of counteroffensive operations in the Kharkiv sector," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian commanders have been expecting a summer offensive for some time, but officials are adamant Russia does not have the resources to do so.
The defence ministry in Kyiv said “there was an attempt by the enemy to break through our defensive line under the cover of armoured vehicles. As of now, these attacks have been repulsed, fighting of varying intensity continues.”
The return of heavy fighting in the north-east further illustrates Russia's growing confidence and ambition.
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Every year there are fewer African penguins and soon there may be none at all.
Conservationists primarily blame the fishing industry for the decline in numbers, as penguins depend on the sardines and anchovies they catch and sell.
But fishermen say they are “a fraction of the problem”, as there are there factors like climate change and vulnerability to natural predators involved.
While the South African government have previously tried to restrict fishing activities, it is estimated that there are now only 8,750 penguin breeding pairs left in the country.
This has led conservation groups to take legal action against the government in the first case of its kind in South Africa.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Nigeria for their three-day visit.
After receiving a private invitation from the country’s Ministry of Defence, the royal couple will travel to three different cities.
They are expected to meet local charities and members of the national Invictus Games team, as Harry marks the event’s ten year anniversary this week.
It is believed that the visit will be of personal significance to Meghan, who revealed on a podcast that she is 43% Nigerian after taking a genealogy test two years ago.
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Israeli singer Eden Golan has qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest after a public vote.
Her victory came hours after thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in the streets of Malmö, Sweden, where the contest is being held, to show their support for Gaza.
The night before, the 20-year-old singer had been booed during dress rehearsals. There was a mixture of cheering and booing again during Thursday's semi-final.
Israel's participation in Eurovision has been a source of controversy amid rising civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, after Israel launched a response to Hamas' cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October.
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Plane bodies made by Boeing's largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm.
Santiago Paredes who worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, told the BBC he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to Boeing.
Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing have both come under intense scrutiny after an unused door came off a brand new 737 Max shortly after take-off in January, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane.
Pete Buttigieg, United States Secretary of Transportation, says “if a plane isn’t safe, it can’t fly”.
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Big tech firms have scrambled to add AI-powered services since ChatGPT burst onto the scene.
They use far more power than conventional applications, making going online much more energy-intensive.
Researchers estimate that the AI industry could consume as much energy annually as a country the size of the Netherlands by 2027.
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A UK toddler born deaf can now hear unaided, after a groundbreaking gene-therapy treatment.
Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday - and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words such as "Mama", "Dada" and "uh-oh".
Given as an infusion into the ear, the therapy replaces faulty DNA causing her type of inherited deafness.
The trial is recruiting patients in the UK, US and Spain.
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A man who was injured when an attacker burst into his home in Hainault, London, has told the BBC it is a "miracle" he and his family survived.
Henry De Los Rios Polania, his wife and four-year-old daughter were sleeping when a man brandishing a sword broke into their home on 30 April.
He suffered serious hand injuries as he fought off the intruder.
Four other people were attacked in the area, including Daniel Anjorin, 14, who died of his injuries.
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Russia is celebrating its annual Victory Day, which is held each year to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War Two.
The centrepiece is a huge military parade through Red Square and past the Kremlin in Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to warn that his forces were always ready for combat, and that he would not allow anyone to threaten his country.
He also took the opportunity to praise the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
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Heavy shelling has been reported in Rafah, in southern Gaza, as US President Joe Biden warns Israel against a major offensive there.
Biden said if Israeli troops enter the densely-packed city "we're not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells".
In response Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, described it as a "very disappointing statement".
In Rafah, Scott Anderson, from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told the BBC the fighting is moving towards the centre of the city.
Biden's remarks come after the US confirmed it had already delayed a shipment of bombs to Israel, over fears of what could happen in Rafah.
But US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US would continue "to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself".
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A German spy chief has told the BBC that the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party poses a risk to democracy.
The AfD rejects accusations of extremism, but the BBC has found clear links between significant party members and former neo-Nazi networks.
The party is currently second in the opinion polls, ahead of regional and European elections.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jessica Parker in Brandenburg.
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A spy chief in Germany has said that the country’s prominent far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), poses a danger to the “roots” of democracy.
While the party has repeatedly rejected accusations of extremism, the BBC has found a clear crossover between AfD figures and far-right networks, some of which are classed as anti-democratic or racist by German authorities.
The AfD is eyeing electoral gains in Germany’s autumn elections, and while extremism and corruption allegations have seen the party dip in the polls, they retain popularity in the country’s post-communist communities.
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The world’s oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, BBC analysis has found.
Climate change and planet warming gases are mostly to blame, though natural weather event El Niño has also helped warm the seas.
The super-heated oceans have hit marine life hard, and has driven a new wave of coral bleaching.
The analysis is based on data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Service – which also confirmed that last month was the warmest April on record in terms of global air temperatures.
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There has been fighting and bombardment on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, as Israel said the Kerem Shalom crossing had reopened for aid.
The Israeli military said troops had killed Hamas fighters in eastern Rafah as part of a "precise" counterterrorism operation. Hamas also reported battles.
A UN agency said no supplies had entered through the reopened Kerem Shalom crossing for aid yet.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage.
More than 34,840 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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Finland’s city Lahti was once a polluted industrial town, but over the past couple of decades it has transformed itself.
The city, which is home to approximately 120,000 people, was named Europe’s green capital three years ago.
So, what lessons can be learnt from its transformation?
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The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, a senior administration official said.
The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC's media partner in the US.
Israel has not "fully addressed" US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah, the official said.
Israel made no immediate comment.
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President Xi Jinping has arrived in Serbia, as the European country strengthens its political and economic ties with China.
Red flags lined the route from Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport and ran all the way along the motorway into the centre of the capital - Serbia’s way of showing that it is proud of its “ironclad friendship” with China.
While it is not often that Serbia finds itself on the travel itinerary of such stature, Serbia has been deepening its relationship with China in recent years, while it continues with negotiations to join the European Union.
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Xi Jinping has hailed "new vistas" in China's relationship with France on his first trip to Europe in five years.
He will also meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during his visit to France.
She has embraced a policy of "de-risking" from China, which includes tougher talk and cutting Europe's dependence on Chinese imports and tech.
Later this week, he will make stops in Serbia and Hungary, allies of Moscow that have courted Chinese investment.
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The Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.
Two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels have been arrested.
The SBU said they were part of a network of agents belonging to the Russian state security service (FSB).
Ever since Russian paratroopers attempted to land in Kyiv and assassinate President Zelensky in the early hours and days of the full-scale invasion, plots to assassinate him have been commonplace.
The Ukrainian leader said at the start of the invasion he was Russia's "number one target".
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Donald Trump's hush-money trial continues in New York with the third week of witness testimony.
Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star at the centre of the trial, described her tough upbringing on the stand and what led her to adult movies.
This historic New York trial revolves around a 2016 hush-money payment Trump made to porn star Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with him.
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the payment and denies any sexual encounter with Stormy Daniels.
Prosecutors estimated on Monday that they would need two more weeks to conclude their case.
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Rescuers in South Africa are searching for survivors after a five-storey apartment block under construction collapsed on Monday, killing five people and leaving at least 50 trapped.
Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 26 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital but there were dozens more workers on the site when the building collapsed.
The cause is under investigation. Video footage taken nearby showed a huge cloud of dust as the building fell.
At the scene on Tuesday morning, emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the small site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand.
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Israel's army says it has seized Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt, after continuously bombarding eastern Rafah overnight.
Tanks moved in on the area, a vital entry point for aid, a day after Israel ordered civilians to evacuate the area.
Truce talks meanwhile are to resume in Cairo after Israel said terms which Hamas had agreed to were unacceptable.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected it as "far from Israel's basic requirements".
The country's war cabinet voted to continue operations in Rafah, but is however sending a delegation to the talks in Cairo.
Mr Netanyahu's comments came after Hamas said it had accepted truce terms offered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
It is not clear exactly what Hamas has agreed to, but it is believed differences lie in wording to do with ending or pausing the war.
"The ball is now in Israel's court," an official in the Palestinian group said.
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Two Nasa astronauts are due to head for the International Space Station aboard a new spacecraft.
Boeing’s Starliner will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, in its first crewed test flight.
The mission has been delayed for several years because of setbacks in the spacecraft's development.
If it is successful, it will become the second private firm able to provide crew transport to and from the ISS, alongside Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Hamas has said that it will agree to a ceasefire deal in Gaza, understood to be based on the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
However Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the proposed ceasefire “does not meet Israel’s demands” and attacks on the city of Rafah will continue. Israel has ordered one hundred thousand Palestinians to leave the area and bombing of the city has continued.
Mr Netanyahu has agreed to send a delegation to discuss the Hamas ceasefire proposal in more detail. Talks leading to the offer from Hamas have been led by Egypt, with involvement from Qatar.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane, Frank Gardner and Gary O’Donoghue.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal that Hamas accepted is "far from meeting Israel's demands", and Israel will send a working delegation to negotiate further.
Hamas said earlier it had approved a ceasefire deal for Gaza put forward by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 252 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 34,700 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
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Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari has told a media briefing that Israel is examining the ceasefire proposal which Hamas says it's accepted.
Hamas says it has approved a ceasefire deal for Gaza put forward by Qatari and Egyptian mediators but it is not yet known exactly what the group has agreed to.
The announcement comes as Israel has urged 100,000 Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah ahead of a "limited" military operation.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 252 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 34,700 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
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The Hamas leadership says it has accepted the terms of a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
In a statement, the group says it has informed Qatari and Egyptian mediators of its decision.
An Israeli official has said that Hamas has approved a "softened" Egyptian proposal that is not acceptable to Israel," Reuters reports.
The announcement comes as Israel has urged 100,000 Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah ahead of a "limited" military operation.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 252 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 34,700 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
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Ukraine is outgunned and outmanned by the Russian invaders, who are inching closer.
Incoming American ammunition is expected to help, but how the Ukrainian government is addressing its need to recruit is controversial.
War-weary troops have told the BBC the military needs to "rethink" how it recruits.
A new mobilisation bill passed earlier in April was criticised for not including a limit on time served. A clause aimed at demobilising soldiers after three years was dropped at the army's request.
Despite Kyiv lowering the conscription age to find replacements, it's not just a numbers game.
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Xi Jinping has hailed "new vistas" in China's relationship with France on his first trip to Europe in five years.
Mr Xi has spent most of Monday 6 May in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Macron will want to press Mr Xi on Beijing's friendship with Moscow - and how far it is prepared to go to settle the war in Ukraine.
He will also meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during his visit to France.
Later this week, he will make stops in Serbia and Hungary, allies of Moscow that have courted Chinese investment.
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For many people, grabbing a mouse or games controller to operate their computer is second nature.
However, for some disabled people, it can be a challenge, or even impossible.
Could “touchless computing” help?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The Israeli military says it is "encouraging" people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to move towards an expanded humanitarian zone.
It comes ahead of an expected offensive on the city, where more than 1.4 million people are sheltering.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) says it is a "limited scope" operation and not a wide-scale evacuation of eastern Rafah which will affect 100,000 people.
It adds that evacuees will be directed to tent cities in nearby Khan Younis and al-Mawasi, where aid would be available.
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Israel’s government has moved to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera television network in the country, branding it a mouthpiece for Hamas.
Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cabinet agreed to the closure, police raided the broadcaster’s office in Jerusalem on Sunday.
The broadcaster, which is headquartered in Qatar, called claims it was a threat to Israeli security a "dangerous and ridiculous lie".
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Dozens of people have died after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides in Brazil’s southernmost state.
According to officials, 55 people are confirmed to have died, with another 74 missing in Rio Grande do Sul.
Nearly 25,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes since the storms began last Saturday, and at least half a million people have been left without power and clean water.
More than half of the 497 cities in the state have been affected by the storms, with roads and bridges destroyed in several areas.
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Scientists have recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman - one of our closest evolutionary cousins.
The 3D model is based on the flattened, shattered remains of a skull whose bones were so soft when excavated they had the consistency of "a well-dunked biscuit".
The skull was found in Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the remains of 10 Neanderthal men, women and children were previously unearthed.
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North Korea’s latest propaganda song “Friendly Father” has proven to be an unexpected hit… on TikTok.
The pop-y propaganda has drawn praise from Gen Z users of the social media app, but experts say it hides something more sinister.
With lyrics including “Let’s sing Kim Jong Un, the great leader/ Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father”, the song is full of praise for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un – who has vowed to “thoroughly annihilate the US” and has launched dozens of ballistic missiles.
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Miami is a city known for its golden beaches, glamour and entertainment - but it is also the home to the Miami Heat basketball team.
But the Miami Heat isn’t just a sports team - it is also a tech start-up.
Before, during and after matches, data is gathered on spectators and what they do and purchase while at the venue, before being analysed on the team’s own data platform.
The BBC’s Alasdair Keane heads to a Miami Heat basketball match to find out how their technology is making a name for itself off the court.
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The UK government has been defeated in court - for a second time - for not doing enough to meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental campaigners argued that the energy minister signed off the government's climate plan without evidence it could be achieved.
The High Court ruled on Friday that the government will now be required to redraft the plan again.
In response the government defended its record on climate action.
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A hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rain that triggered massive flooding, killing more than 30 people.
Another 60 people are missing in Rio Grande do Sul state, officials said.
About 15,000 residents have fled their homes since Saturday. At least 500,000 people are without power and clean water across the state.
The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds.
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UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said that Ukraine has the right to use British weapons to attack targets inside Russia.
Lord Cameron, who has met President Zelensky during a visit to the country’s capital, Kyiv, said the UK would donate military aid worth £3 billion a year "for as long as is necessary".
He said British support would include precision-guided bombs and air defence missiles, which Ukraine could use as it saw fit.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously said that Russia is taking advantage of the slow delivery of Western weapons to go on the offensive.
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Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the strip.
The measures would be in place until Israel allowed an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid into Gaza, the Turkish trade ministry said.
A UN-backed assessment said last month that 1.1 million people were facing catastrophic hunger and that famine was imminent in northern Gaza by May.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to the group's attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 253 others were taken hostage.
More than 34,500 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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Apple boss Tim Cook tried to beat back doubts about the future of the tech giant, after it reported its biggest sales fall in more than a year.
Sales slumped 4% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024 to $90.8bn (£72.5bn), weighed down by a sharp drop in demand for iPhones.
Executives said the results were distorted by Covid-related supply disruptions, which led to unusually strong sales during the same period last year.
They said sales would return to growth in the months ahead, noting upcoming product launches and investments in artificial intelligence.
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Paul Dean, a United States official in the State Department, asked China and Russia to declare that only humans – and not artificial intelligence (AI) – will make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons.
Officials in China and Russia have not immediately issued a comment.
A dizzying array of AI-assisted tools is under development or already in use in the defence sector.
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President Joe Biden has addressed the Pro-Palestinian protests that are continuing at universities across the US, saying students have the right to protest but not "cause chaos”.
Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students protesting against the war in Gaza, demanding institutions boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel.
More than a thousand demonstrators have been arrested, as universities struggle to deal with encampments, days before graduation ceremonies.
Meanwhile, national politicians have called on colleges to do more, highlighting reports of antisemitism at some of these protests.
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On the 29 November last year, two Palestinian boys were killed by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
BBC Verify has pieced together what happened on the day when Basil, 15, and eight-year-old Adam were killed.
The evidence has prompted Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, to say the death of Adam appears to be a "war crime".
The Israel Defense Forces said the circumstances of the deaths were “under review” but added “live fire is used only in order to remove immediate threats or for arrest purposes, following arrest protocols after exhausting other options”.
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As India’s general election is underway the BBC’s has been speaking with influential voting blocs, amongst them more than 18 million first time voters heading to the polls.
The country’s general election, which is being held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June, is the biggest the world has ever seen.
With 1.4 billion people, India is the world’s most populous country and 969 million of its citizens are eligible to cast their ballot.
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A 7-year-old girl, Sarah, was among five people who died in an overcrowded small boat in the English Channel, as they tried to reach the UK.
The BBC has spoken to Sarah’s father and pieced together what happened - and why the family was taking such a great risk to reach England.
Sarah was born in Belgium and grew up in Sweden. She was one of three children of Ahmed, who had fled Iraq in 2009 and spent years trying but failing to get permission to settle in Europe.
Instead the family faced deportation to Iraq, so Ahmed decided that the family would meet people smuggler’s on a beach at night in France and make the sea crossing to England. It was a desperate move that ended in tragedy.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding.
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Police arrested about 300 protesters during campus raids at Columbia University and The City University of New York (CUNY) in New York on Tuesday night, officials say.
Footage online shows masked counter-demonstrators - supporting Israel - attacking their rivals with sticks and attempting to dismantle barricades.
US universities have been gripped by protests over the war in Gaza, as students demand a boycott of companies and individuals with ties to Israel.
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A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman has said she walked six miles (10km) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground.
The woman, identified as Lidia Stepanivna, left a rural settlement in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, which is now occupied by Russia – she was trying to reach areas controlled by Kyiv.
She said she had walked without food or water and fell several times, in a video posted by Ukraine's police on social media.
In a statement, Ukraine's interior ministry said that the woman was discovered by Ukraine's military and then was taken to a shelter for evacuees by police.
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There are growing fears about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the music industry.
A UK parliamentary committee is calling on the government to stop AI firms damaging the business.
They cited examples of musicians not being credited for their work and the deepfaking of artists, such as Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift.
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Protesters have clashed at pro-Palestinian encampments in Los Angeles, hours after police cleared a similar protest in New York.
At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), vice-chancellor Mary Osako said, "horrific acts of violence occurred at the encampment tonight".
At Columbia University in New York, police arrested protesters nearly 24 hours after they took over an academic building.
US universities have been gripped by protests as students demanded a boycott of companies and individuals with ties to Israel.
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Riot police in Georgia have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds protesting against a bill seen by some to be targeting media freedoms.
Under the "foreign agent" bill, independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors would have to register as organisations "bearing the interests of a foreign power".
Protesters have spent days clashing with police on the streets of Georgia's capital Tbilisi, with some demonstrators throwing eggs and bottles at police in retaliation of what has been called a "Russian inspired" bill.
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New York City police have entered the Columbia University en masse and are arresting students.
The NYPD told the BBC officers have entered Hamilton Hall, an academic building recently occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.
The activists had taken over the Hamilton Hall building nearly 24 hours earlier amid two weeks of campus protests over the Israel-Gaza war.
The police were authorised to go in by university authorities, after student demonstrators defied a deadline to disperse.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas.
It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases.
His comments follow renewed warnings by the US and UN against a Rafah invasion.
The US secretary of state Antony Blinken hopes Hamas will accept what he has called Israel's "extraordinarily generous" offer for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. He was speaking as a Hamas delegation discussed the new proposal with mediators from Egypt and Qatar.
Meanwhile in the United States, pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, who have barricaded themselves inside a campus building, could "face expulsion".
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In August 2020, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was elected president of Belarus. Tsikhanouskaya then fled to Lithuania in 2020 after President Alexander Lukashenko deployed a severe crackdown on protests against his disputed election win.
Siarhei Tsikhanouski is among several prominent imprisoned opposition figures whom relatives say have not been heard from in over a year.
“Russia wants to subjugate Belarus and Ukraine,” Tsikhanouskaya told BBC News.
Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994.
Opposition figures are subjected to harsh penalties for organising protests.
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At least 170 have died in Kenya after weeks of heavy rains and flooding.
The country’s president has announced that people living in areas of risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to evacuate from tomorrow.
William Ruto was speaking in Mai Mahiu, north of Nairobi, where an overflowing reservoir has wiped out a swathe of houses and swept dozens of people to their death.
Meanwhile, rescue workers continue the search for more of the dead.
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Donald Trump has been fined $9,000 for violating the court’s gag order imposed to stop him attacking jurors and potential witnesses in his hush-money trial.
Judge Merchan ruled against Trump on 9 out of 10 contempt charges and imposed a financial penalty of $1,000 (£799) per violation.
The Judge added that if Mr Trump continues to flout the court’s prohibitions on attacking witnesses, potential witnesses, jurors, and court staff - he could face time in jail.
In his trial, Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 (£104,500) payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before he won the 2016 election, which prosecutors say was election interference
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas.
The Hamas delegation are considering a new Gaza truce and hostage release proposal from Israel.
But at a meeting of hostages' relatives, Mr Netanyahu said he would invade "with or without" a deal.
The US has issued renewed warnings against a Rafah invasion, where more than a million displaced people are sheltering.
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Three years ago, Covid ravaged India and brought it to its knees, yet health is not a major campaign issue for parties.
For voters who were affected – it is.
The BBC visited rural health clinics in two states - Bihar and Kerala – on opposite ends of the healthcare spectrum.
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World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and some of the game's most senior bosses have told the BBC there is "boundless" potential and "easily" enough stories to keep the game going for another 20 years.
Since Microsoft's merger with World of Warcraft's maker Activision Blizzard last year, there has been speculation about the future of some games, with a survival game project widely known as Odyssey scrapped, and 1,900 members of Activision Blizzard staff laid off.
Fans were even more concerned after BlizzCon, an annual gaming convention, was cancelled for 2024.
BBC Newsbeat spoke to the bosses before the BlizzCon cancellation, with World of Warcraft's vice president and executive producer Holly Longdale and associate game director Maria Hamilton saying they have been given Microsoft's "full support" and didn't rule out potential crossovers with games such as Elder Scrolls.
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Four police officers have been fatally shot with four others officers wounded while serving a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials say.
At least one suspected attacker was found dead in the front yard of a barricaded home after a standoff that lasted three hours, police said.
Authorities said two armed suspects were involved.
It is one of the deadliest assaults on US law enforcement in decades.
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An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document seen by BBC Eye Investigations says.
16-year-old Nika Shakarami disappeared during an anti-regime protest in 2022.
The Woman, Life, Freedom movement had been sparked just days earlier by the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini.
Nika's body was found nine days after she disappeared. The government claimed she killed herself.
The BBC put the report's allegations to Iran's government and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.
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For months BBC reporter Adnan El-Bursh reported on the war in Gaza while living in a tent, eating one meal a day and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe.
Since the attacks on Israel on October 7th more than 100 journalists have been killed in Gaza according to the organisation Reporters Without Borders. Israel says it take all reasonable measures to mitigate harm and never deliberately targets journalists.
Adnan has been keeping a video diary documenting the harrowing moments he has faced covering a war that pushed him to his limits.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting of his personal story.
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Protests calling for universities to boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza have swept college campuses across the US.
The campus movement ignited when Columbia University in New York called the police two weeks ago to remove a small group of student protesters who had pitched tents on campus.
Columbia University's president announced on Monday that talks with student organisers had failed to reach an agreement to dismantle the encampment.
The escalating crisis at Columbia inspired similar encampments at private and public universities in at least 22 US states and Washington DC.
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Pedro Sanchez has said he will stay on as Spain’s prime minister, after days of speculation over his future.
A court opened an initial enquiry into his wife over corruption claims, and after Mr Sanchez cancelled official engagements, many expected him to either resign or call a confidence motion.
But instead, he denounced the claims as a harassment campaign by right-wing media, after the accusations levelled against Mr Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez were brought against her by the organisation Manos Limpias (Clean Hands), led by a man linked to the far-right called Miguel Bernad.
A series of demonstrations were held around Spain over the weekend, calling for the prime minister to continue in his post – though members of the opposition were less supportive, with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the opposition Popular Party (PP)'s leader of the Madrid region accusing Mr Sánchez of being "shameless".
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In Gaza, Palestinian journalists document the war as they live it on a daily basis. In this BBC World Service film, we hear the story of BBC Arabic’s reporter in Gaza, Adnan El-Bursh who found himself reporting the news, as he was living through it.
Israel launched a military campaign in response to Hamas' cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 253 others were taken hostage.
More than 34,480 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
A deal agreed in November saw Hamas release 105 of the hostages in return for a week-long ceasefire and some 240 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is “hopeful” Hamas will accept Israel’s latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage release deal.
He called the offer "extraordinarily generous", and a Hamas delegation is now discussing the potential deal with mediators in Cairo.
It comes after weeks of impasse, while Israel’s government faces growing pressure from its global allies and the families of hostages, to agree a deal.
The proposal reportedly involves new wording on restoring calm meant to satisfy Hamas's demand for a permanent ceasefire, having been brokered by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the US – in a bid to secure another pause in the fighting and the release of hostages who Israel says are still being held.
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More than 40 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst, following heavy rains and flooding.
People in villages 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they slept, and rescue teams are digging through the mud in search of survivors in several villages, including Kamuchiri and Kianugu in Nakuru county.
Seventeen of the 42 bodies recovered so far have been children, with officials saying the death toll could continue to rise.
More than 100 people have been killed in floods that have devastated parts of Kenya in the last month, and over 100,000 people have been displaced, with many taking shelter in schools.
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Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf quits, triggering a search for a successor and new first minister.
He said he had "underestimated" the level of hurt after ending a power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens last week.
The deal which brought Green ministers into government for the first time anywhere in the UK was designed to last until the next Scottish Parliament election in 2026 but has been scrapped within three years.
The tensions between the parties were obvious and increasing, not least following the recent decision to drop some key climate change targets.
Mr Yousaf says he will stay on as first minister until the SNP chooses his replacement.
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For the last 10 days, thousands of Georgians - many in their late teens and early 20s - have been bringing the traffic of the capital, Tbilisi, to a standstill.
They demand that the government scrap plans to introduce a controversial bill - dubbed the "foreign agent" law - many say is inspired by authoritarian legislation neighbouring Russia uses to crush dissent.
Under the bill proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, NGOs and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors would have to register as organisations "bearing the interests of a foreign power". They would also be monitored by the Justice Ministry and could be forced to share sensitive information - or face hefty fines of up to 25,000 GEL ($9,400; £7,500).
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This story contains references to severe mental suffering which some viewers might find distressing.
Germany, France and the UK are all currently debating whether medically assisted dying should be permitted, and for whom.
But medical assistance in dying in Canada, also known as MAID, is already available for adults with terminal illness, or serious and chronic medical conditions.
Canada has been considering for the past year whether to include eligibility for those who suffer solely from a mental illness sparking a heated debate - but this year decided to delay.
The BBC follows one man considering applying for MAID, and the impact of the government’s decision.
If you are suffering distress or despair and need support, you could speak to a health professional, or an organisation that offers support. Details of help available in many countries can be found at Befrienders Worldwide. www.befrienders.org
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The United Nations human rights director has said tht Israel may be using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. More than 70% of the population in northern Gaza are facing “catastrophic hunger” according to the UN.
BBC News has obtained exclusive video filmed by an American doctor in a hospital there, documenting the scale of the crisis.
Israel has denied that it is deliberately withholding food supplies and says aid deliveries will increase in the coming days.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza.
In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week's Passover holiday, indicating the clips were filmed recently.
Both were captured when Hamas launched its deadly attacks on 7 October.
Responding to the video, their families said they would keep fighting for the men's return.
They also urged the Israeli government to secure a new hostage release deal.
The new video comes as Hamas said it was studying Israel's latest proposal for a truce. Media reports said mediator Egypt had sent a delegation to Israel to give fresh impetus to stalled negotiations.
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Protests against the war in Gaza that started at Columbia University a week ago have swept college campuses across the US.
Protesters are calling for universities to boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel amid the ongoing war there.
The past 10 days have seen the most intense and widespread US protests of the past six months.
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British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned.
The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corridor opens next month.
The possible role for British forces - known as "wet boots" by military planners - would see them drive trucks off landing craft onto the temporary causeway and deliver aid to a secure distribution area ashore.
Whitehall sources said no decision had been made and the issue had not yet crossed the prime minister's desk. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Israeli army declined to comment.
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Aeroplanes have become bigger and faster but their impact on the climate has also increased.
Jet engines burn kerosene which releases carbon dioxide - one of the main greenhouse gases causing climate change.
So, could hydrogen powered planes be the solution?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a documentary which can rewrite itself before every screening.
So, how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The Pentagon says it will "rush" Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package.
However Patriot systems for launching the missiles will not be sent, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were "urgently" needed to face a growing Russian air threat and "can and should save lives right now".
On Saturday, Ukraine said Russia had carried out another massive air attack.
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A baby rescued from her dying mother's womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned.
Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday.
Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs.
However she died on Thursday and has been buried next to her mother after whom she was named.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Washington will act if China does not stop supplying Russia with items used in its assault on Ukraine.
Speaking to the BBC in Beijing, the US's top diplomat said he had made clear to his counterparts they were "helping fuel the biggest threat" to European security since the Cold War.
He did not say what measures the US was prepared to take.
But Mr Blinken was also keen to stress progress had been made in some areas, which included Beijing’s efforts in stopping supplies of the drug fentanyl reaching the US.
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King Charles is to resume some public engagements after encouraging progress in his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace has said.
However it won't be a full return to official engagements for the King, who began his treatment in February.
The type of cancer has not been disclosed. The palace said the King’s doctors were "very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the King's continued recovery". However they said it was “too early to say” for how much longer his treatment would continue.
King Charles will begin his partial return to public engagements with a symbolic trip to a cancer treatment centre. In the coming weeks, the palace said he would undertake more external engagements. His summer plans include hosting a state visit by the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
A picture of the King and Queen Camilla, taken earlier this month in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, has also been released.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Charlotte Gallagher and Jonny Dymond.
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Artificial intelligence poses a threat of disinformation worldwide, via flooding social media with bots and deepfakes.
For instance, a campaign using AI to impersonate Omar al-Bashir, the former leader of Sudan, received hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, adding online confusion to a country torn apart by civil war.
While AI is supercharging disinformation's spread and speed, some experts argue that AI can also fight against cybercrime.
Amil Khan, CEO of Valent Projects, which assesses political instability in the information environment, joined AI Decoded on The Context to discuss AI's ability to verify authenticity online.
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The Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president.
The justices have been asked to consider whether any president should have full or partial immunity.
The outcome will determine, among other things, whether Trump should face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The Supreme Court justices are said to be divided as the case currently stands.
The former president is also currently on criminal trial in New York relating to hush money payments.
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A trial of the world’s first “personalised” vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer is under way in the UK.
The mRNA vaccine is designed to help patient’s immune systems to recognise and wipe out cancerous melanoma cells.
It is personalised to the individual patient – with its make-up created to match the unique genetic signature of the patient's own tumour, and works by instructing the body to make proteins or antibodies that attack markers or antigens found only on those cancer cells.
Experts in some other countries, including Australia, are also trying it on patients, to gather more evidence and see whether it should be rolled out more widely.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing, as part of efforts to shore up relations between the two countries.
But, while the China-US relationship is beginning to stabilise, but it is still being tested by "negative factors", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
Blinken’s visit to China comes days after a law that would force Chinese-owned TikTok to sell the video app or be banned in the US was passed.
It is also expected that US officials will raise China’s support for Russia during Blinken's visit, with reports stating that Washington is prepared to act against Chinese companies that have been helping retool and resupply Russia's defence industry, aiding them in their invasion of Ukraine.
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Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 in damages each to two people he referred to as "paedophiles".
The actor-turned-politician from the UK lost a High Court libel case with Simon Blake, a former trustee for charity Stonewall, and drag artist Crystal.
The remarks on X, formerly Twitter, came in an exchange about a UK supermarket Sainsbury's marking Black History Month.
Mrs Justice Collins Rice said the comments were "gross, groundless and indefensible".
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People can easily make fake election-related images with artificial intelligence tools, despite rules designed to prevent such content.
Politicians including US President Joe Biden and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have found themselves victims of deepfakes.
These are fake images or audio recordings generated by AI and have spread rapidly across social media.
AI threatens to "supercharge" disinformation and incite violence at elections, the US deputy attorney general has warned.
One of the so-called "godfathers" of AI Yoshua Bengio said he would have prioritised safety over usefulness had he realised the pace at which it would evolve.
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The US Supreme Court has heard pointed arguments on whether a former president is immune from criminal prosecution over acts carried out while in office.
Donald Trump, who is facing dozens of criminal charges across four cases, claims he - and all presidents - should have presidential immunity.
Trump's trial on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election is on hold while the Supreme Court considers his immunity claim.
It may take several weeks to receive the Justices' decision, which will likely set a precedent for future US presidents.
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The disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial.
The New York Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the trial.
The ruling said that meant he was tried on past behaviour and not solely on the crimes he was charged with.
Weinstein, who is now 72, will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape. He denies the allegations from Ashley Judd.
The New York court reached its decision on Thursday.
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Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial.
The New York Court of Appeals said prosecutors in the pivotal #MeToo case called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.
The court said that meant he was unfairly tried for past behaviour, and ordered a new trial. Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape. He denies the allegations from Ashley Judd.
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Israel appears to be moving ahead with plans for an offensive in Rafah, in southern Gaza, despite warnings of the potentially catastrophic humanitarian consequences for the 1.5 million displaced Palestinians sheltering there.
Israel says it hopes to launch an assault on remaining Hamas battalions in Rafah.
Meanwhile, Hamas have released a video showing an Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Gaza.
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Scotland's first minister has scrapped the power-sharing agreement involving the SNP and Scottish Green parties.
Both parties had been in government since August 2021 and support Scottish independence.
Humza Yousaf says his party will return to minority rule with "immediate effect".
It follows the Scottish government's decision to scrap key climate targets.
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The US secretary of State is in China aiming to put relations between the countries on a steadier footing.
Antony Blinken has been in Shanghai holding meetings with business leaders. He's now heading to Beijing for talks with the country's foreign minister, Wang Yi.
Although tensions have eased since last year, disagreements on issues such as trade and security remain.
Blinken is visiting China less than a month before the inauguration of William Lai, the pro-sovereignty president of Taiwan reviled by Beijing, and there are concerns it would lead to a spike in tensions in the Taiwan Strait as well as the larger South China Sea.
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Protests against the war in Gaza have been taking centre stage at college campuses across the US.
Activists have been calling for universities to "divest from genocide" and to stop investing large school endowments in companies involved in weapons manufacturing and other industries supporting Israel's war in Gaza.
Students at Columbia University in New York set up a protest encampment a week ago. The university asked New York city police to clear the camp on 18 April, and officers arrested about 100 people.
In Texas and California, police confronted campus protesters and made dozens of arrests.
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The UN's human rights chief has said he is "horrified" by the destruction of Gaza's Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of "mass graves" being found at the sites after Israeli raids. Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths.
Palestinian officials said they had exhumed 283 bodies at Nasser hospital, some with their hands tied. It is not clear how they died or when they were buried.
Israel's military said claims that it buried bodies there were "baseless".But it did say that during a two-week operation at the hospital in the city of Khan Younis in February, troops "examined" bodies buried by Palestinians "in places where intelligence indicated the possible presence of hostages".
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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Four people have been taken to hospital after five runaway horses of the Household Cavalry threw off their riders and raced through London.
The horses, one of which was covered in blood, caused chaos as they roamed the city centre and collided with vehicles, including a double-decker bus and taxi.
They initially became spooked by loud construction during a routine military exercise in Belgravia, the Army said.
Officers said the horses had been recovered and returned to camp.
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau is the debut game from actor Abubakar Salim.
Abu, who keen gamers may know for voicing Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins, revealed his game to the world at the BAFTA Game Awards earlier this month.
During the announcement, he launched into an emotional speech explaining how the game is inspired by the death of his dad, Ali, 10 years ago.
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US President Joe Biden has signed a $95bn (£76bn) package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The president said the US would "right away" send fresh weapons and equipment to Ukraine to help Kyiv fend off Russian advances.
He spoke a day after the US Senate approved the aid package following months of congressional gridlock.
Ukraine has recently stepped up its calls for Western assistance as Russia makes steady gains in its invasion.
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Three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the English Channel on Tuesday, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally.
Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel. The boat was carrying 112 people at the time of the tragedy.
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Boeing shares are down by a third since the start of this year and are on the hunt for a new chief executive.
The company has been in crisis since part of the body of a new Boeing 737 Max 9, flown by Alaska Airlines, broke off after take-off in January.
US regulators have said their investigating claims by a union that Boeing retaliated against two employees who raised concerns about other Boeing jets. Boeing said it was trying to improve its safety culture.
Passengers escaped serious injury, but the incident led to thousands of flight cancellations and renewed scrutiny of Boeing.
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Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes.
The electric vehicle maker said on Tuesday it had made $1.13bn (£910m) over the first three months of the year, compared with $2.51bn a year earlier.
Tesla, owned and run by the billionaire Elon Musk, said it would axe more than 6,000 jobs at its sites in Texas and California.
The company has suffered from falling demand and competition from cheaper Chinese imports which has led its stock price to collapse by 43% over 2024.
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The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law on Wednesday.
The Senate, on Tuesday evening, backed the measure passed by the US House of Representatives on Saturday.
It includes $61bn in military aid for Ukraine, which the Pentagon says can start being delivered to the war-torn nation "within days".
It passed in a bipartisan vote of 79-18.
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A seven-year-old girl and four adults have died while attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. They’re the latest migrants to have lost their lives while attempting to reach the UK by sea from France.
The BBC was filming on a beach south of the port of Calais at night when a group of 110 people boarded the heavily overloaded boat, as French police tried to stop them.
The boat quickly ran into trouble. The seven-year-old girl, a woman and three men died despite efforts to rescue them.
The incident took place one day after British members of parliament approved plans to send migrants seeking asylum to Rwanda to have their claims processed there, in a deal with the east African nation.
The UK government says this will deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats. UK opposition parties have opposed the plan saying it will be ineffective and inhumane.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding in France.
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The US space agency says its Voyager-1 probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth after months of spouting gibberish.
The Nasa spacecraft is humanity's most distant object, being more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away.
A computer fault stopped it returning readable data in November but engineers have now fixed this.
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The second day of Donald Trump's hush-money trial continues.
The judge in the trial held a fiery hearing to determine if Mr Trump violated a gag order.
The order bans the former president from verbally attacking those involved in the case and the judge has yet to rule.
Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 (£104,500) payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before he won the 2016 election.
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Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, died while trying to cross the English Channel in the early hours of Tuesday, French officials have said.
Authorities said the victims were trying to get to the UK on an overloaded boat carrying 112 migrants.
Several search-and-rescue operations are under way to find survivors.
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UK Parliament has passed PM Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill, after a late-night sitting and months of wrangling.
Plans to send some asylum seekers to Africa have met with fierce criticism, but the bill passed on Monday when the Lords dropped their opposition.
Sunak said in a statement "nothing will stand in our way" now of getting flights off the ground.
But the scheme could still be held up by challenges in the courts.
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In the 1960s, the BBC set out to investigate local reports of secret, shocking World War Two experiments, dangerous contamination and unexplained animal deaths on a remote island off the coast of Scotland.
It was an environmental catastrophe.
The island remained dangerously contaminated and a no-go area for nearly half a century, until, on this day in 1990, the UK government finally declared Gruinard Island safe.
The truth was that Gruinard Island had been the site of a clandestine attempt by the UK during World War Two to weaponise Anthrax, a deadly bacterial infection.
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Donald Trump's hush-money payment was “election fraud, pure and simple”, the prosecution has alleged during the opening statements in the historic New York trial.
The former US president’s lawyer said his client did not commit any crimes, saying “he is cloaked in innocence”.
Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 (£104,500) payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before he won the 2016 election.
He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and also denies having an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels.
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The Israeli military’s chief intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October.
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Major General Aharon Haliva will retire once his successor is selected. He is the first senior figure to step down over the attack, which were the deadliest in Israel's history.
Israeli military and intelligence officials missed or ignored multiple warnings before hundreds of Hamas gunmen breached the Gaza border fence on 7 October, and attacked nearby Israeli communities, military bases and a music festival.
About 1,200 Israelis and foreigners - mostly civilians - were killed and 253 others were taken back to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel responded by launching its most intense ever war in Gaza, during which more than 34,000 Palestinians - most of them children and women - have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York is about to enter a pivotal phase, as the defence and prosecution deliver opening statements.
Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 (£104,500) hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before he won the 2016 election.
He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and also denies having an affair with Daniels.
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Tesla has cut its prices in a number of markets – including the US, China, and Germany – as the electric car giant faces falling sales.
A price war has been intensifying between electric vehicle (EV) makers, with particularly fierce competition coming from Chinese firms.
And Tesla - run by multi-billionaire Elon Musk – reported a sharp fall in global vehicle deliveries in early 2024, and has been forced to recall thousands of its new Cybertruck over safety concerns.
Last week, Tesla also announced plans to lay off more than 10% of its global workforce.
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The lead developer for Fallout London has revealed his team had "zero correspondence with Bethesda" over the update of Fallout 4.
Fallout London, an unofficial mod which runs off Fallout 4, has now been postponed due an update heading to consoles and PC on April 25.
Dean Carter spoke to BBC Newsbeat to talk about the frustration and lack of communication he and his team have had after being just days away from releasing their game, 4 years in the making.
The BBC has approached Bethesda for comment.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country’s military, after reports that the US plans to cut aid to one unit.
It comes after the Axios news site reported that the US would target Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.
The BBC understands any move would come under a US ban on aid to foreign units credibly implicated in violations. To date, the US – Israel’s main ally - has never suspended aid to an IDF unit before.
"I will fight it with all my strength," Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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Nearly 60,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in China, after days of heavy rain caused flooding in the Guangdong province.
At least three people have died, and 11 people are missing, according to state media.
Several major rivers have burst their banks, and authorities are closely monitoring "dangerously high" water levels.
Much of Guangdong is part of the low-lying Pearl River delta, which is prone to floods due to the rise in sea levels and storm surges. It is also one of the country’s most densely-populated regions, with Guangdong alone home to around 127 million people.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky said his country had a “chance of victory” after the US House of Representatives finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid to help combat Russia's invasion.
The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the £49bn package through.
Republicans said more than a third would be dedicated to replenishing weapons and ammunition. It's likely to include air defence systems, mid to long-range missiles and artillery shells. It is unclear when it will arrive.
The package will now go to the Senate, which is expected to pass it within the next few days before President Joe Biden signs it into law.
Ukraine, which relies on Western weapons, desperately needs the aid as it struggles to contain Russian troops, who have been making steady advances in recent weeks.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse in Kyiv.
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From a mix of adverse weather, soaring production costs and plant disease - the production of bananas is under threat.
Pascal Liu, senior economist at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, said climate impacts posed an "enormous threat" to supply.
So, what can be done to make the banana industry more sustainable?
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Murray is autistic - he's also non-speaking.
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The House of Representatives has finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid for Ukraine to help combat Russia's invasion.
The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the $61bn (£49bn) package through.
Republicans said more than a third would be dedicated to replenishing weapons and ammunition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the US support as "vital".
The aid would keep the war from expanding and save thousands of lives, he added.
It is unclear when the aid will arrive, but reports suggest it could be within days. The package will now go to the Senate, which is expected to pass it before President Joe Biden signs it into law.
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They have sprung up in Tokyo, Berlin - and now in New York.
Micro-cinemas are small theatres where independent filmmakers have a chance to show their work to an audience, without having to sell their film first.
They provide the opposite experience of watching a big-action billion-dollar blockbuster but have their own way of tempting audiences to come to the cinema.
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World leaders have called for restraint in the Middle East, after a missile strike on Iran at a site close to nuclear facilities.
It took place at Isfahan in the centre of Iran, where there is an airbase, several nuclear sites, and a missile factory.
US officials called it an Israeli missile strike. Iranian media said drones were involved. Israel has not commented officially on what happened.
Iran has played down the incident but said it shot down a number of drones. There were also reports of explosions in Syria and Iraq. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the importance of lowering tension in the Middle East. He refused to comment on reports that Israel had informed Washington of its actions ahead of the attacks.
It comes after Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel, in retaliation for an airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Syria which killed several Iranian top military officers.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem, Sarah Smith in Washington and chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.
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The man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is happening has been identified.
NYPD say the man has been identified as Maxwell Azzarello, from St Augustine, Florida.
They say Azzarello arrived in New York a few days ago, and the pamphlets he threw before the incident were "conspiracy based".
He is alive, but in a critical condition.
Police believe Azzarello was motivated by conspiracies, and was not targeting any people or any particular groups.
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A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in Manhattan where former US President Donald Trump's hush-money trial is being held.
After dousing himself in a liquid, the man threw pamphlets in the air in front of the news media gathered nearby.
The man's motive is unknown.
Trump was inside the building to attend jury selection, where he is accompanied by a major security detail, but has since left.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has repeated calls for de-escalation in the Middle East, after an apparent Israeli strike on Iran.
Speaking from a G7 meeting in Italy, Blinken says Washington was “not involved” in any offensive operation.
Iranian state media has cited unconfirmed reports of explosions in the central province of Isfahan, but downplayed reports of an attack.
Iran has been on high alert in the wake of Israel pledging to respond to Iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on Saturday night
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An Israeli missile has hit Iran, US officials have told the BBC's partner station CBS News.
Iranian state media cited unconfirmed reports of explosions being heard around the central city of Isfahan, saying three drones were destroyed after the country's air defence systems were activated.
Iran has been on high alert after Israel said it would respond to the more than 300 Iranian missiles and drones fired at Israel on Saturday night.
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China’s economy grew much faster than expected at the start of 2024 - up by 5.3% - boosted by its focus on green manufacturing.
The country has invested in producing high end products such as electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels which are sold around the world.
But that has led to tensions with the West, with other countries fearing they are becoming too reliant on hi-tech Chinese goods which are essential to a low-carbon future.
The US and the EU accuse China of unfairly subsidising these industries, allowing them to flood the world market with cheap green goods.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in China.
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Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said artificial intelligence (AI) development will advance to be smarter than the smartest human by 2026.
During an interview on X Spaces, Musk told Norwegian hedge fund manager Nicolai Tangen that the next version of Grok, the AI chatbot from his AI startup, will be trained by May.
On the latest Artificial Intelligence: Decoded, BBC News explores Musk’s bold predictions.
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The US and UK have imposed a new wave of sanctions against Iran, following its drone attack on Israel.
Washington targeted 16 people and two entities that produce engines for the drones.
The UK Foreign Office imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on seven individuals and six entities, including those involved in drone and missile programmes.
Both countries already have hundreds of sanctions in place against Iran.
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Ukraine's prime minister has said there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia.
Denys Shmyhal urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the package this Saturday.
Mr Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure.
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Operations at Dubai airport remain severely disrupted as heavy rains continue to batter the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries. The storm pounded the UAE on Tuesday, flooding roads and the sections of the busy international airport. Flash floods have now killed 20 people in Oman and one in the UAE. Some inbound flights have resumed on Thursday, but the world's second-busiest airport is barely functional.
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A dangerous species of fire ants will cost Australians more than $22bn by the 2040s if left to run rampant, a new report has found.
It is believed that the red imported fire ants entered Australia in the 1990’s via shipping containers from South America.
With a powerful sting, they pose a threat to both people and livestock and can prey on a variety of insects.
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Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, the country's prime minister has said.
Qatar has had a key role - along with Egypt and the US - in trying to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages.
But Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said Doha had been exploited and abused and was being undermined by those trying to score political points.
He also said the current peace talks were in a "delicate phase".
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A BBC investigation suggests more than 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine. Researchers from the BBC and the independent Russian website Mediazona studied burial sites and other evidence. The Kremlin does not disclose official figures.
The war also continues to claim many Ukrainian lives. The latest Russian missile strike has killed 17 people and injured at least 70 more.
Ukraine’s President Zelensky called on his country’s allies to offer the same support as they have shown to Israel. A $49 billion proposed new aid package is due to be voted on in Washington in the coming days.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse and Olga Ivshina.
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Boeing is under scrutiny over a series of incidents, including when a door blew out of a 737 Max plane shortly after take-off.
Two competing hearings were held in Congress on Wednesday to discuss safety issues on Boeing planes.
Engineer Sam Salehpour accused Boeing of taking shortcuts in the construction of its 787 and 777 jets.
He claimed he was "threatened with termination" after raising concerns with bosses.
But Boeing said the claims were "inaccurate" and added it was confident its planes were safe.
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Former British senior diplomat Edward Chaplin was kidnapped in Iran in 1987, and relations between the UK and the Islamic Republic quickly deteriorated afterwards.
That kidnap followed claims by Iran that an Iranian consulate worker in Manchester was assaulted by British police.
Mr Chaplin sat down with Newsnight's Joe Inwood and spoke publicly for the first time since he was seized and assaulted by revolutionary guards almost fifty years ago.
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A Russian missile attack has killed 15 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
More than 60 people, including three children, were injured in the attack, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area, the city's mayor said.
The attack came hours after reports of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea.
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French police have removed hundreds of migrants from a camp in Paris as part of an operation to prepare the capital for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games.
The camp in Vitry-sur-Seine was home to more than 400 migrants before police carried out a large-scale eviction.
Authorities say the squat was illegal, as they push to dismantle homeless and migrant camps ahead of the Games, but aid workers fear that those evicted now lack longer-term housing assistance.
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Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.
In the country's second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called 'meat grinder' strategy - the body count was found to be nearly 25% higher than in the first year.
BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022.
Russia has declined to comment.
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India’s general election begins on Friday this week. Most predictions suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win another resounding victory – his third consecutive mandate.
While Mr. Modi is a controversial figure, he has amassed a huge following of supporters, almost unparalleled in contemporary India. From the Uttar Pradesh state which is a stronghold of Mr. Modi’s BJP party, the BBC’s South Asia Correspondent Yogita Limaye reports on why the prime minister is such a popular leader.
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The United Nations is launching a $2.8bn appeal to provide aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the US and EU say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel.
It's as the UK foreign secretary Lord Cameron has urged Israel to do "as little as possible to escalate" tensions in the Middle East, ahead of talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The military government in Myanmar has said it has pardoned 3,300 prisoners and has moved the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest.
State media, quoting a spokesman for the junta, said extremely hot weather had caused Miss Suu Kyi and other elderly prisoners to be relocated as a precaution against heat stroke.
The Nobel laureate, Suu Kyi, has been in jail since she was ousted in a coup in 2021.
This news comes a week after the military suffered a significant defeat, losing control of the main border crossing into Thailand, as it continues to face a shortage of soldiers.
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Medics have been hard at work on Ukraine’s frontlines, trying to save the lives and limbs of soldiers in the country’s war with Russia.
The BBC has been following the medics of the 28th Mechanised Brigade as they carry out treatment under risk of being attacked by Russian forces.
Documentary filmmaker Jamie Roberts travelled to Ukraine’s Easter front, mounting body cameras to some of the Ukrainian medical team. He’s given Newsnight’s Joe Inwood exclusive footage of their work.
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A Tesla whistleblower who has battled Elon Musk and his company through the courts for a decade tells BBC News she is still seeking a public apology.
Engineer Cristina Balan was once such a rising star at Tesla in the US that her initials were engraved on the batteries inside every Model S electric car.
But after raising a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars’ braking in 2014, she claims management turned hostile, and she lost her job.
She won a wrongful dismissal case but was later publicly accused by Tesla of using its resources for a “secret project”.
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Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are being debated and will be voted on later.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the country's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ensure anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettes, and also aims to make vapes less appealing to children.
But a number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won't back the bill.
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Brussels police has been enforcing an order to close down the National Conservatism Conference, on Tuesday.
Organisers said the event in the Belgian capital would continue, but guests were no longer allowed to enter.
Local authorities raised concerns over the safety of the public, saying the conference should not go ahead.
The conference aims to bring together right-wing politicians across Europe, including Nigel Farage and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and far-right French politician Eric Zemmour were also listed as keynote speakers.
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Israel is calling for sanctions to be imposed on Iran's missile project after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory.
A wave of missiles and drones were fired from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen on Saturday, with most being downed by Israel and its allies.
Tehran said the attack was retaliation for the presumed Israeli air strike on its consulate in Syria on 1 April, in which 13 people were killed.
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It’s nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame has been lit.
The ceremony takes place in Greece’s ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC.
The torch will first travel 3,000 miles through Greece, before crossing the Mediterranean to France in May on the three-masted ship Belem. It then will travel through France and its overseas territories before arriving in Paris for the start of the games in July.
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Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire.
The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city's oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames.
Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings.
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Dozens of potential jurors have been ruled out of Donald Trump's unprecedented criminal trial in New York on impartiality grounds.
Mr Trump denies falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels just ahead of the 2016 election.
Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say they could not be impartial after proceedings began on Monday. Jury selection continues on Tuesday, and could take up to two weeks.
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Israel’s war cabinet met to discuss its response on Monday night but did not say whether a decision had been reached.
World leaders have strongly condemned Iran's actions, but urged Benjamin Netanyahu's government to show restraint.
The Israeli military’s chief of staff said the attack "will be met with a response".
Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to speak to Netanyahu to discuss how to prevent "further escalation".
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Australian police have declared Monday's stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated "terrorist act".
A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church.
At least four people suffered "non-life-threatening" injuries, police say. The attacker was also hurt.
The incident was captured on a church livestream and quickly triggered unrest in the suburb of Wakeley.
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Israel’s top general has given the clearest indication that the country will retaliate against Iran, following its mass missile and drone attack.
General Herzi Halevi, the IDF chief os staff, said that “the launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles and drones into Israeli territory will be met with a response”. It’s not yet clear what form that response will take.
The United States has described the Iranian attack as “a spectacular failure”. Around 300 missiles and drones were fired at Israel but almost all were shot down or failed to reach their targets. A handful evaded air defences but caused little damage.
President Biden and other national leaders have urged Israel to show restraint and to avoid escalation. They fear the crisis could lead to a wider war in the region. The White House has told Israel that the US will not take part in or assist any counterattack against Iran.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson and Jeremy Bowen.
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Donald Trump's first criminal trial is getting under way, with jury selection due to begin on Monday.
The former president has in recent months faced judges in two separate New York civil trials, but his criminal trial there will look very different.
Mr Trump, 77, has been charged with 34 counts of fraud, related to hush-money that was paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
He has pleaded not guilty, arguing the allegations he faces are not criminal.
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Frank Prentice's survival of the Titanic's sinking in 1912, at the age of 23, is one of the miraculous tales from that tragic night.
More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912, causing the boat to sink.
In the BBC documentary The Great Liners from 1979, he vividly depicted the harrowing events of that historic night.
Prentice described how the Titanic sinking continued to haunt him in his dreams for decades afterward.
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Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll.
It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Bleaching happens when coral gets stressed and turns white because the water it lives in is too hot.
Coral sustains ocean life, fishing, and creates trillions of dollars of revenue annually.
Ocean heat records have been falling for months but this is the first global evidence of how this episode is affecting sea life.
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Donald Trump is in court as his long-awaited hush-money trial gets under way in New York.
The trial, which is expected to last at least six weeks, marks the first time ever that a US president has faced a criminal trial.
Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
He also faces 34 counts of fraud, but denies any legal wrongdoing - and also denies having an affair with Daniels.
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The UK joined Israel's defence against Iran in order to prevent an escalation of the conflict, Lord Cameron has said.
UK RAF jets intercepted a small number of drones bound for Israel in Iran's first ever direct attack on its territory.
The foreign secretary urged Israel to be "smart" and "tough" as it considers its response.
Lord Cameron added that the UK did not support a retaliatory strike, echoing US President Joe Biden's comment that Israel should "take the win".
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock have also called for calm, while French President Emmanuel Macron said France would do everything possible to avoid what he described as a regional conflagration.
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Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken in chilling detail to the BBC about what he remembers of an attack two years ago, in which he was stabbed on stage.
The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was left hanging down his face "like a soft-boiled egg", and that losing the eye "upsets him every day".
"I remember thinking I was dying," he said. "Fortunately, I was wrong."
The attack took place at an education institute in New York state in August 2022, as he was preparing to give a lecture.
He recalled how the assailant came "sprinting up the stairs" and stabbed him 12 times, including in his neck and abdomen, in an attack lasting 27 seconds.
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It has been one year since the eruption of a civil war in Sudan.
Fighting between Sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces has claimed thousands of lives, displaced more than eight million people and triggered the world’s largest hunger crisis, according to the UN.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other organisations have said the breakdown of governance and infrastructure mean a famine is now almost inevitable.
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Donald Trump will set foot in a New York courthouse on Monday and become the first former US president to stand trial in a criminal case.
He is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels, a former adult film star, shortly before the 2016 election.
Mr Trump, 77, faces a maximum of four years in jail if convicted, but could avoid jail time and be fined instead. He has pleaded not guilty.
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It's time to "step back from the brink", UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, after Iran's attack on Israel.
Iran launched more than 300 projectiles at Israel on Saturday, in what it said was retaliation to an earlier strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
It’s unclear how Israel plans to respond, but war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said it will "exact a price" for Iran's attack when the timing is right.
Mr Guterres told the UN security council that people in the Middle East face the danger of a devastating full-scale conflict, while UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said now is the time to de-escalate.
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In recent months, commuters in South Korea's capital have been riding what is believed to be the world’s first driverless night bus.
So, what is a late night ride like on the streets of Seoul?
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Why do some young people from really tough backgrounds beat the odds?
And what can we all learn from them?
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Israel said the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted overnight.
The attacks - which drew international condemnation - marked the first time Iran has targeted Israel directly from its own soil.
It is unclear how Israel plans to respond, but war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said it will "exact a price" for Iran's attack when the timing is right.
Iran had been warning that it would retaliate after an Israeli strike killed Iranian military commanders in Damascus earlier this month.
The BBC's Frank Gardner and Jeremy Bowen discuss the current situation in the Middle East and what’s next for the region.
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Israel has said it and its allies have intercepted the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran. It said there were a small number of hits on its territory, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, while one child has been injured. Iran's attack is a retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed an Iranian military commander in Damascus, Syria earlier this month. Iran's unprecedented, retaliatory attack marks the first time it has targeted Israel directly from its own soil.
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In a dramatic escalation of the crisis in the middle east, Iran has launched a mass drone and missile attack on Israel..
Retaliation by Iran has been widely predicted, following an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Israel says its armed forces are on full alert with air defences prepared and combat planes in the air.
Jordan has declared a state of emergency. President Biden has returned to the White House for crisis talks with national security advisers.
Ben Brown presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Landale in Jerusalem and Will Vernon in Washington.
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A man has been shot after reports of multiple stabbings at a Sydney shopping centre sparked a major police response.
Crowds could be seen fleeing Westfield shopping centre near Australia's Bondi beach where local media say four people are dead.
Police declared a critical incident following the shooting of a man just before 16:00 local time (07:00BST; 08:00GMT) after reports of stabbings.
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After 6 months of war in Gaza, medical services there have all but collapsed
The European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Younis is one of the last functioning medical facilities.
A British plastic surgeon, Dr Victoria Rose, has been recording conditions while working there, treating people with bullet wounds, burns and blast injuries. Many of them are young children.
Her video diary reveals the appalling conditions faced by patients and the medical staff treating them.
Jane Hill presents a BBC News at Ten special report by Dr Victoria Rose.
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A major power plant near Kyiv was completely destroyed by Russian strikes early on Thursday, energy company Centrenergo said.
Trypillya power plant was the largest electricity provider for three regions, including Kyiv, officials said.
Russia has long been deliberately and systematically targeting Ukraine's energy system.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had been "obliged to respond" to the strikes on Ukrainian energy sites following Kyiv's attacks on Russian targets.
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Scientists have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded – but discovered two even bigger mysteries in the process.
The burst of light, spotted in 2022, is now known to have had an exploding star at its heart, researchers say.
But that explosion, by itself, would not have been enough to have shone so brightly, and the discovery casts doubt on where heavy elements – like gold – come from.
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Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two metres above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing.
The city's mayor urged many residents to leave home, as sirens sounded.
Levels in Orenburg are likely to peak on Friday, but floods are expected to spread through neighbouring regions over the coming days and weeks.
Kazakhstan has also been badly affected, with 100,000 people evacuated from their homes in the last week.
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The United States has restricted travel for its embassy personnel in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran.
The US embassy said staff had been told not to travel outside the greater Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Beersheba areas "out of an abundance of caution".
Iran has vowed to retaliate, blaming Israel for a strike on its consulate in Syria 11 days ago, killing 13 people.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the consulate attack but is widely considered to have been behind it.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky has warned the country is running out of air defences, as it faces another wave of Russian strikes.
On Thursday, a major power plant near Kiyv was completely destroyed, after being targeted by multiple missiles.
Staff on shift at the Trypillya plant were able to run for cover and escape, but the plant – which was the largest electricity provider for three regions, including Kyiv – has been put out of use.
More than 80 missiles and drones targeted sites across Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday. Many targeted energy infrastructure and almost a third made it through Ukraine's air defences.
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Tens of thousands of children are malnourished in Sudan, an international humanitarian organisation has said.
Doctors Without Borders warned that a "catastrophic hunger crisis" in the country is even worse than feared.
It found that one third of children were malnourished in displaced people's counts in Sudan's North Dafur's state - double the threshold for a malnutrition emergency.
A year of civil war has killed an estimated 14,000 people, displaced millions and forced thousands to flee to the neighbouring countries.
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A false and AI-generated headline that claimed heavy missiles had struck Tel Aviv was spread on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
The fake headline was generated by X's official AI chatbot, Grok, and then promoted by X's trending news product, Explore, on the first day of an updated version of the feature.
Verified users on X shared this fake news story, claiming that Iran attacked Israel, which was untrue.
Many tweets of the false headline included footage, which showed the Russian military in Crimea, not Israel.
X's AI chatbot, Grok, creates headlines and content based on the news trending.
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The UK and US have signed a deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
The agreement signed on Monday says both countries will work together on developing "robust" methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and the systems that underpin them.
It is the first bilateral agreement of its kind.
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Ecuador, was once known as an ‘island of peace’ but in just five years it has transformed from being one of the safest countries in Latin America to the country with the highest murder rate in the region, ahead of Colombia and Mexico.
BBC News Mundo’s Ana María Roura returns to her home country to understand and explain the situation.
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OJ Simpson, the former American football star turned actor who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76.
The former American football star and Hollywood celebrity went on in his later life to spectacularly make headlines.
In 1995, he was acquitted of the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend in a trial that gripped America.
In 2008, he was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment on unrelated charges of armed robbery.
He was released in 2017.
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The new Fallout TV show has landed and it is getting rave reviews across the board, but what were the best moments and details for the cast themselves?
BBC Newsbeat sat down with Ella Purnell (Lucy) and Aaron Moten (Maximus) to discuss everything, from having real Power Armour to battling 'real' monsters in the show.
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Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site.
Mythical Greek figures such as Helen of Troy are depicted on the high black walls of a large banqueting hall.
The room's near-complete mosaic floor incorporates more than a million individual white tiles.
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More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in Russia and Kazakhstan area due to flooding.
The worse than usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow.
The Kremlin has warned that water levels in some areas are rising faster than at any time in the last 100 years.
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A Vietnamese property developer was sentenced to death on Thursday for looting one of the country's largest banks over a period of 11 years.
Truong My Lan was convicted for taking out $44bn (£35bn) in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank.
Prosecutors said $27bn may never be recovered.
Authorities said 2,700 people were summoned to testify, while 10 state prosecutors and around 200 lawyers were involved.
The evidence was in 104 boxes weighing a total of six tonnes.
Eighty-five defendants were tried with Truong My Lan, who denied the charges.
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President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians.
Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 10 days ago.
"We're going to do all we can to protect Israel's security," he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's leader said the Israeli attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself.
"When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our territory," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech.
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Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh has confirmed that three of his sons and four of his grandchildren have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
They were targeted while travelling in a car at Al-Shati camp near Gaza City. It’s reported that they were on their way to a family celebration to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid.
Mr Haniyeh has been centrally involved in negotiations seeking to broker a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, in return for the release of hostages held by Hamas. Mr Haniyeh condemned what he called “the treacherous and cowardly strike” but said the attack would not affect his search for a peace deal.
Israel has confirmed that it carried out the attack, describing the sons of Mr Haniyeh as “Hamas military operatives”. The statement did not mention the deaths of Mr Haniyeh's four grandchildren.
Ismail Haniyeh is widely considered Hamas's overall leader and has been a prominent member of the movement since 1980. He was elected head of Hamas's political bureau in 2017.
Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel on 7 October, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage.
More than 33,000 people in Gaza, ,the majority civilians, have been killed during Israel's offensive there since the October attack, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a "new era" of US-Japan strategic cooperation during the Kishida’s visit to Washington.
The nations presented planned projects from co-development of missiles to manned moon landings.
Biden condemned China's behavior in the Asia-Pacific region and reiterated the commitment of the United States to the defense of Japan under Article V of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, using its full range of capabilities, including nuclear capabilities.
This collaboration follows the UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron visiting Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Russia has described the Ural river flooding as a “very very tense” situation, as water levels continue to rise.
Thousands of people have had to flee their homes in southern Russia, and officials in neighbouring Kazakhstan say the number of evacuees there has risen to 97,000.
It comes as water levels in the river – Europe’s third longest – rose to over 10m (33ft) on Wednesday, well above its bursting point, after rapidly melting snow and ice caused them to swell.
Despite the flooding being described as the worst to hit the region in 80 years, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said there are no plans for President Vladimir Putin to visit the flood zone.
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President Biden's pressure on Israel after last week's deadly attack on aid workers did not go far enough, according to current and former US officials who have spoken to the BBC.
Israel said it would open new aid routes after President Biden threatened to reassess policy following Israeli strikes that killed seven workers from food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), including a US citizen.
Meanwhile Australia's foreign minister has suggested the country could recognise Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace.
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Nine countries took part in the biggest coalition aid airdrop in a single day into a Gaza on Tuesday to mark the end of Ramadan.
14 aircrafts delivered 10 tonnes of food, water and essential aid in an operation lead by the Jordanian air force.
Aircrew from the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Germany, Egypt, Indonesia hadnits own drop zone, its own way of delivering aid, all organised by the Jordanians.
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Billie Eilish has announced the details of what is likely to be one of 2024's biggest albums.
The star says her third record, Hit Me Hard And Soft, will be released on 17 May, with no singles in advance so that fans can hear it "all at once."
She also published a sustainability plan for the album, with the aim of minimising her environmental impact.
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The largest coalition airdrop of aid to Gaza since the war with Israel began has taken place.
14 aircraft from nine nations including the UK delivered 10 tonnes of aid.
The scale of the delivery was timed to mark the end of Ramadan.
The BBC’s James Landale reports from the RAF plane.
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The parents of a Michigan teenager who shot dead four students have each been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the first parents of a US school shooter to be convicted, appeared together for the first time in months at Tuesday's sentencing hearing.
In a landmark case, jurors in separate trials found each parent of shooter Ethan Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.
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UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks on the Ukraine and Gaza wars.
The former UK PM also urged Congress to approve a further $60bn (£47bn) of aid for Kyiv in a joint press conference.
Lord Cameron said the UK has "grave concerns" about humanitarian access to Gaza, but that it would not halt arms exports to Israel.
He added that there was precedent for his earlier "private" meeting with Republican candidate Donald Trump.
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A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.
The women, mostly in their 70s, said that their age and gender made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of heatwaves linked to climate change.
The court said Switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate.
It is the first time the powerful court has ruled on global warming.
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The medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has urged humanitarian organisations that have suspended work in Sudan to return to the country.
Many aid workers left when war broke out a year ago.
Since then, more than 12,000 people have died, with nearly five million people facing emergency levels of hunger.
MFS called on the United Nations to use its influence and leadership to ensure a rapid increase in aid.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has set a date for its planned offensive in Gaza's city Rafah.
His government has been signalling its intentions to launch a military operation in the southern city, where more than 1.5m Palestinians are sheltering, for several weeks.
Mr Netanyahu said the planned offensive was necessary for "the elimination of terrorist battalions there".
World leaders have urged Israel not to go ahead with the plan for weeks.
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Climate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures don't fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC.
The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 in a row.
It's fuelled concerns among some that the world could be tipping into a new phase of even faster climate change.
A weather system called El Niño is behind some of the recent heat.
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Tens of millions in Mexico and several US states have seen the world plunged into darkness in the middle of the day.
At the point of totality, the Moon perfectly blocks the Sun, for about four minutes.
Nasa has been conducting experiments during the eclipse.
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Donald Trump has said decisions about abortion rights should be left to the states, releasing a statement on the contentious election issue on Monday.
Many in his Republican party had wanted him to back a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
But Mr Trump said policies should be set by individual states - as they have been since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade decision in 2022.
Since then, preserving abortion rights has become a top issue for many voters.
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Hundreds of Muslim ethnic minority Rohingyas have been conscripted to fight from Myanmar's embattled military junta, the BBC has learnt.
Several recruits said that army officers had ordered young Rohingya men living in camps for the internally displaced to report for military training.
The same military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas and drove 700,000 out of the country nearly seven years ago.
Those who remain in Myanmar are denied citizenship and are subjected to a range of discriminatory restrictions.
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A total solar eclipse - where the Moon fully blocks the Sun - will be seen across parts of North America on Monday.
It will begin over the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and then move across Mexico and 13 US states before finishing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
In the eclipse's path of deepest shadow, the sky will go pitch black for four minutes and nine seconds.
Some 31.5m people are expected to see it, Nasa said.
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Israel's military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area.
The military stressed a "significant force" would remain in Gaza.
"This is another stage in the war effort," Israel Defense Forces spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner told the BBC.
The pull-out is being interpreted as tactical, rather than a sign the war may be moving closer to its end.
Meanwhile, Israel and Hamas said they had both sent delegations to Cairo to join fresh ceasefire negotiations.
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It has been six months since Hamas fighters broke through from Gaza into Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 253 people hostage.
In response, Israel vowed to "crush and destroy Hamas" so that it no longer posed any threat, and to bring all the hostages home.
In the brutal war that has followed, at least 33,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and large parts of Gaza have been destroyed.
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Is the workplace more stressful than it was?
From working remotely to employees managing their own hours - here is how employers are trying to improve mental health and wellbeing for workers.
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More than 150 people have been rescued after flooding in northern Sydney, Australia.
Other residents have been told to flee their homes because of the rising flood waters.
The area's main reservoir, which supplies most of the city's drinking water, started to overflow after three days of torrential rainfall across the east of the country.
People living in New South Wales have been told to stay indoors after a record-breaking amount of rain saw a month's rainwater fall in just 24 hours.
It's been reported that two people have died
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Humans will travel to Mars within the next couple of decades, according to Nasa.
The ultimate goal? To live entirely independent of Earth.
But can humans reproduce in space?
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A rare earthquake has hit New Jersey, rattling buildings in New York City and its surrounding areas.
The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude-4.8 quake's epicentre was just north-east of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
It hit at about 10:20 local time (15:20 GMT). There are no reports of major damage.
A UN Security Council meeting on Gaza at its New York headquarters was temporarily paused due to the tremor.
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The number of trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia “fell dramatically” last year, according to new analysis. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world, and 60% of it is in Brazil, where tree losses were down by 39% in 2023. Colombia also slashed their forest loss by nearly half compared to 2022. Researchers said it is down to political action and new leaders who have prioritised the environment.
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The Israeli military has fired senior officers after seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers were killed in a strike in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces' inquiry into Monday's incident said some workers survived initial air strikes, but were killed when a third car was hit.
Israel said the incident was a "grave mistake" and vowed to take "immediate action" to ensure that more was done to protect aid workers.
WCK and other aid agencies have paused their operations in Gaza, where the UN estimates 1.1 million people are facing catastrophic hunger.
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Evacuation warnings issued by Israel to people in Gaza ahead of attacks contained a host of significant errors, BBC analysis has revealed.
Warnings contained contradictory information and sometimes misnamed districts, making them confusing to Gazans seeking safety.
Experts have said such mistakes could violate Israel's obligations under international law.
The Israel Defense Forces has rejected any assertion the warnings were confusing or contradictory.
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Israel has said it has approved the opening of two humanitarian routes into Gaza, to allow more aid into the territory.
The Erez Gate in northern Gaza will be temporarily re-opened for the first time since the start of the war and Ashdod Port will also be opened for humanitarian deliveries.
More aid from Jordan will also be allowed to enter via the Kerem Shalom Crossing.
It comes hours after US President Joe Biden spoke with Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since seven aid workers were killed - something which Israel described as a "grave mistake".
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Tesla’s sales have dipped so far this year, but prices for electric cars are coming down as more come on to the second-hand electric vehicle market.
Newsnight’s Ben Chu has been crunching the numbers on what’s happening in the EV market, looking at what effect politics has had and how fast different countries are moving towards using electric cars.
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“Jodie” is a victim of being deepfaked.
In the spring of 2021, Jodie - not her real name - was sent a link to a porn website from an anonymous email account.
Clicking through, she found explicit images and a video of what appeared to be her having sex with various men. Jodie's face had been digitally added onto another woman's body - known as a "deepfake".
Through her own investigation work, she discovered the person behind it was one of her best friends.
Here she tells her story for the very first time.
If you’ve been a victim of harassment, stalking or revenge porn, details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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A Russian drone attack has killed four people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials have said.
Residential buildings were hit including a 14-story block on Thursday.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians in the war in which it is focusing on capturing eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.
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Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.
In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a "plausible risk of genocide" in Gaza.
Rishi Sunak is already facing growing cross-party pressure after seven aid workers were killed in an air strike.
On Tuesday, he said the UK has a "very careful" arms licensing regime.
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An Israeli cabinet minister has denied claims Israeli forces deliberately targeted seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza.
WCK founder José Andrés has accused Israel of targeting his workers "systematically, car by car".
Nir Barkat, Israel's minister of economy, told BBC News that Mr Andrés' comments were "nonsense".
Israel said the strikes which killed the workers were a "grave mistake" and has promised an investigation.
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Rescuers in Taiwan are working to reach more than 600 stranded people, a day after the island experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years.
One survivor has recounted how tremors unleashed rockslides "like bullets" around the coal mine he was working at.
The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the eastern county of Hualien, killing nine and injuring more than 1,000 people.
Some stuck in tunnels and near a national park have been rescued by helicopters, but 34 are still missing.
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Much of the war in Ukraine is far away from the public gaze and cameras, especially the frontlines in the eastern Donbas region.
The BBC has been following Ukraine’s 28th Mechanised Brigade in the area as it clears mines and builds roads to the frontlines.
Documentary-maker Jamie Roberts strapped helmets with cameras to the unit, and he has given Newsnight’s Joe Inwood exclusive footage of the unit.
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China's leaders are trying to find ways to battle what many economists have described as a demographic ticking time bomb.
A slowing economy, shrinking government benefits and a decades-long one-child policy have created a creeping demographic crisis in Xi Jinping's China.
The pension pot is running dry and the country is running out of time to build enough of a fund to care for the growing number of elderly.
Over the next decade, about 300 million people, who are currently aged 50 to 60, are set to leave the Chinese workforce.
So can China afford to grow old?
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill lowering the military mobilisation age by two years from 27 to 25.
Kyiv has faced heavy losses on the battlefield after two years of war, whereas Russia has benefited from a sizeable advantage in manpower.
The move will allow Ukraine to call up more people to replenish its reserves, after volunteer numbers dropped.
Mr Zelensky said in December that 500,000 more soldiers were needed.
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Rescue efforts are under way in Taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island's eastern coast, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800.
Some 127 people are trapped in collapsed tunnels and on mountainous roads along the rugged coastline.
The epicentre was 18km (11 miles) south of Hualien city, but strong tremors were felt all the way in the capital Taipei, more than 100km away.
This is the strongest quake to hit Taiwan in 25 years.
It also triggered tsunami alerts earlier in the day in nearby Japanese and Philippine islands which were later retracted.
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The White House wants US space agency Nasa to develop a new time zone for the Moon. It would be known as Coordinated Lunar Time (CLT).
The moon has a different gravitational field strength which means time moves quicker there relative to Earth - by 58.7 microseconds every day.
This might not seem like much, but it can have a significant impact when trying to synchronise spacecraft.
The US government hopes the new time will help keep national and private efforts to reach the moon co-ordinated.
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The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation.
Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals.
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only make people poorer in his country.
He said elephant numbers had exploded as a result of conservation efforts, and hunting helped keep them in check.
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Uganda's constitutional court has rejected a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world.
The law, which was adopted last year, imposes life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relationships and the death penalty for so-called "aggravated" cases.
Activists said the law has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBT people by both private individuals and state agents.
The court said it “declines to nullify” the act in “its entirety”, but did find that some sections of the law were “inconsistent with right to health, privacy and freedom of religion".
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Three British aid workers have been named after being killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Monday's strike.
Australian national Lalzawmi Frankcom, Polish national Damian Sobol, Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutahas and US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger, were also killed.
Humanitarian aid to Gaza has been plunged into doubt after WCK, a key provider of aid to the Strip, suspended its operations in the region.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the deaths "appalled" him. President Joe Biden said he was "outraged" and "heartbroken" and said Israel was "not doing enough to protect civilians".
Israel said the strike was "unintended".
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Taiwan has been struck by its most powerful earthquake in 25 years, killing at least seven people.
Officials said 711 people have also been injured after the 7.4 magnitude quake struck the eastern coast of the island, in Hualien, on Wednesday.
Buildings in the capital, Taipei, and surrounding areas shook violently and it is feared dozens of people are still trapped under rubble.
Japan and China have offered assistance to Taiwan.
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Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state.
He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values, and was ordered to pay a $464m penalty.
Posting bond means New York's attorney general cannot enforce the penalty, by freezing bank accounts or taking property, until his appeals are heard.
The Republican denies wrongdoing and says the case is a political hit job.
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White House spokesman John Kirby says he is "outraged" following the deaths of seven people, killed whilst working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, by an Israeli strike.
President Biden's press secretary also spoke out about the attack, saying he is "heartbroken.”
Three British nationals were among those killed, along with Australian, Polish, Palestinian workers and a dual US-Canadian citizen.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the convoy they were in was hit unintentionally.
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Riding on a surge of growing support over the past decade is France’s far-right political party, National Rally.
Formerly known as the National Front, they’ve got their eyes set on seats in the European Parliament elections this June.
Montbéliard, a rural town near the Swiss border, was the location of choice for the National Rally’s second stop on the campaign trail to the European elections, trying to garner more support.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban has been to the industrial town to speak to people there about why far right speaks to people's politics.
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Three British civilians were among the seven people killed in last night's attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers, the food aid charity has confirmed.
The three British nationals were killed along with Australian, Polish and Palestinian workers and a dual US-Canadian citizen.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted an "unintentional" Israeli strike killed "innocent people" in Gaza.
Netanyahu said in a video message, "It happens in war... and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again."
According to data from the Aid Worker Security Database, the war in Gaza has led to at least 196 aid workers being killed before last night's attack.
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For more than 170 years, a small Scottish business has been crafting curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off the country’s west coast.
Kays Scotland is the only company in the world accredited to produce the stones used for Olympic and World Championships matches.
The granite - thought to be some of the strongest and densest ever discovered - is harvested from the island of Ailsa Craig roughly once every decade.
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There is rising tension in South Africa over illegal migration - and it's dominating the political agenda in the run up to next month's general election.
The government claims it's tightening security on its borders.
But the BBC visited the country's busiest crossing post and witnessed migrants crossing unchallenged.
It's a way in for those seeking a better life - but an easy target, too, for criminal gangs.
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Seven aid workers have been confirmed killed in Gaza in an Israeli air strike.
World Central Kitchen (WCK) said workers from countries including the UK, Poland and Australia were killed.
WCK founder and chef José Andrés said they were killed "in an IDF air strike”, and Gaza's Hamas-run media office also blamed Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was conducting a "thorough review".
The alleged strike could not be immediately verified independently.
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A mysterious illness that has affected US diplomats in recent years has been linked to a Russian intelligence unit.
Personnel stationed around the globe with "Havana Syndrome" have reported unexplained symptoms such as dizziness.
They may have been targeted by Russian sonic weaponry, according to a joint investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel and CBS's 60 Minutes.
Moscow has denied the accusations.
US officials previously said it was unlikely a foreign power was to blame.
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At least five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria's capital, Damascus, Iran's ambassador says.
Senior Revolutionary Guards commander Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi was among the dead, according Iranian state TV.
Iran and Syria's foreign ministers condemned the attack, which destroyed the multi-storey building next to the Iranian embassy in the Mezzeh district.
The Israeli military said it did not comment on foreign media reports.
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Germany has partly decriminalised the use of marijuana.
Under the new rules, which came into force on 1 April, over 18s can possess up to 25g of cannabis in public, and adults can grow up to three plants per household.
But people will not be allowed to smoke cannabis within sight of schools, sports centres or in "pedestrian zones" between 7:00 and 20:00.
Supporters of the law-change say it will help kill the black market and improve quality control, while police unions are warning of real-world harm.
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Turkey's main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara.
The results are a significant blow for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed a third term as president.
He led the campaign to win in Istanbul, where he grew up and became mayor.
But Ekrem Imamoglu, who first won the city in 2019, scored a second victory for the secular opposition CHP.
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Anya Freeman and her climate technology company are on a mission to create 3D printed sea walls that have environmental benefits.
Traditionally, cities in the US have addressed rising sea levels by building sea walls made from concrete.
“The quality of water can go down by 50% within one year of installation,” Anya said about using this material.
The challenge for her company Kind Designs was to come up with something that is economical for communities and enhances the underwater ecosystem.
Now they think they’ve got it.
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Dropping aid into Gaza from the sky is fast becoming a last resort way to get food to starving people.
Earlier this week, 12 people are thought to have drowned while trying to retrieve aid parcels that fell into the sea. Another six were reportedly crushed in a stampede to reach it.
Hamas has reportedly demanded a halt to air drops as casualties have grown, calling them "useless" and a "real danger to the lives of hungry civilians".
"We're very aware of all the news, and we're trying to limit casualties," said Maj Boone, the US mission commander.
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Eli was just a few years old when his parents were told he would be in a wheelchair by the age of nine and that his life expectancy would be early 20s.
He was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a condition that gradually causes the muscles to weaken, leading to an increasing level of disability.
An assistive technology has now given the 16-year-old the potential to keep playing music longer.
And he has been given the chance to perform at America’s music, tech and film festival.
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On 20 March 1974, Princess Anne was ambushed by an armed kidnapper as she travelled by car to Buckingham Palace.
The attack was stopped by the bravery of a number of people, including her police bodyguard Inspector Jim Beaton, who was shot three times during the incident.
Ian Ball planned to abduct the young princess and hold her ransom. He was later prosecuted for Jim’s attempted murder, as well as other offences.
Five decades on, Inspector Beaton has been reflecting on that day.
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The Biden administration has approved $60m (£47m) in emergency funds that Maryland had requested to help cean up wreckage after a cargo ship hit a major bridge in Baltimore, killing six.
Governor Wes Moore outlined how they intended to clear debris, remove the ship, extract bridge pieces and rebuild it.
The cargo vessel, the Dali, that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge is nearly as long as the Eiffel Tower, he said.
The state has requested a host of resources to help with the clean-up process.
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Russia has once again extended the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, 32, who was arrested last year on espionage charges.
The court ordered that his detention be extended until 30 March which means the Wall Street Journal reporter will spend over one year behind bars as he awaits trial.
Mr Gershkovich, his newspaper, and the US deny the espionage charges.
US officials have called for his immediate release.
The Wall Street Journal observed the one-year anniversary of Gershkovich’s detainment with an #IStandWithEvan tribute.
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Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology.
Working like scissors, but at the molecular level, it cuts DNA so "bad" bits can be removed or inactivated.
The hope is to ultimately be able to rid the body entirely of the virus, although much more work is needed to check it would be safe and effective.
Existing HIV medicines can stop the virus from replicating but not eliminate it.
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief has proposed a plan which would see revenue from Russian assets frozen in Europe transferred to the fund that finances weapons for Ukraine.
Under Josep Borrell’s proposed plan, proceeds from assets such as interest payments would go to the European Peace Facility, an off-budget fund that provides military aid to countries outside the EU and has been used mainly for Ukraine.
But, Russian officials have called that move “potential theft”, and warned of potential consequences for those that made the decision.
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The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar has announced he is stepping down with immediate effect as Fine Gael party leader and will resign as taoiseach as soon as his successor is selected.
Announcing his resignation, Mr Varadkar described leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of my life".
He became Ireland's youngest PM in 2017 when he became Fine Gael leader.
He currently leads the coalition government in Dublin, along with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party.
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The UK’s data watchdog is assessing a report that staff at the hospital where Catherine, Princess of Wales had surgery tried to view her private health information.
It has been claimed that staff at the London Clinic "attempted to access her private medical reports".
The Information Commissioners' Office (ICO) confirmed it received a "breach report" and is making inquiries.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, an internal investigation has been launched at the hospital – which is frequently used by royals – after "at least one member of staff was said to have been caught trying to access" the princess's medical notes.
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Millions face starvation in Sudan as warring factions block aid delivery
As many as 5 million people are facing starvation in Sudan, where more people have been displaced by fighting than in any other conflict.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since war broke out in 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and their rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Around 8 million people have fled to neighbouring countries.
There is fighting across much of Sudan. Most of Darfur is controlled by the RSF as well as large parts of Khartoum. Fighting is continuing in West Kordofan and South Kordofan in the south, cutting them off from the rest of the rest of Sudan.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Feras Killani and Lyse Doucet.
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The Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in what it called an operation to "thwart terrorist activity".
It said troops killed 20 "terrorists", including a senior commander of Hamas's internal security force, and detained dozens of suspects during the raid.
Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire around the site, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Israel was committing a war crime.
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Speculation over which actor will take on the role of James Bond has been mounting once again, after reports British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been offered the role.
The Sun has reported the Kick-Ass and Marvel films actor has been "formally offered the job" as the 007 spy, formerly played by Daniel Craig.
Craig left the role in 2021 after starring in five films over 16 years.
The next Bond film will be the 26th in the franchise, following number 25, No Time To Die.
The BBC has approached Taylor-Johnson for comment. Eon Productions, which makes the Bond films, has said they don't comment on speculation.
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Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
This was the first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about conditions in the territory.
Mr Blinken called on Israel to prioritise providing for those in need.
UN agencies have said north Gaza could face famine by May without a pause in the fighting and a surge in aid.
Israeli negotiators are due to begin talks in Qatar on Tuesday in a fresh attempt to agree a deal with Hamas to halt the fighting, get humanitarian aid in, and the hostages out.
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Bryan Emery was a fentanyl addict and lived on the streets of San Francisco for nearly three years.
He spoke to the BBC about his experience in one of the US cities most affected by the opioid crisis - and how he was able to get clean almost a year ago.
Fentanyl is a leading killer in the US - contributing to over 100,000 deaths in 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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There seems little the world can do for the moment, but simply watch Haiti slide further and further into anarchy.
Gangs control much of the capital, Port au Prince, where the bodies of at least a dozen people were discovered in a wealthy suburb today, amid fighting with machete wielding militias, trying the protect their own neighbourhoods.
America is hopeful a transitional council might be able to restore order along with the deployment of international troops, but for now the violence continues, as Will Grant, reports from Cap-Haitien.
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Banksy has confirmed that he is behind a new artwork that appeared in north London on Sunday.
The street artist uploaded before and after pictures of the Finsbury Park mural to social media on Monday.
It shows green paint sprayed on a wall behind a cut-back tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a sprayer next to it.
Crowds have gathered to see the mural, with one local saying they were "proud" their street had been chosen.
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A WhatsApp group helped save more than 50 Malawian women trafficked to Oman to work in slave-like conditions.
It is estimated there are around two million female domestic workers in the Gulf Arab states.
BBC Africa Eye has followed a group of women who, working across three continents, have fought to bring the women home, often against impossible odds.
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Vladimir Putin has addressed thousands of people in Moscow's Red Square, after claiming a landslide election win.
President Vladimir Putin kept his remarks in the Russian capital uncharacteristically short, hailing the 10th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea and the more recent seizure of areas in the south and east of Ukraine.
As a reminder, Russia's occupation of Ukrainian territory is illegal under international law and is not recognised by the vast majority of nations.
On Sunday, Vladimir Putin won a fifth term as Russian president by a landslide of 87%.
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Haiti violence: US charter flight lands in Miami as clashes continue
A chartered flight organised by The US State Department for its citizens stranded in Haiti, has landed in Miami. This comes as gang violence and hunger grip the impoverished country.
Police in the capital Port-au-Prince are trying to recapture areas held by notorious gang leader Jimmy Chérizier.
The situation for ordinary Haitians remains precarious and dangerous, while many embassies and consulates are airlifting their citizens out.
On Saturday stranded Americans were told by the state department a charter flight would depart from Cap-Haitien, a port city about 120 miles (193km) from Port-au-Prince.
But the state department said only US citizens with valid US passports would be allowed to travel and the flight would only go ahead if the situation at Cap-Haitien remained stable.
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The Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in what it called an operation to "thwart terrorist activity".
It said troops came under fire from hospital buildings and that 80 people had been detained and others killed, including "Hamas terrorists".
Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire around the site, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Israel was committing a war crime.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election, with election officials giving him more than 87% of the vote.
However, Western countries have condemned the election as a sham, with no credible opposition candidate allowed.
There was some symbolic opposition with the "Noon against Putin" initiative backed by Yulia Navalnaya - the widow of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Putin told journalists that he had agreed to a swap deal to free Navalny before the opposition leader had died in an Arctic prison. It was the first time the Kremlin leader had uttered Navalny’s name in public in years.
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Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election as exit polls declared that he had won more than 87% of the vote.
Speaking at his campaign headquarters, Mr Putin thanked voters and “our warriors”, a reference to soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The result will secure Mr Putin another six years as Russian President.
Thousands of people took part in protests as the United States declared that the election was neither free nor fair. Dozens of protesters were arrested in Russia as they joined queues outside polling stations at noon on the last day of voting, in a show of defiance called for by the widow of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly last month in an Arctic penal colony.
If the 87% share of the vote for Mr Putin is confirmed it will be the biggest claimed victory for a candidate since the fall of the Soviet Union. It will also mean that Vladimir Putin overtakes Joseph Stalin to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.
The result is expected to strengthen Mr Putin’s grip on power. It comes two years after the invasion of Ukraine and at a time of sweeping political repression in Russia, with Mr Putin condemned as an international pariah by many nations.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula - the fourth since December.
The last time the Reykjanes Peninsula had a period of volcanic activity was 800 years ago - and the eruptions went on for decades.
This is now the seventh eruption since 2021, and scientists believe the area is entering a new volcanic era that could last for decades or even centuries.
The BBC's Sofia Bettiza explains how the frequent eruptions mean Iceland could be "entering a new volcanic era which could last decades".
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Vladimir Putin is set to secure a fifth term as president of Russia, as the tightly-controlled election enters a final day.
With his credible opponents jailed, exiled, or dead, there is little doubt that Putin will secure another six years as president.
Meanwhile, the leader of Estonia, which borders Russia, warned that while Putin is good at "sowing fear", his threats must also be taken seriously.
Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas called on European countries to bolster support for Ukraine, warning that war could expand "very fast in Europe, so no country is left untouched" if Vladimir Putin wins.
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For centuries, museums around the world have been home to thousands of artworks and artefacts stolen from other countries.
Many attempts to return these pieces to their native countries have failed - could a different approach work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Russia’s presidential election has entered its second day of voting, with citizens heading to the polling booths.
But, with President Vladimir Putin’s credible rivals either imprisoned, in exile, or dead, he is certain to win six more years in office after the vote.
Voting is taking place in Russia over three days until Sunday.
The first day of voting saw incidents involving green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks being set off inside polling stations, which, according to state media, saw eight people arrested.
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India’s general election will take place in seven phases over April and May, the country’s Election Commission has said.
With some 968 million eligible voters, India's election will be the largest the world has seen.
Opinion polls predict a win for Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, which is eyeing a record third term in power, while a coalition block of more than two dozen opposition parties has been formed.
Voting will be staggered, beginning on 19 April and ending on 1 June, and the results will be announced on 4 June, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told a news conference.
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Scientists have discovered that cancer develops at warp speed in space.
But, this can also lead to new research aimed at stopping it.
A team of scientists have teamed up with an aerospace company on a mission to the International Space Station, in order to conduct experiments on how cancer cells react – with the hope of ultimately developing drugs to prevent it.
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Politicians including US President Joe Biden and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have found themselves victims of deepfakes.
These are fake images or audio recordings generated by artificial intelligence and have spread rapidly across social media.
Although, there are politicians across the world who have not only embraced this technology but used it on themselves.
For many, it has raised concerns about public trust in politicians.
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Russians have begun voting in a presidential election which Vladimir Putin seems certain to win.
Voters in Russia went to the polls across the country’s 11 time zones in an election that is expected to give Vladimir Putin’s another six years in the Kremlin.
The Russian leader has no significant opposition. The authorities have banned some candidates who voiced opposition to the war in Ukraine from standing. Other rivals are dead, in prison or in exile.
There have been some protests at polling stations. One woman was captured on CCTV pouring dye into a ballot box.
There was voting in areas of Ukraine under Russian control. Meanwhile Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian port of Odesa, with 20 people reported killed and more than 70 injured.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Sarah Rainsford in Kyiv.
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One in five working-age people in the UK aren’t in the workforce, a figure which has risen since the Covid pandemic.
An increasing number of people are now ‘economically inactive’ - that means they are out of work but not seeking new employment.
Ros Atkins examines the cost this is having on the UK economy.
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The leaders of Germany, France and Poland are meeting in Berlin in an attempt to show unity with Ukraine.
It has been seen as an effort to address diverging French and German policies when it comes to the defence of Ukraine.
Germany remains Europe's biggest source of military aid for Ukraine, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was now up to their three countries to "mobilise all of Europe" to provide Ukraine with help.
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Officials in Gaza have accused Israeli forces of shooting at a crowd of Palestinians who were waiting for aid in Gaza City.
The Hamas-run health ministry says at least 20 people have been killed, and more than 150 injured.
The Israeli military says it did not open fire.
A jetty has now been built on the Gaza coastline, which is thought to be used to offload aid delivered from the Open Arms charity ship.
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Voting has begun in Russia's presidential election, which is all but certain to hand Vladimir Putin another six years in power.
Ballots will be cast over three days, even though the result is not in doubt as he has no credible opponent.
Polling stations opened in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia's easternmost region, at 08:00 local time on Friday and will finally close in the westernmost Kaliningrad enclave at 20:00 on Sunday.
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Open AI and the startup robotics firm Figure AI have released a video demonstrating the capabilities of a new visual language model.
Figure 01 uses in "speech-to-speech" analysis via OpenAI's multimodal model, VLM, to understand images and texts.
The robot relies on another voice conversation to craft its responses, as compared to written prompts in other Open AI technology, according to a release from the company.
In the video, the robot has a natural-sounding voice, and will continue to rewrite its own code as it interacts with more users by Figure's neural net.
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Before the war broke out 62-year-old Siham was being treated at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in north Gaza - the only cancer hospital in Gaza.
She's one of approximately 10,000 cancer patients in Gaza - according to figures from Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry - who have been unable to get treatment or medicines since the hospital shut down in the first week of November due to fuel shortages.
Egypt, Turkey, the UAE and Jordan have pledged to treat thousands of cancer patients like Siham, as well as those injured in the war.
A daily list is published by the Palestinian border authority with names of the people who have been approved by Egypt and Israel to leave but many, like Siham, are turned away.
Palestinian border agents said that because the Turkish envoy was not there to receive Siham on the Egyptian side, they could not let her through. But we have spoken to others who were allowed to travel to Turkey that day.
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China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could see TikTok banned nationwide, accusing it of "unjustly" behaving like a "bandit".
The app is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, a Beijing-based firm registered in the Cayman Islands.
While the bill passed overwhelmingly in the vote, it still needs to clear the Senate - but President Joe Biden says he will sign it if it passes Congress.
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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for new elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It is a sharp escalation in US criticism of Mr Netanyahu's government.
The comments come as Israel's military said it plans to move displaced civilians in Gaza to what it called "humanitarian islands”, ahead of any offensive in Rafah.
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A new definition of extremism has been unveiled by the UK government, with Communities Secretary Michael Gove naming five groups to be assessed against it.
The new definition will apply to - but not criminalise - groups promoting an ideology based on "violence, hatred or intolerance".
But some groups and MPs have criticised the move - saying it could risk free speech or lead to unfair treatment.
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The Israeli military said it plans to move displaced Palestinians living in Rafah to ‘humanitarian islands’, ahead of its planned offensive in the area.
There are not many details on how the 'islands' will work or what they look like - but Israeli officials have said there will be temporary housing and aid for 1.4 million Palestinians.
More than half of Gaza’s population is sheltering in Rafah, as civilians have fled fighting in other regions of the territory.
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TikTok’s chief executive has vowed to ‘keep fighting’, after the US House of Representatives passed a bill that could see the app banned in the US.
Shou Zi Chew warned that if the bill becomes law, it will mean the end of the app for its 170 million users in the US.
While the bill passed overwhelmingly in the vote, it still needs to clear the Senate and be signed by the president to become law.
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Israel’s national security minister has congratulated a border officer who shot dead a 12-year-old Palestinian boy playing in the street, calling him a “hero” who deserved an award.
Rami al-Halouli was setting off a firework with friends outside his home in occupied east Jerusalem when he was shot through the heart by the member of Israel’s border security force.
In a statement, the border police said a shot was fired by an officer towards a suspect “who endangered the forces while firing aerial fireworks in their direction.” However video of the shooting does not appear to support the claim that Israeli forces were in danger.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, called the boy a “12-year-old terrorist” and said: “This is exactly how you should act against terrorists, with determination and precision”.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin in east Jerusalem.
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Women who freeze their eggs are being misled by some UK clinics about their chances of having a baby, a fertility charity says.
The Fertility Network was reacting to BBC analysis that found 41% of clinics offering the service privately could be breaching advertising guidance.
The watchdog which sets guidance says clinics "must not give false or misleading information".
It comes as a record number of people are freezing their eggs.
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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok.
It would require the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell its stake in the app or face a ban from US app stores and web hosting platforms.
A TikTok spokesperson said the bill was a "ban" and urged senators to listen to their constituents before taking any action
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A long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania.
Leonid Volkov said his arm was broken and his leg hit 15 times with a hammer.
Lithuanian intelligence said the attack was probably "Russian-organised and implemented" and Mr Volkov agrees.
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The tiny village of Taesung sits deep in the heart of Korea’s Demilitarised Zone – the strip of no-man’s land separating North and South Korea.
The community of South Koreans, many aged in their 80s and 90s, live mere metres from North Korea, meaning they must be guarded day and night by hundreds of soldiers.
The village was established at the end of the Korean War as a symbol of peace, but 70 years later, the Korean Peninsula is still divided, and over the past year tensions between the two countries have flared.
The BBC’s Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie has secured rare access to the village, the people who live there and the soldiers who guard them. Filmed and edited by Hosu Lee.
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The UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks.
The Israeli military said six lorries crossed via a gate in the Gaza border fence.
This development comes as global pressure is growing for Israel to allow more aid access to the Palestinian territory where famine is looming.
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The US said it expects the transitional council will be appointed in Haiti within the next two days, as the violence-ridden country is left without a leader.
It will be tasked with nominating a new leader after the resignation of Ariel Henry on Monday.
The UN said it strongly hopes the agreement will help end the violence carried out by the gangs that control much of the capital.
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US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties' nominations for the election in November.
Four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday.
The result means US voters face a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in eight months' time.
The nominations will be made official at party conventions this summer.
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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan can be extradited to the UK, a Romanian court has ruled.
Andrew Tate, 37, and Tristan, 35, were detained in Bucharest after police in the UK said they had obtained an arrest warrant as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and human trafficking.
The brothers can be extradited only after the conclusion of their separate trial in Romania on human trafficking charges, the judge in Romania ruled.
Speaking outside court Andrew Tate said: "We are very innocent men and in time everybody is going to see that. We are excited to finish this judicial process and clear our names." He later told the BBC "the whole thing is garbage".
The brothers, who said “they categorically reject all charges" remain under judicial controls in Romania which prevent them travelling outside the country.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nick Beake.
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Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told BBC journalists they were detained, blindfolded, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital.
Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being tortured by Israeli forces. He said he was held for a week in detention, muzzled dogs were set upon him and his hand was broken by an Israeli soldier.
His account closely matches those of other medics who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals. They told the BBC they were humiliated, beaten, doused with cold water, and forced to kneel in stress positions for hours. They said they were detained for days before being released.
The IDF raided Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis in February 2024, saying intelligence indicated that members of Hamas were there. They also said Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October had been held at the hospital. Some of the hostages themselves have said they were kept at Nasser. Hamas has denied that its fighters operate inside medical facilities.
The BBC supplied details of the allegations of mistreatment to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). They did not respond directly to questions about these accounts, or deny specific claims of mistreatment. However they denied that medical staff were harmed during their military operation at the hospital.
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The tiny village of Taesung sits deep in the heart of Korea’s Demilitarised Zone – the strip of no-man’s land separating North and South Korea.
The community of South Koreans, many aged in their 80s and 90s, live mere metres from North Korea, meaning they must be guarded day and night by hundreds of soldiers.
The village was established at the end of the Korean War as a symbol of peace, but 70 years later, the Korean Peninsula is still divided, and over the past year tensions between the two countries have flared.
The BBC’s Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie has secured rare access to the village, the people who live there and the soldiers who guard them. Filmed and edited by Hosu Lee.
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Lawyer Robert Hur has faced questions in Congress over his final report into Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
He told a House committee that his assessment of Biden's memory, which the report said had "significant limitations", was both accurate and fair.
In findings published last month, Hur found Biden kept secret documents and stored them improperly. He did not however pursue criminal charges.
The report's sections on Biden's memory have been seized on by his critics, with Democrats and the White House accusing Hur of going beyond his remit.
"My memory is fine," Biden said.
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A ship towing a barge loaded with food aid for Palestinians in Gaza has finally set sail from Cyprus.
Gaza has no functioning port, so the US charity behind the mission, World Central Kitchen, is building a jetty to receive the aid.
The UN warns that massive aid shortages have left Gaza on the brink of famine.
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Sweden and Finland have joined the first test of Nato's new military plans in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
It is the alliance’s largest since the end of the Cold War, involving 90,000 military personnel.
One of the key stated objectives of Exercise Steadfast Defender is to deter Russia.
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Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country.
The resignation comes after Caribbean leaders held talks in Jamaica.
Mr Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home.
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Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month.
The Israeli Defense Forces denied that medical staff were harmed during their operation. They said that "any abuse of detainees is contrary to IDF orders and is therefore strictly prohibited".
The IDF raided Nasser hospital in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis - which was one of the few in the Strip still functioning - on 15 February.
They said intelligence indicated that the hospital housed Hamas operatives.
They also said Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October had been held there - and some of the hostages themselves have publicly said they were kept at the hospital.
Hamas has denied that its fighters operate inside medical facilities.
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The United States says it has airlifted non-essential embassy staff from Haiti, as the country spirals further into gang violence.
The Americans have also boosted security at their mission in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
It follows attacks by gangs on the airport, police stations and prisons this week. They are pushing for Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry's removal.
A three-day state of emergency has been extended by a month.
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Sweden marked becoming the 32nd member of Nato with a flag-raising a ceremony at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that "unity and solidarity" would be Sweden's "guiding lights".
Sweden applied to join the defence alliance after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - but its request was blocked by two members.
Turkey initially withheld approval in a row over what it called Sweden's support to Kurdish separatists. It eventually lifted its veto in January of this year.
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Fifty people were hurt, with 12 in hospital, after a flight from Sydney to Auckland suffered what was described as a mid-air "technical event".
The Latam Airlines jet - a Boeing 787 Dreamliner - "just froze" after a "quick little drop", one passenger told the New Zealand Herald.
Emergency services said 12 people were taken to hospital, and one patient was in a serious condition.
Some passengers were thrown out of their seats, causing them to hit their heads on the plane's ceiling.
Further details about the "technical event" or what caused it are still not known.
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Palestinians have begun marking Ramadan while fierce battles continue between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Gaza.
On Sunday evening, the sighting of the new moon marked the start of the Islamic holy month of fasting.
A ceasefire remains off the table as negotiations between Israel and Hamas have largely stalled.
Hamas has called for Palestinians to step up visits to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
But Israel has accused Hamas of "striving to ignite the region during Ramadan".
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The Princess of Wales has apologised "for any confusion" her Mother's Day photograph caused, after five picture agencies retracted the image over editing concerns.
Catherine, in a statement posted on Kensington Palace social media, said: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing."
The image, taken by the Prince of Wales, was the first of Catherine to be released since her surgery in January.
News agencies PA, Getty Images, AFP, Reuters and Associated Press had removed the image.
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As humans we were once covered head to foot in hair.
But, we evolved to lose most of it - yet we kept the mop up top.
So, what scientific purpose does the hair on our head serve?
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The first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery in January has been released by Kensington Palace.
The photo was taken by Prince William showing the princess with their three children.
The image was accompanied by a Mother's Day message along with a "thank you" from the princess for the public's "continued support".
The princess is not expected to return to public duties before Easter.
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A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army has said.
The support ship, General Frank S Besson, set sail from a military base in the state of Virginia on Saturday.
It comes after President Joe Biden said the US would build the floating harbour to help get aid into Gaza by sea.
The UN has warned that famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" and children are starving to death.
Aid deliveries by land and air have proved difficult and dangerous.
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Large “robot ships” are rapidly going into service and have been hailed as a revolution in shipping.
The vessles are controlled remotely with hardly any crew on board - it has meant the ships can be smaller so require less fuel and have a much reduced carbon footprint.
Autonomy, robotics and remote operation, along with artificial intelligence, are set to transform shipping and experiments are underway around the world.
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A ship carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza.
The Spanish vessel is scheduled to depart from Cyprus - the closest EU country to Gaza - and hopes to use a newly opened shipping route.
The UN says a quarter of the Gaza Strip's population is on the brink of famine and children are starving to death.
With no functioning port and shallow waters, it is still unclear where the ship will dock when it reaches Gaza.
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More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the town of Kuriga, officials say.
It’s the second mass kidnapping in the West African nation this week.
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu said he was "confident that the victims will be rescued".
Kidnap gangs - known as bandits - have seized thousands of people in recent years, especially the north-west.
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Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball and one of the most influential and best-selling Japanese comics of all time, has died aged 68.
His studio said he suffered an acute subdural hematoma, a type of bleeding near the brain.
Fans have paid tribute to Mr Toriyama for creating characters that have become a part of their childhood.
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A British Army spy operating at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland probably cost more lives than he saved, a report has found.
The Troubles, a conflict in Northern Ireland which lasted almost 30 years, cost the lives of more than 3,500 people.
In August 1969, the UK government sent troops to impose control. The IRA, Northern Ireland's biggest republican paramilitary group, which was founded to fight for a united Ireland, and also the Ulster Defence Association, the UDA, were carrying out bombings and shootings.
Operation Kenova investigated the British Army agent known as Stakeknife, who was Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci.
It said speculation he had saved hundreds of lives was wrong; it was more likely between high single figures and low double figures.
It found the security forces failed to prevent some murders to try to protect their agents in the IRA.
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France has enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, in a ceremony on International Women’s Day.
Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but while several other countries include reproductive rights in their constitutions, France is the first to explicitly state that an abortion will be guaranteed.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a 19th-century printing press to seal the amendment into constitution.
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A maritime aid corridor to Gaza could begin operating this weekend with a test shipment leaving Cyprus as early as Friday, Ursula von der Leyen says. The European Commission chief's announcement comes after the US said it would set up a temporary port in Gaza. Speaking in Cyprus, Ms von der Leyen said Gaza was "facing a humanitarian catastrophe" and the sea corridor would enable the delivery of large quantities of additional aid.
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The US military will construct a temporary port in Gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea, President Joe Biden has announced. Officials say the temporary port will increase the amount of humanitarian assistance to Palestinians by "hundreds of additional truckloads" per day. The president made the official announcement during his third State of the Union address.
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What happened to the missing MH370 Malaysian Airlines flight?
It has been 10 years since the disappearance of one of aviation's greatest mysteries.
The Boeing 777 - which was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members - was on a routine flight to Beijing, before abruptly changing direction and communications were cut.
The families of those on board have been campaigning for the searches to resume, after it was suspended six years ago.
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US President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress on Thursday, making the case for his re-election to a primetime TV audience.
It included repeated swipes at Donald Trump and covering the broad themes of his re-election campaign.
He accused his likely election opponent of "bowing down" to Russia and criticised him over the Capitol riot.
Biden also covered immigration, abortion, the economy and Gaza.
The atmosphere in the House chamber was raucous at times, with loud cheering from Democrats and heckling from some Republicans.
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A former Google software engineer has been charged by the US with stealing trade secrets about artificial intelligence (AI) while secretly working for two Chinese companies.
Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted in California on four charges and arrested on Wednesday.
The Chinese national allegedly stole more than 500 confidential files.
If convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines on each count.
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President Joe Biden will deliver a high-stakes address to the American public on Thursday evening.
The 81-year-old seeks to tackle concerns about his age, put a positive gloss on his first-term record and lay out the case for his re-election in November.
The State of the Union address will give him a rare opportunity to speak to a national audience of millions, and draw a contrast with his Republican competitor, former President Donald Trump.
Traditionally these annual speeches to Congress are standard affairs, full of pageantry and laundry lists of legislative priorities.
But this year, questions about Mr Biden's fitness for office and polls that suggest an extremely tight race for the presidency, mean the address is a critical moment for the president.
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More than 100 Nigerian school students have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, witnesses say.
The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said.
The students, between the ages of eight and 15, were taken away, along with a teacher, they added.
Kidnap gangs, known as bandits, have seized hundreds of people in recent years, especially the north-west.
However, there had been a reduction in the mass abduction of children over the past year until this week.
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February 2024 was the world's warmest February in modern times, the EU's climate service says, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row.
Each month since June 2023 has seen new temperature highs for the time of year.
The world's sea surface is at its hottest on record, while Antarctic sea-ice has again reached extreme lows.
Temperatures are still being boosted by the Pacific's El Niño weather event, but human-caused climate change is by far the main driver of the warmth.
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Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of Nato after it completed its accession process in Washington.
The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that "unity and solidarity" would be Sweden's "guiding lights".
"Good things come to those who wait," US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.
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Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, its owners and the US have said.
These are the first deaths caused by the group's attacks on merchant vessels.
The Barbados-flagged True Confidence was abandoned after Wednesday's attack, which inflicted significant damage.
The Houthis say their attacks are in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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In February, Russia captured the strategic town of Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region.
Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages.
Ukraine says its forces are "holding on". But Russian troops are now attacking in five areas along the 1,100km (700 mile) front line.
Over 1.2 million people - or two thirds of the population - have left the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region since Russia's full scale invasion two years ago.
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Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials have said.
This is the first deaths the group's attacks on merchant vessels have caused.
The Barbados-flagged True Confidence had been abandoned and was drifting with a fire on board after the strike.
It was hit at about 11:30 local time (08:30 GMT), the US military said.
The Houthis say their attacks are to support the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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Consumer finance expert Martin Lewis has reacted to UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget and what it means for personal finance.
Hunt has cut workers' National Insurance by another 2p in the Budget, meaning it falls from 10% to 8%.
He said the cut, to begin next month, is worth £450 a year for the average worker.
Among other measures, Hunt also announced an increase to the child benefit threshold from £50,000 to £60,000.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called the Budget a "last desperate act" with people paying "more and more for less and less".
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UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the contents of this year's Budget.
Among the measures announced was a cut in the rate of National Insurance, paid by 27 million employees across the UK, and also an increase to the child benefit threshold from £50,000 to £60,000.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called the Budget a "last desperate act" with people paying "more and more for less and less".
New official forecasts say the UK government will collect 37.1p per pound of GDP in 2028/29 - the highest level in nearly 80 years.
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Nikki Haley has announced she is suspending her Republican campaign for the US presidential election 2024 - but says she has "no regrets".
Her move makes Donald Trump the last Republican left in the race.
Haley congratulated Trump, but said he must now "earn the votes" of people who did not support him.
"Never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind," Haley said, quoting Margaret Thatcher when asked if she would support the Republican nominee.
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Nikki Haley is suspending her US presidential campaign, making Donald Trump the last Republican left in the race.
It comes after President Joe Biden and Trump swept the state primaries that were held on Super Tuesday, making a White House rematch between them even more likely.
Haley pitched herself as a fresh start for the party and the chance to move past Mr Trump, but only won Vermont and the District of Columbia.
Biden won Democratic nominating contests in 14 states - plus Iowa, where people voted by post - but lost in the territory American Samoa by 11 votes.
Meanwhile, Trump won 14 Republican contests.
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The war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
More than 10 months of fighting has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger.
During a visit to a camp in neighbouring South Sudan, the head of the WFP said the victims of the war had been forgotten, and that aid agencies had to be given access to those who were stranded in areas cut off by violence.
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US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have swept the state primaries that were held on Super Tuesday, according to projections by CBS.
The projected results makes a White House rematch between them even more likely.
With voting now closed across the US, Biden is believed to have won Democratic nominating contests in 14 states.
Meanwhile, Trump is projected to have won 12 Republican contests. Nikki Haley has been projected a surprise win in Vermont.
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US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have swept the state primaries held on Super Tuesday, according to projections by CBS, making a presidential rematch between them even more likely.
Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Donald Trump has focused on his likely rematch with Joe Biden, whom he has called "the worst president in the history of our country."
But Mr Trump has made no mention of Ms Haley during his speech.
In a statement, Joe Biden said millions of Americans had today "made their voices heard", and suggested that votes in his favour showed the electorate wanted to "fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards".
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President Biden has told Israel there are “no excuses” for not allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The United Nations is warning that a quarter of the population of Gaza are close to starvation.
However some Israeli protesters are blocking aid convoys at the border, to prevent food reaching Gaza. Among them are family members of people taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7th attacks in Israel. They say no food aid should enter Gaza until all the hostages are released.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin at the Egypt/Israel border.
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The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has hit a new all-time high of more than $69,000.
It surpasses the previous record set in November 2021, and comes as a result of US finance giants pouring billions into buying bitcoins.
But, while some experts say its price could go higher still, they warned that crypto was "notoriously volatile".
Earlier this year, US regulators approved several spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), which allowed giant investment firms like Blackrock, Fidelity and Grayscale to sell products based on the price of Bitcoin – which in turn has driven up its value.
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15 US states spanning from the east to the west coast are voting, plus one territory, American Samoa.
Donald Trump is the front-runner to win the Republican nomination, having beaten his rival Nikki Haley in all state contests - though Haley won in Washington DC.
But Haley has so far refused to give up, saying she will stick around until at least until Super Tuesday has concluded.
President Biden is all but uncontested for the Democratic nomination - though last week he faced a protest vote in Michigan due to the war in Gaza.
The BBC’s Katty Kay joined The Context to discuss what’s at stake this Super Tuesday.
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A satellite has been launched into orbit, which will track where there are high levels of greenhouse gas methane in light reflected from earth.
It will orbit the earth 15 times a day, tracking methane emissions leaking from oil and gas facilities.
Methane gas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to global warming, because it traps in heat – and the data captured by the satellite will be used to generate a map highlighting hotspots around the world.
It is hoped that this data will help companies spot leaks, and with the data being made publicly available, make sure that any leaks get repaired.
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Ukraine has said seven people have been killed and six more injured in a drone attack on a Russian ship.
The Sergei Kotov – a patrol ship in the Black Sea - was said to have been hit in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and Ukrainian military intelligence said it suffered damage to the stern as well as its right and left sides.
And, while the Kremlin has yet to comment, some Russian bloggers have confirmed that the vessel has sunk.
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the extent of damage to the ship.
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Super Tuesday – the day when most US states choose their candidates for president, has arrived.
Nominating contests will be held in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and the US territory of American Samoa.
It will likely be the biggest day so far in the 2024 race for the White House, and should offer a glimpse of Joe Biden and Donald Trump's strengths and potential weaknesses ahead of November’s election.
Following a Supreme Court ruling, Trump remains on the ballot in Colorado and Maine, despite both states trying to disqualify him on the grounds of allegedly inciting insurrection.
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At least 35 people died, while dozens more were injured, as freezing rain and unexpected snowfall hit remote areas of Pakistan over the weekend.
Twenty-two children were among the fatalities, many of whom were crushed in landslides that buried their homes, disaster management authorities said.
The heavy rains completely destroyed at least 150 houses and partially damaged 500 others, mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the south-western Balochistan province, authorities said.
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A UN team has concluded there are "reasonable grounds to believe" sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, was committed during the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October.
They also said there was "convincing information" that hostages had been subjected to sexual violence.
Hamas has denied its gunmen sexually assaulted women during the attacks, but the UN report said that “conflict-related sexual violence” occurred in at least three locations - including the Nova music festival site.
The UN report also described reports of sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli custody, including "unwanted touching of intimate areas" and "prolonged forced nudity".
But, the Israeli foreign ministry rejected these reports, calling them “malicious and baseless claims made against Israel".
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The US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that states cannot ban Donald Trump from running for President because of allegations that he incited insurrection.
The state of Colorado had barred Mr Trump from standing in its primary election to choose the Republican presidential candidate, arguing that Mr Trump was barred from being a candidate because he had incited the 2021 Capitol riot. However the Supreme Court ruled that the state had acted unlawfully, because only Congress and not individual states had that power.
Mr Trump is the overwhelming front-runner for the Republican nomination and looks likely to face Democratic President Joe Biden in November's presidential election.
Tina Dahaley presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington.
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Germany is scrambling to explain how audio of air force officials apparently discussing giving Ukraine long-range missiles was leaked by Russian sources.
Details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine are also mentioned.
Russia's state-run RT channel posted an audio recording of the meeting last week.
The breach has sparked major concerns about Germany's security among allies, including France and the UK.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly ruled out sending the Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
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After the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, a member of the Russian protest group said that "fear is counterproductive”.
Speaking to the BBC, Pussy Riot’s Olga Borisova said that "we should be more vocal".
The group Pussy Riot rose to fame more than a decade ago after protesting inside Moscow’s cathedral against the orthodox church and its support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
They were arrested at the 2018 World Cup final in Russia, and in 2021 they were listed as "foreign agents" by the Russian government.
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A SpaceX rocket carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has blasted off from Florida bound for the International Space Station.
They have a six-month mission, and space is one of the few areas where the US and Russia continue to co-operate closely despite the war in Ukraine.
The three men and one woman are in a capsule used in space four times before by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has urged Israel to "significantly increase the flow of aid" into Gaza.
She said "there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks", which would "get the hostages out".
Earlier, Israel did not attend truce talks in Egypt, saying Hamas was not giving a list of hostages still alive.
Hamas told the BBC it was unable to do so because of the Israeli bombing.
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Mediators and Hamas have arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for talks on a ceasefire deal in Gaza. However Israel is reported to be demanding a list of surviving hostages held by Hamas before it will attend the negotiations.
The United States has suggested a ceasefire agreement is imminent. An unnamed US official has said Israel has "more or less accepted" a deal in which a six-week pause in fighting would see the release of more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas is understood to be demanding a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza before more hostages are released.
Pressure for a deal has intensified following the death outside Gaza City of at least 112 people, as crowds gathered around an aid convoy. Hamas has accused Israel of shooting starving civilians as they attempted to get food. Israel has denied that, suggesting people were run over by aid trucks and killed in the stampede.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin.
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Pakistan's newly formed parliament has elected Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister for a second term.
He defeated a rival supported by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The move comes three weeks after an inconclusive general election that was marred by allegations of intimidation and vote-rigging.
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More than six million people visit the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City each year - making it the third most-visited museum in the world.
This puts a strain on the health of Michelangelo’s world-renowned frescos.
So, how do the Vatican Museums make sure the work is being looked after?
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The US has carried out its first air drop of aid for Gaza, with more than 30,000 meals parachuted in by three military planes.
The operation was carried out in conjunction with the Jordanian air force, the US Central Command said.
US officials say the drop was the first of many announced by President Joe Biden on Friday.
C-130s dropped more than 38,000 meals along the coastline of Gaza, US Central Command said in a statement.
Other countries including Britain, France, Egypt and Jordan have previously airdropped aid into Gaza, but this is the first by the US.
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This week, South Korea broke its own world record for the lowest birth rate in the world.
230,000 babies were born there last year, in a country with a population over 50 million.
But declining birth rates isn’t exclusive to South Korea, with the trend affecting numerous countries across the world – including the UK.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has been looking into this.
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Smart mouthguards are the latest innovation in sports technology and are being used in the men's Six Nations for the first time.
They are fitted with micro-sensors that measure the force and acceleration in the head when there is a collision.
Coaches believe it is a step towards helping to better understand collision sports, but some of the research has been questioned by concussion experts.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Prosthetics were once basic and functional - made using wood, tin or leather.
Now, new materials and innovation are making artificial limbs lighter, cheaper and easier to use.
In California, a team of designers believe they are creating the next generation of artificial arms with revolutionary technology - so how does it work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, arguing it has breached the principles he agreed to when he helped found it in 2015.
The lawsuit - which has also been filed against OpenAI boss Sam Altman - said the firm has departed from its original non-profit, open source mission.
It said instead of trying to "benefit humanity" - as it was set up to do - it is focusing on "maximising profits" for major investor Microsoft.
OpenAI has been approached for comment.
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The rise in popularity of India PM Narendra Modi and the BJP in the last 10 years, has in part been due to a weak opposition that has failed to raise the voice of the people or effectively corner the government on crucial issues.
A united front of opposition parties formed last year is developing cracks, with key allies deserting them. In these circumstances, the main challenger to Prime Minister Modi remains the Indian National Congress.
Its leader Rahul Gandhi has been on a country-wide roadshow, to try and reclaim hope for India’s opposition.
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Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Moscow, defying a heavy police presence and possible arrest, to pay their last respects to Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.
The crowds chanted his name as his funeral service was held, two weeks after he died in prison. They also chanted anti-government slogans and protests against the war in Ukraine.
Alexei Navalny's mother was among the mourners allowed into the cemetery to see him buried. His widow decided not to travel to Russia where she could face arrest.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems unstoppable in the run up to India’s national elections.
His approval rating is at 78 percent. By comparison, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s approval rating is negative 49 percent.
Although elections have yet to be called, Mr Modi unofficially kicked off his campaign in January when he inaugurated a temple in Ayodhya.
Ten years since coming into office, Samira Hussain sets out to find what is behind his enduring popularity.
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Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, has been buried at a cemetery in Moscow after a funeral service earlier today.
Hundreds of people holding flowers and candles lined the streets, chanting Navalny's name and saying, "you weren't afraid, neither are we."
His allies livestreamed the events via his YouTube channel.
Navalny's wife and children did not attend the funeral - but Yulia Navalnaya took to social media shortly after the funeral, writing, "I don't know how I'm going to live without you, but I will try my best to make you happy and proud of me."
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People are gathering in Moscow for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
There is a heavy police presence in the city, with hundreds in attendance risking arrest.
The Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic prison, where he had been held on politically motivated charges.
Few details have been released on the cause of his death - officials say he collapsed after going for a walk.
His wife, Yulia Navalnaya, alleges he was killed on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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A Ukrainian man selling a poison which is linked to at least 130 UK deaths has been identified by the BBC.
Leonid Zakutenko advertised his services on a website promoting suicide and he told an undercover reporter he sends five parcels a week to the UK.
He has been supplying the same substance as Canadian Kenneth Law, who was arrested last year and is now facing 14 murder charges.
When challenged, Mr Zakutenko denied selling the deadly chemical, which the BBC is choosing not to name.
If you've been affected by the issues in this story, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/
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At least 112 Palestinians are said to have been killed and 760 injured trying to get desperately needed aid in Gaza.
Crowds descended on a convoy of lorries on the coastal road south-west of Gaza City, in the presence of Israeli tanks.
Israel's military say tanks fired warning shots but did not strike the lorries, adding may of the dead were trampled or run over.
Hamas rejected Israel's account, saying there was "undeniable" evidence of "direct firing at citizens".
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At least 43 people have been killed after a fire broke out in a multi-storey building in Bangladesh, the country's health minister has said.
According to local media, the blaze began in a restaurant at around 22:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Thursday in the capital, Dhaka.
Seventy-five people were rescued and dozens were brought to hospital.
The fire was brought under control after two hours, according to fire officials, and the cause is being investigated.
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US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in Texas and on their way to the US-Mexico border today in competing trips.
Immigration is one of the key issues in this year's presidential election and both Biden and Trump will be hoping to win over voters.
The president will visit Brownsville in Texas, while hundreds of miles west his rival Trump is visiting Eagle Pass.
The number of people crossing the border into the US has hit record highs under Biden - and both Republicans and Democrats have expressed unhappiness.
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Police were called to an event described as a "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow as angry families demanded refunds.
The event was advertised as a "journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises at every turn".
Paul Connell said he was given the role just days earlier and handed an "AI-generated gibberish" script and told to "do whatever you want".
It was cancelled by organisers House of Illuminati mid-way through Saturday following complaints from parents.
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Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has announced that more than 30,000 people, including 21,000 children and women, had been confirmed killed in Gaza since the start of the recent conflict.
It came as at least 112 more Palestinians were reported to have been killed while trying to get desperately needed aid in north Gaza.
Crowds of civilians descended on an aid convoy of lorries after it passed through an Israeli military checkpoint west of Gaza City. Israel's military said troops fired at some people they thought were a threat.
In the chaos, the lorries moved forward and it’s reported that many people were run over. Aerial footage released by the Israeli military showed hundreds of people on and around the lorries.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane, Frank Gardner and Jeremy Bowen
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The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 100 Palestinians have been killed on while waiting for aid in northern Gaza on Thursday.
The ministry blamed Israeli forces, while Palestinian media cited medical sources who said that Israeli forces fired at the crowd.
An Israeli military source said that Israeli troops did open fire as some in the crowd moved towards them in a way that was "endangering the troops".
An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson added that Israeli soldiers opened fire on some civilians approaching a checkpoint in a "limited response".
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Vladimir Putin has given his annual state of the nation address, two weeks before Russia's 2024 presidential election.
Putin warned that any deployment of Western troops in Ukraine would have "tragic" consequences, claiming that Western rhetoric threatened a "conflict with the use of nuclear arms and consequently the destruction of civilisation".
He also said the Russian military has the "initiative" in the two-year, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and is advancing in a number of areas.
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South Korea's government is threatening to take legal action against thousands of striking junior doctors and revoke their medical licences if they do not return to work on Thursday.
Around three quarters of the country’s trainee doctors are protesting government plans to admit drastically more medical students to university each year, to increase the number of doctors in the system.
More doctors will not fix the structural issues within the healthcare system, that leave them overworked and underpaid, one doctor interviewed by the BBC says.
South Korea has one of the lowest doctor-to-patient ratios among developed countries, and with a rapidly aging population, the government is warning there will be an acute shortage within a decade.
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The man who killed Sarah Everard in London in 2021 should never have been a police officer, an inquiry has said.
Wayne Couzens was off-duty when he murdered Sarah after kidnapping her under the false guise of an arrest.
Couzens joined Kent Police as a special constable in 2002, before joining the Metropolitan Police in 2018.
The inquiry says "without a significant overhaul, there is nothing to stop another Couzens operating in plain sight".
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More than 30,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
The ministry says that the majority of those killed were women and children.
Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and fighters when identifying those killed.
More than 70,000 injured people have been registered by the Gaza ministry of health, which is the only official source for casualties. Its data is quoted by UN agencies and other international institutions.
The conflict began when Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing hostages.
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The US, UK and EU have announced new sanctions on Russia, two years after its invasion of Ukraine.
The measures also marked a week since the death in custody of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
President Vladimir Putin has claimed European sanctions have done Russia no harm, saying: "We have growth, and they have decline."
The International Energy Agency says Russia is still exporting 8.3 million barrels of oil a day - having increased supplies to India and China.
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The Duke of Sussex has lost a High Court challenge against the government over his security when in the UK.
Prince Harry was contesting a decision to downgrade his security status when he stopped being a working royal.
He argued he had been treated unfairly in the changes to his police protection, when he still faced significant security threats.
Prince Harry is to appeal against the court's ruling that there was nothing unlawful in these security decisions.
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Mitch McConnell has announced he is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November.
The US Senate's longest-serving Republican said on Wednesday it was “time to move on”.
Mr McConnell has proven key to passing conservative priorities and electing Republicans to Capitol Hill.
But he has fallen out with Donald Trump in recent years and feuded with him over his election falsehoods.
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South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world, and it continues to plummet, beating its own staggeringly low record year after year.
If this trend continues Korea’s population will halve by 2100.
Governments have thrown money at the problem, giving parents monthly cash handouts and subsidised housing. But nothing has seemed to cut through and policymakers have been accused of not listening to young women about their needs.
The BBC has spoken to three women about their decision to have or not have children.
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Journalists from across the UK and US have signed an open letter, calling for access to Gaza.
More than 50 broadcast journalists and presenters, including several BBC and Sky reporters, have added their signature to the letter, which calls on Israel and Egypt’s embassies to allow “free and unfettered access” to Gaza for foreign media.
Foreign journalists have been unable to access Gaza since October 7, despite multiple requests from international outlets in the months that have followed.
The letter also called for better protection for journalists already reporting in the region, with around 90 journalists believed to have been killed since the war began.
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Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, addressed the European Parliament after the death of her husband.
Navalny was a political activist in Russia and a long-time, high-profile critic of President Vladimir Putin.
He will be buried in Moscow on Friday, a spokesperson confirms, after his team struggled to find a funeral home.
Navalnaya has vowed to continue her husband's work to fight for a "free Russia", saying that to defeat Putin requires becoming an innovator.
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West Yorkshire Police knew of nine women who had fears for their safety before they were killed by a man they knew, BBC Newsnight has found.
In two of the killings, the police did not conduct proper risk assessments when the women had reported domestic abuse to the force.
The police said it has "implemented recommendations" and provided domestic abuse training to staff since the deaths of the women.
BBC Newsnight’s Yasminara Khan has been investigating what happened.
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Several Nato countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said "nothing should be excluded".
Mr Macron said there was "no consensus" on sending Western soldiers to Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has warned of direct conflict if Nato troops deploy there.
Russian forces have recently made gains in Ukraine and Kyiv has urgently appealed for more weapons.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said “nothing should be excluded" when it comes to Western troops being sent to Ukraine.
He said that Russian defeat in Ukraine is key for Europe’s security, and that European leaders had agreed to set up a coalition to give Ukraine medium- and long-range missiles and bombs.
Responding to Macron’s comments, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had no plans for large-scale military involvement in Ukraine, while Germany, Sweden, Poland and the Czech Republic also ruled out such suggestions.
Meanwhile, Hungary's foreign minister reiterated that Budapest is not willing to send weapons or troops to Ukraine.
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Australian police say two bodies have been found during the search for missing Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who once dated TV presenter Baird, was earlier charged with murder.
The case - which has gripped Australia - is believed to be the first suspected murder carried out by a New South Wales police officer in decades.
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US President Joe Biden said he hopes to have a ceasefire “by next Monday” in the Israel-Gaza war.
It comes as negotiations involving Israel and Hamas representatives in Qatar have reportedly seen some progress reached.
But, while the US State Department said that there had been progress made in negotiations to release Israeli hostages, it remained unclear whether Hamas would accept the latest proposed deal.
Meanwhile, Israel said its forces are preparing to go into Rafah to attack Hamas fighters there.
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About half the world’s population – 4 billion people – will have the opportunity to vote this year.
Countries around the globe face questions about reducing fossil fuel usage, adapting infrastructure and increasingly severe weather.
US climate envoy John Kerry joined BBC News to discuss green policy – and what’s at stake in the upcoming years.
Kerry will soon step down from his role to work on President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, officials have told US media.
The former senator and secretary of state, who held the climate role for three years, will reportedly be involved in promoting Mr Biden's work on combatting global warming.
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Following Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos are children, some Christian groups have been left divided.
The decision made by Alabama's Supreme Court last week meant IVF treatment had to be paused and has left some Christian groups torn on the ruling and the role of theology in US lawmaking.
Margaret Boyce is a devout Christian who was days away from her first IVF appointment when the ruling came into place.
Although the ruling did not explicitly ban or restrict IVF treatment it has still created deep uncertainty for clinics and medical workers who handle embryos and fear prosecution.
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After the 7 October attacks, Israel launched a war in Gaza with a goal to "eliminate" Hamas.
Months since the conflict erupted, fighting is still taking place across the strip. Israel says it’s advancing in its mission, but some military analysts are more sceptical about the level of damage to Hamas.
BBC Arabic's Dalia Haidar asks whether Israel as set itself an unobtainable goal.
Producer: Natalie Merzougui
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Pressures surrounding global trade will be discussed at the meeting of the World Trade Organization in Abu Dhabi.
The four-day event will look at a range of challenges facing global trade including tensions between the US and China, the war in the Middle East, Russia's war in Ukraine and more.
Head of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala opened the talks today by discussing a $50M dollar fund designed to help female entrepreneurs in developing countries.
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Farmers have blocked roads and set fire to tyres across Brussels ahead of a meeting of Agricultural Ministers from across the EU.
Ministers are set to meet to discuss their response to protests by farming groups across many European countries including France, Germany, Poland, Belgium, and Spain and others.
Protests have erupted over what the farmers say are cheap imports from outside the EU, excessively restrictive environmental rules and falling incomes.
Riot police were seen facing off with protestors and used water cannons.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has said 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
In that time six million people - mainly women and children - have fled the country, according to the UN.
Millions more have been forced to live under Russian occupation in a number of regions of Ukraine.
Two teenagers - rescued from occupied Mariupol and Kherson - have shared what it was like living under Russian occupation.
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Children in Gaza are facing severe hunger, disease and malnutrition due to shortages of food and drinking water.
The United Nations is warning that 2.3 million people in Gaza are on “the brink of famine”. It says Israel’s military offensive and blockade of Gaza is leading to an “explosion” of children dying from hunger and disease.
Israel cut supplies of food, water and fuel into Gaza at the start of the war. Since then it has allowed some aid into the territory but the UN and charities say it’s not nearly enough. They warn that continuing fighting and lack of civil order makes it impossible to distribute humanitarian supplies effectively..
The UN's humanitarian coordination agency, Ocha, says more than half the aid missions to the north of Gaza are being denied access by Israeli forces.
Katya Adler presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia's full-scale invasion.
The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning.
Typically, Ukrainian officials do not make casualty figures public, and other estimates are much higher.
It comes after the defence minister said half of all Western aid for Ukraine has been delayed, costing lives and territory.
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Ukraine's defence minister says half of Western military aid has been delayed, which is costing lives and territory.
"At the moment, commitment does not constitute delivery," Rustam Umerov said in a televised address on Sunday.
Ukraine is currently experiencing a variety of setbacks in its mission to drive Russia from its territory.
Mr Umerov said that the lack of supplies put Ukraine at a further disadvantage "in the mathematics of war".
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Could there soon be digital copies of your heart? | BBC News
Scientists are creating a digital version of the human heart with the aim of improving predictive and preventative medicine.
Researchers, in Barcelona, believe the ambitious project could change the future of healthcare and give us a better understanding of heart health.
So, how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
The former president won his primary opponent's home state by a 20-point margin, his fourth consecutive victory.
As he celebrated Mr Trump made no mention of Ms Haley, who vowed to stay in the race.
Instead he set his sights on the general election in November.
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President Zelensky has issued a rallying cry to people in Ukraine as the country marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Speaking from Hostomel, Zelensky urged his country to keep fighting and said Russia could not destroy Ukrainian dreams.
He was joined by four Western leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who praised Kyiv's forces' courage that "stood in Putin’s way".
It comes after Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities continued overnight, with four deaths reported across the country.
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The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokesperson says.
It comes after she had reportedly been told to agree to a "secret" burial, or else he would be buried at the prison colony where he died.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh thanked everybody who had demanded the return of his body.
"The funeral is yet to take place," she wrote.
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What was the technology that made photography possible?
From Poloroid to the instant tap of your smartphone - here is a rundown on the history of the camera.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Donald Trump has said he supports the availability of IVF treatment, joining a growing number of Republicans who are seeking to distance themselves from an Alabama court ruling on the issue.
The state's top court ruled last week that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them.
At least three clinics paused IVF treatment in the wake of the ruling.
On Friday, Mr Trump called on Alabama to find "an immediate solution".
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There have been further Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities as Kyiv marks the second anniversary of President Putin’s full-scale invasion.
For a second night running, targets in the port city of Odesa have been hit.
The anniversary is being marked by a meeting of the UN Security Council, which was told by the secretary general that the war was an “open wound in the heart of Europe.”
Western leaders have arrived in Kyiv to show solidarity with Ukraine on the anniversary.
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It’s been two years since Russian tanks rolled over the border into Ukraine in a full-scale invasion, bringing about what would become the biggest war in Europe since World War Two.
Ukrainian and Russian lives have been changed utterly by the bloodshed and loss.
Tens of thousands of troops have been killed, families have been torn apart, Ukrainian towns have been smashed to ruins and Russian troops have been accused of committing atrocities that have shocked the world.
The BBC’s Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse looks back at two years of fighting, and what could be coming in the future.
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Two years ago Ukraine was on the brink of something few thought would happen - a full-scale Russian invasion.
As the country enters a third year of war, much of eastern Ukraine is destroyed and many thousands of people have died.
Ukraine's western allies are urging the world to continue their support, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York.
Tina Daheley presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding, who’s been following the story of one Ukrainian soldier, a medic working on the front line, since the start of the conflict.
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Israel said it will pull out of the Eurovision Song Contest if organisers try to censor its entry.
It comes after the lyrics to Eden Golan's October Rain were leaked to the media earlier this week.
According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, the song references the victims of the 7 October Hamas attacks, with lyrics including: "They were all good children, each one of them."
Eurovision organiser The EBU said it was currently assessing the song. The contest's rules forbid political messages, in a gesture to neutrality.
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Shamima Begum has lost her latest bid to overturn a decision by the UK government to strip her British citizenship.
The Court of Appeal ruling means she remains in Syria with no chance of return to the UK.
Begum left her home in London aged 15 in 2015 to travel to Syria to join Islamic State group.
The now 24-year-old's lawyers brought a bid to overturn a 2023 decision at the Court of Appeal, with the Home Office opposing the challenge.
The Home Office argued the "key feature" of Begum's case was national security.
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An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon.
Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole, more than 50 years on from the last Apollo mission in 1972.
It was an important moment, not just for the commercial exploitation of space, but for the US space programme in general.
Nasa had purchased room on Odysseus for six scientific instruments, and its administrator Bill Nelson was quick to add his congratulations to Intuitive Machines for a mission he described as a "triumph".
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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could be a new frontier for the military.
Geoffrey Hinton, called the “Godfather of AI,” issued a grave warning about the potential dangers of the technology he was instrumental in creating, as it pertains to language model’s military capabilities.
This week, the US Pentagon started meetings with tech industry leaders to accelerate the discovery and implementation of the most useful military applications.
Policymakers agreed that intensive testing was necessary to ensure safe military applications.
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On 24 February, it will be two years since Russia invaded Ukraine in its so-called "special military operation".
Since then, Russia's war has brought death and destruction to Ukraine, with the Russian military suffering huge losses, too.
Russian towns, like Ukrainian towns and cities, have been shelled and come under drone-attack. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russia's president for alleged war crimes. And now, Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, is dead.
BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg takes a look back at what's changed since the war began.
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Texan company Intuitive Machines (IM) will attempt to put a spacecraft on the Moon in the coming hours.
If the firm succeeds, it will be the first ever commercial venture to achieve the feat.
It would also represent the first American soft landing on the lunar surface since the Apollo era just over half a century ago.
IM has been contracted by the US space agency (Nasa) to carry scientific instruments to the Moon's south pole.
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Over twenty years ago, the former secretary general of Nato, George Robertson, visited Moscow and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
An unfamiliar event considering the current level of tension between East and West after two years of Russia's war in Ukraine.
On a recent visit to London, BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg sat down with the former Nato chief to talk about Russia today and Vladimir Putin.
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US prosecutors have charged an alleged member of the Japanese mafia with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials.
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, tried to sell uranium and plutonium that he believed would be transferred to Iran to build a nuclear bomb, it is alleged.
Mr Ebisawa and a Thai co-defendant were previously hit with weapons and drug charges in April 2022.
He faces life imprisonment if convicted of the latest charges.
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The Kharkiv region, including the village of Hroza, was captured by Russian forces early on in the invasion.
It was recaptured by Ukraine in a major counter-offensive in September 2022.
But as the war rages on, the area continues to be targeted by Russian drone attacks, bombs and missiles.
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A ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are considered children, and that a person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them, has opened up a new front in the US battle over reproductive medicine.
The southern US state's largest hospital has paused its in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) services in the wake of the decision, over fears it could expose them to criminal prosecution.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it would continue retrieving eggs from women's ovaries. But it said it would halt the next step in the IVF process, in which the eggs are fertilised with sperm before being implanted into the uterus.
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One person has been killed and eight have been wounded in an attack by three Palestinian gunmen on a highway near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police say.
A statement said the "terrorists" got out of a car at a checkpoint for Maale Adumim and fired automatic weapons at several vehicles waiting there.
Police killed two attackers while the third was wounded and arrested.
There was no immediate claim from any Palestinian armed group.
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When Israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas on 7th October 2023 there was enormous relief for their families. Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were freed in the southern city of Rafah.
But the Israeli special forces raid left anger and bitterness in Gaza, where more than 70 people are reported to have been killed on the night and many more wounded.
The BBC has heard evidence from people caught up in the raid and doctors who treated the victims, who say a large proportion of those killed and injured by Israeli soldiers were civilians.
The independent Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, based in Gaza, using details obtained from hospital lists, says 27 children and 22 women were among those killed.
Among the victims were children and their parents living in tents close to where the raid took place, who had fled to Rafah to escape the fighting in other parts of Gaza.
Israel has said its use of force is proportionate and military operations are carefully planned to minimise civilian casualties.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane.
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A European satellite that pioneered many of the technologies used to monitor the planet and its climate has fallen to Earth.
The two-tonne ERS-2 spacecraft burnt up in the atmosphere over the Pacific.
ERS-2 was one of a pair of missions launched by the European Space Agency in the 1990s to study the atmosphere, the land and the oceans in novel ways.
They monitored floods, measured continental and ocean-surface temperatures, traced the movement of ice fields, and sensed the ground buckle during earthquakes.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has paused food deliveries to northern Gaza, noting "complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order".
The agency said the decision was not taken lightly and crews had faced crowds, gunfire and looting.
The UN has been warning of looming famine in the north since December.
The WFP said these latest reports are proof of a "precipitous slide into hunger and disease".
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Global shipping is severely disrupted by Houthi attacks on ships heading to the Suez Canal.
Across the Atlantic, the other canal vital to global trade is also suffering from major disruption as fewer ships are now getting through.
The El Niño weather phenomenon contributed to a severe drought, the ACP said.
It is expected to increase the cost of shipping goods around the world.
The Panama Canal greatly reduces the time and distance for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row.
The latest test of the UK's nuclear deterrent was from HMS Vanguard and was witnessed by the defence secretary.
The missile's booster rockets failed and it landed in the sea close to the launch site, according to the Sun, which first reported the malfunction.
When on patrol, missiles would usually carry nuclear warheads but they are not fitted for test fires.
The Ministry of Defence said the "nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure and effective".
This is highly embarrassing for both the UK and the US manufacturer of the Trident missile.
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China has sharply criticised the US for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Beijing said the move sent the "wrong message" and effectively gave a "green light to the continued slaughter".
The White House said the Algerian-proposed resolution would "jeopardise" talks to end the war.
The US has proposed its own temporary ceasefire resolution, which also warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah.
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Two political parties in Pakistan have reached a formal agreement to form a new government following an election mired in controversy.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) will be backed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in a new administration, they jointly announced.
The agreement means former Prime Minister and President of PMLN Shahbaz Sharif is on course to become prime minister for a second time with the backing of the junior coalition partner, while Asif Ali Zardari of the PPP will be the coalition's candidate to become president - an office he has previously held.
Both parties won fewer seats than candidates loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on 8 February.
Mr Khan’s movement alleges the vote was rigged to keep his supporters out of power.
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has vowed to remain in the race, regardless of the outcome of Saturday's South Carolina primary, where she is badly trailing Donald Trump.
Difficult polls in her home state - on top of three consecutive losses to Mr Trump - have fuelled speculation that Ms Haley may drop out of the race soon.
"I'm not," she said in Greenville, South Carolina. "Far from it."
She pledged to at least finish the 16 races on Super Tuesday - 5 March.
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Russia has once again extended the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, 32, who was arrested last year on espionage charges.
The court ordered that his detention be extended until 30 March which means the Wall Street Journal reporter will spend more than one year behind bars as he awaits trial.
The US will announce sanctions against Russia over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said.
Mr Gershkovich, his newspaper, and the US deny the espionage charges.
US officials have called for his immediate release.
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The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire.
Washington said the Algerian-proposed resolution would "jeopardise" talks to end the war.
In its own resolution the US warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah.
The US has previously avoided the word "ceasefire" during UN votes on the war, but President Joe Biden has recently made similar comments.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Washington's ambassador to the UN, said it was not the right time to call for an immediate ceasefire while negotiations between Hamas and Israel were continuing.
Thirteen countries on the 15-member body backed Algeria's resolution, while the UK abstained.
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A body has been found in the River Thames by officers searching for chemical attack suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, the Met Police have said.
Officers began hunting for Ezedi, 35, after a woman and two girls were attacked in Clapham on 31 January.
He was last seen on CCTV leaning over London's Chelsea Bridge and was thought to have entered the water.
Police said distinctive clothing on the recovered body have led them to believe it is that of Ezedi.
Officers have not formally identified the body.
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Lawyers for Julian Assange are launching what could be his final bid to avoid extradition to the US to face trial over leaking military secrets.
The two-day hearing at the High Court in London is due to hear his team argue he should be allowed a full appeal.
There is no guarantee that will be granted and if turned down, he could be handed over within weeks.
Supporters of the Wikileaks founder say he exposed wrongdoing, but the US says Mr Assange put lives at risk.
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The US has proposed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.
It has also warned Israel against invading the overcrowded city of Rafah.
The US has previously avoided the word "ceasefire" during UN votes on the war, but President Joe Biden has made similar comments.
However, the US plans to veto another draft resolution - from Algeria - which calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
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Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, citizens living near the entrenched frontline are divided between determination and despair.
The town of Lyman in many ways reflects the mood of a nation struggling with a grinding, seemingly endless war.
Lyman is a small, half-ruined railway town, first seized by Russia, then liberated and now trapped, precariously, near the frontlines of the Donbas. Its civilian inhabitants are torn over what is now best for their country’s future.
The failure of Ukraine's counter-offensive last year is clearly weighing heavily on many in Lyman. Some are wondering whether the time has now come to trade land for peace. Others remain determined to fight on, while worrying about whether arms supplies from western allies will continue to arrive.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding in Lyman.
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If Donald Trump is chosen as the Republican party's candidate for US President, who could be lined up as his Vice President?
Nikki Haley is still in the race urging voters to participate in the primary, saying "in a general election we're given a choice, in a primary we're given a choice."
But she's projected to be defeated in her home state of South Carolina, people have been left wondering what the next stage of a Trump campaign could look like, which includes whose name could be on the ticket.
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Alexei Navalny's widow has vowed to continue his work to fight for a "free Russia" as she prepares to meet European ministers in Brussels.
Yulia Navalnaya released a video statement in the style of her husband saying he was killed because Vladmir Putin could not break him.
She said she knows "exactly why" Putin killed Alexei three days ago, and will release the information soon.
The Kremlin calls these accusations "frankly obnoxious" and says there are "no results" yet in the investigation into Alexei Navalny's death. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Alexei Navalny's mother has been refused access to his body for a third day. His representatives said she was not allowed to enter the mortuary near the remote Arctic prison where he suddenly died last week.
The Navalny family representative said Alexei’s mother and his lawyers arrived at the morgue on Monday, but they were not allowed to go inside.
One of the lawyers, they said, was pushed out.
Navalny, 47, one of Russia's most significant opposition figures, had been in jail on charges widely viewed as politically motivated.
Protests and vigils have been held near Russian embassies in many countries and hundreds of people have been detained in Russia, reports say, amid warnings not to rally.
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Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by 10 March an offensive will be launched in Rafah.
It is the first time Israel has said when its troops might enter Gaza's overcrowded southern city.
Global opposition is growing to such an attack in Rafah, where some 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering.
Earlier, the World Health Organization said a key Gaza hospital had ceased to function following an Israeli raid.
Speaking on Sunday, Mr Gantz, a former defence minister, said: "The world must know, and Hamas leaders must know - if by Ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the Rafah area."
Ramadan - the Islamic holy month of fasting - begins on 10 March.
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Israel is facing international pressure to abandon plans for an all-out offensive on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, where around 1.4 million people have taken refuge.
Rafah is close to the border with Egypt but the crossing there is closed, preventing people from escaping to safety.
BBC News has been following the story of one young woman - Tala Abu Nahleh - and her disabled brother Yazid. They tried to escape from Rafah several times but were repeatedly turned back at the border.
Now they have managed to escape to safety in Egypt’s capital Cairo.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane and Paul Adams.
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*** Warning: graphic frontline footage Ukraine’s forces have retreated from Avdiivka, a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces for months. Ukrainian troops pulled out as Russian forces advanced and seized control of the city in the Donetsk region. The retreat was ordered to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russia's defence ministry said it had full control of the city, with President Vladimir Putin hailing it as an "important victory". Almost all of Avdiivka's pre-war population of more than 30,000 people have fled and the city itself is almost completely destroyed.
Its fall marks Russia's biggest victory in Ukraine for months. Mr Zelensky blamed a lack of Western weapons supplies. US President Joe Biden accused his political opponents in Washington of sharing responsibility for the Ukrainian defeat.
Ukraine has been experiencing shortages in ammunition and other military equipment. Its army depends on supplies from western allies. However the latest package of military aid from the United States has been blocked due to political opposition from Republicans and some Democrats in the US Congress. The United States has been Ukraine’s main weapons supplier, providing billions of dollars of military support since the Russian invasion in 2022.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting from the frontline by Andrew Harding.
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Alexei Navalny's mother has been unable to recover her son's body after his death in an Arctic jail, a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader says.
Lyudmila Navalnaya was told his body would only be handed over once a post-mortem examination had been completed.
Navalny's team believes the anti-corruption campaigner was murdered on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.
Prison officials reportedly told Lyudmila an initial post-mortem examination was inconclusive and a second would have to be carried out.
Navalny's allies claim his body is purposely being withheld by the Russian authorities so they can "cover traces", and call for the body to be returned to his family "immediately".
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Dandora sits on the outskirts of Nairobi, in Kenya, and is home to one of the largest dump sites in East Africa.
Although it was declared full 20 years ago, over 800 tonnes of garbage is still dumped on the site every day.
In recent years, an increasing proportion of this is electronic waste such as old mobile phones, TVs and laptops.
So, what is being done to combat the problem?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Many pregnant women in remote and rural areas of Kenya have been cut off from vital maternal health services.
Not all mothers are able to access the right kind of care, some struggle with transportation to the hospital and there is a lack of healthcare workers.
But, new technology being trialled in the capital Nairobi could help ensure access to potentially life saving treatment.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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President Biden has blamed Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin for the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Siberian prison. “Make no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death,” Biden said in a speech at the White House.
He said the United States did not know exactly what had happened to Navalny, but that “there is no doubt" that his death "was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.”
Navalny was Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade.
President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critic within Russia was serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.
His wife Yulia has appealed to the international community "to help punish this regime".
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg, Gordon Corera and Lyse Doucet.
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A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay more than $350m in a landmark fraud case.
The ex-president has also been prohibited from acting as a company director in New York state for three years.
His sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, were also fined $4m each and blocked from acting as directors for two years.
Trump and his two adult sons had already been found liable of massively inflating the value of their properties by hundreds of millions of dollars in a trial that ended last month.
The men all deny any wrongdoing, with the former president calling the case a "fraud on me" and a "political witch hunt.”
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Joe Biden has said he is “not surprised and outraged” at news of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s death.
The US President said Navalny bravely stood up to violence by the Putin regime, for which he was jailed, and added that "Putin is responsible for Navalny's death”.
The Russian prison service announced the death of Navalny, who has long been an outspoken critic of President Putin, and has been incarcerated since 2021 on charges widely viewed as politically motivated.
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Alexei Navalny was long the most prominent face of Russian opposition to President Vladimir Putin.
The 47-year-old blogger had survived poisoning attempts and years in some of Russia's most notorious jails, after his group had exposed corruption at almost every level of the Russian state - frequently targeting President Putin himself.
Even from behind bars, unable to challenge the president at the ballot box, his voice had retained power.
But in February 2024, it fell silent. According to the prison service, he had gone for a walk when he lost consciousness and died.
In the immediate aftermath, the Kremlin simply said that it was aware of his death, and the president had been informed.
Across the world, however, there was shock and anger, as tributes were paid to a man who some said gave his life standing up to Russia's all-powerful leader.
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Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Alexei Navalny, has said she doesn't know whether the "horrible news" of her husband's death is true.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, she said the news of her husband's death so far only came from state sources.
Navalny, who was Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, has died in an Arctic Circle jail, the prison service has said.
President Vladimir Putin's loudest critic, he was serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.
Putin's spokesman said Russian's penitentiary service was looking into Navalny's death.
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Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in an Arctic Circle jail, the prison service said.
Seen as President Vladimir Putin's most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term on charges widely considered politically motivated.
He was moved to one of Russia's toughest penal colonies late last year.
The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said Navalny had "felt unwell" after a walk on Friday.
"The emergency doctors declared the prisoner dead. Cause of death is being established."
Navalny, 47, was last seen only a day ago, looking well and laughing during a court hearing via video link.
Within minutes of Navalny's death being announced by the prison service, the international community hailed the courage of Vladimir Putin's biggest domestic adversary.
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Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage.
Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday's 176-76 vote in parliament.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would "boldly abolish a serious inequality".
But it has divided the country, with fierce resistance led by the powerful Orthodox Church. Its supporters held a protest rally in Athens.
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Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, Russian news agencies report, quoting the prison service.
Seen as President Vladimir Putin's most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated.
He was moved to an Arctic penal colony, considered one of the toughest jails, late last year.
The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said he had "felt unwell" after a walk on Friday.
He had "almost immediately lost consciousness", it said in a statement. The causes of his death were being established, Tass news agency reported.
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The first-ever criminal trial of a former US president is set to start next month, with Donald Trump defending himself against allegations of conducting a hush-money cover-up.
The 77-year-old appeared in court in New York on Thursday, seeking to have the trial dismissed or delayed.
But Judge Juan Merchan was not swayed by arguments that the trial's timetable would hurt his presidential campaign.
Mr Trump called the decision to start the trial on 25 March a "disgrace".
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The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), which requires far more processing power than standard computing, has put rocket boosters under the data centre world.
Chris Sharp is the chief technology officer at Digital Realty, a US business that builds data centres, the anonymous warehouses full of computers that keep the online world spinning.
Sharp predicts that data centres in the not-too-distant future will come with their own dedicated, built-in nuclear reactors.
AI systems are using all this extra electricity simply because they are doing so much more processing than standard computing.
The technology in question is the much-touted Small Modular Reactor (SMR). These are designs for advanced reactors with about a third of the power generation of a traditional, large nuclear plant.
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Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his New York hush money case has been denied, with a date set for the first criminal trial of a former US president.
Trump is accused of falsifying his business records over money paid to former adult star Storm Daniels, by saying the payment was for legal fees in 2016.
The former president is now facing 34 counts of fraud under campaign finance laws, but has pleaded not guilty to all of them.
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In this clip from 2009, 19-year-old Taylor Swift talks to BBC Breakfast about her single Love Story.
She also dives into her inspiration for writing love songs and how Shania Twain inspired her to become a singer.
In one of her first interactions with fans in the UK, Taylor also talks about the British accent and how she's stunned by how fans say her name.
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A privately-owned spacecraft headed for the Moon has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used to launch the lunar lander, nicknamed Odysseus, with the hope that it will land on the Moon's south pole – where scientists predict there could be a source of water.
If all goes well, it will be the first time a private firm has successfully landed on the Moon.
It would also be the first US mission in 51 years to complete a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.
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Kansas City police chief Stacey Graves has confirmed one person has been killed after a shooting near the city's Super Bowl victory parade.
Graves said the number of injured people is still unclear, but as many as 15 people have sustained gunshot wounds.
She said officers took two people into custody and law enforcement officers “immediately rendered life sustaining aid to those victims”.
Mayor Quinton Lucas confirmed that all the players and staff of the Kansas City Chiefs are safe, adding that he was one of the people who ran for safety when the shooting started.
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Several people have been injured by gunfire after a Super Bowl victory parade in the US, police have said.
Two armed people are in custody following the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, police said.
The shots were fired west of Union Station, near where thousands had gathered for the rally. Video showed police officers streaming into the station.
The city was celebrating Sunday's Super Bowl win by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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A big Russian amphibious ship, the Caesar Kunikov, has sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine's armed forces.
Powerful explosions were heard early on Wednesday morning, according to local social media, which suggested the landing ship had been hit not far south of the town of Yalta.
Ukraine has repeatedly hit Russia's Black Sea fleet in occupied Crimea.
There was no confirmation from Russia's navy that the Caesar Kunikov had been sunk.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said deepfake audio of him supposedly making inflammatory remarks before Armistice Day in the UK almost caused "serious disorder".
The clip used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a replica of Mr Khan's voice which was shared hundreds of thousands of times online.
Mr Khan said the law is not "fit for purpose" in tackling AI fakes.
The man who first posted the clip, tracked down by the BBC, said: "It's what we all know Sadiq thinks."
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The Catalan government, in the north-east of Spain, has declared a state of emergency in response to a record-breaking drought.
This means the introduction of tough restrictions on the use of water across the region.
More than six million Catalans will be affected across 200 towns and cities, including the capital Barcelona.
The restrictions were announced after reservoirs fell to close to 16% of their capacity.
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President Joe Biden's campaign has joined TikTok, despite the app being banned on most US government devices over security concerns.
His campaign launched its account with the username "@bidenhq" during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
In a launch video, captioned "lol hey guys", aides quizzed Mr Biden about his preferences for the big game.
The president signed legislation in 2022 blocking most federal government devices from using TikTok.
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The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£75bn) foreign aid package after months of political wrangling, but it faces an uphill battle in the House.
While Senate Democrats were in favour of passing the bill, Republicans were divided and previously voted it down.
The package has $60bn for Ukraine, $14bn for Israel's war against Hamas and $10bn for humanitarian aid in conflict zones, including in Gaza.
But the House of Representatives Speaker suggested he might block it.
The package, which includes more than $8bn for Taiwan and other Indo-Pacific allies, passed the Democratic-controlled Senate by 70 to 29 in a predawn vote on Tuesday.
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During the first month of the war between Hamas and Israel, northern Gaza was under heavy Israeli bombardment.
Paramedics from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, many of whom are volunteers, are the first to respond to calls on Gaza's emergency number, 101.
Local filmmaker Feras Al-Ajarmi documented their lives and work over several weeks, for BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service.
Israel's military launched its operations in the Gaza Strip after at least 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel on 7 October by Hamas-led gunmen, who also took 253 people hostage.
A number of those hostages were later released but Israel says 134 are still unaccounted for.
The Hamas run health ministry says 28,340 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 68,000 wounded in the Strip since 7 October.
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US President Joe Biden has said civilians who are "packed" into Rafah in the Gaza Strip are "exposed and vulnerable" and must be protected.
Israel must make "credible" efforts to protect the more than one million Palestinians sheltering in the southern Gazan city, he said.
Rafah has come under heavy Israeli air strikes in recent days, with a number of casualties reported.
More than half of the Gaza Strip's population of 2.3 million is now crammed into the city on the border with Egypt, which was home to only 250,000 people before the war between Israel and Hamas erupted in October.
On Sunday, Israel's military said two male Israeli-Argentine hostages had been rescued during a raid in Rafah.
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Indian police blocked roads on Monday to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for better crop prices.
Such prices were promised to them in 2021, when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country's capital.
Some government ministers are expected to meet farm union leaders on Monday to avoid a repeat of the year-long protest, which was aimed at forcing the government to repeal farm laws designed to deregulate vast agricultural markets.
The march comes just months before national elections in India, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term.
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Thousands of football fans flooded the streets of Abidjan to see the Ivory Coast team parade the Africa Cup of Nations trophy.
The team beat Nigeria 2-1 on Sunday to win Afcon for a third time, prompting huge celebrations across the country.
Ivory Coast were unlikely winners - they lost two group games and fired their manager mid-tournament.
Emerse Fae, a youth-team manager, took over for his first job leading a senior team, and four games later, he was lifting a trophy.
Their underdog story resonated throughout the streets as people danced, rejoicing in their amazing comeback.
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Almost two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, there are no longer volunteers on Ukraine’s front line.
Most of those who wanted to fight at the start of the war are either dead, injured or still stuck at the front waiting to be relieved by new recruits.
Ukraine’s goal of liberating its territory hasn’t changed, but the price it's having to pay is rising all the time, the BBC’s Eastern Europe correspondent reports.
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The UK's foreign secretary has urged Israel to "stop and think seriously" about any ground offensive in Rafah and the impact on the estimated 1.5 million people sheltering in the southern city.
Lord David Cameron reiterated his call for a pause in the fighting, with the long-term aim of securing a "sustainable ceasefire".
It comes as the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 67 people in the overcrowded city.
Israel says it carried out a "wave of strikes" while rescuing two hostages who are now "in good medical condition".
Israel launched its operations in Gaza after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people on 7 October, and took 253 people hostage.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 28,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 67,500 injured since then.
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Pakistanis still do not know which party will form their next government or who their next prime minister will be four days after the hotly-contested general elections.
Despite former PM Imran Khan's detention and the many hurdles thrown at his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), independent candidates backed by the party stunned observers by winning 93 National Assembly seats, the most by any party.
However it is far short of the 169-seat simple majority required to form a government.
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) of another former PM, Nawaz Sharif, came in second with 75 seats.
Sharif was seen to have the backing of the country's powerful military and had been expected to coast to victory, five years after he left Pakistan in disgrace.
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), led by political blue blood Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, came in third with 54 seats.
The PML-N and PPP - the second and third largest blocs - have confirmed they are now in discussions as to whether to form a coalition government.
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Israel said two male Israeli hostages have been rescued in Rafah, as Israeli air strikes hit the southern Gazan city.
One official from the Hamas-run health ministry said 48 Palestinians were killed in the strikes, while another says it's "about 100".
The Israeli military said Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were rescued from an apartment in Rafah during the raid, which was accompanied by “aerial coverage and a wave of strikes".
The strike follows warnings from the international community over Israel's planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 million people are sheltering.
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US President Joe Biden has warned Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to launch a military operation on the city of Rafah in Gaza “without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there”.
Around 1.3m people, more than half of Gaza’s population, have taken refuge in and around Rafah. They have fled Israel’s ground offensive in other parts of Gaza. The United States has warned that a major Israeli offensive on Rafah could lead to a “bloodbath”.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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King Charles has given his "heartfelt thanks" for messages of support from the public, in his first statement since being diagnosed with cancer.
The 75-year-old monarch said: "As all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement."
News of the diagnosis was announced by Buckingham Palace on Monday.
The King is being treated for an unspecified form of cancer.
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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, a whole host of gadgets covering every aspect of consumer life were on display.
One area in which huge advancements are being made is in technology that tries to make parenting that bit easier.
From self-driving prams to a camera that tells you why your baby is crying, these are some of our highlights.
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Kenya is famous for its roses, but like most places, it's not immune to the effects of climate change.
Rising temperatures, extreme droughts and flash floods are affecting crop yields.
In fact, just a couple of years ago, some Kenyan farms reported losses as high as 50% due to the impact of heavy downpours.
Many farmers are now relying on technology and AI to help care for their crop.
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Gaza residents have told the BBC that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter.
The UN said people living in northern areas are largely cut off from assistance, and face a growing risk of famine.
A spokesman for the Israeli military agency tasked with coordinating aid access in Gaza said in a briefing last month that there was "no starvation in Gaza".
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At least seven people have been killed in an overnight Russian drone attack that hit a petrol station in Kharkiv, officials said.
The drones caused large fires in a residential area in the east of the city, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said.
Five members of one family, including a baby and two children, were among the victims, he said.
Russia's military has made no public comments on the reported strikes.
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Almost two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the front line of the war has barely moved in 12 months.
Both sides have launched counter-offensives but just 900km2 of land changed hands in the second year of the war, compared with 130,000km2 in the first.
The BBC’s analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what three locations on the front line tell us about the reasons the war has become stuck.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his first interview with a US outlet since 2021 – speaking to conservative US media personality Tucker Carlson.
During the lengthy interview in the Kremlin, Putin accused Nato member states of trying to intimidate people with an “imaginary Russian threat”.
BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg discusses the main takeaways from the interview between the Russian president and the former Fox News host.
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Concerns about US President Joe Biden’s age have been raised, after a Special Counsel report described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory”.
Biden responded saying his “memory is fine”, while White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre told media Biden is an effective leader and the report’s comment about his age “don’t live in reality”.
But, many Republicans have pounced on the opportunity to call the president too old to govern.
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A 7.19m (23ft) model of the Eiffel Tower built out of matches has been given a world record, after the Guinness World Records changed their minds.
Initially, French model-enthusiast Richard Plaud’s efforts appeared to be in vein, as it was determined the matches he had used were not "commercially available".
But, after filing an appeal, the authorities reversed their decision, admitting that the original ruling was “too heavy handed”, saving Mr Plaud from having wasted eight years, 706,900 matches and 23kg of glue.
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Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi may be dead after going into the River Thames, police have said.
The 35-year-old has not been seen since the night of the attack on 31 January, when an alkali substance was thrown over a mother and her two children.
At a press conference on Friday police said their working hypothesis was that he had gone into the water after last being seen at Chelsea Bridge.
No body has been found and officers said one may never be recovered.
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Prince Harry will receive a “substantial” payout for the remaining claims in his phone hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), his barrister told the High Court.
MGN will pay all of Prince Harry's legal costs, beginning with an interim payment of £400,000.
In December, the Duke of Sussex was awarded £140,600 in damages after winning 15 claims against MGN, and the new settlement relates to unlawful intrusion claims on 115 more stories.
The duke is one of several high-profile figures bringing claims against MGN, accusing the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People of unlawful intrusion into their private lives for stories.
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Thousands of farmers across Europe have ramped up protests against EU measures and rising prices, with roads blocked in Poland, Hungary, Spain, and Belgium.
In western Poland some 1,400 tractors took part in a protest in Poznan and roads were blocked across the country, while in Spain, farmers cut off traffic hoping to enter cities including Toledo and Zaragoza for the fourth day in a row.
Many of the farmers bore banners saying no to the EU's Green Deal, aimed at bringing down greenhouse gas emissions.
Farmers in Poland and Hungary are also complaining that the European Union is not doing enough to halt cheap imports from Ukraine undercutting local produce. They want the EU to restore a requirement on Ukrainian truckers to obtain a permit to work across the 27 member states.
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President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russia has no interest in invading Poland, Latvia or other Nato countries, calling such a scenario "absolutely out of the question".
The comments came during a lengthy interview that was conducted in the Kremlin with former Fox News host, Tucker Carlson.
The interview was broadcast on the Tucker Carlson Network. Russia's president accused Nato member states of trying to intimidate people with what he called an imaginary Russian threat.
It's the first time the Russian leader has sat down with a Western journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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Leading artificial intelligence companies are among more than 200 entities joining a new US consortium to support the safe development and deployment of generative AI, per the Biden administration.
The US AI Safety Institute Consortium includes OpenAI, Alphabet's Google and Microsoft, along with Facebook-parent Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon and Intel.
The consortium will be housed under the US AI Safety Institute.
The group is tasked with working on priority actions outlined in President Biden’s October AI executive order "including developing guidelines for red-teaming, capability evaluations, risk management, safety and security, and watermarking synthetic content."
Major AI companies last year pledged to watermark AI-generated content to make the technology safer.
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Special Counsel Robert Hur has issued his report into how Joe Biden handled classified documents after serving as Barack Obama's vice-president.
The report finds that Biden "wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials" but no criminal charges are warranted.
Hur comments on the president's memory, saying it "appeared to have significant limitations" in interviews with investigators.
In an interview, Biden "did not remember when he was vice-president", and forgot when his term ended, the report says.
In a response included in the report, the White House says the descriptions of Biden's memory are not "accurate or appropriate.”
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A stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on an iceberg, by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.
Sarikhani made the image after three days searching for polar bears through thick fog off Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
Wildlife photography and nature fans from around the world were invited to vote from a short list of 25 images, with four other outstanding finalists "highly commended".
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Polls have closed in Pakistan after the authorities suspended mobile calls and data while millions voted for a new government in a controversial election.
The interior ministry said incidents of terrorism made the measure necessary.
The election comes almost two years after the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a no-confidence vote.
Three-time PM Nawaz Sharif was on the ballot in what many analysts say is Pakistan's least credible election yet.
It's unclear how soon results will be announced but they must be released within two weeks of election day.
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Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote.
Mr Nadezhdin has been relatively critical of Vladimir Putin's full-scale war in Ukraine when few dissenting voices have been tolerated in Russia.
He had tried to challenge claims by the election commission that more than 15% of the signatures he submitted with his candidate application were flawed.
But the commission rejected his bid.
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For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service.
World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts.
This first year-long breach doesn't break that landmark "Paris agreement", but it does bring the world closer to doing so in the long-term.
Urgent action to cut carbon emissions can still slow warming, scientists said.
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A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia group has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.
The leader of Kataib Hezbollah and two of his guards were in a vehicle when it was targeted in the east of the Iraqi capital. All three of them died.
The Pentagon said the militia leader was responsible for directing attacks on American forces in the region.
The US has linked the militia to a drone attack in Jordan that killed three US troops last month. In the wake of that attack, Kataib Hezbollah said it was suspending attacks on American troops.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin and Jeremy Bowen.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Hamas's proposed ceasefire terms - saying "total victory" in Gaza is possible within months.
He was speaking after Hamas laid out a series of demands in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal.
He said negotiations with the group were "not going anywhere" and described their terms as "bizarre".
Talks between negotiators are continuing.
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New figures obtained by BBC Verify have raised questions about the UK government's claims that poor weather conditions had no impact on a fall in small boat crossings across the Channel.
The number of successful crossings by migrants decreased by a third in 2023, with Home Secretary James Cleverly telling the BBC that weather was not a "contributory factor" to falling numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, and the 36% decrease was instead down to greater co-operation with Europe and "going after" people smugglers.
But a Met Office report for UK Border Force suggests there were more days in 2023 than in 2022 when migrants were unlikely to cross due to the weather.
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Two bomb explosions near candidates' offices in the Pakistani province of Balochistan killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens on the eve of general elections, officials have said.
The first bomb killed 16 people in Pishin district, north of Quetta city, and a second explosion left 12 people dead in Qila Saifullah to the east.
There was no immediate claim for the attacks, and police are still trying to determine the cause amid a vote marred by violence and claims of poll-rigging.
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Conscription has recently been on Ukrainians’ minds – the army is short of soldiers and people are divided over what to do about it.
As Ukraine faces more challenges on the battlefield nearly two years after Russia invaded, President Zelensky has said the army needs 500,000 more soldiers.
Under martial law, Ukrainian men aged between 18 and 60 can’t leave Ukraine because they could be called up to fight – and a new law is being prepared to close loopholes.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban has been in Ukraine looking into the divide on conscription.
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At 104, Elma Harris and Thelma Barratt are thought to be Britain's oldest twins.
Born in Stockport in 1919, the sisters were 19 at the outbreak of World War Two and have seen the coronation of three monarchs.
Elma and Thelma, who now live together at a care home in Lancashire, attributed their youthful outlook to an occasional drop of brandy.
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Canada has been a magnet for immigrants for decades, but recently the number of permanent residents applying for citizenship has been dropping.
Thousands emigrate from India to Canada every year, with the Punjab community making up one of the country’s biggest diasporas, but some are now choosing to return to their home country.
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The synthetic opioid fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and is responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the US last year.
Police in the US have told the BBC that the public health crisis is comparable to a modern day crack epidemic.
It’s a problem that is also sweeping Mexico’s border cities, as drug cartels begin to cut the substance into other drugs like cocaine.
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Officials in Ukraine have claimed thousands of men could be using loopholes to avoid being drafted into its military.
Under Martial Law, Ukrainian men between 18 and 60 can't leave the country as they could be called up to fight in the war against Russia.
But current conscription processes are done at centres based around Ukraine with men of fighting age arriving in person to join the army - with officials believing thousands could be dodging call-ups by not attending.
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King Charles has met his son Prince Harry after he flew back to the UK to see his father following the king’s cancer diagnosis.
The Duke of Suffolk travelled from his home in California to spend time with King Charles.
Following their meeting the King and Queen Camilla have travelled to Sandringham in Norfolk. It has been announced that the King is stepping back from public duties while he undergoes medical treatment.
The Palace has disclosed few details about the King's diagnosis other than to confirm it was discovered during a recent procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. Both of his sons were informed about his diagnosis before the announcement.
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the BBC that the King's cancer had been "caught early" and said he was still in "regular contact" with the monarch. He said their weekly audiences would continue to take place during the King's treatment.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Daniela Relph.
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Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, a US court has ruled.
Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that he was immune from criminal charges for acts he said fell within his duties as president.
It is a setback for Mr Trump who has for years cited presidential immunity while battling multiple cases.
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A door that blew away from a Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off may not have been properly secured, a new report says.
The US National Transportation Safety Board has released initial findings from its probe into the incident on an Alaska Airlines plane in January.
It says four key bolts that were meant to lock the unused door to the fuselage appeared to be missing, which have allowed the door panel to move out of position and break away from the aircraft.
The incident happened minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 2182 took off.
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A major government u-turn on 1 February meant many Afghan special forces who served alongside the British will have their cases re-examined after initially being denied entry to the UK.
Also known as “The Triples”, they were elite units that were set up, funded, and run by the British, but many of them were denied helped under the UK’s Afghan Assistant and Relocation Policy (ARAP).
After Kabul fell to the Taliban, hundreds went into hiding, fending for themselves and hunted by the Taliban. At least six are known to have been murdered, although the real total is thought to be far higher.
Newsnight’s Joe Inwood has been speaking to some of the Triples about what this means for them.
(This was first broadcast on 1 February 2024.)
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Turkey's President Erdoğan is expected to revisit the areas impacted by the country's deadliest earthquake, on the first anniversary of the disaster.
The earthquake killed a total of 53,000 people after it hit southeastern Turkey on 6 February 2023.
One year on, one third of survivors are still displaced or homeless according to figures from Save The Children.
Pressure remains on the Turkish government to help rebuild some areas after the quake destroyed 85% of infrastructure in the region, with some streets still covered in rubble from collapsed buildings.
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King Charles's cancer was "caught early", UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the BBC.
The prime minister said he was left "shocked and sad" by the news but he remains in "regular contact" with the King.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that the diagnosis was not for prostate cancer, but was found during treatment for an enlarged prostate.
The King has postponed all public duties and has began "regular treatments" for his condition.
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Researchers at the world's biggest particle accelerator in Switzerland have submitted proposals for a new, much larger, supercollider.
Its aim is to discover new particles that would revolutionise physics and lead to a more complete understanding of how the Universe works.
If approved, it will be three times larger than the current giant machine.
But its £12bn price tag has raised some eyebrows, with one critic describing the expenditure as "reckless".
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King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace has said.
It is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
The type of cancer has not been revealed, but according to a Palace statement the King began "regular treatments" on Monday.
The King, 75, will step back from his public engagements and Queen Camilla and Prince William will help to stand in for him during his treatment.
No further details are being shared on the stage of cancer or a prognosis.
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Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims.
A so-called "loophole" means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India with the products then sold to the UK.
This is not illegal and does not breach the UK's Russian oil ban, but critics say it undermines sanctions aimed at restricting Russia's war funds.
The UK government denied there had been any imports of Russian oil since 2022.
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The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq.
Iran denies direct involvement in the drone attack - but there are a number of pro-Iranian militias based in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and as far south as Yemen.
With all opposed to Israel and the United States.
The BBC's Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, takes a closer look at what we know about Iran's alliances.
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The UK's Africa Minister Andrew Mitchell has said there is "every danger" of famine in Ethiopia unless action is taken to prevent it.
His warning was echoed by regional leaders in the country who said the world was ignoring a worsening crisis triggered by war and drought.
The Ethiopian government said 16 million people across the country are facing food shortages, with almost half of those suffering emergency or severe levels of food insecurity.
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The US carried out further strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen on Sunday, US Central Command (Centcom) said.
Centcom said the US struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that "were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea".
The latest action comes a day after joint US-UK strikes on Houthi targets.
The US has also warned that it intends to take further action against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria.
Houthi officials have vowed to respond to the latest US-led strikes.
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Pakistan is set to go to the polls, but some are questioning how free and fair the election will be.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been disqualified from running, and has received three prison sentences this week, while his party the PTI has had its electoral symbol removed from the ballot – resulting in its members running as independent candidates.
The PTI claims there has been a campaign of intimidation, abduction and harassment against them, which authorities in Pakistan deny.
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a car race with a difference.
All the racing cars are driven using Artificial Intelligence (AI) coded by research teams from universities across the world.
Some of the autonomous vehicles have reached speeds of up to 180mph (289km/h) - so how does the technology work?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen.
It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and IRaq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.
The Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are backed by Iran, started targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea in November, disrupting global supply chains. UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the latest strikes were "not an escalation", and the Houthis' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea were "illegal and unacceptable".
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The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq.
Iran denies direct involvement in the drone attack - but there are a number of pro-Iranian militias based in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and as far south as Yemen. With all opposed to Israel and the United States.
The BBC's Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, takes a closer look at what we know about Iran's alliances.
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The US has launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq, in response to a drone attack on a US military base that killed three soldiers.
Last Sunday, three US soldiers were killed and more than 40 personnel injured in a drone attack at a US base in Jordan.
The White House blamed Iran and vowed a "very consequential response", while Iran has denied involvement, calling the accusations “baseless”.
Meanwhile, Iraq has warned that the strikes would bring disastrous consequences for the security and stability of the region.
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The Sphere in Las Vegas has become an instant landmark and huge talking point since it opened in the city last year.
Inside it’s an entertainment venue and outside it’s believed to be the world’s largest video screen covered in 1.2 million LEDs.
But what’s the technology behind the graphics we see on its surface?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The US has launched strikes on targets in Syria and Iraq in response to Sunday's drone attack on a US military base that killed three soldiers.
These strikes are the beginning of the US retaliation to a drone strike on a US military base in Jordan on Sunday by Iran-backed militants.
Officials have said the US is planning military action over a number of days against targets in Iraq and Syria, the BBC's US partner CBS News reported.
Three US soldiers were killed and more than 40 personnel injured in a drone attack at a US base called Tower 22.
Iran denies involvement, calling the accusations "baseless" and saying it was "not involved in the decision-making of resistance groups.”
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Search for "AI investing" online, and you'll be flooded with endless offers to let artificial intelligence manage your money.
Many prominently suggest that they can offer lucrative returns.
Yet as every reputable financial firm warns – your capital may be at risk.
Despite risks, a sizeable number of investors are seemingly keen to let AI make decisions for them.
Business psychologist Stuart Duff, of consultancy firm Pearn Kandola, says some people simply trust computers more than other humans.
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The head of Ukraine's armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi has laid out his strategy for defeating Russia, and the challenges his country faces.
With increasingly limited funds from its allies, Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine must seize the moment and improve its use of technology to "inflict maximum damage on the enemy".
His stance comes amid rumours of a rift between the army general and Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Two teenagers have been sentenced to life for the "brutal and planned murder" of Brianna Ghey, "which was sadistic in nature".
Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe murdered the 16-year-old, who was transgender, after luring her to a park in Cheshire, England, in February 2023.
Jenkinson was given a 22-year minimum sentence, while Ratcliffe was detained for 20 years.
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It’s almost two years since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine.
One of the cities to suffer the most has been Kharkiv, in the north-east.
Many residents have already fled, and those who have remained have had to take drastic actions to keep some sense of normality, including the creation of underground schools.
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Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, can now be named as the killers of teenager Brianna Ghey.
Sixteen-year-old Brianna, who was transgender, was stabbed 28 times in broad daylight in a park in Cheshire, England, in February 2023.
A judge has lifted the anonymity orders preventing the reporting of the names of Brianna’s killers.
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US President Joe Biden has approved sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Biden signed a broad executive order, saying violence in the West Bank had reached "intolerable levels".
The sanctions block the individuals from accessing all US property, assets and the American financial system.
Violence in the West Bank has spiked since Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October.
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Three of the UK's biggest police forces are at the core of a nationwide hunt for a man accused of an alkali attack on a mother and two young girls in south London on Wednesday.
Police are looking for Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, who was last seen in north London on Wednesday evening.
The suspect was convicted of a sex offence in 2018 and was later granted asylum.
A mother and her three-year-old daughter hurt by the corrosive substance could have suffered "life-changing" injuries in the attack.
Police have warned people not to approach Ezedi and to instead call 999.
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A huge gas blast in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has killed at least three people and injured nearly 300.
A lorry carrying gas exploded in Embakasi district at about 23:30 (20:30 GMT), "igniting a huge ball of fire", a government spokesperson said.
Housing, businesses and cars were damaged, with video showing a huge blaze raging close to blocks of flats.
Officials said a child was among those who died in the explosion, and that the death toll could rise.
The cause of the incident is still being established.
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The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq. It’s expected to target Iranian-backed militia groups and their facilities.
It's said it must retaliate following a drone attack which killed 3 US troops in Jordan near the Syrian border and wounded dozens more.
The US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said it was a dangerous moment in the Middle East and the United States did not want to provoke a wider conflict. However he said the US must act to protect its forces and American interests.
The US has also announced sanctions against some Israeli settlers in the West Bank accused of violence against Palestinians.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.
The strikes would take place over a number of days, officials said, and weather conditions will likely dictate when they are launched.
It comes after a drone attack killed three US soldiers in Jordan, near the Syrian border, on Sunday.
The US has blamed an Iranian-backed militia group for the attack.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq - which is believed to contain multiple militias that have been armed, funded and trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards force - has said it was responsible for the strike.
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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has apologised after failing to notify the chain of command when he was secretly admitted to a hospital in December.
Mr Austin, 70, was released earlier this month as he continues to recover from treatment for prostate cancer.
"I did not handle this right," he said. "I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis."
Pentagon chiefs are supposed to be available at a moment's notice to handle any national security crisis.
The defence secretary is just below the president in the chain of command for the US military, and is regarded as one of the most important members of the Cabinet.
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All 27 EU leaders have agreed a €50bn aid package for Ukraine after Hungary had previously blocked the deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the new funding, saying it would strengthen the country's economic and financial stability.
There had been fears Hungary's PM would again block the package as he did at a European summit last December.
The money will help to pay pensions and salaries and other costs over the next four years, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says will strengthen the country's economic and financial stability.
Thursday's decision comes as US military aid for Ukraine is being held up by Congress.
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The mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart’s plane when it went missing 87 years ago has baffled researchers for decades.
But one team believes they may have just found a clue.
Recent sonar imaging, which maps the ocean floor using sound waves, has led the researchers to what they claim is a small aircraft around 4,877m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
However, some experts aren't convinced this discovery actually is the missing plane.
The Lockheed 10-E Electra went missing near Howland Island in the north Pacific while Earhart and her copilot Fred Noonan were attempting to fly around the world.
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Thousands of workers in South East Asia are being forced to work in conditions so hot that their lives are being put at risk, according to UK research.
The study, of brick kiln and garment workers in Cambodia, highlights the risk climate change will pose to those already working in hot countries.
Last May, Cambodia's temperature hit a new high of 41.6C during the hottest year on record.
As global temperatures soar, even a small increase could mean the difference between life and death for the tens of thousands of brick kiln workers across Asia.
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Vladimir Putin has vowed to take more territory in Ukraine, as he campaigns for another terms as Russia’s President.
Celebrities in Moscow gathered to support Mr Putin in a campaign he seems certain to win. Political opponents are in prison or in exile and the Kremlin has tight control of Russian media.
In Ukraine fighting continues on the frontline. Russian forces are trying to capture the strategic town of Avdiivka near Donetsk. It’s seen as a symbol of resistance by many Ukrainians.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Abdujalil Abdurasulov in eastern Ukraine.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families who say their children have been harmed by social media, during a fiery hearing in the US Senate.
Mr Zuckerberg - who runs Instagram and Facebook - said "no one should go through" what they had.
He was questioned along with the bosses of TikTok, Snap, X and Discord for almost four hours by senators from both parties.
Lawmakers wanted to know what they are doing to protect children online.
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President Joe Biden has promised a strong response to Sunday's deadly attack on a US military base in Jordan.
But the challenge for the US is to find the right balance between deterrence and escalation.
The US will already have a number of "on-the-shelf" military options to choose from, drawn up by the US Department of Defense with intelligence input from the CIA and the National Security Agency.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the US might take a "tiered approach" in its response.
Attacks by Iran-backed militias pre-date the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza - but they have dramatically increased since 7 October.
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Russia and Ukraine say they have exchanged hundreds of captured soldiers - the first such swap since the crash of a Russian plane that Moscow claimed had 65 prisoners of war on board.
Russia's military says each side got 195 soldiers back on Wednesday.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says 207 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians were returned.
Kyiv has questioned Moscow's claim that Ukrainian prisoners of war were on the plane that was shot down by Ukraine last week.
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Top UN officials have warned that the withdrawal of funding for its main aid agency in Gaza could lead to the "collapse of the humanitarian system".
They spoke out after the US, UK and other countries halted funding over the alleged role of some UN staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.
The UN sacked several of its staff over the allegations.
It said an investigation into its agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is underway.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described UNRWA as "perforated with Hamas", saying Israel has "discovered that there were 13 UNRWA workers who actually participated, either directly or indirectly, in the 7 October massacre".
But the US, the biggest donor to the UNWRA, has said it wants to see the aid agency continue its work.
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Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, a day after the former Pakistan prime minister was jailed for 10 years.
Khan, who was ousted as PM by his opponents in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.
On Tuesday he was sentenced for leaking state secrets, and on Wednesday given 14 years in another corruption case.
Khan has said the numerous cases against him are politically motivated.
Khan retains immense popularity across the country but has been barred from standing in the 8 February vote. His party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has also faced campaigning restrictions.
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A judge in the US state of Delaware has blocked a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla.
The lawsuit was filed by a shareholder who argued that it was an overpayment, and judge Judge Kathaleen McCormick called the compensation "an unfathomable sum".
The pay deal was the biggest ever in corporate history, helping to make Mr Musk one the richest people in the world, and during the trial Tesla directors argued it was made to ensure that one of the world's most dynamic entrepreneurs continued to dedicate his attention to the company.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mr Musk wrote: "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware".
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President Joe Biden says he has decided how the US will respond to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan at the weekend.
Mr Biden did not elaborate on his remarks at the White House, but added: "I don't think we need a wider war in the Middle East."
An Iran-backed militia group has claimed responsibility for the attack at a US military base.
Dozens more were injured in Sunday's strike near the Syrian border.
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More than half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its retaliation for the Hamas attacks of 7 October, new analysis seen by the BBC has revealed.
Between 144,000 and 175,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed, the analysis suggests.
Israel has repeatedly told Gazans to move south for their own safety.
The Israel Defense Forces has said it was targeting both Hamas fighters and "terror infrastructure", when challenged over the scale of damage.
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Outside of Ukraine, Europe will decide whether to send more aid to Ukraine this week, and Republicans in the US Congress have blockaded $61bn-worth of weapons being send to the country.
Within Ukraine there are splits over how many soldiers to call up for the coming campaign.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban speaks with Ukraine’s foreign minister about the realities of the war’s future and the difficult outlook for his country’s government.
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Israeli forces have killed three members of Palestinian armed groups in a hospital in the occupied West Bank.
CCTV footage showed members of an undercover Israeli forces unit disguised as medics and other civilians making their way through a corridor with rifles raised.
The Israeli military said the men were hiding in the Jenin hospital, and that one was about to carry out an attack.
The Palestinian Authority's ministry of health accused Israel of carrying out a "new massacre inside hospitals".
Hamas said the Israeli forces had "executed three fighters", including one of its members.
Another armed group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said two of those killed were its members and were brothers.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Hamas suspect who was killed had "planned a raid attack inspired by the October 7th massacre".
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Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was charged with leaking state secrets.
Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.
He has called all the charges against him politically motivated.
The conviction under the secrets act comes the week before general elections in which he is barred from standing.
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The US has blamed Iranian-backed groups for a drone attack in Jordan which killed three soldiers.
Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, were killed when a drone hit their housing unit.
The US said the attack – that took place near the Syrian border - carried the "footprints" of Kataib Hezbollah.
Iran has denied US and British accusations that it supported militant groups blamed for the strike.
The Pentagon also reiterated the US does not want a war with Iran.
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The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an drone attack in Jordan on Sunday.
Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, were killed when a drone hit their housing unit.
The US has blamed Iranian-backed groups and the Pentagon said it carried the "footprints" of Kataib Hezbollah.
The Pentagon also reiterated the US does not want a war with Iran.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was accused of leaking state secrets.
Mr Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.
He has called all the charges against him politically motivated.
The conviction under the secrets act comes the week before general elections in which is he barred from standing.
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The United States has said it does not seek a war with Iran but will “protect itself” and “respond appropriately” following a drone attack by an Iran-backed group killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan.
The group behind the attack is called Islamic Resistance in Iraq. They are part of an Iranian-sponsored network across the Middle East known as the Axis of Resistance.
US military bases in Syria and Iraq have faced repeated attacks since the October 7 attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza.
The three US service personnel killed in the drone attack have been named as William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett.
President Biden is considering how to respond to the attack. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said his country will respond “decisively” to aggression, take "all necessary steps" to protect its troops and hold those responsible for the drone attack to account.
Tina Dahely presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Lyse Doucet.
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What's believed to be a newborn Great White Shark has been captured on film for the first time ever by YouTubers in California.
Carlos - who posts under the name of TheMalibuArtist - uploads drone videos that have wracked up millions of views on YouTube, often showing great whites swimming worryingly close to humans.
As far as experts are aware, the birth of a great white shark has never been witnessed - but this new footage could be the closest thing to that.
However, some marine biologists urge caution at jumping to the conclusion that this is definitely a newborn great white shark.
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The US has vowed a "very consequential response" to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops.
President Joe Biden has blamed Iran-backed militants.
American troops were still in their sleeping quarters when the drone struck with little to no warning.
The drone arrived at the same time as a returning US drone - and as a result elements of the defence system were turned off, an official said.
Iran denies that it was behind the attack, calling the accusations "baseless" and saying it was "not involved in the decision making of resistance groups".
Now, there is mounting pressure on Biden to choose the right response.
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French farmers are moving hundreds of tractors into place as a blockade of major roads, termed the "siege of Paris", gets under way.
Similar demonstrations are taking place across the country as part of continuing protests against falling incomes, rising bureaucracy and competition from imports.
Protests are also being held in Belgium and Germany, where tractors are blocking routes leading to Hamburg's port area.
Farmers say their aim is to stop food deliveries to supermarkets.
French authorities say 15,000 police have been mobilised to prevent tractors from entering Paris and other large cities.
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Social media platform X has blocked searches for Taylor Swift after explicit, AI-generated images of the singer began circulating on the site.
X's head of business operations Joe Benarroch told the BBC it was a "temporary action" to prioritise safety.
When searching for Swift on the site, a message appears that says: "Something went wrong. Try reloading."
Fake graphic images of the singer appeared on X last week, with some receiving millions of views.
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Crisis-hit Chinese property giant Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate by a court in Hong Kong.
The firm has been the poster child of China's real estate crisis with more than $300bn (£236bn) of debt.
After the troubled developer repeatedly failed to come up with a plan to restructure its debts, Judge Linda Chan said "enough is enough".
Evergrande's executive director, Shawn Siu, described the decision as "regrettable", but said the company would continue to operate in mainland China.
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Three US troops have been killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a US base near Jordan's border with Syria.
US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by "radical Iran-backed militant groups". He added: "We shall respond."
It is the first time that a strike has killed US troops in the region since Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel. It is not clear who is behind the attack.
President Biden said the US "will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing".
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams, Gary O’Donoghue and Lyse Doucet.
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Two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one man.
The shooting happened at the Church of Santa Maria during Sunday mass at around 11:40 local time (08:40 GMT).
Turkey's interior minister condemned the "vile attack" and said an investigation has been launched. Police are still searching for the suspects.
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From concept “crab driving” to autonomous vehicles - the latest technology in the car industry was on show at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
With concerns about safety and different laws from governments - how much of the technology will actually make it on the road?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The world's largest cruise ship has set sail from Miami, Florida, on its maiden voyage, but there are concerns about the vessel's methane emissions.
The 365m-long (1,197 ft) Icon of the Seas has 20 decks and can house a maximum of 7,600 passengers. It is owned by Royal Caribbean Group.
The vessel is going on a seven-day island-hopping voyage in the Caribbean.
Environmentalists have warned the liquefied natural gas-powered ship will leak harmful methane into the air.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) dominated the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
From predicting heart disease to helping us sleep better - can the AI technology on show truly transform healthcare and how we look after ourselves?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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A tanker with links to the UK was on fire for several hours in the Gulf of Aden after a being hit by a missile fired by the Houthis.
The Iran-backed movement, based in Yemen, said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday in response to "American-British aggression".
The US and UK have launched air strikes on Houthi targets in response to attacks on ships in the Red Sea region.
French, Indian and US naval ships provided assistance to the vessel.
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Donald Trump has said he will appeal against a court order to pay $83.3m (£65m) in damages to columnist E Jean Carroll, who he defamed in 2019.
The penalty in the civil trial is made up of $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages.
Mr Trump was found in a previous civil case to have defamed Ms Carroll and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
He called the latest ruling a witch hunt and the verdict "absolutely ridiculous".
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The growing trend of children using skincare products could leave them with irreversible skin problems, the British Association for Dermatologists has warned.
Some children are asking their parents for luxury items after seeing them used by their favourite influencers on platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
But many of these contain potentially harmful active ingredients intended for adults only, such as exfoliating acids. They can provoke allergies or eczema.
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The UN Security Council will meet next week to discuss the decision by the body's top court to call for Israel to prevent genocidal acts on Gaza.
The ICJ has ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stopped short of telling it to halt the war.
The highly anticipated hearing was part of a controversial case brought by South Africa.
South Africa had asked the court to order Israel to stop military action straight away pending a decision on whether Israel has committed genocide.
Israel has vehemently rejected the accusation as "wholly unfounded".
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US politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit faked photos of Taylor Swift were viewed millions of times online.
The images were posted on social media sites, including X and Telegram. US Representative Joe Morelle called the spread of the pictures "appalling".
In a statement, X said it was "actively removing" the images and taking "appropriate actions" against the accounts involved in spreading them.
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The jury has decided in Donald Trump's defamation trial brought by the writer E Jean Carroll.
Trump has been ordered to pay a total of $83.3m (£65.6m) - made up of $18.3m in compensation damages and $65m in punitive damages.
Trump was in court on Friday for closing arguments - but was not in the room when the verdict was read out.
A jury in a previous civil fraud trial found Carroll was sexually abused by Trump in the 1990s, but this case is about comments he made in 2019 while he was president.
The case is one of several legal issues unfolding against Trump while he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Nasa's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has suffered mission-ending damage.
In a statement, Nasa said the aircraft was forced to perform an "emergency landing" that damaged its rotors.
The space agency's Bill Nelson said the aircraft was "the little helicopter that could" and had racked up far more flights than had been intended.
He said Ingenuity had "paved the way for future flight in our Solar System".
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Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said, first reported by Reuters.
If Iran refuses, the country risks harming business relations with Beijing. China has been Iran's biggest trading partner for the past decade.
The Houthis are an armed political and religious group which champions Yemen's Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis.
In response to the war in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis started firing drones and missiles towards Israel.
The discussions about the attacks and trade between China and Iran took place at several recent meetings in Beijing and Tehran, the Iranian sources said.
The latest news from the conflict is that an oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
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Japan's Moon lander ended up on its nose when it made its historic touchdown on the lunar surface. A US lunar lander has "no chance" of making a soft landing on the Moon due to a fuel leak.
We've set foot on the Moon multiple times. So why all the recent mission failures?
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is to step down from the role at the end of the season, saying he is "running out of energy”.
Klopp was appointed in October 2015 and his contract was due to run until 2026.
He won the Champions League in 2019 before leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years in 2019-20.
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José Andrés is a world-renowned chef and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
The BBC’s Katty Kay visited his test kitchen in Washington DC to chat about his culinary successes and humanitarian work.
You’re watching Influential with Katty Kay.
New episodes every week on BBC News and the BBC News YouTube channel.
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Ecuador is under a state of emergency amid a surge in gang violence.
Earlier this week, the country's military said it seized about twenty tonnes of cocaine - the biggest haul yet - as the government declares war on organised crime cartels.
BBC News Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how the country got to this point.
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The UN's top court has ruled that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.
Judges at the International Court of Justice have been delivering an interim ruling in South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
A verdict on South Africa's allegation of genocide is not expected for years.
Israel strongly denies the accusation, calling it "baseless”.
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Apple will be forced to allow alternative app stores available on its devices purchased in the EU from March in order to comply with the Digital Markets Act.
Currently, anyone with an iPhone can only download apps from the firm's own App Store.
Apple has always maintained that its rules protect users' security, but it has been accused of creating a monopoly, giving customers and developers no choice but to go through its own channels, and charging developers up to 30% commission.
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Thousands of people in Georgia have found out they were stolen from their biological parents at birth and sold for adoption.
Identical twins Amy and Ano were taken from their mother at birth, only discovered each other’s existence at age 19 by chance viewing of online videos.
It’s believed that the black market for baby trafficking in the country operated for decades between the 1970s and 2000s.
Some of the victims are now taking their cases to the courts, hoping to get access to their both documents and trace their biological families.
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Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used in the US.
Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment.
In 2022, Alabama tried and failed to execute Smith by lethal injection.
He was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in a killing-for-hire.
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Taylor Swift has become the latest victim of AI misuse after graphic images, created by AI, were circulated on social media.
One of the deep fake images on X had more than 45 million views before it was removed.
A vast majority of deep fakes – 96% – are pornographic, according to research by Sensity AI.
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Donald Trump has testified briefly at a New York court as part of his defence in a defamation case brought by fashion writer E Jean Carroll.
Carroll is seeking $10m (£7.8m), saying comments Trump made about her in 2019 harmed her reputation and unleashed a torrent of death threats.
Trump denies any wrongdoing and says he never instructed anyone to harm her.
A judge has already ruled Trump's statements were defamatory and the jury will now decide how much Trump must pay in damages.
A jury in a previous civil fraud trial found Carroll was sexually abused by Trump in the 1990s.
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Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has said he has more than 100,000 signatures to register for the country’s upcoming presidential election.
President Vladimir Putin "has made lots of mistakes", he told the BBC, "not only the special military operation, he destroyed the constitution of Russia".
Photos on social media have shown people queuing to give their signatures and several opposition figures have voiced their backing for Nadezhdin, though many doubt he will ultimately be allowed to run.
Putin has said he would stand again for a fifth term in office. His re-election is seen as inevitable, with opposition almost non-existent and Russian media completely under his control.
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The US and UK have deployed warships to repel the Houthis who have been attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea.
The Iran-backed group have been targeting ships they claim are links to Israel and the West in protest against the war in Gaza.
The ships are a huge show of force by the US and its allies. They are meant to be acting as a deterrent and a show of support for Israel after the 7 October Hamas attacks.
BBC News has been given special access to US Navy warships that have been deployed to the region.
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The trial of Hong Kong billionaire Jimmy Lai has attracted international attention after he was put on trial again at the end of last year.
Mr Lai founded the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and was on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests.
The media tycoon was imprisoned in December 2022 for fraud. He is now on trial for sedition and collusion with foreign forces, which he has pleaded not guilty to.
The BBC's Danny Vincent has been looking at what Mr Lai’s most recent trial reveals about press freedoms in Hong Kong.
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The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.
A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal.
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the British Museum.
Ghana's chief negotiator said he hoped for "a new sense of cultural co-operation" after generations of anger.
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A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for an arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio in 2019 which killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
The incident, one of Japan's deadliest in recent decades, killed mostly young artists and shocked the anime world.
Shinji Aoba, 45, pleaded guilty to the attack but his lawyers had sought a lighter sentence on grounds of "mental incompetence".
Judges rejected this however, ruling that Aoba knew what he was doing.
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Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in "frenzied and relentless" attacks in Nottingham, UK, is to be detained in a high-security hospital.
He was given a hospital order at Nottingham Crown Court after admitting three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility.
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, were fatally stabbed on 13 June 2023 along with Ian Coates, 65.
The judge told Calocane: "You were, and remain, dangerous."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in western Russia.
He demanded an international inquiry after Wednesday's crash in the Belgorod region near Ukraine's border.
Russia said there were no survivors after Kyiv had downed the Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six Russian crew and three escorts.
Moscow claimed the Ukrainians were being flown for a prisoner exchange.
Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) said it had not been told to ensure safe airspace, as on previous occasions.
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President Joe Biden has easily won New Hampshire's Democratic primary.
Despite not being on the ballot, enough voters wrote his name on their ballot papers.
Mr Biden skipped the primary because New Hampshire refused to move its vote, as ordered to by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Additionally, the US president secured a major endorsement today in his re-election bid from the United Automobile Workers.
Following Donald Trump's Republican primary win in New Hampshire, Mr Biden made this statement: "It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. And my message to the country is the stakes could not be higher."
Americans will vote in November and the presidential contest is looking increasingly likely to be a Trump-Biden rematch
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Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary, defeating his last remaining rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
The former president last week won a landslide in Iowa's caucuses, with Haley placing third, behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Haley has vowed to press on with her campaign in the wake of a second consecutive loss to Trump.
Trump now appears set to clinch the Republican nomination.
The BBC’s Katty Kay joins The Context to discuss what we can expect from the rest of the 2024 campaign.
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A Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region near Ukraine.
Russia's ministry of defence said 65 captured Ukrainian military were on the plane heading to the area for a prisoner exchange.
Ukrainian military intelligence later released a statement accusing Russia of putting the lives of prisoners of war at risk.
It said it had not been told it had to ensure safe airspace over Belgorod.
The BBC cannot yet verify who was on board, or what caused the plane to crash.
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A fertility breakthrough has offered hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction - there are only two of the animals left on the planet.
Scientists have achieved the world's first IVF rhino pregnancy, successfully transferring a lab-created rhino embryo into a surrogate mother.
The procedure was carried out with southern white rhinos, a closely related sub-species of northern whites.
The next step is to repeat this with northern white embryos.
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Thailand's constitutional court has cleared former prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat of violating election rules.
He was accused of holding shares in a media company that was prohibited by Thai election law but argued that the outlet had become defunct years ago.
His Move Forward Party won the most seats in last year's election but failed to form a government.
He will now retain his seat in parliament.
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A Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.
At least 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed, according to Russia's ministry of defence.
Ria Novosti news agency said another nine people were on board, including six crew.
None of the details surrounding those on board can be independently verified.
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Netflix sign-ups boomed at the end of last year as customers prodded by the firm's crackdown on password-sharing created their own accounts.
The streaming giant added more than 13.1 million subscriptions in the three months ended in December.
That was the most for any quarter since 2020, extending a streak of growth that started last year.
Netflix said it was confident in its growth path and was planning to raise prices.
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Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
It is a significant victory for the former president and puts him in a commanding position to become the party's presidential candidate in November.
His last remaining rival in the race, Nikki Haley, has vowed to fight on and said "this race is far from over".
Speaking at a campaign stop earlier, front-runner Trump told reporters "I don't care" if Haley stays in the race, adding "let her do whatever she wants".
Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary, but because of a fight within the party those results will not be recognised.
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Nikki Haley is Donald Trump's last remaining Republican rival, with voting underway in the New Hampshire primary.
Both candidates have been seen at events dotted across the state in a last-minute effort to convince voters.
Anyone in New Hampshire can vote in the primary, and the state is seen as more moderate than deeply conservative Iowa.
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As Donald Trump and Nikki Haley fight it out in New Hampshire, US President, Joe Biden, is launching a campaign to try and put the fight over reproductive rights at the heart of November’s election.
It is a repeat of the strategy Democrats deployed to achieve better-than-expected results in the 2022 midterms.
This comes on the 51st anniversary of Roe versus Wade, the landmark supreme court decision which legalised terminations across the US and was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022.
Newsnight's Joe Pike has been in Illinois speaking to some of Carbondale's residents.
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More than 25,000 people have now been killed in Gaza during Israel's offensive there, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
On Monday it said there had been 178 deaths in the last 24 hours, making it one of the deadliest days in the war so far.
As fighting continued, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again rejected creating a Palestinian state, with the White House stating the US and Israel "clearly see things differently" when it comes to a two-state solution.
Israel began its offensive following the 7 October attack in which Hamas fighters killed 1,300 people in southern Israel and took more than 240 hostage.
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A group of women whose husbands are at war in Ukraine are publicly criticising the Russian authorities.
Their partners are among the 300,000 reservists mobilised by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war in Ukraine in autumn 2022, and they want them home.
It is an unusual protest in a country where dissent is usually quickly silenced.
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Voters in New Hampshire head to the polls on Tuesday, as Donald Trump faces his last remaining Republican opponent, Nikki Haley, in a primary election.
Former US President Trump is hoping to deliver a knockout blow to the ex-South Carolina governor's campaign.
Haley hopes New Hampshire's bloc of independent voters will help her pull off an upset victory in the Republican White House race.
This second contest follows Trump's landslide win last week in Iowa.
The eventual Republican nominee will challenge the Democrat, likely President Joe Biden, in November's general election.
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American mercenaries, hired by the UAE to kill in Yemen, have spoken candidly on camera for the first time in an investigation by BBC Arabic.
At a time when Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping have highlighted the international dimensions of the Yemeni conflict, the investigation also reveals how US mercenaries trained Emirati officers to kill the UAE’s political enemies in Yemen.
These extra-judicial killings, conducted in the name of counter-terrorism, started in 2015 and continue to this day.
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Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to become the first person in the US to be executed by nitrogen gas.
The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights last week said the never-before-used method could amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and called for a halt.
A final appeal ruling is still outstanding after a federal court rejected his lawyers' request for an injunction. Smith is due to be executed on Thursday.
Smith was one of two men convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, who was stabbed and beaten to death in a $1,000 (£786) killing-for-hire.
He is one of the only men in modern America to be taken twice for execution - having survived the state’s previous lethal injection attempt in 2022.
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The US and UK have begun joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, two US defence officials told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
The strikes are aimed at a range of targets, including radars, officials told CBS.
The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting ships they say are linked to Israel that travel through the important Red Sea trade route.
The US and UK have previously said they are trying to protect the route.
This is the eighth strike by the US against Houthi targets in Yemen. It is the second joint operation with the UK.
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On this day in 1961 the famous couple divorced – more than two decades later, in a revealing BBC interview, Arthur Miller looked back at his "unlikely" marriage to Marilyn Monroe.
"There was an unlikely quality to it, sure, from a cultural point of view, if you want to call it that," says the playwright of his marriage to the Hollywood star.
He was talking with BBC's Alan Yentob in 1987 about the public perception that their union was an improbable match – him the acclaimed, cerebral playwright, her the sex-symbol movie star.
But "the very inappropriateness of our being together was, to me, the sign that it was appropriate," he says.
In 1961, after less than five years of marriage, they were granted a divorce on grounds of "incompatibility".
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The world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near Yaoundé on Monday.
Every year 600,000 people die of malaria in Africa, according to the World Health Organization, with children under five making up at least 80% of those deaths.
Cameroon is offering the RTS,S vaccine free of charge to all infants up to the age of six months old.
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Traders on New York's Wall Street have been celebrating a new record on the stock markets.
There were cheers and applause all round on Friday as the final bell rang with the S&P 500 closing on a record high.
It's now up 35% since its low in October 2022, with high results also being recorded across stock exchanges in Japan and Europe.
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A group of families of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza have stormed a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
They broke through security and interrupted a finance meeting - protesting that it was deliberating while their loved ones remain in captivity.
One held up a sign reading: "You will not sit here, while our children are dying there."
Israel says more than 130 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted during the 7 October attacks by Hamas.
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Drones have become an important weapon for both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Ukrainians are being encouraged to assemble drones at home as well as taking part in free pilot lessons.
With military aid packages currently blocked in both the US and EU, Ukraine’s president Zelensky has promised to make a million drones within the country this year.
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While inflation is showing signs of easing in many countries at the moment, in the US, one essential commodity keeps getting more expensive: sugar.
The US is the world's fifth largest sugar producer, which sugarcane grown in the south and sugar beets in the north.
Even though the cost of sugar is rising worldwide, Americans pay twice as much as the global average for sugar because of a government policy.
Brought about to protect domestic producers, a protectionist policy taxing imports of sugar is actually creating higher prices, a report by the government accountability office found in October.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a Palestinian state.
His comments came hours after a phone call with US President Joe Biden after which the US leader indicated Mr Netanyahu may still accept the idea.
Mr Netanyahu's remarks appeared to deepen a public divide with the US.
The US believes a Palestinian state alongside Israel - known as a "two-state solution" - is vital for long-term stability.
But the White House acknowledged this week the US and Israeli governments "clearly see things differently".
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump.
He quit ahead of the Republican primary election in New Hampshire, where he was polling in the single digits.
DeSantis was once considered a strong contender for the party's nomination - but on Sunday he said he did not "have a clear path to victory".
Nikki Haley is Trump's last remaining challenger.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fulfilling a promise to Hindu nationalists with the opening of a vast new temple in the northern city of Ayodhya.
But for India’s Muslims it evokes bitter memories of sectarian violence and bloodshed. More than 30 years ago Hindu rioters pulled down the historic mosque that had stood on the site in Ayodhya, in a declaration of religious supremacy.
In the mob violence that spread across India thousands of people lost their lives. It marked a turning point in independent India’s transformation from a secular state, with the rise of militant Hindu nationalism.
The opening of the new temple by Mr Modi marks the start of his re-election campaign, as he appeals to India’s Hindu majority to back him for a third term in office.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye in Ayodhya.
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At least 25 people have been killed in a shelling attack in the Russian-held city of Donetsk, the Moscow-installed leader of the region says.
Denis Pushilin said a Ukrainian strike, which also injured 20 people, had hit a busy market and that the casualty figures might change.
Russia's foreign ministry denounced the strike as a "barbaric terrorist attack" against civilians.
There has so far been no comment from Ukraine on the incident.
BBC News was not able to immediately verify the circumstances around the strike.
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Passkeys are being called the future of how we stay safe online, with major online businesses hoping the new technology will put an end to passwords.
The no-password solution uses biometrics or device pins to protect our accounts online using encryption.
It means that the future of logging in online will increasingly require thumbprints, PIN codes and facial ID.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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A movie inspired by the origins of the west Belfast rap group Kneecap will be screened at one of the world's biggest film festivals.
Kneecap, which features the band alongside Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender, is the first Irish language film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
The trio, made up of Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvaí and Mo Chara, are at the forefront of Irish language rap and have sold out gigs in the UK, Ireland and the US.
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In South Africa, violent crime is soaring, with the murder rate now at a 20 year-high.
Since 2012, the number of murders has risen by 77%. The latest figures show that more than 27,000 people were killed in the course of a year.
And the number of murders that are solved has fallen to just 12%.
Many of those living in fear work in the security sector, with audacious heists of security vans commonplace.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Daniel De Simone in Johannesburg.
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The husband of ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone, Doug Barrowman, is connected to a company that tax experts say should be investigated for fraud, BBC Newsnight has found.
Doug Barrowman has previously denied involvement in Vanquish Options, a firm that falsely claimed customers could write off money owed to the government.
But BBC News has identified Vanquish bosses with links to Mr Barrowman and seen emails sent by Vanquish from the same IP address as his Isle of Man HQ.
Mr Barrowman has denied any wrongdoing.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay heads to California to speak with Jane Wurwand, founder of skincare company Dermalogica.
She tells Katty what it was like to create a business from scratch, how she got the confidence to start a company and what lessons from her childhood helped her become one of the most influential figures in skincare.
You’re watching Influential with Katty Kay.
New episodes every week on BBC News and the BBC News YouTube channel.
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Two Madonna fans are suing the US singer for being late by more than two hours for a show last month in New York, according to court documents.
They state the show was meant to start at 20:30 EST on all three nights, but in each case it did not begin until after 22:30, ending around 01:00.
The case says they "would not have paid for tickets" had they known it would finish so late.
The BBC has asked Madonna, Live Nation and the Barclays Center for comment.
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US President Joe Biden has said that attacks on the Houthis will continue – after America carried out more strikes on Yemen on Thursday after a US ship was struck by a Houthi drone.
Meanwhile Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into Iran, after Tehran carried out strikes in Pakistan. And earlier this week, Iran also attacked targets in Iraq and in Syria.
These various strikes add to the growing tension across the Middle East – and concern that the Israel-Gaza conflict could be spreading across the wider region.
Our analysis editor Ros Atkins explains.
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The murder rate in South Africa is at a 20-year high.
According to the latest annual statistics, more than 27,000 people were killed in a year but only 12% of cases were solved.
Security van heists and robberies are also a serious problem, with many people relying on private security instead of police.
Minister for the police, Bheki Cele, said the government was getting "on top of things".
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Chaos and a "lack of urgency" plagued the police response to the deadly 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the US justice department has found.
Teachers and students "were trapped in a room with an active shooter for over an hour", US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
"That should not have happened."
His comments followed Thursday's release of a long-awaited report into one of the deadliest school shootings in US history.
The sharply critical report, spanning more than 600 pages, described how police officers remained in a hallway or outside the school as the gunman shot dozens of people in two classrooms, killing 19 children and two teachers.
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Google has created a new AI system that is able to solve complex geometry problems, the company says.
Geometry is specifically challenging for AI systems to understand because of a lack of data.
Therefore, Google’s AI models were trained with language data, ingested by synthesising millions of theorems.
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer leads this year's Bafta Film Award nominations with a total of 13.
They include one for Cillian Murphy for playing J Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist described as the father of the atomic bomb.
Oppenheimer's summer box office rival Barbie received five nominations, level with cult hit drama Saltburn.
Elsewhere, Poor Things has 11 nods, while Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest both have nine.
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Qatar has said a consignment of humanitarian aid has entered Gaza.
It's the first to arrive as part of an agreement between Israel and Hamas, which was mediated by Qatar and France.
The planes, carrying 61 tonnes of aid, were delivered on Thursday.
Hamas said that for every box of medicine intended for Israeli hostages, 1,000 boxes would be reserved for residents of Gaza.
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The Prince of Wales has visited his wife Catherine in hospital as she recovers from her surgery.
The Princess of Wales is said to be "doing well" in her recovery.
Catherine has spent her second night in hospital after successful, planned abdominal surgery at the London Clinic private hospital.
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For nearly 80 years scientists have indicated how close the world is to global catastrophe using the ‘Doomsday Clock’.
The idea began to warn humanity behind the dangers of nuclear war with midnight marking the theoretical point of annihilation.
Scientists hope it will alert the public and pressure leaders to make the world a safer place.
In 2023, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, based in Chicago, Illinois, set the hands at 90 seconds to midnight, largely because of the war in Ukraine.
Now it will meet to decide where to set the hands of the clock for 2024.
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The US has carried out a fourth round of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, Pentagon officials confirmed on Wednesday night.
Some 14 Houthi missiles, which the US says may have been intended for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, were targeted by American forces.
The strikes come as the US designated the Houthis as "global terrorists".
The Houthis began attacking merchant vessels in November, saying they were responding to Israel's military operation in Gaza.
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Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into Iran, reportedly killing seven people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday.
Pakistan said its strikes had hit "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province.
Three women and four children were killed, Iran state TV said.
The reciprocal air strikes come as tensions in the Middle East are high with several overlapping crises.
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Four brothers killed earlier this month by an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank were Palestinian civilians who posed no threat to Israeli forces, witnesses have told the BBC.
Violence in the West Bank has been rising since the war began in Gaza. The United Nations says more than 300 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by the Israeli army since the Hamas attacks on Israel three months ago.
The killing of the four brothers happened hours after a 19-year-old Israeli army officer during clashes with Palestinian groups in the West Bank city of Jenin.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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The US will re-designate the the Houthis as "global terrorists", National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Wednesday.
He said the designation is in response to the Iran-backed group's attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
The decision will require US financial institutions to freeze Houthi funds and its members will be banned from the US.
A Houthi spokesman said the decision would not stop the group trying to interrupt Israeli shipping operations.
On Wednesday evening, a Houthi spokesperson said the group had successfully targeted the Genco Picardy, and that the attack was a response to "the American-British aggression against our country".
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E Jean Carroll has testified that Donald Trump "shattered" her reputation after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s.
The judge threatened to kick the former president out of the federal court in Manhattan after he was overheard criticising her testimony.
This is the former Elle columnist's second civil defamation case against Mr Trump. She is seeking $10m (£8m).
Mr Trump, 77, has denied her accusation and continues to do so.
Last May, a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation, though not for rape, and awarded Ms Carroll $5m. That trial was based on his 2022 remarks that her story was a "con job" and "hoax".
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Pakistan's government has recalled its ambassador to Iran and has blocked Tehran's envoy from returning.
It comes after Iran admitted to carrying out a missile and drone attack on western Pakistan on Tuesday.
Officials in Islamabad said two children were killed and three others injured in the attack in Balochistan.
Iran's foreign minister said the operation targeted the militant group Jaish al-Adli, which he described as an "Iranian terrorist group" in Pakistan.
Islamabad said the attack was "illegal" and warned of "serious consequences".
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King Charles III is set to attend hospital next week for treatment for an enlarged prostate.
Buckingham Palace said the King's condition is benign but he will undergo a "corrective procedure".
The 75 year old's public engagements will be postponed for a short period of recuperation, the Palace said.
The announcement comes shortly after it was revealed the Princess of Wales is in hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery.
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Chinese researchers have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because its physiology is similar to humans.
They say they could speed up drug testing, as genetically identical animals give like-for-like results, providing greater certainty in trials.
Previous attempts to clone a rhesus have either not led to births or the offspring have died a few hours later.
One animal welfare group has said it is "deeply concerned" by the development.
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Catherine Princess of Wales has had planned abdominal surgery at a private hospital in London, Kensington Palace has said.
The operation was successful and Catherine will remain in hospital for ten to 14 days, the palace said.
The palace said the princess, 42, wishes to apologise for postponing upcoming engagements, and it is expected that recuperation will take two to three months.
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A serial fantasist's lies that she was groomed by an Asian gang in the UK are set out in 50 hours of police videos.
The footage, shared exclusively with the BBC, tracks 23-year-old Eleanor Williams' deceit as it becomes more elaborate over a three-year period.
One video shows her with self-inflicted facial wounds while acting drugged.
Williams was jailed for eight-and-a-half years after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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Some children with cancer are receiving a new type of drug treatment far less toxic than chemotherapy.
As well as being much gentler on the body, the drug is able to be administered at home.
Some families are already benefiting from the new treatment.
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Iran says it has hit a militant group in western Pakistan in a missile attack - its third air strike on another country this week, after earlier attacks on targets in Iraq and Syria.
Iranian state TV said the operation hit two sites in Balochistan linked to the militant group Jaish al-Adl.
Pakistani officials said two children were killed and three others injured, and that the air strike was an "illegal act" and warned it could lead to "serious consequences".
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When Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was elected as part of a new government, major reforms to restore democracy, restoring the rule of law and independence of courts, and ending what he called “the factory of lies on public media”.
But his efforts have so far met fierce resistance from the former governing party, now in opposition, which still has allies in key positions, including the presidency - resulting in a battle for the airwaves.
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Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to allow more humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Gaza, Qatari mediators say.
They say that under a deal brokered by Qatar and France, medicines will be given to hostages held by Hamas.
In return Israel will allow more basic supplies into Gaza, where conditions are dire after more than three months of Israeli bombardment.
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This rehabilitation centre is woven into the mountains of northern Kyrgyzstan, and it is where wives and children of suspected IS recruits spend their first six weeks after being repatriated.
The BBC World Service team were among the first visitors and everything was closely monitored by the state intelligence agency.
As well as the re-education programme, the families receive medical treatment, psychological support, and - for the first time in years for many - sufficient food, water, and shelter.
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Former President Donald Trump cemented his status as the clear frontrunner after a resounding win in Iowa, with Ron DeSantis a distant second place and Nikki Haley in third.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination will face a Democrat, almost certainly President Joe Biden, in the November presidential election.
It's an election being watched not just in the US but around the world, says BBC US correspondent Katty Kay.
The US is currently involved in two hot wars, Ukraine and Gaza. Meanwhile, US-China relations have deteriorated and tensions in the Asia Pacific region have risen.
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World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Among those addressing the forum was Ukraine's President Zelesnky, who tried to rally support for Ukraine as the war with Russia continues.
Speaking at the forum, he said: "If anyone thinks this is only about us, this is only about Ukraine. They are fundamentally mistaken."
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The US has condemned Iran over ballistic missile attacks near Iraq's northern city of Irbil, calling them "a reckless and imprecise set of strikes".
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they struck what they claimed were Israeli "spy headquarters" in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region.
Four people were killed and six wounded in Monday's attack, according to the Kurdistan Region Security Council.
Iraq denounced the attacks, calling them a violation of its sovereignty.
Israel's government has not commented on the Iranian claims.
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Donald Trump has won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, cementing his status as the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Trump hailed his victory in a speech to supporters, where he said he wants to "straighten up the problems of the world".
Iowa is the first of the state-by-state contests where Republican voters pick their White House candidate.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination will face a Democrat, almost certainly the current US President Joe Biden, in the November presidential election.
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Donald Trump is projected by the BBC's US partner CBS News to have won the Iowa caucuses, cementing his status as frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
The race for second place, between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, was still up in the air.
Iowa is the first of the state-by-state contests where Republican voters pick their White House candidate.
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Houthis in Yemen have hit a US-owned ship with a missile, but no injuries or significant damage have been reported, American officials have said. The vessel was hit "in response to strikes by the US and UK on Houthis in Yemen", a British maritime security firm said. The Iran-backed Houthis have been attacking cargo ships since November. They said these are Israeli-linked - though many have no connections with Israel. Maritime security firm, Ambrey, said the vessel hit by the missile was "assessed to not be Israel-affiliated".
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Artificial intelligence is set to affect nearly 40% of all jobs, according to a new analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
IMF's managing director Kristalina Georgieva says "in most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality".
Ms Georgieva adds that policymakers should address the "troubling trend" to "prevent the technology from further stoking social tensions".
The proliferation of AI has put its benefits and risks under the spotlight.
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Ukraine's military has said it has shot down a Russian military spy plane over the Sea of Azov, in what analysts say would be a blow to Moscow's air power.
Army chief Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the air force had "destroyed" an A-50 long range radar detection aircraft, and an IL-22 air control centre.
The A-50 detects air defences and coordinates targets for Russian jets.
Russian officials said they had "no information" about the attacks, but prominent pro-war Russian commentators have said the loss of an A-50 would be significant.
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Japan has set a goal to have more than 30% female board members in organisations listed on the top-tier Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2030.
Since the age of Abenomics, there has been an increase in the number of female entrepreneurs in Japan, but cultural expectations are still holding many back.
One of the best ways to solve this disparity is to have more role models.
Marie Kondo is one of the most well-known Japanese businesswomen around the world and has inspired millions to take up the “KonMari” method of organising.
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Donald Trump and his Republican rivals are making last-ditch pitches to win support in Iowa, hours before voters in the state will kick-off the 2024 race for the White House.
All of the candidates have urged voters to brave the extreme cold, as temperatures are forecast to fall as low as -30C (-20F).
A resounding victory in Iowa would cement Mr Trump's frontrunner status.
His rivals, meanwhile, are seeking to establish themselves as the main alternative to the former president.
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China has accused the US of sending "a gravely wrong signal" to those pushing for Taiwan's independence after Saturday's election result.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent Taiwanese president-elect William Lai a message of congratulations following the result.
Beijing called the message a violation of Washington's commitment to maintain only unofficial ties with Taiwan.
Mr Lai has vowed to protect Taiwan from an increasingly aggressive China.
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Iceland’s Prime Minister has declared a national emergency as lava from an erupting volcano engulfed a nearby town.
The molten lava poured into the fishing town of Grindavik with many houses het on fire. The last residents had fled the day before after the authorities order the town’s evacuation.
Addressing the nation in a live broadcast Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson urged Icelanders to "stand together and have compassion for those who cannot be in their homes."
Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said: "Today is a black day for Grindavík and today is a black day for all of Iceland but the sun will rise again. Together we will deal with this shock and whatever may come."
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jessica Parker.
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Frederik X is now the King of Denmark, following the formal abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II.
Tens of thousands of Danes gathered in Copenhagen to witness the historic succession.
From the balcony, Frederik gave his first speech to the people, saying: "It's a task I've approached all my life. It's a task I've taken on with pride, respect and joy."
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A volcano has erupted in south-west Iceland near the fishing town of Grindavik, which has been evacuated.
The eruption started at about 03:00 GMT on Sunday. Iceland's public broadcaster RUV says it is not clear which direction the lava is flowing.
"A crack has opened up on both sides of the dikes that have begun to be built north of Grindavik," the country's met office said.
Grindavik was evacuated in November after another eruption, but residents had been allowed home for periods of time.
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The UK had "no choice" but to take military action against Houthis in Yemen over their attacks in the Red Sea, the foreign secretary has said.
Lord Cameron said the UK had given the political and military group who control a large part of Yemen "warning after warning" before joining US-led strikes this week.
He added that the UK took part in the strikes to defend "freedom of navigation".
US-led strikes against Houthi targets began early on Friday and were described by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as "limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence".
The Houthi movement has been attacking ships in the Red Sea, claiming to be targeting Israel over the war in Gaza.
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Headsets that show the impact of art on human brainwaves are to be toured at museums and galleries around the UK.
They are connected to an electroencephalogram (EEG) monitor and allow people's brainwaves to be visualised in 3D and in real-time on screen.
The technology has already been used at the Courtauld Gallery in London where people were able to see the impact pieces by Vincent van Gogh had on their brains.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The Democratic Progressive Party’s William Lai has been chosen as Taiwan's new president after his closest rival, the opposition Kuomintang, conceded defeat.
Lai has been labelled a “troublemaker” by China, which had warned people against voting for him because of his views on independence.
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own. While it has called for "peaceful reunification", it has also not ruled out the use of force.
Lai said he was "determined to safeguard Taiwan from continuing threat and intimidation from China" and would maintain the cross-strait status quo.
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The US has carried out a new attack against the Houthis in Yemen, a day after wider attacks led by the US and the UK.
US military officials said they had "targeted a radar site" in "follow-up" actions to Thursday's strikes.
However, Yemeni media reported that an area near an air base in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, was hit.
The US said the attacks this week were "designed to degrade the Houthis' ability to attack maritime vessels" in the Red Sea.
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who control much of the country, have responded to airstrikes on their country by firing another ballistic missile at shipping in the Red Sea. It failed to hit its target but the Houthis warned that the US and its allies "will pay a heavy price, for their aggression".
The US said it was not interested in a war with Yemen - just hours after America and allies attacked Houthi rebel positions there. Five people were killed and six wounded in the missile strikes - but a White House spokesman said President Biden's actions were about preventing any escalation of conflict.
A coalition of countries were involved in the military operation which they said was intended to destroy Houthi military infrastructure and munitions. Some of the targets were in the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
The joint military strikes were in response to nearly two months of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi movement on cargo ships in the Red Sea, disrupting commercial shipping and the global economy. The Houthis say they're responding to western backing of Israel and giving support to the Palestinians in Gaza.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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US and UK naval forces in the Red Sea have launched air strikes against Houthi targets across Yemen.
Western forces took action after commercial vessels were attacked by the Houthis - a political and military group who control a large part of the country.
The US has said it is "not interested in a war with Yemen" but will not hesitate to use further force.
The Houthis said Thursday night's attacks will not go without "punishment or retaliation".
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UK scientists have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth.
Named the Big Ring by the astronomers, it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
The team at the University of Central Lancashire said that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.
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People in Taiwan will go to the polls for parliamentary and presidential elections on Saturday.
The results are expected to have major implications for the island's relationship with China.
Under President Xi Jinping, China has vowed to bring Taiwan under its rule - and hasn't precluded the use of force to achieve its goal.
Taiwan has accused China of intimidating its citizens to influence Saturday's election.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay visits a bookshop with author Michael Lewis, known for bestselling books such as Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and Going Infinite.
They discuss storytelling, money, Sam Bankman-Fried, and his singular approach to grief.
You’re watching Influential with Katty Kay.
New episodes every week on BBC News and the BBC News YouTube channel.
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The Houthis have vowed that US and UK strikes on their positions in Yemen will not go without "punishment or retaliation".
The Iran-backed group pledges to continue its attacks on ships in the Red Sea and its support for Hamas in Gaza.
The US says overnight military strikes by air and sea targeted 16 Houthi positions including command centres, munitions depots and air defence systems.
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has called the strikes "limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence".
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Former President Donald Trump is the favourite to be the Republican candidate who will face Joe Biden in the 2024 US presidential election.
Some of Trump’s critics say this election isn’t just about policies but also about US democracy itself.
Including President Biden, who said in his first campaign speech last week, "whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time."
BBC editor, Ros Atkins, explains why the stakes are so high for 2024.
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Donald Trump was in court in New York for the closing day of his civil fraud trial, with lawyers for both sides making final arguments.
The former president told the judge the case is a "fraud on me" and a "political witch hunt" - but the prosecution says fraud was "central" to Trump Organization operations.
Trump and his two adult sons have already been found liable of massively inflating the value of their properties by hundreds of millions of dollars. They deny any wrongdoing.
The trial is now focusing on any penalties the Trumps must pay - with New York's attorney general asking the judge to fine Trump $370m (£290m) for what she calls the "outrageous" schemes.
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US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, has pleaded not guilty to tax offences.
Federal prosecutors in California indicted him last month on nine criminal counts, including for failing to pay his taxes on time from 2016 to 2019, filing false tax returns in 2018 and tax evasion.
If convicted on these charges, Mr Biden could face up to 17 years in prison.
He is also facing separate federal charges over gun offences, to which he has already pleaded not guilty.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is briefing his cabinet about the likelihood of military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
A briefing at the Pentagon in Washington is also getting under way.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been targeting Israeli-owned or Israel-bound vessels to show their support for the Iran-backed Palestinian group Hamas since the start of the war in Gaza in October.
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Fighting is continuing in Gaza with Israel launching fresh strikes on the southern part of the territory.
Palestinians were forced to run for shelter as a missile strike hit near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Israel says it is continuing to find tunnels and weapons, and has killed dozens of Hamas militants.
The Hamas-run health ministry now puts the number killed in Gaza since 7 October at 23,469.
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It's four years since the first death from Covid was confirmed.
During the first year, 3 million people died from the virus, according to the World Health Organization - a figure that has now reached almost 7 million.
In terms of the economic impact, the pandemic wiped an estimated $2 trillion off the global economy in 2020 - a hit that it is yet to recover from.
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India has used traditional methods of agriculture for generations, but with 1.4 billion people now dependant on the crops farmers produce, some are turning to technology to boost productivity and profit.
For example on one vineyard, sensor devices are being used to check weather and soil health.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can then figure out when it's time to water the crops, add fertiliser and tackle pests.
Nitin Patil, who works at the vineyard, says the AI advice has helped "save 50% of the water" the farm had been using previously.
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The UN's International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there.
The ICJ will deliver only an opinion on the genocide allegation as the case is not a criminal trial, although it is being closely watched.
Israel has vehemently rejected the accusation as "baseless".
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The US has made the long-awaited decision to allow Bitcoin to be part of mainstream investing funds.
It has approved what are known as spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which can be purchased by anyone from pension funds to ordinary investors.
The announcement from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission was accompanied by a stern warning about risks associated with the asset.
The US financial watchdog had repeatedly rebuffed earlier requests for approvals, citing concerns about potential for fraud and manipulation.
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China has unveiled a new vision for an economic and cultural future unified with Taiwan.
The self-governing island is days away from voting for a new president.
The announcement is seen as Beijing’s latest attempt to influence voters in Taiwan, which it claims is Chinese territory and has vowed to retake by force if necessary.
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Ecuador’s President has declared that his country is engaged in an internal war with ruthless drugs gangs, after unprecedented violence on the streets.
Armed groups linked to drug cartels have launched a wave of bomb attacks and more than 130 prison officers are being held hostage by inmates in jails.
The violence began after a notorious drug lord escaped from prison. Tourists are being advised to stay indoors.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Will Grant in the city of Guayaquil, where masked gunmen stormed a TV studio.
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Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would add more protections to the kind of content teens can see on Instagram and Facebook, after regulators around the globe pressed the social media firm to limit potentially harmful content.
The company will start placing all teens into the most restrictive content control settings on Instagram and Facebook.
The platforms will also restrict additional search terms on the photo-sharing app, including content restrictions and hiding search results for terms related to self-harm and suicide, it said in a blogpost.
Meta’s announcement comes on the heels of elevated criticisms over its potential impact on teen users.
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Soldiers have been on the streets in several cities in Ecuador as the country reels from an unprecedented day of violence.
Masked gunmen stormed a public TV studio during a live broadcast in the city of Guayaquil and bombs were detonated across Ecuador on Tuesday.
More than 130 prison staff are being held hostage by inmates in five jails.
A 60-day state of emergency began on Monday after a notorious gangster vanished from his prison cell.
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US and UK naval forces have repelled the largest attack yet by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says.
Carrier-based jets and warships shot down 21 drones and missiles launched by the Iran-backed group overnight.
The Houthis said they targeted a US ship in retaliation for the killing of rebels who tried to attack a container ship by using speedboats last month.
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The late megachurch leader TB Joshua locked up his own daughter and tortured her for years before leaving her homeless on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, the BBC has found.
Ajoke was one of the first whistle-blowers to reach out to the BBC about the abuse she witnessed at her father's church, the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan).
TB Joshua, who died in 2021 at the age of 57, is accused of widespread abuse and torture spanning almost 20 years.
The BBC contacted Scoan with the allegations in this investigation. It did not respond to them, but denied previous claims against TB Joshua.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay travels to New York City to speak to Misty Copeland, the iconic ballerina who became the first African-American woman to achieve the role of Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.
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The biggest tech companies in the world are descending on Las Vegas for one of the largest conventions of the year.
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), many of the exhibits feature the latest innovations around artificial intelligence (AI).
They include smart mirrors, toothbrushes and grills.
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President Joe Biden was only told that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was being treated for cancer on Tuesday, the White House has said.
Mr Austin, 70, was admitted to hospital on 1 January and then to the intensive care unit for complications following surgery in December.
He has faced criticism for not telling senior officials about it for days.
Mr Austin has since apologised for not "ensuring the public was appropriately informed".
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The boss of Boeing has admitted the planemaker was at fault after one of its aircraft suffered a door blow-out shortly after take-off in the US.
On Tuesday, Boeing's president and chief executive Dave Calhoun said the firm was "acknowledging our mistake".
No-one was injured when the unused cabin door broke away from the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon on Friday.
The US has grounded 171 of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes since the incident.
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Masked gunmen broke into a live television studio in Ecuador on Wednesday and threatened terrified staff.
Employees were forced on to the floor during the broadcast by the public television channel TC in the city of Guayaquil before the live feed cut out.
The attackers were later seen leaving the studio, reportedly with several hostages. Police have made arrests.
A 60-day state of emergency began in Ecuador on Monday after a notorious gangster vanished from his prison cell.
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The race for the White House begins in less than two weeks, and it looks set to be one of the most divisive and polarising in modern times.
President Joe Biden has called Donald Trump a threat to democracy. Mr Trump is leading the polls in the swing states despite facing multiple criminal charges.
BBC Newsnight’s Joe Inwood has been looking at the situation in US politics.
(This was first broadcast on 5 January 2024.)
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A landmark legal case about whether Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution has been heard in Washington.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel is considering Trump's claims that presidential immunity shields him from charges of 2020 election fraud.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and committing fraud to stay in office.
While Trump was not obliged to attend the hearing, he has made a point of leaving the campaign trail in Iowa to appear in court.
He says he was carrying out his official duties as president on 6 January and in the weeks leading up to it, and he cannot be criminally charged.
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The late Nigerian megachurch leader TB Joshua hid dead bodies and intimidated families, to cover up his role in the collapse of a building which killed at least 116 people at his church in 2014, a BBC investigation has found.
The collapse is one of the worst disasters to ever strike a place of worship in Africa.
For the first time, insiders from TB Joshua's Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) in Lagos presented evidence of what caused the incident nearly 10 years ago.
It comes after evidence uncovered by the BBC showed TB Joshua, the founder of one of the world's biggest Christian evangelical churches, caused widespread abuse and torture.
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The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event.
Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the EU's climate service says.
Almost every day since July has seen a new global air temperature high for the time of year, BBC analysis shows.
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Gabriel Attal has been named France's next prime minister, as Emmanuel Macron aims to revive his presidency with a new government.
At 34, he is the youngest PM in modern French history, outranking even Socialist Laurent Fabius who was 37 when he was appointed by François Mitterrand in 1984.
Mr Attal replaces Élisabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months in office.
Throughout that time she struggled with a lack of a majority in parliament.
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With top US diplomat Antony Blinken in Israel for talks, dozens of deaths have been reported in Gaza.
The Hamas-run health ministry says 57 deaths were reported in one central Gaza hospital alone.
Deaths were also reported in the north of the Strip - Israel says it targeted Hamas sites across Gaza from air and sea in the past 24 hours.
Since 7 October, more than 22,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry there.
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A 60-day state of emergency is taking place in Ecuador after a convicted gang leader vanished from his prison cell.
Adolfo Macías Villamar, better known as "Fito", is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful gang which is thought to have been behind some of the deadly prison riots in recent months.
He was being held in the maximum security wing of a jail in Guayaquil.
The emergency measures include the suspension of the right of assembly and a nightly curfew.
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Alaska Airlines placed restrictions on the Boeing plane involved in a dramatic mid-air blowout after pressurisation warnings in the days before Friday's incident, investigators say.
The jet had been prevented from making long-haul flights over water, said Jennifer Homendy of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The NTSB also says the missing section of plane has now been found - in the back garden of a Portland teacher.
No-one was hurt in Friday's drama.
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The Peregrine spacecraft - launched as part of a private US Moon mission – has run into technical trouble after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a Vulcan rocket.
According to the company behind the project, the spacecraft has experienced an "anomaly" that has stopped it from pointing its solar panels stably at the Sun.
And, without the ability to charge its batteries and maintain a power supply, the mission will be unable to proceed.
But, Astrobotic said engineers were working on the issue, amid hopes that it will become the first American mission in half a century to make a soft landing on the Moon - first commercial endeavour to do so.
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More than 20 years after the song was first in the charts, the song Murder on the Dancefloor has appeared in the charts once again after featuring in the film Saltburn.
Its singer, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, spoke to BBC Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire about the twisted thriller bringing the classic song to a new audience.
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The US aviation regulator has said that 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes will remain grounded until it is satisfied the planes are safe.
It comes after part of an Alaska Airlines plane's fuselage fell off on Friday, while the aircraft was mid-flight.
While no-one was seriously hurt and the aircraft landed safely, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been inspecting the jets in order to “keep the flying public safe”.
But, with dozens of aircraft grounded, it has led to significant disruption to flight schedules, primarily in the US – with Alaska Airlines and United Airlines among the biggest customers for the affected Max 9 aircraft.
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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is continuing his diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, in a bid to prevent a regional escalation due to the conflict in Gaza.
Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on containing the international shipping threat in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels.
He will then travel to Israel, after warning that the Gaza conflict could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts.
Blinken started the five-day Middle East diplomatic effort in Jordan and Qatar on Sunday, seeking to avert wider unrest in the region.
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Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards, taking home five awards – including the top prize.
Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognised for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director.
Barbie took home the inaugural box office achievement award, after grossing $1.4bn (£1.13bn) worldwide.
In television, Succession enjoyed a successful night, picking up four awards following its acclaimed fourth and final season.
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The unmanned Vulcan rocket has launched from Florida on its maiden voyage to the Moon.
The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in the US at 07:18 GMT (02:18 EST) and is expected to land on the moon on 23 February.
If the lander touches down safely, it will be the first American craft to land on the lunar surface since the famed Apollo missions.
On board the rocket is the Peregrine robotic lander, which is carrying five scientific instruments.
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Great white sharks have been seen off the beaches in South Africa's coastal city of Cape Town for the first time in more than four years.
Some places, like coastal areas in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, seek to tackle the danger by using nets and baited hooks to kill sharks, but this also harms other sea life, such as dolphins and turtles.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has said it strongly encourages non-lethal approaches to addressing the risk from sharks.
In Cape Town, the approach aims to protect both sharks and people by keeping them apart.
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Houthi rebels in Yemen have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea and they have vowed to continue targeting vessels that they consider linked to Israel.
Almost 15% of global trade passes through the Bab al-Mandab strait, and there are fears that fuel prices will rise and supply chains will be disrupted.
The US, UK and ten other states have warned the Houthis they would face consequences if they continued their attacks.
BBC Newsnight’s Joe Inwood has been looking into the situation.
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The UK should "urgently consider" new laws to stop AI recruiting terrorists, a counter-extremism think tank says.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) says there is a "clear need for legislation to keep up" with online terrorist threats.
It comes after the UK's independent terror legislation reviewer was "recruited" by a chatbot in an experiment.
The government says it will do "all we can" to protect the public.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay travels to New York City to meet Misty Copeland, the iconic ballerina who became the first African-American woman to achieve the role of Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.
They spoke on stage at Lincoln Center about Copeland’s status as a trailblazer, how she copes with injuries and setbacks, racism, and what she hopes to achieve in the next phase of her career.
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North Korea has fired more than 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast, towards the South's Yeonpyeong island, Seoul's military has said.
South Korea ordered civilians to seek shelter on the island before holding live fire drills of its own.
The South called it a "provocative act", but the North denied the islands were in danger from its firing drills.
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has outlined proposals for the future governance of Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over.
There would, he said, be limited Palestinian rule in the territory.
Hamas would no longer control Gaza and Israel would retain overall security control, he added.
Fighting in Gaza continued alongside the plan's publication, with dozens of people killed in the previous 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry said.
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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Officials confirmed Pistorius was "at home" on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence.
Pistorius, now 37, shot Ms Steenkamp multiple times in 2013 through a door.
The double amputee later claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar.
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Multiple people have been injured following a shooting at Perry High School in the US state of Iowa on Thursday morning, police say.
The suspect is confirmed dead, but it is unclear if it was from a self-inflicted gun shot wound, the BBC's US partner CBS News reported.
Officials said there was no further threat to the community.
This was the first day back in classes for students after their annual winter break.
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The funeral of Hamas's deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has taken place in Beirut.
Arouri died in a drone strike on Tuesday, which raised fears that Israel's war with Hamas could spiral into a wider regional conflict.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the killing.
Mourners carrying Hamas flags gathered to join the procession.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed a "harsh response" to a bomb attack on crowds marking the anniversary of spymaster Qasem Soleimani's assassination by the US.
The attack in Kerman in southern Iran killed 84 people and wounded many more.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
President Ebrahim Raisi's political deputy, Mohammad Jamshidi, blamed Israel and the US. However the US said it had no indication that Israel was involved and dismissed any suggestion that Washington was involved.
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Prince Andrew is among high-profile figures named in newly released US court documents detailing connections of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A judge ordered the release of the records as part of a legal case related to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump are also named, though neither is accused of illegality.
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Rescuers in Japan have been racing against time in their search for survivors of a New Year's earthquake, as a critical three day window has now closed.
Dozens of people were killed when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Noto peninsula on Monday at 16:10 local time (07:10GMT).
Many people are thought to be trapped under their collapsed homes - mostly in the towns of Suzu and Wajima.
After 72 hours, the chances of finding people alive drops substantially.
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As Ukraine entered 2024, Russia launched one of its heaviest drone and missile attacks since the start of its full-scale invasion. Ukraine retaliated with strikes of its own, targeting the city of Belgorod.
With the new year bringing further violence, BBC Newsnight’s Joe Inwood looks at what might happen in the conflict in 2024.
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One in five commercial ships are now avoiding the Red Sea because of the threat of attack, according to the International Chamber of Shipping.
Several firms - including two of the world’s biggest - have paused shipments through the route after vessels were attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The attacks are being carried out by the Houthi group, which has declared support for Hamas and has said it was targeting ships travelling to Israel.
The Red Sea accounts for 15% of the world’s shipping, and plays a crucial part in the global supply chain.
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Russia has continued its heavy winter bombardment of Ukrainian cities, with the number of civilians killed since the invasion in February 2022 rising to 10,000.
However, the UN believes the actual number of Ukrainian men, women and children who have been killed is "considerably higher".
The BBC’s Orla Guerin tells the story of two young women killed in Ukraine last summer.
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Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 64 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day.
Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services.
The epicentre of the 7.6 quake was the Noto peninsula, in central Japan.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that emergency services were locked in a "race against time" to rescue survivors.
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Passengers on board the passenger jet recorded their miracle escape from death after a horrific collision on the runway of Haneda airport in Tokyo.
The JAL Airbus was engulfed in flames as it landed after colliding with a small coastguard plane. All 379 passengers and 12 crew on board the airliner survived the disaster.
5 people on the coastguard plane died in the accident. The small plane had been en route to deliver aid to victims of Japan’s earthquake in the country’s Nota peninsula.
Shortly after the passenger jet was evacuated it was overcome by fire. The authorities have begun an urgent investigation into how the two planes came to collide.
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Hamas says its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in a blast in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.
He is said to have been among four people killed in an explosion at Hamas's office in Dahiyeh, one of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs.
Al-Arouri was the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau and known to be deeply involved in its military affairs.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay speaks to actor Hugh Bonneville, best known for his iconic roles in Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.
He talks about the surprising popularity of Downton Abbey, his role in Notting Hill and what he’s learned from working alongside other great actors.
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A Japan Airlines plane has burst into flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Japan Airlines says all 379 people on board - passengers and crew - have been evacuated.
Footage shows passengers fleeing the aircraft using inflatable slides and running away across the tarmac.
It's thought the aircraft collided with a Japanese coastguard plane delivering earthquake aid.
Five people who were on board the coastguard plane have died, AFP news agency quotes Japan's transport minister as saying.
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The skull of a colossal sea monster that was unearthed from the Jurassic Coast in the UK is going on display.
The 2m-long fossil belongs to a pliosaur - one of the most fearsome predators the planet has ever seen.
Sir David Attenborough investigated the discovery in a BBC film which aired on New Year's Day.
The public can see the 150-million-year-old marine reptile at the Etches Collection in Kimmeridge in Dorset, close to where the beast was found.
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A major search and rescue operation is underway in Japan after a powerful earthquake struck parts of the country.
More than 100 tremors caused serious damage and fears of a tsunami. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from high risk areas.
The Prime Minister said rescue efforts were proving extremely difficult due to damage to roads and infrastructure in Ishikawa prefecture.
Several people were confirmed to have died with fears that other people are buried alive under rubble.
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The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for "prolonged fighting".
The Hamas-run health ministry said some 21,978 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in Gaza since 7 October.
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Japan has downgraded its tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region.
The major warning - the first in Japan since the 2011 earthquake - was issued for the Noto area.
Tsunami warnings also remain in place for the neighbouring Niigata and Toyama prefectures.
A succession of more than 30 earthquakes have struck central Japan since about 16:00 local time (07:00 GMT), with more expected to follow.
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Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region.
Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to "evacuate immediately to higher ground," national broadcaster NHK said.
The first tsunami waves, some more than a metre high, have arrived in Wajima port in Ishikawa.
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On the day he thought he'd be celebrating his wedding, Mamun buried 16 of his relatives.
They had been killed by lightning on the way to the ceremony.
Dressed in their finest saris and suits, his family members boarded a boat to join Mamun, when a heavy storm struck. As the rain lashed down the boat pulled over and they took shelter under a tin shed on the riverbank, when they were hit.
Bangladesh, which is blighted by extreme weather and heavy storms, suffers an average of 300 deaths by lightning every year, according to the UN.
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As the world enters a new year, the war in Ukraine also grinds into another year.
Many Russians are still willing to believe the Kremlin’s narrative that the West is to blame for the war - but what are their thoughts on the future?
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, one of the few remaining Western journalists in the country, reports.
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Russia has vowed to retaliate after it says Ukrainian strikes have killed 14, including two children, in the border city of Belgorod.
If confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest strikes on Russia during the war so far - after nearly two years of fighting.
It comes hours after Russian strikes on a number of cities across Ukraine which killed 39 people, in what was described by Kyiv as Russia's biggest missile bombardment of the war so far.
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An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council overwhelmingly condemned Russia's renewed mass-bombing campaign in Ukraine and said attacks must stop "immediately".
Countries including the US, UK and France said hitting civilian infrastructure had violated the international rules of war.
It comes after at least 37 people were killed on Friday, when Russia fired missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Lviv.
Ukraine said it was Russia's biggest missile bombardment of the war so far.
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Fierce Israeli tank fire and air strikes have been continuing in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, which Israel sees as a stronghold of Hamas.
Residents have reported intense gun battles between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters there.
The UN said that the volume of aid reaching the territory remains "woefully inadequate". Israel insists it’s not limiting it and that the problem is with its distribution.
Meanwhile South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in Gaza.
Israel has strongly rejected the allegation, calling it "baseless".
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Donald Trump has now been disqualified from running as a presidential candidate in two states, Colorado and Maine.
The former president is the clear frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in November 2024 to challenge Joe Biden for the White House.
But the top election official in Maine ruled Trump cannot run for president next year in the state because of his actions leading up to the Capitol riot.
Colorado's highest court issued a similar, unprecedented, ruling just days earlier.
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At least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine.
Ukraine's military says Russia launched a "massive" attack with 158 drones and missiles.
The air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously”.
Earlier this week, Ukraine struck a Russian warship in the occupied Crimean port of Feodosia.
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It’s made from the same wood as a Christmas tree and held together by glue. A company in Sweden has created the world’s tallest wind turbine made from timber.
It says this is the future of wind turbine design, promising bigger wind generators which are far greener.
Conventional wind turbines generate renewable energy but producing the huge quantities of steel they’re made from is not an environmentally friendly process.
The timber turbine tower in Sweden is far lighter than steel and takes a tiny fraction of the carbon emissions to produce, while the timber itself is a carbon store.
There could be other benefits to using wood for turbine towers. Its strength and resilience may allow the creation of bigger and taller turbines, generating more electricity.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonah Fisher.
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Scientists are testing the possibility of using virtual reality (VR) to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease.
Pen and paper tests date back to the 1940s and are still one of the markers that may be used for diagnosis today.
With no single definitive way to confirm the disease, a combination of different tests and investigations are usually carried out by health professionals.
Researchers, at University College London, are testing if VR can help confirm an early diagnosis of the disease before it reaches the severe stages of dementia.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The Taiwanese government has accused China of mounting a huge misinformation campaign to try and influence the outcome of the island's presidential election in a little over two weeks' time.
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is attempting to win an unprecedented third consecutive term.
China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control.
The DPP's presidential and vice-presidential candidates have both been banned from traveling to China or Hong Kong.
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For many of us, ordering online and waiting for a delivery to be dropped on our doorstep is a convenience we have gotten used to.
But, for those in Brazil’s favelas, that convenience is not an option.
Favelas are densely populated, low-income communities that lie on the outskirts of cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Now, a new tech initiative is aiming to make those communities more connected.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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More than eight months of civil war in Sudan has caused one of the world’s largest displacements of people.
More than six and a half million people have left their homes, with aid agencies struggling to access the areas where the fighting has occurred.
The conflict began in April with a political fallout between two generals - pitting the army against the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The BBC speaks to one family who have been trapped for months in the crossfire.
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Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 241 people were killed in the past 24 hours, as Israel's military operation continues in the territory.
Hamas said 382 people had also been injured over the same 24 hours.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the war a "grave crime" against his people.
Israel's army chief Herzi Halevi said the conflict with Hamas would continue for "many more months".
Israel says it hit more than 100 sites on Tuesday, amid reports of impending ground operations in central Gaza.
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In the past few months the Amazon rainforest has experienced the worst drought on record.
One of its main rivers reached its lowest level since records began – 121 years ago.
Villages became unreachable, wildfires raged in the middle of dense forest and wildlife died.
Many scientists are worried that events like these are helping to push the world's biggest forest to a point of no return.
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Ukraine has celebrated Christmas on 25 December for the first time this year.
The country has traditionally used the Julian calendar, also used by Russia, where Christmas falls on 7 January.
In a further shift from Russia, it is now marking Christmas according to the Western - or Gregorian - calendar, which it uses in everyday life.
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Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the strip.
A spokesman said the death toll was likely to rise given the large number of families living in the area.
The Israeli military told the BBC it was looking into reports of the strike.
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The Christian community in the Pakistan city of Jaranwala saw nearly two dozen churches and tens of homes ransacked by hundreds of protestors in August.
In the aftermath, the government promised money to help rebuild.
But as they prepare for Christmas, many are still living with the damage and shock of the attack.
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A chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean was hit by a drone launched from Iran on Saturday, the US military said.
A fire on board the Chem Pluto was extinguished. There were no casualties.
Iran has not commented.
Houthi rebels in Yemen - who are backed by Iran, and support Hamas in its war with Israel - have recently used drones and rockets to target vessels in the Red Sea.
But this event is the first of its kind so far away from there, according to maritime security firm Ambrey.
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The Israeli military has vowed to continue its operation in Gaza, but admitted it is "protracted" and "difficult".
A spokesman said over the weekend it was expanding its "ground operations in the southern and northern Gaza Strip".
Meanwhile, the US said Joe Biden spoke to the Israeli PM and emphasised the "critical need" to protect civilians.
In response, Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would go on until all Israeli goals were achieved.
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A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days - after a "one in a million" pregnancy and a total of 20 hours in labour.
Kelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered one daughter on Tuesday, and a second on Wednesday, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital.
Announcing the arrival of her "miracle babies" on social media, Ms Hatcher hailed the medics as "incredible".
The girls are described as fraternal twins - with rare separate birthdays.
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The Czech Republic is holding a day of national mourning for those killed in Thursday's mass shooting at a Prague university.
Flags on official buildings are being flown at half-mast and a minute's silence will be observed at midday on Saturday.
Fourteen people were shot dead at the Faculty of Arts building of Charles University in the capital by a student who then killed himself.
Police are working to uncover the motive behind the attack.
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After days of argument over the precise wording, the United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution on the conflict in Gaza calling for the “unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance” but stopping short of supporting an immediate ceasefire.
The United States blocked demands for an unconditional ceasefire resolution, which was backed by most other nations. Instead the resolution calls for the creation of “the conditions for a cessation of hostilities”.
In Gaza the Hamas-run health authority said more than 20,000 people have now been killed by Israeli forces. A UN agency has warned that Gaza's entire population is at risk of starvation.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by John Sudworth in Washington and Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem.
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The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution urging more aid for the Gaza Strip, but falling short of a call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The vote followed days of negotiations to avoid a veto by the US, a permanent UNSC member and a key ally of Israel.
UN chief António Guterres warned that Gaza is at risk of famine if the war continues.
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Fourteen people are known to have died in yesterday's attack at a university in Prague, along with the gunman and his father, in the worst mass shooting in Czech history. Another 25 people were wounded, but they are all expected to recover.
The Czech authorities confirmed this morning that the gunman responsible for yesterday's massacre in Prague killed himself when he found he was surrounded by police.
There is a day of national mourning tomorrow.
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Global supply chains could face severe disruption as a result of the world's biggest shipping companies diverting journeys away from the Red Sea.
Attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial vessels in recent weeks have resulted in many firms deciding to avoid one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
The Houthi group has declared its support for Hamas and has said it is targeting ships travelling to Israel.
But who are the Houthis? What are their motivations? And what are their links to Iran? The BBC’s analysis editor Ros Atkins explains.
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The US has expressed support for the UN's latest draft resolution on humanitarian aid for Gaza - a vote for which is expected later today.
The original draft called for a sustainable cessation of hostilities, but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one.
It comes as the World Food Programme says Gaza is at risk of famine within six months if the conflict doesn't end.
Earlier this week, the Hamas-run Gaza government said 20,000 people had been killed in the enclave since the war erupted.
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The Czech Republic has declared Saturday a national day of mourning after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in Prague.
President Petr Pavel expressed his "great sadness" and "helpless anger at the totally unnecessary" loss of life.
The gunman, who police said had been "eliminated", is believed to have also killed his father and may be linked to the deaths of two people last week.
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Artificial intelligence tools make it easy and fast to create convincing fake videos.
AI has already been used to disrupt elections around the world - and there are fears among senior politicians and the security services that the UK will be next.
If social media is flooded with synthetic images and text - even if it is clearly labelled as such - some experts fear voters could reach the point where where they no longer know what is real or not.
The media, the tech giants, the security services - and the political parties - will all have to grapple with this challenge at the next general election.
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US man Glynn Simmons has been exonerated, after spending 48 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, the longest known wrongful sentence in the US.
An Oklahoma judge freed the 70-year-old after a district court found that crucial evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers.
On Monday, a county district attorney said there was not enough evidence to warrant a new trial.
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Border officials in the UK and France have said there has been a "really significant" drop in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel this year in small boats.
Official figures are down by over a third compared with 2022.
The UK has helped to fund a doubling of French police patrolling the border along with other measures like drones.
But tens of thousands of migrants remain ready to attempt the dangerous journey.
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The gunman who killed at least 15 people at university in Prague was a student, police say.
Another 24 people were injured - and the gunman was found dead.
The student was from a village near Prague, and his father was found dead earlier on Thursday.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says he has cancelled upcoming engagements in light of the "tragic events".
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Mohammed Alghusain and his family had a comfortable life back in Gaza. A good job, a penthouse on the beach, the children at excellent schools. Then everything changed on 7 October.
His seven-year-old daughter Suha has diabetes. When she heard bombing close to where they were sheltering, her blood sugar level dropped so low she could fall into a coma at any moment.
Basic medical supplies such as insulin were not available and all the hospitals were full of the wounded and the dead - Mohammed knew had to leave for Canada, this meant leaving his parents behind.
Hamas says nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began. Those surviving have very little access to food, water, and medical supplies.
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Czech police say 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in a shooting at a university in central Prague.
Police say the gunman has been "eliminated" and that the building is being evacuated.
Reports suggest the incident occurred at Charles University, located on Jan Palach Square.
University staff were told to "stay put", barricade themselves in rooms and turn off the lights, Reuters reported.
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Two months ago, Israel ordered more than one million Palestinians living in northern Gaza to move south as it prepared to launch its ground offensive against Hamas.
BBC Arabic’s cameraman Jehad El-Mashhrawi and his family were among the thousands who fled south through the road designated by Israel as “safe corridor”.
He shares a vivid and deeply personal account of what he says is a terrifying journey.
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Banning clubs from joining a European Super League was unlawful and Uefa and Fifa are "abusing a dominant position", the European Court of Justice has said.
It comes after a case was brought by the ESL and its backers claiming Uefa and Fifa were breaking competition law by threatening to sanction those who joined the breakaway league.
Europe's highest court found against the governing bodies, but added that did not mean a breakaway league would "necessarily be approved".
The verdict will be seen as a blow to the authority of Uefa and Fifa and how they govern the game.
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The US says "serious negotiations" are taking place on a new Gaza truce and the release of more Israeli hostages.
But prospects remain uncertain after Hamas's leader reportedly rejected the prospect of a temporary pause during talks in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces say they’ve uncovered a network of tunnels in the heart of Gaza City with entrances connected to the houses of Hamas leaders.
On Wednesday, the Hamas-run Gaza government said 20,000 people had been killed there since Israel launched its military campaign against the group.
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At least 4.9 million people are at risk of extreme hunger eight amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, the United Nations (UN) has said.
It comes after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) advanced into the city of Wad Madani, in al-Jazira state, and attacked a hospital and took over an army base.
War between the regular army and the RSF erupted in April following disagreement over an internationally backed political transition plan.
The conflict has displaced more than seven million people and, according to UN estimates, killed around 9,000 people.
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Ukraine has warned it is already being forced to downsize some military operations because of a drop-off in foreign aid.
Top general Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said troops faced ammunition shortages along the "entire front line", creating a "big problem" for Kyiv.
It comes as billions of dollars of US and EU aid have been held up amid political wrangles.
Ukraine said it hoped to boost its own ammunition industry with western help.
But it relies heavily on western supplies, particularly on deliveries of long-range missiles and air defence systems, to fight occupying Russian forces.
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An American who was jailed five years ago after going to Moscow on holiday has said he feels "abandoned" by the US.
The US government said Paul Whelan was wrongfully detained and accused of espionage.
Now, in a rare interview by phone from his remote prison, Paul has spoken of the 'stress' he faced after the US arranged two other prisoner swaps with Russia in the last year.
He called the decision to leave him behind a "serious betrayal".
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Several shipping firms have rerouted their vessels from the Red Sea after ships were attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The world's second largest shipping line, Maersk, said on Tuesday that it would reroute some of its vessels around Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
The Red Sea is one of the world's most important routes for oil and liquefied natural gas shipment, and analysts have warned the attacks could see a rise in prices.
The disruption has led the US to launch an international naval operation to protect ships on the Red Sea route.
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The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza.
Egypt, along with Qatar, helped to broker a truce last month which lasted a week and saw a number of Israeli hostages released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country was ready for another humanitarian pause in Gaza to enable the release of hostages.
Later today, the UN Security Council is due to vote on a delayed resolution calling for a pause in the fighting.
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Former US President Donald Trump has said that he considers indictments against him "a badge of honour".
Trump was speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, shortly after the state of Colorado's supreme court voted in favour of removing him from the 2024 presidential ballot.
The court ruled 4-3 to remove Trump, citing his involvement in the 6 January insurrection in 2021.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruling means Donald Trump may be unable to run for re-election in the state next year.
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Like many from Thailand's poor north-east, Wichian Temthong left for Israel to find better-paid work.
But during the unprecedented attacks by Hamas on Israel on 7 October, the farm worker was seized and taken to Gaza.
The 37-year-old was held in captivity with three young Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces.
He was one of 23 Thai hostages released by Hamas in November and has been giving his account of what their captivity was like.
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The Netherlands is starting a trial aimed at decriminalising the production and supply of cannabis.
The drug is being legally cultivated as part of a small experiment that could eventually be rolled out across the country.
The consumption of cannabis has long been allowed in the Netherlands, but the sale of the drug remains illegal, even though it is tolerated.
In the pilot, production will be limited to a handful of farms, whose cannabis will be closely monitored before it is supplied to coffee shops. The aim is to crack down on drug dealers and guarantee a high quality and safer product for consumers.
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It’s been eight months since the start of the civil war in Sudan which has seen fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
More than 12,000 people have died so far with many more injured.
On Monday, the Rapid Support Forces said they had entered the major city of Wad Madani - an area that is home to 86,000 displaced people who had fled the violence in the capital, Khartoum.
BBC News’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has looked into the latest developments of the conflict.
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The US has announced a new international taskforce to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Countries joining the security group include the UK, France, Canada, Bahrain, Norway and Spain.
It comes after the energy giant BP suspended its shipping operations through the Red Sea because cargo vessels have been attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen.
This is the route taken by around 12% of world shipping, which then passes through the Suez Canal. But several major freight companies have now stopped taking the route.
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A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
About 4,000 people were earlier evacuated from the fishing town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was closed.
The eruption started north of the town at 22:17 local time (22:17 GMT), the Icelandic Met Office said.
The region around the capital Reykjavik has been experiencing an increase in earthquake activity since late October.
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At least 118 people have been killed and another 266 injured following an earthquake on Monday night in north-west China, state media report.
Chinese authorities said the 6.2 magnitude quake struck Gansu province around midnight (16:00 GMT) and also affected neighbouring Qinghai.
Thousands of rescuers are braving freezing conditions to try and help people in the high-altitude area.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered full rescue efforts to Gansu, one of China's poorest regions.
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Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels.
The firm blamed the "deteriorating security situation" in the region as Iran-backed Houthis target ships they believe are bound for Israel.
Many freight firms have suspended journeys as the attacks continue.
BP said it would keep its "precautionary pause under ongoing review" and monitor the region.
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The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation.
Digital commissioner Thierry Breton set out the alleged infringements in a post on the social media platform.
He said X, which is owned by Elon Musk, was also suspected of breaching its obligations on transparency.
X said it was "co-operating with the regulatory process".
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Afghanistan will face its third winter under the Taliban since they took over and it is expected to be the worst in recent decades because of staggering cuts in humanitarian aid.
According to the World Food Programme, a third of the population is facing acute hunger.
But there's a huge funding shortfall. Aid has been hit because of a number of factors including global economic conditions, and international sanctions on the Taliban government, but the Taliban's harsh restrictions on women have also played a major role.
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In October 2022, Russia sent men from its elite 155th Marine Brigade, the “Black Berets” to take the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine.
Ramaz Gorgadze, a young aspiring TikTok rapper, was among them. Before the assault, he sent a last message to his mother, and then went missing.
Days later, a rare protest letter from the Black Berets emerged online. The men claimed that “inept” commanders threw them into an “incomprehensible offensive” and called them “meat”.
Using only publicly available footage and testimonies, BBC Eye has shown how glaring tactical mistakes caused one of the highest concentration of losses for a single Russian unit since the beginning of the war – a number the Russian authorities have denied.
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Flash floods in north Queensland have led to an entire town being evacuated and people trapped on a hospital roof.
Thousands have been evacuated but others remain stranded, in what authorities expect to be the Australian region's worst-ever flood.
Extreme weather driven by a tropical cyclone has dumped a year's worth of rain on some areas.
Images show planes submerged at Cairns airport, a crocodile seen in the middle of a town, and people fleeing in boats.
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A number of freight companies have stopped their ships traveling through the Red Sea after being targeted by Houthis - an Iran-backed rebel movement - in Yemen.
The Red Sea is one the world's most important routes for oil and fuel shipments, as well as consumer goods. It is the route by which ships can reach the Suez Canal - itself a major shipping lane. Avoiding it means vessels must take much longer routes, for example navigating around southern Africa.
Officials in Egypt have insisted that traffic is flowing normally through the Suez Canal, despite the recent attacks.
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Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is facing a Hong Kong court in a long-awaited trial over charges that he "colluded with foreign forces".
Mr Lai, 76, denies the charges. Jailed since December 2020, he faces life in prison if he is found guilty.
Mr Lai was arrested under the National Security Law, which China has been accused of wielding to crush dissent.
His case has caused international uproar and is widely seen as a test of Hong Kong's judicial independence.
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Many countries have set green targets to move from petrol to electric cars but the change could see a dramatic increase in mining.
That is because lithium is essential in the production of electric car batteries and a key metal in the manufacturing process.
Environmentalists and native people cannot agree on whether a new rush for the so-called "white gold" should be supported or fiercely opposed.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The world's largest shipping group, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has announced it is diverting its ships away from the Red Sea because of increased threat of attacks.
French company CMA CGM took a similar step a day after Danish shipping giant Maersk and German transport company Hapag-Lloyd suspended Red Sea journeys.
The Red Sea is one the world's most important routes for oil and fuel shipments.
The decision comes after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The US said on Saturday its guided-missile destroyers had shot down 14 Houthi drones in the Red Sea.
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EU leaders have said that Ukraine will not be left without support, after Hungary blocked €50bn (£43bn) in aid.
Ukraine is critically dependent on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.
A $61bn defence aid package from the US has also been delayed because of major disagreements between Democrat and Republican lawmakers.
Long delays in financial aid for the country would cause big problems for Ukraine's budget, economists have warned - while Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Hungary for blocking the EU aid package.
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The IDF – Israel’s military - says three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed in Gaza by the Israeli military had been holding up a white cloth on a stick.
An initial report by Israel’s military into the deaths found that the hostages were fired upon against Israel’s rules of engagement.
Protests over the killings took place in Tel Aviv, with calls for the Israeli government to do more to bring home hostages from Gaza.
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Some British Army members who say they tried to vouch for Afghan special forces, were never contacted by the Ministry of Defence, an investigation by BBC Newsnight has found.
Multiple sources have told the BBC that some people who offered to give Afghan soldiers references never heard back, and those troops are now in danger of being sent back to the Taliban.
Many of the soldiers were subsequently denied help by a scheme designed to settle those in danger in the UK.
About 200 members of Afghan special forces, trained and funded by the UK, currently living in Pakistan face imminent deportation to Afghanistan.
The men were told they did not fall under the UK's Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), which was designed to help those who served alongside the UK military.
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Israel’s military has expressed “deep remorse” after confirming that its troops shot dead three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
It said the three men had been mistakenly identified as a threat during combat operations in Shejaiya in Gaza.
The hostages were named as Yotam Haim, Samer El-Talalqa and Alon Shamriz. They were seized by Hamas when it attacked southern Israel on 7th October.
Israel’s army said the operation was being reviewed and immediate lessons had been learned about what it called “the tragic incident”.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “Together with the entire people of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the death of three of our dear sons who were kidnapped. My heart goes out to the grieving families in their difficult time.”
Mr Netanyahu was already facing heavy political criticism in Israel over security lapses in the run up to the Hamas attacks and his handling of the hostages crisis.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem.
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The Israeli military says it killed three hostages held in Gaza after they were mistakenly identified as a threat.
The IDF have named them as Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon Shamriz and said the three had been killed in Shejaiya, in Gaza City.
"The IDF expresses deep remorse over the incident and sends the families its heartfelt condolences," the military's statement read.
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Israel has closed its commercial and pedestrian crossings into Gaza, forcing humanitarian assistance to travel through Egypt’s Rafah crossing.
The security cabinet approved the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza through its Kerem Shalom crossing for the first time since the Gaza war started on 7 October.
It took that step during a visit by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan who pressed officials to open the crossing, which until the war had served as the main commercial passage for goods traveling in and out of Gaza.
Sullivan called the move “a significant step.”
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The BBC’s Katty Kay speaks to actor Hugh Bonneville, best known for his iconic roles in Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.
He talks about getting his start in Shakespeare, the surprising popularity of Downton Abbey, and what he’s learned from working alongside other great actors.
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The High Court has ruled that Prince Harry was the victim of mobile phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers and has awarded him £140,600 in damages.
Mr Justice Fancourt said that his personal phone was targeted between 2003 and 2009.
He said 15 of 33 sample articles were “the product of phone hacking … or the product of other unlawful information gathering".
He ruled there was "extensive" phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers from 2006 to 2011
The publisher said in a statement that they “apologise unreservedly” for “historical wrongdoing”.
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is unveiling a new multi-billion-dollar rail network called the 'Tren Maya'.
The network will stretch for 1,500km (930 miles) and it is expected to bring two million more tourists a year to the impoverished Yucatán Peninsula.
But it has run massively over budget and critics have said it's an environmental catastrophe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Russians that peace with Ukraine will only take place "when we achieve our objectives".
He is holding his first major news conference since he launched his first full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Mr Putin has combined his annual "direct line" phone-in with Russians with an audience of journalists.
The annual event did not take place last year.
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Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.
"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday's talks in Brussels.
EU leaders said the aid negotiations would resume early next year.
The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.
Hungary - which maintains close ties with Russia - has long opposed membership for Ukraine but did not veto that move.
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Each Christmas, the UK intelligence agency, GCHQ, launches a codebreaking challenge aimed at testing problem solving skills.
This year's puzzle is aimed at children between the age of 11 and 18 and features a variety of brainteasers including codebreaking and maths.
More than 1,000 secondary schools across the UK signed up for the 2023 event, which this year features some of the trickiest puzzles yet.
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Israel's ambassador to the UK has said the country will not accept a two-state solution after the war in Gaza ends.
The two-state solution is the idea that establishing an independent Palestine alongside Israel would create a way for the two peoples to co-exist peacefully.
Meanwhile, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is on his way to Israel, where he's scheduled to hold talks with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu about a need for more precise strikes against targets in Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, says 18,600 people have been killed in the enclave since the start of the war.
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EU diplomats are discussing proposals to raise emergency funding for Ukraine.
It comes as Hungary vowed it would not yield to pressure to drop its veto on a support package critical for Kyiv.
At the EU leaders' summit on Thursday, formal negotiations will top the agenda alongside a pledge of €54bn (£46bn; $58bn) in EU funds to tide the Ukrainian economy through 2024, and a further €24bn in military support.
Hungarian objections threaten to make a bad week even worse for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. His visit to Washington failed to secure $61bn in US military funding, blocked by Republican lawmakers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his first major news conference since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The event will be carried live on all main Russian television channels. Putin will also take questions from the public and journalists – including journalists from Western countries branded “unfriendly” by Russia.
It comes as EU leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss further funding for Ukraine.
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The Republican-led US House of Representatives has voted for a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Republicans say ut will give them greater powers to gather evidence and enforce legal demands.
Three Republican-led House committees allege bribery and corruption during Mr Biden's tenure as vice-president.
He denies wrongdoing and the committees are yet to produce any evidence. Democrats claim the attempts to investigate the President are simply an extreme political stunt".
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Volodymyr Zelensky's third visit to Washington on Tuesday was a last-ditch effort to win new military aid from Congress before the currently approved amount runs dry.
When Mr Zelensky came to Washington last year, the US approved a $50bn aid package that helped fuel Ukraine's efforts to regain territory ceded at the outset of the Russian invasion.
This time around was different.
After meeting with Mr Zelensky on Tuesday morning, Republican senators were clear that, while they sympathised with Ukraine's plight, they view the situation at the US border as a more pressing national security concern.
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A new deal has been agreed at the UN climate summit in Dubai after days of negotiations.
For the first time, the deal calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels - but not to phase them out, something many governments wanted.
The text recognises the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
The COP28 president said nations had "confronted realities and... set the world in the right direction".
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The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a non-binding resolution demanding "an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza.
153 member states voted in favour, 10 against and there were 23 abstentions.
The World Health Organization says the health system in Gaza has gone from 36 hospitals to only 11 - and those are only partially functioning.
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Since the war began n Gaza, violence has escalated in the occupied West Bank.
Raids by Israeli forces have become more frequent and many Palestinians have been killed.
Protests by Palestinians have gathered strength and support for Hamas is growing.
While Israel and its allies condemn Hamas as a terrorist organisation, increasing numbers of Palestinians in the West Bank support its armed resistance to Israeli occupation.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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Around 200 members of the Afghan special forces, trained and funded by the UK, face imminent deportation back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, an investigation by BBC Newsnight has found.
The soldiers fled to Pakistan - which now says it will expel Afghan refugees.
One former UK general has called it a "betrayal" and a "disgrace", and back in 2021 then Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Parliament that the service of these Afghan special forces had been "incredibly important", adding that the UK would do "whatever we can" to get "safe passage for them".
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington DC to try and save a $61bn (£48.5bn) US defence package for Kyiv.
Republican members of Congress have stalled the aid package and have argued that more should be done to strengthen the US-Mexico border.
Zelensky will meet behind closed doors with various senators as well as the new House Speaker, Mike Johnson, to plead his case.
The Ukrainian president will also meet with President Joe Biden, who has urged US lawmakers to approve the funds as soon as possible.
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A Japanese court has found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague.
The landmark verdict comes after Rina Gonoi, 24, caused a public outcry and drew international attention when she put her story on YouTube in 2022.
Fukushima prosecutors then brought charges against the three men in March, reversing their earlier decision.
Speaking out against sexual violence in deeply conservative Japan is rare and remains a taboo.
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Ukraine's President Zelensky is due to meet with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday as part of a critical visit to help secure US military aid.
Zelensky has called on Congress to overcome its delays which he said were a "dream come true" for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He's also been meeting with the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, after the IMF approved a $900m payment for Ukraine as part of its more than $15bn loan programme.
The IMF also upgraded its growth forecasts for Ukraine predicting the economy would grow by 4.5% this year.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that dozens of Hamas members have surrendered and it is “the beginning of the end” for the group.
Intense fighting is continuing in Gaza with more Israeli air strikes, while Palestinian rocket fire has targeted southern and central Israel.
Israeli tanks have been moving further into Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, with Israel ordering civilians to flee.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington DC to try to rescue an imperilled US defence package to Kyiv worth billions of dollars.
The aid has become embroiled in US domestic, partisan politics, with Republicans demanding concessions on border funding in exchange.
It marks Mr Zelensky's third visit to the US since Russia's 2022 invasion.
The week is a crucial one for Ukraine, with the EU also deciding whether to open accession talks to the bloc.
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On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward VIII made the shocking decision to abdicate the throne, bringing an end to a crisis that tested the boundaries of duty, love and the monarchy itself.
"At long last I am able to say a few words of my own," was how the royal, who the day before was known as King Edward VIII, began a BBC radio broadcast that would not just stun the listening public but reshape the future of the monarchy.
Following his abdication, Edward would later go on to cause more controversy the following year when the couple made an unofficial royal visit to Germany where he met with Adolf Hitler and others in the Nazi leadership.
Many years later in 1970, he gave an interview at his home in Paris with the BBC's Kenneth Harris, where said that he had no regrets over his decision to abdicate.
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The Polish parliament has nominated Donald Tusk to become prime minister after current leader Mateusz Morawiecki lost a key vote in the country's parliament.
Mr Morawiecki's populist Law and Justice (PiS) party failed to win a majority in October's elections.
President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, nonetheless nominated Mr Morawiecki to lead the government.
His failure to win a vote of confidence paves the way for Mr Tusk to become PM.
In all, 190 MPs voted for Mr Morawiecki's government, compared with 266 against. The Sejm, the country's parliament, then nominated Mr Tusk to lead the country.
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Israel's army has issued another call for Palestinians to evacuate Gaza City in the north and Khan Younis in the south as it says it is closing in on "full control" of northern Gaza.
Khan Younis is the second largest city in the Gaza Strip. Over the weekend, Israeli tanks started to move from the east, after they captured most of the four main villages.
Intense air strikes have been seen in northern Gaza, as Palestinian rocket fire targets southern and central Israel.
Key mediator Qatar says the chances of a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are "narrowing", but has vowed to keep up the pressure on both sides.
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About 200 members of Afghan special forces, trained and funded by the UK, face imminent deportation to their Taliban-controlled homeland, the BBC has learned.
The figures - gathered by a network of Afghan veterans - reveal the scale of what one former UK general calls a "betrayal" and a "disgrace".
The soldiers fled to Pakistan, which now has said it will expel Afghan refugees.
The UK said it has brought thousands of Afghans to safety.
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Russia's rough diamonds are one of the few major exports still untouched by sanctions in response to President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine last year.
But the European Union (EU) and the G7 are about to impose a ban on them.
Russia is the biggest producer of rough diamonds cut from hundreds of mines beneath the Siberian permafrost, where a third of the world's diamond supply comes from.
Critics have said revenue from the industry helps to finance the war in Ukraine.
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The skull of a colossal sea monster has been extracted from the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, UK.
It belongs to a pliosaur, a ferocious marine reptile that terrorised the oceans about 150 million years ago.
The 2m-long fossil is one of the most complete specimens of its type ever discovered and is giving new insights into this ancient predator.
The skull will be featured in a special David Attenborough programme on BBC One on New Year's Day.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay travels to the UK to visit Ken Follett, author of bestselling novels including ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ and ‘Eye of the Needle’.
His books have sold nearly 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages.
Ken and Katty discuss the writing process and what it takes to become a bestselling author.
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A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues.
Only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip - and nine out of 10 people cannot eat everyday, a spokesperson said
Conditions in Gaza have made deliveries "almost impossible".
Israel has said it must continue air strikes on Gaza to eliminate Hamas and bring Israeli hostages home.
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Meta is launching a new interactive Holocaust education tool using AI.
It takes users into the memories of Inge Auerbacher, a survivor of the Nazi regime.
Users can ask Inge questions by simply talking, and the AI system will play out her response.
BBC Click went to find out more.
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On Friday, the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, saying it was “imbalanced” and “divorced from reality”, and that it failed to clearly condemn Hamas for its deadly 7 October attacks.
As one of five permanent council members, the US has the power to veto any resolution.
Washington’s position attracted widespread criticism, including from China, which described the US as “self-contradictory” by expressing concern for civilian lives, but refusing to support a draft for a ceasefire.
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The menopause is becoming less of a taboo and more work is being done to better understand women’s reproductive health.
But could we, and should we, delay the menopause?
Female scientists are at the forefront of innovation exploring the idea which could transform women’s health.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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An attempt at the United Nations to agree a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza has failed after the US opposed the proposal.
The UN Secretary General called for an immediate ceasefire, warning that Gaza is at “breaking point” and the consequences of the war could be devastating for the entire region. 13 nations voted for the resolution but the US veto meant it failed to pass.
More video has emerged showing dozens of Palestinian captives stripped to their underwear and being driven away in trucks by Israeli forces for interrogation.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Nada Tawfik at the UN in New York.
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The Saudi Arabia sports minister says claims of 'sportswashing' against the country are "very shallow", as he defended its right to host the men's football World Cup in 2034.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal told the BBC "A lot of the people that accuse us of that haven't been to Saudi, or seen what we are doing.”
The Gulf kingdom has been accused of investing in sport and using high-profile events to improve its international reputation.
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On this day in 1980, John Lennon was murdered outside his home in New York City.
Ever since, Beatles fans have speculated about what might have transpired with the band had he lived.
A rediscovered 1975 interview with Lennon from the BBC archive gives some clues.
His untimely death would rob the Beatles of that opportunity in person, but it wasn't the end of their musical collaboration together.
The final song, Now and Then, was released this year, credited to all four Beatles.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will stand again for a fifth term in office.
He spoke about his intentions during an awards ceremony for participants in the war in Ukraine.
Putin's re-election is seen as inevitable, with opposition almost non-existent and Russian media completely under his control.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked an East African regional force to leave the country, two weeks ahead of an election and amid security concerns in the eastern parts of the country.
President Félix Tshisekedi is up for re-election after spending a first term fighting the M23 rebel group in the North Kivu region.
7 million people have been internally displaced as a result of the conflict, which saw an East African regional force deployed to the area in an hope to end the rebellion.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay travels to the UK to visit Ken Follett, author of bestselling novels including ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ and ‘Eye of the Needle’.
His books have sold nearly 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages.
Ken and Katty discuss his approach to writing, how he views his success, and what it was like growing up in a house where he wasn’t allowed to watch television or movies.
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Washington has stepped up its criticism of the way Israel is carrying out its military retaliation in Gaza.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinker said there is a “gap” between Israel’s promises to protect civilians and what is happening “on the ground” in Gaza.
Israel maintains it is taking steps to minimise civilian harm.
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Google has released an artificial intelligence (AI) model which it claims has advanced "reasoning capabilities" to "think more carefully" when answering hard questions.
AI content generators are known to sometimes invent things, which developers call hallucinations.
Gemini was tested on its problem-solving and knowledge in 57 subject areas including maths and humanities.
But as the technology rapidly evolves, so do fears about its potential to cause harm.
Governments around the world are trying to develop rules or even legislation to contain the possible future risks of AI.
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Images have emerged from Gaza showing dozens of Palestinian men on their knees, stripped to their underwear and with their hands bound, being held by Israeli forces.
It’s not clear if they have surrendered or have been detained by the Israeli military. Some are pictured being loaded into Israeli army trucks.
Israeli has not said who the men are but has confirmed that its forces are making arrests in Gaza.
It comes as tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians stream into Rafah city near the border with Egypt, trying to escape the war in Gaza.
The United Nations humanitarian affairs says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of the name in the south of Gaza.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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The former Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl, who hit the headlines when she danced with Vladimir Putin at her wedding in 2018, has moved to Russia.
In an interview, Ms Kneissl claimed that “political pressure” had forced her out of Austria and described President Putin as “the most intelligent gentleman".
It comes as this month European Union leaders are set to discuss imposing additional restrictions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, in what would be a twelfth round of sanctions.
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Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah has been remembered as a "titan of British literature" after his death aged 65.
He died early on Thursday with his wife by his side, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago, a statement on his Instagram said.
Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, UK, the son of a Barbadian postman and a Jamaican nurse. He was dyslexic and left school aged 13, unable to read or write.
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Satellite imagery analysed by BBC Verify and Newsnight reveal developments at a port in Georgia’s breakaway region, Abkhazia.
The region is internationally recognised as Georgian territory It has been controlled by Russian and separatist forces since the 1990s.
A permanent Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast in Abkhazia was confirmed by its de facto leader, Aslan Bhzania, in October.
There are fears in Georgia this could drag the nation into the war in Ukraine.
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A ChatGPT feature allowing users to easily build their own artificial-intelligence assistants can be used to create tools for cyber-crime, a BBC News investigation has revealed.
OpenAI launched the feature last month, so users could build customised versions of ChatGPT "for almost anything”.
Now, BBC News has used it to create a generative pre-trained transformer that crafts convincing emails, texts and social-media posts for scams and hacks.
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More than 360 young partygoers in Israel were shot, beaten or burnt to death on 7 October when Hamas attackers stormed the Nova festival site near the Israel-Gaza perimeter fence early in the morning.
Dr Lia Naor has built a community to support the young people who lived through the ordeal.
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US Senate Republicans have blocked a move to pass an aid bill for Ukraine after failing to secure border compromises they sought in exchange.
The $110bn (£87.3bn) package included $61bn for Ukraine, as well as funds for Israel and aid for Gaza.
The White House has warned that US funds for Ukraine could soon run out, and a Ukrainian official said that that failure to secure more US aid would mean a "very high possibility" that the war will be lost to Russia.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres has warned countries on the Security Council that public order in Gaza is likely to ‘completely break down’ because of Israeli bombardment and lack of essential supplies
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen criticised the warning by Gutteres and called his tenure “a danger to world peace”.
The last 24 hours has seen more heavy bombardment by Israel in Gaza as it continues its operation agains Hamas.
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Boris Johnson has apologised, at the UK’s official inquiry into the Covid pandemic, for the way his government handled the crisis. The former Prime Minister said it had "vastly underestimated" the threat posed by the virus.
Mr Johnson admitted that as Prime Minister he should have realised sooner how serious the crisis was. He said he was sorry for the pain, loss and suffering of victims and families.
Mr Johnson has been accused of lying about government decisions during the pandemic. It's accused of failing to protect elderly people in care homes. The UK suffered one of the highest death rates from Covid in western Europe.
Mr Johnson was forced to resign as Prime Minister after it emerged that parties had been held in Downing Street in breach of the government’s Covid restrictions.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Vicki Young and Hugh Pym
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Police in Las Vegas are responding to an active shooter alert at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada.
They said there appeared to be "multiple victims at this time" near the university's Beam Hall building.
The university tweeted at around 11:53 local time (19:53 GMT) that police were responding to reports of shots fired on campus.
Las Vegas police later said the suspect "had been located" and was dead.
In a post on social media, the university had initially warned students at Beam Hall to "evacuate to a safe area" and to "RUN-HIDE-FIGHT", which is a common active shooter protocol in the US.
In another post around 20 minutes later, the university alerted students to reports of shots near the Student Union building.
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Earlier this year, a man pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea. He fled by sea with his entire family - his pregnant wife, his mother, his brother's family, and an urn containing his father's ashes.
They are the first people to have fled the country this year and make it to the South.
Mr Kim told the BBC how he masterminded his escape, in the first interview with a defector to have got out since the pandemic.
The BBC cannot independently verify all of Mr Kim's account, but much of the detail tallies with what we have been told by other sources.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called off a high-profile briefing with US lawmakers amid an impasse over future US funding for the country.
Virtual appearances in the Senate and House had been scheduled for Tuesday, but were cancelled at the last moment.
It came after a top Ukrainian official warned they are in danger of losing the war against Russia if more US military aid is not approved.
Senate leader Chuck Schumer did not explain why Mr Zelensky was a no-show.
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Spain is the world's biggest olive oil producer, covering 70% of European Union consumption and 45% of that of the entire world.
But a lack of rain that olive-producing areas around Spain have been seeing has had an enormous impact on both the amount of oil being produced - and its price.
In Spain, olive oil prices have increased by more than 70% this year alone after a sharp rise in 2022, with one-litre bottle of extra virgin oil currently costing around €9 ($9.88; £7.79).
The rise in the price of olive oil in Spain has been echoed across Europe - however in some countries, the increase has not been quite as sharp.
A recent trend, for example, has seen Spaniards who live near Portugal crossing the border to buy slightly cheaper oil there.
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The United Nations is warning that an "even more hellish" scenario is about to unfold in Gaza as the Israeli military intensifies its ground operations in the south.
Unicef says there are "no safe zones" anywhere in Gaza, while the World Health Organisation warns the situation gets "worse by the hour".
Israel says its troops are in "the heart of Khan Younis" after bombarding the southern city overnight.
Israel also says troops are inside Jabalia, in the north, which was the biggest refugee camp in Gaza.
The IDF says it's "the most intense day" of fighting since its ground operation began in late October.
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More than £50m worth of watches were reported stolen in London, UK in 2022, according to a Metropolitan Police FOI.
In the first six months of 2023 alone, 3,190 watches were reported stolen in the capital according to the Met - with a fifth of the thefts involving violence against the victim.
With many luxury watches having serial numbers on them - making them easy to trace - it is known that a lot of the timepieces make it out of the country to places such as Paris, Romania and Dubai.
In a BBC Three documentary, journalist Tir Dhondy explores the underground world of luxury watch thefts and how the gangs operate.
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UK Home Secretary James Cleverly is in Rwanda to sign a new treaty with the east African nation on the government's asylum plan.
The planned policy - first announced in April 2022 - would see some asylum seekers sent to Rwanda to claim asylum there.
But the plan has hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the Supreme Court, which called it unlawful amid concerns about Rwanda's justice system.
The government hopes an enhanced treaty - and "emergency" domestic legislation - will prevent its scheme hitting more legal obstacles.
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China's largest property developer Country Garden unveiled Forest City - a $100bn (£78.9bn) mega-project - in 2016.
In Malaysia, Country Garden's plan was to build an eco-friendly metropolis featuring a golf course, waterpark, offices, bars and restaurants. The company said Forest City would eventually be home to nearly one million people.
Eight years on, only 15% of the project has been built and, according to recent estimates, just over 1% of the total development is occupied.
Despite facing debts of nearly $200bn, Country Garden told the BBC it is "optimistic" the full plan will be completed.
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Allies of Israel have condemned a sharp rise in attacks by armed Jewish settlers on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
Religious jews in illegal settlements on territory that is occupied by Israel claim the land was given to them by God.
The war in Gaza has led to an intensification of violence in the West Bank, with the heavily-armed settlers attacking Palestinian communities.
Palestinians say the settlers have been armed by Israel and are protected by Israeli soldiers. The settlers leaders claim they are protecting themselves.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay speaks to Doctor Anthony Fauci, who was Chief Medical Advisor to the White House during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He discusses why he thinks he became such a divisive figure, the AIDS crisis, and becoming a ‘celebrity’ in his 70s.
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A kayaker's descent down a 20m (65ft) glacial waterfall in the Arctic Circle is the biggest ever recorded.
Catalonian Aniol Serrasolses, 32, paddled through the rapids and ice tunnels of the glacial river, before going down the ice waterfall in Svalbard, Norway.
He described the experience as "like kayaking on another planet".
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Palestinian Prisoners' Club said the Israeli army detained at least 260 Palestinians - some of them children - in the West Bank during the first week of the truce in Gaza.
That’s more than the number of prisoners released as part of the deal to free Israeli hostages from Hamas.
Israeli authorities contacted by the BBC have not disputed the figure. Palestinian mother of six Falestin Nakhle received a call from her son Karim, 12, while he was in Israeli custody. Karim is now back home in Jalazone but told the BBC he was slapped and beaten and displayed marks on his neck and leg. Israel has launched air and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October
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A Russian local official has confirmed the death in action in Ukraine of Maj Gen Vladimir Zavadsky, reported by pro-Kremlin sources last week.
Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev said Maj Gen Zavadsky, 45, died "in the line of duty" but gave no further details.
On Wednesday it was reported that he had killed by a mine, but there were conflicting reports about where this happened.
He is the seventh Russian general known to have died in the Ukraine conflict.
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Over 7,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in south India ahead of a severe cyclonic storm which will cause torrential rains.
Cyclone Michaung is expected to land on the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning, the country's weather office said, with sustained winds of 90-100 kph (56-62 mph), gusting to 110 kph.
Several areas of Tamil Nadu were submerged in knee-deep water and there have been power outages since Monday morning, reports say.
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Israel has confirmed that a ground offensive has begun in southern Gaza. It said it would be “no less powerful” than its offensive in the north of the territory.
The Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza says at least 15,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its military operation.
Since a week-long ceasefire ended, Israel has resumed its massive bombardment of Gaza. Residents of Khan Younis described it as the heaviest wave of attacks so far.
The Israeli authorities say members of the Hamas leadership are hiding in the city, where hundreds of thousands of people have been sheltering after fleeing fighting in the north in the early stages of the war.
There has also been spiralling violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Katya Adler presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem.
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The IDF says it is shifting the focus of its offensive to southern Gaza on a third day of renewed fighting.
The Israeli military says it is targeting Hamas command centres, weapons storage and naval forces after its ceasefire with Hamas fell apart on Friday.
The US defence secretary said Israel has a right to defend itself, but it has a "moral responsibility" to protect civilians.
Residents of Khan Younis yesterday said the southern city has experienced its heaviest bombardment since the start of the war.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter in the area, after being told to flee the north of the territory, which was Israel's main target in the early stages of the war
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When wind turbines reach the end-of-life they are particularly hard to recycle and many end up in landfill.
Wind farms have skyrocketed in the bid to reduce emissions but the waste produced by unwanted blades is a growing problem for the green industry.
One manufacturer in Denmark has had a breakthrough in coming up with a solution.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Countries and oil companies at the UN climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge.
Around 100 countries promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030.
And 50 oil and gas companies including Saudi giant Aramco pledged to stop adding to planet-warming gases by 2050.
That only covers emissions from production, not the burning of fossil fuels and critics said it would not meaningfully tackle climate change.
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Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza is continuing into its second day, as the IDF warns civilians in some areas to evacuate.
Fighting resumed on Friday after a seven-day truce expired; Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for failing to agree an extension.
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Food waste is a huge problem across the world and in India this is particularly the case because of the country’s lack of cold storage facilities.
But one of this year’s Earthshot Prize winners is using solar power in innovative ways to tackle the issue head on.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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George Santos, the US Congressman accused of money laundering, lying about his past, and stealing campaign funds, to pay for everything from luxury holidays to Botox treatment, has been expelled by the House of Representatives.
An ethics report had found that Congressman George Santos exploited “every aspect” of his role for personal financial profit.
Mr Santos is facing 21 criminal charges.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O'Donohue reports from Washington.
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The US House of Representatives has voted to expel Congressman George Santos.
The New York Republican is only the sixth lawmaker in history to be expelled from the lower chamber of Congress, and the first since 2002.
Mr Santos is facing more than 20 federal charges including fraud, money laundering and stealing public funds.
He has said he's being bullied from office.
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The world's most important climate meeting is being hosted in Dubai by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - one of the world's top ten oil producers.
COP28 is the biggest gathering of world leaders of the year.
King Charles III and Rishi Sunak will be there, along with dozens of other world leaders and some 70,000 other attendees.
One attendee, the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, spoke to BBC News.
Gates chose to attend COP 28 to share his message of “funding more innovations that reduce carbon emissions while making clean energy affordable for everyone, help people (especially in poor countries) survive and thrive in a warming world, and continue the world’s progress on fighting disease and poverty,” according to his latest post on his website.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay talks to Doctor Anthony Fauci, who served as Chief Medical Advisor to the US president during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Doctor Fauci reveals why he left the US government and decided to become a university professor.
He also tells Katty about his work leading the US response to the AIDS crisis and opens up about how recent threats to his security have affected his day to day life.
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King Charles III has urged world leaders gathered in Dubai to make the COP28 climate summit a "turning point".
In a speech on the second day of the conference, the monarch warned that despite some progress "we remain so dreadfully far off track".
He called for "genuine transformational action", a day after the meeting opened with stark warnings on global warming.
The King said he has spent “a large proportion of my life trying to warn of the existential threats facing us over global warming, climate change and biodiversity loss”.
He said that despite this, decades later there is 30% more CO2 in the atmosphere now than back then, and almost more than 40% more methane.
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In the last few hours we've seen world leaders starting to arrive in Dubai for the COP28 climate conference.
The UN summit follows a year of extreme weather events in which many climate records have been broken.
So far, speakers have included the UK's King Charles III and UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres.
"We are living through climate collapse in real time," the Guterres said, confirming that 2023 will be the hottest year on record.
COP28 is the 28th annual UN climate meeting where governments will discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change.
The summit is taking place from 30 November until 12 December 2023.
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The Israeli military said it has resumed combat against Hamas in Gaza, after accusing the group of violating the terms of a ceasefire.
The truce lasted seven days and saw the release of 110 hostages held by Hamas and 240 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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Humans already work alongside robots in industries such as manufacturing.
Now, for knowledge workers, the threat of AI (artificial intelligence) replacement is coming faster than they imagined.
In early 2023, OpenAI's ChatGPT ushered in a new era – one in which AI went from a pipe dream to a very real, contentious issue for workers.
The stakes are high: an April report from Goldman Sachs estimates ChatGPT, and other similar generative AI tools, could increase global GDP by as much as 7%, while replacing 300 million full time workers.
Yet the light-speed adoption and evolution of generative AI tools may now mean knowledge-work jobs that were long considered "safe" could be threatened even faster than workers anticipated.
That includes creative positions that many presumed would be hard to automate, in fields like marketing, music production and graphic design.
Accordingly, researchers have found that the "exposure curve is upward-sloping", says Mark Muro, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, who focuses on the interplay of technology, people and places.
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Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland are saying goodbye to giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang ahead of their journey back to China.
They have lived in the UK since 2011 but will be returning to China in December.
Preparations are under way to safely send them home, but for security reasons, the date of their departure will be kept under wraps.
The pair were originally only supposed to stay for 10 years, but the unique loan deal was extended due to the Covid pandemic.
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COP28 is set to get under way, with world leaders arriving in Dubai after a year of weather extremes.
The climate summit is taking place in the United Arab Emirates, which is one of the world’s top oil-producing nations, and the presidents of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters - the US and China - are not attending.
Scientists have said the planet is heading for catastrophic changes under current climate policies, while the UN has warned that efforts to limit global warming are “severely off track”.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the temporary truce in Gaza, just minutes before it was due to expire.
The pause in fighting was due to expire at 05:00 GMT, but the Israeli military said it will be extended "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages".
On Wednesday evening, another 16 hostages taken captive by Hamas were released, as were 30 Palestinians.
It is thought that around 145 people remain in captivity.
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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100.
He served as America's top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
Despite leaving office in the mid-1970s, he continued to be consulted by generations of leaders for decades.
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Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead in the street in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during a raid by Israeli forces. They were 8 and 14 years old.
With war in Gaza, tension and violence have been rising in the West Bank, which is occupied by Israel but run by the Palestinian Authority.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jenin.
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Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says.
Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where almost 1.1 million people are sheltering.
Patients with chronic illnesses like cancer are also receiving no treatment.
The warning comes as a truce between Israel and Hamas entered a sixth day, after a 48-hour extension was agreed.
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Sweden says it's been assured its application to join Nato will finally be ratified by Turkey, more than a year since it applied to join.
Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström says he met his Turkish counterpart on Tuesday and was told the approval would come within weeks.
Turkey has, so far refused to ratify Sweden's application unless it takes tougher action against Kurdish separatists in Sweden.
Applications to join Nato must be ratified by all current members.
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Global revenue generated by elite women's sport is predicted to surpass £1bn for the first time next year.
Finance experts Deloitte predict women's sport revenue will reach £1.02bn in 2024 after a year of growth featuring the Fifa Women's World Cup in 2023.
Football is forecast to generate £439m, with basketball predicted to be the second most valuable sport with £280m.
The news comes before a busy year for women's sport, headlined by the Paris Olympics.
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Researchers have located "the perfect solar system", forged without the violent collisions that made our own mix of different-sized planets.
The system, 100 light years away, has six planets all about the same size and is thought to have been formed up to 12 billion years ago.
The creation of our own solar system was a violent process, with planets crashing into each other, disturbing orbits and leaving us with giants like Jupiter and Saturn alongside relatively small worlds like our own.
In solar system HD110067, as astronomers have named it, things couldn't be more different - and these undisturbed conditions make it ideal for learning how these worlds formed and whether they host life.
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There are hopes the truce between Israel and Hamas could be extended, with talks being held in Qatar about a possible new deal.
US president Joe Biden said that allowing the conflict to continue in Gaza would "give Hamas what they seek".
Israel says it's received a list of hostages held in Gaza who could be released later on Wednesday, on the sixth day of the current truce.
On Tuesday, 12 more hostages were released by Hamas and Israel freed 30 more Palestinian prisoners.
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The BBC’s Carl Nasman investigates how the food we eat, drink and produce impacts the planet.
From eating insects to edible water bottles, Carl explores the innovations that could help restore ecosystems and reduce plastic pollution.
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All 41 construction workers who became trapped in a tunnel in northern India after a landslide on 12 November have been rescued.
None of the men are thought to have been injured, but the group are being given medical checks at a nearby hospital.
They were extracted one by one via a pipe 90cm (3ft) in diameter, which was inserted through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand state.
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The first workers who have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand state since 12 November have been freed.
The men became stuck after a landslide nearby brought down a mountain of debris.
They are being extracted one by one via a 90cm diameter pipe inserted through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel.
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The first transatlantic flight by a large passenger plane powered only by alternative fuels has taken off.
Operated by Virgin Atlantic, the plane travelled from London's Heathrow to New York's JFK airport.
Airlines see the flight, which is supported by UK government funding, as demonstrating that a greener way of flying is possible.
But a lack of fuel supply remains a challenge, while other technology will be needed to hit emissions targets.
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The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
The UN body responsible for the COP28 summit told the BBC hosts were expected to act without bias or self-interest.
The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private".
It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on "meaningful climate action".
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Rescuers in India say they have broken through to 41 workers who have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand state since 12 November.
The men became stuck after a landslide nearby brought down a mountain of debris.
They are expected to be extracted one by one via a 90cm diameter pipe inserted through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel.
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Israel has freed 33 more Palestinian prisoners, after the release of a further 11 Israeli hostages by Hamas.
The release of 33 people means 150 Palestinians have been released since Friday - the day both sides began swapping hostages and prisoners.
Fifty-one Israeli hostages, including three-year-old-twin sisters, have been freed by Hamas as part of the deal.
Qatar has said the pause in fighting will be extended by two days, which Israel has not confirmed or denied.
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Fragments from the asteroid US space agency Nasa has described as the most dangerous rock in the Solar System have arrived in the UK for study.
The tiny pieces of rock and dust from the object known as Bennu will be subjected to tests at the Natural History Museum, and the Open, Manchester and Oxford universities.
The sample was scooped up from the surface of 500m-wide asteroid Bennu in 2020 by Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft, and then delivered by capsule to the Utah desert two months ago.
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Analysis by the BBC has revealed that Hamas held multiple training exercises in Gaza, ahead of their deadly attack on Israel on 7th October which claimed 1,200 lives.
BBC Verify and BBC Arabic have established that Hamas held military exercises over three years and posted the evidence on social media.
They practised hostage-taking, raiding compounds and breaching Israel's defences during these exercises, the last of which was held just 25 days before the attack.
Several armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the assault on Israel. The groups carried out joint drills in Gaza, including at a site less than 1km from the barrier with Israel.
The Ocotober attack on Israel provoked retaliation which has led to the deaths of more than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the authorities there.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonathan Beale.
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A diplomatic row has broken out between the British and Greek governments over the Elgin Marbles.
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled the meeting at the last minute.
A spokesman for the Greek prime minister told the BBC that he was "disappointed" the meeting had been cancelled "at the 11th hour".
The cancellation came the day after Mr Mitsotakis said the marbles should be returned.
The marbles are ancient Greek treasures in the British Museum brought to the UK by the British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th Century.
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Lack of access to safe abortions is fuelling a hidden crisis in Kenya, where over 2,000 women are estimated to die every year from backstreet or unregulated terminations. An estimated seven women die every day from unsafe abortions in the country.
BBC Africa Eye have investigated.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the four-day truce in Gaza for another two days, mediator Qatar says.
A Palestinian source also told the BBC that the truce had been extended.
The truce had been due to expire after today.
As part of the Israel-Hamas deal, 39 Israeli hostages in Gaza have been released so far with 117 Palestinians freed from Israeli jails.
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Social media feeds are unique to every user - so could they be shaping how you view the Israel-Gaza war?
BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring has looked into how platforms will recommend content that is more likely to align with and reinforce users views.
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Hamas has said it is seeking to extend the current four-day pause in fighting with Israel and increase the number of hostages released.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the original agreement could be extended - but Israeli operations in Gaza would resume with full force after the truce period.
There are reports that truce extension talks are now under way, with Egyptian and Qatari mediation.
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New Zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the nation's world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts, a reversal strongly criticised by health experts.
The legislation, introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in New Zealand, and the policy had aimed to stop young generations from picking up the habit.
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There are strong signs that the four-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza may be extended. Hamas has released a third group of hostages and Israel has freed more Palestinian prisoners.
Both Israel and Hamas have indicated that they are considering extending the truce with the possible release of more captives. The United States has said it hopes the ceasefire agreement will be extended. However the Israeli government has also indicated that its military operation in Gaza is not over.
17 more hostages were in the third group released by Hamas, including Israeli women and children, a Russian national and three Thai citizens. Israel released 19 Palestinians from prison.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin and Lucy Williamson.
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Football Manager was a hit that broke records as one of the five fastest-selling PC games ever when it was released in November 2004.
Since then, the series putting players in charge of running a football club has continued to grow, with last year's game played by six million people.
But it has changed dramatically since the 2000s. Little circles bouncing about on a green rectangle have become a fully-fledged 3D simulation, which gamers often boast (or bemoan) getting lost in for hundreds of hours each year.
With the release of the 20th game in the Football Manager series, the BBC spoke to Sports Interactive, the studio behind the game, about how the fan favourite has evolved.
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TV cook and author Ina Garten - also known as the 'Barefoot Contessa' - speaks to the BBC’s Katty Kay about her time working for the White House, and why she left.
She also discusses her culinary success, ambition, and her decision to not have children.
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The Indian military has said it has flown in specialised equipment as part of the efforts to free 41 construction workers from a collapsed road tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
The men have been stuck inside the tunnel for two weeks after a section caved in.
Drilling through the debris has been suspended after the main machine broke down.
Experts are also working to drill from above to reach the workers. An official has warned that the operation could drag on for weeks.
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Hamas has released 17 more hostages, including 13 Israelis and four Thai citizens. It’s the second group of captives to be freed in an agreement that includes a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas.
The hostages were transferred by the International Red Cross through the Rafah border crossing from Gaza into Egypt where they were handed to the Israeli authorities.
It’s understood that 39 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are being released in return for the latest hostages being freed.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin and Lucy Williamson.
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Lord Cameron has warned Israel it will never be secure unless there is “long term safety and stability” for the Palestinian people.
In his first full interview as Foreign Secretary, he told the BBC civilian casualties in Gaza were too high and settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank were “completely unacceptable”.
He was speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, in occupied east Jerusalem.
This interview was recorded on Friday 24th November.
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Russia has launched its biggest drone attack on Kyiv since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, the city's mayor has said.
Residents were woken by explosions before dawn on Saturday as Russia bombarded the capital for more than six hours.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said five people had been injured in the attacks and power has been cut to a number of buildings.
Officials said that more than 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones were fired at the capital, and 74 were shot down.
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Israeli authorities have said a second group of hostages are due to be freed by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in a deal brokered by Qatar.
It's the second day of a four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Friday saw the release of 24 hostages - they included 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino national. 39 Palestinian prisoners were released as part of the deal.
The biggest humanitarian convoy since the start of the war entered Gaza on Friday, carrying fuel, food and medical supplies.
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Twenty-four hostages have been released by Hamas and are now back in Israel.
Among them are 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino, says Qatar, which has been mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
The Israelis include four children - aged two, four, six and nine - as well as an 85-year-old woman.
Palestinian women and teenagers held by Israel have also been released to the West Bank as part of the deal.
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The Red Cross says it has begun the transfer of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas, with vehicles seen crossing into Egypt.
The organisation describes the work as a "multi-day" operation which will include the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Israeli media are reporting that a group of 13 Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza and are now in Egypt.
Twelve Thai hostages were also freed by Hamas.
The group are expected to be flown to Israeli hospitals for medical checks before being reunited with their families.
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Ina Garten – also known as the Barefoot Contessa – is an iconic American cook, author, and television personality.
The BBC’s Katty Kay visits Garten’s home in New York for a conversation about success, failure, and how Garten became one of the most influential figures in the culinary world.
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Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, 10 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
He shot Steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013, later claiming he mistook her for a burglar.
Pistorius, now 37, was sentenced in 2016 to serve 13 years in prison.
The parole board has set his release for 5 January 2024.
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Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is making another bid for early release from the South African prison where he is serving over 13 years for murdering his girlfriend.
Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp 10 years ago at his home in Pretoria in a killing that shocked the world, and was jailed for murder in 2016. The parole hearing is at Atteridgeville prison, just outside Pretoria.
It is unclear how quickly the parole board will decide, but it could be fast. In the event Pistorius is granted parole, a date will be set for his release.
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Ireland's police chief says over 30 people were arrested during riots in Dublin on Thursday, following an earlier knife attack in the city centre which left four people injured.
More than a dozen shops were damaged or looted, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said, and several police vehicles and three buses were destroyed.
One police officer was seriously injured in the rioting and many more were hurt, Harris added.
The Commissioner described "huge destruction from a riotous mob", which police have blamed on a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology".
Earlier on Thursday, police said a five-year-old girl was in emergency care following the knife attack.
A woman in her 30s and two other children aged five and six were also injured.
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A four-day pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas has come into effect, with both sides saying the pause is temporary.
Under the deal, 13 Israeli hostages who were taken by Hamas are due to be released later today, with 50 being released over the four days.
As part of the agreement, Israel will release 150 Palestinian prisoners.
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Pop group Girls Aloud have announced a massive reunion tour for 2024, bringing their 11-year break to an end.
Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine and Nicola will hit the road in May, playing "all the hits" and "a few favourites of our own".
The shows will be dedicated to their former bandmate, Sarah Harding, who died of breast cancer in 2021.
The band sat down with the BBC to discuss details of the upcoming tour.
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A 5-year-old girl is in emergency care after five people were injured in a knife attack in the centre of Dublin, Irish police have said.
In a press conference, gardai added that a boy and a girl were also hurt, less seriously - along with two adults.
Officers added that a "person of interest" - a man in his 50s - had been detained after the attack, and they were not looking for anyone else
They said they were not treating the incident as terror-related, but that it remained under investigation.
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Three of the world's most influential women - Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates - have told BBC 100 Women they want to end child marriage within a generation.
Each year, 12 million underaged girls are forced into marriage - a crisis that at the current rate will take over 300 years to fix, according to the UN.
But former First Lady Mrs Obama told BBC News "it is an issue that can be solved tomorrow".
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The high cost of cancer drugs in India risks putting treatment out of reach for many people who can’t afford it.
A group of hospitals are now taking on the drug companies by pooling resources to buy the drugs in bulk.
They aim to cut the cost of treatment by more than 80% and ensure that even those who remote areas can et access to advanced medicines.
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The world's largest crypto currency exchange, Binance, has lost more than $1 billion dollars in the first 24 hours since its founder pleaded guilty to federal money laundering charges.
Changpeng Zhao, one of the most influential figures in crypto, could also be facing jail time.
The company has been hit by a record fine of more than $4 billion, and since the news broke many customers of Binance have been withdrawing their money from the exchange.
The US Justice Department said Binance had helped users bypass sanctions across the world.
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Geert Wilders, a veteran anti-Islam populist leader, has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, according to the latest forecast.
After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is set to win 37 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance.
"The PVV can no longer be ignored," he said.
His win has shaken Dutch politics and it will send a shock across Europe too.
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Israel has announced that a deal to release dozens of Israeli hostages held by Hamas has been delayed.
A temporary ceasefire which is supposed to come into force with the hostages’ release has also been delayed. Israel says negotiations are continuing with Hamas.
It had been expected that 50 of around 240 hostages held in Gaza would be released over four days with a truce taking place at the same time. In return around 150 Palestinian women and teenagers would be released from prison in Israel.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin.
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A vehicle has exploded on a bridge that connects the US and Canada near the Niagara Falls, according to the FBI.
The incident took place on the Rainbow Bridge one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, one of the busiest travel days of the year.
According to the city of Niagara Falls, the vehicle was attempting to enter the US when it exploded.
All crossings are currently closed until further notice, officials said.
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US authorities have reportedly thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil.
Two months ago, Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegation linking Indian agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver.
India has denied the claims.
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Rescuers have now drilled through two thirds of the debris of a collapsed road tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state, where 41 workers have been trapped for 10 days.
Work had been suspended on Friday after rescuers heard a cracking sound while drilling.
Officials say other plans to rescue the men, including drilling down from the mountain top, are also on track.
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The Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations.
He said in a post on X that he “made mistakes” and “takes responsibility” for the charges.
The US Justice Department said it was requiring Binance, the largest crypto-exchange in the world, to pay $4.3bn (£3.4bn) in penalties and forfeitures, saying Binance had helped users bypass sanctions across the world.
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Four parties have emerged as front-runners as Dutch voters decide who will lead their country into a new political era.
The polls suggest a neck-and-neck race and voting ends at 21:00 (20:00GMT), with centre-right leader Dilan Yesilgöz tipped to win and become the first female Dutch prime minister.
Her closest rivals are anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders and a left-alliance led by former top-ranking EU commissioner Frans Timmermans.
More than 13 million Dutch voters have a choice of 26 parties in Wednesday's vote, and as many as 17 could win seats.
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OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman will return as boss just days after he was fired by the board, the firm has said.
The agreement "in principle" involves a new board members being appointed, the tech company added.
It comes after Mr Altman was sacked on Friday triggering an open letter from staff who threatened to resign unless he was reinstated.
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North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, after two earlier attempts failed this year.
South Korea says it has partially suspended its military agreement with the country, and will resume surveillance activities previously suspended on the border.
It comes after a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in September, where Moscow offered Pyongyang help with its space programme.
South Korea says it has not confirmed yet if the satellite is operational, but says it believes the North received help from Russia.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to pause fighting for the release of 50 hostages being held in Gaza.
It's not yet known when the deal will be implemented, but if successful it'll be the first break in fighting since 7 October.
Hamas said the deal will also allow hundreds of lorries of humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel into Gaza.
The group, which is considered as a terrorist organisation by several Western governments, said that 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released from Israeli jails under the deal.
Israel's government insists that this isn't the end of the war, reiterating its commitment to "complete the elimination of Hamas".
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Seven months after the start of Sudan's civil war, conditions for many in the capital, Khartoum, are worse than ever - but some of those who escaped from the city in the early days are also struggling to survive.
Aid workers have also been among the victims of the conflict, with 900 security incidents involving UN workers, and 19 deaths.
This makes it the most dangerous place in the world for humanitarian workers.
Meanwhile, the UN is struggling to fund its work in the country, having only raised funds to cover a quarter of its $2.6bn (£2bn) humanitarian response plan.
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The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023.
Among them are attorney and former US First Lady Michelle Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, Ballon d'Or-winning footballer Aitana Bonmatí, AI expert Timnit Gebru, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Hollywood star America Ferrera and beauty mogul Huda Kattan.
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Ukraine is marking the tenth anniversary of the start of the Euromaidan movement.
That was when Ukrainians began joining a growing protest against official corruption and the government's shift towards Russia.
The movement eventually toppled the government.
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Staff at OpenAI have called on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign after the shock dismissal of former boss Sam Altman.
In a letter, they question the board's competence, and accuse it of undermining the firm's work. They also demand Mr Altman's reinstatement.
The letter's hundreds of signatories, who include senior staff, say they may themselves resign if their demands are not met.
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The US President Joe Biden has confirmed that he believes a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is close. It's believed that it would involve Hamas releasing captives in return for pauses in the fighting in Gaza, to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid.
Around 240 hostages were taken on 7th October when Hamas gunmen raided southern Israel.
The White House says they are closer than ever before to freeing some of those who were seized and taken to Gaza.
Meanwhile a group of 28 premature babies who were trapped by fighting around the the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City have arrived in Egypt for medical treatment.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin and Frank Gardner.
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Staff at OpenAI have called on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign after the shock dismissal of former boss Sam Altman.
In a letter, they question the board's competence, and accuse it of undermining the firm's work.
They also demand Mr Altman's reinstatement.
But Mr Altman now has a job at Microsoft and seems to want to stay.
The sacking on Friday of a man who is one of the leading figures in artificial intelligence (AI) shocked the tech world.
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Ehud Olmert, who was Israeli prime minister between 2006 and 2009, has spoken about who he thought was to blame for the security failings ahead of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.
Hamas has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK and other governments.
During his time in office, Mr Olmert wanted a two-state solution, offering to withdraw from most of the occupied West Bank.
His deal ended when he was forced from office in a corruption scandal.
BBC Newsnight’s Joe Inwood spoke to him about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Hundreds of families are suing some of the world's biggest technology companies, claiming they knowingly expose children to harmful products.
The lawsuit against Meta - the owner of Facebook and Instagram - plus TikTok, Google and Snap Inc, the owner of Snapchat, is one of the largest ever mounted in Silicon Valley.
The plaintiffs include ordinary families and school districts from across the US, who claim that the platforms are harmful by design.
The companies say they’ll robustly defend themselves.
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The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit claims to be the world's first all-female wildlife ranger squad.
They don't carry guns but they are determined to fight poachers.
The BBC followed a day in their life, patrolling the Greater Kruger National Park of South Africa.
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More than 170,000 Russians are still living in Ukraine after their home nation launched its full-scale invasion on the country, according to figures from the State migration service.
Some are even fighting in Ukraine’s army. But their situation is complicated.
They say they can’t access basic services without a Ukrainian passport. To get that, they’d first have to travel to Russia to surrender their citizenship.
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What are the challenges the world faces in the transition to renewable energy – and what are the possible solutions?
The BBC's Carl Nasman learns about the US' first 100% renewable-powered city; the world’s largest solar farm; and the research project literally getting energy from thin air.
This is episode three of Future Earth, a series exploring today’s most important developments in climate science and sustainability.
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There is growing pressure for Israel to stop violence by settlers agains Palestinians in Gaza’s occupied West Bank.
Rights groups say it has risen to unprecedented levels since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
There are widespread curfews and lockdowns being imposed on Palestinians in the territory.
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Far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential run-off poll, according to provisional results.
His rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede, while former US President Donald Trump congratulated Milei on his victory, saying he would "Make Argentina Great Again!".
Milei's proposals, which included "blowing up" the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change amid an economy in crisis.
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Mohammed El Sherif and nine of his family members are trapped in the home in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza.
He decided not to evacuate to the south after Israel ordered the northern Gaza Strip to be evacuated, as he fell it was to dangerous and people were being killed on the way.
He had set up a clinic to help children overcome their trauma.
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There are hopes that a deal may be reached soon to release some of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Israel's ambassador to the United States said he was hopeful that a "significant number" of hostages could be released "in the coming days”. A White House spokesman said that negotiations to free hostages held in Gaza were at a ”very sensitive stage” with “significant progress in recent days”.
Hamas gunmen seized more than 200 hostages when they raided southern Israel on 7th October, killing 1,200 people.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to the attacks. The Health Ministry in Gaza which is controlled by Hamas says more than 13,000 people have been killed there.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin in Jerusalem.
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"With this project, we've realised the importance of eating, looking after yourself, recovery and making our body strong for performance, not just to look at."
A new British Rowing research project, Project Minerva, is focussed on supporting the health of female athletes.
Using saliva testing to track hormones and the menstrual cycle alongside other training markers such as heart rate monitors to measure exertion, the project aims to make training more personalised and productive, in turn producing healthier and stronger athletes.
Project Minerva started a year ago with just eight volunteers - now, all but a handful of the GB squad are taking part.
The hope is that the initiative will be rolled out across other elite sports in years to come.
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Qatar’s prime minister says the challenges that remain in the talks to release the hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October are “very minor”.
Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani added that his confidence was growing that a deal between Israel and Hamas could be reached.
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing has yet been agreed and ruled out a full ceasefire - the US says officials are working to agree a deal.
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Huge queues of lorries have built up on the Polish-Ukrainian border due to a blockade by Polish truckers, who are accusing Ukrainians of stealing their business.
Humanitarian and military aid are waved through into Ukraine, as is perishable food and livestock. But everything else gets stuck.
Ukrainian drivers have been sleeping in their cabs for over a week, waiting to cross the border, and are running out of supplies.
Ukraine's ambassador to Poland has called the hauliers' protest a "stab in the back" from a country that has been a close ally ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Polish truckers said they were forced into this extreme step to protect their livelihoods after the EU lifted all entry restrictions on Ukrainian carriers.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has described al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a "death zone" after a visit to the site.
A joint UN team led by the WHO assessed the hospital for one hour following its occupation and evacuation by the Israeli military. The team said they saw evidence of shelling and gunfire and observed a mass grave.
Following an evacuation which the hospital director said was ordered by the Israeli army but which the army said was requested by the director, 300 critically ill patients remain in al-Shifa.
The WHO said it was trying to arrange the urgent evacuation of remaining patients and staff to other facilities in Gaza, and repeated calls for a ceasefire.
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SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket in Texas, US, but lost contact after eight minutes of flight.
The top part of the rocket - the most powerful ever developed - successfully separated from the booster which then blew up. Contact was then lost with the main rocket.
Elon Musk's company still hailed it as a success and the rocket flew further than the failed first attempt in April.
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Wendell Pierce is known for his roles in hit TV series including The Wire, Suits, and Jack Ryan.
He spoke to the BBC’s Katty Kay about acting, his time working with Meghan Markle, and his love of New Orleans.
This clip is from Influential with Katty Kay. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/LgzXjmSinvI
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Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the animated short Steamboat Willie, which was released on 18 November 1928.
When the film came out, Walt Disney was facing ruin – but then had a brain wave that would transform his life.
The animated short not only marked the debut of a global cultural icon, but it also set the path for Walt Disney's entire empire and was a pivotal moment in the development of cinema, introducing synchronised sound to animated cartoons.
Disney had long been fascinated by animals, to the extent that he would send his artists to an animal anatomy class before making Bambi (1942), which he describes in this exclusive BBC video from 1959.
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Israel says it will allow two fuel trucks a day to enter the Gaza Strip, after pressure to do so from the US.
A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed in every two days.
Most of that is intended for trucks delivering aid, as well as supporting the UN in providing water and sanitation, the official said.
The rest is for mobile phone and internet services, which had been cut off due to a lack of fuel.
But aid agencies have also warned that this is nowhere near enough to run their humanitarian operations, amid growing fears of people starving as they desperately search for food.
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In a world first, medical regulators in the UK have approved a gene therapy that aims to cure sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.
The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its discoverers were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.
It is a revolutionary advance for two inherited blood conditions, both triggered by errors in the gene for haemoglobin.
In trials, 28 out of 29 sickle cell patients were free of severe pain and 39 of 42 beta thalassemia patients no longer needed blood transfusions for at least a year.
The trials are continuing in the UK, US, France, Germany and Italy.
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The United Nations is warning that Palestinians in Gaza are facing the "immediate possibility of starvation”. It says aid cannot be distributed there due to a lack of fuel.
The Israeli government has said it will allow in two tankers of diesel fuel a day but the UN says that is not nearly enough.
Israeli airstrikes have been continuing. The UN says one in every 57 people in Gaza has now been killed or wounded since the start of the Israeli offensive there.
Israel says it is waging war on Hamas in Gaza after gunmen raided Israel on 7th October and killed 1,200 people.
Mishal Husain presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye in Jerusalem, working with freelance journalist Maidi Fathi in Gaza, to put together this report.
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The White House has accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous lie" about Jewish people, after the X owner appeared to respond approvingly to an antisemitic post on the platform.
On Wednesday, Mr Musk replied to a post sharing an antisemitic conspiracy theory, calling it "actual truth".
Mr Musk has denied that the post was antisemitic.
But a White House spokesman said his endorsement of the post, which drew anger online, was "unacceptable".
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Russia has been attempting to encircle the eastern Ukraine town of Avdiivka and has been repeatedly attacking it for over a month.
The town retains its reputation as a stronghold just beyond occupied Donetsk, but some fear it will soon follow the same fate as Bakhmut, which has been almost completely destroyed.
Jack Losh has spoken to some locals to see how they’re doing and to find out what winter could bring for the Ukrainian Eastern flank.
Reporter: Jack Losh Producer: Tetiana Kharchenko
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A US town’s border with Mexico has become highly politicised as different measures have been used to try and prevent migrant crossings.
The dangerous Rio Grande River has seen thousands of migrants attempt to get across it to reach Eagle Pass in Texas.
BBC Newsnight’s David Grossman has followed their journey and spoken to locals in Eagle Pass about how the community feels about the crossings.
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Since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has banned men of fighting age from leaving the country unless they have a valid exemption.
A BBC Eye investigation found nearly 20,000 men have fled the country illegally since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted.
A further 21,000 have tried to leave but were caught by the Ukrainian authorities.
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An asylum seeker who received a letter informing him he could be sent to Rwanda and was one of those to challenge the government at the Supreme Court has told BBC Newsnight he would rather die than go to the African nation.
The Supreme Court upheld a Court of Appealing ruling on Wednesday that deemed the government’s policy to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda and ban them from returning to the UK was unlawful.
Rishi Sunak says the government will work on a new treaty with Rwanda and he is prepared to change UK laws.
The 49-year-old asylum seeker has asked for his identity to be hidden, and his words have been spoken by a translator.
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YouTube has revealed an artificial intelligence tool that allows users to imitate pop stars like Demi Lovato and John Legend.
The experimental feature, called Dream Track, allows users to create short songs by describing qualities including lyrical content and mood.
Nine artists have allowed their voices to be "cloned" by the software, including Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, T-Pain and Sia.
For now, about 100 creators in the US have been given access to the tool, which can only be used to soundtrack videos on YouTube Shorts - the platform's rival to TikTok.
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Police and protesters clashed outside the Democrat Party's national headquarters on Wednesday, forcing dozens of lawmakers to be evacuated.
Officials said the pro-Palestinian organisers calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were gathered "illegally and violently".
Protesters said they were provoked by police in riot gear who rushed them without warning.
Six officers were treated for injuries and a protester was arrested.
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Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has clinched a vote in parliament to lead Spain for another term as prime minister.
He has secured a four-seat majority in the 350-seat chamber, after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from Spain.
The conservative Popular Party won elections in July, but leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed to form a majority.
Mr Sánchez told MPs that the amnesty deal would help "heal wounds".
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BBC's Lucy Williamson goes inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital with the Israeli army and views a small cache of weapons and other items they say were found there.
The Israeli army is continuing to search the Al-Shifa hospital - which it says is used by Hamas as a military base; something Hamas denies.
Doctors at the hospital say they have been working without power, food or water for days now - and that critically ill patients have died as a result, including newborn babies.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group - separate from Hamas - says its fighters are still involved in "fierce clashes" with Israeli forces near the hospital complex.
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The Mekong River ecosystem is on the verge of collapse due to the accumulative effects of climate change.
Hydropower dams, drought and human-made activities such as deforestation and sand mining have also caused water levels to drop to their lowest in more than 60 years.
The Mekong flows for nearly 5,000km (3,100 miles) from Himalayan glaciers in Tibet, through China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia before reaching the South China Sea in Vietnam.
“Together, climate impact and dam restrictions are changing the way that the Mekong flows - much for the worse", says Brian Eyler who runs the Mekong Dam Monitor at the Stimson Center in Washington DC.
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A new exhibition in London sees actor Tom Hanks narrate an experience that explores humankind’s past and future voyages to the moon.
Telling the stories of the Apollo missions, The Moonwalkers gives an insight into the impending return of crewed surface missions by going behind the scenes of the Artemis programme, including interviews between Hanks and Artemis astronauts.
Tom Hanks gave the BBC's David Sillito a glimpse of the project.
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The US and China have agreed to resume military-to-military communications in an effort to ease rising tensions, the US president said.
Joe Biden met with China's President Xi Jinping in California on Wednesday.
It was the first time the pair had spoken in person in more than a year.
As well as resuming military communications, the two sides announced several other agreements in areas that have become sources of tension in recent times.
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Leaked documents reveal a secret $40m deal between former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and two men dubbed Vladimir Putin’s “wallets”, a BBC investigation has found.
The billionaire Russian oligarch was sanctioned by the UK and EU council in 2022 for his proximity to the Russian leader and for allegedly profiting from the Kremlin regime.
Mr Abramovich has previously denied any financial relationship with Vladimir Putin, and he has not responded to requests for comment from the BBC.
Reporter: Ben Chu Production: Sean Clare, James Melley, James Oliver, Harriet Agerholm, Will Dahlgreen, Becky Dale Camera: Jonathan Callery Editor: Luke Winsbury Graphics: Rodrigo Jorge Production co-ordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
This investigation was carried out by BBC Newsnight, BBC Verify, and BBC Panorama, partnered with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism to uncover revelations as part of the Cyprus Confidential – a global investigation led by reporters at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and Paper Trail Media.
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The former Labour home secretary Jacqui Smith stood by University Hospitals Birmingham’s former chief executive despite official censure, a BBC investigation has revealed.
Medics told the year-long investigation that whistle-blowers were being punished by management for raising patient safety issues.
Many have questioned the actions of David Rosser, who was the trust’s chief executive for much of the time in question.
Watch previous parts of this investigation here:
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Reporter: David Grossman Producer: Sean Clare
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are to meet on Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay area.
The encounter will be only their second face-to-face meeting during the Biden presidency.
Trade, technology, the Israel-Gaza war and Taiwan are among the issues likely to be on the agenda.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated earlier this year.
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The UK Supreme Court has ruled the government’s Rwanda asylum seeker scheme is unlawful.
The plan is designed to deter people crossing in small boats across the Channel.
Once in Rwanda, people could claim asylum there, return home, or seek asylum in a third country - not the UK.
But since being announced, the plan has been thwarted by legal challenges.
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The BBC’s Katty Kay travels to New Orleans to sit down with actor Wendell Pierce, who is known for his roles in hit TV series including The Wire, Suits, and Jack Ryan.
In addition to discussing his work as an award-winning actor, Pierce tells Katty about his relationship to the city of New Orleans; playing Meghan Markle’s dad; and the devastating effect Hurricane Katrina had on him and his family.
You’re watching Influential with Katty Kay.
New episodes every week on BBC News and the BBC News YouTube channel.
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Israel's military says it is carrying out a "targeted" operation against Hamas in Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital.
An eyewitness inside the hospital tells the BBC they saw tanks and commando soldiers enter its main emergency department.
The White House says patients must be protected, adding: "We don't want to see a firefight in a hospital”.
The US said it has intelligence backing Israel's claim that Hamas has a command centre under Al-Shifa - Hamas denies this.
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Artificial Intelligence could save lives by warning where a hurricane will hit land much sooner than traditional forecasting systems, researchers say.
A new AI tool from Google DeepMind predicted where September's hurricane Lee would make landfall in Canada three days ahead of existing methods.
Weather forecasts have become much more accurate over the decades.
But AI's speed and ability to analyse past events to make predictions make it a game-changer, say scientists.
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Fourteen Palestinians were killed and at least 20 were injured in an Israeli raid into the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp last week, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
These raids are almost nightly in the Israeli search for Hamas gunmen – a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK and other governments.
According to the UN this year, more than 400 Palestinians – both militants and civilians – have been killed by both Israeli forces or by settlers in the occupied West Bank.
BBC Newsnight’s Joe Inwood has been speaking to communities in the West Bank.
Reporter: Joe Inwood Producer: Jasmin Dyer
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Icelandic authorities are building protective walls around Svartsengi Power Plant in the country's south-west.
Officials hope to protect the geothermal power plant from lava flows amid concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption.
Nearly 800 earthquakes were recorded on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik over the weekend, prompting authorities to evacuate nearly 4,000 people from the fishing town of Grindavik on Saturday.
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A British woman has been identified more than 30 years after her murder in Belgium, following the launch of a landmark police campaign.
Rita Roberts' family spotted her distinctive tattoo in a BBC report, according to policing agency Interpol.
The last contact the 31-year-old had with her family was via a postcard in May 1992. Her body was found the following month.
Her family said the news was "shocking and heartbreaking".
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Hospitals in Gaza have become caught up in intense fighting, with attention largely focused on Al-Shifa.
Israel says it's not targeting hospitals directly, but it has acknowledged "clashes" around Al-Shifa and other facilities.
The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf says he's heard from a contact inside Gaza city's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, that a mass grave is being dug for an estimated 170 bodies.
The Israeli military continues to accuse Hamas of having a command centre underneath Al-Shifa and Hamas deny this.
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Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, which is tackling power cuts and a lack of fuel, is "nearly a cemetery", the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Thousands could be trapped inside the city’s largest hospital due to nearby fighting, while officials have warned of rotting bodies piling up there.
Gaza City has seen an intensification of fighting between Israeli and Hamas forces in recent days, much of which has been taking place in streets close to the hospital.
Israel accuses Hamas of operating a command-and-control centre in tunnels underneath the hospital, which Hamas and the hospital deny.
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The US President Joe Biden has said that Gaza’s largest hospital “must be protected” and called for “less intrusive action” by Israeli forces.
Hundreds of patients, including dozens of babies, remain trapped inside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which is surrounded by Israeli troops who are fighting with Hamas forces nearby.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin.
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Former UK prime minister David Cameron has made foreign secretary in a shock move as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his cabinet
It is a remarkable return to government for the former Conservative prime minister, in office between 2010 and 2016
Sunak earlier sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman after she defied No 10 over an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias in the policing of protests.
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In the latest episode of Future Earth, the BBC’s Carl Nasman explores how climate change education is becoming more prominent in US school curriculums. He also meets the youngest-ever White House adviser in US history.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the Al-Shifa, the main hospital in Gaza, "is not functioning as a hospital anymore".
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said at least 2,300 people were still inside Al-Shifa, in an update shared by the WHO.
Doctors there said they feared the remaining 36 newborn babies needing intensive care treatment may die. This is unless the hospital gets fuel to power the generators for incubators and to provide oxygen supply.
Israel has said that Hamas has a command centre under the hospital - which Hamas denies - but insisted it was not hitting the hospital during fighting.
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Iceland declared a state of emergency on Saturday over fears of a volcanic eruption after a series of earthquakes.
Authorities have ordered thousands of people living in the southwestern town of Grindavík to leave as a precaution.
Thousands of tremors have been recorded around the nearby Fagradalsfjall volcano in recent weeks.
However, seismic activity has decreased in south-west Iceland, according to scientists.
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The Republic of Turkey turns 100 on the 29 October.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, known as the ‘Father of Turkey’, had envisaged a modern, secular nation-state when he founded it from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.
With a history of military coups disrupting its democracy, the country is now ruled by President Erdogan, a leader with ambitions to revive the Ottoman influence on the global stage.
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The Israeli military has said it has agreed to help evacuate babies from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital to a "safer" facility.
The Israeli military has also denied accusations it attacked the hospital - the largest in the territory - but has acknowledged clashes with Hamas fighters in the area.
The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the hospital, which Hamas denies.
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The town of Lourinhã in Central Portugal is often described as a real life 'Jurassic Park'.
It was put on the map in the 1990s, following the landmark discovery of dinosaur eggs containing embryos on a local beach.
At 150 million-years-old, these eggs are the oldest of their kind ever discovered.
In 2018, more nests were discovered in the area - helping scientists gain new insight into dinosaur embryo development.
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Saudi Arabia has gathered Arab and Muslim leaders to present a unified call for an end to the Israel-Gaza war.
It has been billed as an "emergency summit" and is taking place in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.
The summit has seen the Arab League summit merge with the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Dozens of leaders, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, are attending the summit.
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Surgeon Marwan Abu Saada said Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, has run out of water, food and electricity.
The surgeon, who works at Al-Shifa hospital, added that the intensive care unit at the facility had been struck and was damaged.
The BBC cannot verify what caused any damage to the hospital.
When asked about the surgeon's claims this morning about the ICU and shooting near the hospital, the Israeli Defence Forces said it couldn't confirm "specific military activity currently under way", but acknowledged "ongoing intense fighting against Hamas in the vicinity of the area in question".
The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Hamas of operating from tunnels underneath Al-Shifa hospital, which Hamas denies.
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Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC.
In an exclusive interview at the Élysée Palace, he said there was "no justification" for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel.
While recognising Israel's right to protect itself, "we do urge them to stop this bombing" in Gaza.
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are to meet next week in the San Francisco Bay area, two senior administration officials said.
The encounter on 15 November will be only their second face-to-face meeting during the Biden presidency.
It will be wide-ranging, US officials said, with the Israel-Hamas war, Taiwan, war in Ukraine and election interference to be discussed.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated earlier this year.
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Explosions have been reported at or near several hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip throughout Friday.
In one instance, footage showed tanks firing near a children's hospital, Al-Rantisi, inside of which civilians say they are trapped.
Israel has confirmed its military is operating close to Al-Shifa, the biggest hospital in Gaza City, where explosions and shelling have been heard
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Deadly wildfires ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaiian island of Maui in August 2023.
The caue of the fires remain under investigation.
The BBC's James Clayton has been investigating why it was so hard to escape the town.
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The US says Israel will begin to implement four-hour military pauses in areas of northern Gaza each day to allow civilians to flee.
The Israeli military says there will be "tactical, local pauses for humanitarian aid" but "no ceasefire".
Meanwhile, the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza said Israel has carried out airstrikes on or near at least three hospitals.
Israel has confirmed its military is operating close to Al-Shifa, the biggest hospital in Gaza City.
Videos circulating on social media show what appears to be the aftermath of a missile or mortar striking the hospital courtyard.
The BBC has not been able to verify the incident and the Israeli military said it is looking into reports of a blast.
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The US understands that Israel will begin to implement four-hour pauses in areas of northern Gaza each day, White House spokesman John Kirby has told reporters.
He said an announcement would be made three hours beforehand.
Earlier today, the Israeli military said “there are tactical, local pauses for humanitarian aid for Gazan civilians", and made clear "there is no ceasefire".
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Civilians fleeing intense fighting in northern Gaza have described seeing decomposing bodies and Israeli tanks along a designated "safe road".
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told people - via social media and leaflets - to use the Salah al-Din road between specific times of day.
BBC Verify have explored what this journey is like.
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An offshore firm helped create companies used by members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including one hiding the late mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's yacht, the BBC has revealed.
Seychelles-based Alpha Consulting also helped to form more than 900 English, Welsh and Northern Irish partnerships which used a secrecy loophole to conceal their true owners.
Alpha said it is not responsible for how the companies it helped set up are used by its clients and it always followed the law.
Reporter: Andy Verity Producers: James Melley, James Oliver, Will Dahlgreen Editors: Joe Jubeh, Ehsan Imani, Fredric Sabella Graphics: Carmela Joannou Camera: Jack Garland
This investigation was carried out by BBC Newsnight, Finance Uncovered, and the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation.
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A number of former McDonald's employees are taking legal action after a BBC investigation exposed a toxic culture of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying at the fast food chain.
McDonald's pledged "zero tolerance" on sexual harassment and to deliver training for employees - but staff have told the BBC the training is not being taken seriously by managers.
Now, the firm's UK chief executive, Alastair McCrow, has said he's determined to root out any behaviour that "fell short of the high standards expected at the company."
McDonald's is one of the UK's largest private-sector employers, with more than 170,000 people working in 1,450 restaurants.
Its staff are also one of the country's youngest workforces, with three quarters of its employees aged between 16 and 25.
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The Israeli military says it now controls the north of the Gaza Strip after intense fighting with Hamas.
50,000 Palestinians fled Gaza City yesterday through evacuation routes after Israel opened a safe passage for a few hours on the road to the south.
Meanwhile the French government is holding talks on getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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US actors' union Sag-Aftra says it has agreed a tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end a months-long strike over pay and safeguarding, and the use of AI.
Sag-Aftra reached agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP) in a unanimous vote, ending the 118-day shutdown.
The impasse - combined with a separate writers' strike - had paralysed the entertainment industry and delayed work on numerous major TV shows and films.
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Sharone Lifschitz’s parents were two of the 242 people who were taken hostage in October by Hamas.
Her 85-year-old mother, Yohevet, was released 17 days later.
Sharone believes her 83-year-old father, Oded, is still being held hostage in Gaza but she does not know if he is dead or alive.
BBC Newsnight heard from her about her parents and the situation of hostages taken by Hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK and other governments.
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Five Republican candidates for US president took to the stage for the party's third debate in Miami on Wednesday.
But Donald Trump, the consistent frontrunner in the race, once again opted to skip the event and instead held a rally a short drive away.
The candidates will be looking to solidify support before the first real contest in the Republican nomination process, the Iowa caucus, on 15 January.
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Israel is claiming that Hamas has lost control of the north of the Gaza Strip after weeks of intensive Israeli bombardment.
Now the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen has travelled with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into Gaza.
While the BBC had editorial control of the report, the section with the IDF has been viewed by them.
The IDF showed the BBC what they said was a Hamas weapons factory, below a home in which children lived.
The area which the BBC was shown was a wasteland, with every building badly damaged or destroyed.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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The BBC has gone undercover to expose how smugglers have lured people into buying what the smugglers claimed to be low risk illegal routes from Pakistan to Europe.
Thousands of people have arrived in Europe from Pakistan since January 2021, many of which have used smuggling agents after contacting them over social media.
This investigation has been carried out by BBC Newsnight, BBC Trending, and BBC Urdu.
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A month on from the Hamas attack which killed 1,400 Israelis, people across Israel gathered to honour those murdered on 7 October in their communities.
Israel has said 242 people are still held hostage by Hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UK and other governments.
An average of 160 children in Gaza are being killed each day, the World Health Organisation has said.
BBC Newsnight's Joe Inwood has been to Kfar Azar - a Kibbutz where Hamas killed more than 100 residents and took others hostage.
Produced by Jasmin Dyer.
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Ivanka Trump has entered a Manhattan court to testify in her father's business fraud trial.
Former US President Donald Trump is accused of inflating the value of properties by more than $2bn (£1.65bn) in order to secure favourable loans.
Ivanka is not a co-defendant, but has been ordered to testify because she has ties to Trump businesses in New York.
A courtroom defeat could see a $250m fine, a ban on Trump doing business in his home state, and losing control of iconic properties like Trump Tower.
Donald Trump and his co-defendant sons, Eric and Don Jr, have denied all accusations.
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Denmark’s Jelling Stone is one of the most famous runestones in the world.
Now, new 3D scans of the artefact suggest that a viking queen had much more power and influence than previously thought.
Archaeologists say their findings suggest Queen Thyra, best known as the wife and mother of early rulers Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth, was important in her own right - and had a pivotal role in shaping the realm.
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Israel's PM Netanyahu has said the Israel Defense Force is encircling and "operating inside" Gaza City.
The G7 group of nations - including the UK and US - have called for a pause in the fighting in Gaza during a meeting in Tokyo overnight.
Meanwhile, BBC News's Orla Guerin has spoke to Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem about tensions growing on the border of Israel and Lebanon in the north, and what an escalation of conflict could mean for the wider region as a whole.
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The US state of Ohio has voted to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution, marking a major victory for pro-choice campaigners in the state.
Early returns showed almost 56% of voters in the conservative-leaning state had backed it.
Ohio's measure, known as Issue 1, was widely seen as the toughest fight so far for abortion rights supporters as it was the first Republican-led state to consider changing its constitution to explicitly guarantee the right.
Ohio also voted to legalise marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming the 24th state in the US to do so.
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Israeli troops are reported to be fighting Hamas in the heart of Gaza City.
Thousands of Israeli soldiers have been sent to the war in Gaza.
Meanwhile dozens of Palestinians have been reported killed by Israeli air strikes in the southern Gazan cities of Khan Younis, Rafah and Deir al-Balah.
The United Nations has again raised concern about civiilian casualties. It said an average of 160 children are being killed each day in Gaza.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from the frontline, with one Israeli artillery unit preparing to go into battle, and from Yogita Limaye on the Palestinian civilians facing daily bombardment by Israeli forces.
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Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant has said Israeli troops have fought their way into "the heart of Gaza City”. Gallant said Israel Defense Forces "stormed" the city from the north and south.
Hamas has released pictures of the fighting.
Dozens of Palestinians have been reported killed by Israeli air strikes in the southern Gazan cities of Khan Younis, Rafah and Deir al-Balah.
The United Nations has again raised concern about civiilian casualties. It said on average 160 children are being killed each day in Gaza.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Paul Adams.
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In Israel, people across the country are marking one month since the Hamas attacks on 7 October, which saw 1,400 people killed, and more than 200 people taken hostage.
BBC News have spoken to three mothers waiting for news about their loved ones.
Batsheva Yahalomi, is waiting for news of her husband Ohad, and her 12 year old son Eitan.
Renana Jacob, whose boys Or and Yagel, 16 and 12, are still missing.
Hadas Kalderon's two children, Sahar and Erez who are 16 and 12, and their father, are thought to be in Gaza.
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 10,328 people have been killed - including more than 4,100 children - in the territory since Israel launched its retaliatory campaign, an increase of more than 300 people in a day.
Some politicians have questioned the accuracy of the Gaza health ministry's figures, but the World Health Organization says it believes the numbers are reliable.
Israel began attacking Gaza after Hamas killed more than 1,400 people in Israel and kidnapped more than 200 others on 7 October.
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King Charles has outlined the UK government's priorities for the year ahead, in his first King's Speech as monarch.
The speech outlined 21 laws that ministers intend to pass in the next year-long session of Parliament.
Around a third have been carried over from the previous session, or previously published in some form.
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The climate crisis is making our cities hotter, posing a significant health threat to those living in urban areas.
The BBC’s Carl Nasman explores the specific challenges cities face as temperatures rise and looks at the solutions already in action, including reflective surfaces and increasing greenery around our concrete jungles.
This is episode one of Future Earth, a series exploring today’s most important developments in climate science and sustainability.
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Thailand’s economy was hit particularly hard by the Covid pandemic, in part due to its reliance on a huge tourism industry. Chinese tourists in particular made up one quarter of Thailand’s 40 million foreign visitors in 2019. There was hope that 2023 would see tourist numbers bounce back to pre-Covid levels - but this has not been the case.
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Australian PM Anthony Albanese says there has been "significant progress" in relations with China after talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Mr Albanese, who landed in Shanghai on Saturday, is the first Australian leader to visit China since 2016.
The four-day state visit is seen as a key point in thawing relations, after a string of trade and security disputes.
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A month has passed since the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year history, with and estimated 1,400 people murdered systematically and ruthlessly by Hamas.
Some 240 people are thought to still be held hostage in Gaza: Israelis and foreigners, soldiers and civilians, old and young.
Demonstrations and pleas to bring hostages home are becoming more urgent.
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US President Joe Biden trails Donald Trump in five of the six most important battleground states exactly a year before the US election, new polls suggest.
The New York Times and Siena College said Mr Trump leads Mr Biden in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Wisconsin is the only swing state that The New York Times and Siena College polled where Biden has the edge.
Americans will head to the polls in November 2024 to elect the next US president.
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 10,000 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel started bombing it last month.
More than 4,000 of those killed were children, the ministry said.
The number surpasses the UN's figure of about 5,400 killed in Gaza in all of Israel's previous conflicts with Hamas since it took control of the territory in 2007.
Israel began bombing Gaza after Hamas killed 1,400 people and kidnapped more than 200 others on 7 October.
It says it is destroying Hamas infrastructure and killing its fighters so that it will no longer be able to pose a threat to Israel. The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the children suffering in Gaza, and the impact the war is having on them and their families.
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Donald Trump has taken to the stand in the New York Supreme Court as he provides his defence in his $250m (£202) fraud trial.
The former US president clashed several times with Judge Engoron during the morning’s proceedings.
Mr Trump - along with his two adult sons and the wider Trump Organization - is accused of massively inflating the value of his business properties to secure favourable loans, amongst other claims.
If he loses the trial, he could face a hefty fine, a ban on doing business in his home state, and losing control of some properties.
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Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said 10,022 people have been killed in the territory since the war began a month ago.
It comes as the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened to foreign nationals and badly injured Palestinians seeking medical attention.
Meanwhile, all major UN agencies have said "enough is enough" in a rare joint statement, as they repeat calls for a humanitarian ceasefire.
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Russia has "doubled" bombardments on cities and towns in southern Ukraine, according to regional government figures.
Kherson has been one of the cities which has seen shelling intensify in recent months as civilians and soldiers brace for winter.
Some residents have left their homes in Kherson to seek refuge in the port city of Odessa, with little more than the clothes on their back.
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The Israeli military has said its troops have reached the coastline in the south of Gaza City, effectively dividing the Strip in two.
UN agencies and other aid groups have called for a ceasefire in a rare joint statement issued overnight.
Meanwhile, King Abdullah of Jordan has said his country's air force has been able to airdrop urgent medical and pharmaceutical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip
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Israel has intensified its bombardment of Gaza, despite calls from the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting.
The BBC’s reporter in the Gaza Strip says the latest Israeli air strikes are the most intense since the war began.
It comes as Israeli ground troops continue their advance, saying they have reached the coastline south of Gaza City.
Israel has said it must see progress on release of the hostages taken by Hamas gunmen from Israel before it will agree to any pause in its offensive.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye and Rushdi Abualouf.
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Seaweed is being used to tackle the big climate challenges, but in the UK the industry is still being developed.
It is being used by firms as a solution to capture carbon, reduce methane when used in animal feed and to cut down the use of plastic.
Plastic pollution is having a global impact, with plastics found from the polar sea-ice to the deepest part of the ocean.
UK firm Notpla, that makes packaging from seaweed, has been named as one of the £1m winners of the Earthshot climate prize.
The Prince of Wales is in Singapore ahead of the awards ceremony for his Earthshot prize on Tuesday.
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Radio anchor Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, in the Philippines has been shot dead while performing a live broadcast.
He was shot inside his home-based studio, police said.
President Marcos Jr condemned the murder of the radio journalist "in the strongest terms".
Four journalists have been killed since Mr Marcos Jr took office in June of 2022, the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines said.
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said more than 30 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp.
The ministry said the air strike happened on Saturday, 4 November.
An Israeli military spokesperson said they were looking into whether the IDF had been operating in the area at the time, according to the AFP news agency.
Hamas as a whole, or in some cases its military wing, is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom, as well as other powers.
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the casualty figures or what happened.
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At least 157 people have been killed after an earthquake struck a remote part of western Nepal.
Security forces have been sent to the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu, to help with the rescue efforts.
An army spokesman said more than 100 people have been injured, while Jajarkot's hospital is understood to be full of those who are wounded.
Strong tremors were also felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi.
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No foreign nationals, dual nationals or injured patients have crossed over into Egypt from Gaza so far today.
It is understood that crossing authorities are not permitting foreign passport holders from crossing the border, until the injured people in Gaza’s hospitals are allowed to travel through the Rafah border.
Hundreds of foreign nationals have already crossed the border at Rafah this week, and hundreds more have gone to the border today, but the gate has not yet opened.
But, while the US is pushing for a ceasefire, Israel says it will not entertain a temporary truce until all hostages are released.
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Israel has confirmed it struck an ambulance in Gaza City which it said was being used by Hamas. The Gaza health authority said the ambulance was part of a convoy carrying wounded people from the besieged north to the south of the territory.
Israel began airstrikes and a ground offensive in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,400 people in Israel and kidnapped more than 200 others.
The health ministry in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, says more than 9,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then.
In Lebanon the leader of the Islamist group Hezbollah made a rare appearance and described the Hamas attacks on Israel as "right, wise and just". Hassan Nasrullah warned that the conflict in Gaza could escalate into a wider war.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Orla Guerin in Beirut.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there will be no temporary ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza until all Israeli hostages are released.
He gave a televised address after talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who's called for humanitarian pauses in the fighting to help protect civilians.
Meanwhile, Israel's army said earlier it was on "very, very high alert" at its border with Lebanon as the leader of Islamist group Hezbollah broke his silence on the war.
While formal ceasefires are usually longer-term arrangements that allow parties to engage in dialogue, humanitarian pauses can last as little as a few hours.
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Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Islamist group Hezbollah, has praised the Hamas attacks on Israel in his first speech about the war.
In a speech watched by thousands at a Beirut rally, Nasrallah said the October 7 attacks by Hamas were "100% Palestinian".
Hezbollah - which is backed by Iran and considered a terrorist group in the UK and US - has been intensifying attacks on northern Israel from Lebanon.
Israel has warned of "unimaginable" consequences if Hezbollah joins the Israel-Gaza war.
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually mean that no-one will have to work.
He was speaking to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during an unusual "in conversation" event at the end of this week's summit on AI at Bletchley Park, in England.
The 50-minute interview included a prediction by Mr Musk that the tech will make paid work redundant.
This comes as around 100 world leaders, tech bosses and academics are gathering there over the next two days to discuss how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
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US top diplomat Anthony Blinken has arrived in Israel for talks, where he has said "how Israel defends itself matters" as he underlined support for the country.
Speaking alongside Mr Blinken, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that Israel had warned Gazan citizens in advance of Israeli actions, "including the Jabalia attack".
"We want them to evacuate the premises that are being shelled...you move out so we can go in according to international law and defend our people," said Mr Herzog.
Mr Blinken added: "We stand strongly with Israel... it has the right and obligation to defend itself and to ensure the events of 7 October never happen again."
The US diplomat is on his third visit to the country since the deadly Hamas attacks on 7 October.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he believed the UK's first AI safety summit will "tip the balance in favour of humanity" with an agreement from some governments and tech firms to work together on AI safety.
At the summit, hosted at Bletchley Park, several leading technology companies agreed to allow governments to safety-test their next generation of AI models before they are deployed.
The voluntary document was signed by 10 countries and the EU, including the UK, US, Singapore and Canada. China was not a signatory.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at the end of a month-long trial in New York.
The jury delivered its verdict after just four hours of deliberations.
It concludes a stunning fall from grace for the 31-year-old former billionaire and one of the most public faces of the crypto industry.
Bankman-Fried was arrested last year after his firm, FTX, went bankrupt.
He had pleaded not guilty to all the charges, maintaining that, while he had made mistakes, he had acted in good faith.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country’s ground forces are “at the height of the battle” as they advance in the northern Gaza Strip and surround Gaza City.
It comes as Israeli airstrikes hit refugee camps where Palestinians are sheltering for the third day running.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Fergal Keane.
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Israel's military has said Israeli forces have encircled the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City as it continues its assault on the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said soldiers were engaged in close quarters combat with Hamas fighters staging hit and run attacks from tunnels.
On Thursday the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said four of its schools being used as shelters hade been damaged in less than 24 hours.
The Hamas-run health ministry says over 9,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
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Storm Ciarán has hit the UK and the Channel Islands and forecasters have warned lives could be at risk.
Strong winds and heavy rain are barrelling across southern England, with gusts of more than 110mph (160km/h) recorded in northern France and the Channel Islands.
Major incidents have been declared in parts of England with hundreds of schools shut and train services suspended.
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Civilians have been heading to the Rafah crossing to leave Gaza after the gates were opened for the first time since Israel’s siege began.
The United Nations said more than 400 people crossed into Egypt on the first day.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten with reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Gaza has witnessed fierce fighting overnight - with a live feed capturing sounds of explosions and bright flames on the horizon.
The Israeli military says it's killed dozens of Hamas fighters - having earlier said its troops had broken through its enemy's defensive lines.
More civilians are expected to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing today; 400 people used the crossing yesterday for the first time since the war broke out.
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The UK Foreign Office says the first British nationals have passed through the Rafah border crossing from Gaza into Egypt.
It did not say how many Britons had left the territory, but said a list of British nationals that want to leave Gaza had been agreed with Egyptian and Israeli authorities.
335 foreign passport holders and 76 injured Gazans have been also able to leave, Palestinian officials say.
More than 400 people have now left Gaza as the Rafah crossing to Egypt opens to civilians for the first time since the war began.
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Elon Musk says artificial intelligence is "one of the existential risks we face as world leaders attend a AI safety summit in the UK.
About 100 world leaders, tech bosses and academics are gathering there over the next two days to discuss how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
Others have warned against speculating about unlikely future threats and said the world should instead focus on the potential present-day risks AI poses, such as replacing some jobs and entrenching bias.
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The Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt has opened for the first time since Israel's siege began more than three weeks ago.
At least 20 Palestinian patients, and 110 dual nationals, have left Gaza so far.
It's thought 88 injured Palestinians and around 500 foreign nationals will be allowed out in the first phase.
Civilians have not been able to leave Gaza since Israel’s siege began on 7 October.
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Ukrainian children forced to leave their homes near the front line have begun to arrive in safer parts of the country.
Last week, parents were told they must move their families to safety from 31 settlements in the southern Kherson and eastern Donetsk regions.
Ukraine officials, who made the orders, said the fighting has become too intense for children to remain.
While millions of Ukrainians have fled the war abroad, the Ukrainian government estimates there are nearly five million internally displaced people in the country.
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The Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt is expected to open for the first time since Israel's siege began on 7 October.
It is thought 88 injured Palestinians and about 500 dual nationals per day will be allowed out.
The BBC understands from authorities that there are about 7,000 people registered as dual nationals in Gaza.
Ambulances entered Gaza from Egypt on Wednesday morning and crowds have gathered at the gates.
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Over the next two days, around 100 world leaders, tech bosses, academics and AI researchers are gathering at the UK's Bletchley Park campus, once home to the codebreakers who helped secure victory during World War Two.
They will take part in discussions about how best to maximise the benefits of artificial intelligence - while minimising the risks.
International delegates include US Vice President Kamala Harris and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. China is also sending a representative.
There has been some criticism that the guest list is dominated by US giants including ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google and Amazon - as well as Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will livestream a conversation with Mr Musk on X on Thursday evening.
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Israel’s military has confirmed it carried out an airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Gaza.
The Israel Defence Forces says the attack killed a senior Hamas commander.
The number of dead is not confirmed but a doctor treating the injured said the bodies of around 120 people killed in the attack were at his hospital.
The attack took place in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp which is normally home to more than 100,000 people. It is within northern Gaza, an area which Israel had told people to leave for their own safety.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza follow the raid on southern Israel by Hamas gunmen which left 1,400 people dead.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Israel's military has confirmed that its jets carried out the attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.
The IDF says the strike killed a senior Hamas commander and caused the collapse of Hamas's underground infrastructure.
The Hamas-run health ministry and a hospital director say at least 50 people were killed.
The camp is in northern Gaza - an area where Israel has told people to leave for their safety.
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Dozens of people are reported to have been killed by a huge explosion at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. The Hamas-run heath ministry, and the director of the nearby Indonesian hospital, have said at least 50 people have been killed.
The health ministry said the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike.
There has been no comment yet from Israel on the reported blast.
The BBC is working to verify details of the incident.
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The World Health Organization has said Gaza is in an imminent public health catastrophe and that the mass displacement of people has led to overcrowding and a lack of sanitation.
The United States said it's optimistic the number of aid trucks entering Gaza will soon increase to about one hundred a day.
The Israel Defence Force has reported engaging in - what it described as – “fierce battles” with Hamas.
Thousands of buildings have been destroyed in Gaza and people have little access to water, food, fuel and other essentials.
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Corporal punishment in schools has been banned for more than 20 years in Kenya, yet young students are being beaten by their teachers on a daily basis, and the consequences can be fatal.
In the last five years alone, it’s believed more than 20 children have died at the hands of their teachers.
BBC Africa Eye’s Tom Odula, whose own school years were marked by brutal and degrading treatment at the hand of teachers, has investigated the extent of the problem and what can be done to address it.
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The Israeli military said it is striking Hamas targets in all parts of the Gaza Strip, as well as Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Israel has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people and saw at least 239 people kidnapped as hostages.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said more than 8,000 people have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing began.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said the area around the Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City has been under heavy bombardment by Israeli forces.
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The World Bank has been warning of increased risks of price rises of oil but also gold if the Israel-Gaza war escalates.
Long seen as a safe haven investment in times of upheaval, the price of the precious metal has risen by about 8% since the start of the conflict in the Middle East.
According to a new report from the World Gold Council it is also being bought up by central banks like never before.
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A senior United Nations official has said the human tragedy unfolding in Gaza is “unbearable”. Philippe Lazzarini told the UN Security Council that nearly 70% of those being killed by the Israeli bombardment in Gaza are women and children.
Israel launched its attack on Gaza after Hamas gunmen raided southern Israel in October, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas, which many western governments describe as a terrorist organisation.
The United Nations has heard demands for a ceasefire from many nations who say the mass killing of civilians in Gaza is unacceptable. The head of the UN has said that Israel is breaching international law.
The charity Save the Children reports that nearly 3,200 children had been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza in just three weeks.
Fergal Keane reports for News at Ten on the story of one family in Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a media briefing from Tel Aviv.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to make Israel’s position on a ceasefire clear.
Israel's prime minister said: "Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism."
The briefing came around an hour after the Israeli military said it had rescued a female soldier in Gaza who was taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October.
Hamas had earlier released a video showing three people held hostage in Gaza.
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On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all-too-real broadcast of his alien-invasion drama The War of the Worlds.
But Welles claimed it had some unforeseen side effects, per exclusive BBC archive.
In the years since, there has been much debate about whether the level of panic the broadcast actually caused has been overstated.
Regardless, it remains a landmark moment in broadcast history and a testament to the power of storytelling to capture the imagination of an audience.
This video is from 'In History,' which uses the BBC's archive to explore historical events. For more like this, visit: https://bbc.in/46Qsgvk
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Hamas has released a video showing three people held hostage in Gaza.
The BBC does not know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed, but the three women appear to be in reasonable health with no obvious signs of injury.
You will not see the video itself as prisoners of war and hostages are protected under international humanitarian law, and the BBC does not broadcast material which may have been filmed under duress.
Lyse Doucet and Paul Adams explain what can be seen.
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Israel has urged Russia to protect "all its citizens and all Jews" after a large mob shouting antisemitic slogans stormed a Dagestan airport.
An angry crowd ran through the airport in Makhachkala seeking people arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv.
Some of the crowd also ran onto the runway and surrounded aircraft there.
Russia's aviation agency Rosaviatsia said security forces later brought the situation under control and that authorities have closed the airport until Tuesday.
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The Israel Defense Force has announced it has hit 600 Hamas targets in the past 24 hours. That compares to the 450 they said they had struck the previous day.
Meanwhile, thousands of people in Gaza have broken into aid depots to take supplies in what the UN called a "worrying sign of civil order starting to break down".
People took flour, wheat and hygiene kits after storming this and several other storage facilities in the centre and south of Gaza, the agency said.
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Thousands in Gaza have broken into aid depots taking flour and other basic supplies, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees says.
Phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning after more than a day of almost total communications blackout in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say more troops entered the territory overnight, while warplanes attacked more than 450 Hamas targets.
Israel has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people and saw 230 people kidnapped as hostages
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 8,000 people have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing began.
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Israel has begun a full ground offensive in northern Gaza, three weeks after Hamas gunmen attacked Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
The new phase of Israel’s assault began at night with a huge wave of airstrikes as ground forces entered the north of Gaza. Tanks and infantry moved in and Israel says its commandos are operating on the ground across the north of the territory.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his nation: “The war inside the Gaza Strip will be difficult and long and we are prepared for it. This is our second war of independence. We will fight for the defence of the homeland.”
The Palestinian authorities said at least 400 more people had been killed in Gaza on the first day of the full ground offensive.
As the assault began Israel cut off all internet and phone communications in Gaza. Aid agencies and the United Nations reported that they were no longer able to communicate with their staff or confirm their safety.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in southern Israel and Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza.
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Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza, with communications cut off.
The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf, speaking via satellite phone from Khan Younis in Gaza, said people are "in panic" after internet and phone lines were cut.
"People are afraid of the next stage of the [Israeli] operation", he said.
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A man suspected of killing 18 people in a shooting in Maine has been found dead after a three-day manhunt, police said.
Robert Card, 40, was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Maine Commissioner of Public Safety Michael Sauschuck said.
The news comes hours after police lifted a stay-at-home order for the normally quiet community.
At a news conference at Lewiston City Hall, Maine Governor Janet Mills said the body was found in Lisbon, near where the shooting occurred.
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A year ago, having just bought Twitter, Elon Musk walked into its HQ carrying a sink.
"Let that sink in" he quipped - then fired a large swathe of staff.
It was the first flavour of what has been a 12-month whirlwind of erratic change - not least the renaming of the company to X.
In some ways, X has been remarkably resilient. Despite rivals old and new circling, it survives.
But, with advertisers wary and user metrics shaky, what's next for X?
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One month ago, Gaza resident Jumana Emad was in the final stages of pregnancy.
She was happily sharing pictures of her heavily pregnant belly, waiting to put her birthing plan into action.
She knew she was going to have a girl, her husband was excited, her hospital bag was packed and her four-year-old daughter Tulin couldn't wait to meet her baby sister.
Then everything changed.
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is in Washington to meet US secretary of state Antony Blinken, in the hopes of solving a range of disagreements - including on trade.
Last week, Beijing hit back at the Biden administration's decision to impose new restrictions on advance chip exports.
The US said the measures were designed to prevent China from receiving cutting-edge technologies that it could use to strengthen its military, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Wang Yi will also meet President Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss the conflict in the Middle East.
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The US has carried out air strikes against two weapons and ammunition storage facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were in response to recent attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups.
The US strikes were "separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas," he said in a statement.
Iran did not immediately comment.
It is not yet known if there were any casualties from the attacks.
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Hundreds of families in Israeli are enduring the trauma of knowing their loved ones were among those attacked by Hamas when they raided southern Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 into captivity.
For the families of those hostages the agony is continuing day after day. There have been daily protests in Israeli involving affected families.
Many are angry about what they see as failures in security that left them unprotected. Others oppose the Israeli response in Gaza and fear it will endanger the lives of hostages held there.
Reeta Chakrabarti reports from Israel for BBC News at Ten.
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Israeli tanks and infantry have carried out their biggest ground raid into Gaza since the start of the current conflict. Israel’s military said they were “preparing the battlefield” ahead of an expected full-scale ground offensive.
The overnight raid came as Israel continued its massive airstrikes in Gaza, which the Palestinian authorities say have claimed the lives of 7,000 people, most of them civilians and many of them children.
Israel says its operations are targeting Hamas, following their raid on Israel on 7 October in which 1,400 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage.
Jeremy Bowen reports for BBC News at Ten.
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Maine's state governor Janet Mills has confirmed 18 people have been killed and a further 13 injured after shootings in Lewiston, US.
The suspect in the shootings that killed 18 people on Wednesday night remains at large, police confirmed.
Police earlier named Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest and have said he is "armed and dangerous".
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On Halloween weekend last year in Seoul, South Korea, more than 100,000 people descended on the city's Itaewon neighbourhood - a popular nightlife district.
They funnelled into a narrow, steep passage from three directions, until it became so tightly packed people could not move.
Nearly 160 young people died in the resulting crush.
A year on, no one has been held responsible.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised speech that Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are still preparing for a ground invasion, but did not give any clues as to the timing.
The IDF said military carried out a "targeted raid" in northern Gaza overnight on Wednesday, using tanks and bulldozers to enter the strip.
The IDF said the raid was in "preparation for the next stages of combat".
The UN's agency for Palestinians has warned that supplies are running low across Gaza, while its humanitarian coordinator says "nowhere is safe".
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At least 16 people are feared dead and up to 60 have been injured after shootings in Maine, US.
The shootings happened in two locations - a restaurant and a bowling alley - in the small city of Lewiston.
Hundreds of police officers across the state are involved in a manhunt.
Police have named Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest, saying he is "armed and dangerous".
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Only the most serious emergency cases are now being treated in Gaza hospitals as fuel supplies run out, according to the United Nations.
Israel is blocking supplies of fuel, food and water from entering Gaza, following the Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 Israeli citizens.
The UN is warning that all humanitarian operations are likely to come to a halt in Gaza in the coming hours due to the lack of fuel.
The Palestinian authorities say that more than 700 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli air strikes for the second day in a row.
Israel says it’s blocking fuel deliveries because they could be used by Hamas for military purposes. It accuses Hamas of stockpiling huge quantities of fuel.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane, Rushdi Abualouf and Jeremy Bowen.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he is "shocked" at the reaction to a statement he made on Tuesday about the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The UN chief held a news conference to address comments which sparked anger from Israel yesterday, when he said Hamas attacks "did not happen in a vacuum".
He said he clearly condemned the "acts of terror" inflicted on Israel and clarified his words were "not justifying acts of terror by Hamas".
Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan has called for his resignation.
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Mike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending weeks of chaos and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill.
The conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress.
Mr Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated for the position since Kevin McCarthy's ouster on 3 October.
The previous nominee, Minnesota's Tom Emmer, abruptly dropped out of the race on Tuesday after about four hours.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who is based in the occupied West Bank, has called for an immediate ceasfire.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight, he called for the "immediate opening of a safe passage for international aid".
Also speaking on the programme, Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said: "Israel is united now around a single goal and that goal is total victory against Hamas, in response to the October 7 massacre."
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There are growing international calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow adequate aid to reach Gaza's residents.
The UN - the biggest aid provider in Gaza - has said its work will stop tonight if it doesn't get fresh supplies.
Another eight aid lorries carrying food, water, and medicine crossed from Egypt into Gaza last night - but agencies say at least 100 lorries a day are needed.
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Hospitals in Gaza are stopping all but life-saving operations, with fuel supplies needed to power medical equipment running low.
The UN – the biggest aid provider on the ground in Gaza – says that unless it gets fresh supplies, its fuel will run out tonight.
On Tuesday, only eight aid vehicles were allowed to enter Gaza, while agencies say at least 100 lorries a day are needed.
Israel is stopping new fuel supplies from entering Gaza, as they accuse Hamas of stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres meant for humanitarian purposes.
"Fuel deliveries must be let in to ensure people have clean drinking water, hospitals can remain open and life-saving aid operations can continue," The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on social media platform X.
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The UN chief says he is "deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza.”
Antonio Guterres condemns both the use of civilians as "human shields" and the bombing of southern Gaza after an evacuation order.
Israeli diplomats responded angrily after Guterres also suggested the Hamas attack on Israel "did not happen in a vacuum.”
Israel has continued its heavy bombing of Gaza - the Hamas-run health ministry says almost 5,800 people have been killed since 7 October.
More than 1,400 were killed in the attacks on Israel by Hamas gunmen who raided communities near the border, targeting civilians.
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The head of the United Nations has accused Israel of “clear breaches of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza”.
More than 5,700 people are reported to have been killed by the Israeli attacks in Gaza, among them around 2,300 children, according to the Palestinian authorities.
Israel has stepped up its airstrikes in Gaza and the authorities there say that 700 people have been killed in the past 24 hours. Around 1.4 million people have been displaced from their homes.
The assault on Gaza follows the attacks on Israeli communities by Hamas gunmen who murdered 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and seized more than 200 hostages.
Israel condemned the comments by Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, at a meeting of the Security Council. Israel’s ambassador to the UN called on Mr Guterres to resign.
Israel also rejected calls from many countries at the UN for a ceasefire and insisted it would fight on until it had destroyed Hamas.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane, Rushdi Abualouf and Jeremy Bowen.
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The UN’s largest aid agency in Gaza has called for more fuel, saying that addressing the dwindling supply has become "a top urgency".
Without it, trucks to supply food and water – which is also rapidly running out – cannot be delivered, and life-saving machinery in Gaza’s hospitals would not be operational.
Tamara Al-Rifai from UNWRA spoke of their "frustration", with only a small number of aid vehicles allowed in to Gaza each day.
She added: "It is not OK to not allow the UN and the larger humanitarian community to have access to something as basic as fuel for our cars."
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BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardener and expert guests provide in-depth analysis on how the war between Israel and Hamas began.
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British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found.
The online forum, which we are not naming, is easily accessible to anyone on the open web, including children.
The BBC investigation identified multiple warnings to government by coroners and a number of police investigations, but the forum still remains active.
Families of the dead, the youngest just 17, say the failure to act led to more avoidable deaths. They are demanding an inquiry.
They're speaking out, despite the risks others may find the forum, because they want action now to shut it down and prevent deaths in the future.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has paid a visit to Israel, where he said the “first objective” in the conflict should be to secure the release of those held hostage by Hamas.
Speaking alongside Israel's President Isaac Herzog, the French leader said Israel's duty was to fight against Hamas "without, I would say, enlarging this conflict".
He's the latest European leader to head to Israel for a show of support - as well as joining in the international pressure to get hostages freed.
But, with France home to the biggest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe, President Macron is facing pressures domestically for its position in the conflict.
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A hostage freed by Hamas has spoken to the media from hospital following her release.
Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, was one of two hostages released by Hamas, along with Nurit Cooper, 79 - it brings the total amount of hostages freed so far to four.
The women were kidnapped from their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas during their 7 October attack on southern Israel.
Following their release, they were transported to a hospital in Tel Aviv, where family members were waiting for them, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
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Israel has confirmed that two more hostages in Gaza have been released by Hamas, bringing the number freed so far to four.
The two women have been named as Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifschitz, 85. ch The women's husbands are among the more than 200 people still being held inside Gaza.
Two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were previously freed on Friday.
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More harrowing stories about how people were killed in the Hamas attacks in Israel are still emerging.
One teenager who had just celebrated her 18th birthday died after being shot while trying to prevent the gunmen breaking into the safe room in her home in Nahal Oz, close to the border with Gaza.
Her family were held captive in the house and her father was taken hostage.
The mother has been speaking about her family’s terrible ordeal. She’s said she wants the world to see the reality of the atrocities that took place during the Hamas attacks.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Anna Foster in Israel.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that two hostages taken captive from Israel by Hamas have been released.
An Israeli government official has told CBS, the BBC's US media partner, that the names of the freed captives are Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz.
It brings the total number of hostages released by Hamas to four.
Two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were released from by Hamas on Friday.
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Many thousands of men around the world are missing out on a life-extending prostate cancer drug that's available free in some countries.
Although not a cure, Abiraterone can help stop prostate cancer spreading to other parts of the body.
Recently one drug trial showed that Abiraterone could benefit a larger group of men with earlier stage tumours that hadn't yet started to spread.
The medicine works by lowering testosterone production in the body which can fuel some cancer cell growth. The study showed it could halve the risk of the cancer spreading and significantly reduce the chance of death six years on from diagnosis in that group.
However differences in national health care systems mean that while in some countries men are being given the treatment, many others are missing out.
The UK illustrates this health inequality. In England and Northern Ireland, the state national health service will only provide it for men with very advanced disease, when other treatments have failed. However in the neighbouring UK nations of Scotland and Wales the drug is more widely available.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Six reporting by health editor Hugh Pym.
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Some people who fled northern Gaza after Israeli forces told them to leave are now heading back, says the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
Thomas White from the UNRWA tells the Today programme on BBC Radio 4: "It's very dangerous in the north but people are losing their lives in the south as well."
White said 8,000 people were taking shelter in his organisation's warehouse complex and surviving on just one litre of water a day and small amounts of bread.
Palestinian officials in the Hamas-run health ministry said 436 people have been killed in Gaza since yesterday morning - taking the total to more than 5,000 since 7 October, they said.
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A Pakistani court has indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his deputy in an official secrets acts case on Monday, his party said.
A special court indicted Khan and his party's deputy leader, former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Quershi, his party - the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) - told media.
It said it would challenge the indictment.
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Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says the military’s campaign in Gaza “may take a month, two or three, but at the end there will be no more Hamas".
Gallant was speaking after operational briefing at the Israeli Air Force Operations Command and Control Centre.
“In terms of the operational aspects of manoeuvring, at the end of the day, nothing will stop the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)", he said.
“This should be our last manoeuvring operation in Gaza, for the simple reason that afterwards there will be no more Hamas.”
The minister also said the next stage, a widely-anticipated ground operation, “will come soon” - but how soon remains unclear.
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The UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the second convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza entered the Palestinian enclave on Sunday.
Fourteen trucks went in, a day after the first 20 aid trucks crossed the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza.
Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, posted on X to say the move was: "Another small glimmer of hope for the millions of people in dire need of humanitarian aid."
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Climate change means Norway’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate – revealing ancient Viking artefacts that have been hidden beneath ice for millennia.
Thousands of artefacts have been discovered so far, giving rise to a new field of study called glacial archaeology.
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The United Nations has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza, saying the situation there has reached “catastrophic levels”.
The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres told a peace summit in Egypt that it was time for “action to end this god-awful nightmare”.
It came as the first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza from Egypt via the Rafah crossing. Earlier, Hamas had released two American hostages
Israel has said it’s stepping up its airstrikes on Gaza in response to the killing of its citizens by Hamas. Gunmen raided Israel on 7 October, killing 1,400 people and taking around 200 hostages.
Since then more than 4,400 people have been killed in Israeli air and artillery strikes in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Wyre Davies.
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A number of leaders from the Middle East and Europe have gathered in Cairo, Egypt, for a summit to discuss the potential de-escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders Palestinians would not be forced off their land.
Abbas is head of the Palestinian Authority, which has control over areas of the occupied West Bank, but not the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said his aim was to end the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip and revive a path to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
The meeting, called the Summit for Peace, also included officials from Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Spain, the EU and UK. Israel, the US and Iran did not attend.
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The Rafah crossing has opened, allowing aid trucks to enter Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
Live images showed UN vehicles with white flags moving through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into Gaza.
Israel has agreed to allow around 20 trucks carrying food, water and medicine - but no fuel - into Gaza through the southern crossing from Egypt.
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Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group's deadly raid on Israel.
Israel confirmed that mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan had been handed over to them from Hamas at the Gaza border.
It follows a visit to Israel by the US President Joe Biden.
Hamas said the pair were freed for "humanitarian reasons".
They were the first captives released since the gunmen raided Israel on 7 October, killing 1,400 people and taking around 200 hostages.
More than 4,000 people have since been killed in Israeli air and artillery strikes in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Israeli officials have confirmed that two American hostages, Judith and Natalie Raanan have been released by Hamas.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the two Americans are safely in the hands of authorities in Israel, and added that US officials will meet with them as soon as possible.
Israel has confirmed that they have received the two women from Hamas at the Gaza border.
The mother and daughter were taken hostage by Hamas during the deadly raid on Israel earlier this month.
The military arm of Hamas said the pair was released for “humanitarian reasons”, and they have been taken to a miltary base in Israel where family members are said to be waiting.
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The Conservatives have suffered two heavy by-election defeats in the UK, with Labour overturning huge majorities to take Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.
The party made history in Mid Bedfordshire, overcoming a 24,664 Tory majority to win the seat for the first time.
In Tamworth there was a 23.9% swing to Labour from the Tories.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party was "redrawing the political map”.
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US President Joe Biden has said world history is at "an inflection point" as he made the case for a "smart investment" of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel.
In a rare White House speech, he said Hamas and Russia "both want to annihilate a neighbouring democracy”.
Mr Biden said he would send an "urgent" funding request to Congress on Friday.
But the House of Representatives currently has no leader, so can't approve any spending.
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Hundreds of vehicles carrying aid are waiting to be allowed into Gaza to bring in vital supplies.
US President Biden has secured an agreement with Egypt to allow up to 20 lorries to enter the territory.
Aid agencies are warning that far more will be needed. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said about 100 lorries a day will be required.
On 7 October, Hamas launched an attack on Israel which killed more than 1,400 people.
Israel is continuing to heavily bomb Gaza, and the health ministry in Gaza has said more than 3,700 people have been killed in Israeli strikes.
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UK PM Rishi Sunak has met Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
The leaders met for talks on Thursday during Mr Sunak's two-day visit to Israel.
The most serious escalation in the conflict in decades erupted on 7 October, when Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people.
Israel is continuing to heavily bomb Gaza, and the health ministry in Gaza has said more than 3,700 people have been killed in Israeli strikes.
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Moscow has pledged its "complete support" for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Mr Lavrov, who is on an official trip to North Korea, also thanked the country for its support in Ukraine.
Last week, the US said North Korea had begun sending large shipments of arms to Russia for use in Ukraine.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has landed Israel for diplomatic talks.
Israel's military said it hit hundreds of sites in Gaza over the past 24 hours, targeting "Hamas infrastructure".
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to open up the Rafah crossing at its border with Gaza to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into Gaza.
This comes after US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel on Wednesday.
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Horrific scenes following an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City continued the day after the blast, with terrible suffering and grief as relatives mourned the dead and the search continued for the remains of Palestinian victims.
Health officials in Gaza said almost 500 people were killed in the explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City. They claim an Israeli airstrike was responsible.
However on a visit to Tel Aviv, US President Joe Biden said the deadly blast appears to have been caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants, backing Israel's account of the incident.
Israel’s military said the explosion was caused by a failed Palestinian rocket, which was intended to strike Israeli territory.
The tragedy has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Rushdi Abualouf reporting from the scene of the explosion.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin was given the red carpet treatment at a global summit in Beijing, as China and Russia deepen their solidarity.
Hosted by China's President Xi Jinping, the meeting celebrated 10 years of his signature foreign and economic policy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Mr Putin was the guest of honour among leaders and officials from more than 130 countries.
He has rarely left his country since invading Ukraine in February last year.
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US President Joe Biden has said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital appears to have been caused by Palestinian militants, backing Israel's account of the incident.
Mr Biden, who visited Tel Aviv on Wednesday, said he was "deeply saddened and outraged" by the explosion.
Israel's military said it was caused by a failed Palestinian rocket launch.
But Palestinian officials said an Israeli air strike hit the hospital.
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A deadly blast at the crowded Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City is feared to have killed hundreds of people.
The Hamas-controlled Palestinian authorities in Gaza immediately blamed Israel, claiming it was a deliberate air strike. Israel has denied involvement.
Amid the claim and counter-claim, getting to the truth is harder than ever.
BBC Verify has analysed video footage, still imagery and other evidence, including eyewitness accounts.
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The UN's agency for Palestinian refugees has warned of an impending “health disaster” in Gaza, following the blast at the Al Ahli hospital.
Israel has said "will not thwart humanitarian supplies from Egypt as long as it is only food, water and medicine for the civilian population in the southern Gaza Strip".
But it will "not allow any humanitarian aid from its territory to the Gaza Strip as long as our hostages are not returned," the statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's office adds.
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People have been protesting outside the US embassy in Lebanon's capital city Beriut, following the war between Israel and Gaza.
Security forces have used tear gas and water cannons to try to contain the crowds.
There were also protests outside embassy buildings in Jordan, Libya and Iran.
Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group called on Muslims and Arabs to "move immediately to streets and squares to express intense anger".
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US President Joe Biden has said Hamas’ attack on Israel is like “15 9/11s” for the country.
In an address in Tel Aviv, Biden promised to ask the US Congress for an "unprecedented" defence package of Israel.
The US president is currently on a visit to the region, where he has expressed his solidarity with leaders.
While Biden backed Israel's strong denial of involvement in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital in Gaza, several Arab countries have joined Hamas in blaming Israel for the explosion.
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US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Biden has pledged US support, and said last night's hospital attack "appears" to have been caused "by the other team".
Israel says the blast on Tuesday evening was caused by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants, with the IDF saying its evidence shows a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket, fired from a cemetery, landed in the hospital car park.
But Hamas, Palestinian authorities, and other countries blame Israel for the explosion, which Hamas says killed 500 people.
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Protests have sprung up in several major cities after the bombing of a Gaza hospital where hundreds of wounded people were being treated.
One doctor described the blast at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on Tuesday night as "a massacre".
It enraged Palestinians who flooded the streets of several cities in the West Bank, throwing stones and chanting against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Protesters were also seen in Libyan cities, outside the British and French embassies in Tehran as well as at Israeli embassies in Turkey and Jordan.
Israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants.
Hamas, Palestinian authorities, and other countries blame Israel for the explosion, which Hamas says killed 500 people.
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The Israeli military has said the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group was responsible for the Al Ahli hospital explosion in Gaza.
Daniel Hagari, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in an army briefing that a barrage of rockets were fired by Hamas to Israel at 18:15 local time on Tuesday - before the hospital blast.
Hagari said Hamas understood the strike was caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket, but launched a "global media campaign" to blame Israel.
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US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel to express his solidarity and discuss war plans with its leaders.
The high-stakes trip has been upended by a blast at a crowded Gaza City hospital on Tuesday in which hundreds of people are feared to have died.
The blast, which Palestinian officials and the Israeli military have blamed on each other, further stoked tensions.
Biden had planned to visit Jordan to meet Arab leaders but this was cancelled after the explosion.
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The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 500 people have been killed in an airstrike on a hospital compound in the centre of Gaza City.
Israeli officials deny targeting the hospital and say they believe the blast was caused by a rocket from Hamas or Islamic Jihad that fell short and struck the site.
News of the deadly incident came hours before President Biden departed for Israel for a visit to deliver a message of support following the Hamas attacks there.
President Biden was also planning to meet the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority but that meeting has been canceled following the Gaza hospital attack.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington and Jeremy Bowen in Israel.
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Hundreds of Palestinians are feared to have been killed in an airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City.
Palestinians injured in the Israel-Hamas war were being treated at the hospital, while others were seeking safety after days of Israeli air strikes.
The Israeli military has denied responsibility for the attack, claiming that a rocket barrage fired by extremists struck the Al Ahli hospital which is funded by the Anglican Church.
Earlier, the United Nations said a school in central Gaza where 4,000 people were sheltering was also hit, killing at least six people.
The Israeli military insisted it was not targeting civilians, stating: "When we see a Hamas target, we will go after it”.
The US President Joe Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday for talks on the crisis, with fears it could escalate to a wider conflict.
Clive Myrie presents News at Ten reporting by International Editor Jeremy Bowen.
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Hundreds are feared dead or injured in an Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza, Palestinian officials say.
An Israeli army spokesperson says the cause of the incident is not known and the army is looking into the details.
The BBC is working to verify details of the incident.
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India’s Supreme Court has declined to legalise same-sex marriages but said the rights of LGBTQ+ people must be upheld.
Five judges ruled they could not legalise such unions, which they said was parliament's job.
In 2018, the Supreme Court had decriminalised gay sex in a landmark ruling.
But the government and religious leaders strongly opposed same-sex marriage, saying it was against India's culture.
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Why does the US support Israel? Why does Iran support Hamas? Is Nato backing Israel? Has Israel ever lost a war?
US President Joe Biden has confirmed he will visit Israel on Wednesday, before going on to Jordan where he'll meet officials including Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas.
It comes as Iran's foreign minister said Israel will not be allowed to act in the Gaza Strip without consequences - and warned of "pre-emptive action" in the coming hours.
More than 100 people were killed on Monday night following strikes at homes in Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Here's what you need to know about the people and places involved.
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As the Israeli siege of Gaza continues, the area is "on the edge of catastrophe", a BBC reporter on the ground has said.
In Khan Younis in the south, hundreds of thousands of people have arrived, after Israel warned them to leave the north.
People are sleeping in the streets, running water is limited, and there are queues for bread outside bakeries.
Israel has blocked supplies of food, water, fuel, and electricity since the deadly Hamas attacks on 7 October.
But the Israeli military denies there's a humanitarian crisis, insisting there are supplies of water and electricity.
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A British teenager who went missing after Hamas's attack on southern Israel was murdered, her family have told BBC News.
Yahel, 13, disappeared after militants attacked Kibbutz Be'eri and killed her British-born mother Lianne.
Family members have now confirmed to BBC News that Yahel was also killed. Her sister Noiya, 16, and Israeli father Eli are still missing.
UK PM Rishi Sunak said on Monday that "at least" six British citizens have died.
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US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive.
Biden will also discuss how Israel will conduct its operations in a way that "minimises civilian casualties", the US says.
In its strongest warning yet, Iran, which backs Hamas, says it could take "pre-emptive action" against Israel in the coming hours.
It's thought this would involve the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon, which has been exchanging fire with Israel in recent days.
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Police in Brussels have shot a man in a manhunt for the gunman who killed two Swedish nationals.
The man was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood, local media reported.
Belgian prosecutors reported the incident but said they could not yet confirm whether the man was the attacker.
Brussels has been on its highest terror alert after Monday's attack.
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Two British teenage sisters are missing in Israel following the attacks by Hamas gunmen that left at least 1,400 people dead.
Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13 were living at Kibbutz Be'eri, next to the Gaza Strip, when it came under attack. Their mother was murdered and the two girls are now missing.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Manning.
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Thousands of people in Gaza have gathered at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, as diplomatic efforts continue to open it before Israel starts its expected ground operation.
But the United Nations said there had been no progress in negotiations on reopening of the crossing.
Cairo blames Israel for "not co-operating".
All routes out of Gaza are closed, as Israel continues its air strikes in response to Hamas' attack of 7 October.
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US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, 55 years ago.
But as the exclusive BBC Archive clips in this new series reveal, that protest came at a heavy cost.
The Black Power salute, as it came to be known, was a defiant statement against the systemic oppression of black people in the US and marked a defining moment in the history of civil rights activism.
But their use of it on 16 October 1968 came at great personal cost to the athletes involved.
This video is from 'In History,' which uses the BBC's archive to explore historical events. For more like this, visit: https://bbc.in/3S86dvk
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Around a million Palestinians are now believed to have fled southwards from northern Gaza - a top UN official says - ahead of what is expected to be a major ground offensive by Israel.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas have denied reports that a truce was in place in order to allow aid to get in through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
The Rafah crossing remains closed despite crowds of people gathering at the gates and growing calls for food, medical supplies and fuel to be allowed into Gaza.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv for meetings after several days of diplomacy, travelling between Arab nations.
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of residents and taking hostages.
Thousands of people have been gathering close to the crossing with Egypt in the hope of leaving Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive.
Here's what you need to know about the people and places involved.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "demolish Hamas" as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants.
It appears that Israel's armed forces are now fully prepared for a ground campaign. It follows the attacks in southern Israel by Hamas gunmen that has left more than 1,400 Israelis dead.
BBC's defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale, takes a look at the weapons Hamas has brought into Israel.
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It is exactly 100 years since Walt Disney founded his famous film studio, and the company is celebrating its milestone while navigating tricky times.
Disney, which began with Mickey Mouse in 1928, has since evolved into something much bigger, and holds an enormous cultural influence globally, with movies, merchandise, and theme parks.
But, in a digital age, Disney is exiting the TV business in a move towards digital streaming, which has brought with it a number of challenges – along with the political minefields that the company currently finds itself in.
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Israel has activated a plan to evacuate residents of 28 villages within 2 km (1 mile) of the Lebanese border, the military has said.
The border has been deemed unsafe by the Israeli government because, in addition to Hamas in Gaza, Israel is also fighting Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon which is committed to Israel's destruction.
Like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah has been designated a terror organisation by the UK, US and other countries.
One Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah missile attack on a village on Sunday, and Israel has carried out overnight strikes on Lebanon.
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Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow "foreigners out" of south Gaza and "humanitarian aid in".
US media had reported that Egypt could reopen the Rafah crossing for several hours - but it is currently closed.
Thousands of people are gathering there in the hope of leaving Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive.
More than 1,400 people in Israel were killed in Hamas attacks just over a week ago. Nearly 2,700 people in Gaza have been killed in Israel's retaliatory bombardment.
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An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza is believed to be imminent after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his country that the armed forces are now “ready to demolish Hamas”.
A huge Israeli army is massed on the border with Gaza, including many tanks and armoured vehicles. It appears that Israel's armed forces are now fully prepared for a ground campaign.
It follows the attacks in southern Israel by Hamas gunmen that has left more than 1,400 Israelis dead.
Israel has been continuing its ariel bombardment of Gaza where more than 2,600 Palestinians are said to have been killed already.
Thousands of people are continuing to flee south in Gaza, after Israel ordered their evacuation.
The United Nations has said that Gaza is on the edge of the abyss.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Rushdi Abualouf.
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Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, displays the art collections of the Buonarroti family, including the works of its most famous member, Michelangelo.
It's also home to Allegory of Inclination, painted by the pioneering 17th-Century female artist Artemisia Gentileschi - and there's more to her than meets the eye.
BBC Click went to find out more.
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BBCAfricaEye has spoken more than thirty witnesses of a sexual abuse ring that plagued all levels of Gabonese football for three decades.
The investigation heard claims football governing bodies did not act effectively when they were made aware of it.
The allegations of sexual abuse in the central African country of Gabon date as far back as the early 1990s.
One victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, described what happened to him as a teenager at an Under-17 football camp.
Warning: This video contains details some readers may find upsetting
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Israel has warned 1.1m Palestinians living in north Gaza to evacuate south, as it prepares to attack "by land air and sea".
The UN's aid agency told the BBC that Gaza is "being pushed into an abyss".
The US has sent a second aircraft carrier to the region to "deter hostile actions against Israel". Meanwhile, Iran has warned of "far-reaching consequences" if Israel continues attacking.
And tension is rising on Israel's northern border with Lebanon, too. An Israeli civilian has been killed near there by a missile fired from Lebanon.
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The Israeli military will attack by land, air and sea, the Israel Defence Forces said in a statement ahead of an expected ground offensive - but gave no timings or specifics.
Israel has warned 1.1m Palestinians living in north Gaza to evacuate south, and thousands have been fleeing by vehicle or on foot.
The US has sent a second aircraft carrier to the region to "deter hostile actions against Israel".
Meanwhile, Iran has warned of "far-reaching consequences" if Israel continues attacking Gaza.
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After almost a century and a journey of thousands of miles, a totem pole taken from Canada has returned home.
The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole has been in Scotland since it was sold to the National Museum by Canadian anthropologist Marius Barbeau in 1929.
However, researchers say it was stolen from the Nisga'a Nation without consent while locals were away from their villages for the annual hunting season.
It is the first totem pole to be returned from a British museum to an indigenous community - a potentially precedent-setting moment in the broader move towards museum repatriation.
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A deadline for people to evacuate northern Gaza has passed.
Israeli authorities had revised the deadline, giving people until 13:00 GMT (16:00 local time) on Saturday to flee.
More than one million people have been told to leave using two safe corridors ahead of an expected Israeli ground assault against Hamas, the Palestinian militant group.
UN chief António Guterres said the call for a mass evacuation was extremely hazardous and he urged humanitarian access.
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More than one million people living in northern Gaza have been told evacuate as Israel prepares to launch its expected ground offensive.
Civilians must head south between 10am and 4pm local time on Saturday, using two routes, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The call for a mass evacuation has been condemned by humanitarian groups and described by UN chief António Guterres as extremely hazardous.
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Israel has warned 1.1m people living in north Gaza to evacuate south, and thousands have been fleeing by vehicle or on foot.
UN chief António Guterres said the call for a mass evacuation was extremely hazardous and he urged humanitarian access.
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Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. More than a million people have been warned to move south by Israel, as its forces mass on the border of the territory which is home to around two million people.
Israel is acting in response to the recent attacks on Israel by Hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments. More than 1,300 people were killed in those attacks and Hamas seized more than 100 hostages.
Several days of airstrikes on Gaza are said to have left around 1,900 Palestinians dead, including 600 children. Fuel, food and water supplies are running out in Gaza but Israel says it won't lift its blockade until Hamas frees all the hostages it seized in Israel.
The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations appealed for it to stop a “crime against humanity” and said the evacuation order amounts to ethnic cleansing.
The UN Secretary General has warned all sides that there are rules of war and civilians must be protected. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Jon Donnison.
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People born using a sperm or egg donor in the UK can now find out the identity of the donor because of a change in the law.
There are thousands of people conceived using sperm, eggs and embryos in the UK - and they want to try to find out where they came from.
BBC journalist Tink Llewellyn meets people born from donors while embarking on her own personal journey as a donor baby.
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Israel says it is striking parts of a secret labyrinth of tunnels built underneath the Gaza Strip by Hamas, as it continues to retaliate for the Palestinian Islamist militant group's unprecedented cross-border attack on Saturday.
"Think of the Gaza Strip as one layer for civilians and then another layer for Hamas. We are trying to get to that second layer that Hamas has built," an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said in a video on Thursday.
Warplanes could also drop "bunker busting" bombs, which penetrate deep into the ground before detonating. However, they would pose a risk of collateral damage due to the dense urban terrain.
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Israel has told everyone in the north of the Gaza Strip - about 1.1 million people - to relocate to the south of the territory within 24 hours.
The UN said this is not possible and asked Israel to withdraw the order, warning of "devastating humanitarian consequences".
The World Health Organization said Gaza's health authorities had told it that it would be impossible to evacuate vulnerable hospital patients.
Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, told civilians to ignore the evacuation order, describing it as "fake propaganda". However, many people have been leaving.
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People are fleeing northern Gaza after an Israeli warning that civilians should move south.
About 1.1 million people living in northern areas have been told to leave in the next day.
The UN urged Israel to withdraw its order, warning of "devastating humanitarian consequences".
Israel has massed soldiers near Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive.
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More than 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched air strikes following Hamas's unprecedented attack on 7 October.
What do we know about the extent of the damage in Gaza following the air strikes?
BBC Verify has pieced together the story.
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Gaza City's main hospital, Al Shifa, is at breaking point, with hundreds of seriously injured people filling the hallways alongside bodies left in corridors and outside.
Inside the hospital, BBC Arabic reporter Adnan Elbursh and his team discover their own neighbours, relatives and friends among those injured and killed.
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Neta Portal was shot six times by Hamas gunmen who broke into her home in the Jewish community of Kfar Aza.
She has told the BBC how she escaped with the help of her father, a plain-clothes police officer who she had not spoken to for six years.
She has also revealed details of the atrocities she witnessed in Kfar Aza.
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Israel has given a 24-hour deadline for everyone in the northern part of the Gaza Strip - home to about 1.1 million people - to evacuate to the south, the UN has said.
Israeli military directly addressed Gaza City residents, telling them to leave for their "safety and protection".
The warning comes as Israel is expected to launch a ground offensive into Gaza to root out militant group Hamas.
The UN wants the evacuation order withdrawn, warning that it is "impossible" and could lead to "devastating humanitarian consequences".
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The Israeli military has told the UN that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza in the next 24 hours, says a UN spokesperson.
The UN says this amounts to approximately 1.1 million people - about half the population of the entire Gaza Strip. The affected area includes densely populated Gaza City.
The alert was given just before midnight, Gaza and Jerusalem time (23:00 GMT).
"The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," the UN said in a statement.
Israel has issued a response to the UN, defending its evacuation order and saying the international body's statement was "shameful".
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More than 1,400 people have now been killed in Gaza, in Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on the territory. Many of the dead are women and children.
Gaza’s only power station has run out of fuel and supplies of food, water and medicine are dwindling.
The Red Cross says if backup generators fail hospitals may become morgues.
Israel is carrying out a bombardment of Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas gunmen that claimed the lives of around 1,200 Israelis.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison in Jerusalem and Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza.
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The situation in Gaza is "dire", with food and water running out during an Israeli siege, according to the UN's World Food Programme.
The Palestinian enclave is relying on generators after its only power station ran out of fuel, but Israel says its blockade will not end until Israeli hostages are released.
At least 150 hostages were taken into Gaza during Hamas's deadly attacks at the weekend that killed 1,300 people.
The Israeli defence chief has admitted failures in the military's duty to uphold security and protect Israeli citizens.
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Confusion reigned on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning as Speaker of the House nominee Steve Scalise struggled to win enough votes to secure an overall majority in the chamber.
He defeated hardliner Jim Jordan in a private vote on Wednesday.
Mr Scalise, 58, must now work to unite the divided Republicans and secure their backing in a full House vote.
Republicans hold a slim majority, meaning he can only afford to lose the support of five party members.
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The situation in Gaza is "dire", with food and water running out, according to the UN's World Food Programme.
Israel says its blockade of Gaza will not end until Hamas releases Israeli hostages.
1,300 people have died in Israel since Saturday’s deadly attacks, and more than 1,400 have died in Gaza.
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Israel is continuing its massive mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of troops on the boundary with Gaza, ahead of a widely expected ground offensive into the territory.
The United Nations is calling for essential supplies to be allowed into Gaza, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as Israel enforces a complete siege.
Gaza, which is home to more than two million people, is running short of power, food, water and medical supplies.
It follows the attack on Israel by Hamas militants who are now known to have killed at least 1,200 people in the assault.
It's believed that Hamas are holding more than 100 hostages in Gaza, who were seized during the raids in Israel.
More than 1,400 have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by international editor Jeremy Bowen and Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has vowed unending US support for Israel during a visit to the country.
"You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as America exists you will never, ever have to," he said
He added that how Israel defends itself "matters" and "it is so important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians".
Earlier, Israel said the siege of Gaza would not end until Israeli hostages were released.
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of people, and taking dozens of hostages.
The death toll in Israel from the Hamas attacks has reached 1,200 - while more than 1,100 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
Gaza's only power station has shut down, after Israel cut off electricity supplies as well as goods including medicines, food, fuel and water.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near Gaza "ready to execute the mission we have been given".
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The Israeli military has said no decision has been made yet on any ground incursion into Gaza but that they are preparing for it.
Hundreds of thousands of troops have massed near the Gaza border and are preparing for the order to move in.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has established a national emergency unity government alongside opposition leader Benny Gantz who said it was "a time for war".
Part of the calculations being made by the new Israeli war cabinet must be the fate of the hostages taken by Hamas into Gaza.
Israel has said the siege of Gaza will not end until Israeli hostages are released.
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The Israel Defense Force said it struck over 200 targets in Gaza overnight.
More than 1,200 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its air strikes on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
A similar number of people in Israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple attacks by Hamas at the weekend.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel - the White House is warning other regional countries not to "take advantage" of the situation.
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The attacks on Israel by Hamas militants came at a time when the US was brokering complex negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has highlighted how these diplomatic efforts may have been one of the factors behind the timing of the assault.
BBC News’s Ros Atkins analyses why Hamas may have carried out its latest attacks on Israel.
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Millions of people use instant loan apps with the promise of easy money - but many have found themselves trapped in a nightmare of blackmail, extortion, and abuse.
A BBC investigation has revealed that, in the last three years, more than 60 people in India have taken their own lives after being threatened or humiliated by loan apps.
BBC Eye goes undercover to take you inside the loan app scam—and to expose the people making money from misery, fear, and shame.
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Gaza's only power station has run out of fuel, as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas.
Earlier this week, Israel announced it was cutting supplies of electricity, fuel, and water.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops have massed near the Gaza border.
The death toll in Israel from the Hamas attacks has reached 1,200 - while more than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
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The Israeli military says hundred of thousands of troops are near Gaza "ready to execute the mission we have been given”.
Earlier this week, Israel announced a siege of Gaza - cutting its supplies of electricity, fuel, and water.
The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 since Saturday's attacks, while more than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
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US President Joe Biden has said Israel has a right and a duty to respond to Hamas' attacks over the weekend, which he called an "act of sheer evil".
Biden said the US would "stand with Israel" and provide whatever assistance it needed, in a statement at the White House.
Some 1,200 people have died in Israel since Saturday, and more than 900 people have died in retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
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The Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near the Gaza border "ready to execute the mission we have been given".
Israel is expected to launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip soon - it says the mission is to "make sure Hamas won't have any military capabilities".
The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 - while more than 900 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
The head of the Palestinian Energy Authority says Gaza's only power station will run out of fuel today.
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The Israeli military has been recovering the bodies of whole families who were killed when communities were stormed by Hamas gunmen.
The BBC's International Editor Jeremy Bowen has visited the village Kfar Aza - the site of a massacre committed by Hamas near the border with Gaza.
Fighting was continuing nearby as he witnessed scenes of terrible brutality.
Israeli soldiers said that Hamas stormed in, burning homes and killing families.
An Israeli officer told the BBC that some of the dead had been beheaded.
Israel has launched massive airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas attacks. In Gaza, hundreds of civilians including women and children have been killed in the attacks.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten frontline reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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US President Joe Biden has described Hamas' attack on Israel as an "act of sheer evil", accusing the group of "butchering" people.
Details of a massacre in an Israeli village where fighting continued until Tuesday morning have emerged.
Hamas earlier launched a fresh rocket attack on southern Israel after warning people to leave the city of Ashkelon.
The death toll in Israel has reached 1,000 and more than 800 people have been killed in Gaza.
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Hamas has fired rockets on the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon after warning people to leave by 17:00 local time (15:00 BST).
Air raid sirens have been sounded across Israel throughout the day - the military says more than 4,500 rockets have been fired since Saturday.
Israel said it's killed two top Hamas officials while continuing to bomb the Gaza Strip; the group itself has not confirmed this.
A BBC reporter in Gaza said it was the worst bombing he had seen in 20 years, with neighbourhoods flattened.
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The full answer will take some time to emerge. But it seems as if surprise, scale and speed overwhelmed defences which were patchy and unprepared for what they faced.
Israeli intelligence failed to get inside the planning by Hamas for the attack. The group seems to have undertaken a long-term programme of deception to give the impression it was incapable or unwilling to launch an ambitious attack.
Former US Army Lieutenant general Mark Schwartz who served as the US Security Coordinator for the Israel-Palestinian Authority until 2021 spoke to the BBC about how this possibly happened.
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What is happening in Israel? What is Hamas? Why are Israel and Palestine at war? Why did Hamas attack? Where is the Gaza Strip?
The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of residents and taking hostages.
The Israel Defense Forces said they are continuing to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Here's what you need to know about the people and places involved - and the essential context to understand this story.
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Israel has said it's secured its border with Gaza, three days after Hamas militants broke through the barrier to launch a murderous assault that has left more than 900 people dead.
No militants have crossed in the past day, the Israeli military said.
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have continued overnight - the air force said 200 targets were hit.
Almost 690 people have been killed by the strikes in Gaza, Palestinian authorities said.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it will use "enormous force" against the Hamas militant group.
He said Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip for the attacks by Hamas gunmen in Israel had only just begun.
About 900 people in Israel are now known to have died in the surprise attack, including 260 people massacred by Hamas gunmen at a music festival.
Since then, hundreds of Palestinians including many civilians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
It’s widely expected that Israel will launch a ground offensive into Gaza, where around 130 Israelis are being held hostage by Hamas.
Lyse Doucet presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Music-lovers travelled to the desert in southern Israel to attend the Supernova festival.
But soon the party turned to tragedy with footage emerging of people fleeing bullets and harrowing details being heard.
More than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the site, according to rescue agency Zaka.
BBC's World Affairs Correspondent Caroline Hawley explains.
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Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist militant group which rules the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is sworn to Israel's destruction and has fought several wars with Israel since it took power in Gaza in 2007.
In between those wars, it has fired or allowed other groups to fire thousands of rockets at Israel, and carried out other deadly attacks.
Israel has also repeatedly attacked Hamas with air strikes, and, together with Egypt, has blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2007 in what it says is for its security.
Hamas as a whole, or in some cases its military wing, is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the European Union and the UK, as well as other powers. Hamas is backed by Iran which funds it and provides weapons and training.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explains.
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Israel's defence minister has ordered a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, two days after Hamas launched shock attacks on Israel that left hundreds of civilians dead.
But why is this happening, what is Hamas, and who backs it?
The BBC’s Middle East analyst, Sebastian Usher answers your questions.
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The Israeli military has compared the surprise co-ordinated assault launched by Hamas on Saturday to the September 2001 attacks in the US.
"This is our 9/11 - they got us," said an Israeli spokesperson.
More than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Saturday and almost 500 people have died in Gaza.
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Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says he has ordered a "complete siege" on the Gaza Strip: "No electricity, no food, no fuel."
As a reminder - Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline, and restricts who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings.
Similarly, Egypt controls who passes in and out of its border with Gaza.
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The Israeli military says the assault launched by Hamas on Saturday feels like the September 2001 attack on the US.
"This is our 9/11 - they got us," says a spokesman, while another compares it to the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Israel is still fighting Palestinian militants in "seven to eight places" on its own territory.
More than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas launched its attacks, including 260 at a music festival.
Almost 500 have died in Gaza, after Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.
Israel says most of the breach points from Gaza into Israel have been closed, mainly with tanks.
But the military says it can't deny that fighters might still be crossing into Israel from Gaza.
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Israeli has formally declared war on the Hamas militant groups as the number of its citizens killed by gunmen reached 700.
The Palestinian militants are believed to have seized as many as 100 hostages during their surprise attacks in Israel. The gunmen infiltrated Jewish communities near the border with Gaza, killing and seizing civilians and soldiers.
Social media images show women and children are among those seized and taken to Gaza by the Hamas gunmen.
Israel has launched a wave of attacks in the Gaza strip in retaliation with reports that hundreds of Palestinian civilians have been killed.
Lyse Doucet presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonathan Beale and Caroline Hawley.
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Israel has warned Gazans to prepare for retaliation after an unprecedented attack on the country by Hamas left a reported 250 people dead.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country has entered a "long and difficult war".
Since the initial attack, Israel has been striking targets in the Gaza Strip, and has advised people there to take shelter.
More than 230 Gazans have been killed and 1,000 others wounded so far, according to Palestinian officials.
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US President Joe Biden has pledged to make sure Israel “can continue to defend themselves".
It comes as the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years on Saturday, which has prompted Israel to launch a wave of air strikes on Gaza.
Biden reaffirmed the United States' full support for Israel, and said its support is "rock solid and unwavering".
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At least 150 people are reported killed and 1,100 wounded in Israel after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years.
Dozens of gunmen from Gaza infiltrated southern Israeli communities after dawn under the cover of heavy rocket fire.
They have taken both Israeli soldiers and civilians hostage, and some have been brought back to Gaza.
Israel has responded with a wave of air strikes on Gaza that have killed at least 232 people and wounded 1,600, the Palestinian health ministry said.
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At least 198 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory air strikes in the Gaza Strip, health officials have said.
Palestinian officials launched a surprise rocket attack on Israel in the early hours of Saturday, while dozens of gunmen from the militant group Hamas infiltrated the country.
At least 40 people in Israel were killed, with hundreds more being treated in hospitals, according to emergency services.
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Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas appear to have infiltrated southern Israel in a surprise rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of people are being treated in Israeli hospitals, with at least one Israeli woman confirmed to have been killed in the attack.
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war”, adding that the enemy will “pay a price he has never known”.
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Long-range cruise missiles, supplied by the UK and France, dealt a heavy blow to Russia's Black Sea fleet at its home port of Sevastopol.
Satellite images of the scene at the Sevmorzavod dry dock repair facility showed two blackened vessels.
Ukraine’s operations have grown in sophistication from a drone attack in August 2022, which destroyed an estimated nine Russian aircraft at the Saky air base, to the combined drone and missile attacks of today.
Crimea has been a key target since Russia's full-scale invasion last year.
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Over a million people voted in last year’s Fat Bear Week, a popular online event that first started in 2014.
Each year, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park gather along the banks of the Brooks River to devour salmon swimming upstream. Their goal: to pack on as many pounds as possible before winter.
Twelve bears among the lot are chosen for Fat Bear Week's bracket, where fans voting online will ultimately decide the winner.
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Streaming giant Spotify has no immediate plans to completely ban AI created content on its platform, its boss said.
But, despite a track featuring AI-cloned voices of Drake and The Weeknd was pulled from the platform earlier this year, Daniel Ek said there are valid uses of the tech in making music.
Spotify has also invested heavily into podcasts in recent years, and Mr Ek has admitted that “some of it has worked, some of it hasn’t”.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Funerals have been held for some of the victims of a drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs.
At least 100 people were killed, including at least 50 civilians.
The Syrian army blamed the attack on "terrorist groups backed by known international forces". There was no immediate claim from the rebels and jihadists battling the government in the country's civil war.
The drone attack is believed to have been launched from opposition-held areas north-west of Homs.
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US President Joe Biden is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after his administration announced a new border wall construction in Texas.
The president said he was unable to stop the work because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was in power.
Members of his Democratic Party said walls did not work, while rival Republicans accused him of hypocrisy.
Some 20 miles (32km) of barriers will be built in a sparsely populated stretch of the Rio Grande Valley.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi.
She is deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, which was founded by fellow Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Mohammadi has received several jail sentences since 2011 and is currently being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for "spreading propaganda".
The committee said she received the prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her efforts for promoting human rights and freedom for all.
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Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested the mother of teenager Armita Geravand, who was allegedly beaten into a come by morality police for not wearing a hijab.
The family of the 16-year-old say she was assaulted at a metro station and hit her head on a platform, with CCTV footage showing she was pulled unconscious from the train.
Authorities deny she was assaulted by the morality police.
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People from "every family" in Ukraine's north-eastern village of Hroza have been affected by a missile attack that killed 51 people on Thursday, Ukraine's interior minister has said.
A six-year-old child was among the victims when a cafe was hit during a wake in the Kharkiv region.
Ukraine's defence ministry blamed Russia for the attack, and said there were no military targets in the area.
Russia has not directly commented on the strike.
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US President Joe Biden's administration is to build a section of border wall in southern Texas in an effort to stop rising levels of immigration.
About 20 miles (32km) will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico, where officials report high numbers of crossings.
Building a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and fiercely opposed by Democrats.
In 2020, Mr Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected.
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The world's September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service.
Last month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in 2020.
Ongoing emissions of warming gases in addition to the El Niño weather event are driving the heat, experts believe.
Some scientists said they were shocked by the scale of the increase. They say 2023 is now "on track" to be the warmest on record.
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At least 51 people are reported to have died following a Russian attack on a village near Kupiansk in the north-eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
The initial reports came from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying at least 48 people had died.
Later it was confirmed that a cafe in the village of Hroza had been hit.
Regional head of Kharkiv Oleh Synyehubov said a six-year-old boy was among the dead; and a six-year-old girl was wounded.
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Indian authorities are racing against time to rescue people after flash floods in the north-eastern state of Sikkim left 102 people missing.
Fourteen people are known to have died after a Himalayan glacial lake burst its banks, triggering massive floods.
Officials said more than 3,000 tourists had been stranded in different parts of the state.
Hundreds of search and rescue personnel have been deployed across the region.
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The world's biggest YouTuber MrBeast and two BBC presenters have been used in deepfake videos to scam unsuspecting people online.
Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to make a video of someone by manipulating their face or body.
One such video appeared on TikTok this week, claiming to be MrBeast offering people new iPhones for $2 (£1.65).
Meanwhile, likenesses of BBC stars Matthew Amroliwala and Sally Bundock were used to promote a known scam.
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Typhoon Koinu has made landfall in Taiwan, bringing record-breaking gusts at more than 340km/h (210mph).
More than 100 flights have been cancelled and many schools and workplaces have shut.
Major disruption from strong winds, torrential rain and storm surges are expected for parts of Taiwan, China and Hong Kong over the coming days.
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The president of Azerbaijan has withdrawn from EU-hosted talks with Armenia’s Prime Minister, over the future of the Nagorno-Karabakh.
Thousands of Armenians have fled the region in the days after Azerbaijani forces seized Nagorno-Karabakh during a lightning-fast military operation, fearing ethnic cleansing.
But, President Ilham Aliyev is reported to have wanted Turkey to take part in the talks, which was rejected by officials from France and Germany, leading to Azerbaijan pulling out of discussions.
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A search is under way for a Speaker of the House of Representatives after Republican Kevin McCarthy was unexpectedly pushed out by a right-wing revolt in his own party.
The Republicans control the lower chamber of Congress but with a very narrow majority.
So when eight rebels joined the Democrats on Tuesday night, his fate was sealed in a 216-210 final vote.
It is the first time a House Speaker, one of the top jobs in US politics, has been removed in this way.
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Pakistan has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers - an estimated 1.7 million people - to leave the country by November.
A spike in attacks along the two countries' border, which Islamabad blames on Afghanistan-based operatives, has escalated tensions this year.
It has also fuelled resentment in Islamabad, which on Tuesday announced a crackdown on "illegal" migrants.
The Taliban government urged Pakistan to rethink its "unacceptable" move. Afghanistan's rulers have repeatedly denied providing refuge for militants who target Pakistan.
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A former gang leader accused of murdering the US rap star Tupac Shakur in 1996 has appeared in court.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 60, was arrested last week and was indicted by a grand jury in Nevada, which charged him with murder.
Tupac died after bing shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas 27 years ago.
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The judge presiding over Donald Trump's civil fraud case issued a limited gag order after the former US president made "disparaging" remarks about a court clerk.
Trump attacked Judge Arthur Engoron's clerk in a post on his social media site, Truth Social, after the second day of the trial.
The judge warned of "serious sanctions" if the order was disobeyed; Tuesday's gag order is limited and restricted to public comments against members of court staff.
Trump is back in court for a third day, where he, his two adult sons and the wider Trump Organization are accused of perpetrating years of fraud.
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The health authorities in Kenya are investigating an unidentified illness after more than 90 schoolgirls were admitted to hospital.
The students from Eregi Girls High School, located in the west of the country, had difficulties walking and symptoms of knee pain.
A senior education ministry official who visited the school on Tuesday told worried parents that the situation was under control.
Conclusive results to determine the cause of the illness are expected later on Wednesday.
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Western military powers are running out of ammunition to give Ukraine to defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion, the UK and Nato have warned.
Adm Rob Bauer, Nato's most senior military official, told the Warsaw Security Forum that "the bottom of the barrel is now visible".
He said governments and defence manufacturers now had to "ramp up production in a much higher tempo".
Ukraine fires thousands of shells every day and most now come from Nato.
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Kevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt - the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote.
The final tally was 216-210 to remove the congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.
Hardliners in his party voted against him after he struck a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.
There is no clear successor to oversee the House Republican majority.
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At least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames, officials say.
The bus broke through a barrier and plunged almost 15m (50ft) near railway tracks in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge.
Five Ukrainians, one German and the Italian driver were among the dead, city prefect Michele Di Bari said.
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said a "huge tragedy" had taken place.
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The UK and Republic of Ireland will now bid unopposed to host the men's football Euro 2028 tournament after Turkey withdrew to focus on another bid.
Turkey had agreed to merge their Euro 2032 bid with Italy in July and that has now been approved by governing body Uefa.
While Italy had only bid for the 2032 tournament, Turkey had bid to host both Euro 2028 and 2032.
Both bids still need official approval by Uefa at a meeting of its executive committee on Tuesday.
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The French foreign minister has met with officials in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where she has said that France is ready to sign a military agreement with the country.
Catherine Colonna met with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Tuesday.
Armenia’s prime minister and Azerbaijan’s president are due to hold peace talks in Spain later today.
Nearly 120,000 ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan seized the region last month.
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At least 21 people including two children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice and burst into flames.
The bus smashed through a barrier and plunged alongside railway tracks in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by bridge.
There are reports that the bus was powered by methane gas and fell onto power lines, leading to an explosion.
It’s understood the bus had been rented to take tourists between Venice and a campsite in the nearby Marghera district.
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said it was “an apocalyptic scene, there are no words.”
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison and Mark Lowen.
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House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted after a right-wing revolt on his backbench.
Mr McCarthy was removed as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress in a 216-210 vote.
Ultra-conservative frustration over his leadership boiled over at the weekend when he struck a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.
This is the first time in US history that a Speaker of the House has been removed via a motion to vacate.
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US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy is fighting for his political life after a right-wing rebel filed a rarely used motion to oust him.
He is expected to call a vote on his fate on Tuesday. If he loses, he would be removed as Speaker.
Matt Gaetz, a far-right Republican, moved to oust McCarthy on Monday, frustrated about a "secret deal" he believes he made with Democrats.
McCarthy posted on social media: "Bring it on."
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Donald Trump is in court in New York for a second day, as he faces accusations of fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy.
The former US president, his two adult sons and the wider Trump Organization are accused of massively inflating the value of their properties by over $2bn (£1.65bn), in order to secure favourable loans.
On the trial's first day, Trump made a surprise appearance at the courthouse where he lambasted the judge and the New York attorney general who brought the case.
He has denied any wrongdoing, calling the case a sham.
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Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has entered a not guilty plea to charges of illegally owning a handgun at a Delaware courthouse.
Prosecutors allege that the 53-year-old lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased the weapon in 2018.
Biden has acknowledged that he was a heavy user of crack cocaine at the time, but denies breaking the law.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts.
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Pressure has been mounting on Japan’s government to legalise same-sex unions after a court ruled earlier this year that a ban on them was unconstitutional.
It is the only G7 country not to fully recognise same-sex couples.
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Three people have been killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, medics say.
Four other people were injured in the incident, including a foreign national.
A suspect - a 14-year-old boy - has been arrested after surrendering. He had been using a handgun, police said.
The prime minister said the situation had been brought under control and police were clearing the scene, according to the AFP news agency.
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Between 50 to 1000 ethnic-Armenians could still be in Nagorno-Karabakh which came under full Azerbaijan control last month, the UN has said. The visit by the UN followed a mass exodus of ethnic-Armenians from the territory. Armenia is now dealing with the biggest refugee crisis it has seen for decades. The UN mission visited the enclave on 1 October to report on the remaining population of ethnic-Armenians.
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Australia has begun early voting in a landmark referendum on enacting an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
If approved, the reform would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country's constitution and establish a permanent body for them to advise the government.
The country has not had a successful referendum in almost 50 years.
While the majority of Australians will vote on 14 October, those who are unable to can vote at select polling centres right across the country from Tuesday.
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A new cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a huge scale has been hailed as a breakthrough by the World Health Organisation.
The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is said to be 75% effective against the disease.
Most deaths from malaria are of babies and infants in Africa, where it claims more than half a million lives every year.
There are already agreements in place to manufacture more than 100 million doses of the vaccine annually.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergus Walsh and Anne Soy.
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Former US President Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court where he faces a civil lawsuit and a fine of $250m (£204m) for alleged fraud committed through the Trump Organization.
The former president spoke outside the courtroom where he denied the allegations and called the lawsuit a politically motivated "witch hunt".
Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump liable for one fraud claim last week and the same judge will now weigh up six more claims.
New York prosecutors claim Trump deceived banks, insurers and others by largely overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth.
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Italy’s prime minister has warned that Europe will be overwhelmed by migration unless the EU finds solutions.
Italy currently receives the largest number of people smugglers, boats carrying asylum seekers and other migrants in to Europe.
Many people then try to travel on to countries across the continent.
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Former US President Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court to attend the opening of his civil trial.
Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization are accused of perpetrating years of fraud.
The NY attorney general is seeking a fine of $250m (£204m) and a ban on him doing business in his home state.
In brief remarks before entering the courtroom, Trump told reporters: "It's a scam. It's a sham. Just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal."
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A cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization.
The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.
Malaria kills mostly babies and infants, and has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity.
There are already agreements in place to manufacture more than 100 million doses a year.
It has taken more than a century of scientific effort to develop effective vaccines against malaria.
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European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Kyiv in a show of support following signs Western resolve may be wavering.
The European Union’s most senior diplomat, Josep Borrell, has told the BBC that he is worried by the US’ decision to not include new support for Ukraine in a short-term funding deal.
The temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn (£4.92bn) in military aid for Kyiv - a top White House priority.
President Joe Biden has said the US will continue to support Ukraine.
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Football's governing bodies face accusations they failed to protect young victims of sexual abuse in Gabon.
The allegations of sexual abuse in the central African country date as far back as the early 1990s.
BBC Africa Eye spoke to more than 30 witnesses who told of a network that has plagued all levels of the game for three decades.
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At least 10 people, including three children, were killed when the roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico.
The collapse happened on Sunday afternoon local time as around 100 people were attending a baptism at Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero.
Sixty people were injured, at least two of them seriously, and dozens were trapped underneath the rubble.
Local residents rushed to the building with shovels and pickaxes to try to free those trapped.
Search and rescue teams have since arrived at the scene and two cranes are on site to remove the debris.
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More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia says.
It means that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last month.
Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents as equals, but an Armenian spokesman said this was just a "lie".
Nagorno-Karabakh - recognised as part of Azerbaijan - had been run by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
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At least 13 people have died in a fire that engulfed three nightclubs in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia.
The blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub - known as La Fonda - early on Sunday morning.
It then spread to neighbouring clubs as patrons rushed to escape the packed dancefloors, police said.
Rescuers are still searching for those who are unaccounted for.
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US President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a budget deal.
The temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn (£4.92bn) in military aid for Kyiv - a top White House priority.
Republicans oppose further military aid, with many openly opposing Mr Biden's approach to the war.
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Italy’s prime minister has warned that Europe will be overwhelmed by migration unless the EU finds solutions.
Most of the people smugglers’ boats carrying migrants into Europe arrive in Italy. More than 130,000 people have arrived there so far in 2023, almost double the number who arrived the year before.
Many of the migrants aim to move on from Italy, travelling north to counties such as Germany, France or the UK.
Katya Adler presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Mark Lowen on the migrant journey across Italy’s border with France.
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Hardline Republicans have said they will seek to oust US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week, after he pushed through a last-minute spending bill with support from the opposition Democrats.
Mr McCarthy submitted the bill - aimed at averting a government shutdown - in defiance of the right of his party.
On Sunday, Republican Matt Gaetz vowed to oust Mr McCarthy, telling the CNN that House Republicans needed "trustworthy" leadership.
Mr Gaetz has long been a vocal critic of Mr McCarthy.
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At least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the south-eastern city of Murcia, Spanish authorities have said.
The blaze broke out in the popular Teatre nightclub, in the Atalayas area, at around 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT).
Emergency services are looking for people who are missing and were in the premises at the time.
They have warned the number of victims could still rise.
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There is growing evidence that simple, everyday changes to our lives can alter our brains and change how they work. So how do we keep our brains healthy? BBC journalist Melissa Hogenboom explores the latest scientific research and has her own brain scanned and analysed, with intriguing results.
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An explosion near Turkey's parliament in Ankara was a "terrorist attack" that left two police officers injured, the interior minister has said.
Two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) and carried out the attack, Ali Yerlikaya said.
Mr Yerlikaya said an attacker blew himself up in front of a ministry building and another was "neutralised".
The explosion happened just hours before parliament was due to reconvene.
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The US government has avoided a federal shutdown after both House and Senate agreed on a short-term funding deal.
A bill ensuring funding until 17 November received overwhelming support, and was signed into law by President Joe Biden minutes before a deadline.
However, it was stripped of any new aid for Ukraine for its war against Russia - a key Democrat demand.
A government shutdown, which would place tens of thousands of federal employees on furlough without pay and suspend various government services, was due to begin at 00:01 ET (04:01 GMT) on Sunday.
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It’s one year since Russia’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian territories - a decision that sparked almost universal condemnation.
Today, President Vladmir Putin defended the move and claimed Russia had become stronger for it.
But Russia is not even in full control of Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kyiv despite claims it has annexed the four regions.
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More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia says.
It means that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week.
Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents as equals, but an Armenian spokesman said this was just a "lie".
Nagorno-Karabakh - recognised as part of Azerbaijan - had been run by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
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It’s estimated that 400m people around the world hold cryptocurrency, but that only 8M are securing their coins offline. Experts say the safest way to protect your crypto is with a physical device called a hardware wallet. But what is a hardware wallet and how do they work? The BBC’s Cyber Correspondent, Joe Tidy explains.
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US police have charged a former gang leader with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a breakthrough in a long-running case still gripping the public.
Nevada's grand jury has indicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 60, on one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
New York-born hip-hop legend Shakur was shot four times aged 25 in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas.
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The US inched closer to a government shutdown after hardline Republicans rejected a last-minute funding deal in the House of Representatives.
Congress faces a deadline of midnight on Saturday to pass a new budget before thousands of federal employees are placed on unpaid leave.
The Senate has forged ahead with plans for a temporary funding agreement - which House Republicans have opposed.
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A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms bring flash flooding.
Many of the city's subway systems, streets and highways have flooded, while at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport closed on Friday.
Up to five inches (12.7cm) of rain fell in some areas overnight, and up to seven more inches (17.8cm) are due, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said.
"This is a dangerous, life-threatening storm," she added.
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Las Vegas police have reportedly arrested a man in connection with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur nearly three decades ago.
The hip-hop legend was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. The identity of his killer is still a mystery.
On Friday Las Vegas police arrested a man over his death, according to sources speaking to AP news agency.
He died, aged 25, on 13 September 1996, a week after he was shot four times in his car while waiting at a red light.
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Dianne Feinstein, the California senator who served for more than three decades and was a trailblazer for women in US politics, has died aged 90.
Feinstein was the oldest member of the US Senate and voted as recently as Thursday.
In April, she was admitted to hospital after a "minor fall" at her home, the latest in a series of health concerns.
In a statement, Ms Feinstein's office said that she passed away at her home in Washington DC overnight.
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A 14-year-old girl and a bus driver have died after a school bus overturned on a motorway in the UK.
The bus struck a reservation on the M53 motorway in Wirral, Merseyside, shortly after 08:00 BST.
Emergency services say more than 50 people were injured in the crash.
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Rina Sawayama has been called ‘the future of queer pop music’.
The Japanese-British singer speaks to the BBC’s gender and identity correspondent Meghan Mohan about her frustrations with the music industry, how her sexuality informs her art and growing up with racism in the UK.
She also reveals, for the first time, the deeply personal and devastating inspiration behind her album.
In Conversation is a collaboration between BBC Three and the BBC World Service.
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The BBC has been given rare access to the Ukrainian soldiers digging trenches on the frontline of the war.
Here, soldiers live under constant threat of Russian snipers and shelling.
In BBC Newsnight’s final film with Ukraine’s 24th Mechanised Brigade, injured soldiers share their hopes as they retrain to join the war, while those on the frontline discuss when they think fighting will end.
Watch film one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aJvir564g&t=5s
Watch film two here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkLo2babBT4
Correspondent: Mark Urban. Producer: Louis Harris-White. Camera: Jon Hughes Editor: Richard O’Neill
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At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in Pakistan, police have told the BBC.
The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
The police suspect it was a suicide attack targeted at the religious gathering in Mastung city.
Officials have declared a state of emergency.
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The US moved closer to a government shutdown on Thursday, with House Republicans braced to oppose a last-minute proposal forming in the Senate.
Congress faces a deadline of midnight on Saturday to pass a new budget, before thousands of federal employees are placed on unpaid leave.
The Senate has forged ahead with plans for a temporary funding agreement - which House Republicans will oppose.
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Some 42,500 ethnic Armenians have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian officials say - a third of the population of the enclave that Azerbaijan seized last week.
Hundreds of cars are backed up on the one road leading into Armenia.
Azerbaijan says residents will be safe, but Armenia's prime minister says "ethnic cleansing" has started.
Nagorno-Karabakh - recognised as part of Azerbaijan - had been run by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
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BBC Newsnight has been granted rare access to a Ukrainian frontline unit, the 24th Mechanised Brigade.
In the second of three special films with the unit, the BBC visits the soldiers’ hometown to hear how life has changed during the war.
We meet the men wounded in combat, grieving families, and the women who don’t know whether their husbands are dead or alive.
Watch the first film in this series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aJvir564g&t=5s
Correspondent: Mark Urban Producer: Louis Harris-White Camera: Jon Hughes Editor: Richard O’Niell
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Dutch police have arrested a gunman who killed at least three people in twin shootings in the city of Rotterdam.
They says the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city's Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday.
He was a student at Erasmus University, which is affiliated with the hospital.
A woman, 39, and her 14-year old daughter were killed in the first shooting.
A male lecturer, 46, was shot dead at the hospital.
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Spanish police raided the offices of the football referees' committee as part of an investigation into FC Barcelona's alleged corrupt payments to an official.
The Spanish football club face charges of corruption over payments made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of the committee, in return for favourable refereeing decision.
Uefa is also investigating the matter.
Barcelona deny any wrongdoing and no arrests were made during the search in Madrid.
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Police officers in parts of the UK are switching off their body-worn cameras when force is used, as well as deleting footage and sharing videos on WhatsApp.
A BBC investigation has uncovered more than 150 reports of camera misuse by forces in England and Wales - described as "shocking" by a leading officer.
In one case, siblings faced a two-year legal battle over footage showing officers' use of force against them.
The Home Office says police use of cameras must be lawful and justified.
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Officially, the Barbie movie isn't showing in Russia. But unofficially, screenings have taken place across the country.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some Hollywood studios stopped releasing movies in the country, but unauthorised copies of Barbie are getting through.
Russia's culture ministry says the film is not in line with “traditional Russian moral and spiritual values."
Some cinemas have been selling tickets to Russian-made shorts and showing the Barbie feature film as the preview.
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A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the felling of one of the UK's most well-known trees.
The landmark at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight.
Northumberland National Park Authority officials believe the tree, known as Robin Hood's Tree, was "deliberately felled".
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Hundreds of the UK's most precious animals and plants are continuing to decline, as a countrywide nature-loss crisis continues according to environmental groups.
The State of the Nature report - produced by more than 60 conservation and wildlife organisations, government agencies and academics - says loss of nature is outpacing investment and effort to tackle it.
Researchers found 16% of 10,000 mammals, plants, insects, birds and amphibians assessed were threatened, including UK wildlife icons such as the turtle dove and hazel dormouse.
The UK government has said it is committed to "increasing the amount of habitat for nature to thrive”, but conservation organisations say more investment and a shift to much more wildlife-friendly farming and fishing are urgently needed.
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Israel's Supreme Court will on Thursday hear petitions against a new law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.
The new law makes it more difficult to declare a prime minister unfit for office.
The law states that only the prime minister themself or the cabinet can declare the leader unfit, and only due to mental or physical incapacity.
Petitioners have called for the striking of the law. They argue that the legislation was passed solely for Netanyahu's benefit.
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The first funerals have been held for victims of a fire at a wedding in Iraq's Nineveh province.
At least 100 people were killed and many more injured in a blaze at a wedding celebration in Qaraqosh.
Fourteen people have been arrested over the incident.
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US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials have said.
Private King was transferred into US custody in China before being flown to a US military installation.
The 23-year-old illegally crossed into North Korea in July.
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Meta has announced a series of new chatbots with "personality" to be used in its Messenger service.
At Meta's first in-person event since before the pandemic, the company's boss Mark Zuckerberg said that it had been an "amazing year for AI".
Zuckerberg also discussed the metaverse - a virtual world - which is a concept that he has so far spent tens of billions of dollars on.
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Seven Republican candidates clashed over the economy, immigration and China at the second 2024 presidential debate.
Frontrunner Donald Trump - who skipped the event to woo voters in Michigan - was branded "missing in action" by his nearest rival Ron DeSantis.
The contenders on stage also attacked each other during the increasingly heated two-hour forum on Wednesday.
The eventual Republican nominee will face President Joe Biden, the likely Democratic candidate, next year.
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Fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman should not be enough to qualify for international refugee protection, the UK home secretary has said.
Addressing a US think tank on Tuesday, Suella Braverman questioned whether the application of the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age".
Laws have morphed from helping those fleeing persecution to those fearing bias, she argued.
Labour accused her of having "given up on fixing" the asylum system.
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BBC Newsnight has been granted rare access to a Ukrainian frontline unit, the 24th Mechanised Brigade.
In the second of three special films with the unit, the BBC visits the soldiers’ hometown to hear how life has changed during the war.
We meet the men wounded in combat, grieving families, and the women who don’t know whether their husbands are dead or alive.
Watch the first film in this series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aJvir564g&t=5s
Correspondent: Mark Urban Producer: Louis Harris-White Camera: Jon Hughes
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CCTV footage of a drive-through restaurant shows the moment a worker pulled a gun on a customer after an argument over missing fries.
The incident took place in March 2021 in Houston, Texas.
The driver’s family has since filed a lawsuit against Jack-in-the-Box and its employee, Alonniea Ford-Theriot.
Ford-Theriot pled guilty to a charge of deadly conduct.
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US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say.
According to US media reports, Private King was transferred to US custody in China.
The 23-year-old reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea in July.
His condition and the details of his confinement in North Korea remain unclear.
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Hollywood writers have agreed to end their strike after nearly five months.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said in a statement that union leaders "voted unanimously to lift the restraining order and end the strike".
Its 11,500 members will then vote on whether to approve a three-year deal that offers pay raises and protections around use of artificial intelligence.
A separate dispute involves actors, who are also on strike.
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Some 42,500 ethnic Armenians have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh - that’s more than a third of the population of the enclave which Azerbaijan seized last week.
Azerbaijan says residents will be safe, but Armenia's prime minister says "ethnic cleansing" has started.
Nagorno-Karabakh - recognised as part of Azerbaijan - had been run by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
The mountainous region in the South Caucasus has been supported by Armenia - but also by its ally, Russia.
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At least 100 people have died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq, state media has reported.
It is not yet clear what caused the blaze, but early reports say it broke out after fireworks were lit.
Photos on social media show charred-out remains of the event hall in Qaraqosh in Iraq's Nineveh province.
The newly married couple are among the victims, according to the deputy head of the Nineveh health directorate.
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The summer counter-offensive in Ukraine is drawing to a close without making the breakthroughs Ukraine and its allies had hoped for.
Ukraine began the counter-offensive in early June to push Russian forces back from land they seized, attacking three points along the 600-mile-plus (965km) frontline.
The BBC has secured rare access to the 24th Mechanised Brigade, who have been fighting in the east.
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Former US President Donald Trump fraudulently inflated his wealth by up to $3.6bn to get cheap loans, a New York judge has ruled in civil lawsuit.
The decision resolves a key claim made by New York's attorney general in her civil lawsuit against the former president.
Attorney General Letitia James sued Mr Trump last September, accusing him and the Trump Organization of lying about his net worth and asset values between 2011 and 2021.
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Shares in the Chinese property firm Evergrande have fallen as problems in the country’s struggling housing market deepen – affecting the wider economy.
Its mainland unit Hengda Real Estate has defaulted on 4bn yuan (£449m; $547m) of debt, it revealed on Monday.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines the background to the current crisis.
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On the Ukraine war’s eastern front, one Ukrainian unit has granted the BBC rare access to life on the frontline.
The BBC follows the 24th Mechanised Brigade as it straps DIY bombs to commercial drones, positioned just metres from the enemy.
Here, soldiers must be well-camouflaged as they are hunted by the Russians.
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Correspondent: Mark Urban Producer: Louis Harris-White Camera: Jon Hughes Editor: Richard O’Neill
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The majority of children in a landmark study on puberty blockers experienced positive or negative changes in their mental health, new analysis suggests.
The original study of 44 children, who all took the controversial drugs for a year or more, found no mental health impact - neither benefits nor harm.
But a re-analysis of that data now suggests 34% saw their mental health deteriorate, while 29% improved.
The new study has not been in a peer-reviewed journal yet.
The authors say they felt there was an urgency in getting the information into the public domain.
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An activist and lawyer famous for his calls for reform of Thailand's powerful monarchy has been sentenced to four years in prison for royal insults.
Arnon Nampa, 39, was found guilty over remarks about the monarchy at a speech made during a 2020 rally.
The human rights lawyer has denied any wrongdoing.
Arnon was a leader of a youth-led democracy movement that held protests in Bangkok in 2020 that drew hundreds of thousands of people demanding the removal of royalist former prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power in a coup.
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President Emmanuel Macron has said France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military cooperation with Niger following a coup.
Macron added that military cooperation was "over" and French troops would leave in "the months to come".
The military junta which seized power in Niger in July welcomed the move.
The BBC has gained rare access to Niger two months after the military coup, and has spoken to the regime, its supporters, and those opposed to it.
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Delhi wants to put renewed pressure on foreign Sikh activists, with seven Britons named among 19 people whose Indian properties are set to be confiscated.
It comes after some British Sikhs voiced concerns about a ‘mischaracterisation’ of their community.
A diplomatic row was sparked when Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau said there was a ‘credible link’ between India and the murder of a Sikh leader on Canadian soil.
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An explosion at a fuel depot in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local Armenian authorities say.
Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospitals, with dozens of them "still in critical condition".
It comes as the Armenian government said 13,350 refugees crossed into the country from the enclave.
The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region is home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians.
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Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing.
It was expelled from the UN's pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces invaded Ukraine.
But now Russian diplomats are seeking to get their country re-elected to the council for a fresh three-year term.
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The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats entering a contested area in the South China Sea.
The Philippines coast guard said it had been instructed to do so by President Ferdinand Marcos Junior.
Manila says China violated its fishing rights with the 300m (1,000ft) barrier in the Scarborough Shoal.
China claims more than 90% of the South China Sea and seized the shoal in 2012.
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The Mediterranean is once again a hotspot for illegal crossings and people smugglers.
The focus is on Lampedusa, an island that belongs to Italy but is closer to North Africa.
Thousands have been arriving there in small boats - often at risk of drowning.
BBC Newsnight were the first international journalists inside the island’s migrant camp since the recent surge in arrivals.
Newsnight's International Correspondent Emir Nader reports from Lampedusa.
Producer: Jasmin Dyer
Camera and Editor: Jack Garland
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was one of the country's most wanted men until his capture earlier this year, has died.
The 61-year-old was thought to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra Mafia and spent 30 years on the run before he was detained in January.
He was being treated for cancer at the time of his arrest and was moved from prison to hospital last month.
Denaro was thought to have been responsible for numerous murders.
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Precious samples collected from an asteroid are to be moved to a specialist laboratory in Texas.
Material taken from what has been described as “the most dangerous rock in our Solar System” came down to Earth in Utah in a Nasa space craft.
The samples had been scooped up from the surface of asteroid Bennu in 2020 by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft.
Scientists hope the samples will provide some answers about how life began more than four billion years ago.
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Authorities in Kosovo say they’ve taken control of a Serbian Orthodox monastery in the north of the territory.
It ends a stand-off there between ethnic Serb gunmen and police.
The government is suspected of carrying out a night-time attack in which a policeman and three of the gunmen died.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but Serbia - along with Belgrade's key allies China and Russia - does not recognise it.
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President Emmanuel Macron has said France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military co-operation with Niger following a coup.
The military junta which seized power in Niger in July welcomed the move.
The decision by Paris follows months of animosity and protests against the French presence in its former colony, with regular demonstrations in the capital Niamey.
The move deals a hammer blow to France's operations against jihadists in the wider Sahel region and Paris' influence there. But Mr Macron said France would "not be held hostage by the putschists”.
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More than a thousand ethnic Armenian refugees from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh have started arriving in Armenia.
They are the first to cross the border since the enclave was seized by Azerbaijan.
The refugees entered after the government in Yerevan announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.
Azerbaijan retook the area inhabited by some 120,000 ethnic Armenians saying it wants to re-integrate them as "equal citizens”.
But Armenia has warned they may face ethnic cleansing.
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Screenwriters in the US say they have reached a tentative deal with studio bosses that could see them end a strike that has lasted nearly five months.
The Writers Guild of America said it was "exceptional - with meaningful gains and protections for writers".
Members of the guild must still have a final say.
It is the longest strike to affect Hollywood in decades and has halted most film and TV production.
A separate dispute involves actors, who are also on strike.
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A Nasa probe, which has gathered dust and rocky fragments from an asteroid called Bennu, has safely landed on Earth.
It is hoped the material could tell Nasa how life on Earth began.
The spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, has remained in space after releasing the capsule containing the samples.
That capsule, which came streaking into Earth's atmosphere at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet, descended into Utah's West Desert with the help of a parachute.
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Italy’s government is planning to criminalise people who travel abroad to have children via surrogacy, which is already banned in the country.
While the majority of Italians who seek surrogacy abroad are believed to be heterosexual, many same-sex parents fear the new law is targeting LGBT families by making it harder for them to have children.
A recent Ipsos poll shows that 45% of Italians oppose the idea of surrogacy, but 45% were also in favour of granting legal recognition for children born via surrogacy.
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A second ship carrying Ukrainian wheat has reached Turkey, despite Russia's withdrawal from the UN-backed grain deal.
The bulk carrier, laden with more than 17,000 tonnes of wheat, left the port city of Chornomorsk in Ukraine on Friday, bound for Egypt.
It comes as Ukraine is testing a new sea route, avoiding international waters, and using those controlled by NATO members Bulgaria and Romania.
A first ship, with 3,000 tonnes of wheat, safely arrived in Istanbul last week.
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A prominent Uyghur academic has been reportedly jailed for life by China for "endangering state security".
Professor Rahile Dawut is an expert on Uyghur folklore and traditions and had been teaching at Xinjiang University College of Humanities before her arrest.
The 57-year-old lost her appeal last month.
China denies allegations of crimes against humanity towards the Uyghur population located in northwest China.
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Italy’s government is planning to criminalise people who travel abroad to have children via surrogacy, which is already banned in the country.
While the majority of Italians who seek surrogacy abroad are believed to be heterosexual, many same-sex parents fear the new law is targeting LGBT families by making it harder for them to have children.
A recent Ipsos poll shows that 45% of Italians oppose the idea of surrogacy, but 45% were also in favour of granting legal recognition for children born via surrogacy.
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The head of Sudan's army has said he is willing to talk to the commander of rebel forces whom he is battling for control of the country.
Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he was ready in principle to sit down with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The two men have been fighting a brutal internal war since April, which the UN said has left more 5,000 people dead.
It said that more than five million people have been displaced.
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US President Joe Biden plans to give Ukraine advanced long-range missiles to help Kyiv with its ongoing counter-offensive, US media reports.
They quote US officials familiar with the issue as saying Ukraine will get some ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 190 miles (300km).
This would enable Kyiv to hit Russian targets deep behind the front line.
At least one Ukrainian missile hit the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea on Friday.
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The city of Surat is known as the ‘Diamond City’ of India, thanks to its famous diamond cutting and polishing industry.
Now one company in the city, Greenlab Diamonds is turning its eye to lab-grown diamonds.
But how do you 'grow' a diamond? And just how sustainable are they?
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Ukraine's President Zelensky has addressed the Canadian parliament, praising the country's commitment to "defending freedom."
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau welcomed Zelensky and pledged C$650m in aid for Ukraine.
The three-year "predictable, steady support for Ukraine" will include some 50 armoured vehicles as well as training for F-16 pilots, he says.
This comes after Ukraine mounted a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in Crimea.
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There were clashes between police and demonstrators in the Armenian capital of Yerevan this week, as thousands protested the government's handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis.
Azerbaijan said it had restored its sovereignty over the territory, after a deadly 24-hour military offensive.
It has led to Armenia being accused of failing to protect ethnic Armenians in the contested territory.
Protesters are calling for Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to quit.
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An investigation by BBC Newsnight has found that groups described as “far right” have organised or attended 50 protests since the start of the year, mostly focussed on UK hotel accommodation for asylum seekers.
The groups, who operate across the country, have been accused of infiltrating legitimate community organised protests in a bid to spread what has been described as their “extreme ideology”.
Their members include individuals who have engaged in openly racist behaviour and who have expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.
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Ukraine's military has said it carried out a "successful" strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in Crimea.
Ukraine has carried out several attacks on Crimea this month, destroying a Russian air defence system and damaging a ship and a submarine in a dry dock.
Russia illegally annexed the southern Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014.
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Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule will come hurtling into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet.
It will make a fireball in the sky as it does so, but a heat shield and parachutes will slow the descent and bring it into a gentle touchdown in Utah's West Desert.
The capsule is carrying a handful of dust from asteroid Bennu.
It is hoped the space rock sample can inform the most profound of questions: Where do we come from?
"When we get the 250g (9oz) of asteroid Bennu back on Earth, we'll be looking at material that existed before our planet, maybe even some grains that existed before our Solar System," says Prof Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator on the mission.
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Brazil's Supreme Court is to begin voting on whether to decriminalise abortion.
Currently, abortion is only allowed in three cases: that of rape, risk to the woman's life and anencephaly - when the foetus has an undeveloped brain.
If the Supreme Court votes in favour, abortion will be decriminalised up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Canada on an unannounced visit to rally support for his country.
Canadian TV showed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting Mr Zelensky on the runway in Ottawa.
It is Mr Zelensky's first trip to Canada since Russia's invasion in February 2022.
Mr Zelensky arrived from Washington, where he had met with US President Joe Biden and other politicians.
Ukraine's president was in Washington hoping to secure further funding to help his country fight off invading Russian forces.
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Ukraine's President Zelenksy is holding talks with Joe Biden in the US capital in a bid to secure further funding to repel Russia's invasion of his country.
US politicians are divided over funds for Ukraine, with many Republicans arguing money would be better spent on domestic issues.
But diplomatic tensions are on the rise after he criticised Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, for banning imports of Ukrainian grain.
Poland says it will no longer send weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, although it will continue with previously agreed deliveries.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of News Corp and Fox Corporation, handing control of the companies to his eldest son, Lachlan.
The 92-year-old built one of the world’s most influential media empires over a 70-year career, and will hand over control in November.
In a note to his staff, Murdoch denied the move comes as a result of his health, saying “Our companies are in robust health, as am I.”
But, despite many pointing to similarities with hit TV show Succession, experts believe Lachlan Murdoch has been in line to take over from his father for some time.
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Azerbaijan claims to have taken control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, after a two-day military operation.
A delegation representing ethnic Armenians have met for peace talks in nearby Yevlakh, to negotiate the enclave’s integration into Azerbaijan, as part of a ceasefire agreement.
But, there are fears among Armenians that Azerbaijan taking control could lead to ethnic cleansing, and it has been reported that hundreds of ethnic Armenians were injured during the military operation.
Some 120,000 ethnic Armenians live in the South Caucasus enclave, recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan.
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TikTok is driving online frenzies that encourage anti-social behaviour in the real world, a BBC Three investigation reveals.
Ex-employees say the issue is not being tackled for fear of slowing the growth of the social media app's business.
The BBC has identified four episodes in recent months where disproportionate engagement on TikTok was connected to harmful behaviour.
A spokesperson for TikTok told the BBC that users "naturally" took more of an interest in stories at "moments of national conversation, which are intensified by 24-hour news reporting".
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India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens, as the row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil continues.
Tensions were raised earlier this week as Canada said it was investigating "credible allegations" linking India with the murder of separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India rejected the allegation calling it "absurd", before visa service provider BLS posted that visas have been suspended “due to operational reasons”.
Analysts said relations between the countries, which have been strained for months, are now at an all time low.
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Five people suspected of spying for Russia are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage.
Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
The defendants are alleged to have worked in an operational spy cell for the Russian security services and that this work involved conducting surveillance on targets.
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The global climate crisis has reached an “entirely new level of seriousness”, climate advocate Al Gore said.
The former US vice president said that a summer of climate change-related disasters showed that scientists have been proven correct, and that “we should pay more attention to what they are warning.”
He claimed that “the fossil fuel industry has turned out to be way better at capturing politicians than at capturing emissions”, after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to weaken key green policies.
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Warning: This report contains scenes some viewers may find distressing.
The number of amputees across Ukraine is soaring as the country makes small gains in its counter-offence against Russia.
15,000 amputees were recorded in the first half of this year, according to the Department of Health in Kyiv.
Andrii Smolenskyi is one of those hurt while serving in Ukraine's armed forces, and is on the road to recovery, with his wife Alina Smolenska by his side.
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Poland has said it will no longer be supply Ukraine with its next shipment of weapons to help in the war against Russia.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a televised address that his country are now focused on arming themselves with modern weapons.
Tensions have been growing between the two countries over a grain dispute, caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine closing key routes on the Black Sea.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told world leaders that humanity's addiction to fossil fuels had "opened the gates of hell", as he kicked off a climate meeting in New York.
The summit is intended to build momentum on climate action before the COP28 annual U.N. climate talks in Dubai, starting in late November.
China, India and the US were among the countries who did not attend.
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Twenty-four years after three prominent opposition figures vanished in Belarus, a former member of the country's special forces has gone on trial in a Swiss court.
Yury Garavsky is charged with the forced disappearance of the three men.
He was arrested after confessing he was part of a unit tied to the abduction and presumed killing of opponents of the country's authoritarian leader.
Now a Swiss judge will decide whether he is telling the truth.
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There have been renewed calls for former US President Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star to be removed permanently.
The star has been replaced twice after it was vandalised, costing thousands of dollars to repair.
Trump's star was awarded to him in recognition of his TV work on The Apprentice, but some Los Angeles city officials as well as advocacy groups want it removed for good.
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A day after Azerbaijan's army launched an "anti-terror" offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic-Armenian forces have agreed Russian terms for a ceasefire.
At least 25 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in attacks on the region.
Some 120,000 ethnic Armenians live in the South Caucasus enclave, recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan.
Some 2,000 Russian peacekeepers were supposed to monitor the ceasefire but Moscow's interest in Armenia has waned during its war in Ukraine.
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Around 400 North African and Middle-Eastern migrants were among 4,000 people killed after flooding in eastern Libya, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Recovery efforts are still ongoing to find people lost following last weeks flooding, caused by Storm Daniel, with the UN expecting the death toll to rise further.
One of the worst hit cities was Derna, which was swamped by water when two dams burst near the city.
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The state of Manipur in north-east India has been rocked with ethnic violence, in a conflict marked by murder and sexual crimes against women.
The fighting between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities has left hundreds of people dead. Neighbours who lived peacefully together are now involved in a bloody conflict over issues including rights to land, jobs and political power.
The state is deeply divided and with claims that India’s government has been slow to step in, civilians are taking matters into their own hands.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents a BBC News at Ten special report by Yogita Limaye in Manipur.
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The escalating row over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader has the potential to derail years of close relations between Canada and India, two key strategic partners on security and trade.
The rift burst into the open on Monday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was investigating "credible allegations" about the potential involvement of Indian government agents in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June.
India responded furiously - it "completely rejected" the allegations, calling them "absurd". Both have expelled one of the other's diplomats and it's unclear how they now pull back from the brink.
Just a few months ago, the countries were making progress towards signing a free trade agreement - long in the works - this year. Now, talks are paused and an imminent Canadian trade mission to India postponed.
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Since it was legalised five years ago hardly any patients in the UK have been prescribed medical cannabis.
Used to treat a number of medical conditions, the Government has been accused of misleading the public over its availability on the NHS.
Campaigners say an exception has been made for a few patients but others are being forcing to fund it themselves, go without or turn to the black market.
The UK government says safety needs to be proven before a wider rollout.
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An almost complete dinosaur skeleton will be sold at auction in Paris next month.
The 150 million-year-old Camptosaurus was discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming.
It was named Barry after Barry James, the palaeontologist who found it. Experts say the skeleton is "extremely well preserved".
It is expected to fetch up to €1.2m ($1.2m, £970,000) in an auction at Hotel Drouot on 20 October.
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South African anti-migrant group Operation Dudula has become notorious for attacks on migrants, including raids on businesses belonging to foreign nationals.
Operation Dudula was set up in Soweto two years ago, the first group to formalise what had been sporadic waves of xenophobia fuelled vigilante attacks in South Africa since 2008.
It calls itself a civic movement and is a newly formed political party, running on an anti-migrant platform, with the word "dudula" meaning "to force out" in Zulu.
BBCAfricaEye has gained rare access to members of the country's most prominent anti-migrant movement, as they take to the streets and fight for political power.
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Azerbaijan's defence ministry says it has begun "anti-terrorist" operations in areas of Nagorno-Karabakh under Armenian control.
Tensions have been high for months surrounding the breakaway ethnic-Armenian enclave, recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan.
Air raid sirens and mortar fire were heard in Karabakh's main city.
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India has expelled a senior Canadian diplomat after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Delhi may have been involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.
The escalating row centres on the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen shot dead outside a Sikh temple on 18 June in British Columbia.
Trudeau said Canadian intelligence were pursuing "credible allegations" of a link between his death and the Indian state. India has firmly rejected Trudeau's allegations, calling them "absurd" and politically motivated.
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Hundreds of residents in the eastern Libyan city of Derna have taken to the streets in protest more than a week after heavy floods killed thousands in the city.
The protesters criticised the leader of eastern Libya's parliament, Aguila Saleh, and local authorities they blamed for the floods that have killed nearly 4,000 people, according to revised UN figures.
In a joint statement, the protesters said they wanted speedy investigations into the disaster and legal action against the leaders responsible.
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YouTube has suspended Russell Brand's channels from making money from adverts for "violating" its "creator responsibility policy".
The video platform said it was taking action "to protect" its users.
It comes after the Metropolitan Police received a report of an alleged sexual assault in 2003, in the wake of further allegations about the star.
Over the weekend the comedian and actor was accused of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, which he denies.
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In the government controlled southern Druze city of Suweida in Syria, activists have held weeks of demonstrations protesting desperate living conditions and the government decision to lift fuel subsidies.
More than two thousand anti- government protestors marched throughout the city - largely unopposed - but three people were wounded when a hail of bullets was fired at protesters, allegedly by Ba'ath Party operatives.
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One of the women who has accused entertainer Russell Brand of sexual assault when she was 16 has said his behaviour was an "open secret".
The woman, known as Alice, added that allegations against him have been "a long time coming".
The comedian and actor has been accused of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, which he denies.
Speaking for the first time since accusations became public, she said his denial is "laughable" and "insulting".
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Five US citizens jailed for years in Iran are expected to fly back to the US today as part of a prisoner swap.
The four men and one woman, who also hold Iranian passports, are set to board a plane in the Iranian capital Tehran - but the timings are unclear.
Five Iranians imprisoned in the US are expected to be freed at the same time as part of the swap, which was mediated by Qatar.
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The International Court of Justice is hearing Russia's response to a case filed by Ukraine.
Kyiv has accused Moscow of falsely using genocide law to justify the attack in February last year.
Russia says the World Court has no jurisdiction to weigh in on the matter.
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A week after catastrophic floods devastated the Libyan city of Derna, rescue teams are continuing to recover dead bodies.
The UN says the death toll so far stands at some 11,300. The final total remains unclear - although the one thing that is certain is the sheer scale of this catastrophe.
More than 10,000 people remain officially missing, according to figures from the UN's Office for the Co-Ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Meet Desdemona, an AI robot who can hold a conversation.
Since Chat GPT, this type of tech has developed quickly. Robots are now able to hold conversations in real-time without using pre-rehearsed responses.
BBC Click met Desdemona to see what she can do.
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The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.
"It's so far outside anything we've seen, it's almost mind-blowing," says Walter Meier, who monitors sea-ice with the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Antarctica's huge ice expanse regulates the planet's temperature, as the white surface reflects the Sun's energy back into the atmosphere.
An unstable Antarctica could have far-reaching consequences, polar experts have wanted.
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Berlin's Tegel airport was for decades the city's gateway to the world, transporting millions of passengers ever year to and from the German capital.
When it closed in 2020 there was one big question - what to do with such a huge site.
The answer? A space for technology companies, a university, and even homes of the future.
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At this repair cafe, volunteers help extend the life of household tech.
There's a reason that its run by volunteers - the labour cost of repairing these small items means that operations like this aren't usually commercially viable.
But in the future, legislation could make it easier and cheaper to fix faulty goods.
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One year on from Masha Amini's death, Iran’s protests may have subsided, but women have found new ways to defy the country’s regime.
Last year, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa after being detained by Iran’s morality police sparked unprecedented protests across the country.
Today, several people in Tehran have described bold acts of rebellion that would have been almost unthinkable to Iranians this time last year.
But Iran’s regime is not backing down.
A draft law, currently before parliament - the so-called Hijab and Chastity Bill, would impose new punishments on women who go unveiled.
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Mahsa Amini's mother Mojgan Eftekhari has given her first interview, following the death of her daughter one year ago.
Mahsa died in September 2022 after she was detained by Iran’s morality police in Tehran. It sparked unprecedented protests across the country.
She had been accused of not wearing her hijab [veil] properly.
Witnesses said the 22-year-old was beaten while in custody, but authorities denied she was mistreated and instead blamed "sudden heart failure" for her death.
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There have been calls for a complete evacuation of Derna in eastern Libya a week after massive flash floods.
Thousands of people have died after two dams burst in the wake of Storm Daniel, washing away whole neighbourhoods in the city.
Figures for the number of dead vary from around 6,000 to 11,000 - and with thousands still missing, the city's mayor says the total could reach 20,000.
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7,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in small boats - in just three days.
The island is home to only 6,000 people - and only has space for an additional 400.
The Italian deputy prime minister has described the situation as an "act of war".
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A new crew is being taken to the International Space Station, on a joint Russian-US rocket which took off from Kazakhstan.
The three members of Expedition 70 will relieve astronauts currently on the space station, and will remain there for six months to a year in the orbiting lab.
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan.
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A judge has banned Spain's ex-football chief Luis Rubiales from going within 200m of footballer Jenni Hermoso.
Prosecutors asked for the restraining order as the national court in Madrid considered a criminal complaint of sexual assault and coercion.
Appearing in court for the first time, Mr Rubiales denied sexually assaulting Ms Hermoso by kissing her on the lips after Spain's Women's World Cup win.
Ms Hermoso's lawyer was adamant it was a "non-consensual kiss".
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More than 10,000 staff at three of the biggest US carmakers have started strike action, their union says.
Work has been stopped at three plants owned by General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis.
It came after labour contracts expired on Thursday night. The United Autoworkers Union (UAW) said the firms had not put forward acceptable offers.
The union had sought a 40% pay increase for its roughly 140,000 members over four years, noting a comparable rise in pay for company leaders.
Last month, 97% of the union's members voted to authorise a strike.
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Moroccan authorities have announced plans to fund the rebuilding of about 50,000 homes damaged by last week's earthquake.
They will provide more than $13,000 (£10,460) for the reconstruction of homes which have been completely destroyed, and $8,000 for those with partial damage.
Residents will meanwhile be given temporary shelters and each household will receive a grant of $3,000.
The exact number of people left homeless is still not known.
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At least 11,000 people are now thought to have died with thousands still listed as missing after devastating flooding hit eastern Libya.
The mayor of port city Derna says the total number of dead could reach 20,000.
Aid teams are battling to help survivors and locate the dead five days after two dams burst after intense rainfall from Storm Daniel, washing away whole neighbourhoods.
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A Nasa probe into hundreds of UFO sightings found there was no evidence aliens were behind the unexplained phenomena, but the space agency also could not rule out that possibility.
If the truth is out there, this long-awaited report offers no conclusive evidence.
But it did outline how Nasa will investigate what it calls UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) with improved technology and artificial intelligence.
Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said the US space agency will not only take the lead in researching possible UAP incidents, but will share data with more transparency.
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YouTube channels that use AI to make videos containing false "scientific" information are being recommended to children as "educational content".
These include pseudo-science - that's presenting information as scientific fact that is not based on proper scientific methods, plus outright false information and conspiracy theories.
BBC analysis showed YouTube recommends these "bad science" videos to children alongside legitimate educational content.
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President Biden's son Hunter has been criminally charged with three counts of lying when buying a firearm, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed.
The indictment marks the first time the child of a sitting president has been criminally prosecuted.
A planned plea bargain to resolve gun and tax-related charges he faced abruptly fell apart in July.
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A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned.
The pilot fired two missiles, the first of which missed rather than malfunctioned as claimed at the time.
Russia had claimed the incident last September was caused by a "technical malfunction".
The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) publicly accepted the Russian explanation.
But now three senior Western defence sources, with knowledge of the incident, have told the BBC that Russian communications intercepted by the RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft give a very different account from the official version.
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Life-saving work is taking place against all odds in Morocco as search and rescue operations continue.
The epicentre of the tremor was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) from Marrakesh, and many of the worst affected areas are remote villages and towns.
Since the earthquake struck, there's been a growing spotlight on the deployment of international search teams.
On Sunday, amid local criticism of a patchy and slow response by authorities, Morocco's government sparked controversy by deciding to only accept help from four countries.
It defended the move, saying "a lack of co-ordination could be counterproductive".
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Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization has said.
The UN's meteorological branch has criticised the warning systems that were in place in Libya.
"If they would have been a normally operating meteorological service, they could have issued warnings," World Meteorological Organization (WMO) secretary-general Petteri Taalas said.
After two dams failed, whole neighbourhoods were swept away in the torrents.
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The mountain village of Imi N’Tala, near the epicentre of the earthquake in Morocco on Friday, was rocked by aftershocks on Wednesday.
It sent rescue workers, villagers and journalists running through the rubble.
Nearly 3,000 people are known to have died in the earthquake.
An international emergency appeal to provide water and shelter has been launched for the disaster's victims.
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The mayor of the eastern Libya port city of Derna estimates between 18,000 and 20,000 people have died in the catastrophic flooding.
Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi told al-Arabiya TV his estimate was based on the number of districts completely destroyed when two dams burst.
More than 5,000 people are known to have died, and at least 10,000 are missing.
Streets were swept away in the torrents and bodies are being recovered from the sea.
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There are fears that as many as 20,000 people may have died in the flooding that's devastated northern Libya after dams burst during storms.
The coastal city of Derna suffered the worst of the disaster. There have been desperate calls for more humanitarian support as victims lie wrapped in body bags and others have been buried in mass graves. Many people were washed out to sea when the floods struck.
Rescue teams have been digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the hope of finding survivors. At least 30,000 people are said to be homeless.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Quentin Sommerville and Frank Gardner.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's far east has finished.
Putin says Kim will visit other sites in Russia before crossing back into North Korea.
After dinner at the summit, the Russian leader toasted Kim's health and the two countries' friendship.
Putin also said there are "possibilities" for military co-operation between the two countries.
North Korea's leader said "we will always support the decisions of President Putin and... we will be together in the fight against imperialism."
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The search for survivors continues following a devastating earthquake in Morocco.
The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck in the High Atlas Mountains late on Friday evening is estimated to be nearly 3,000 people.
It was the North African country's deadliest earthquake since 1960 and its most powerful in more than a century.
Rescuers from Spain, Britain and Qatar have been helping Morocco's search teams.
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Apple has confirmed its new iPhone will not feature its proprietary lightning charging port, after the EU forced the change.
The tech giant said that the iPhone 15, unveiled at its annual event on Tuesday, would use a USB-C cable as the "universally accepted standard".
Apple released a USB-C-to-lightning port adapter for £29 ($36). The product connects the lightning port accessories people will have built up over the years to its new USB-C-enabled iPhones or iPads.
The latest iPhone handset, which goes on sale next week, is the first since 2012 to feature an alternative charging port.
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More than 5,300 people have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, a local minister has said.
The number could double, the minister for the eastern administration added.
The floods burst two dams in the eastern coastal city and swept away homes.
Streets are covered in mud and rubble and are littered with upturned vehicles.
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Russia says Ukraine has launched 10 missiles and three unmanned boats in an attack on the home of its Black Sea fleet in Crimea.
The attack caused a large fire at a Sevastopol shipyard which left 24 people injured, Russia said.
Moscow-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhayev claimed most of the weapons were intercepted.
Russia said two of its ships were damaged as a result of hits by cruise missiles.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Vladimir Putin are meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's far east.
Both leaders arrived at the spaceport early Wednesday afternoon, with Putin showing Kim around the facilities at the site.
Asked if Russia will help North Korea build satellites, the Russian President said: "This is why we've come to Vostochny Cosmodrome."
However, when he was asked whether the two will negotiate on an arms deal, Putin would only say that "all issues" are on the table.
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The US House of Representatives will open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, its most senior Republican has said.
Kevin McCarthy said the inquiry would focus on "allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption" by Mr Biden.
Republicans have been investigating the president since they took control of the House in January.
The hearings have found no concrete evidence of misconduct by Mr Biden.
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A judge in Pakistan has ruled Sara Sharif's siblings, who travelled from the UK with her father, should be sent to a government childcare facility.
The five children were found at the home of their grandfather who wanted to continue to keep them.
Sara, 10, was found dead at her family home in Surrey, England, on 10 August - a day after her father, uncle and step-mother partner left the UK.
Post-mortem tests found Sara sustained "multiple and extensive injuries".
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The US justice department has brought a claim against tech giant Google, stating they used their power to monopolise online search services.
The US government argues Google unlawfully stifled competition by paying billions of dollars to ensure its search engine would be the default on most phones and web browsers.
Google maintains it didn’t violate anti-trust laws.
The trial is expected to last 10 weeks.
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The speed of the official response to Friday’s earthquake in Morocco has been criticised.
The disaster is now known to have killed more than 2,800 people and in many areas villagers have themselves been digging through the rubble of collapsed homes
Heavy lifting equipment has begun to arrive in the remote regions of the Atlas Mountains which were the hardest hit.
The Moroccan government says it responded rapidly and its military was deployed on Friday and into Saturday.
But the authorities have only accepted emergency aid from four countries.
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After months of protests against the hardline Israeli government's highly controversial judicial overhaul, an historic showdown is taking place.
All 15 Supreme Court judges are convening for the first time to hear petitions against a legal amendment that limits their own powers.
Thousands of Israelis gathered for a rally outside the court in Jerusalem on Monday night in support of the judges.
Critics argue the move will weaken judicial independence and democracy.
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Thousands of people are feared dead after a powerful storm triggered devastating flooding in Libya.
The leader of the east Libyan government, which is not recognised internationally, said deaths exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing.
Widespread flooding and mudslides caused by torrential rain destroyed many roads and homes.
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has crossed the border into Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
They are likely to discuss an arms deal as Russia faces a Ukrainian counter offensive, a US official said.
South Korea's defence ministry confirmed that Mr Kim's armoured train entered Russia early on Tuesday morning.
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After a brutal war and genocide that claimed about 100,000 lives and displaced more than two million people, it was hoped that an international peace agreement would allow Bosnia to begin healing from the wounds of conflict.
Twenty-seven years ago this week leaders of the three main communities agreed a set of principles that would form the basis of the Dayton peace agreement of 1995.
Now, the UN has warned of renewed crisis as Bosnian Serbs who launched the original war in 1992 are threatening to secede from the country.
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Rescuers in Morocco have been using their bare hands as desperate search efforts continue for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake.
A total of 2,862 people are known to have died in the tremor - the country's deadliest in 60 years.
Morocco's government is under pressure to accept more international aid, as rescuers battle with exhaustion.
So far, it has accepted help from only four countries - Spain, the UK, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Rishi Sunak has said he "will not accept" Chinese interference in the UK's democracy, after it emerged a parliamentary researcher was arrested amid accusations he spied for China.
In a statement to MPs, the PM said he told Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the recent G20 summit that any attempted spying "will never be tolerated".
The Met Police confirmed on Saturday that two men were arrested under the Official Secrets Act in March.
The researcher denies the allegations.
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Sara Sharif's grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara's father have all been taken from his house, where they had been hiding.
Neighbours said that dozens of police raided the property on Monday.
Ten-year-old Sara was found dead at her family home in Surrey, England, on 10 August - her father and his partner had fled the UK the day before.
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The number of people killed in a powerful earthquake in Morocco has risen to almost 2,500, officials have said.
Rescuers have been using their bare hands to dig for survivors. Heavy lifting equipment can't get through roads blocked by boulders to reach remote villages near the epicentre.
Friday's earthquake, the country's deadliest in 60 years, struck below villages in the High Atlas mountains south of Marrakesh.
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President Joe Biden has denied that the US is attempting to stem China's international influence, after signing a new historic deal with Vietnam.
President Biden travelled to Hanoi to sign the agreement that will "deepen co-operation" between the two countries.
The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam is a major relationship upgrade for the US.
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Rescuers in Morocco have used their bare hands to dig for survivors, more than 48 hours after a powerful earthquake claimed more than 2,100 lives.
Friday's earthquake, the country's deadliest in 60 years, struck below villages in the High Atlas mountains south of Marrakesh.
The Moroccan government said it has accepted aid from four countries so far - Britain, Spain, Qatar and the UAE.
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Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup final.
Jenni Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual and she filed a legal complaint last Tuesday.
Rubiales said he had submitted his resignation to federation acting president Pedro Rocha.
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Rescue workers in Morocco are racing against time to reach villages in the Atlas Mountains which have been hardest hit by a massive earthquake.
The Red Cross is warning of further disaster if food and water do not quickly reach survivors.
The number known to have died has passed 2,000 with many more in hospital.
Many countries are sending aid and relief workers to help with the rescue efforts.
The earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nick Beake in Morocco.
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A joint declaration by G20 leaders in Delhi that avoids condemning Moscow for its war against Ukraine prompted criticism from Ukraine.
The closing G20 statement denounced using force for territorial gain but made no mention of Russian aggression has been praised by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The two-day summit has officially ended after India handed the G20 presidency to Brazil.
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More than 2,000 people have been killed and more than 1,400 injured after a powerful earthquake struck in Morocco.
Morocco’s king declared three days of national mourning and ordered shelter, food and other help for survivors.
Many people are spending a second night out in the open.
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G20 president India says a consensus has been reached on the joint declaration.
The agreement talks about human suffering in Ukraine, but does not directly condemn Russia.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, said the G20 had “nothing to be proud of".
Earlier in the day, the African Union was invited to join as a permanent member of the G20.
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Missing prisoner Daniel Khalife arrested by police in Chiswick, west London.
The ex-soldier was detained just before 11:00 BST after an intense search of the area.
Khalife escaped Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning and he is currently in custody, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
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A strong earthquake has struck central Morocco, killing at least 632 people, the country's interior ministry says.
The quake - measuring magnitude 6.8 - sent people rushing into the streets in Marrakesh and other cities.
The quake struck at 23:11 local time (22:11 GMT) on Friday.
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How two brains can synchronise and why it matters - BBC News
Is collective intelligence more important than IQ and what exactly does it mean?
An internationally acclaimed neuroscientist explains why brain synchronicity - the ability of two different brains to match their electrical brainwaves - is crucial to our future.
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In Greece hundreds of people are stranded without food or water after a devastating storm killed at least 10 people and caused enormous damage. Storm Daniel was the worst to hit the country, for more than a century.
It's left a trail of devastation across the central region of Thessaly. Homes were swept away, roads and bridges collapsed and much of Greece's best agricultural land, is now under water.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sofia Bettiza in Larissa.
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A British man who went to fight for the International Legion in Ukraine was found dead in a body of water with his hands bound behind his back.
Jordan Chadwick, 31, from Burnley in Lancashire, served as a Scots guard in the British Army from 2011 to 2015.
His mother Brenda Chadwick said her family were "devastated" by the death of her son, who was known as Joe.
The Ukrainian International Army organised his repatriation on the 7 August.
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A sighting of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Mr Khalife was reportedly seen walking away from the BidFood van near the Wandsworth roundabout, shortly after his escape from HMP Wandsworth.
The Met is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that directly leads to his arrest.
The 21-year-old is accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be Iran, and plotting a fake bomb hoax.
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Presidents and prime ministers are arriving in India's capital Delhi, ahead of the annual G20 leaders' summit from 9-10 September.
The main theme for the meeting is sustainable development, but the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is also expected to be discussed.
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King Charles III has recorded a message and released a favourite photograph of Elizabeth II to mark the first anniversary of his mother's death.
In the message, the King said he recalled the late queen's "devoted service and all she meant to so many of us".
The photograph chosen by the King shows the queen at an official portrait sitting in 1968 aged 42.
Elizabeth II died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle on 8 September last year.
It came just months after her Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years on the throne.
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Islamist militants have attacked a river boat in north-eastern Mali, killing at least 49 civilians, the interim government says.
They also reportedly attacked an army camp, killing 15 soldiers, while around 50 militants are said to have died.
The government has declared three days of national mourning.
The Islamist threat has been growing despite claims by the military that Russian Wagner Group mercenaries are turning the tide of their campaign.
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Fuel companies are using sport to "greenwash their image" and should not be allowed to sponsor World Cups, says former Australia captain David Pocock.
French oil company TotalEnergies is one of the main sponsors of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which begins on Friday in Paris.
Pocock told the BBC he believed the message should be "you can't sponsor us unless you have a legitimate decarbonisation plan, and you are transitioning your business".
In response, a statement from TotalEnergies said it was "wrong" to claim its sponsorship was "greenwashing".
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Former Donald Trump aide Peter Navarro has been convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate with an inquiry into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
Prosecutors said Navarro acted "above the law" by ignoring a subpoena from a congressional investigation.
He faces up to a year in prison for each of the two contempt counts.
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An overnight search of Richmond Park in south-west London was in connection with Daniel Khalife, the terror suspect not seen for near 48 hours since escaping prison, police have confirmed.
The 21-year-old is accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be Iran, and plotting a fake bomb hoax.
Two police helicopters were seen over the park - one of the biggest in the capital - during the night.
It is located 2.8 miles (4.6km) from Wandsworth prison.
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In the waters of the Red Sea, a huge oil tanker has been sitting idle since the outbreak of the civil war in Yemen eight years ago.
Owned by Yemen’s national energy company, the slowly decaying boat became another casualty in a war that has pushed the country into humanitarian crisis.
But its cargo, a vast load of crude oil, set it up to be potentially the worst oil-related disaster in history – that is until a UN operation in August finally managed to transfer oil off the boat.
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The UK has rejoined the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon, the UK government has announced.
UK-based scientists and institutions can apply for money from the £81bn (€95bn) fund from today.
The UK has been excluded from the scheme for the past three years, because of a disagreement over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Mexico's supreme court has decriminalised abortion nationwide.
The judgement comes two years after the court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in the northern state of Coahuila. It had ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies were unconstitutional.
Mexico's states and the federal government had since been slow to repeal penal codes.
The new ruling legalises abortion across all 32 states.
The supreme court said the denial of the possibility of a termination violated the human rights of women.
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The manhunt for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife continues, with all UK police forces and border points on alert for the 21-year-old who escaped from HM Prison Wandsworth on Wednesday.
Khalife is charged with terror offences including "collecting information which might be useful to an enemy".
It is understood the “enemy” referred to in the charge is Iran.
He is also alleged to have left fake bombs at a military base while serving in the Army, and was due to stand trial in November.
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The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid.
Russia condemned the move to equip US Abrams tanks with shells strong enough to pierce conventional tank armour.
They are made of depleted uranium - a by-product of uranium enrichment stripped of most radioactive material.
Overnight, suspected Ukrainian drone attacks were reported on the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and near Moscow.
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For almost a decade a civil war has been grinding on in Yemen, pushing the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of collapse.
There has been less violence since a ceasefire last year but there is no sign of a deal to end the conflict.
The BBC first featured Ahmed, an 11-year-old boy who is blind, two years ago when he was teaching a class in a bombed-out school close to the front line.
Orla Guerin and her team returned to the city of Taiz to find out how he was getting on.
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The boss of Johnny and Assosciates, Japan's biggest pop talent agency, has resigned after finally admitting the sexual abuse committed by its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa.
Julie Fujishima resigned on Thursday during a public apology to her uncle's victims.
Her departure comes a week after a major inquiry found Kitagawa had "extensively" abused young idols at his pop agency over a six-decade career.
He died in 2019, having always denied wrongdoing. He never faced charges.
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Russia says it has downed ‘several’ Ukrainian drones overnight, with one drone reportedly being intercepted close to Moscow.
At least two more were intercepted over the southern Rostov region.
It comes after at least 17 people, including a child, were killed in an attack on a busy market street in Ukraine's "peaceful city" of Kostyantynivka.
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A huge manhunt is underway for a former British soldier suspected of terrorism offences, after he carried out a daring escape from prison on a food delivery van.
Daniel Abed Khalife, who is 21, was in custody at one of London’s biggest prisons, HMP Wandsworth, awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. He’s also accused of working for a hostile state and colleciting information useful to an enemy.
It is believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by strapping himself to the underside of the vehicle that had been delivering food supplies. The public are being advised not to approach him.
UK police Counter Terrorism Command confirmed that all police forces and UK border points had been put on high alert, with extra checks at airports and ports. The extra security led to delays at Heathrow Airport and the port at Dover.
Reeta Chakrabrti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Daniel Sandford and Chris Mason.
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Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb.
The Weizmann Institute team say their "embryo model", made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo.
It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab.
The ambition for embryo models is to provide an ethical way of understanding the earliest moments of our lives.
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Ukraine cyber-operators are being deployed on the front lines of the war, duelling close-up with their Russian counterparts in a new kind of high-tech battle.
"We have people who are directly involved in combat," says Illia Vitiuk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Service's (SBU) cyber department.
Speaking inside the heavily protected SBU headquarters, he explains how his teams mix the skills of hackers and special forces - getting inside Russian systems, working alongside snipers and deploying the latest technologies.
The department uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) visual recognition systems to analyse information gathered from aerial drones (alongside intelligence from human sources, satellites and other technical sources) to provide targets for the military.
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There's a growing trend of social media influencers pushing women towards natural birth control methods.
Although the Pill transformed lives when it was first introduced, some people find the side effects of hormonal contraception intolerable.
With many young women struggling to find options that work for them, can fertility apps provide a reliable and healthier alternative?
The BBC's Katie McEvinney investigates the impact.
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Around the world, the UN says that almost 1 in 10 children are having to work as a result of economic hardship - and in poorer countries the figure is nearer one in five.
Child labour, according to Unicef, has devastating and sometimes deadly consequences.
One country where it’s on the rise is Lebanon, which has been through multiple crises in the past few years – from an economic meltdown to COVID and then the huge blast in Beirut in 2020.
In the 2nd part of our series on how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting children, Caroline Hawley has travelled from the north to the south of Lebanon.
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The global cost of living crisis and the impact of the war in Ukraine on food prices has hit families around the world.
None more so than in Bangladesh, which last year hiked fuel prices by 50% overnight.
It led to a steep rise in the cost of basic food items like rice and vegetables.
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At least 16 people have been killed in a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who blamed Russia, said those killed were "people who did nothing wrong" - and warned the death toll could increase.
Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, is near the front line.
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Sara Sharif's father and stepmother claim they are willing to co-operate with UK authorities in a video - their first public contact since her death.
The 10-year-old's body was found at her home in Woking, Surrey, on 10 August.
Police want to speak to her father Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and brother Faisal Malik in relation to the death.
They are known to have travelled to Pakistan from the UK on 9 August and police have been unable to locate them.
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A new Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities in the Izmail area on the River Danube, killing one person, the local governor said.
Port and agricultural infrastructure was damaged in the overnight attack, according to Oleh Kiper, governor of the surrounding Odesa region.
There was no immediate comment from Moscow on the reported new attack.
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The Proud Boys' former leader Enrique Tarrio has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
It is the longest sentence handed down so far over the attack, which happened as lawmakers were certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
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Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has spoken about the emotional impact the war has had on her family in an interview with the BBC.
"This may be a bit selfish, but I need my husband, not a historical figure, by my side," she said.
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the former comedy scriptwriter spent months hiding in secret locations with her children.
As she returned to public life, the war thrust Ms Zelenska into the spotlight, and she has since travelled the world to meet leaders and give speeches.
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The head coach of Spain’s Women’s World Cup winning side, Jorge Vilda has been sacked, as the Luis Rubiales kiss scandal continues.
Spain’s win was overshadowed by their football federation president Rubiales kissing forward Jenni Hermoso after the final - which she said was not consensual - and Rubiales’s refusal to resign led to most of Vilda’s coaching staff resigning, and 81 players refusing to play.
Vilda was spotted applauding Rubiales at the Spanish federation’s extraordinary general assembly earlier in August - when Rubiales repeatedly insisted he would not resign and said he would offer Vilda a new deal - though he has since criticised his behaviour.
Last year, Vilda survived a player ‘revolt’ when 15 players submitted identical emails saying they would not play for him unless "significant" concerns over their "emotional state" and "health" were addressed.
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A number of schoolgirls in France have been sent home, after arriving wearing the abaya – a long Muslim robe which was banned from schools in the country last week.
According to official figures, 298 girls - mainly aged 15 or more - turned up at school in the banned garment, and while most agreed to change and were allowed to attend classes, 67 girls refused to comply and were sent home.
It comes after the education minister announced that pupils would be banned from wearing the loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women in France's state-run schools, as part of the nation’s strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.
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The father of Sara Sharif claimed his daughter's death was an accident, the 10-year-old's grandfather has said.
In an interview with the BBC, Muhammad Sharif - the father of Urfan Sharif, Sara's dad - said he saw his son after he arrived in Pakistan.
"It was an accident, he didn't tell me how it happened," said Muhammad, and that Urfan had left the UK out of fear.
Post-mortem tests have found Sara sustained "multiple and extensive injuries".
Pakistan police have been hunting for Urfan, his partner and his brother for weeks but have failed to find them.
UK police want to speak to the three family members in relation to their murder investigation - but the trio left the UK for Pakistan on 9 August, the day before Sara's body was found in Woking, Surrey.
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People were finally able to leave Burning Man festival in Nevada on Monday, after wet conditions eased.
Heavy rain had caused a mud bath, with rainfall near the end of last week thought to have been the heaviest since the event began more than 30 years ago.
Drone footage shows huge queues of people heading away from the festival.
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has confirmed.
The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, the official said.
The exact location of the planned meeting is not clear.
The possible meeting comes after the White House said it had new information that arms negotiations between the two countries were "actively advancing".
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Heavy rain has caused major flooding across Spain with Madrid, Toledo and Cádiz regions especially badly affected.
A number of people have lost their lives after become trapped in flood waters.
Residents in Madrid have been asked to stay at home due to "the exceptional and abnormal" rainfall, the city’s mayor said.
The record amounts of rainfall were due to a slow-moving storm.
The rains have caused mudslides on many roads and train services have been suspended in affected areas.
The extreme rain follows a scorching summer in Spain and much of southern Europe. Climate scientists are warning that extreme weather events are becoming far more common due to global warming.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid.
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Growing numbers of children globally are being pulled out of school and into work, the head of the UN's labour body has told the BBC, putting their futures at risk.
It comes as economic problems hit families around the world.
The world is at a “critical moment” when it comes to child labour, says Gilbert Houngbo, head of the International Labour Organization.
He tells the BBC the Covid pandemic led to an increase in children being put to work and that economic problems, including the rising cost of living, have now added to the problem. At its worst, he says children are being put into jobs where they are sexually exploited.
In the first of a series on the impact on children of the global cost of living crisis, Barbara Plett Usher reports from Kenya about the growing number of children pushed into the sex trade.
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Hundreds of school buildings in England have been forced to close, over fears they were built with RAAC - a type of concrete now known to be prone to collapse.
Disruption is expected for pupils, while UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it is “utterly wrong’ to blame him for failing to act sooner to fix the problem – after a former senior civil servant said the government halved the budget for school repairs in England in 2021.
Meanwhile, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has apologised after swearing in "off-the-cuff remarks" after a TV interview, before later saying "nothing is more important than the safety of children and staff".
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Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has been dismissed from his post, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying it is time for "new approaches" in the defence ministry.
The 57-year-old had led the ministry since before the start of Russia’s invasion, and Ukrainian media has speculated that he will become Kyiv's new ambassador in London, where he has developed good relations with senior politicians.
But his dismissal has not come as a complete surprise, amid a wider anti-corruption drive in Mr Zelensky's administration - which has been seen as essential to Ukraine's ambitions to join Western institutions like the EU.
Rustem Umerov, who runs Ukraine's State Property Fund, has been nominated as Mr Reznikov's successor.
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Israel is considering tough measures, including the immediate deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers involved in riots, after disorder broke out in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Some 170 people were injured in violent clashes with police and in-fighting between groups of supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime, and in the aftermath, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "a red line" had been crossed.
He also ordered a new plan to remove all African migrants that he described as "illegal infiltrators".
Disorder began after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said that they had asked Israeli authorities to cancel an event organised by their country's embassy, and after a police barricade was broken through, officers fired tear gas, stun grenades and live rounds in a bid to restore order.
It is estimated that there are about 18,000 asylum seekers from Eritrea in Israel. They say they fled danger, persecution and compulsory military conscription in one of the world's most repressive countries.
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Teachers in South Korea have taken to the streets to demand better protection at work from overbearing parents, after a 23-year-old primary school teacher took her own life.
A diary found in her apartment revealed that she had been bombarded by complaints from parents.
In the weeks that followed, more and more teachers have said they are frequently harassed by overbearing parents, who call them all hours of the day and weekends, incessantly and unfairly complaining.
Tens of thousands of teachers have rallied in Seoul, claiming that parents are exploiting a child welfare law passed in 2014 that dictates that teachers who are accused of child abuse are automatically suspended.
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Iceland is set to resume hunting whales, after its government lifted a summer suspension on the practice, sparking fury from opponents.
Only one company in Iceland still hunts whales, and just two other countries – Japan and Norway – allow commercial whaling. But, only Iceland permits the killing of longer fin whales.
Fisheries and Foods Minister Svandis Svavarsdottir said she understood the views of most Icelanders who want an end to whaling, and the lifting of the suspension comes with a series of tight new regulations.
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Thousands of people remain stuck at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada, after torrential rains turned the ground to deep, slippery mud.
The festival is held in the Black Rock Desert, which is usually dry and dusty, but this year unusual rainstorms came towards the end of the nine-day event, when the biggest crowds arrive to see the burning of the giant wooden effigy – which has been postponed.
But, while the worst of the rains is thought to have passed, it could be several days before the ground dries up enough for people to leave, and as a result, they have been urged to conserve food, water, and fuel.
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After riots broke out in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israel is considering the immediate deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying "a red line" had been crossed.
Some 170 people were injured in violent clashes with police and in-fighting between groups of supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime.
Mr Netenyahu also ordered a new plan to remove all African migrants that he described as "illegal infiltrators".
Saturday's unprecedented disorder began after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said that they had asked Israeli authorities to cancel an event organised by their country's embassy.
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Ihor Kolomoisky, one of Ukraine's most powerful oligarchs, is to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering.
Mr Kolomoisky is alleged to have transferred $14m (£11.1m) abroad over the course of seven years, using banks he controlled.
His lawyers say he will not post bail and will appeal against the court order.
It marks the latest move in Ukraine's anti-corruption drive, which has targeted several high-profile figures.
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The North Atlantic sea passage from Senegal to the Canary Islands - a journey of about 1,000 miles - is one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.
In August, a wooden fishing boat was found adrift off the Canary Islands with 38 people on board. It had set off from Senegal more than a month earlier carrying 101 people.
One of the survivors, Adama Sarr, was on board with his brother and two cousins. Out of this four, only Adama came home.
This is his account of the tragedy on board the boat.
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Australia has launched an urgent operation to rescue a researcher with a "developing medical condition" from the remote Casey outpost in Antarctica.
The icebreaker RSV Nuyina left from Tasmania last week, the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) said.
It is travelling thousands of miles to reach the station after an air rescue was ruled out due to harsh conditions.
The AAP said the researcher, an Australian, needs specialist treatment but did not name the condition.
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Dozens of people have been injured in Tel Aviv during clashes between Eritrean asylum seekers and Israeli police.
Stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets were used against hundreds of protesters who had taken to the streets over an event that took place at the Eritrean embassy.
The unrest was sparked after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said they asked Israeli authorities to cancel an embassy event on Saturday.
But protesters also clashed with supporters of the Eritrean regime.
A statement by Israeli police said that officers used their guns as they felt their lives were in danger.
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Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods boss whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, has died aged 94.
Born in Egypt, he built a business empire in the Middle East before moving to the UK in the 1970s.
However, he never realised his ambition to gain a passport for his adopted country.
Mr Al Fayed had remained largely out of the public limelight in the past decade.
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The first Moon rock samples, brought back to Earth by the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, taught scientists a lot about the celestial body.
More than fifty years later though, there's still a lot that we don't know.
BBC journalist Sanjana Bhambhani explains the Moon’s biggest unsolved mysteries.
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Typhoon Saola has made landfall in southern China, after having given Hong Kong a glancing blow.
Although it has reduced in strength, Saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy winds to Guangdong province, where tens of millions of people are sheltering indoors.
Saola has caused extensive disruption to transport, business and education.
In Hong Kong, the typhoon left trees ripped up and debris on streets.
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India has launched Adita-L1 in what is the country's first observation mission to the Sun, just days after it made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole.
Adita-L1 lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on Saturday at 11:50 India time (06:20 GMT).
Over the next four months, it will travel 932,000 miles from the Earth - 1% of the Earth-Sun distance - where it will be able to orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth.
From this vantage point, Aditya-L1 will be able to watch the Sun constantly - even when it is hidden during an eclipse - and carry out scientific studies.
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India’s supreme court is currently hearing an important case about the legality of the revocation of Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status in 2019.
Since the change which gave the Indian national government political control of Kashmir, journalists allege the administration is carrying out a systematic and sinister campaign of arrests and intimidation aimed at silencing the press in the region.
The BBC has spoken to more than two dozen journalists for this investigation. The Indian government says there is absolute press freedom in Kashmir. Our South Asia correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from Srinagar.
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A Proud Boy who led the US Capitol riot by smashing his way into the complex with a police shield before he filmed himself puffing a celebratory cigar has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Dominic Pezzola, a 46-year-old former US Marine, fought with officers during the raid on Congress on 6 January 2021.
He was convicted of assaulting police and obstructing an official proceeding.
But once the prison term had been handed down and the judge had left the room, Pezzola shouted: "Trump won!"
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Newsnight has been told by leading clinicians across health trusts in the UK that they are seeing a sharp increase in nitrous oxide users under 25 with serious health issues.
Nitrous oxide is often known as laughing gas or ‘nos’, and the legalities around its use are complex.
It is currently placed within the Psychoactive Drug Act 2016, which stipulates that it is illegal to supply the drug for recreational purposes, but possession is not illegal.
However the Prime minister is committed to banning the substance as a class C drug by the end of the year, which will make possession a crime.
Now medical professionals have written to the Policing minister Chris Philp saying that making possession of the drug illegal was "unlikely to translate to health benefits in our patients," and that “fear of arrest could increase harm” as people may delay coming to hospital.
Newsnight’s Yasminara Khan reports. Produced by Ali Hamedani.
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Newsnight has covered the fate of Afghans who worked for, or with, the UK government in Afghanistan and then were evacuated here to safety under the government's ARAP and ACRS schemes when the Taliban returned to power.
Yesterday was the government's self-imposed deadline for all those still in "bridging hotels" to be moved into for permanent accommodation.
At the end of March the Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer accepted there were still 8000 in hotels, and insisted that by yesterday there would be none. So where are we now?
Well the government has told us they will have the figures in a few weeks time, but Newsnight has learned that there are still Afghans in the ARAP scheme in hotels across the UK.
Emir Nader reports. Produced by Maria Polachowska.
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Super typhoon Saola has moved closer to China's mainland, forcing authorities to raise a strong storm advisory.
Flights have been cancelled across China's Guangdong Province and Hong Kong.
Three tropical cyclones have formed in the northwest Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
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Australia has introduced a ban on thick plastic shopping bags and mass balloon releases to cut down on single-use plastics.
Authorities in three states are also banning a range of products including plastic cotton buds.
Conservationists have said that Australia has become a world leader in banning single-use plastics.
Scientists say that more than 171 trillion pieces of plastics are estimated to be floating in the world's oceans.
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A leader of the far-right Proud Boys has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, one of the longest terms yet handed out over the US Capitol riot.
US Army veteran Joe Biggs, 38, was an instigator of the storming of Congress on 6 January 2021, prosecutors said.
The former Infowars correspondent was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in May.
In court, Biggs pleaded for leniency and expressed remorse for his actions.
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A deadly fire in Johannesburg's inner city was a "wake-up call" for South Africa, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Seventy-four people were killed - including 12 children - after a blaze in a five-storey building occupied by homeless people.
More than 50 others were injured.
Earlier, the city of Johannesburg confirmed it owned the building, but said cartels had taken it over. Officials say the cause of the deadly fire is unclear.
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Russian pro-war influencers are generating big advertising revenues from their social media coverage of the conflict, the BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has found.
Known in Russia as “Z Bloggers”, they spread fake news about the war by embedding with military units, sharing exclusive footage from the frontline, and calling upon young Russians to enlist in the army.
Graphics: Kako Abraham Film Editor: Ismail Guluev Narrator: Jack Goodman Assistant Producers: Sucheera Maguire, Jake Tacchi Editor: Juliana Gragnani Executive Editor: Rebecca Skippage Written & Produced by: Grigor Atanesian
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The BBC has uncovered evidence that dozens of women were potentially groomed into online sex work by the influencer Andrew Tate's all-male society, the "War Room".
A documentary team has spoken to whistle blowers and alleged victims.
They were given exclusive access to 12,000 pages of encrypted messages, which reveal the instructions given to war room members to make women gradually submit to their control.
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Spinal cancer is one of the most common secondary cancers and, if not treated within 24 hours, can lead to double incontinence, paralysis and death in just 30 days.
The BBC has been given exclusive access to a specialist service in the UK, which is working to extend patients' lives, giving people extra months for final holidays and proper goodbyes.
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A "pragmatic, sensible" relationship is what the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly promised in Beijing for the first UK-China meeting at that level for half a decade.
It appeared to be part of the mechanics of what might lead to the first face to face meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Xi.
It’s pretty clear that Britain and the West in general, appears to have shied away from cutting certain links in a process of what was known as "decoupling".
Conversations are required on global priorities from Ukraine to climate change. China, meanwhile, is attempting to forge new diplomatic alliances, building on the so-called Brics grouping including Russia.
Is the plan to contain China if it follows Russia and invades Taiwan? Or is it something bigger, to try to prevent China's ascent to becoming the world's number one economy?
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China’s manufacturing sector has shrunk for the fifth consecutive month, an official survey showed.
The country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose slightly to 49.7, but still sits below 50, which signals a contraction.
Despite a turbulent few months, China's leader Xi Jinping defended the "strong resilience, tremendous potential and great vitality" of the economy.
It is a very different picture in India, where the economy grew at its quickest pace in a year in the April-June quarter.
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Millions of people in Florida are struggling in the aftermath of Storm Idalia, which brought fierce winds and torrential rains.
Idalia landed as a powerful hurricane in Florida's Big Bend area, and still poses a major flood threat.
Roads and towns were submerged in knee-deep water, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of "rising water moving inland from the coastline".
At least two people have died in the state.
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More than 60 people have died and more than 40 are injured following a fire at a building in central Johannesburg.
Authorities say it’s unclear what sparked the blaze at the five-storey building in the South African city.
Firefighters evacuated the building’s occupants on arrival, and the search and recovery of bodies is continuing.
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Army officers who seized power in a coup in Gabon on Wednesday have named General Brice Oligui Nguema as the West African state's transitional leader.
Gen Nguema was earlier carried triumphally through the streets of the capital Libreville by his troops.
The deposed President, Ali Bongo, has appeared in a video at his home, calling on his "friends all over the world" to "make noise" on his behalf.
The former French colony is one of Africa's major oil producers.
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Burger King must face a lawsuit that alleges it makes its Whopper burger appear larger on its menus than it is in reality, a US judge has ruled.
The lawsuit accuses the fast food giant of misleading customers by showing the burger with a meatier patty and ingredients that "overflow over the bun".
"The plaintiffs' claims are false," Burger King told the BBC.
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In Ukraine's north-east, Russia has recently deployed an estimated 100,000 troops in renewed attacks.
But it is the increasingly sophisticated drone attacks that are particularly feared.
Russia is seeking to cement its control of the eastern regions where it has captured territory, much of which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces last September.
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Hurricane Idalia is nearing landfall in Florida, with likely winds of 125mph (201kmph) and potentially life-threatening conditions.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said storm surges are expected in some areas as fierce winds push seawater inland.
Some 30,000 personnel are ready to help restore power in the wake of the storm, Mr DeSantis said, as he warned local residents to be careful of downed power lines.
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A court in Pakistan has ordered that former Prime Minister Imran Khan should be held in jail for at least another two weeks.
Mr Kahn has been in jail since he was sentenced to three years in prison at the start of August.
That sentence has been suspended, but he is also facing charges under another case which was brought in the country's official secrets act.
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Senior military officers in Gabon say they have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest.
Soldiers appeared on national television earlier today to declare they had taken control.
They also announced they were annulling the results of an election on Saturday, in which President Bongo just been declared the winner.
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Hurricane Idalia has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane as it nears Florida, and is expected to strengthen further into a "catastrophic" Category 4 hurricane.
It is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday morning local time.
Potentially life-threatening conditions are forecast, including surging seawater up to 15ft (4.5m) above ground level in some areas.
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Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power.
They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.
His overthrow would end his family's 53-year hold on power in Gabon.
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Russia has reported a night of drone attacks on its territory ranging from the south to the northwest.
A strike on Pskov airport, hundreds of miles from the war zone in Ukraine, set two military cargo planes on fire.
In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, at least two people were killed during a missile attack blamed on Russia.
Russia also reported hitting Ukrainian assault boats in the Black Sea, killing dozens of soldiers.
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BBC Newsnight is in international waters off the coast of Greece to see how Russian oil continues to be exported around the world.
We see evidence that millions of barrels of Russian oil is still going into the production of energy burned by countries imposing the sanctions.
For the first time we have a sense of the value to Russia of energy burned by the UK.
The figures were calculated by the environmental campaign group Global Witness and reviewed by BBC Verify and independent experts.
The story is reported by Newsnight’s International Correspondent Emir Nader.
Ayman Oghanna was the producer and director.
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Florida's governor has warned residents in the path of Hurricane Idalia to heed evacuation warnings without delay as it approaches the US state.
Ron DeSantis said Idalia would hit the state's Gulf coast as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday morning.
Much of Florida, including the densely populated Tampa area, is forecast to be affected by severe weather.
Idalia is projected to hit an area that Mr DeSantis said has not seen such a major hurricane since the 1800s.
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There has been a dramatic rise in Ukraine's number of dead, according to new estimates by unnamed US officials.
Ukraine gives no official toll of its war dead - the figures remain classified.
But US officials, quoted by the New York Times, recently put the number at 70,000 dead and as many as 120,000 injured.
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A man who was kidnapped at birth from his mother in Chile and later adopted the US, has met his biological family for the first time more than four decades later.
Until this week, Jimmy Thyden’s mother María Angélica González thought her newborn son had died 42 years ago.
Mr Thyden found out the identity of his biological mother after hearing the story of another man who had been stolen as a child in Chile.
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An 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.
In a world first, the creature was pulled from the woman’s damaged frontal lobe during surgery, after she had been suffering an "unusual constellation of symptoms" – including stomach pain, a cough and night sweats, evolving into increasing forgetfulness and depression.
Doctors said the parasite could have been there for up to two months.
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The US and China hope to "thaw out" ongoing trade tensions during a three-day visit to Beijing by the US commerce secretary.
One of the biggest issues for the US surrounds restrictions on North American businesses, including chip makers, Intel and Micron.
Gina Riomondo's visit to China is the latest to the country by top US diplomats in recent months, all aiming to improve relations between the two countries.
Meanwhile, China's stock markets remain under pressure as companies pull out billions due to its slowing economy.
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The High Court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent conviction on corruption charges.
Mr Khan has been in prison since he was sentenced to three years on 5 August, on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts during his time as prime minister.
The suspension of the conviction does not necessarily mean that Mr Khan will be released from prison.
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Former US president Donald Trump will face trial on 4 March 2024, for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election.
This is the day before Super Tuesday, the biggest voting day in the Republican race.
The trial would pull Mr Trump off the campaign trail for a pivotal stretch of his campaign. He has vowed to appeal the trial date ruling.
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Spanish Football Federation regional leaders have called on their president Luis Rubiales to immediately resign after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso.
Mr Rubiales has been widely criticised after the incident following Spain's Women's World Cup final win.
Jenni Hermoso said the kiss on her lips was not consensual.
Spanish prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault.
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Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas - loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women - in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said.
The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.
France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.
Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.
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One of Ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid-air crash.
Andrii Pilshchykov won fame taking part in dogfights over Kyiv during the early phase of Russia's invasion.
The Ukrainian military called the airmen's deaths "painful and irreparable" losses, and paid tribute to Pilshchykov as a pilot with "mega knowledge and mega talent".
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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials have said.
The Investigative Committee said the identities of all 10 victims had been established and corresponded to those on the flight's passenger list. The Kremlin has denied speculation it was to blame for the crash.
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Reduction in sea ice in Antarctica has resulted in the deaths of an estimated 10,000 emperor penguin chicks.
In 2022, satellites recorded a colony of emperor penguins disappearing into the Bellingshausen Sea as the ice they were living on melted away.
The chicks had not fully developed waterproof feathers and they most likely froze to death.
Emperors rely on sea-ice to breed and as the world warms due to climate change - they are increasingly vulnerable.
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Safety concerns were raised at Notting Hill Carnival last summer after a crowd surge on Ladbroke Grove.
Here’s how you can stay safe this year.
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Fifa has handed a 90-day suspension to the president of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales.
The suspension comes after he kissed Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup final medal ceremony, which he claims was consensual, but which Hermoso has strongly denied on social media.
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Spain's football World Cup winners have announced a boycott, saying they will refuse to play until the President of the Spanish football association resigns or is sacked.
Luis Rubiales is facing intense criticism after kissing one of the victorious women’s team on the lips following the game and grabbing his crotch while celebrating their victory over England in the final.
Jenni Hermoso, the player who he kissed, said there had been no consent. She described claims by Mr Rubiales that the kiss was consensual as “false” and “part of the manipulative culture that he has generated".
The Spanish FA President has said he won’t resign and said he was facing what he called “social murder” and would “fight to the end” to remain in his job.
A number of male Spanish players have said they will join the national women’s team in refusing to play until Mr Rubiales steps down and the Spanish government has begun legal action to remove him.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid.
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BBC Newsnight is in international waters off the coast of Greece to see how Russian oil continues to be exported around the world. We see evidence that millions of barrels of Russian oil is still going into the production of energy burned by countries imposing the sanctions. For the first time we have a sense of the value to Russia of energy burned by the UK. The figures were calculated by the environmental campaign group Global Witness and reviewed by BBC Verify and independent experts.
The story is reported by Newsnight’s International Correspondent Emir Nader.
Ayman Oghanna was the producer and director.
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Three-time WWE world champion Bray Wyatt has died at the age of 36.
The wrestler, real name Windham Rotunda, had been dealing with an undisclosed health issue which had kept him out of the ring since February, but his family said that his death was sudden.
WWE content officer Triple H announced the news on social media, and tributes have since flooded in. Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, was among those paying tribute to the star, saying he was "heartbroken" and had "always had tremendous respect and love" for the wrestler.
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Volodymyr Havrylov, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine spoke on whether the death of Wagner Group leader Evgeny Prigozhin will make any difference to the Ukraine War.
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Ukrainians celebrated independence across the country on 25/08 - and there's great pride that they've held the Russian invasion at bay, and are still re-taking occupied areas, albeit slowly. But how to end a conflict that the Pentagon estimates has caused half a million casualties? For many here and their supporters abroad the aim seems to be putting such pressure on the Russian military that Vladimir Putin is overthrown.
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The president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales has refused to step down from his position, after he kissed forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the team’s World Cup final victory.
The 46-year-old had earlier grabbed his crotch as he celebrated the final whistle, while in the VIP area of Stadium Australia, with Queen Letizia of Spain and her 16-year-old daughter stood nearby.
It was expected that he would resign at an extraordinary general assembly called by the federation, but instead he said “a social assassination is taking place”, before repeating “I will not resign” several times, while a number of audience members – including both men’s and women’s national team coaches - applauded.
But, after his speech, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz said Rubiales “has to go.”
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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash near Moscow, which killed all 10 people on board - and while his death has yet to be officially confirmed, Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to his former ally.
The mercenary group has been active on the battlefields of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, and Volodymyr Havrylov, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine told the BBC that Prigozhin’s death could have an impact on the “confidence and morale” of Wagner troops – particularly among the lower ranks.
Meanwhile, the UK defence ministry has said that although there is “no definite proof” that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the plane which crashed, it “is highly likely that he is indeed dead”.
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Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president.
Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial.
Afterwards, he described the case as "a travesty of justice".
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Yevgeny Prigozhin spent almost a decade building the Wagner paramilitary group.
It became central to Russia's war effort in Ukraine and Prigozhin's troops helped to spread Russian influence across the globe, propping up allies of President Vladimir Putin in Africa and Syria.
Now his reported death has sparked a flurry of speculation about the group's future.
Western security officials are wondering who will take his place and what will happen to the mercenaries he once led.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences to the families of those who were reportedly killed in a plane crash, including Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
In a televised speech, Putin called Prigozhin a “talented businessman”, who "made serious mistakes in life", in an apparent reference to the group's rebellion earlier this year.
It is currently unclear what caused the plane to crash - killing all 10 people aboard - though UK defence sources told the BBC that Russia’s FSB intelligence agency is most likely to be responsible.
Putin said investigators will look into what happened - but that this will take time.
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In geopolitical terms the G7 almost always garners the lion's share of political and media attention in the West and beyond, but when the BRICS summit began yesterday in Johannesburg, not only were Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa talking about expansion, there is also the ambition to become a counter to Western domination as they see it.
There's no shortage of countries lining up to join BRICS - Argentina, Belarus, Indonesia and Nigeria among them - but while the leaders of the five nations are broadly in agreement about expansion, at the outset of the summit Brazil's president, Lula de Silva, insisted that BRICS is not meant to challenge the G7.
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Emir Nader reports.
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Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have been killed in a plane crash north of Moscow, alongside his right-hand-man Dmitry Utkin and eight others.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin have yet to comment on the death, while western leaders have been briefed on the crash.
Wagner members and supporters have been paying tribute to Prigozhin, laying flowers at temporary shrines, while questions remain about the mercenary group’s future – particularly in Africa where they have thousands of fighters.
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Imagine having so many rare and invaluable objects in your possession under the gaze of curators, world experts, security personnel, and cameras, and failing to spot that more than 1,500 objects worth millions of pounds have been stolen, damaged and destroyed.
The British Museum - the receptacle for some of the most wondrous artefacts in the world - is facing this crisis, with some of the stolen goods being more than 3,500 years old.
To make matters worse, objects have reportedly turned up on eBay at a fraction of their worth. The BBC has reported that an art dealer alerted the British Museum to alleged stolen items more than two years ago but was told "all objects are accounted for”.
So how could so many items go missing, why would someone steal from the museum, and who is it thought to be? Newsnight’s Insight & Investigations Editor Joe Pike reports.
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Japan has begun releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean - 12 years after the meltdown at the site.
The UN's atomic regulator says the discharge meets safety standards and will have a "negligible" impact on humans and the environment.
But the decision has fuelled protests locally and in South Korea - while China has imposed a ban on all Japanese seafood.
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Republican contenders clashed on stage at their first 2024 presidential debate, as they vied to displace the absent frontrunner Donald Trump.
Eight rivals took to the stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to brawl over issues from Ukraine to abortion.
While most were reluctant to attack Mr Trump, some of the hopefuls did take aim at the no-show former president.
The eventual winner will challenge the Democratic candidate, likely President Joe Biden, in November 2024.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny against Vladimir Putin, was on a plane that crashed in western Russia, officials have said.
Authorities said all 10 people on board were killed after the private aircraft came down near the village of Kuzhenkino.
Russian authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, amid heavy speculation.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner group, is believed to have been killed when his private plane crashed in flames in Russia.
The aircraft was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, with seven passengers and three crew. Everyone on board is reported to have died.
The news led to widespread speculation that President Putin and Russian military leaders may have been responsible for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death. A Telegram channel with links to the Wagner group said that Prigozhin had died “as a result of actions of traitors of Russia”.
Prigozhin, whose Wagner forces had been fighting in support of Russia in Ukraine, led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June. At the time he moved his troops out of Ukraine, seizing the southern Russian city of Rostov on Don and threatening to march on Moscow. The uprising came after months of tension with Russian military commanders over the Ukraine conflict.
At the time, Russia's President Putin accused Wagner of being “traitors”. The stand-off was settled by a deal which allowed Wagner troops to move to Belarus or join the regular Russian army. Prigozhin himself agreed to relocate to Belarus but was apparently able to move freely afterwards, making a number of public appearances.
The plane crash came on the same day that the senior Russian general Sergei Surovikin was reportedly sacked as chief of the Russian air force. General Surovikin was known to have good relations with Prigozhin and had not been seen in public since the mutiny.
Mishal Husain presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, Ros Atkins and Will Vernon in Moscow.
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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.
Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow.
The jet, which was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew.
Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June.
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Levels of water scarcity in major economies such as the US and China are soaring, with world annual water use rising by billions of cubic metres over the last century.
The British Standards Institution says that without action, 75% of the world's population could be facing drought by 2050.
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Details of graphic evidence compiled by Romanian prosecutors, alleging that Andrew Tate coerced women into sexual acts, have been seen by the BBC.
The case file summary, containing hundreds of pages of testimony and transcripts, includes an allegation of sexual violence which is said to have left one woman with eye and breast injuries.
And in what prosecutors say are transcribed audio messages, Mr Tate's brother Tristan appears to say that he will "slave these bitches".
Both men are facing trial in Romania for human trafficking and forming an organised criminal group with two other defendants.
Andrew Tate is also facing a charge of rape. They deny all the charges against them. A spokeswoman for the brothers said they "vehemently denied" the allegations and claimed, without elaboration, that there is "substantial new evidence pointing to their innocence”.
The BBC cannot verify whether the messages have been accurately transcribed or whether they were sent by the defendants as claimed, because the original evidence is not included in the summary document.
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India has made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region.
With this, India joins an elite club of countries to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.
The Vikram lander from Chandrayaan-3 successfully touched down as planned at 18:04 local time (12:34 GMT).
Celebrations have broken out across the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "India is now on the Moon".
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Tens of thousands of Russian convicts were released from prisons and sent to the front line to fight in the war against Ukraine, many with the Wagner group.
Some of them are dangerous criminals, who have been sent home to Russia after serving among troops, where they have been said to commit more serious crimes.
Activists have said that there have been several killings committed by these prisoners in Russia, who are "traumatised" by prison and the war in Ukraine.
Russia's President Putin has said the reoffending rate among convicts who have fought in Ukraine is ten time lower compared to regular prisoners.
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Building vacancy rates are at a 30-year high in many US cities - including New York, which had a staggering 22.2% of office space sitting empty in the first three months of the year.
So what can be done with all that unused space, as many workers continue to do their jobs remotely?
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Eighteen bodies have been found in a forested area of northern Greece, outside the village of Avantas, hit by wildfires for the past four days, the Greek fire service has said.
Initial reports suggest those who died may have been migrants.
Fires are raging across several fronts in the nation, whipped up by high winds and temperatures which climbed above 40C in several places on Tuesday.
The Evros region of north-eastern Greece, not far from the Turkish border, has been ravaged by fires.
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Surgeons have carried out the first womb transplant in the UK.
Prof Richard Smith, a gynaecological surgeon who led the organ retrieval team, said it was a "massive success".
The recipient was a 34-year-old woman, and the donor her 40-year-old sister, both of whom wish to remain anonymous. Doctors said both recovered well from surgery.
A team of around 20 carried out the procedures, lasting around 17 hours, in adjoining operating theatres at the Churchill hospital, Oxford, in February.
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Wildfires raging across Canada’s British Columbia have shown some signs of easing, but the blazes have still driven out more than 30,000 people from their homes.
Officials said firefighters have made some progress aided by cooler weather but the "battle is not over".
The government is deploying military to help with evacuations in the province.
Some firefighters are continuing to work even after discovering that they have lost their homes to the fires, officials said.
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Two adults and six children have been rescued after being left stranded in a cable car in Pakistan.
The group, who were on their way to school when one of the car's cables snapped, were stuck in the cable car hundreds of metres above a ravine for hours.
Pakistan's caretaker prime minister, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, said he was relieved, and thanked all of those who were involved in the rescue.
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A 10-minute MRI scan could be used to screen men for prostate cancer, according to a new study.
The scans proved far more accurate at diagnosing cancer than blood tests, which look for high levels of a protein called PSA.
MRI picked up some serious cancers that would have been missed by PSA alone.
At present there is no national screening programme in the UK because PSA is considered too unreliable, although men over 50 can request a PSA test.
The authors of this new study suggest that prostate MRI could be used for screening, though they say a larger study would be needed to assess this.
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The United Nations has described Haiti as being in a state of extreme violence and brutality.
In a recent briefing, it said almost 2,500 people had been killed between January and August of this year alone. Ongoing gang violence is partly being put down to political and economic instability.
Two years ago the country's president was shot dead at his home - which led to much of the country's territory falling out of government control.
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Emir Nader has this report.
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Eighteen bodies have been found in a forested area of northern Greece hit by wildfires for the past four days, the Greek fire service has said.
Initial reports suggest those who died may have been migrants.
A coroner and investigation team are heading to the scene in the Dadia forest.
The Evros region of north-eastern Greece, not far from the Turkish border, has been ravaged by fires.
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Pheu Thai party candidate Srettha Thavisin has been voted the next Thai prime minister, after his predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed.
Former PM Shinawatra was jailed upon returning to Thailand after 15 years in exile.
Pheu Thai insists the two developments - Mr Thaksin's return and the coalition that voted for a Pheu Thai PM - are unconnected.
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Two children have been rescued from a group of six others and two adults who have been trapped in a cable car dangling above a ravine in Pakistan.
The group, aged between 10 and 16, were heading to school when one of the cables snapped, leaving it dangling 274m (900ft) above the ground.
A police officer has confirmed that both the rescued children are in a stable condition.
Strong winds have been hindering the precarious operation, and sunset is approaching.
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Donald Trump has said he plans to turn himself in on Thursday to a court in the state of Georgia to face charges of election interference.
A judge in Atlanta who is overseeing the former president's case has set bail at $200,000 (£157,000).
The agreement says Mr Trump can remain free pending trial so long as he does not attempt to threaten or intimidate witnesses.
Mr Trump denies 13 charges, including racketeering and false statements.
He and the 18 others accused in this case had previously been given until noon on Friday to appear at Fulton County Jail for processing.
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A military rescue in Pakistan is under way for six children and two adults trapped in a cable car over a ravine in the country’s north-west.
The group were on their way to school when one of the cables snapped, leaving it dangling 274m (900 ft) above ground, officials said.
Pakistan's acting prime minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has ordered rescuers to attend to the "alarming" incident in Battagram.
Helicopters have reached the car but the rescue's status is unclear.
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Ukraine defence officials have described claims of corruption within its army recruitment as "shameful and unacceptable".
It comes as President Volodymyr Zelensky recently sacked every regional head of recruitment in Ukraine after widespread allegations against officers in the system, including bribe-taking and intimidation.
Ukraine constantly needs to replace the tens of thousands who've been killed or injured in the war.
However, some men don't want to fight. Thousands have left the country, sometimes after bribing officials, and others are finding ways of dodging recruitment officers.
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President Joe Biden has toured wildfire damage in Hawaii after scrutiny of his administrations response to the state's worst ever natural disaster.
He arrived in Maui on Monday, 13 days after the deadliest wildfire in over a century, telling survivors the nation "grieves with you".
At least 114 people have died and 850 people are still missing - with Hawaii's governor saying many of the victims may be children.
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to Thailand after 15 years in exile, hours ahead of a vote that determines who will be the country's next leader.
Thailand's most successful elected leader has long been feared by conservative royalists, who have backed military coups and contentious court cases to weaken him.
Mr Shinawatra was immediately taken to the Supreme Court where he was handed an eight-year prison sentence, and then to Bangkok Remand Prison. No-one expects him to stay in custody long.
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Tropical Storm Hilary, which has hit California with life-threatening floods, has also cut off the state's desert town of Palm Springs.
As of Monday morning, major roads in and out of Palm Springs were closed due to flooding after it was drenched with 3.18in (8cm) of rain.
Rescuers have also had to save several people there from swollen rivers.
The storm is now headed north to Nevada, where officials are preparing for more record rainfall.
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Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, was given multiple whole-life sentences today and will spend the rest of her life behind bars.
The 33-year-old was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby isn't the first medical professional to use their training and uniform to deceive and manipulate colleagues and relatives, and to kill patients.
Newsnight’s Insight & Investigations Editor Joe Pike reports.
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Australia, which has just hosted the Women's World Cup 2023, is seeing more and more demand for women to play football.
Almost two million fans attended the event in Australia and New Zealand - up by more than 600,000 on the previous record.
Now, state governments have been ploughing millions of Australian dollars into improving infrastructure.
The New South Wales government has set aside $25 million Australian dollars ($16 million US dollars) in grants this year for clubs want to build facilities accommodating women's sports.
Meanwhile, Austco has seen an increase in orders to build changing rooms that can be easily transported, or quickly assembled on site.
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Left-winger Luisa Gonzalez is leading in Ecuador's presidential election, which has been overshadowed by the assassination of one of the candidates.
With nearly 80% of the votes counted, electoral officials say Ms Gonzalez has 33%, while her closest rival Daniel Noboa, a businessman and from the is on 24%.
The top two candidates will now go into a run-off on 15 October.
Some 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed to protect Sunday's first round of voting.
It follows the assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio on 9 August.
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Manchester United player Mason Greenwood will leave the club by mutual agreement after a six-month internal investigation into his conduct.
Greenwood was arrested in January 2022 following allegations surrounding material which was published online.
Charges against the 21-year-old England international, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped on 2 February 2023.
Within a statement Manchester United said: "Based on the evidence available to us, we have concluded that the material posted online did not provide a full picture and that Mason did not commit the offences in respect of which he was originally charged. That said, as Mason publicly acknowledges today, he has made mistakes which he is taking responsibility for."
In a statement, Greenwood accepted he had "made mistakes" and took his "share of responsibility", but added: "I did not do the things I was accused of."
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Nurse Lucy Letby, who was unmasked as the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times, has been given a whole-life sentence with no chance of parole.
The 33 year old was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby deliberately injected babies with air, force-fed others milk and poisoned two of the infants with insulin.
She refused to appear in the dock for her sentencing hearing.
Letby will face the rest of her life behind bars, becoming only the fourth woman in UK history to receive such a sentence.
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Canadian wildfires in British Columbia are to be tackled by soldiers deployed to the region.
About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in the province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging.
Two huge fires in the Shuswap region merged overnight, destroying blocks of houses and other buildings.
To the south, travel to the waterside city of Kelowna has been restricted, and smoke from nearby fires hangs over Lake Okanagan.
Fires have charred homes in West Kelowna, a nearby city of 36,000.
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A state of emergency has been declared in Southern California as tropical Storm Hilary hits the state.
Millions of people are under flash flood warnings as torrential rains and high winds pummel towns.
It is the first such storm to hit the state in 84 years - with the record rains flooding Los Angeles and desert areas like Palm Springs and Death Valley.
School classes and flights have been cancelled, with landslides, downed trees and flooded homes reported.
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Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control. It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.
The craft was designed to be the first ever to land on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit. It was set to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.
Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation, announced that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 and believed the craft had "ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon”.
The loss of Luna-25 is a blow to Roscosmos. Russia's civilian space programme has been in decline for several years, as state funding is increasingly directed towards the military.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Will Vernon.
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Around one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage.
But the care and support women receive during and after pregnancy loss varies greatly, depending on where in the world they live.
The BBC’s Tulip Mazumdar investigates.
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Menstruation is a natural process that affects half of the world’s population during their lives. But it’s little understood.
Oxford academic Gabriella Kountourides busts the common myths around periods.
This film was produced by BBC Ideas, in partnership with the University of Oxford.
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Spain have beaten England 1-0 in a tense Women's World Cup final.
Olga Carmona's strike on the half-hour mark was enough to earn victory for La Roja on their first appearance in a Women's World Cup final.
England's Mary Earps denied Spain the chance of doubling their lead with a stunning penalty save in the second half, but it wasn't to be for the Lionesses.
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The US Navy has pulled its ships out of San Diego as the city braces for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary.
The storm has already battered areas of Baja California and Mexico and is expected to head deep into the US states of California, Arizona and even Nevada over the next 48 hours.
Hilary has already weakened since making landfall in Mexico on Saturday, but warnings are still in place for potentially life threatening flooding.
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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, officials say.
The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering issues as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.
It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.
Roskosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said it lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after running into difficulties.
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About 15,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia, as firefighters battle raging wildfires that have set homes ablaze.
Officials said a "significant" number of buildings caught fire in West Kelowna, a city of 36,000 people, and more than 2,400 homes were evacuated.
A state of emergency has been declared for the entire province, where hundreds of separate fires are burning.
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Many assume that how we age comes down to genetics, but environmental factors play a major role.
Professor Rose Anne Kenny explains the science behind living a longer, healthier life.
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At least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen, an official has said. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) and the US's leading aid agency halted food aid to Tigray about four months ago. A subsequent investigation by Tigrayan authorities found that almost 500 people were involved in the theft, the official told the BBC. Tigray was hit by a brutal conflict in 2020, causing famine-like conditions. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Ukraine says Russian strikes have hit the city of northern city of Chernihiv.
People had been attending church to celebrate a religious holiday when the strike happened.
Some 117 people were injured in the attack, according to the city's acting mayor, with a six-year-old boy among those killed.
Moscow is yet to comment on the alleged strike.
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111 people are confirmed to have died with another thousand still missing after last week's wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Officials are still combing through the former Hawaiian capital of Lahaina after it was decimated by wildfire.
Among the homes and businesses destroyed by the fires was Fleetwood's, the music venue and restaurant owned by musician Mick Fleetwood.
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California is bracing for its first tropical storm in almost 80 years as Storm Hilary heads towards the US.
The Category 4 storm has already brought rain across parts of Mexico as it churns off the Pacific coast.
The system could make landfall in California on Saturday, with warnings of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding".
Meanwhile, Canada continues to evacuate parts of British Columbia and its North Western Territories due to wildfires and Hawaii continues to recover from a deadly wildfire on Maui.
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A state of emergency has been declared in Canada's western British Columbia province, as a fast-moving wildfire threatens to destroy more homes in the area around the city of West Kelowna.
Premier David Eby warned that "the situation has evolved rapidly and we are in for an extremely challenging situation in the days ahead".
Some 4,800 people are now under evacuation orders.
Meanwhile, at least 111 people have been declared dead and more than 1,000 remain missing in Maui, Hawaii, after a fatal wildfire tore across the island.
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The UK government has said the RAF has intercepted two long-range Russian bombers north of the Shetland Islands.
An RAF Voyager Tanker Transport was also dispatched for fuel support to help the RAF Typhoons operate within Nato's northern air policing area.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis are continuing to join weekly protests over the government’s highly controversial plans to overhaul the justice system.
Protesters believe it endangers democracy. But, Israel's government has argued that its actions enhance democracy, by fixing a judicial system in which elected politicians are too easily overruled.
It comes as a poll has suggested as many as one in three Israelis are considering leaving the country over the crisis.
Meanwhile, relocation firms and lawyers have also told the BBC they are seeing a spike in business.
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Thousands of Ecuadorian soldiers and police have been involved in a dawn operation to move a notorious gang leader to a maximum security jail.
Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito", is accused of sending death threats to Ecuador's murdered presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio.
The anti-corruption campaigner was shot three times in the head leaving a campaign rally on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the running mate of Villavicencio is to contest the presidential election in his place.
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At least 93 people have been confirmed killed in the Maui fire that razed the historic town of Lahaina.
It is the most deadly US fire in a century, with the Hawaii Governor warning that the number of victims could rise "significantly".
Hundreds remain unaccounted for while hundreds of others fill shelters across Maui after fleeing the flames.
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Could we start seeing remote controlled vehicles on our roads?
The BBC’s Alasdair Keane visits a company in Berlin putting a twist on the driverless car.
This video is from Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Eighty people are now confirmed to have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say.
There are fears the numbers will rise further, as hundreds are still uncontactable.
Firefighters have been trying to contain fires in several areas, including the historic town of Lahaina which has been utterly devastated.
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Dutch inventors are removing plastic from Amsterdam’s rivers and canals using a ‘net’ made from bubbles.
They claim the invention stops nearly 90% of plastic waste from passing downstream.
The BBC visited The Netherlands to see the barrier in action.
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A BBC investigation has revealed that women on basic pay in Africa are spending between 3% and 13% of their monthly wage on sanitary products.
Ghana is the worst affected of the countries surveyed, with women spending $1 in every $7 of their monthly salary on period pads.
BBC reporter Gem O'Reilly spoke to the activists trying to end period poverty in Africa.
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Hawaii is facing the "largest natural disaster" in its history, after wildfires ripped through the island of Maui and destroyed most of the beach-front town of Lahaina.
The island has been ravaged with entire communities and neighbourhoods destroyed, as hurricane-strength winds fanned the deadly flames.
The blaze ripped through Lahaina so quickly that some people jumped into the harbour to escape the flames and smoke.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Here's our north America correspondent John Sudworth reporting from Maui.
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As the scale of the fire's destruction in Maui becomes clear, questions are mounting over whether officials warned residents fast enough.
Local evacuations first took place on Tuesday, followed by an announcement that the flames were "100% contained".
By the following day, however, fast-moving flames had engulfed Maui's Lahaina town.
About 80% of the town has been destroyed, according to officials.
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Migrants on the UK’s Bibby Stockholm barge are being temporarily removed from the vessel after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the on-board water system.
The Home Office said all 39 migrants on board the barge in Dorset would be disembarked by the end of Friday.
The Legionella bacteria can cause Legionnaires disease - a type of pneumonia.
The barge is a flagship plank of the government's migration policy to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers.
It has not yet been revealed where those disembarking will be moved to temporarily.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired all of the country’s regional heads of military enlistment, following corruption allegations.
In an announcement, Zelensky said “cynicism and bribery at a time of war is high treason”.
The news comes as Kiev conscripts Ukrainians to fight in the country’s counteroffensive against Russia.
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The BBC’s Anton Ferrie investigates the impact of antidepressants on the minds and bodies of the thousands of young people who take them.
While some say these drugs have saved their lives, others say they’ve changed it permanently.
If you or someone you know are feeling emotionally distressed, the BBC Action Line can point you to organisations that offer advice and support.
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The number of people who have crossed illegally into the European Union (EU) so far this year has risen by 13%, according to new EU border agency figures.
It is 13% higher than the same period, between January and July, in 2022.
The agency said the increase was entirely driven by the number of people who arrived after travelling across the Mediterranean, which more than doubled.
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A big freeze previously unknown to science drove early humans from Europe for 200,000 years, but they adapted and returned, new research shows.
Ocean sediments from 1.1 million years ago show temperatures suddenly dropped more than 5C, scientists said.
They said our early ancestors couldn't have survived as they didn't have heating or warm clothes.
Until now, the consensus had been that humans had existed in Europe continuously for 1.5 million years.
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The number of people killed in the Hawaii wildfires has risen to 53, and police said as many as 1,000 may be missing on the island of Maui.
Governor Josh Green says the fires are the "largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history" and 80% of historic seaside town Lahaina is "gone".
In Lahaina, tourists were forced to jump into the sea and tread water for hours.
Firefighters are still battling to contain Maui's wildfires, which began on Tuesday and were fuelled by Hurricane Dora's passing winds.
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A deadly Covid virus has killed thousands of cats in Cyprus. The disease, called Feline Infectious Peritonitis, or FIP, is known as the feline coronavirus. The government is allowing vets to use anti-Covid pills to treat the animals. The Veterinarians Association said the outbreak began in January and spread across the country within a few months. FIP is not related to Covid-19 and cannot be contracted by humans.
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US President Joe Biden has issued a "major disaster declaration" after 36 are dead from wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
The US president's action makes federal funds available to aid in recovery efforts on the island.
The wildfires began on Tuesday and spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by Hurricane Dora.
Authorities say it's too early to know the extent of the damage, but at least 270 buildings have been destroyed.
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A mother-daughter duo have reached the edge of space, making history aboard a Virgin Galactic flight.
Keisha Schahaff from Antigua won the prize while flying to the UK, where her daughter is studying, and they were joined on the space flight by former British Olympic canoeist Jon Goodwin, 80.
At the peak of their flight – which was the first commercial space flight with a tourist on board - they were able to see the curvature of the Earth and the black of space, while also experiencing zero gravity.
The crew has now landed safely back in the US, and with more than 800 similar tickets sold, these flights could become much more common.
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At least 36 people have died on the Hawaii island of Maui, as devastating fires swept across the land.
People were reportedly forced to flee the flames by jumping into the ocean, with the US Coast Guard rescuing at least a dozen people from the waters.
Authorities say it's too early to know the extent of the damage, but at least 270 buildings have been destroyed.
Efforts to bring the fires under control continue, but flames, fanned by hurricane winds, have reduced large parts of the historic town of Lahaina to rubble.
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Some of the greatest Pokémon players in the world are in Tokyo, Japan for the Pokémon World Championships.
It's the biggest and most important Pokémon tournament around, where some of the very best trainers compete for the title of world champion.
Thousands of Pokémon fans have gathered in the capital of Japan for the event which takes place from 11 August to 13 August.
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At least 36 people have died as fast-moving wildfires rage across the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say.
The fires have been fanned by strong winds from a distant hurricane, destroying hundreds of buildings and burning some areas to the ground.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes and a state of emergency has been declared.
A huge search and rescue operation is under way, with some people still unaccounted for.
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A candidate in Ecuador's forthcoming presidential election who has campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally.
Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country's national assembly, was attacked as he left the event in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday.
He is one of the few candidates to allege links between organised crime and government officials in Ecuador.
A state of emergency has been declared following the assassination.
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A man who posted violent threats against US President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.
Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.
A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.
The FBI declined to give more details.
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The UN says the civil war in Yemen has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Millions of people have been displaced and at least 80% of the population are in need of humanitarian aid.
The war began in 2014 when Iranian backed Houthi forces seized the capital.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States intervened, hoping to restore the government.
A temporary truce last year has seen some reduction in violence but there’s no sign of a comprehensive peace deal.
Few areas have suffered more than the city of Taiz, which has been besieged for years by Houthi forces.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from the city’s main hospital by Orla Guerin.
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China's imports and exports fell more sharply than expected last month as weaker global demand threatened the recovery prospects of the world's second-largest economy.
Official figures show that exports fell by 14.5% in July compared with a year earlier, while imports dropped 12.4%.
The grim trade figures reinforce concerns that the country's economic growth could slow further this year.
It will increase pressure on Beijing to help boost the post-pandemic recovery.
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41 migrants have died after their boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia and sank on its way to Italy.
The local public prosecutor said he had opened an investigation into the tragedy.
The survivors - a 13-year-old boy, two men and a woman - told rescuers that they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children.
They said the boat, which was about 7m long, sank within hours of leaving Tunisia after being hit by a big wave.
The Italian Red Cross and German charity Sea-Watch said the four survivors had floated on inner tubes and lifejackets until they found an empty boat at sea, in which they drifted for several days before being rescued.
They were treated in Lampedusa for exhaustion, shock and minor injuries.
More than 1,800 people have lost their lives so far this year in the crossing from North Africa to Europe.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sofia Bettiza and Caroline Hawley.
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Hawaii is battling wildfires spurred by winds from Hurricane Dora - prompting evacuations on Maui and the Big Island.
Mayor Richard Bissen has confirmed six fatalities in Maui county and warned numbers could rise.
The US Coast Guard says it rescued 12 people, after reports of residents escaping a blaze by jumping into the sea near the town of Lahaina, on Maui.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has authorised the use of federal funds in Hawaii to help people affected by fires.
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Yemen has been brought to the brink of collapse by almost a decade of civil war.
Back in 2014, Houthi forces, backed by Iran seized the capital.
A Saudi-led coalition, supported by Britain and America, intervened. But the Houthis have not been dislodged and still control Sanaa and the north, where most of the population live.
Few places have suffered more than the city of Taiz which has been besieged by Houthi forces for more than 3,000 days.
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Authorities in Moscow have unveiled a new schoolbook which aims to justify the war on Ukraine and accuses the West of trying to destroy Russia.
According to excerpts published by Russian media, schoolchildren will now be taught that human civilisation could have come to an end had Vladimir Putin not started his "special military operation" against Ukraine.
The textbook, called "Russian History, 1945 - early 21st century", is the first approved history book to mention events as recent as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Ohio has rejected a Republican motion to make it harder to change the state's constitution - a move seen as a defeat for anti-abortion groups.
The Republican-controlled state legislature had hoped to raise the bar for constitutional amendments to 60% instead of a simple majority.
It was largely seen as a move to derail a planned referendum to place abortion rights into the constitution.
US President Joe Biden called it a “victory for democracy and for women”.
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Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media.
A group of four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia, and sank on its way to Italy.
The survivors - three men and a woman - told rescuers that they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children.
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Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion.
Lanez shot the Grammy winner in the feet during an argument between the pair after a party in 2020.
He was found guilty on three gun-related charges in December and has been held in jail since.
The shooting left the 28-year-old needing surgery to remove bullet fragments from her foot.
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BBC News Arabic goes undercover to reveal allegations of widespread sexual abuse and exploitation by spiritual healers.
In Morocco and Sudan more than 80 women said they had been raped, assaulted or manipulated into having sex.
It is the first time an investigation of this kind has been conducted into the abuse surrounding this unregulated practice.
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Former President Donald Trump will be in Windham, New Hampshire on Tuesday night to campaign for his 2024 presidential run.
The New Hampshire rally comes after Mr Trump was charged with four counts for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and the trial is set to begin in May 2024.
He faces nearly 80 counts in three states and possibly more if, as expected, he is indicted for election interference in Georgia.
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Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.
The country has been ruled by a junta following the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum nearly two weeks ago.
There have been suggestions the coup leaders have asked for help from Wagner, which is known to be present in neighbouring Mali.
Mr Blinken said he did not think Russia or Wagner instigated Niger's coup.
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Firefighters in Portugal are fighting to contain wildfires engulfing thousands of hectares as temperatures soar.
Around 800 personnel attended a fire near the southern town of Odemira overnight on Monday, with more than 1,400 people having to evacuate.
At least nine firefighters have been injured tackling the fires.
Temperatures in excess of 40C (104F) are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
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The International Whaling Organisation has issued its first-ever extinction alert over the critically endangered vaquita porpoise.
The organisation says there are only around 10 of the marine mammals left.
The porpoises, found only in the Gulf of California in Mexico, have been driven to extinction as a result of entanglement in fishing nets known as “gillnets.”
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Thousands of people have gathered in the Irish town of Bray to witness Sinead O'Connor's funeral cortege.
A round of applause greeted the procession as it paused outside the singer's home, and people later broke into a rendition of her 1990 hit Nothing Compares 2 U.
O'Connor died aged 56 after being found unresponsive in her London home a fortnight ago.
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An 18-year-old student and her mother are set to travel to space after winning a trip on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space craft.
Anastatia Mayers and her mother, Keisha Schahaff, are will make history as the first mother and daughter duo to go up into space.
Anastatia, originally from Antigua, is studying physics at Aberdeen University, and hopes to one day work for Nasa.
The Virgin Galactic rocket plane carried customers into space in its first commercial flight last month.
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Leaders from eight South America nations are meeting in the Brazilian city of Belém to discuss regional measures to save the rainforest.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called the summit to bring together the countries who share a slice of the Amazon.
It is the first time in 45 years that there has been a meeting like this, ensuring a regional response to combat crime and deforestation, as well as climate change.
It comes as the rate of deforestation in the Amazon dropped to its lowest in six years.
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A senior US official has held face-to-face talks with Niger's military leaders following last month's coup.
Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said the conversations had been "extremely frank and at times quite difficult".
Washington has said the coup can still be ended diplomatically and President Mohamed Bazoum reinstated, but has suspended aid payments in the meantime.
Ecowas - a trading bloc of 15 West African states - had issued a 23:00 GMT Sunday deadline to Niger's junta leaders to stand down and restore the elected president.
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At least seven people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say.
Two missiles hit the town - the second as rescuers were searching for victims of the first.
Dozens of people were injured, including police officers and rescuers. Two children were among more than 30 civilians who were hurt.
Rescue efforts are continuing.
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Online video calling company Zoom has ordered its staff back to the office.
The firm said it believed a "structured hybrid approach" was most effective.
It is the latest push by a major firm to row back on flexible working policies.
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William Friedkin, director of the classic horror film The Exorcist, died on Monday at the age of 87.
No cause of death has yet been confirmed, but the director was said to have suffered health issues in recent years.
His other famous films included crime thriller The French Connection, which won five Academy Awards including best director.
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One of the UK's most secretive centres of scientific research - Porton Down - is aiming to stop the next pandemic "in its tracks".
Located in the Wiltshire countryside near Salisbury, UK, the new facility is one of the few places in the world equipped to research some of the most dangerous viruses and bacteria.
The new vaccine research centre is concentrating on three main things: known infections that are getting harder to deal with, like antibiotic-resistant superbugs, potential threats like new Covid variants and "Disease X" - something unforeseen that takes the world by surprise.
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The lawyers of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan are challenging the decision to jail the former leader over the weekend.
Mr Khan is currently in prison, sentenced to three years for not declaring money gained by selling state gifts while he was in office, something the former prime minister denies.
The current ruling means Mr Khan will be disqualified from standing in upcoming elections.
One of his lawyers said the manner of his arrest and delivery of the verdict on Saturday was "shocking" and that Mr Khan has not been given the right of a fair trial.
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Thousands of scouts at an international event in South Korea are being evacuated from a campsite due to an incoming typhoon.
Several countries including the UK had already left the World Scout Jamboree, blaming high temperatures and poor sanitary conditions at the camp.
Hundreds had fallen ill amid 35C (95F) heat, with scouts from the UK among those affected by heat exhaustion.
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Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil giant, has seen its profits fall by 38% to $30bn.
It follows a record figure posted by the oil group earlier this year of $161bn.
Lower crude oil prices and thinner margins in refining oil have seen profits fall by more than a third compared to the first quarter of 2023.
However, the company raised its payout to shareholders in the form of a $30bn dividend.
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The Barbie film has hit the billion-dollar mark just 17 days after it was released, according to distributor Warner Bros.
It means Greta Gerwig has become the first woman to reach the milestone as a solo director.
Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, it has drawn in $459m so far in the US and $572m internationally.
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Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed on Monday morning that there were no aircraft in Niger's skies.
The West African group of countries, Ecowas, had earlier warned it could use force if President Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated by 23:00 GMT on Sunday.
A junta spokesman has said Niger's armed forces are ready to defend the country.
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At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan.
Several carriages of the Hazara Express overturned near Sahara railway station in Nawabshah. The train was travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
Rescue teams freed survivors from the twisted wreckage and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
Railway Minister Saad Rafiq said initial investigations showed the train was travelling at normal speed and they were trying to establish what led to the derailment.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies in Pakistan.
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More than 50 supporters of the former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan have been detained for protesting against his three-year prison sentence.
Mr Khan has called for nationwide protests after he was handed a jail sentence over corruption allegations.
He was found guilty of not declaring money earned from selling gifts he received in office. He denies the charges and says he will appeal.
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A deadline given to Niger coup leaders is due to expire.
Last Sunday evening, the regional bloc Ecowas, headed by President Bola Tinubu of neighbouring Nigeria, said the junta had a week to restore constitutional order or face the possible use of force.
Sanctions on the coup leaders have already been imposed and electricity supplies from Nigeria have been cut, along with borders, meaning goods are no longer arriving and the land-locked country has lost access to ports.
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A Russian "guided bomb" has hit a blood transfusion centre in north-eastern Ukraine, killing and injuring people, Ukraine's president has said.
Volodymyr Zelensky did not give details on how many people had been killed or injured in Saturday's attack in the Kharkiv region.
Russia has not commented. The BBC has not been able to verify the report.
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CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's leading scientific institutions exploring the origins of our universe.
The BBC visits CERN’s robotics workshop to meet the innovative machines helping researchers.
This video is from Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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A Russian tanker has been hit in a Ukrainian attack in the Black Sea, Russian officials have said.
They said the vessel's engine room was damaged in the overnight strike in the Kerch Strait. No-one was hurt.
Ukraine has not publicly commented. But a Ukrainian security service source told the BBC a sea drone had been used.
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been given a three-year jail sentence over corruption allegations.
A court in Islamabad found him guilty of not declaring money he had earned from selling state gifts. He has denied the charges and has said he will appeal.
After the verdict, Mr Khan was taken into custody from his home in Lahore.
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In the 18 months since Russia invaded, Ukraine has mostly been on the defensive, preventing Moscow's forces from seizing more territory.
But this summer, Ukraine - with the help of billions of pounds of Western military equipment - has gone on the attack, attempting to expel the Russians from land they previously captured in the east and south of the country.
Two months into this counter-offensive, and with time of the essence before the onset of winter, are Ukrainian troops making any real progress?
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As the seven-day ultimatum given by West African leaders for the military in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum draws to a close, both sides have crucial decisions to make.
Last Sunday evening, the regional bloc Ecowas, headed by President Bola Tinubu of neighbouring Nigeria, said the junta had a week to restore constitutional order or face the possible use of force.
Sanctions on the coup leaders have already been imposed and electricity supplies from Nigeria have been cut, along with borders, meaning goods are no longer arriving and the land-locked country has lost access to ports.
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Donald Trump has held a campaign rally in the southern state of Alabama.
He said the latest criminal charges against him were "ridiculous".
He said charges over his alleged efforts to overturn the election results were an "unconstitutional travesty" and claimed President Joe Biden was trying to preserve his grip on power.
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Russia’s imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told supporters not to lose the will to resist, after his jail term was extended to 19 years.
Mr Navalny was found guilty of founding and funding an extremist organisation. He denies the charges.
He was already serving a nine-year term for parole violations, fraud and contempt of court. The charges are widely viewed as politically motivated.
The trial took place in a remote penal colony, where he has been held since 2021. The Kremlin's most vocal critic will serve his time in a "special regime colony", which Russian state prosecutors had been calling for.
Even more restrictive than a high security colony, such prisons are normally reserved for dangerous criminals, re-offenders and those with life imprisonment.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting from the prison court, by Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.
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Our universe is full of matter, and each and every particle of matter, theoretically, has an anti-matter counterpart.
These allusive particles have fascinated physicists for decades.
And now the Antimatter Factory at CERN has succeeded in creating antihydrogen.
Researchers hope it could help answer one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: where did all the antimatter go?
This video is from Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Ukraine says it has badly damaged a Russian naval ship in the Black Sea, in a naval drone attack that was captured on video.
The assault is said to have taken place near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, which is a major hub for Russian exports.
Russia's defence ministry said it had repelled a Ukrainian attack on its naval base there which involved two sea drones, but did not admit any damage.
But Ukrainian security service sources say Russian military ship, the Olenegorsky Gornyak, was hit and suffered a serious breach in its hull.
Sea drones are small, unmanned vessels which operate on or below the water's surface.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse.
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Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told supporters not to lose the will to resist, after his jail term was extended to 19 years.
Mr Navalny was found guilty of founding and funding an extremist organisation. He denies the charges.
He was already serving a nine-year term for parole violations, fraud and contempt of court. The charges are widely viewed as politically motivated.
The trial was held in a remote penal colony, where he has been since 2021.
The Kremlin's most vocal critic will serve his time in a "special regime colony", which Russian state prosecutors had been calling for.
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The government of Alberta has pulled its support for a bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games due to rising costs.
Tourism and Sport Minister Joseph Schow said the bill was estimated at C$2.7bn (£1.5bn; $2bn) - a burden "too high for the province to bear".
The organiser of the Games has said it is "sorry to hear that Alberta is no longer developing its bid proposal".
Last month Australia pulled out of hosting the 2026 Games in Victoria due to budget blowouts.
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Ukrainian and Russian electronic warfare units are trying to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
In the early days of the invasion of Ukraine, many experts were surprised at how poorly the Russian army's electronic warfare units performed.
But nearly 18 months later, they are causing significant problems for Ukraine's counter-offensive, affecting even the most sophisticated weapons its troops have received from NATO countries.
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Niger's ousted leader has urged the US and "entire international community" to help "restore... constitutional order" after last week's coup.
In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazoum said he was writing "as a hostage".
He also warned that the region could fall further under Russian influence, via the Wagner Group which already operates in neighbouring countries.
Niger's West African neighbours have threatened military intervention.
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The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change.
The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, according to the EU's climate change service Copernicus.
It reached 20.96C. That's far above the average for this time of year.
Oceans are a vital climate regulator. They soak up heat, produce half Earth's oxygen and drive weather patterns.
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Former US President Donald Trump was in Washington DC to make his third appearance as a criminal defendant in four months.
Mr Trump has been fingerprinted and is now in the courtroom waiting to hear charges of conspiring to obstruct and overturn the 2020 election result.
The former president, 77, has pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him.
The next hearing in this case, with Judge Tanya Chutkan, will take place on 28 August at 10:00 local time (15:00 BST).
He travelled to court in a large motorcade alongside Secret Service agents and media.
After his arraignment, Mr Trump is expected to immediately return to Washington Reagan National airport and head home to New Jersey.
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Photographer Frank Stewart has captured key moments of US history on camera.
His iconic images have documented everything from Ku Klux Klan gatherings to sold-out jazz clubs.
Photos courtesy of the Collection of the artist, Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor, Telfair Museums, the Guess Family Collection, and Gallery Neptune & Brown.
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US pop star Lizzo has said allegations by three of her ex-dancers, including sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment, are "false".
The singer called the last few days "gut-wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing".
"Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed."
The lawsuit also includes accusations of religious and racial harassment.
Discrimination, assault and false imprisonment are also listed in the legal case.
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A woman who played the violin during her brain surgery has been reunited with the surgeon who removed her tumour.
Dagmar Turner's operation in London in January 2020 was planned so that her ability to play the violin would not be impaired as a result of the surgery.
The 57-year-old has since returned to playing music in the Isle of Wight.
She said she was "eternally grateful" to consultant neurosurgeon Prof Keyoumars Ashkan.
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Curfew is in place and internet suspended in the city of Nuh in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
The death toll has risen to 6 since Monday’s violence triggered by religious tension during a procession by Hindu nationalist groups.
The BBC’s India Correspondent Arunoday Mukharji reports from Nuh on the outskirts of India’s capital city Delhi.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development of the world’s first nuclear weapon, the atomic bomb.
But Oppenheimer was famously opposed to building hydrogen bombs, or H-bombs.
So what makes the two nuclear weapons different?
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Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted in connection with the events surrounding the 6 January 2021 riots at the US Capitol.
The Republican politician denies wrongdoing and has described the case as "ridiculous".
He has already been charged in two other cases - with mishandling classified files and falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star.
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A US federal jury has sentenced the attacker who killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018 to the death penalty.
The ruling needed a unanimous vote from the 12-member jury for the sentence to be imposed. Prosecutors had asked the jury to vote for the death penalty.
The same jury found the man guilty of all 63 charges stemming from the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue.
It was the worst antisemitic attack in American history.
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Some 5,000 women are currently serving as combat troops in Ukraine, often fighting sexist attitudes within their own ranks.
As the country continues to make small territorial gains, it's also battling a second front line in the form of Russian propaganda.
Disinformation has been used as a tactic since 2014, when Moscow annexed Crimea, but it has become increasingly targeted, focusing on Ukrainian front line female soldiers in particular.
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Pope Francis is in Portugal to mark World Youth Day, a Vatican-endorsed international festival.
It’s the pontiff’s first foreign trip since having surgery in June and is the biggest event staged by the Catholic Church.
The Pope has been attending a welcome ceremony and meeting the Portuguese president and other diplomats.
It's likely that this visit may be overshadowed by a recent official report detailing the sexual abuse of nearly 5,000 children by Portuguese clergy, mainly priests, over a 70-year period.
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When Nicholas Rossi was found seriously ill in a Scottish hospital in December 2021, he claimed to be an Irish orphan called Arthur Knight. But over time, a bizarre case began to unfold. The true identity of ‘Mr Knight’ was revealed to be Mr Rossi - a wanted American sex offender who fled to Scotland to evade justice. Despite his pleas about being a victim of mistaken identity, a Scottish sheriff ruled he was Rossi and that he can now be extradited to the United States. The BBC’s Steven Godden explains what we know about this extraordinary case.
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The US government's credit rating has been downgraded following concerns over the state of the country's finances and its debt burden.
Fitch, one of three major independent agencies that assess creditworthiness, cut the rating from the top level of AAA to a notch lower at AA+.
Fitch said it had noted a "steady deterioration" in governance over the last 20 years.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the downgrade "arbitrary".
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Flights evacuating Europeans from Niger have arrived in France and Italy.
France began evacuating its citizens from the West African nation amid anti-French sentiment following last week's coup - 262 people arrived in Paris early on Wednesday.
The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack.
Niger has been a key Western ally in the fight against jihadist extremism in the Sahel. Both France and the US have military bases there.
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Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.
The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
Mr Trump, 77, who is again running for president, denies wrongdoing. On social media he called the case "ridiculous".
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Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens in an effort to overturn 2020 election result.
The unsealed indictment says the former US president "was determined to stay in power" and "spread lies" saying he had won in order to overturn the election.
Trump has been summoned to appear in a Washington DC court on Thursday at 16:00 local time.
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A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said.
Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday.
Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack.
Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory.
Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".
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France has begun evacuation flights from Niger amid unrest sweeping the West African country after last week's coup.
The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack.
It comes as the juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali warned that any forcible attempt to restore the ousted president would be seen as a declaration of war.
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Thousands of people from Pakistan are taking the Libya route to seek work in Europe.
It involves a boat journey, the perils of which were highlighted when an overcrowded vessel sank off Greece in June with huge loss of life.
Of nearly 13,000 Pakistanis who have headed for Libya and Egypt this year, most haven't returned - including two teenagers whose last words to their mother were not to worry.
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The Baggs brothers turn up the heat and grill the BBC’s cost of living correspondent Colletta Smith about what’s going on in the housing market.
Why are rents rising in big cities? How does the UK compare to the European rental market? How do banks decide who gets a mortgage and how high it is?
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At least 20 people have died in China as the country braces for its third typhoon in as many weeks.
The remnants of super storm Doksuri continue to flood capital Beijing, where 50,000 people have been evacuated, according to state media.
There is little relief with typhoon Khanun on the horizon.
This third storm is expected to enter the East China Sea on Wednesday before moving to China's coastal provinces Zhejiang and Fujian.
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A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said.
Several drones were shot down overnight, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday.
The building's glass facade was damaged but no injuries have been reported.Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack.
Kyiv has made no comment.
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Two of Niger's neighbouring countries, Burkina Faso and Mali, have issued a joint statement saying they would regard any military intervention in Niger as a declaration of war on them.
On Sunday the regional organisation, Ecowas, threatened to use force to reinstate Niger's elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed in a coup on Wednesday.
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Barbara Blake-Hannah became Britain’s first black female TV reporter back in 1968.
She had come to the UK in search of new opportunities in the 1960s.
But she faced racism and her contract with Thames television came to an end after just nine months, following complaints from viewers about having a black person on their screens.
She has been talking to the BBC on the anniversary of her TV debut.
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The race for the 2024 Republican White House nomination is heating up.
Several big-name and dark-horse contenders have joined an increasingly crowded field in recent weeks.
All are seeking to unseat the current front-runner, former President Donald Trump, who continues to dominate in national opinion polls.
The eventual winner will challenge the presumptive Democratic nominee, President Joe Biden, in the general election of November next year.
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In Tunisia, galloping inflation, the pressures of trans-Saharan migration, and an increasingly repressive government, are straining social cohesion. There are similarities to the situation that led to the country's Jasmine Revolution in 2010, which in turn triggered the wider Arab Spring protests. It's all being watched nervously across the Mediterranean by European countries that rely on the government there to control migration. Mike Thompson reports from Tunis for Newsnight. Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Ukrainian forces are trying to retake the eastern city of Bakhmut from Russia.
The BBC was given exclusive access to a team of elite snipers, referred to as the 'Ghosts of Bakhmut', who are conducting night raids nearby.
The team of about 20 soldiers have been operating on the edges of Bakhmut for the past six months.
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China is pressuring Uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening families back home, researchers say.
Refugees and activists tell the BBC intimidating tactics are tearing communities apart.
The tactics employed by governments to police their diasporas abroad are known as transnational repression.
Research suggests this particular kind - controlling access to family members in the home country through video calls, in exchange for compliance overseas - is commonly used by Chinese police.
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A British ex-pat has walked free from court after being sentenced for killing his seriously ill wife in Cyprus.
David Hunter said he could not find words to describe the feeling of being released.
The 76-year-old was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Janice, 74, in an assisted suicide at their Paphos home in 2021 and jailed for two years.
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At least 44 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party.
Another 100 people were injured in the explosion in the north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl was holding a meeting.
Police have found evidence suggesting the explosion was a possible suicide bombing - but the motivation behind the attack is not yet clear.
A rescue operation has been completed and all injured have been taken to hospital, officers have said.
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Deepfake videos - a type of fake video that uses artificial intelligence to swap faces or create a digital version of someone - are on the rise, but one tech firm thinks it has the tool to catch it in the act.
Intel’s “FakeCatcher” system analyses video, and uses a technique called Photoplethysmography (PPG), which detects changes in blood flow in a person’s face – because deepfake faces don’t give out these signals.
The company claims it has an accuracy of 96%, but does it work, and can it actually be used to tell what’s real, and what isn’t?
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Russia has accused Ukraine of a drone attack on Moscow that damaged two buildings and briefly shut down Vnukovo airport.
Dashcam footage captured an explosion at an office complex, as Russia claimed it downed three drones in its capital. No one is reported to have been killed, and Ukraine has stayed silent over the incidents.
Meanwhile, speaking at a Navy Day celebration in St Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Navy will receive 30 new battleships later this year.
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Leaders from West Africa are set to meet at an emergency summit, after Niger’s army took power in a coup.
It comes after the EU suspended all security cooperation with the nation, and the US declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum - seen as a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants.
On Friday the head of the presidential guards unit Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani declared himself Niger's new leader, and there are concerns about which countries he will align with. The leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly described the coup as a triumph.
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Nine people have been injured in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, after Russian missiles hit two buildings, including an apartment block.
Officials said two children were among those injured in Friday evening’s attack, which President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “Russian missile terror”.
A building belonging to Ukraine's security services (SBU) was also hit, and it comes after Russia said on Friday it had intercepted two Ukrainian missiles over its southern Rostov region, bordering Ukraine.
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At Wimbledon, one of tennis’s biggest tournaments, artificial intelligence is being used to provide commentary for games which do not have a human voiceover.
The technology can currently generate commentary in a matter of seconds after a point is played, and is used on replays rather than live coverage.
But while it hasn’t yet ousted the human commentator, could we eventually be saying game, set and match to the AI?
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A Russian missile has struck a multi-story residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, injuring at least three people.
The strike also hit a building of Ukraine's security service, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Zelensky has described the attack as “Russian missile terror.”
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A teenager who helped jail her paternal grandfather after he sexually abused her as a small child is speaking out.
Poppy hopes her story will change attitudes and help others.
New data shows more cases of child sexual abuse are being reported to police in England and Wales than ever before.
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At 4.17am on 6 February a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey. In the days that followed, 50,000 people were killed.
But what's been barely reported is that Google was operating an earthquake early warning system in the country. The company claims it sent out millions of warnings before the quake hit.
But BBC teams in Turkey and Silicon Valley can't find evidence that this warning was widely received by people in the earthquake zone.
In this special report for BBC Newsnight, Anna Foster is in Turkey and James Clayton is in San Francisco.
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The expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) across London can go ahead after the UK’s High Court ruled it lawful.
The plans had been challenged by opponents to the Mayor of London's bid to charge older, more polluting vehicles a fee to drive through the zone.
The BBC’s Ros Atkins takes a look at the controversial expansion which will see the zone cover the vast majority of Greater London.
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Amid blistering heatwaves, July is "virtually certain" to be the world's warmest month on record, say scientists.
So hot has the month been to date that researchers are confident the 2019 record will be broken, even with several days to go.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the planet is entering an "era of global boiling".
Scientists agree the extra heat is mainly linked to fossil fuel use.
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Wildfires continue to spread across Europe and the Mediterranean, with hundreds of firefighters tackling fires in countries like Italy and Greece.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said his country needs to take more steps to combat the effects of climate change.
The BBC’s Bethany Bell and Sofia Bettiza report from Rhodes and southern Italy.
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Former US President Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete security footage at his Florida home, in new criminal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified files.
The new indictment adds one count of wilful retention of defence information and two of obstruction, making 40 charges in total in this case.
Mr Trump, who is fighting multiple legal cases as he runs for president again, has denied any wrongdoing and called the prosecutor "deranged".
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The general in charge of Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has said Russian defences are making it difficult for military equipment, including Western tanks and armoured vehicles, to move forward. Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said his forces are struggling to overcome multi-layered minefields and fortified defensive lines. It comes as Russia’s president Vladimir Putin confirmed there's been “intensified” fighting in southern Ukraine.
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Google's earthquake warning system failed to get to many Turkish residents before February's deadly tremor, a BBC investigation has found. Google said its alert system can give users up to a minute's notice on their phones before an earthquake hits. It said its alert was sent to millions before the first, biggest quake. However, the BBC visited three cities in the earthquake zone, speaking to hundreds of people, and didn't find anyone who had received a warning.
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Officials from Moscow and Beijing have become the first foreign visitors to North Korea since the pandemic closure.
They visited Pyongyang to mark 70 years since the signing of the Korean war armistice.
Although it has mostly held, it has never been replaced by a peace treaty. This means the two sides are still technically at war.
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The record-breaking UK heat experienced in 2022 will be regarded as a cool year by the end of this century, the Met Office said.
Its report shows that last year was "extraordinary", with a heatwave pushing the UK record over 40C for the first time.
Hot years like 2022 will be the average by 2060, if carbon emissions are as expected, the authors said.
By 2100, it would be a cooler-than-average year across the UK.
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Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, and closed the nation's borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early on Wednesday. He was promised Washington's "unwavering support" in a call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Irish singer and activist Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56.
She was best known for her single Nothing Compares 2 U, released in 1990, which went on to hit number one around the world.
Her later albums featured guest spots by her own children, and hymns to peace and community.
Earlier this year, she won a classic album award in Ireland, and dedicated it to the country's refugee community.
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What is the latest from the war in Ukraine?
Russia dealt a major blow when they pulled out of the Ukraine grain deal and pummelled a depot in the Black Sea Port of Odessa, with the city itself coming under almost nightly attack.
Russian drones have also destroyed grain storage in Ukrainian ports on the River Danube. This puts the focus on Russia's ability - militarily, economically and politically - to sustain its attack level.
Meanwhile Ukrainian forces claim to have made gains near the city of Bahkmut which was captured by the Russian army in May.
So what does the "battlefield" look like now? Newsnight’s Mark Urban explains.
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More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece and thousands have been evacuated as Mediterranean wildfires threaten villages and holiday resorts.
The entire island of Rhodes has been put into a state of emergency, as fires also rage on Corfu and Evia.
Fires in Sicily and Puglia have forced thousands of people to flee.
The heaviest death toll so far is in Algeria, where the 34 victims included 10 soldiers surrounded by flames during an evacuation.
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UK government figures released today show the number of households in temporary accommodation in England was over 105,000 at the end of March - the highest figure since records began in 1998.
The housing charity Shelter says that record numbers of people in private rented accommodation are becoming homeless in England.
That's partly as a result of a clause in the Housing Act - Section 21 - which gives landlords in England the power to evict a tenant with two months notice without having to give a reason.
The Government wants to end this and has committed to change the law, but the Bill didn’t make it through Parliament before the summer recess.
Newsbeat's Sam Gruet has been looking into this for Newsnight.
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The UK government has been criticised for under-estimating the growth of Russia's Wagner mercenary group.
The Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee accused the government of "a dismal lack of understanding" of Wagner's activities in Africa.
A report itemised seven states where Wagner's military activity has been detected: Ukraine, Syria, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique and Mali.
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US actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges in his sexual assault trial in London.
The jury returned not guilty verdicts for nine sexual offence charges relating to four men between 2001 and 2013.
The 64-year-old Oscar winner had denied the allegations and previously called the case against him "weak".
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TikTok plans to move into e-commerce, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
The social media platform will reportedly set up the TikTok shopping centre later this year.
This will be an Amazon-like marketplace where it will sell some Chinese-made goods to US customers.
It comes as the platform faces heightened security over data security. In April, the state of Montana banned the app on personal devices.
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President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, a black teenager who was lynched in 1955 in Mississippi, as well as his mother, a White House official said.
Till's lynching and the activism of his mother Mamie Till-Mobley helped galvanise the civil rights movement.
Mr Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday 25 July which was Till's birthday.
It comes a year after he signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law.
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include three separate sites in two states - Illinois and Mississippi.
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Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and abandon holidays on Greek islands including Rhodes and Corfu as fires spread across the region.
Temperatures are expected to rise above 44C (111F) in parts of the country as the heatwave continues.
Two pilots battling the fires have died after their plane crashed.
They were tackling a blaze on the island of Evia, north of Athens, when the plane smashed into a hillside.
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China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post.
Mr Qin had been seen as a close associate of President Xi Jinping. He is replaced by veteran Communist Party foreign affairs chief Wang Yi.
Mr Qin's prolonged disappearance from public view - and official silence over it - has fuelled furious speculation.
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UK app developers have brought a $1bn (£780m) lawsuit against Apple due to its App Store fees.
Developers have alleged that Apple's current commission charges, between 15% and 30%, are excessive.
More than 1,500 app developers in the UK are in the lawsuit against Apple.
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The final phase of a historic cleaning effort of the River Seine in Paris is taking place ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
The river has been declared a "no-go zone" due to its vast levels of pollution for almost a century.
But a €1.4bn (£1.2bn; $1.6bn) clean-up of the Seine hopes to leave a legacy of the games fit for the public to use from 2025.
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Spotify is raising the price of its single-account premium plan for the first time since 2011, while the prices of other plans will also increase.
In the UK subscriptions will rise by £1 a month, to £10.99 for an individual plan, £14.99 for a premium duo plan and £17.99 for a family plan.
The price of a student plan remains unchanged at £5.99.
The move follows other streaming services which have also increased subscription costs.
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The Greek Air Force have confirmed two of their pilots have died in a plane crash while tackling a wildfire.
The pilots, aged 34 and 27, died as they attempted to control a fire on the island of Evia.
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Two people are believed to have been onboard a plane which has crashed while fighting wildfires on the island of Evia in Greece.
A Greek air force plane, with two air force pilots on board, were responding to an area of the island when the crash happened, a fire service spokesperson told the BBC.
Meanwhile, repatriation flights have been put on for tourists evacuated from the island of Rhodes.
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A cryptocurrency project described as being "dystopian" has been launched by AI entrepreneur Sam Altman.
Worldcoin gives people digital coins in exchange for a scan of their eyeballs.
In sites around the world thousands of people queued to gaze into silver orbs on day one of the project's full launch.
Mr Altman, the chief executive of Open AI which built chat bot ChatGPT says he hopes the initiative will help confirm if someone is a human or a robot.
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Evacuations are taking place as wildfires continue to grip the Greek island of Rhodes.
Tourists were forced to flee hotels and sleep outside as fires spread towards resorts on the eastern coast.
Greece says it has launched the biggest rescue of its kind in response to the wildfires emergency, and Corfu and Evia have also issued evacuation orders.
Meanwhile, 30 people have died in Algeria as the country also tackles wildfires.
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Israeli police clashed with crowds of protesters at night after parliament adopted a highly controversial law to limit the Supreme Court's powers.
The measure - part of a big reform package - will prevent the court from overruling government actions it considers unreasonable.
Police in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv used water cannons to disperse protesters blocking highways.
Critics have said the hard-right government's reforms threaten Israeli democracy.
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Yemen's long running conflict is grinding on and children remain in the firing line.
Government-aligned forces, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, have been fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels who control Sanaa and much of the west of the country.
The conflict has taken a heavy toll on the population, especially women and children.
11,300 children have been killed or maimed in nine years of war in the Arab world's poorest country, the UN said.
The civil war has created a major humanitarian crisis.
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As many as 10,000 Britons are estimated to be on the Greek island - part of which has been ravaged by fierce fires.
It has forced many holidaymakers to sleep in schools and sports centres.
Rishi Sunak has urged people to remain in touch with tour operators, some of which have begun sending repatriation flights to bring people back to the UK.
It is unclear what started the fires but extreme temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds across Greece have aided their spread.
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Snapchat has said using its platform to buy or sell drugs was illegal and it proactively moderates content to detect and prevent any dealing.
But minutes after opening a Snapchat account pretending to be a 15-year-old girl, BBC reporter Charanpreet Khaira was amazed at what she saw.
This is what BBC Wales found during their investigation.
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Israeli MPs have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it.
The law removes the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions it considers unreasonable.
It is the first to be approved in a series of bitterly contested reforms aimed at curbing the power of courts.
The planned reforms have triggered some of the biggest protests in Israel's history, with opponents warning they imperil Israel as a democracy.
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Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone attack that damaged at least two buildings in the capital Moscow early on Monday morning.
The Russian defence ministry said two drones were "suppressed and crashed", adding that there were no casualties.
Russia's state-owned Tass news agency reported that one drone fell close to the defence ministry.
Ukrainian officials are yet to comment, but they rarely claim responsibility for attacks inside Russia.
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George Alagiah, one of the BBC's longest-serving and most respected journalists, has died at 67, nine years after being diagnosed with cancer.
A statement from his agent said he "died peacefully today, surrounded by his family and loved ones".
"George was deeply loved by everybody who knew him, whether it was a friend, a colleague or a member of the public.
George was a fixture on British TV news for more than three decades, presenting the BBC News at Six for the past 20 years.
Before that, he was an award-winning foreign correspondent, reporting from countries ranging from Rwanda to Iraq.
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The Barbie film has become the US and Canada's biggest film of the year so far, according to distributor Warner Bros.
An estimated $155m (£120m) was made in its opening weekend, the company said.
Meanwhile, new release Oppenheimer - also out on Friday - made $93.7m (£72m) in the US, said Universal Pictures.
The features come at a time when cinemas in general are struggling as they lose out to competition from streaming.
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Why is it getting hotter? What is the highest temperature ever recorded? And what do cow burps have to do with the warming atmosphere?
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Cheryl Hole asks BBC meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker key questions about heatwaves and the climate crisis.
This video is part of Flip the Script, a series where celebrities interview BBC journalists about today’s big issues.
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Europe's biggest airline, Ryanair, has revealed after tax profits of €663 million ($737 million) for the three months till the end of June 2023.
The figure is higher than the company's profits pre-pandemic, for the same period.
It follows the likes of easyJet also posting profits of $263 million last week.
However, Ryanair has had to reduce passenger forecasts for the rest of the year due to production delays of new planes by Boeing.
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Spain's opposition conservative party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has claimed victory in a snap election, but without the result he needed.
Even with the support of the far right, his Popular Party has fallen short of a majority in parliament.
The cheers at the rival Socialist camp were just as loud as Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared: "The reactionary bloc has failed."
While both can claim success, Spain is left with an inconclusive result.
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Wildfires on Rhodes have forced 19,000 people to be evacuated from homes and holiday accommodation.
Flights are due to land on the Greek island later on Monday to bring back stranded holidaymakers.
Tourists have been sleeping at the airport, makeshift rescue centres and on the street, after the flames threatened holiday resorts.
At least three hotels have been destroyed in the dense forest area of Kiotari on the east of the island.
Another evacuation order was issued for parts of Corfu, some 1,027km (670 miles) miles away, on Sunday evening.
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Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an "X".
However, Mr Musk also has a history of making statements that fail to happen or are not serious.
Mr Musk, who has changed the name of the business to X Corp, said the replacement "should have been done a long time ago".
The move follows a Tweet on Sunday by Musk saying: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."
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Artificial intelligence is making it harder to tell what is real and what is fake when it comes to online imagery.
In the world of digital dating, some people are using AI to create fake profile pictures, write biographies and even respond to messages on matching sites.
So, could these new tech tools help people look for love, or is this a dangerous form of deception?
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Spain is going to the polls in a general election that offers a choice of two starkly contrasting visions.
Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has been Prime Minister since 2018, and he hopes the government's social reforms and its handling of a strongly performing economy will win over voters.
But his party has been lagging in polls behind the conservative People's Party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who may end up needing far-right support.
This is the first Spanish general election of modern times held in the searing heat of mid-summer, when many Spaniards are on holiday.
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Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the Greek island of Rhodes after wildfires engulfed large parts of the island.
Greece's fire service told the BBC it apologises for what it called "a mess" on the island, warning that the situation could worsen due to weather.
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A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who have said their speed and timing is unprecedented.
Dangerous heatwaves in Europe could break further records, the UN has said.
It is hard to immediately link these events to climate change because weather - and oceans - are so complex.
Studies are underway, but scientists already fear some worst-case scenarios are unfolding.
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The Tartessos were an advanced Bronze Age society that flourished in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Spain around 3,000 years ago.
But 500 years later, the civilisation vanished mysteriously.
Now new research is investigating how and why the Tartessos disappeared.
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A group of women in the Indian state of Manipur have attacked the home of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has triggered widespread protests.
This came after the authorities arrested four men in connection with a viral video showing two abducted women from the minority Kuki community being paraded naked and assaulted by a mob.
On Thursday, parliament's session in Delhi was disrupted as lawmakers demanded a debate on the issue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said the incident had "shamed India" and that "no guilty will be spared".
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An independent panel resigned in a row over controversial research about the impact of abortion on the mental health of women, BBC News has been told.
The research, which is still being used in US legal cases about limiting access to abortion was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in 2011.
Last year the panel, which was set up to investigate complaints about the paper, recommended it be withdrawn.
But journal-owner, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, overruled it.
The Royal College said the work had already been fully investigated.
However, BBC Newsnight and the BMJ understand all three panel members, and two other members of the journal's editorial board, resigned in protest.
They have called into question the journal's editorial independence.
Science Correspondent: Kate Lamble
Producer: Hannah Barnes
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Amsterdam's council has banned cruise ships from the city centre as the Dutch capital tries to limit visitor numbers and curb pollution.
Politicians said the vessels were not in line with the city's sustainable ambitions.
It means the central cruise terminal on the River IJ near Amsterdam's main train station will close.
It is the latest measure to clamp down on mass tourism in the city.
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Police are searching for an animal they believe is a lioness in the south-western outskirts of Berlin.
A police spokeswoman said they received calls and a video alerting them to the wild animal at about midnight on Wednesday, and immediately began their search.
At least 30 police cars were deployed, and veterinarians were called to assist in the search for the big cat.
Residents were told to stay indoors until it is found.
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The White House has confirmed that Ukraine is using US cluster bombs against Russian forces in the country.
National Security Spokesman John Kirby said initial feedback suggested they were being used "effectively" on Russian defensive positions and operations.
Cluster bombs scatter multiple bomblets and are banned by more than 100 countries due to their threat to civilians.
The US agreed to supply them to boost Ukrainian ammunition supplies.
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Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets.
Moscow has pulled out of a UN deal on that ensured safe passage for grain shipments crossing the Black Sea.
Since then Russia has been bombarding Ukraine's grain facilities in Odesa and other cities.
Moscow also warned that ships going there would be seen as siding with "the Kyiv regime".
Meanwhile, Ukraine has said ships heading towards Russian or occupied ports on the Black Sea could be viewed as carrying military cargo.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams and Steve Rosenberg.
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US soldier Private 2nd Class (PV2) Travis King is being held in North Korea after crossing the border from South Korea without authorisation, the US military has confirmed.
PV2 King, 23, crossed from South Korea into the North after joining a Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) border tour.
Earlier, the White House said the US had tried to contact Pyongyang through "multiple channels" but had had no response.
It is unclear if PV2 King has defected or hopes to return.
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A video on social media of two women being paraded naked through the streets by a mob has caused outrage across India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the incident shameful.
According to police the assault happened in Manipur, a state in north-east India, and indigenous leaders said the women were also gang raped.
MPs disrupted parliament's session in Delhi demanding the issue be debated.
India’s chief justice said the supreme court was “deeply disturbed” by the video and warned the government that “we will take action if you don’t”.
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Apple said it could remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from users in the UK rather than complying with the UK government's proposed security rules.
The UK government is seeking to update the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016.
It wants messaging services to clear security features with the Home Office before releasing them to customers.
The act lets the Home Office demand security features are disabled, without telling the public. Under the update, this would have to be immediate.
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Afghan beauticians staged a protest in Kabul on Wednesday against the Taliban's 27 July deadline for the closure of all the country's beauty salons.
The United Nations assistance mission in Afghanistan condemned what it called "the forceful suppression of a peaceful protest by women against the ban on beauty salons".
This is the latest draconian restriction imposed on women by the Taliban since they came to power two years ago.
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, countries around the world were forced to take sides.
Most in the West sided with Ukraine, but in Serbia, a country with its own recent history of war, a sizable pro-Russian nationalist movement began to become more visible.
These groups not only align themselves with Moscow, but also present a clearly anti-Western perspective.
Just over a week after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, thousands of Serbs took to the streets of Belgrade.
They waved Russian flags and held the pro-war Z signs and portraits of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
The organiser of the protest, Damjan Knezevic, took to the stage, calling for Serbs to support Russians.
To understand why, reporter Jovana Geogievski, working with BBC Eye Investigations, followed the ultra-nationalist Knezevic over the next year.
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A video on Telegram channels linked to the Wagner mercenary group appears to show its boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus.
He is seen welcoming fighters and describing recent developments on the front line in Ukraine as a "disgrace". He also hints that Wagner might rejoin the war at a later date.
The video also appears to confirm a statement by Belarus that Wagner fighters were now acting as military instructors for the country's army.
This would be the first footage of Prigozhin seen since Wagner launched an armed mutiny inside Russia in late June.
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker could continue to cut prices as the world economy is in "turbulent times".
The multi-billionaire's comments came after the company reported that its profit margins had been squeezed as it faced tough competition.
In recent months, Tesla has cut its prices several times in major markets, including the US and China.
Tesla reported that its profit margin had fallen to the lowest level in four years.
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Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets.
Moscow pulled out of a deal this week that had guaranteed safe passage for grain shipments through the Black Sea.
A White House spokesperson accused Russia of planning to blame Ukraine for attacks on civilian ships.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said he would return to the grain agreement immediately if his demands were met.
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A shooting has left two people dead in the centre of Auckland, New Zealand, hours before the city is due to open the Fifa Women's World Cup.
Six other people, including police officers, were injured and the gunman is also dead after the incident on a construction site in the central business district.
PM Chris Hipkins said the attack was not being seen as an act of terrorism.
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Police in the US state of Nevada have searched a house in connection with the unsolved killing of rap artist Tupac Shakur.
Detectives carried out the search at a home in a suburb of Las Vegas where Shakur was gunned down in September 1996.
Shakur, whose stage name was stylised as 2Pac, released his debut album in 1991 and went on to enjoy chart success with hits including California Love, All Eyez on Me, Changes and I Ain't Mad at Cha.
He died on 13 September 1996, a week after he was shot four times in his car while waiting at a red light.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sophie Long in Hollywood.
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A new criminal indictment could be coming for Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, the former US president said he expected to be arrested in connection with the federal investigation into the US Capitol riot of 6 January 2021 and efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election.
Mr Trump said he had received a letter indicating he was a target of that investigation - a signal that an indictment may be imminent.
But it is so far unclear what any specific charges might be.
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Two much-anticipated Hollywood blockbusters will hit cinemas this weekend.
Barbie, a pink fantasy-comedy by Greta Gerwig and Oppenheimer, a sombre drama by Christopher Nolan.
Dubbed ‘Barbenheimer’, it’s been hailed the cinema event of the year by critics and fans.
BBC Culture’s Hugh Montgomery explains more.
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Protestors in Kenya have thrown rocks at police and schools have been shut in two major cities as opposition to rising living costs continues.
The country’s opposition party called for people to take to the streets during three days of protest against tax hikes which were introduced last month by the government of President William Ruto.
It follows last week’s protests, during which at least 14 people died – including 10 who were shot dead by police. Human rights organisations also criticised police after tear gas was fired into a classroom, hospitalising more than 50 children.
This week, tear gas has been fired in the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa at protesters, while many businesses have remained shut over fears of looting.
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Many clinicians don’t get the chance to learn about their patients lives.
But a start-up in the US called MemoryWell is hiring professional writers to create short biographies, or 'memory wells', for hospital patients and care home residents.
At one care facility in Maine, residents say has it has greatly improved their wellbeing - and staff say it has helped them understand the needs and memories of Dementia patients.
A film by People Fixing the World, a BBC World Service podcast.
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The extreme summer temperatures in Europe and Asia are not just affecting people’s ability to do their jobs, causing discomfort and a danger to health, and even life, but economists are increasingly pointing to evidence that it is also having an affect on inflation as crops fail, wine grapes shrivel, and vegetables dry.
And it’s got a name - Climateflation. What is it, and what is the evidence for it?
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North Korea has detained a serving US army soldier who crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea without permission.
Travis King, 23, was on an organised tour of the UN-run zone dividing the two countries.
Officials in Seoul have confirmed that King, a Private 2nd Class, recently spent two months in prison in South Korea previously for assault charges.
He was then released from prison on 10 July and escorted to the airport for a US-bound flight.
According to reports, he was able to leave the terminal and get a tour of the border, from where he crossed over into North Korea.
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Archaeologists have begun the biggest excavation of the ancient city of Pompeii in a generation.
Several new discoveries have already been uncovered, including a bakery, human skeletons and a painting resembling a pizza.
Pompeii in the south of Italy, was a sophisticated ancient Roman city destroyed by a catastrophic volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
Today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most visited tourist attractions in Italy.
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The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence on Tuesday where China said the technology should not become a "runaway horse.”
The United States warned against its use to censor or repress people.
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned that the technology fuels disinformation and could aid both state and non-state actors in a quest for weapons.
Russia questioned whether the council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, should be discussing AI.
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A US national has been detained in North Korea after crossing the border from South Korea, a UN body has said.
The United Nations Command, which operates the Demilitarised Zone and joint security area said the man did not have authorisation to enter the country.
The Demilitarised Zone separates the two Koreas and is one of the most heavily fortified areas in the world.
It is filled with landmines, surrounded by electric and barbed wire fencing and surveillance cameras and has armed guards on alert 24 hours a day.
It is unclear why the US national crossed the border on Tuesday.
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One of Ukraine’s most senior military commanders has said that their offensive against Russian military forces is not going as fast as they would like.
Speaking to the BBC, General Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russian defences, including minefields, mean that quick results are “practically impossible”.
But, having led the defence of Kyiv at the start of the Russian invasion and masterminding Ukraine’s surprise counter-attack in Kharkiv last summer, General Syrskyi said he hopes Ukraine will be able to recapture the city of Bakhmut, which was captured by Wagner forces earlier this year.
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Russia has attacked the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, with residents reporting hearing explosions.
Pictures from the city show damage to buildings, while it is also thought that the port was targeted by drone strikes and shelling.
The city is at the centre of the latest centre of the war, with a UN-brokered deal allowing Ukraine to export grain set to expire. Russia has not agreed to extend the deal, which allows Ukraine to be exported across the globe.
Before the deal was struck in 2022, Russian warships blockaded routes across the Black Sea, sparking fears of global food shortages.
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A heatwave which has caused extreme weather in southern Europe is expected to peak today (Tuesday 18 July), though extreme conditions could continue for another 10 days.
The Italian island of Sardinia is expected to see a high of 46C (114.8F), while the Spanish island of La Palma and mainland Greece have experienced wildfires.
Across the globe, extreme weather has caused temperature spikes in the US and China, and heavy rainfall and flooding in South Korea.
And, with millions around the world under heat advisories as officials warn of danger to life from the hot temperatures, scientists warn that climate change is making heatwaves longer, more intense and more frequent.
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The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt as the Australian state of Victoria has cancelled its plans to host the sporting event.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria had been "happy to help out" when approached to host last year, but after projected costs tripled to more than A$6 billion for the 12-day event, it became “well and truly too much" for the state to bear.
The government said it will still complete the stadium upgrades it promised, while using the money it is now saving on housing and tourism initiatives – while the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said it is "committed to finding a solution" for the multi-sport tournament.
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Current and former McDonald’s workers have told the BBC about a toxic culture of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying at the fast food company’s UK outlets.
McDonald’s is one of the largest private sector employers in the country, and has one of the UK’s youngest workforces – with three quarters of its employees aged between 16 and 25.
Thirty-two of them made allegations of sexual assault, and 78 made allegations of sexual harassment. Allegations of racism and homophobia were also heard.
McDonald’s said it had “fallen short” and it “deeply apologised”.
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In the US, a heat dome over the south-west has left tens of millions of people under extreme heat warnings.
Europe’s highest temperature on Monday was in southern Spain – where Andujar reached 44.8C.
China provisionally recorded its highest temperature ever on Sunday - 52.2C in Xinjiang, the UK Met Office said.
It’s also set to continue for much of this week with some places expected to see even higher temperatures over the next few days.
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The BBC’s been investigating the rise in child sex abuse material resulting from the rapid proliferation of open-source AI image generators. Our Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy looks at how paedophiles have been able to get around safeguards designed to stop sexual AI images being made. He’s left shaken after being shown the never-before-seen illegal imagery that has been redacted by the Internet Watch Foundation.
In Munich, the scientist who created a leading AI image generator is challenged about why he decided to make it open source. Who are the people who make these images and publish them on the internet? One man who does it tells the BBC that no children are harmed with AI image generation. But a forensic psychologist and former US Marshal argue the material encourages the abuse of kids.
Reported by Joe Tidy. Produced, filmed and edited by Jack Garland.
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Vladimir Putin has vowed to retaliate following a "terrorist" attack on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia.
Moscow has blamed Ukraine for the incident - which left two people dead - but Kyiv has not officially said it was responsible.
The Kerch bridge was opened in 2018 and enables road and rail travel between Russia and Crimea - Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia in 2014.
In October 2022, the bridge was partially closed following a huge explosion. It was fully reopened in February.
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Film Director Shekhar Kapoor has just won another award - this time for his new movie “What’s Love Got to Do with it”.
The 77-year-old Indian filmmaker, who is also behind the likes of the Oscar-winning film Elizabeth starring Cath Blanchett - is accusing Hollywood of casting black and brown actors in some roles because of what he describes as its own “guilty conscience”.
He’s now urging filmmakers to do more than simply give diverse talent work - he says they need to shift their thinking when it comes to storytelling, and change the point of view of their narratives.
Newsnight’s UK Editor Sima Kotecha has been speaking to him to find out more
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"There will be winners or losers on a global basis in terms of where the jobs are as a result of AI."
Those are the words of tech entrepreneur and the UK's new artificial intelligence advisor, Ian Hogarth.
There have already been reports of multiple job losses as a result of companies choosing to use AI tools instead of humans, with BT recently saying it will shed 10,000 staff by the end of the decade.
Hogarth also said in an interview with the BBC that expert warnings of AI's potential to become an existential threat should not be dismissed - but he was cautious of not missing the benefits of these technologies.
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US popstar and rapper Lizzo is known for hit songs, including 'Good as Hell' and 'Juice'.
But she recently made headlines for performing Mozart on the flute at Glastonbury festival, UK.
The singer is a classically trained flautist and the British Flute Association has credited her for making the flute ‘cool again’.
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Twitter has lost almost half of its advertising revenue since it was bought by Elon Musk last year, its owner has revealed.
Musk said the company had not seen the increase in sales it had expected in June, but added that July was a "bit more promising".
The tech billionaire bought the social media platform for $44bn (£33.6bn) in October 2022.
Rival app Threads now has 150 million users, according to some estimates.
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Results out today confirm that the drug donanemab, hailed as a turning point in the fight against Alzheimer's, slows cognitive decline by about a third.
The antibody treatment helps in the early stages of the disease.
It works in Alzheimer's disease, not in other types of dementia, such as vascular dementia.
That is because it is designed to clear away one of the key features of Alzheimer's disease - a substance called amyloid that builds up in the spaces between brain cells.
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The Fifa Women's World Cup kicks off this week down under, but ticket sales are struggling in the rugby-loving nation of New Zealand.
The tournament is being jointly held across nine different cities, five in Australia and four in New Zealand.
The opening match takes place at Eden Park stadium in Auckland, where an estimated $21m (USD) was spent upgrading facilities.
But sales have so far been lacklustre in a country more known for its love of rugby than football.
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Russia has officially confirmed it won't be extending the Black Sea grain export deal, following an attack on Kerch bridge which links the occupied Crimean peninsula with Russia.
The deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey last July, was due to expire today (Monday 17 July).
Ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of sunflower, maize, wheat and barley. After Russia invaded the country in February 2022, Ukraine's ports were blockaded sending global food prices soaring.
Since the grain deal was signed, world food prices have decreased by some 20%.
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An entire pod of 55 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a Scottish beach.
Only 15 were alive after they washed onto Traigh Mhor beach on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides at about 07:00 on Sunday morning.
Marine charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) attempted to refloat one of the more active whales but it was then restranded.
The decision was taken to euthanise the remaining whales on welfare grounds.
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Two people have died after an "attack" on the bridge linking the occupied Crimean peninsula to Russia.
The head of Crimea's parliament blamed Ukraine for the incident, state media reported, but Kyiv is yet to officially comment.
The Kerch bridge was opened in 2018 and enables road and rail travel between Russia and Crimea - Ukrainian territory occupied by Moscow's forces since 2014.
Russia's transport ministry said the bridge's supports were not damaged.
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The singer, actress and fashion icon Jane Birkin has died at the age of 76.
The English-French star rose to fame alongside songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she recorded the iconic track "Je T'aime...moi non plus”, which was banned in several countries.
French President Emmanuel Macron described Birkin as a "French icon" and a "complete artist".
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At least 40 people have died in South Korea after a weekend of severe rains caused widespread flooding and landslides across the country.
The disasters have prompted calls from President Yoon Suk Yeol to "overhaul" how the country combats extreme weather arising from climate change.
On Monday, the nation was reeling from a tunnel tragedy where at least 13 people died in their vehicles after becoming trapped by floodwaters.
The full death toll is still unknown.
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A heat dome over the US south-west has translated into extreme heat warnings from coast to coast, which continue to affect more than 110 million people.
Temperature records could be broken in as many as 38 cities.
It comes as soaring temperatures are also hitting southern Europe and Canada is battling the worst season of wildfires in its history.
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There are health warnings for millions of people across north America and southern Europe, as possible record-breaking high temperatures are forecast in the next few days.
It’s the second extreme heatwave to hit southern Europe this year, intensified by global warming.
On the Spanish island of La Palma fires are burning out of control and in Italy people are being advised to stay indoors.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sophia Bettiza.
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Multiple bodies have been recovered from cars trapped in a flooded tunnel near the South Korean city of Cheongiu.
Flood water caused by days of torrential rain poured into the underpass so quickly that passengers and drivers were unable to escape.
At least 37 people have died in total after flooding, landslides and power cuts across much of the country.
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All of the plastic that has ever been created still exists in some form.
Some companies have created products that will break down in certain conditions.
Others have produced enzymes that do the work for us.
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Extreme heat and high temperatures are making their way across the US and Europe.
Nearly a third of Americans - about 113 million people - are currently under heat advisories - including in Florida, California and up to Washington state.
Meanwhile, sweltering temperatures are showing no signs of abating in southern Europe.
The Italian health ministry issued a red alert for 16 cities including Rome, Bologna and Florence for the weekend.
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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has said he will expand his country’s military and humanitarian aid support to Ukraine.
He was speaking during a visit to Kyiv.
The president confirmed that Seoul will continue to supply much needed military equipment, including bullet-proof vests and helmets.
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WhatsApp, iMessage, Android Messages and Signal all use the super-secure system called end-to-end encryption.
The technology means only the sender, at one end, and the receiver, at the other, can read messages, see media or hear phone calls.
Even the app makers cannot access the content.
But how does it work?
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At least 20 people have been killed by deadly flooding in South Korea, as torrential rainfall continues to batter central regions.
Thousands more have been forced to evacuate their homes after a third day of downpours brought flooding and landslides.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has asked the military to assist with rescue efforts.
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The Belarusian government has said instructors from the Russian mercenary group Wagner have begun training its troops.
The announcement is the first official confirmation that some Wagner fighters have moved to Belarus, weeks after their attempted mutiny in Russia.
In the aftermath, the mercenaries were told they could join the regular Russian army or head to Belarus, a close ally of Russia.
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A Hollywood mega-strike involving writers and performers is likely to grind to a halt the production of most movies and many popular television shows.
The last time members of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) walked out was in July 1980.
If the mega-strike rolls on for months then picturehouses could have problems, and viewers could be left with nothing new to watch, except for reality TV and live sport.
As sound stages across the US and other parts of the world fall quieter as a result of the Hollywood mega-strike, meetings between the guilds and entertainment industry representatives will take place.
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A BBC investigation has used computer generated reconstructions to reveal what life is like inside Cecot, El Salvador’s so-called ‘mega-jail’.
The reconstruction was made possible thanks to videos and photos shared by the government, and media outlets who were given access to the prison before it opened.
Cecot has become a symbol of President Nayib Bukele’s notorious "war against gangs", which the country’s ministry of security says has resulted in the detention of at least 68,000 people since the campaign began in March 2022.
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The Acropolis in the Greek capital Athens has been closed during the hottest hours of the day to protect visitors from the Cerberus heatwave gripping the country.
Tourists have been barred from entering the country's most popular attraction from 12:00 to 17:00 (9:00-14:00 GMT).
Athens is sweltering in temperatures of 40C (104F) or more.
Much of southern Europe is experiencing extreme heat with potentially record temperatures expected next week.
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Advice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink is unchanged, despite the sweetener being classified as "possibly" causing cancer.
Two groups of experts at the World Health Organization have been reviewing thousands of scientific studies.
The "possibly carcinogenic" label often causes fear and confusion, but just means the evidence is unconvincing.
Most people consume less than the safe upper limits of aspartame, but the WHO recommends heavy consumers cut down.
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Major films in production including Avatar and Gladiator sequels are looking likely to be affected by Hollywood actors taking strike action.
In the industry's biggest shutdown for over 60 years, some 160,000 performers stopped work at midnight in Los Angeles.
Screen Actors Guild members want a fairer split of profits from streaming giants and better working conditions.
The unions are also concerned about the use of artificial intelligence and how it could be used in the industry.
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India has launched its third Moon mission and is hoping to become to the first to land near its south pole – which has rarely been explored.
If successful, the Chandrayaan-3's orbiter, lander and a rover are due to touch down on the Moon's surface on 23 or 24 August.
The rocket set off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre space centre just after 09:05 GMT (10:05 BST; 14:35 local time).
The launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is the country's first major mission since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government announced policies to spur investment in the space industry.
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A fierce heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe, with warnings of record-breaking temperatures
Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.
In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119.8F). A red alert warning has been issued for 10 cities, including Rome, Bologna and Florence.
The Cerberus heatwave - named by the Italian Meteorological Society after the three-headed monster that features in Dante's Inferno - is expected to bring more extreme conditions in the next few days.
It isn't just Europe that is hot. This summer has seen temperature records smashed in parts of Canada and the US as well as across a swathe of Asia including in India and China.
Sea temperatures in the Atlantic have hit record highs while Antarctic sea ice is at the lowest extent ever recorded. And it is going to get hotter.
A weather pattern called El Niño is developing in the tropical Pacific. It tends to drive up temperatures by around 0.2C on average.
Add in the roughly 1.1C that climate change has pushed average temperatures up by worldwide and it’s perilously close to the 1.5C threshold the world has agreed to try and keep global temperatures below.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by climate editor Justin Rowlatt.
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Andrew Ridgeley was in one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, Wham! And now a new documentary on Netflix celebrates his friendship with George Michael, who he affectionately calls Yog - and the success of the two best friends who formed the group together as teenagers.
Newsnight has talked to Andrew Ridgeley about the documentary, which features interviews from the time as well as old footage.
He tells Victoria Derbyshire about how the band coped with fame back then, about the undesirable consequences of it, the dilemma George Michael faced about his own sexuality, and about whether Andrew Ridgeley could envisage creating an ABBA-style avatar show for Wham!
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A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days.
Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.
In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119.8F). A red alert warning has been issued for 10 cities, including Rome, Bologna and Florence.
On Tuesday, a man in his forties died after collapsing in northern Italy.
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US regulator the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing against a decision to allow Microsoft to proceed with its $69bn (£53bn) purchase of games publisher Activision Blizzard.
Earlier this week, the FTC's request to block the takeover was rejected by a district judge in San Francisco.
The technology giant's deal to buy the Call of Duty maker would be the biggest of its kind in gaming industry history.
Meanwhile, a tax on online gaming in India has seen shares in online gaming platforms and casinos crash.
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Chinese state intelligence is targeting the UK “prolifically and aggressively”, a group of British MPs have said.
The findings from parliament’s intelligence and security committee are a “challenge” for British intelligence agencies.
The senior MPs have also raised concerns about Chinese influence in universities and the nuclear industry.
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The reformist winner of Thailand's elections has been nominated for prime minister at the opening of parliament.
Pita Limjaroenrat swept to victory in May as voters rejected conservative military rule that had been in place since a coup in 2014.
However, Mr Pita needs the support of lawmakers appointed by the same military leaders to secure a majority.
He also faces last-minute legal challenges which could disqualify him. He denies breaking election rules.
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At least one person is reported to have died after a drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv overnight.
Roughly 20 Iran-made drones, launched by Russia, were shot down over the city's airspace, according to the Ukrainian air force.
It was the third night of attacks in a row on the capital, coming just hours after the end of the Nato summit in Lithuania.
Debris was reported in five districts and at least two people were sent to hospital with shrapnel wounds.
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New evidence has cast further doubt on the Greek coastguard’s version of events surrounding last month's deadly migrant boat sinking in the Mediterranean, a BBC investigation has found.
At least 82 people are confirmed to have drowned, but it’s feared a further 500 may have died.
The BBC has spoken to survivors who have claimed officials caused the boat to capsize in a disastrous attempt to tow it.
Greek authorities have denied the claims.
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Several people have died, and many more are missing after heavy rain caused flooding in India. In the state of Vermont, US, teams are assessing the damage after a storm dumped up to two months worth of rain on the state in a matter of days.
This follows the announcement that earlier this month was the warmest day yet recorded with temperatures averaging over 17C for the first time ever.
Many factors contribute to flooding, but experts say climate change caused by global warming makes extreme rainfall more likely.
There have been severe weather warning placed across Northern India and parts of North America continuing further into July.
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The wife of news reader Huw Edwards has named him as the BBC presenter at the centre of the allegations.
In a statement issued on his behalf, Vicky Flind says her husband is "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care.
Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offence has been committed.
The BBC says it is now resuming its investigation "whilst continuing to be mindful of our duty of care to all involved”.
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North Korea has fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Japanese and South Korean officials report.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaking at the Nato summit described these actions as a threat to “Japan, the region and the international community” following the missile landing in Japanese waters.
Pyongyang's launch comes after it threatened retaliation against what it said were recent US spy plane incursions over its territory.
Washington has dismissed the accusations, saying its military patrols are in line with international law.
Tensions have been growing in the region, as North Korea has already fired 12 long range missiles this year.
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Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said Ukraine is "closer to Nato than ever before", during a news conference with President Zelensky.
He went on to say the accession process is being shortened, and Ukraine "will become a member", but gave no clear timeline for when this would happen.
President Zelensky says Nato has given a powerful signal to Russia that Ukraine will be an independent state.
Nato's 2023 Summit in Vilnius continues in Lithuania.
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Not many people can say they've raced against Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel and won.
But it's a boast F1 World Champion on the virtual circuit, Lucas Blakeley can make.
He now races for McLaren's esports team, competing in a global virtual Grand Prix.
The BBC spoke to Lucas to find out more.
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Migrants in Tunisia have been attacked after the fatal stabbing of a 41-year-old local man during an altercation with several migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
Videos of the attack have been widely shared. One shows a masked perpetrator screaming that "black Africans are a threat to us and our women" and then inciting people to assault the migrants.
The Tunisian authorities have responded by forcibly removing more than 100 migrants from the city of Sfax and driving them to the Tunisian-Libyan border.
A further 1,000 have since been removed from the city and taken to both the Libyan and Algerian borders.
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Israeli police have clashed with protesters amid huge demonstrations against the government's controversial judicial reform plans.
Police used water cannon to clear a major highway, and 71 people have been arrested across the country.
The bill argues that the courts exercise too much political interference, overriding the will of the electorate. Critics of the reforms say the government's plans are too extensive and are a grave threat to the country's democratic system.
Significantly, hundreds of reservists - the backbone of Israel's military - have threatened to stop turning up for duty in protest at the reforms.
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President Zelensky has accused Nato of weakness and uncertainty over the reluctance of some members to set a timetable for Ukraine to join the military alliance.
Nato leaders meeting in Lithuania have agreed that Ukraine can join but only when certain conditions are met.
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance had never sent a stronger political and practical message about Ukraine’s path to membership, but made clear that it could not join while it was at war with Russia.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Katya Adler in Vilnius and Gordon Corera in Kyiv.
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Saudi investors plan to spend more than a billion dollars on a controversial new golf venture with the US PGA tour, according to officials.
Ron Price, Chief Operating Officer of the PGA, testified about the proposed merger before Congress on Tuesday.
Despite significant funding from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, Mr Price said the new entity will be controlled by the PGA.
Critics have accused Saudi Arabia of using sports to burnish its image.
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Nato states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance "when allies agree and conditions are met" after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the "absurd" delay to accession.
In a communique, Nato said it recognised the need to move faster but would not be drawn on a timeframe.
Earlier Mr Zelensky said there seemed to be "no readiness" to invite Ukraine to Nato or make it a member.
He is now in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where the summit is happening.
Kyiv accepts it cannot join Nato while it is at war with Russia but wants to join as soon as possible after fighting ends.
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South Korea has restated its commitment to welcoming North Korean defectors.
The number who have escaped and made it to the South has fallen dramatically over the last decade or so. of North Koreans making the difficult and dangerous journey to South Korea - risking possible death if they are caught - has fallen significantly in recent years.
But the few who do make it to the country to escape poverty and repression About two hours' drive from the South Korean capital, Seoul, there is a Part training-hub, part medical facility, part re-education centre, where North Korean defectors are sent for three months when they arrive in South Korea.
Its name is Hanawon, or to give it its full title, the Settlement Support Centre for North Korean Refugees.
Kim Sung-hui, who graduated from Hanawon just over a decade ago described how "the first night on the outside is a memorable one for all defectors. I felt such relief that I was finally in South Korea. I hugged my daughter and started to cry - not because I was sad or lonely - but because we'd survived,".
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Scientists are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to decode animal languages.
Scientists in Israel are closer than ever to making two-way communication with another species more likely - by using AI to understand the language of bats.
“I’ve always dreamt of a Dolittle machine that will allow me to talk with animals”, said Professor Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University.
The team at Tel Aviv University created a large database of bat noises and videos, teaching AI how to differentiate between the different sounds. The Algorithm then matched the sounds with specific social interactions captured on film.
Adi Rachum from Tel Aviv University said, “in the end the computer will be able to speak the language, to understand what they say to each other”.
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Migrants saved in one of the first rescue operations in the Mediterranean since hundreds of people died when a boat sank off the Greek coast, say nothing could deter them from trying to reach Europe.
They spoke to the BBC's Alice Cuddy on board a rescue vessel patrolling the sea for migrant boats in distress.
One man says the disaster in June - in which the UN says up to 500 people may have drowned - didn't put him off because he believes those migrants would have had the same mindset as him.
"It's either you reach Europe or you die at sea," the teenager tells me. "There's only two options."
The migrants tell the BBC they were not ignorant to the risks they were facing and many say it was not their first attempt at reaching Europe.
"Seven times I have been trying," one 17-year-old says.
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Nato leaders are gathering in Lithuania for a crucial summit that could shape the direction of the war in Ukraine and the future of the Western alliance.
The 31 allies hope to show Russia they have the resolve to support Ukraine militarily for the long term.
They arrive with a welcome boost after Turkey dropped its objections to Sweden joining the alliance.
Over their two-day meeting, Nato leaders are expected to agree new plans to deter and defend the alliance against future Russian aggression by beefing up their forces in the east.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg has said.
At a briefing, Mr Stoltenberg said the Turkish president would forward Sweden's bid to the Turkish parliament and "ensure ratification".
Earlier, he had appeared to suggest Turkey would back Sweden if the EU re-opened membership talks with Ankara.
Turkey has criticised Sweden for hosting Kurdish militants.
Nato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - was formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and France.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin has said.
Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.
He said that President Putin had given an "assessment" of the Ukraine war effort and the mutiny.
Under a deal to end the mutiny, which saw Wagner troops seize a city and march on Moscow, charges against Prigozhin were dropped and he was offered a move to Belarus.
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The US and China have begun talks to try to improve relations between the world’s two biggest economies.
Bilateral trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds a year and China’s huge spending power is critical to global financial stability.
But the country is experiencing signs of a new economic downturn. Youth unemployment is rising, exports have been falling and property investment is down.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by China correspondent Stephen McDonell.
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An inquest is taking place into the deaths of three British passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.
Sam Pegram, Joanna Toole and Oliver Vick were aboard the Boeing 737 Max when it crashed minutes after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 2019.
Boeing has since admitted responsibility after a software malfunction caused the plane to crash, but a $2.5bn deal with the US government saw Boeing avoid any prosecution.
Families of the three Britons onboard are now seeking an unlawful killing verdict at an inquest.
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Poland has increased border security in anticipation of Russian Wagner mercenaries relocating to neighbouring Belarus.
The border between the two countries, which was once marked by wooden look-out posts, has been transformed in recent years with miles of metal fencing and thermal imaging cameras.
With the prospect of Wagner members moving to Belarus, armed guards patrolling the border have been stepped-up.
"Maybe Wagner will be a problem, but no one really knows why they're going there or what they're preparing for", Michal Bura of the local border guard said.
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A male BBC presenter has been suspended following allegations he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photographs.
In a statement, the corporation said this is "a complex and fast-moving set of circumstances" and that it is working as "quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps".
The BBC is expected to meet the police later today.
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Three children are among the six killed in a stabbing at a kindergarten in Lianjiang, in China's south-eastern Guangdong province.
Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man and called the case an "intentional assault", but have not elaborated on a possible motive.
The attack happened on Monday at 07:40 local time (23:40 Sunday GMT) in in Lianjiang just as parents were dropping their children off for summer classes.
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Ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders who were being held in Turkey after a prisoner swap.
The men were captured more than a year ago during the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
Russia has condemned their return and said it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement.
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Bats are essential to the world's ecosystems, but they are known carriers of several viruses.
Humans are increasingly encroaching upon their habitats, adding to the risk of new pandemics.
Scientists are studying the animals for any clues about how to prevent any new outbreaks.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said her visit to Beijing has marked a "step forward" in efforts to stabilise relations between the two countries.
Ms Yellen spoke at the end of a four-day trip, during which talks were held over issues including climate change.
She described the talks as "direct, substantive and productive" and said both sides had learned more about each other.
However, she admitted the US and China still had "significant disagreements".
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Earlier this year, TikTok vowed to clamp down on climate change denial on its platform.
But a BBC investigation has found hundreds of videos are still spreading false information about the climate crisis.
We speak to the scientific experts who have taken to the app to try and tackle climate conspiracies directly.
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These trains are Europe's first tri-mode trains to enter passenger service, after starting running on routes in Italy at the end of 2022.
As well as being fitted with pantograph overhead power and a standard diesel engine, they also have with a battery pack power unit and can be switched between modes.
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Protests have been taking place in South Korea’s capital Seoul over Japan's planned release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, who is in Seoul, has endorsed the plan but surveys in South Korea indicate overwhelming public opposition to the release.
The plant was severely damaged in 2011 after being struck by a tsunami.
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The Dutch government has collapsed because of a disagreement between coalition parties over asylum policies, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said.
The four parties were unable to find agreement in crisis talks chaired by Mr Rutte on Friday.
The government was set up a year and a half ago but the parties have been opposed on migration for some time.
Mr Rutte met King Willem-Alexander in The Hague to discuss forming a caretaker administration.
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Charging up without plugging in. Could this be the future of electric vehicles?
A trial of a new technology is underway on Evolution Road in Sweden.
Here, electric vehicles are charged as they drive along through what's known as conductive charging.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited Snake Island where Ukrainian soldiers defied a Russian warship at the beginning of the invasion.
He also thanked the US after Washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine.
The weapon, which Russia has been using since the start of the war, has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world.
Despite this, Ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells, which drop multiple explosives, to help with their counter offensive against Russian forces.
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Despite opposition, insect-based food products are on the rise in Europe.
The process is simple: insects are frozen, boiled, dried, and then pulverised. The resultant powder can be used to make up foods like pasta.
This powder is a superfood packed with vitamins, fibre, minerals and amino acids. One plate contains higher sources of iron and magnesium, for example, than a regular sirloin steak.
But what about the taste? The BBC’s Sofia Bettiza found out.
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"You're caring for somebody and the abuse that you get - you don't let it affect you."
When the NHS began, its survival relied on staff from immigrant backgrounds.
As the NHS celebrated its 75th birthday this week, the BBC's Amanda Kirton spoke to a group of black nurses who came to the UK from the Caribbean in the 1960s to work for the NHS.
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President Zelensky has thanked the United States after Washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine.
It's a weapon that has been banned by more than one-hundred countries around the world.
But Ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against Russian forces.
Russia has been using the weapons since the start of the war.
Human rights groups say cluster bombs kill indiscriminately and unexploded devices can pose a danger to civilians for many years.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gordon Corera in Kyiv and Gary O’Donoghue in Washington.
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The US will send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counter-offensive against Russia.
The White House said it had postponed the decision for as long as it could because of the risk of civilian harm from such unexploded ordnance.
Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage.
Cluster munitions - which are banned by more than 100 countries - are a class of weapons that contain multiple explosive bomblets called submunitions.
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The US is planning to send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counter-offensive against Russia, US media reports.
Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage, and the Biden administration is expected to announce the package on Friday.
Cluster munitions - which are banned by more than 100 countries - are a class of weapons that contain multiple explosive bomblets called submunitions.
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Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel, a metal used in a huge range of products such as stainless steel, mobile phones and electric car batteries.
There is an expected increase in the use of nickel as the world shifts to greener transportation.
But conservationists are warning that nickel mining is having a devastating environmental impact.
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Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its rival app Threads - which has become the fastest-growing app of all time, with more than 30 million people reportedly signing up since Wednesday.
Threads is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a "friendly" alternative.
Twitter's Elon Musk said "competition is fine, cheating is not" - but Meta denied claims in a legal letter that ex-Twitter staff helped create Threads.
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"Dangerous" muscle-building drugs known as Sarms are being sold illegally in shops around the UK, a BBC investigation has found.
The substances can cause erectile dysfunction, mood swings and liver problems, doctors warn.
Secret filming by the BBC found they were widely available in shops that sell bodybuilding supplements as well as online.
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Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea has been approved.
A UN watchdog said the plans comply with international standards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment.
The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors.
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The counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops against Russia, now entering its second month, has been met with fierce resistance - as well as criticism from within Ukraine that not enough progress is being made.
It has been an extremely costly operation, but many experts say that the country needs more time to prepare for a strategic breakthrough.
Some soldiers and observers are starting to wonder if a breakthrough is possible, or whether Russia's defensive lines, built up and heavily-reinforced over the winter months, are simply too much of a barrier.
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One of Russia’s staunchest allies, Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, has cast doubt on the whereabouts of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a mutiny against Moscow.
Lukashenko says that Prigozhin is now in Russia, despite previous claims he had been exiled to Belarus.
It’s now unclear who is in control of the thousands of Russian mercenary fighters battling against Ukraine.
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The President of Belarus has suggested that he could use tactical nuclear weapons, which are being deployed in his country by Russia.
Alexander Lukashenko is a close ally of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country served as a launchpad for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Recently President Putin announced that Russian nuclear weapons had been deployed in Belarus. He said they would only be used if the Russian state or its territory was threatened.
Speaking to the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, the Belarus President Lukashenko insisted that he could launch the weapons if he chose to. He said: “In Ukraine a whole army is fighting with foreign weapons, with NATO weapons. So why can’t I fight with someone else’s?”
Mr Lukashenko also said that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin was in Russia. The Wagner leader hasn’t been seen since he staged a mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Minsk and Gordon Corera in Kyiv.
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Russian state-controlled TV has embarked on an apparent campaign to discredit Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the wake of his failed mutiny in late June.
Key channels showed what they said were images taken during searches at his opulent home outside St Petersburg, arguing that his riches reflected very badly on him.
Mentions of Wagner had all but disappeared from state media by the time Prigozhin embarked on his "march for justice.”
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OceanGate, the owner of the Titan submersible that imploded last month, killing all five passengers on board, has fully suspended its activities.
The company posted a one-line note on its website saying it had stopped "all exploration and commercial operations".
On its website the company had also advertised tours to the Portuguese archipelago of Azores and the Bahamas.
An investigation is ongoing into how the sub imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck on 18 June.
Led by the US Coast Guard, authorities said the inquiry would aim to prevent similar accidents in future.
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India’s top court is set to deliver its verdict on whether same-sex marriage can be allowed.
It’s a proposal that has sharply divided opinion in the country.
While the government and religious groups have opposed the idea, the LGBT community is hopeful that the court will give its approval five years after it decriminalised homosexuality.
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A Swedish court has jailed a Kurdish man for four-and-a-half years for crimes including attempting to finance terrorism.
It is the first time Sweden's updated terror laws have been used in a case involving the Kurdish militant PKK.
Turkey has long called on Stockholm to crack down on Kurdish separatists.
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At least 17 people, including children, have died from inhaling a toxic gas in an informal settlement east of Johannesburg, authorities in South Africa say.
The suspected nitrate oxide gas leak in Boksburg has been linked to illegal gold mining in the area.
Nitrate oxide gas is often used by illegal gold miners - known locally as zama zamas - to extract gold from soil stolen from abandoned mine shafts.
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The Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has left Belarus and is back in Russia, the Belarusian leader has said.
Prigozhin's whereabouts have been a mystery since he led a short-lived rebellion in Russia last month.
Under the deal to end the stand-off, charges against him were dropped and he was offered a move to Belarus.
But on Thursday Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko said: "As for Prigozhin, he's in St Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus.”
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Facebook owner Meta has launched a new app which has been pitched as a "friendly" rival to Twitter.
Threads is linked to Instagram, with experts saying it could attract Twitter users unhappy with recent changes to the platform.
Threads allows users to post up to 500 characters, and has many features similar to Twitter.
Ten million users signed up for the app in its first seven hours, the company's chief Mark Zuckerberg said.
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A Russian rocket has hit an apartment building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, killing at least four people, Ukraine's interior minister says.
Ihor Klymenko added another 32 people were injured in what the mayor of Lviv said was "one of the biggest attacks" on the city's civilian infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a "tangible" response to the overnight assault by "Russian terrorists”.
Russia's military has not commented on the reported attack.
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The US Secret Service is investigating after cocaine was found at the White House on Sunday night.
The discovery in the West Wing, which contains the Oval Office and other working areas for presidential aides and staff, led to a brief evacuation.
Secret Service agents found the suspicious powder during a routine inspection in an area that is accessible to tour groups.
President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David in Maryland at the time.
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Taylor Swift has announced 14 extra European dates for her Eras tour, including three in the UK.
The pop star will play extra nights in Liverpool, Edinburgh and London next June, in addition to the 10 dates she had already announced.
However, the new shows rule out the possibility of Swift's heavily-rumoured headline slot at Glastonbury 2024.
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Amid a crippling fuel crisis and a dire economic outlook, the island's leadership has again turned to its old ally, Russia, for help.
At the height of the crisis, the queues of cars at the petrol pumps stretched for several city blocks.
For weeks, the fuel crisis has pushed the beleaguered Cuban people to the brink of desperation.
It's the latest in a series of major challenges Cuba have faced recently: food insecurity, inflation and electricity blackouts.
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A man has died after he set off an explosive device at a courthouse in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has said. Igor Humeniuk, who was detained in 2015 after an attack on Ukraine's parliament, detonated the device after barricading himself in a toilet. There were reportedly two further explosions as he tried to escape, and police attempted to stop him by shooting in the air. Two officers were injured in the blast.
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Funerals are under way after two days of clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp.
The funeral procession saw large crowds, with some chanting slogans and shooting in the air. As the procession travelled through Jenin today, there were some angry scenes as militant fighters paraded in the city and confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials.
Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a speech on Wednesday afternoon.
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Britain’s King Charles has been presented with the Scottish crown jewels as part of a ceremony to mark his coronation.
Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King in St Giles' Cathedral for the ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland - which celebrated the King’s Coronation.
Thousands of people gathered in Scotland's capital to watch the celebrations, including many taking part in a ‘People’s Procession'.
There were also a number of protests and anti-monarchy rallies taking place across the city, with a small group of protesters arrested.
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What's going on at Europe's largest nuclear power station - Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine?
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Army posted a warning on its Telegram Channel of a possible attack on the plant which was taken over by Russian soldiers in March last year.
They say 'foreign objects similar to explosive devices' have been placed on the roof of the plant.
Meanwhile a Russian news agency has reported that on Wednesday night, Kyiv is going to attack the power plant with 'high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones'.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian workers have been told to leave the plant by Wednesday.
President Zelensky has warned Russia the world sees that Moscow is the only source of danger, and is ready to react.
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Emir Nader looks at what has been going on at the plant.
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The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women.
Women's freedoms have steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
They have barred teenage girls and women from classrooms, gyms and parks, and most recently even banned them from working for the United Nations.
The Taliban government has not explained what prompted the ban, or what alternatives, if any, would be available to women once the salons shut.
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Israel's two-day operation in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank has now ended.
"The operation is officially over and the soldiers have left the Jenin area," a military spokesman told the BBC.
Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since Monday.
Israel's military described it as a "counter-terrorism operation", while the Palestinian foreign ministry said it was an "open war against the people of Jenin".
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Israeli forces have started withdrawing from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, a defence source said, ending a major two-day operation in which 12 Palestinians have been killed.
Gunfire and explosions continued to be heard across Jenin as the news emerged.
Health officials said one Palestinian man was shot dead, while an air strike reportedly injured three others.
Palestinian militant groups said a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Israel was a response to the raid.
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At least 43 people, including twelve children, have been injured after a missile struck the carpark of a residential building in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, local officials said. What is believed to be a Russian Iskander missile landed in the town of Pervomaisky at about 13:30 local time. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said there were only residential buildings in the area. Russia has not immediately commented on the incident, and Moscow has previously denied targeting civilians.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an emergency bill to speed up reconstruction in communities affected by a week of street unrest.
It follows a week of riots and looting after a police officer's fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M near Paris.
Millions of euros worth of damage to public transport and infrastructure has reportedly been caused across the country.
Macron said he believes the peak of rioting across the country has passed.
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Seven people have been injured – three critically, in an attack in Tel Aviv, Israeli police have said.
Officers confirmed the suspect "rammed into pedestrians standing in the shopping centre and proceeded to get out of the vehicle to stab civilians with a sharp object".
Reuters is reporting that the suspected attacker was a Palestinian from the West Bank.
It comes after came Israel continues its major military operation, which has seen 10 people killed, and thousands of Palestinians leaving the Jenin refugee camp.
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Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry has said.
The attack has forced flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport.
Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday's attack, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the capital.
The defence ministry said all the drones were shot down and there were no casualties or damage.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the alleged attack.
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Five people are reported to have been injured in a suspected car ramming attack in Tel Aviv.
According to Israeli media, the suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.
It comes after Israel continues its major military operation in the occupied West Bank.
Thousands of Palestinians have left the Jenin refugee camp since the operation began.
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Thousands of Palestinians have left Jenin refugee camp as Israel continues its major military operation in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military began what appears to be one of its most extensive operations in the territory in years with drone strikes on Monday.
On Tuesday, an Israeli adviser said the operation was "close to completing...the goals set".
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin according to Palestinian health officials.
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Tension across France has eased after nearly a week of riots and looting due to a police officer's fatal shooting of a teenager.
Nahel M, 17, was shot after police say he failed to comply with an order to stop his car in Nanterre near Paris.
The grandmother of the teen said her heart was "in pain" after a GoFundMe page was launched for the family of the police officer who shot Nahel. It has so far raised more than €1.1m (£956,200).
Meanwhile, French regional authorities are starting to announce financial support measures for looted businesses and hospitality venues amid fears the disruption will have an impact on the country’s tourism industry.
Millions of euros worth of damage to public transport and infrastructure has reportedly been caused across the country.
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Israel has carried out a major aerial and ground offensive in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. It’s the biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years.
Thousands of people have fled their homes in Jenin refugee camp which has been targeted by Israeli forces.
Israel described the attack as an an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”. The Palestinians have called it a “war crime” and the United Nations has voiced serious concern.
The operation included drone strikes on buildings and hundreds of troops supported by armoured vehicles and snipers
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yolande Knell in Jenin.
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It’s three years since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong.
The authorities said the law was needed to return stability to the former British colony after months of back to back anti-government protests.
Critics say it’s being used to silence anyone who speaks out; over 60 civil groups have been forced to close or disband. The majority of the political opposition have either been detained or fled.
For more than two years, the BBC’s Hong Kong correspondent has been filming those affected by the law. Danny Vincent reports.
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People have been gathering outside town halls across France to call for calm after almost a week of rioting.
On Monday, crowds gathered in solidarity with one of the mayors of a Paris suburb whose wife and children were forced to flee after a burning vehicle was sent towards their house on Saturday night.
The violent protests have been in response to the shooting of teenager Nahel M during a police traffic stop.
It was relatively calmer on the streets of France on Sunday night with about 150 arrests compared with 700 the night before.
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Tributes have been paid to the award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina.
The war crimes researcher died from injuries caused by the Russian missile strike on a pizza restaurant in the city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
She is the thirteenth person to have died in the attack.
Kramatorsk is under Ukrainian control but is close to Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
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There are intense exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military began what appears to be one of its most extensive operations in the territory in years with drone strikes early on Monday.
At least eight Palestinians have been killed in Jenin according to Palestinian health officials.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky has described the counter-attack against Russia as “slower than desired”.
The huge number of minefields Ukraine forces are encountering as they push forward has been cited as one of the reasons.
Russia has mined vast swathes of Ukrainian territory it holds, leading to casualties and deaths among Ukraine's soldiers.
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Attackers in France tried to set fire to the home of a suburban Paris mayor's home overnight and fired rockets at his fleeing wife and children.
The incident has caused widespread shock and is being treated as attempted murder.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has described it as intolerable.
Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun was not at home, but his wife suffered a broken leg and a child was also hurt.
France has seen violent protests after police killed a teenager, Nahel M, on Tuesday.
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The Ukraine war is having a "corrosive" effect on Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia, according to the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Russian disaffection over the war is providing new opportunities for the CIA to collect intelligence, the agency's Director William J Burns said.
America's top spy made the comments while delivering the annual lecture at the Ditchley Foundation in the UK.
He was speaking a week after the mutiny by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Two people have been killed and another 28 injured in the US city of Baltimore, according to police.
A spokesman said that three people remained in a critical condition.
The incident happened in the Brooklyn Homes area in the south of the city in the state of Maryland, where people had gathered for an event called "Brooklyn Day".
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Eight British Hurricane fighter planes dating back to World War Two have been found buried in a forest in Ukraine.
The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union by Britain after Nazi Germany invaded the country in 1941.
They were part of a package of allied military support for the USSR, paid for by the United States under the so-called Lend-Lease scheme.
Similar legislation is being used by the US government today to send military aid to Ukraine as it seeks to expel Russian forces from its country.
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This year's Wimbledon is just around the corner.
The best players in the world have begun their grass-court preparations.
Novak Djokovic is aiming to win his fifth successive singles title at the tournament.
He has spoken to the BBC about being labelled the "greatest of all time".
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A European space telescope has launched from Florida on a quest to resolve one of the biggest questions in science: what is the Universe made of?
The Euclid mission will make an immense 3D map of the cosmos in an effort to tie down some of the properties of so-called dark matter and dark energy.
The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) Euclid telescope went up on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 11:12 local time (15:12 GMT/16:12 BST).
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Scientists have picked up shock waves from the orbit of supermassive black holes at the heart of distant galaxies as they begin to merge.
This may be the first direct evidence of giant black holes distorting space and time as they spiral in on each other.
The theory is that this is how galaxies grow. Now astronomers may soon be able to watch it happen.
These distortions are happening all the time, all across the Universe.
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Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested across France in a fourth night of rioting after a teenage boy, Nahel M, was killed by a police officer.
There have been protests in Marseille, Lyon, Grenoble and some parts of Paris.
The 17-year-old’s funeral will be held on Saturday in the Nanterre suburb of the capital.
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The Hollywood actors' union and major film studios have agreed to keep working and continue talks until 12th July.
This is an effort to prevent strike action.
The union wants a new pay deal and safeguards around the use of artificial intelligence.
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The US Supreme Court has struck down US President Joe Biden's proposal to wipe out billions in student debt.
The 6-3 ruling effectively cancels the plan, which would have forgiven about $10,000 (£7,800) per borrower - and up to $20,000 in some cases.
But the plan has been in limbo since some conservative states sued, arguing the president overstepped his authority. The Supreme Court agreed.
The decision affects the loans of more than 40 million Americans.
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Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from running for office for eight years.
Mr Bolsonaro was found guilty of abusing his power ahead of last year's presidential poll.
He had been accused of undermining Brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that the electronic ballots used were vulnerable to hacking and fraud.
Mr Bolsonaro's lawyers are expected to appeal against the verdict.
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The French government has said it is considering all options - including declaring a state of emergency - after a third night of escalating violence and rioting in cities and towns across France.
Hundreds of police were injured last night and more than 900 people arrested. Ministers asked for public transport across France tonight to be suspended, and some major events have been cancelled as the government tries to stop scenes like this taking place for the fourth night running. The protests began in a Paris suburb on Tuesday when a police officer shot dead a 17-year-old boy of north African descent during a traffic stop in the Nanterre. Footage of the shooting was posted online. The unrest quickly spread across France, fuelled by accusations of police racism and wider discrimination against minority communities.
Around 45,000 police officers have been deployed on the streets.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Katya Adler in Paris.
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The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a graphic designer who has refused to create wedding websites for same-sex couples.
Lorie Smith, from Colorado, argued she could not serve same-sex couples because of her Christian faith.
Colorado state law prohibits businesses open to the public refusing service because of sexual orientation.
But the Supreme Court now said artists cannot be compelled to express messages against their religious beliefs.
The landmark case in the United States' top court on Friday pitted the rights of LGBT people to seek goods and services without discrimination against free speech rights.
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There are reports that Aspartame, the sweetener in products all over the world, from chewing gum to diet cola, is soon likely to be declared a possible carcinogen by the WHO's cancer research agency.
But what's the science behind such a potential move - and how justified would it be?
Newsnight’s Science and Technology Correspondent Kate Lamble explains.
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The mother of a 16-year-old girl allegedly beaten to death by security forces during protests in Iran has spoken of her continuing heartache.
In an exclusive interview that appears in a BBC documentary, Nasrin Shakarami says she "cannot forget for a second" what happened to her daughter Nika.
Nasrin also rejects authorities' claims about the deaths of protestors: "We all know that they are lying."
The authorities denied any wrongdoing and made inconsistent statements about her fate.
Nasrin was speaking to actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who fled Iran in 2008.
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The Wagner Group is still recruiting fighters across Russia, days after staging a mutiny that led Vladimir Putin to raise fears of civil war, the BBC has found.
BBC News journalists called more than a dozen Russian recruitment centres and was told it's business as usual.
From Kaliningrad in the west to Krasnodar in the south, no-one believed the group was being disbanded.
Last week, mercenary troops led by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin took over the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, marched on Moscow and shot down Russian military helicopters and a plane on their way.
Their mutiny was later aborted after a deal was struck.
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President Emmanuel Macron said more police will be deployed after three nights of riots across France.
The unrest began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent, named as Nahel M, as he drove away from a traffic stop in a Parisian suburb.
Macron also said parents should keep their children at home, saying it was not the responsibility of the state, but that of parents to keep their children away from the riots.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the nation would emerge "stronger" than before, following an attempted Wagner rebellion.
Russia's notorious mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, of the Wagner group, staged an apparent insurrection, sending an armoured convoy towards Moscow.
However, by the end of the day, Prigozhin had called the whole thing off and ordered his men back to base.
After the failed mutiny, the Russian authorities said Wagner would be disarmed but its members would escape prosecution. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the military could either join the Russian army, go home or go to Belarus.
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Shareef Amin was seriously injured fighting with the Ukrainian army has returned to the conflict after recovering in the UK.
He was lucky to survive after being hit multiple times by Russian fire on the frontlines.
In December he was evacuated to the UK, following surgeries to save his arm and leg in a military hospital in Odessa.
"I didn't know whether I'd ever be able to operate as a soldier or a humanitarian again," he said.
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At least 667 people have been arrested across France after a third night of violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in Paris.
The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.
In Paris, shops have been ransacked and cars set on fire despite a heavy police presence.
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold another crisis meeting with ministers later after calling the protest violence "unjustifiable".
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Former sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson has been found not guilty of failing to protect students when a gunman opened fire at a Florida high school in 2018.
He stayed outside during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, near Miami.
Mr Peterson, the school's resource officer, was found not guilty of 11 charges including felony child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury.
The attack, among the deadliest at a US school, saw 17 killed and 17 injured.
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Violence has broken out for a third night in France as President Macron struggles to contain public anger, following the fatal shooting by police of a teenage boy of north African descent in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris.
A police officer has been detained and charged with voluntary homicide.
The 17-year-old, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range during a traffic stop.
Anger at his killing has sparked violence across the country, with protests in Lille, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier as well as Paris.
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Russia has refused to answer questions about the fate of one of the country's most senior military commanders. Reports have suggested that General Sergei Surovikin is being investigated over possible links to the mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group. He's not been seen since Saturday morning, when Wagner's short-lived rebellion began.
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Thames Water, which leaks more water than any other water company in the UK - equivalent to up to 250 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day - is now in danger of financial collapse.
Its chief executive resigned unexpectedly on Tuesday and the UK government said it was ready to act in the worse case scenario that Thames Water does go under.
So what has gone wrong with the company that supplies water to a quarter of the UK's population? And what does this tell us about the privatisation of the English and Welsh water sector that took place over three decades ago?
Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu explains.
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The US Supreme Court has ruled that race can no longer be considered a factor in university admissions.
The landmark ruling changes decades-old US policies on so-called affirmative action, also known as positive discrimination.
It is one of the most contentious issues in US education.
Affirmative action first made its way into policy in the 1960s, and has been defended as a measure to increase diversity.
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The police officer accused of shooting dead 17-year-old Nahel M in Paris has been charged with voluntary homicide and placed under arrest.
It comes after the local prosecutor of Nanterre, where the teen lived and died, said earlier that the officer involved had been put under formal investigation for voluntary homicide.
The killing has sparked riots in cities across France as well as in Nanterre.
Meanwhile, following the violent protests, a curfew has been announced in some areas of Paris.
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"D", not his real name, has worked as an illegal moneylender for two decades, and says business has never been so good.
He is one of two loan sharks the BBC has spoken to in rare interviews in order to highlight the dangers of people turning to unofficial lenders due to the cost of living.
With no paperwork, high interest rates, and sometimes brutal consequences, there is huge risk attached to this type of borrowing.
Research shared with BBC Newsnight suggests that the potential client base for it could be expanding.
BBC Business’ Lora Jones reports.
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At least 12 people, including three teenagers, were killed in a deadly missile strike on a popular restaurant in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
A restaurant and shopping area were hit in Tuesday's strike on the city, which is under Ukrainian control but close to Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
Fourteen-year-old twin sisters Yuliya and Anna Aksenchenko and a 17-year-old girl were among those killed.
Kramatorsk, an eastern city in the Donetsk region, is under Ukrainian control but it is close to Russian-occupied parts of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said an alleged Russian agent involved in the deadly attack in Kramatorsk would be charged with treason.
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An alleged Russian agent involved in the deadly attack in Kramatorsk will be charged with treason, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Those helping Russia destroy lives deserve the "maximum penalty", he said.
Twelve people, including three teenagers, were killed in Tuesday's missile strike on a popular restaurant.
Ukraine said the man, a resident of Kramatorsk, sent video footage of the restaurant to the Russian military hours before it was destroyed.
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Corruption in Iraq has “decreased” over the last two years, Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid has said.
In his first English-speaking TV interview since taking office in October, President Abdul Latif Rashid spoke about the new period of relative “peace and stability” Iraq is experiencing.
When asked about reports of entrenched “corruption and political patronage” in the nation, he said “serious action” has been taken against corruption.
Twenty years since US troops invaded Iraq, the country's president has said it is now turning a new page.
On the question of maintaining bilateral Iran relations without violating US sanctions against Iran, he said the balance of the relationship was not “complicated more than with any other countries”.
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There were reports that President Putin had to be talked out of killing his former ally - the head of the mercenary Wagner Group Yezgeny Prigozhin, and that Mr Prigozhin had expected the Russian army to change sides to support him.
That's according to the Belarus leader President Lukashenko who's given asylum to Mr Prigozhin as part of the deal to end the revolt. He was speaking at a press conference yesterday. President Putin meanwhile tried to paint a picture of life returning to normal.
The Russian authorities said Wagner will be disarmed but its members will escape prosecution over its short-lived rebellion.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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The UK government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal.
The five-year trial - announced in April 2022 - would see some asylum seekers in the UK sent to Rwanda on a one-way ticket, to claim asylum there.
In December, the High Court dismissed a series of legal challenges to the government's plan.
But several individual asylum seekers and the charity Asylum Aid took the case to the Court of Appeal, which has ruled that the policy is unlawful.
However, its decision could be challenged in the Supreme Court.
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At least 150 people have been arrested across France after a second night of violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in Paris.
The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.
French President Emmanuel Macron came out quickly and strongly in support of the family of the teenager calling his shooting by police "inexplicable and inexcusable".
In Nanterre, where Nahel was shot, vehicles were set on fire and police fired tear gas.
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Human remains are believed to have been found in wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard has announced.
Pieces of the sub, which imploded while on a deep dive to the Titanic, have been recovered from the seabed.
Coast Guard officials say the wreckage includes the sub's landing frame and a rear cover .
US medical professionals are to conduct a formal analysis of what is believed to be human remains.
All five people on board the vessel died on 18 June after it imploded about 90 minutes into a dive to view the 1912 shipwreck, which lies at a depth of 3,800m in the north Atlantic.
Those on board were 61-year-old Stockton Rush; British explorer Hamish Harding, 58; Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son, Suleman Dawood, 19; and French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet who was 77.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonathan Amos.
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Madonna has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection, but a full recovery is expected, according to her manager.
Madonna announced the 35-date worldwide tour at the beginning of year.
The 64-year-old pop icon aimed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her breakout single, Holiday, by embarking on her first ever greatest hits tour.
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Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident.
Metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John's, Canada, on Wednesday (28 June).
US Coast Guard officials have said the submersible's landing frame and a rear cover were found among the debris.
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Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create and sell life-like child sexual abuse material, the BBC has found.
AI is being used to create life-like images of child sexual abuse, including of the rape of babies and toddlers.
Some are accessing the images by paying subscriptions to accounts on mainstream content-sharing sites.
These accounts are offering AI-generated, photo-realistic obscene images of children for sale, with different levels of pricing depending on the type of material requested.
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New figures from the Trussell Trust seen by Newsnight show the nature and scale of food insecurity across the UK. 11 million people - 14% of all UK adults or their households - have experienced it in the year up to last summer.
Yesterday bosses of four of the big supermarkets denied making too much money from soaring prices, telling MPs the industry is 'the most competitive' it's ever been.
Food inflation on things like bread, cereal, and chocolate has come down slightly, although remains very high at 18.3% - double the headline rate.
Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu meets some of those most under pressure, in South Shields, North East England.
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Drag shows are having a moment on a global scale - but undoubtedly, the business of drag is easier depending on where you live.
Eugene Tan is the sole producer, promoter and host of his drag show, RIOT! - unless you count his alias and star of the show, Becca D’Bus.
Based in Singapore, where legislation banning gay sex was only recently repealed, Eugene says it can be tough to find support for LGBT events.
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The Israeli government has advanced plans for some 5,700 new homes in the occupied West Bank.
The announcement comes despite US pressure to stop settlement expansion, which it sees as an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
A US spokesperson said Washington was "deeply troubled" by the development.
Four Israeli settlers were shot dead by Palestinians last week, prompting days of settler violence.
Violence between Palestinians and Israelis has flared since Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected last year.
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Two Russian missiles have hit the centre of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 3 people and injuring 22, Ukrainian officials have said.
A restaurant and shopping area were hit in Tuesday's strike on the city, which is under Ukrainian control but close to Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
People may be trapped under the rubble and a rescue operation is under way.
Local authorities say the area had a high concentration of civilians when the missiles hit and a child is said to be among those injured as a result of the attack.
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TV presenter and activist Paddy Smyth has cerebral palsy, a condition that affects his movement and coordination.
He explores the scientific advances and new treatments available to people with cerebral palsy, and asks, if he could ‘fix’ his disability would he even want to?
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An audio recording in which former US President Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by media.
In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential."
It was first obtained by CNN, but the BBC's US partner CBS also has the clip.
Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of mishandling sensitive documents.
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New direct links between the Captagon drug trade and leading members of the Syrian Armed Forces and President Bashar al-Assad's family have been revealed.
In March, Britain, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on a list of people - including two cousins of President Assad - suspected of involvement in the multi-billion dollar Captagon trade.
But a joint investigation by BBC News Arabic and the investigative journalism network OCCRP, deep inside Syria's narco-state, has found evidence indicating the involvement of other senior Syrian officials in addition to those already included in that list.
Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-like drug that has plagued the Middle East in recent years. Now the drug is also being found in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Nicola Bulley's death was accidental and she did not have "any desire" to take her own life, a coroner in England has concluded.
The 45-year-old drowned after falling into cold water, Dr James Adeley, senior coroner for Lancashire ruled.
Ms Bulley went missing on a dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, on 27 January, prompting a major search, which led to intense public interest and a social media frenzy of conspiracy theories.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated military personnel on preventing a "civil war" following the aborted Wagner rebellion.
“You’ve essentially stopped a civil war, you acted properly and in a coordinated manner,” he said in a speech at the Kremlin.
He also called for a minute’s silence to honour the pilots who fell in the aborted mutiny.
The Russian leader also said Russia was not forced to withdraw military units to take part in what he calls the "special military operation" in Ukraine in order to put down the mutiny.
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Russia's defence ministry has said preparations are under way for the Wagner mercenary group to hand over its military hardware.
It comes after President Vladimir Putin’s confirmed several Russian pilots died during the weekend's mutiny.
Wagner members, who Putin said were mostly true patriots that had been misled into a criminal adventure, could choose to join the regular military, return to their families, or go to Belarus.
It was also announced that the FSB was dropping all criminal charges against those who participated in the mutiny.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russian forces has made advances on all fronts.
It comes after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin made his first TV address on Monday evening following Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion on Saturday.
Putin said the leaders of last weekend's Wagner mutiny wanted "to see Russia choked in bloody strife".
Chief of the mercenary group Prigozhin said his short-lived rebellion was a response to government plans to take direct control of Wagner. He agreed to leave Russia for Belarus after calling off his troops.
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Emergency security measures remain in place in Moscow, after a rebellion by Wagner mercenaries that has shaken the position of the Russian president.
In a startling 24 hours, Vladimir Putin faced the greatest challenge to his authority since coming to power more than two decades ago.
While the immediate risk seems contained, Russia experts say Putin does not emerge looking strong, but rather badly bruised.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a TV address after Yevgeny Prigozhin's attempted mutiny on Saturday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a TV address following a short-lived rebellion from the Wagner mercenary group.
He said steps were taken to avoid major bloodshed during the rebellion, but it took time.
The Russian leader accused the organisers of the mutiny of wanting Russian society to "drown in blood".
Wagner fighters can sign a contract with the Russian military, return to their families, or move to Belarus, President Putin said.
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Prince William is launching a major five-year campaign to end homelessness, which he said should not exist in a "modern and progressive society".
The Prince of Wales's charitable foundation is putting in £3m of start-up funding to help make homelessness "rare, brief and unrepeated".
Six locations across the UK will be used to test ideas to cut homelessness.
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Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has just posted an 11-minute audio message, speaking for the first time since the weekend’s aborted Wagner Group rebellion.
In the message, he says his men headed to Moscow to "hold to account" leaders he blamed for "mistakes" in the Ukraine war.
He denied his "march for justice" was aimed at toppling Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian rouble has seen some mild recovery after falling to a 15-month low earlier on Monday.
It comes after an attempted armed mutiny in Russia by Wagner mercenaries which showed "real cracks" in President Vladimir Putin's authority, America's top diplomat Antony Blinken said.
Russia's prime minister has said that the rebellion has been “a challenge” to Russia’s “stability” and that people should unite behind President Putin.
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New evidence of China's spy balloon programme - including flights over Japan and Taiwan - has been uncovered by the BBC.
Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.
China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.
US-China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year, when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.
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Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu is shown on state TV visiting troops fighting in Ukraine in the first appearance since Wagner mercenaries mutinied.
The defence minister was seen inspecting troops - but there's no indication where or when the pictures where taken.
Wagner mercenary group chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had demanded Shoigu's removal and described him as evil.
Meanwhile, the rouble has fallen to a 15-month low as financial markets begin to respond to the weekend's short-lived rebellion.
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Teenager Suleman Dawood, who died in the Titan submersible, took his Rubik's Cube with him because he wanted to break a world record, his mother has told the BBC.
The 19-year-old applied to the Guinness World Records and his father, Shahzada, who also died, had brought a camera to capture the moment.
Christine Dawood and her daughter were on board the Polar Prince, the sub's support vessel, when word came through that communications with the Titan had been lost.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s whereabouts remain unknown following the short-lived rebellion from the Wagner mercenary group.
There has been speculation that the Russian leader fled Moscow during the crisis after his presidential jets were tracked leaving the city.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the events show the cracks in Mr Putin's authority.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, has left Russia for Belarus after abandoning his advance on Moscow.
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An attempted armed mutiny in Russia shows "real cracks" in President Vladimir Putin's authority, America's top diplomat Antony Blinken has said.
He told US media Saturday's rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner fighters was a "direct challenge" to Mr Putin, forcing him into an amnesty agreement.
The deal halted Wagner's march on Moscow. The mercenaries had earlier seized two major Russian cities.
Mr Putin accused the group of treason, but all charges were later dropped.
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What is happening in Russia right now? Why did Yevgeny Prigozhin end the uprising? Is Russian President Vladimir Putin weakened? Could the rebellion be a Ukraine war ploy to redeploy Wagner fighters to Belarus?
We answered viewers questions after Russia was thrown into turmoil, as Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin staged an apparent insurrection.
It is unclear what the future holds for Prigozhin, who has left Russia for Belarus, and what impact the events on recent days will have on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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For one long June night and a day, Russia's notorious Wagner mercenary leader and key player in the Ukraine war, Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged an apparent insurrection. He sent an armoured convoy towards Moscow and raised questions about Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
The Russian president even accused his former ally of treason, embarking on an armed rebellion and "a stab in the back of our country".
But by the end of Saturday, Prigozhin had called the whole thing off and ordered his men back to base.
Report taken from Saturday 24 June's BBC News at Ten.
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Wagner mercenaries have halted their advance on Moscow, after claiming to get within 200km of the Russian capital.
Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has put out a voice note on his Telegram channel saying he has agreed to stop “to avoid bloodshed”, and it comes after talks between Prigozhin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who is understood to have been involved in “de-escalating” the situation.
But, after President Putin’s televised statement, in which he described the day’s events as “a knife in the back of our people”, it is unclear what the future holds for Prigozhin and Wagner, who have been a key part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Wagner mercenaries have taken control of a Russian city key to their war effort in Ukraine, with a convoy of their troops reportedly on route to Moscow.
Rostov-on-Don, near the Ukraine border, is seemingly under Wagner control, after their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin called for a rebellion against the army. Key military facilities in the city of Voronezh - which is halfway between Rostov and Moscow, are also said to be controlled by Wagner forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier described their actions as 'a knife in the back of our people', and residents of the Russian capital have been told to stay at home at this time.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish mercenaries involved in an apparent armed mutiny.
Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has called for a rebellion against the army, and while he has denied attempting a coup, it is understood the group has taken the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don near the Ukraine border.
Prigozhin accused the army of launching a deadly attack on his forces in Ukraine, where Wagner troops are fighting for Russia – which Moscow has denied.
Now, in recent hours, security in Russia has been tightened, with internet restricted and military trucks spotted on Moscow’s streets.
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Warnings over the safety of OceanGate's Titan submersible were repeatedly dismissed by the CEO of the company, email exchanges with a leading deep sea exploration specialist show.
In messages seen by the BBC, Rob McCallum told OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush that he was potentially putting his clients at risk and urged him to stop using the sub until it had been classified by an independent agency.
Mr Rush responded that he was "tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation".
Mr McCallum maintains that nobody should have travelled in the Titan sub.
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In 2021 a woman was found, terribly injured, at the foot of Arthur's seat in Edinburgh, Scotland. She later died, and a police investigation led to a trial. She was pushed by her husband.
Kashif Anwar, Fawziyah’s husband was convicted and received a minimum sentence of 20 years, although he intends to appeal the ruling.
In an exclusive interview with BBC Newsnight, Yasmin Javed, mother of Fawziyah Javed, reveals details of her daughter's tragic murder.
Yasmin Javed believes one of the motives for her daughter's death was so-called "honour" based - alongside, coercive control, and jealousy.
Newsnight’s Yasminara Khan reports.
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A man has been found guilty of murdering a London Metropolitan Police sergeant by shooting him in the chest with an antique gun he had smuggled into a custody centre.
Sgt Matiu Ratana, 54, died of a chest wound after being hit by two bullets at Croydon's Windmill Road custody block on 25 September 2020.
Louis De Zoysa, 25, had claimed diminished responsibility, but a jury ruled he had acted deliberately. He will be sentenced next month.
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Many supporters of Ukraine had cherished the hope that this summer might see a military offensive that could liberate occupied territory and lead to peace.
That started early this month, but the Western consensus about Ukraine’s counter-offensive seems to be that it’s too early to say whether it’s succeeding.
So what are the Ukrainians trying to achieve, and how long will it take to see any limit of how far they can go? Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban explains.
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At least 200 Pakistani citizens were on board the overloaded migrant boat that sank off the coast of Greece last week, say Pakistani authorities.
The boat went down around 50 miles from the coastal town of Pylos on June 14, according to the Greek coast guard.
82 people are confirmed dead, but the UN estimates up to 500 people were on board the vessel.
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Titanic director and submersible expert James Cameron has told the BBC that the deep submergence community had previously raised concerns about OceanGate's vehicle, and had even written to the company saying telling them "you are going on a path to catastrophe".
He compared the Titan's tragedy to the loss of the Titanic itself and her crew in 1912, calling it a "terrible irony".
"We now have another wreck that is based on unfortunately the same principles of not heeding warnings," he said, following the discovery of debris from the sub in the ocean.
All five men on board were killed when the sub imploded.
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A huge dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine was destroyed two weeks ago, unleashing a flood.
Thousands of people were evacuated from low-lying areas either side of the river Dnipro.
Moscow says it had nothing to do with the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in, and has accused Ukraine of firing missiles at it.
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The families of the five men who died in the Titanic submersible implosion have been paying tribute to their lost loved ones.
Relatives of the renowned French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet said he will be remembered as "one of the greatest deep-sea explorers in modern history".
The family of one of Pakistan's richest men, Shahzada Dawood, who was onboard the sub with his 19-year-old son Sulaiman, said they were "overwhelmed with the love and support that [the search and rescue mission] received and grateful to the those who showcased the best in humanity.”
The family of British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding have said: "If we can take any small consolation from this tragedy, it's that we lost him doing what he loved."
Stockton Rush was the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm that operates the Titanic voyages on the lost submersible. In a BBC documentary, he once said, "I read an article that said there are three words in the English language that are known throughout the planet. And that's "Coca-Cola", "God", and "Titanic"."
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All five passengers on board the Titan submersible have died, the US Coast Guard has said.
Rear admiral John Mauger confirmed that five parts of the vessel were found approximately 1600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreck
The debris discovered was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion", he tells a news conference.
Speaking to the BBC, search expert David Mearns, who is friends of two of those who were on board the Titan sub said he has lost two friends in "the most horrific way"
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The US Coast Guard says that a debris field located in the North Atlantic suggests that a submersible missing since Sunday, with five passengers on board, suffered a "catastrophic implosion".
The vessel, which had limited oxygen supplies, went missing deep under the ocean on Sunday after setting off to explore the wreck of the Titanic.
It prompted a massive five-day search and rescue operation led by US, Canadian and French agencies.
The agency offered its condolences to the families of the victims and said it could not confirm if their bodies would ever be recovered.
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The five passengers on board the missing Titan submersible have died, a Coast Guard official said.
The company that operates the vessel said the five men were "true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure".
The US Coast Guard said that a debris field was discovered near the wreck of the Titanic earlier on Thursday morning.
The vessel disappeared on Sunday.
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Debris from the missing Titan sub has been found in the search site, a friend of the passengers said.
Dive expert David Mearns said the debris includes "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible".
A debris field was found on the seabed near the Titanic wreck, the US Coast Guard announced.
It was located by a remote-controlled underwater search vehicle (ROV) near the wreck of the Titanic.
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Today marks 75 years since the HMT Empire Windrush docked in the UK - carrying hundreds of passengers from the Carribean to fill labour shortages.
Hundreds of thousands more Commonwealth citizens came in the 25 years that followed. But poor record keeping by the Home Office means it’s estimated tens of thousands were unable to prove they were in the country legally - and were prevented from accessing healthcare, work and housing.
Dozens were wrongly deported. One of the leading lawyers representing Windrush victims has criticised the Home Office for not making more progress since the scandal broke - and is calling for another body to take over.
But some have concerns that doing so could significantly delay making payments. The Home Office have said the figure paid or offered to Windrush Claimants is now £75 million.
In a statement, the Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the government were making improvements so the people receive the maximum award as quickly as possible, but that the government recognised there was more work to do.
Newsnight’s Anna Collinson has been speaking to one family affected.
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A ‘debris field’ has been found near the wreck of the Titanic in the search for the missing tourist submersive, Titan, the US Coast Guard has announced.
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) discovered the debris on the sea floor and experts are evaluating the information.
The Coast Guard is due to hold a press conference.
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As the search for the missing OceanGate Titan submarine enters a "critical" stage, what could the passengers on board be experiencing?
Dr Sarah Spelsberg, medical lead on the underwater research mission Project Neptune 100, explains how the experience of three of the five people within the vessel could be helping to conserve oxygen for longer.
Dr Spelsberg also discusses the chances of hypothermia and why decompression of the sub is unlikely, but would be "catastrophic" if experienced.
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More deep-sea search equipment joins hunt for the mising Titanic sub.
A French vessel with a submersible capable of reaching the sea bed and transmitting images to the surface has arrived in the search area.
The submersible could be in ultra-deep water as it is capable of reaching a depth of 4,000m - enough to reach the Titanic wreck which lies at 3,800m beneath the surface.
The French submersible Victor 6000, which is being used at this stage, is capable of reaching the sea bed and transmitting images to the surface as well as carrying out extremely delicate manoeuvres such as cutting or removing debris.
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The exact whereabouts of the missing Titanic submersible and the condition of the five crew onboard are unknown.
It is thought that, if the vessel is still intact, it may have just a few hours of oxygen remaining, creating a race against time to find the sub before it is too late.
The search has been expanded, with aircraft and ships, as well as remotely operated vehicles, combing around 10,000 sq miles of ocean.
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A former employee of OceanGate - the company that operates the missing Titan submersible - warned of potential safety problems with the vessel as far back as 2018.
US court documents show that David Lochridge, the company's Director of Marine Operations, had raised concerns in an inspection report.
The report "identified numerous issues that posed serious safety concerns", according to the documents, including the way the hull had been tested.
A spokesman for OceanGate declined to comment on the safety issues raised.
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More noises have been detected in the search for a submersible which went missing on Sunday while on a dive to see the Titanic wreck site, the US Coast Guard says.
Capt Jamie Frederick said they did not know what the noises were and the US navy was helping analyse them.
Meanwhile rescuers have expanded the search area to twice the size of the US state of Connecticut, he said.
More boats and underwater vehicles were due to join the search on Thursday.
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A man has been arrested after one person was left in a life-threatening condition and another was injured in a stabbing attack at a London hospital.
Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal in the UK capital was temporarily locked down, but has since reopened with a heightened police presence.
One witness described how patients and visitors were locked in a nurses' room while police dealt with the incident.
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A number of people are in a critical condition following an explosion in central Paris, the French capital's mayor has said.
The blast took place in Rue Saint-Jacques in the fifth arrondissement of the city.
The facade of one building has fallen onto the street as a result of the explosion and several buildings have caught fire, images on social media show.
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The Titan submersible which went missing on a mission to the wreck of the Titanic may have less than 20 hours of oxygen remaining, Rear Admiral John Mauger from US Coast Guard has told BBC News.
He described the rescue mission as a “complex and difficult case” and said his team is working "very hard" using “all available resources”.
Contact with the miniature sub, which has five people on board, was lost on Sunday as it made a 3,800m descent to the Titanic wreck.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged battlefield progress has been "slower than desired", weeks into Ukraine's military offensive to recapture areas occupied by Russia.
Ukraine says its counter-offensive has reclaimed eight villages so far in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk to the east.
However, Zelensky said the military push was not going easily because 200,000 sq km (77,220 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory had been mined by Russian forces.
"Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It's not," he told the BBC.
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US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California.
The remark came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Xi for talks in Beijing, which were aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers.
Biden also said Xi was embarrassed after an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US.
China said it "firmly opposes" Mr Biden's comments.
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Rescue teams are in a race against time after a tourist submersible carrying five people went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
The so-called Titan sub's air supply is expected to run out at around 11:00 BST on Thursday, and experts say finding and recovering the missing vessel will be exceedingly challenging.
But why is the sub so hard to find?
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky has said in an interview with BBC News that he believes his country will have use of F-16 fighter jets in six or seven months time’.
He told the BBC’s Yalda Hakim that training on the jets would begin this summer, and admitted it was difficult to measure the success of Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia.
The interview comes ahead of a World Bank conference aiming to help rebuild Ukraine’s economy.
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A whistleblower previously voiced concerns over the safety of the missing Titanic submersible, court documents claim.
The 2018 documents reveal that an Oceangate employee raised issues about the safety and design of the vessel, named Titan.
Contact with the miniature sub, which has five people on board, was lost on Sunday as it made a 3,800m (12,467 ft) descent to the Titanic wreck.
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Rescuers searching for a tourist submersible near the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic have heard "noises" in the area near where the vessel went missing on Sunday.
According to the US Coast Guard, a Canadian P-3 aircraft heard the sounds, which US Navy experts are analysing.
Underwater operations have been relocated to explore the source. But so far the remote operated vehicles have "yielded negative results", the Coast Guard said.
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For as long as anyone can remember, humanity has been on the move. Some people move in search of work, to join family, or to study.
Others to escape conflict, persecution, or human rights violations; some in response to the adverse effects of climate change or natural disasters.
Last week the tragic capsizing of a fishing boat crowded with migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean was a stark reminder of the terrible risks people are willing to take.
Mike Thomson has been to Tunisia for Newsnight to investigate the plight of those seeking to leave the shores of North Africa.
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A tourist submersible that went missing on a visit to the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board has just 40 hours of air left, the US Coastguard says.
The search to locate the small, deep-diving vessel is ongoing after it lost contact while diving near the wreckage of the Titanic.
The research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with the crew of the Titan sub an hour and 45 minutes into its dive.
Tour firm OceanGate said it was exploring all options to get the crew back safely, and government agencies have joined the rescue operation.
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US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax crimes and admit to illegally possessing a gun while a drug user, after a five-year investigation.
The US Attorney in Delaware has filed papers indicating a plea agreement has been reached.
He is expected to agree to drug treatment and monitoring.
The terms of the agreement are likely to keep him out of jail.
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A year-long investigation by the BBC has uncovered a global monkey torture ring with hundreds of customers located in the UK, US and beyond.
Starting out on YouTube and progressing to the encrypted messaging app Telegram, the ring commissioned people in Indonesia to abuse and kill baby long-tailed macaques on film.
This is a story about Mini, and the growing network of westerners buying into the world of monkey torture.
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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women.
His brother Tristan and two associates also face charges. All have denied the allegations.
The Tate brothers were first arrested at their Bucharest home in December.
In March, they were moved from custody to house arrest following a ruling by a Romanian judge.
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Search teams are racing against time to find a tourist submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic's wreck on Sunday.
Five people were onboard when contact with the small sub was lost about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive.
The rescue operation is continuing in the mid-Atlantic but there has been no sign of the vessel so far.
US and Canadian agencies, navies and commercial deep-sea firms are all helping the rescue operation.
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It’s a year since millions in the US were blocked from accessing an abortion, and the debate is as divisive as ever.
The reversing of the Roe v Wade ruling last summer was a controversial moment - both for those who believe termination ends an innocent life, and for those who feel any restrictions breaches a woman’s right to control her own body.
In a joint investigation for BBC Newsnight and Our World, Anna Collinson has travelled across two neighbouring - but very different - US states to see how restrictions on abortion are impacting America.
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A massive search and rescue effort is under way in the North Atlantic after a submarine exploring the wreck of the Titanic went missing on Sunday.
The research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with the Titan submersible an hour and 45 minutes into its dive.
It is believed there are five people on board the submarine, including Hamish Harding, a 59-year-old British billionaire businessman and explorer.
The US Coast Guard estimates the sub has between 70 and 96 hours of emergency oxygen.
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Ukraine has announced more successes in its counter offensive against Russian positions.
Ukrainian forces say they are making “modest but steady” progress in three areas of attack across the 1,000km (620 mile) front line.
Troops are launching probing attacks, while most of Ukraine's forces are in reserve as they wait for a big enough opening in Russian defences to launch a main attack to recapture land in the south of the country.
The BBC joined the 68th Jaeger Brigade as its combat forces sought to expand their control eastward of the recently regained village of Blahodatne.
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Ukraine is making “modest but steady” progress across its 1,000km front line against Russia, Ukrainian forces have said.
A BBC team has been on the ground with a Ukrainian brigade pushing to reclaim territory in one of the three areas of attack across the front line.
Troops are launching probing attacks, while most of Ukraine's forces are being held in reserve, waiting for a big enough opening in Russian defences to launch a main attack to recapture land in the south of the country.
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Pakistan is to hold a day of mourning after migrants aboard a fishing boat sank off the coast of Greece.
The majority of people on the boat are believed to have been Pakistan nationals.
The UN believes 500 people are still missing following the boat sinking in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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issues with the technology is copyright. The output of AI systems is built upon the output of creators, AIs are trained on millions of human-made images. BBC Click’s Ben Derico investigates how artists can protect their work from the growing power of generative AI.
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The war in Ukraine must end, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.
Mr Ramaphosa's remarks came as he met Mr Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday as part of a peace mission with six other African countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the delegation on Friday that he would not enter talks with Russia while they occupied Ukrainian land.
Mr Putin told the African leaders Ukraine had always refused talks.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials. The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials said the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a relationship that has become extremely tense. It comes nearly five months after an earlier Blinken visit was postponed, following the flight of a suspected Chinese spy balloon in US airspace.
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Around 40 people, mostly pupils, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group.
A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.
Boys staying in dormitories are among the dead. Several others, mostly girls, have been abducted, authorities said.
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Some of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons have left the country for the first time since the end of the Soviet Union and are now stationed in neighbouring Belarus.
The US said it's watching developments closely but added there's no indication the Kremlin plans to use them.
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A new era of icy relations between Washington and Beijing has seen Apple's biggest manufacturer switch focus to supplying the electric car industry.
Foxconn is responsible for 60 percent of Apple's products, including the iPhone, but has found itself caught in the middle of growing political strain between the US and China.
In an exclusive interview, chairman and boss Young Liu told the BBC what the future may hold for the firm.
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Up to 500 people are still missing from a migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN human rights office said.
Large numbers of women and children were among those missing that left 78 people dead.
The "horrific tragedy" underlines the need to bring people smugglers to justice, the UN added.
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The Minneapolis Police Department engaged in a pattern of discrimination against black and Native American people and routinely resorted to "excessive force", a US Department of Justice report has found.
The report said that problems within the force "made what happened to George Floyd possible".
The death of Floyd at the hands of police sparked mass protests in 2020.
The investigation was launched a day after the trial of his killer.
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President Putin has threatened to target US-made F16 fighter jets if they are supplied to Ukraine.
The Russian President accused the West of seeking Russia’s strategic defeat in the war in Ukraine.
The US President Joe Biden has given permission for Ukrainian pilots to be trained to fly F16s fighter jets. It’s thought that European nations could supply the jets to Ukraine but no decision has yet been taken.
Speaking at Russia’s annual economic forum in St Petersburg, Mr Putin said his country remained strong, despite international sanctions imposed by the West following the Ukraine invasion.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Russia Editor Steven Rosenberg.
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Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says.
Speaking at an economic forum, he said they would only be used if Russia's territory or state was threatened.
The US government says there is no indication the Kremlin plans to use nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine.
The Russian leader is due to meet African leaders in St Petersburg after they visited Kyiv on Friday as part of a peace initiative they are presenting to both countries. However, while they were in the city it came under Russian missile attack.
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A brutal report from the Privileges Committee yesterday laid out how Boris Johnson as Prime Minister intentionally misled the House of Commons and the public, when he said of lockdown gatherings at Downing St 'all guidance had been followed completely'. The reaction from Mr Johnson? Not humility or acceptance, but a doubling down, taking a leaf - in the eyes of some - straight out of Donald Trump's playbook. The report's conclusions were “rubbish” he said in a statement, ”a lie”, “deranged”, “a charade”, “a dreadful day for MPs and for democracy.” But in Boris Johnson’s resignation statement as an MP after learning of the committee’s conclusion, he said, “It is very sad to be leaving Parliament – at least for now.” So does the former prime minister have any realistic chance of a future in politics after this? Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog — Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
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When Russian invaded Ukraine, the BBC and its partners began painstakingly verifying and counting as many deaths as possible.
We identified more than 25,000 named individuals - people we know to have died - setting a bare minimum for Russia's total losses.
The count provides hard evidence of the war's impact on Russian forces. But it has also given answers to grieving families. Some relatives did not even know what had happened to their loved ones until the BBC traced them.
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Greek officials have denied a series of reports that suggest a migrant boat capsized 50 miles off the south coast because a rope was attached by coastguards.
So far 78 people are confirmed dead but hundreds more are feared missing, including as many as 100 children.
The coastguard said initially it had kept a "discreet distance".
But a government spokesman now says a rope was used when the coastguard approached the fishing boat.
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As African leaders arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky, an air raid alert was issued in the city and the region.
The alert came after the Ukrainian air force said several Russian Kalibr missiles had been launched from the Black Sea and were "heading north" towards Kyiv.
Russian missile attacks ramped up this week on Kyiv, Odesa, and President Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, killing several people.
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The UK government has previously claimed some success in getting the numbers of illegal migrants down, but what headway, if any, have they made on sorting out what they’ve termed a "broken" asylum system?
More than 1,400 people have been detected crossing the English channel in a period of four days.
The Illegal Migration Bill, which aims to deport those arriving in the UK without permission, breaches a "number of the UK's human rights obligations”, according to MPs and peers.
Newsnight’s Anna Collinson reports.
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Three days of mourning has been declared in Greece after at least 79 migrants died when the boat they were in capsized.
Survivors from the fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe's worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board.
But scores more could still be missing at sea, with reports suggesting that up to 750 people were aboard the vessel.
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Since the start of Russia’s invasion, residents in Ukraine have become accustomed to air raid sirens and finding shelter.
In the capital, Kyiv, the city’s Metro stations have become bunkers during missile strikes.
The BBC’s Yalda Hakim describes how they have become part of normal life.
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Gale force winds and heavy rains are lashing coastal areas of north-west India and southern Pakistan as a fierce cyclone makes landfall.
More than 170,000 people have been evacuated so far.
Forecasters have warned that Cyclone Biparjoy - which means "disaster" in Bengali - could destroy homes and crops in its path.
The landfall process has started and could go on till midnight local time.
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Three North Koreans want to tell the world about the situation in the country.
They expose, for the first time, the disaster unfolding there since the government sealed the borders more than three years ago starvation, brutal crackdowns and no chance to escape.
Under the tyrannical rule of Kim Jong Un, North Koreans are forbidden from making contact with the outside world.
A spokesperson for the North Korean government has disputed the claims, which they said were “not entirely factual”.
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Western allies are set to announce their plans to train Ukrainian pilots to fly Western jets, including US-made F-16s when they meet in Brussels today.
But it's still not clear which countries will be willing to provide the jets, how many, or even when.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Allies would discuss “how to sustain and step-up support to Ukraine.”
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Boris Johnson, the former UK prime minister, deliberately misled Parliament committing a serious contempt, the Privileges Committee has concluded.
The report from MPs has been investigating whether Johnson deliberately misled MPs in statements to the Commons about so-called Partygate.
Last week, Johnson stepped down as a Conservative MP after being given advance sight of the Privileges Committee's report.
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At least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing boat sank off southern Greece.
But survivors have suggested as many as 750 people may have been packed on to the boat, with reports of 100 children in the hold.
Greece says it is one of its biggest ever migrant tragedies, and has declared three days of mourning.
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Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida.
Mr Trump is the first US president - current or former - to be hit with a federal criminal indictment.
Arms crossed, in a dark suit and red tie, he sat in stone-faced silence for his second court appearance this year.
A trial date has not yet been set, though the case is still earmarked for Aileen Cannon, a federal district judge in South Florida who was appointed by Mr Trump.
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People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death.
The government sealed the country's border in 2020 in response to the pandemic, cutting off vital supplies.
Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world’s most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say.
It has also tightened its control over people's lives, our interviewees say, making it even harder to survive.
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Italy is marking the death of ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi following his death aged 86.
The Archbishop of Milan led Berlusconi's state funeral in the city's grand cathedral.
Italy is holding a day of national mourning.
All Italian and European flags on public buildings have been lowered to half-mast.
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Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida.
Mr Trump is the first US president - current or former - to be hit with a federal criminal indictment.
Trump later travelled to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he addressed supporters.
The former president struck a defiant tone and told the assembled crowd he had "every right" to hold the classified documents, but "hadn't had a chance to go through all the boxes".
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Two Japanese soldiers were killed and another injured after a new recruit opened fire at a military training range in central Japan, officials said.
An 18-year-old trainee was detained on the spot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police have said.
They alleged the male shooter fired eight times at instructors during a shooting drill in Gifu on Wednesday.
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At least three people have been killed and 13 injured in a relatively rare Russian attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa
Three more civilians were killed overnight in the eastern Donetsk region - though Moscow is yet to comment on the alleged strikes
Last night, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukraine's counter-offensive was failing, with its army suffering major losses.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted last night that there was "movement forward" - citing advances in several areas.
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Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida.
Mr Trump been charged with 37 counts of unauthorised possession of classified material, obstruction of justice, concealing documents and making false statements to law enforcement.
More than 325 classified files - including some marked with Secret and Top Secret designations - were discovered over the course of last year at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
Mr Trump is the first US president - current or former - to be hit with a federal criminal indictment.
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Donald Trump is due to surrender to authorities in Miami to face charges that he mishandled classified documents.
The first former president ever to face federal charges, he is accused of 37 criminal counts of unauthorised possession of classified material, obstruction of justice and making false statements to law enforcement.
Mr Trump's court appearance is his second in less than three months.
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Three people have died and three more are injured following a series of attacks in Nottingham in the UK.
The University of Nottingham confirmed two of the three people to have died were students.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths.
Police say they have an open mind on the motive - but counter-terror officers are involved.
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Russia has been accused of "massive" missile attack on the home city of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
At least 11 people have died and 28 others have been injured by the strikes overnight on the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian officials said.
The latest hostilities come after Kyiv's counter-offensive against Russian forces got under way - with Ukraine saying their troops have recaptured seven settlements.
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Palestinians under the age of 30 have never had a chance to vote in an election and many say they have little faith in the Palestinian leadership.
Exclusive data shared with the BBC suggests they are increasingly rejecting the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
At the same time, support for armed confrontation is highest amongst under 30-year-olds.
The Palestinian Authority did not respond to a request for a reply to issues raised in this story.
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The European Parliament will vote this week on its Artificial Intelligence Act - the first legal rules of their kind on AI.
The move comes after warnings from experts of serious risks and consequences if it continues to go unregulated.
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Russia has been accused of launching a "massive missile attack" on several civilian buildings in Kryvyi Rih - the home city of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
At least six people died and several others were injured, officials said.
Elsewhere in the country, officials said buildings were hit in a drone attack in Kharkiv and that Kyiv's air defences successfully repelled air attacks.
The latest hostilities come after Kyiv's counter-offensive against Russian forces got under way - with Ukraine saying their troops have recaptured seven settlements.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were killed in Nottingham city centre.
Two people were found dead in Ilkeston Road just after 04:00 BST.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
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Donald Trump is spending the night in Miami, Florida, before he appears in court there on Tuesday charged with mishandling national security files.
The former US president flew from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to his Trump Doral resort near Miami.
Mr Trump is facing dozens of charges of illegally retaining classified information, including some about nuclear secrets.
It is the second time this year he has been charged with a crime.
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Donald Trump has arrived in Miami, Florida, where he will appear in court on Tuesday charged with mishandling national security files.
The former US president flew from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Monday morning.
Mr Trump is facing dozens of charges of illegally retaining classified information, including some about nuclear secrets.
This is the first ever federal criminal prosecution against a former US president.
Mr Trump, who is campaigning to make a return to the White House in 2024, denies wrongdoing.
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Former US President Donald Trump has been criminally charged for the second time in months.
This time, the subject is his handling of classified files after he left the White House.
Thousands of documents were seized in an FBI search at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago last year, including about 100 marked as classified.
The BBC's Nomia Iqbal looks at how will it all play out when Donald Trump, the former US president, heads to Miami.
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An 11-year-old girl from a British family was shot dead while playing on a swing in her garden in France.
A neighbour began firing shots at Solaine Thornton and her eight-year-old sister as their parents tended the barbecue in the village of Saint-Herbot, north of Quimper in Brittany.
The suspect, described as a 71-year-old Dutch national, reportedly shut himself in his house following the incident but eventually surrendered to police and was arrested along with his wife.
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Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east of the country in the first victories of its counter-offensive.
Officials reported on Monday that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove, along with neighbouring settlements of Blahodatne and Neskuchne, as well as nearby Makarivka in the Donetsk region.
Moscow has yet to confirm the fall of any of the villages – which are relatively small, and says Ukrainian assaults in the region have been repelled.
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Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86.
He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.
In April, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection linked to a previously undisclosed case of chronic leukaemia.
A flamboyant billionaire media tycoon, Berlusconi first came to office in 1994 and led four governments until 2011.
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Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv's counter-offensive began.
On Monday morning, officials reported that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove.
It comes after President Zelensky acknowledged on Saturday that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way.
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Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigations after being arrested by police on Sunday.
Sturgeon was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into Scottish National Party funding and finances.
After being questioned by detectives the former first minister was released from custody on Sunday.
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Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.
Police confirmed a 52-year-old woman was taken into custody as a suspect and is being questioned by detectives.
A spokeswoman for Ms Sturgeon confirmed she had attended a police interview by arrangement on Sunday.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country's long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started.
But he refused to say which stage or state the counter-offensive was in.
The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the south and east of Ukraine and speculation about progress of the widely anticipated push.
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Three British tourists are missing after a fire on board a boat during a sea cruise in the Egyptian Red Sea.
Twelve other British tourists were rescued from the boat which was off the coast of Marsa Alam, local authorities said.
It was understood around 30 people were on board - 15 Britons with the rest being Egyptian crew.
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The PGA Tour and DP World Tour have agreed to merge with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund [PIF] in a deal that ends the split in the game.
The surprise announcement comes after a year of unprecedented disruption in the men's game following the launch of LIV Golf, which is funded by the PIF.
It means pending litigation between the tours will be halted and they will move forward as part of the same enterprise.
BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins explains why a surprise deal between golf’s two main tours and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has sent shockwaves through the world of men’s professional golf.
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Four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending weeks fending for themselves in Colombia's Amazon jungle.
Colombia's president said the rescue of the siblings was "a joy for the whole country".
The children's mother and two pilots were killed when their light aircraft crashed in the jungle on 1 May.
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The impact of ultra-processed foods like crisps, bread and cereals is a "ticking timebomb" to our health, a leading scientist has said.
The BBC’s Panorama programme has been investigating the impact of ultra-processed foods with the help of identical twins on very different diets.
The effect on their health was clear after just two weeks.
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Federal prosecutors have brought 37 charges against Donald Trump. He’s the first ever former President to face federal criminal prosecution.
Mr Trump is accused of retaining top secret documents when he left the White House two years ago -and of conspiring to obstruct justice.
Prosecutors say the documents contained details of the defence and weapons capabilities of the United States and other countries, along with details of US nuclear programmes and information about the potential vulnerability of the United States and its allies to military attack.
Mr Trump is accused of taking dozens of boxes of documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and storing them in a ballroom, a bathroom, and even a shower.
Mr Trump, who's due to appear in court in Florida, insists he's innocent.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by north America editor Sarah Smith in Washington and Nomia Iqbal in Florida.
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Former President Donald Trump has been charged with mishandling hundreds of classified files, including about US nuclear weapons and military plans.
The 37-count indictment accuses him of keeping the documents at his Florida estate, including in a ballroom and bathroom, and lying to investigators.
The charge sheet lists 31 counts of wilful retention of national defence information under the Espionage Act.
Mr Trump, who is running for president again in 2024, denies any wrongdoing.
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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Partygate report.
That report by the MP-led Privileges Committee looked into whether he misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street.
His statement said: "They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons."
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There have been recent suggestions that the UK government is underinvesting in new microchip technology compared to the EU or US. But what if they've had a better idea, and are instead backing something that could finish off microprocessors as surely as steam ships left sailing clippers in their wake?
The sector in question is quantum technology, where research suggests a revolution in computer speeds is now attainable.
But is the UK's early investment in the technology of £2.5bn over the next decade - more than the US - enough to ensure it reaps the rewards?
Newsnight’s Science and Technology Correspondent Kate Lamble reports.
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While attention has focused on the Khakovka dam disaster in Ukraine this week, the long-heralded counter-offensive has been underway for a few days now and there's an awful lot riding on it.
Ukraine is committing a carefully husbanded reserve of units trained and equipped by the West, hoping to free large tracts of occupied territory.
Unsurprisingly given the stakes, President Zelensky's government has been tight lipped about it, with one or two officials even claiming it hadn't started. But events on the battlefield show us clearly it has.
Using drone footage and maps, Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban gives a comprehensive analysis of what the counter offensive has achieved a few days in.
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Scientists in Norway say they have evidence of an explosion around the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine which coincide with its collapse.
Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of attacking the dam, though some speculated it could have collapsed from previous damage
Ukraine’s domestic security service claims to have a recording it says shows Russian soldiers admitting its forces attacked the dam, but the claims can't be verified.
Its still unclear what caused the breach.
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Former US President Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House.
He faces seven counts, including mishandling classified documents and obstructing efforts to investigate the storage of the files at his Florida home.
Both are federal crimes which can carry a prison sentence on conviction.
He is the first former president ever to be criminally prosecuted by the government he once headed.
Trump described the charges as "a disgusting act of election interference."
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UK firms could gain access to billions in US green funding under new plans announced by Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden.
The Atlantic Declaration would allow British electric car firms access to new US green tax credits and subsidies, steps up co-operation on AI and includes a data protection deal.
The deal may be subject to approval by Congress and state-by-state agreement in the US for some areas.
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New evidence of the cause of the Kakhovka dam breach has emerged.
Seismic signals recorded in Bukovina, Romania, 620km (372 miles) away from Nova Kakhovka, indicate an explosion took place at 02:54 on Tuesday.
Norsar, the Norwegian Seismic Array which analysed the signals, says the timing and location coincide with the collapse of the dam.
Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the dam whilst Moscow deny it is to blame.
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Ukraine has accused Russia of attacking evacuation points for those affected by the Kakhovka dam breach.
Both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of targeting evacuation points in the Kherson region
Rescue teams and volunteers are continuing to head out on boats to salvage anyone, or anything they can.
Their efforts are punctuated by outgoing artillery fire.
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Former US President Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House.
Mr Trump, 76, faces seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files, US media reported. The charges are not yet public.
It is the second indictment of Mr Trump and the first ever federal indictment of a former president.
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Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, who ran for president as a Republican, has died at the age of 93.
He was one of the driving forces of a movement to increase the influence of the religious right in US politics.
He founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1960 and helped grow it into a cable media empire.
CBN announced the news of his death on Thursday. No cause was given.
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El Niño, a natural weather event, has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change.
US scientists confirmed that El Niño had started. Experts say it will likely make 2024 the world's hottest year.
They fear it will help push the world past a key 1.5C warming milestone.
It will also affect world weather, potentially bringing drought to Australia, more rain to the southern US, and weakening India's monsoon.
The event will likely last until next spring, after which its impacts will recede.
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Warning: Contains strong language and refers to claims of sexual violence.
Another woman who alleges she was raped and assaulted by Andrew Tate has spoken to Newsnight.
Along with three other women, she's planning to sue the controversial social media personality for damages at the High Court in London for alleged sexual abuse between 2013 and 2016. Andrew Tate denies the claims. 30-year-old 'Evie’, not her real name, alleges she was raped by Tate after being choked by him. It happened, she claims, ten years ago - before he was famous. Newsnight understands three people who know Evie, and say they remember her describing what had happened, have told her laywers they're prepared to give evidence in court to that effect. Evie says she's speaking out because she didn't know that what she says he did, was an alleged crime, and she wants people to understand what 'consent' is. A spokesperson for Andrew Tate has told us in response to the interview: “Andrew vehemently denies these accusations and does not condone violence of any kind towards women. All sexual acts that Andrew has partaken in have been consensual and agreed upon before by both parties. "He is saddened that a few opportunistic women who he has allegedly spent time with nearly a decade ago have decided to try and take advantage of his current situation. We will not be commenting any further on anyone’s alleged intention to pursue legal action unless such action is submitted to the authorities.”
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Women who are groped on trains across East Asia face the further threat of their assault being filmed and uploaded for sale online.
BBC World Service's investigative unit, BBC Eye, uncovers a network of websites selling these abuse videos.
The websites are run by a shadowy figure known as “Uncle Qi”. He’s hailed as a guru by an online community of perverts. But who is he?
The investigation goes inside this dark and twisted world to hear from the perpetrators of these horrendous crimes - and meet the women who are fighting back.
BBC Eye goes undercover to expose the identity of the men cashing in on sexual violence.
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French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and the Annecy prosecutor have held a press conference following the knife attack in the town.
Six people were injured - four children and two adults - with victims as young as 22 months and three years old.
Some of the children injured are in a "severe state" in intensive care, Borne said.
She also told reporters that the suspect, who has been arrested, is a Syrian national who had refugee status in Sweden - he also had no criminal or psychiatric record.
The people of France are shocked but the prime minister said everyone was "standing firm".
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At least four very young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, in France's south-east, the interior minister says.
Police overpowered and arrested the attacker, Gérald Darmanin said.
Reports say the children were aged about three years old and at least two were in a critical condition.
Regional deputy Antoine Armand described the attack as "abominable" and French prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, is on her way to the scene.
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Former US vice-president Mike Pence has fired accusations at Donald Trump during a speech launching his 2024 campaign.
The Republican offered his most forceful repudiation of Mr Trump to date as he accused him of being unfaithful to the US constitution and of abandoning conservative values.
The former Indiana governor and congressman formally commenced his White House campaign on Wednesday.
The move pits him against his two-time running mate, who he served under in the White House from 2017-21.
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Millions in North America, including New York, have been advised to wear N95 masks outdoors due to poor air quality levels sparked by intense wildfires in Canada.
New York will begin distributing free masks on Thursday. Canada has said that people should wear a mask if they are unable to remain indoors.
Officials have warned that the dangerously smoky conditions are expected to persist into the weekend.
Much of the smoke is coming from Quebec, where 150 fires are burning.
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The breaching of a major dam in southern Ukraine will have a catastrophic effect on locating landmines, the Red Cross has warned.
Thousands of people have already been evacuated from parts of the Kherson region as water continues to surge down the Dnipro river which divides Russian and Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other for sabotaging the Kakhovka dam.
Three flood-related deaths have been reported in Russian-held Oleshky.
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Prince Harry has given evidence for a second day at the High Court, as part of his hacking case against the Daily Mirror publisher
He says he took the case against Mirror Group Newspapers to stop "hate" towards his wife Meghan.
The Duke of Sussex also court he once found a tracking device on the car of his ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Dav.
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Tens of millions of people in North America are experiencing dangerous air quality levels as intense wildfires burn across Canada.
Smoke blanketed large areas of Ontario and Quebec, while an orange haze hung over much of the north-eastern US throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday.
Toronto and New York briefly ranked among the metro areas with the worst air quality in the world overnight.
Much of the smoke is coming from Quebec, where 160 fires are burning.
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A prolific cyber crime gang thought to be based in Russia has issued an ultimatum to victims of a hack that has hit organisations around the world.
The Clop group posted a notice on the dark web warning firms affected by the MOVEit hack to email them before 14 June or stolen data will be published.
More than 100,000 staff at the BBC, British Airways and Boots have been told payroll data may have been taken.
Employers are being urged not to pay up if the hackers demand a ransom.
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The question many are asking is how a dam in Southern Ukraine was destroyed - and who destroyed it.
Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other - it's reported that US intelligence is pointing to Russia.
Nearby a town is drowning under metres of water, and thousands of people are being evacuated.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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The first case of a crocodile making herself pregnant has been identified at a zoo in Costa Rica.
She produced a baby that was 99.9% genetically identical to herself.
This is called a "virgin birth" and has been found in species of birds, fish and other reptiles, but never before in crocodiles.
Scientists say the trait might be inherited from an evolutionary ancestor, like dinosaurs, who also may have been capable of self-reproduction.
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Canada #US #WildfiresTens#Canada #US #Wildfires of millions of people in North America woke up to dangerous air quality levels as intense wildfires burn across Canada.
A haze hangs over the north-eastern US with some cities, including New York, briefly reporting the worst air quality of any major city in the world.
Much of the smoke is coming from Quebec where 160 fires are burning.
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Composer, writer, actor, lyricist and comedian Tim Minchin was back in London for his musical Groundhog Day, which has opened at the Old Vic Theatre.
It's based on the 1993 film which starred Bill Murray. Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire met Tim Minchin and discussed his writing, rejection, and mental health.
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There have been many of theories about why the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was breached and the team at BBC Verify has been looking into what happened.
Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the dam and there have been reports in the media that US intelligence also points the blame at Russia, although no information has been made public by the US government on that.
BBC Verify looked at satellite images to try and get a better picture.
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Pope Francis will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
He is expected to stay in hospital for "several days" to recover from the hernia operation, the Vatican said.
The hernia is "causing recurrent, painful and worsening" symptoms, added Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
The 86-year-old has faced a series of health issues in recent years, and uses a cane and a wheelchair due to a persistent knee ailment.
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Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in southern Ukraine because of flooding caused by the damage to a dam on the Dnipro River.
President Volodymyr Zelensky Zelensky said 80 towns and villages may be flooded after the attack, which he blamed on Russia.
Water is surging down the Dnipro river and is said to pose a catastrophic flooding risk to the city of Kherson.
Russia has denied destroying the dam - which is in territory under its control - instead blaming Ukrainian shelling.
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Thousands of people are being evacuated downstream of a major dam that has been blown up in Russian-held Ukraine.
President Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia.
Water is surging down the Dnipro river and is said to pose a catastrophic flooding risk to the city of Kherson.
Russia has denied destroying the dam - which it controls - instead blaming Ukrainian shelling.
Neither Ukraine or Russia's claim has been verified by the BBC.
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This was Prince Harry's highly-anticipated day in court - and by the end he sounded increasingly weary, but still doggedly sticking to his arguments.
There were no clear-cut knock-out arguments, no courtroom fireworks, no angry outbursts - instead it was a rather intense stalemate.
When Prince Harry was asked whether he thought the disputed news stories were based on unlawfully gathered information - he said why not ask the journalists who wrote them.
Prince Harry emerged from court so far unscathed, got into his car and was driven away into the London streets, where he says he never feels able to walk.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have been more successful in cracking down on opium than anyone ever has, a BBC investigation has found.
The BBC has travelled to major poppy growing areas and had exclusive access to remote provinces where our journalists have seen that farmers have either not grown opium poppy complying with the Taliban’s ban, or they’ve had their poppy crops destroyed if they defied the order.
This is backed by research from UK based experts who have analysed satellite images and said the drop in opium cultivation is likely to be as much as 80%.
The crackdown has big global ramifications, with most of the world’s opium coming from Afghanistan.
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The PGA Tour has agreed to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed rival circuit LIV Golf in a deal that will end the split in the sport.
The surprise announcement comes after a year of unprecedented disruption in the men's game following LIV's launch.
It means pending litigation between the tours will now be halted and they will move forward as a larger enterprise.
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In Kherson, a Russian-held region of Ukraine, a major dam has been damaged resulting in the evacuation of thousands of people downstream.
President Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhova, which he blamed on Russia.
Russia has denied destroying the dam - which it controls - instead blaming Ukrainian shelling.
Neither Ukraine or Russia's claim has been verified by the BBC.
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Horse racing in Singapore is set to draw to a close after more than 180 years.
It has been announced that the small Southeast Asian nation's only racecourse - Singapore Turf Club - will hold its final meeting next year.
The country's government will take back the 120-hectare site, which will be used for public and private housing.
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Crypto giant Binance, and its creator Changpeng Zhao, are being sued for operating what regulators in America are calling "a web of deception". The Securities and Exchange Commission accused the organisation of misusing customer funds. The charges follow the collapse of a rival trading platform FTX last year.
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Ukraine's military has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in the Moscow-seized region of Kherson in the south of the country.
There are fears that thousands of houses downstream may now be flooded.
A Russian-installed local official said only the power plant's upper part was destroyed by shelling - but not the dam itself.
Neither claims have been verified by the BBC.
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Many people in Afghanistan are suffering from psychological distress and severe mental health problems, according to the United Nations and psychologists working in the country. They say Afghan women are particularly badly affected.
Afghanistan saw four decades of war and dislocation before the Taliban takeover in 2021. Since then the country has faced economic crisis while its new Islamist rulers have banned women from secondary and university education and imposed many other restrictions on their lives.
One recent report by the Afghanistan Centre for Epidemiological Studies suggested that two-thirds of Afghan adolescents had reported symptoms of depression. The UN has warned of "widespread mental health issues and escalating accounts of suicides".
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye who has been speaking to women in Afghanistan about the struggles they face.
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Apple has unveiled a much-anticipated augmented reality headset, Apple Vision Pro, in its first major hardware launch for almost a decade.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the new headset "seamlessly blends the real world and the virtual world".
The tech firm also announced its latest iPhone operating system, as well as updates to MacBook Air.
The headset has a two-hour battery life, costs $3,499 (£2,849) and will be released early next year in the US.
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Ukrainian forces are "shifting to offensive actions" in some areas, the country's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar has said.
Military sources told the BBC that a series of small scale armoured offensive operations are under way.
They did not say whether this was the start of Ukraine's long-awaited full-scale counter-offensive.
Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive and claims it killed 300 troops and destroyed 16 tanks.
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The Bank of England is watching UK inflation carefully, and the latest official figures show that inflation slowed in April by less than expected to 8.7%.
Britain’s ‘core inflation’ - a measure which doesn’t include volatile components such as energy and food - is the highest of the G7 countries at 6.8% and is going in the wrong direction.
Nationwide building society has warned that rises in mortgage interest rates - closely tied to increases in the Bank of England’s rate that has been raised to try and control inflation - could hit the housing market.
So why is inflation in the UK so stubborn compared to similar countries? Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu reports.
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Russia's defence ministry says it has thwarted a major Ukrainian attack in Donetsk, in the latest sign that a wider counter-offensive may have begun.
Video of what Russia says is the battle shows military vehicles under heavy fire in fields. Russia claims it killed 300 troops and destroyed 16 tanks.
However Moscow's claims have not been independently verified.
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Four days after a deadly three-train crash killed 275 people in India, a large number of bodies remain unclaimed.
At least 275 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw suggested signal failure led to the accident, citing a "change in electronic interlocking" that sent a train on to the wrong tracks.
The deadly collision on Friday evening is India's worst rail accident this century.
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Prince Harry is one of four people claiming a newspaper group in UK hacked their voicemails.
It is one of several cases the Duke of Sussex is currently involved in with British tabloids.
He is the first royal of modern times to give evidence and be cross-examined in a British court.
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In Ukraine, the country's military has said it has made two small advances in the east of the country.
However, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its troops have beaten back a “large scale military operation” in the southern Donetsk region, something that has not been verified by the BBC.
Moscow has claimed Ukraine has lost 250 troops and that it has destroyed armoured vehicles.
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Millions of Ukrainians fled their country after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Now many are returning to their homes in the east of the country, close to frontline fighting, against official advice.
Many say they are homesick and are returning with their children to rebuild their lives, despite the continuing threat of attack by Russian forces.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse, who travelled with returning refugees to the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
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Thousands of people have been taking part in an anti-government rally in Poland's capital Warsaw.
They were protesting against a new law that critics say could be used to target opposition politicians in an election year.
There is due to be an election in Poland in October or November 2023.
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Invented in Moscow in 1984, a new Apple TV movie has charted how Tetris made its way out of the Soviet Union to become a global hit.
But how did the game become so successful?
BBC Click has taken a look.
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Pride celebrations have begun in Thailand.
Thailand is open to LGBTQ+ communities but has never passed the same-sex marriage law.
However, the winner of the recent election, the Move Forward party, has said that adopting this law is part of its main agenda.
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Investigations have been launched to determine the cause of a deadly train crash involving three trains in India.
At least 288 people were killed and more than 800 injured in Friday's incident in Odisha state, involving two passenger trains and a goods train.
Rescue efforts have concluded, with officials saying all trapped and injured passengers have been retrieved.
It is still not clear what caused the multi-train collision in Balasore district, which has been described as India's worst rail accident this century.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in for his third term as president of Turkey.
The country's long-time president won Sunday's vote, securing another five years in power.
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Professional rugby player Jodie Ounsley has not only made an impact on the pitch, but also on social media for opening up about life as a deaf person.
She speaks to BBC Click about how ‘subtitle glasses’ technology is transforming the way she trains.
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Three Israeli soldiers have been killed by an Egyptian policeman in shootings in Israeli territory near the border with Egypt, Israel's military says.
An investigation with the Egyptian army has been launched, it adds.
Egypt's military said its security officer had crossed a checkpoint while chasing drug traffickers.
The Israeli military has said the shootings were assumed to be connected with a drug smuggling operation it had carried out overnight.
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Russia is supplying the Myanmar military with advanced fighter jets and training pilots how to use them.
More than two years on from Myanmar's coup, the country's military is facing a countrywide armed uprising – and troops are struggling to hold ground and recruit foot soldiers.
So, the military’s strategy is turning to the air, with devastating consequences.
The BBC's Asia Editor Rebecca Henschke follows those fighting back on the ground and in the sky.
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A teenager from Florida has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States.
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old student from Largo, spelled "psammophile" correctly to win the 95th national bee and the $50,000 (£40,000) prize.
But can some of these top spellers tackle British spellings?
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At least 261 people have been killed and 1,000 injured in a crash involving three trains in India's eastern Odisha state, officials have said.
One passenger train derailed on to the adjacent track and was struck by an incoming train on Friday, also hitting a nearby stationary freight train.
A massive rescue operation was launched, with hundreds of emergency services searching the wreckage.
It is India's worst train crash this century and the cause is not yet clear.
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The US and Taiwan signed a new trade deal as tensions with China rise.
The announcement comes ahead of a high-level global security summit in Singapore this weekend. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu attended the Shangri-La Dialogue annual defence summit.
In recent years, the relationship between the US and China has become increasingly strained.
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A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major medical trial, researchers say.
The test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptoms, in England or Wales.
In 85% of those positive cases, it also pinpointed the original site of cancer.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin claims the West is trying to put chains around his country. But do Russians actually believe this?
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg travels to the town of Yaroslavl to find out.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has threatened potential prosecutions for Kyiv officials if they fail to keep air raid shelters open to the public.
This failure contributed to the deaths of three people during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Thursday.
A nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman died while trying to use a shelter, only to find it was closed.
Zelensky says shelters should be open 24-hours a day.
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At least 100 people are reported to have been injured after two trains collided in India's eastern Odisha state.
Nearly 50 ambulances have been sent to the scene, according to the state's chief secretary.
It is feared that a number of people have died.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to say he was distressed by the incident and his thoughts were with the bereaved families.
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The US Senate has passed a bipartisan debt limit bill to avoid a default after weeks of tense negotiations.
The bill suspends the US debt ceiling for two years, deferring the decision to raise it until after the 2024 presidential election.
President Joe Biden described the senate vote as a “big win” for the economy and the American people.
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Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been described as a “strategic failure” by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
During an address in Finland, which is Nato's newest member, Blinken also said the invasion had weakened Russia diplomatically, economically and militarily.
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The US government has issued sanctions against four Sudanese companies and several individuals for fuelling the ongoing war between rival military forces.
These sanctions will also cut off key financial flows to the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.
Around 25 million people are now in need of humanitarian aid and protection as a result of the country’s conflict, according to the UN.
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British TV presenter Phillip Schofield has said he has "lost everything" and that his "career is over" following the affair he had with a young male colleague.
The former This Morning presenter apologised but said the pair were "not boyfriends" and they only had five or six romantic encounters over a few months.
However, Schofield said the affair "was a grave error", adding: "I shouldn't have done it."
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in South Africa ahead of a summit of major economies - the so-called BRICS group - in August.
South Africa is coming under increasing pressure to decide whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will be allowed to attend the meeting.
It comes after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Putin over war crimes in Ukraine.
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US President Joe Biden has tripped and fallen at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Mr Biden, who is the nation's oldest serving president at the age of 80, was seen being helped up by Air Force officials and walking back to his seat unassisted after seemingly tripping over a sandbag on the stage.
The White House communications director said "he's fine", while Mr Biden was later seen jogging back to his motorcade, after the event.
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Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
The outlets were sued over articles alleging he killed unarmed prisoners.
A judge has now said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true.
The civil trial was the first time a court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces.
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Among the many thousands of political prisoners in Iran's jails are seven prominent environmentalists who were arrested in 2018.
Former British Council employee, Aras Amiri, spent two and a half years imprisoned with two of them.
She was released last year, and is now speaking out for the first time to draw attention to their plight.
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South Africa has said it will grant diplomatic immunity to officials going to the BRICS summit being held in Johannesberg in August.
BRICS is intended to strengthen ties between the nations that make it up - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Among those who may attend the August meeting is Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's been accused by the International Criminal Court of war crimes, committed, they say, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
South Africa has refused to condemn Russia's actions insisting it wants to remain neutral.
Under its current laws, South Africa is obliged to arrest Mr Putin if he arrives on its shores, because it's a member of the ICC.
However, a deputy minister in the South African presidency told the BBC it's going to change the law to give South Africa the right to decide 'who to arrest and who not to arrest'.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban reports.
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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has denied fuelling a culture of misogyny and defended his reputation in a combative interview with the BBC.
When the BBC put a range of allegations to him - including specific accusations of rape, human trafficking and exploiting women, for which he is being investigated by Romanian prosecutors - he dismissed them.
This was Mr Tate's first television interview with a major broadcaster since being released into house arrest from police custody in Romania in April.
He agreed to the interview with no set conditions.
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South Africa’s crumbling energy system is no longer able to keep the lights on, as lengthy power cuts are experienced daily across the country.
The BBC’s Andrew Harding uncovers a story of corruption and vested interest at the heart of South Africa’s power failure.
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Three people have died, including an 11-year-old girl, in a new night-time missile attack on Kyiv, regional police have said.
The latest attack, in which 11 other people were reported injured, occurred in the eastern Desnyanskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.
Russia has been subjecting the Ukrainian capital to regular aerial strikes with missiles and drones.
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Atrocities from war are being documented on social media.
This material can be used as evidence to help prosecute war crimes. But the BBC has spoken to people affected by violent conflict who have seen the major social media companies take down this content.
The increasing use of AI means the companies own policies of allowing graphic content to stay on their platforms if it shows human rights abuses, are being undermined, leading to vital evidence being lost for good.
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If a majority of legislators in the chamber approve, the bill will move on to the US Senate.
After months of negotiations, President Joe Biden and Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy finally reached a deal to raise the amount of money the US can borrow, avoid a default on the national debt, and limit federal spending for the next two years.
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Ukraine has said more than 19,000 children have been removed to Russia, many from children’s homes and special schools in occupied areas.
Russia has insisted that its motives are purely humanitarian, evacuating children to protect them from danger.
The BBC's Eastern Europe correspondent has found new evidence of how the children are treated and met some of the relatives who’ve had to make journeys to get them back.
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The Head of the Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog has warned about the risks of “severe nuclear accident” around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Rafael Grossi said the security situation around the plant is “extremely fragile and dangerous” because of continued military activity in the region.
It is Europe’s largest nuclear power station and it’s been occupied by Russia for more than a year.
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The former US military chief general David Petraeus has said that Russia’s operation over the winter “has failed”.
Petraeus said the upcoming Ukrainian counter offensive could be “very impressive,” in an exclusive BBC interview.
The retired US army general is in Kyiv where he has met Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
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What might happen next in the conflict in Ukraine? After Moscow was hit in rare drone attacks yesterday, Russia said it reserves the right to take the "harshest possible measures" in response.
The Kremlin's blaming Ukraine for the attack - officials in Kyiv have denied responsibility. The assault on Moscow came soon after Russia targeted Kyiv for the third night running, with Ukrainian officials saying more than 20 drones had been destroyed.
Does this represent a new phase in the war, perhaps ahead of Ukraine's much trailed counter-offensive?
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban assesses the situation.
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A group of top experts and CEOs in the field of Artificial Intelligence have signed a statement warning of the risks of AI.
Artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity, experts - including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind - have warned.
Dozens have supported a statement published on the webpage of the Centre for AI Safety.
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In 16th and 17th century Scotland, roughly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft.
The rate of executions were five times higher than the European average – and of the accused, 85% were women.
The BBC's Melissa Hogenboom explores why women were so vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and why they were accused of being 'agents of Satan'.
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Nvidia briefly joined the elite club of US companies worth more than $1 trillion for at least a few hours thanks to AI boom.
Chip maker Nvidia briefly joined the ranks as its share price shot up more than 5% before retreating.
Shares had already jumped more than 25% last week after the company forecast "surging demand" due to advances in artificial intelligence (AI).
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North Korea has said an accident happened as it planned to send up its first space satellite, causing it to crash into the sea.
Pyongyang announced earlier it planned to launch a satellite by 11 June to monitor US military activities.
It now says it will attempt a second launch as soon as possible.
The incident sparked a false alarm in the South Korean capital Seoul, while in Japan a warning was issued to residents of Okinawa, in the south.
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China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time.
The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Tuesday morning in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the extinction of humanity, experts - including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind - have warned.
Dozens have supported a statement published on the webpage of the Centre for AI Safety.
"Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war" it reads.
But others in the field have said the fears about AI are overblown.
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The possibility of the Covid-19 virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, according to Prof George Gao.
The former top Chinese government scientist played a key role in the pandemic response and efforts to trace its origins.
However, many other scientists believe the virus passed naturally from animal to humans.
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Nato is to deploy an additional 700 troops to Kosovo after 30 Nato peacekeepers and 52 protesters were hurt in clashes on Monday.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the attacks were "unacceptable" and "must stop".
Police and Nato troops clashed with Serb protesters in north Kosovo, where there has been unrest over the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors.
Protesters had tried to invade a government building in Zvecan.
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Australia is set to ban recreational vaping as part of major crackdown amid what experts say is an "epidemic".
This means that vape products can only be sold with a prescription.
New measures will have to be passed by Parliament before becoming law. However, there are fears that the ban will fuel a black market.
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Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed.
The gang sold cut-price £10-a-month subscriptions, bragging they made money showing games not otherwise available to watch live in the UK because of "blackout" broadcasting rules.
Their operation, described as the biggest so far, received more than £7m from 50,000 subscribers.
The sentencing follows a rare private prosecution by the Premier League.
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Russia says Ukraine has launched "a terrorist drone attack" on Moscow, with several buildings damaged.
Speaking on Russian state television, Putin claimed the attack on Moscow was a "response" to an air strike against Ukraine's military intelligence agency.
It is the first time Moscow has been so heavily targeted in a single operation, but Ukraine denies carrying out the strikes.
The US has said it does not support the drone attacks in Russia, as Russia's Wagner group hits out at the Kremlin's defence ministry for not doing enough to prevent such attacks.
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As Australia looks to ban recreational vaping and the UK cracks down on vaping products targeted at younger people, what are the medical impacts of the habit?
A doctor at the Imperial College London talks though the potential risks vaping could cause for younger people.
He also gives his thoughts on the UK government's crackdown to stop some marketing of vapes and a loophole which allows retailers to give free vape samples to under-18s.
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Ministers from the EU and US are meeting in Sweden to discuss the regulation of Artificial Intelligence.
Discussions on how apps and algorithms that use AI, such as Bard and ChatGPT, could possibly be regulated are expected to be at the top of the agenda.
G7 members will also be meeting to discuss how AI can be governed, as well as how disinformation and copyright issues when using AI can be dealt with.
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Ukraine has denied attacking Russia with drones after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of staging a "terrorist attack" on Moscow.
Explosions were heard and windows shook in the Russian capital according to the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The Kremlin said multiple drones were shot down in the first multi-drone attack on Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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A new anti-gay law, one of the harshest laws of its kind in the world, has been singed into law in Uganda.
President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law after parliament watered it down.
The new law calls for life in prison for those who are convicted under the act and in some circumstances, people could face the death penalty.
The law has received international condemnation, with the US President Joe Biden calling Uganda's new law "shameful" and a "tragic violation of universal human rights".
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A block of flats in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv was evacuated after debris from a Russian missile started a fire.
It follows a string of rare daylight attacks which left people in Kyiv running through the streets to find the nearest shelter.
Ukrainian officials said a majority of the drone attacks on Monday and the early hours of Tuesday were destroyed by their air defence systems.
One Ukrainian MP described the night as one of the roughest nights for Kyiv since Russia's invasion.
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Russian missiles have hit Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, following two nights of heavy drone strikes.
They were all reportedly shot down and there are no reports of casualties.
Flaming debris from the intercepted missiles landed in residential areas in central Kyiv.
Russia has launched 16 air attacks on the Ukrainian capital this month. The latest, however, was unusual because it took place during the day - and seemed to be targeted at the city centre.
All other air assaults on the capital so far in May have taken place at night and appeared to be directed at critical national infrastructure and air defences on the outskirts.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters are celebrating after Turkey's long-time president won Sunday's vote, securing another five years in power.
"The entire nation of 85 million won," he told cheering crowds outside his enormous palace on the edge of Ankara.
But his call for unity sounded hollow as he ridiculed his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu - and took aim at a jailed Kurdish leader and the LGBT community.
The opposition leader denounced "the most unfair election in recent years".
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Tamara Magwashu grew up using old rags when she was on her periods due to poverty, she grew up in a shanty town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa and was bullied severely.
She has now created her own business, delivering free pads to hundreds of schools in the country to ensure no girl goes through what she did.
Tamara has been nominated by her community for Forbes 30 under 30. Gem O’Reilly met her at the event.
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Russia has carried out a new massive drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a man died when drone wreckage fell near a petrol station. A woman was injured.
Overall, Russia launched a record 54 so-called kamikaze drones on Ukrainian targets, 52 of which were shot down, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
Russia - which launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 - has stepped up its attacks on Kyiv, seeking to overwhelm the capital's defences.
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Automated flights might sound like a thing of science fiction, but they may be closer to reality than you’d think.
Toulouse, France is known by some as the ‘aviation capital of Europe’ and it’s here that Airbus is testing automated flight.
BBC Click’s Shiona McCallum explores the future of air travel.
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South Africa could become a "failed state”, a senior official of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has said.
The admission by ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula comes as South Africa experiences power cuts, known as load-shedding, of up to 10 hours a day.
The country is also battling high levels of corruption, all of which has damaged confidence in the ANC government.
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Ukraine is ready to launch its counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior security officials has told the BBC.
Oleksiy Danilov would not name a date but said an assault to retake territory from President Vladimir Putin's occupying forces could begin "tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week".
Ukraine has been planning a counter-offensive for months, but has wanted as much time as possible to train troops and to receive military equipment from Western allies.
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Customers have called it the 'world’s rudest restaurant', but the success of Sydney’s Karen’s Diner has taken even its owners by surprise.
It started as a pop-up restaurant during Australia's Covid-19 lockdown, becoming a viral sensation on social media, and now it's opening new branches across the world.
The waiting staff are actors, trained to be as 'rude' as possible.
The BBC’s Jacqui Wakefield visited the diner to learn more.
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ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have told Newsnight that AI-generated music should have warnings on it.
The pair who co-wrote hits such as Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, and Thank You for the Music, say people should be able to distinguish between tracks composed by songwriters, musicians, artists, and bands, and those which have been created by artificial intelligence technology.
Ulvaeus believes AI could have more of an impact on our lives than the internet.
Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire spoke to them in a joint exclusive interview to mark the one year anniversary of London’s ABBA Voyage show, where ground-breaking technology has created 2D versions of the four band members called avatars.
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Turks will head to the polls this Sunday in the presidential runoff between their long-time authoritarian leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
President Erdogan is favourite to win and promises a strong, multilateral Turkey.
He says oppositions claims of a dictatorship are smear campaigns and pure nonsense.
Kilicdaroglu is back by a broad opposition and has billed the vote as a referendum on the future direction of Turkey.
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UK TV presenter Phillip Schofield has confirmed he had an affair with a younger male ITV employee while he was still married.
In a statement to the Daily Mail newspaper, Schofield apologised for lying to his colleagues and the media, and said his relationship with the young employee, who the BBC is not naming, was "unwise but not illegal".
The 61-year-old left his role as a host on This Morning last week reports of a rift with co-star Holly Willoughby.
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At least two people have been killed and 23 injured in a missile strike on a medical clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor says. Of the 23 injured, 21 are in hospital and three are in a serious condition. Ukrainian authorities said they shot down 17 missiles and 31 drones launched from Russia overnight.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed to transfer control of the city to the Russian army by 1 June, but Ukraine says it still controls pockets of the city.
BBC Verify explore images of the city before the Ukraine war and now.
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The humanitarian and aid crisis in Sudan is intensifying as both warring sides accuse the other of breaking a ceasefire.
It is believe the crisis has forced 1.3 million people to flee and threatens to destabilise the region.
The family of a British man shot in Sudan and his wife who died of starvation say they received no help - despite repeated calls for assistance to the nearby British embassy.
The UK foreign office acknowledged to the BBC that the family’s case was “extremely sad”.
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Tens of thousands of mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
The so-called Wagner Group has been heavily involved in the country’s efforts to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
At the head of the group is Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former hotdog salesman-turned-mercenary leader who now has a private army of Russian convicts at his service.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explains his rise to power.
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British Cycling is to ban transgender women from the female category of its competitions following a nine-month review and consultation.
Under a new participation policy that the governing body said was “predicated on fairness”, such athletes will compete in an ‘open category’ with men.
The female category will be “for those whose sex was assigned female at birth”.
The changes will prevent rider Emily Bridges - the country’s highest profile transgender cyclist - potential being part of the British women’s team.
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Ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of Bakhmut has fallen to Russian control.
It comes after Wagner Mercenary said they had started handing over control of the city to Moscow.
The battle of Bakhmut has been the longest of the war so far with the highest casualties for both sides.
Aerial footage shows the destruction of residential areas in the city, now largely empty, and a win by either side would be a symbolic victory.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed to transfer control of the city to the Russian army by 1 June, but Kyiv says it still controls pockets of the city.
He said his forces were ready to return if the Russian regular army proved unable to manage the situation.
The battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war.
There were about 70,000 people living in Bakhmut before the invasion, but only a few thousand remain in the devastated city, once best known for its salt and gypsum mines and huge winery.
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This video discusses a major plot spoiler from the third episode of Succession's fourth season.
The actor Brian Cox – star of the drama Succession – sits down with BBC's Amol Rajan to reveal the secrets of the show and what took him from poverty in Dundee all the way to Hollywood.
The award-winning theatre, television and film actor reveals what really happens on set, his thoughts on the method acting technique used by one of his co-stars, and his best and worst moments since the show first aired in 2018.
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China has been accused of spying on critical US infrastructure by western intelligence officials and Microsoft.
Microsoft claims a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, codenamed ‘Volt Typhoon’, was potentially looking at ways to disrupt critical communications between the US and Asia.
Beijing has dismissed the claims, accusing the US of "disinformation".
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A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street, London’s Met Police have said.
The man was arrested by armed officers on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, the force said.
10 Downing Street is the official residence of the UK prime minister.
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A fresh search for evidence in Portugal in the hunt for Madeleine McCann appears to be over.
Police were seen packing up equipment around the Arade reservoir in the Algarve, three days after the search for the missing three-year-old began.
The operation was led by German police looking for evidence to link the British toddler's disappearance to Christian Brueckner, a German national.
He was made a formal suspect by Portuguese prosecutors in 2022.
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La Liga could reduce the amount of racist incidents in Spain's top flight in six or seven months if it had the "necessary powers", the league's president Javier Tebas says.
The Spanish league has requested more power to punish incidents of racism.
That came after Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr was the target of racist abuse at Valencia on Sunday.
"Eliminating this problem 100% will never be possible," Tebas told the BBC.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed to transfer control of the city to the Russian army by 1 June, but Kyiv says it still controls pockets of the city.
He said his forces were ready to return if the Russian regular army proved unable to manage the situation.
The battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war.
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Ron DeSantis's long-awaited entry into the 2024 race for the White House was hit by technical glitches after a Twitter livestream malfunctioned.
It meant the Florida governor's bid for the Republican presidential nomination got under way 20 minutes late.
He went on to use the event to champion his conservative credentials, his anti-lockdown stance and education reforms.
"I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback," he said.
The Florida governor is viewed as former President Donald Trump's chief rival to be their party's candidate in the 2024 general election.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has filed paperwork confirming that he will run for US president in 2024.
The 44-year-old is former president Donald Trump's chief rival for the Republican Party nomination.
DeSantis has restricted sex education and black history lessons in Florida schools. He also banned transgender athletes from girls' sports and blocked gender-affirming care for trans youth.
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On 24 May 2022, a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and killed 21 people.
One year on, their families still suffer "unimaginable grief".
A report into the shooting found "systemic failures and egregiously poor decision-making" by those involved in the response.
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It has been one year since a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and killed 21 people, on 24 May 2022.
In the year that has followed, at least 600 other mass shootings have taken place across the country.
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are killed or injured from gunfire, excluding the gunman.
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Police were on a different road when two best friends were killed in an electric bike crash that sparked a riot in Cardiff, a senior officer has said.
Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, died in the Ely area on Monday.
Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Bacon told a press conference that a police van was on Grand Avenue when the crash happened on Snowden Road.
She said no other vehicles were involved, but would not comment on why police were following the teenagers.
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The US has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia - which Moscow said ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine.
Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday, in one of the largest cross-border raids since Russia invaded its neighbour last year.
Russia later released pictures of abandoned or damaged Western military vehicles, including US-made Humvees.
The US has insisted it did not "encourage or enable strikes inside of Russia".
Some Ukrainian military experts and bloggers have suggested that the images of destroyed US vehicles released by Russia could have been staged.
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Legislators in the US state of South Carolina have passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy - before most women know they are pregnant.
The bill is expected to be signed into law by the state's Republican governor, Henry McMaster.
But it will now face legal challenges.
The majority of southern US states have curtailed abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion last year.
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South Africa is facing the prospect of its worst-ever power cuts - up to 16 hours a day – as it approaches the southern hemisphere winter.
The roots of the problem lie in poor management, corruption and sabotage, a BBC investigation has found.
There are fears it could lead to major civil unrest.
Meanwhile, there is an international effort to move the country off coal and towards renewables.
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Police are searching a reservoir in the south of Portugal, in connection to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
She vanished while on holiday with her family in the Algarve region of Portugal in 2007.
The BBC's Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is at the reservoir and explains the search operation.
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Spanish football club Valencia have been sanctioned with a partial stadium closure for five matches following the racist abuse of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr.
Spanish police have detained three people in connection with the abuse directed at the Brazilian at Mestalla Stadium on Sunday.
Valencia have also been fined 45,000 euros (£39,000).
The football club called the decision to partially close their stadium "disproportionate, unjust and unprecedented" and said they intend to appeal against that part of the sanction.
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We’re used to talking about migration in economic terms, or for asylum seekers in language of threat and safety - but some scientists believe climate may become the biggest, irreversible driver for the mass movement of millions of people by the end of the century.
Despite increased pledges and targets to tackle climate change, the world is currently on course for warming of around 2.7% by then, far above the Paris Agreement of 1.5%.
Kate Lamble examines a new report which attempts to quantify the human cost of climate change, and where it would no longer be safe to live.
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US President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive, but no deal has been reached.
Any agreement will have to pass through the US Congress.
Without a deal, the US could enter a calamitous default on its $31.4tr (£25tr) debt as soon as 1 June.
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Donald Trump will face a criminal trial on March 25, 2024 over charges he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels.
The former US president appeared via video call to a court in Manhattan on Wednesday where the judge confirmed the court date.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business record, and will be on trial in the middle of the 2024 US presidential primaries.
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WhatsApp says it will allow users to edit messages, in a move that will see it match a feature offered by competitors like Telegram and Discord.
The firm says messages can be edited for up to 15 minutes after being sent.
The instant-messaging service is part of US technology giant Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram.
The feature will made be available to WhatsApp's two billion users in the coming weeks. It counts India as its largest market, with 487 million users.
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Russia says it’s launched a criminal case over attacks in the country’s Belgorod region, just north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Several injuries have been reported and villages have been evacuated after coming under artillery fire.
Two Russian paramilitary groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the Kremlin has continued to blame Ukraine.
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Though public urination is an issue in most big cities, in Paris, peeing in public has become so commonplace that locals have given it its own name: ‘les pipis sauvages' or 'wild pee'.
In recent years, the city has launched a number of initiatives to tackle the problem, including installing red flower pots equipped with urinals and a short-lived project that tried to make fertiliser out of men’s urine.
But why is Paris so prone to public urination?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been greeted by thousands of cheering supporters on a trip to Australia.
Mr Modi met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as he looks to strengthen his nation’s economic ties with Australia.
But, while he was cheered by around 20,000 people at Sydney’s Olympic Park, riot police was called to de-escalate tension between activists outside the venue.
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Convicted sex offender and ex-children’s entertainer Rolf Harris has died aged 93, it has been confirmed.
Harris was found guilty of a string of indecent assaults and was jailed for five years and nine months.
He was released from prison in 2017, but never apologised to his victims.
Before his crimes came to light, Harris had been a fixture of family entertainment in the UK.
The cause of death is not yet known.
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Prince Harry has lost a legal challenge over his bid to be allowed to make private payments for police protection.
His lawyers wanted a judicial review of the rejection of his offer to pay for protection in the UK, after his security arrangements changed when the prince stopped being a "working royal”.
But a judge has ruled not to give the go ahead for such a hearing.
Home Office lawyers had opposed the idea of allowing wealthy people to "buy" security from the police.
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Police have begun a new search at a reservoir close to where British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday in Portugal 16 years ago.
Officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect, a German sex offender, to the case
Christian Brueckner, 45, has never been charged over Madeleine's disappearance and has denied any involvement.
He was living in the resort of Praia da Luz in 2007 when Madeleine went missing and was made a formal suspect, or an "arguido", by Portuguese prosecutors in 2022.
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Sudan’s latest ceasefire appears to be holding, despite early breaches of the deal.
There were reports of air strikes and clashes in the capital Khartoum as the ceasefire came into force on Monday evening.
It is hoped the ceasefire will enable the delivery of badly needed humanitarian aid.
The conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force broke out five weeks ago, with an estimated 700 people killed and more than one million displaced.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group vowed to transfer control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to the Russian army by June 1.
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed to have captured Bakhmut on Saturday, but Kyiv says it still controls parts of the city.
Ukraine says its troops are still advancing on the outskirts of Bakhmut.
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Buckingham Palace has declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the 19th Century.
Prince Alemayehu was taken to the UK aged just seven and arrived an orphan after his mother died on the journey.
Queen Victoria then took an interest in him and arranged for his education - and ultimately his burial when he died aged just 18.
But his family wants his remains to be sent back to Ethiopia.
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More gunfire and explosions have been reported in Sudan, ahead of a new ceasefire in the country.
The 'more substantial' ceasefire is hoped to last for a week to allow for humanitarian aid.
This ceasefire will come into place Monday evening after representatives from Sudan's army and the RSF met and signed an agreement.
It is hoped to remain in place due to monitoring methods attached to it, meaning neither party will want to be accused of breaking it.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has claimed to have captured the city of Bakhmut, which Ukraine denies.
Kiyv says its troops are still advancing on the outskirts of the city, which they also claim to control parts of.
BBC Verify, the BBC’s new forensic investigation unit, has been using satellite imagery to analyse both sides’ claims.
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In Sweden, a coffee break is more than just a quick hit of caffeine.
Known as a ‘fika’, the Swedish coffee break is a longstanding tradition – a time to slow down and enjoy the company of others over a coffee and sweet treat.
But can a fika boost workplace productivity and wellbeing?
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Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in Portugal, local media has reported.
A search of the Arade dam will begin on Tuesday, 50km from where the toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in 2007.
The search was requested by German police as the area was visited by the official suspect in her disappearance.
Christian Brueckner, 45, was made a formal suspect, or an "arguido", by Portuguese prosecutors in 2022.
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Greece's conservative prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won national elections, hailing his party's victory as a "political earthquake".
But, while his centre-right New Democracy party secured almost 41% of the vote, it is five seats short of a majority.
As a result, instead of forming a coalition government, it could lead to a second election in late June, when the winning party picks up bonus seats.
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Ukraine has disputed claims by Russia that it has taken full control of the city of Bakhmut. Russia has lost thousands of men in its assault on Bakhmut, in the east of Ukraine, in the longest battle of the war so far. Ukraine’s President Zelensky returned home from a meeting of G7 leaders in Japan in which he secured further promises of financial and military support.
During the visit he drew several parallels between Hiroshima and Ukraine, saying pictures of the Japanese city in ruins after bombing reminded him of present-day Bakhmut. The Ukrainian city of Dnipro has also been targeted by Russian missiles, according to Ukrainian armed forces.
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The US President Joe Biden has promised more military aid to Ukraine at the G7 summit of western leaders in Japan.
Mr Biden announced military assistance worth up to $375m. He told Ukraine’s President Zelensky who attended the summit that the US was doing everything it could to strengthen Ukraine’s defences in its war with Russia.
The new military support includes ammunition, artillery and armoured vehicles. President Biden also confirmed that he would allow European allies to provide US-built F16 military jets to Ukraine.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Landale and James Waterhouse in Kyiv.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted Bakhmut "is not occupied" by Russia after a Moscow-backed mercenary group had claimed control.
Ukraine's president was speaking during a scene-stealing visit to Hiroshima, Japan, for the G7 summit.
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin had earlier claimed victory in Bakhmut.
But Ukrainian military sources told the BBC they still had control of a handful of buildings on the outskirts of the city.
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India’s Murud-Janjira fort has been hailed as a marvel of engineering.
Located on a small rocky island off the country’s west coast, the fort has stood unconquered for centuries – withstanding attacks from British, French and Portuguese armies.
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Manchester City are Premier League champions, but questions remain about how the club does business.
People don't know if this team, this whole project is based on some wrongdoing in the past, because City stand accused of over 100 breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.
The BBC's Ros Atkins explains.
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The US has announced a military package for Ukraine following a meeting between President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The $375m package includes ammunition, artillery and armoured vehicles.
Zelensky arrived at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Saturday and joined the key negotiations on Sunday.
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Phillip Schofield has said he has agreed to step down from ITV’s This Morning “with immediate effect” after more than 20 years.
In a statement, he said: "I understand ITV has decided the current situation can't go on."
His departure comes after reports claimed relations between him and co-host Holly Willoughby had come under strain in recent weeks.
Willoughby said: "The sofa won't feel the same without him."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a scene-stealing arrival at the G7 summit in Japan on Saturday.
It came as world leaders issued a veiled warning to China against the use of what it called “economic coercion”.
His hastily-organised visit prompted G7 leaders to issue their statement early, in which they also condemned Russia.
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At least 14 people are dead and thousands have been forced from their homes after six months' rainfall fell in a day and a half in northern Italy.
Some 280 landslides have taken place after almost every river flooded between Bologna and the north-east coast 115km (70 miles) away.
The mayor of Ravenna, a city badly affected by flooding, said it was the worst disaster in a century.
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Nebraska has become the latest US state to restrict abortion rights, despite loud protests by opponents. Lawmakers for the state passed a bill which bans abortion after twelve weeks of pregnancy. The bill also bans "gender- altering surgery".
The measure only just met the vote threshold with a vote of 33-15.
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A paralysed musician has regained his singing voice thanks to new technology.
Popular South Korean singer, Kim Hyuk-Gun says he lost the ability to perform after a motorbike accident made it “impossible” for him to make “loud sounds”.
But now, a new device is helping him sing again.
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The US says it will support providing advanced fighter jets including US-made F-16s to Ukraine and also back training Ukrainian pilots to fly them.
A senior White House official said President Biden had told G7 leaders in Japan of the decision.
Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky said the decision would "greatly enhance our army in the sky".
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World leaders are in Japan for the 49th G7 summit exploring how to manage their economic ties with China.
Newsnight's Economics Editor Ben Chu assesses how the UK's once "golden" economic relationship with China took a turn, and where the west's business interests might head next.
This film is part of a two part Newsnight series, China: A new Cold War? To watch the first part, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlKWqGHP2Y
Produced by Louis Harris-White. Edited by Mike Casey.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused some Arab leaders of "turning a blind eye" to Russia's invasion of his country.
Mr Zelensky made a surprise visit to the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Of the Arab League nations, only Syria has openly supported Russia's invasion.
Other member nations have sought to maintain good relations with Moscow.
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More than 200 bodies have now been discovered in a Kenyan forest where followers of an evangelical pastor are thought to have starved themselves to death in the belief they could meet Jesus faster.
One woman, who fled the cult with her five children, said: "I told myself I couldn't allow my children to die.”
Survivors are still being found hiding under trees and bushes in the 800-acre territory, but hundreds more people are still missing.
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie is now in custody.
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Officials in Ukraine say they are preparing for about half the population to need mental health support in the coming months.
It comes as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion last year.
But the country’s health system is already under strain with doctors having to prioritise patients with physical injuries from the fighting.
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Authorities in Iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide anti-government protests last year, the judiciary says.
The three were convicted over their alleged involvement in a gun attack that killed three security personnel in Isfahan in November.
Amnesty International says they were subjected to unfair trials and allegedly tortured.
Four other protesters have been hanged since December.
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G7 leaders are starting their summit in Hiroshima, Japan, with promises of new sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
The new sanctions are expected to target individuals and entities across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Britain and the EU have indicated that they want to restrict the trade in Russian diamonds.
It has now been confirmed Ukraine’s President Zelensky will attend the summit.
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Montana is set to become the first US state to ban TikTok from personal devices.
The ban was signed into law on Wednesday and it is due to take effect on 1 January.
The video-sharing platform says the ban "infringes on the First Amendment rights of the people of Montana".
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World leaders have arrived in Hiroshima for the 49th G7 Summit and how to deal with China will be on the agenda.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban assesses the political and diplomatic tensions between the West and China, but also among Western states about how to navigate an increasingly fraught relationship with the world's leading emerging superpower.
Produced by Louis Harris-White. Edited by Dominic Lutier.
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The Walt Disney Company has scrapped a plan to invest nearly (£806m) to build a new corporate campus in Florida, it announced.
The company made the decision amid an escalating legal battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Disney and Florida have both sued each other in recent weeks.
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Thousands of Israeli nationalists have been marching into the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City for Israel's Jerusalem Day.
The historic flag parade marks Israel’s capture of the east of the city in the 1967 war.
However, violence was directed at media covering the event, with a group of marchers throwing stones, sticks and bottles at Palestinian and foreign journalists.
Israeli police have vowed to stop law-breaking, but blamed regional "terrorist elements" for "wild incitement" about the march on social media.
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For decades, rival gangs ruled the streets of El Salvador, earning the country the title of murder capital of the world.
But last year, the country’s President Nayib Bukele declared war on gangs, imposing emergency security measures and giving police sweeping powers of arrest.
Despite thousands of gang members now being behind bars, there is a dark side to the crackdown.
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Ghana has just signed a new bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth $3bn (£2.4bn).
Ghana, long seen as one of Africa's best run countries, has been struggling to recover from the combined effects of the global Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
President Nana Akufo Addo admitted last October that the country was "in crisis" citing "malevolent forces [that] have come together at the same time".
But the opposition also blames the crisis on what it calls the "gross mismanagement" of the economy - an allegation the government has denied.
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Johnny Depp has spoken to the BBC about his return to cinema following a three year break.
The Hollywood actor attended the premiere of Jeanne du Barry, in which he plays Louis XV, at the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival.
It is Depp's first major role since a series of high-profile court battles with his ex-wife Amber Heard.
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The celebrity news agency involved in an alleged car chase between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and paparazzi in New York is to launch a “thorough” investigation into the incident.
Backgrid issued a statement saying it was investigating the conduct of several freelance photographers, but added that their initial account of events differed to that of the Sussexes.
New York Mayor Eric Adams also questioned Prince Harry’s recounting of events.
A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan said the "relentless pursuit", which happened as the couple left an awards ceremony, lasted for more than two hours, and resulted in "multiple near collisions".
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The Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix in Italy has been cancelled due to deadly flooding currently sweeping the region.
Discussions on Wednesday between local authorities and organisers of the race at Imola, scheduled to take place this weekend, concluded that the event could not go ahead.
Nine people have died and several are missing after heavy rains caused flooding in Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region.
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Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been attacked from the air by Russia for the ninth time this month.
Overall, 29 out of 30 missiles launched by Russia overnight were shot down, Ukraine's Air Force said in a statement. Kyiv's military administration said that "a series of air attacks on Kyiv, unprecedented in their power, intensity and variety, continues".
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Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict.
Researchers say there's now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027.
The chances are rising due to emissions from human activities and a likely El Niño weather pattern later this year.
If the world passes the limit, scientists stress the breach, while worrying, will likely be temporary.
Hitting the threshold would mean the world is 1.5C warmer than it was during the second half of the 19th Century, before fossil fuel emissions from industrialisation really began to ramp up.
The 1.5C figure has become a symbol of global climate change negotiations. Countries agreed to "pursue efforts" to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C under the 2015 Paris agreement.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by climate editor Justin Rowlatt.
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Several people have died, and many more are missing after heavy rain caused flooding in Italy.
About 10,000 people have been evacuated from the northern Emilia-Romagna region, as 14 rivers broke their banks, flooding 23 towns.
Further rain is expected in the region over the coming days, while the mayor of Ravenna said his city is now "unrecognisable".
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The US state of North Carolina has voted to override its governor's veto of a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks.
It cuts the window for abortion in the state down from 20 weeks, will now take effect on 1 July.
A lot of women travel to North Carolina from nearby states to get an abortion because restrictions have been historically stronger in neighbouring states, and after the veto was overturned, protesters in the statehouse chanted “shame”.
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These are the Afghan families destined for Britain, but stuck in hotels in Pakistan.
More than 1,000 people from Afghanistan, including 500 children, are unable to leave their hotels after being granted eligibility to settle in the UK by the Ministry of Defence because they worked as interpreters with British Forces.
But if they leave the hotel premises, they risk arrest and deportation back to Afghanistan, as their Pakistani visas have expired.
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi reports.
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Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the prince has said.
The incident happened after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended an awards ceremony in New York on Tuesday.
In a statement, the prince's spokesperson said the “relentless pursuit” lasted over two hours, and resulted in near collisions with other drivers on the road, pedestrians and police officers.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) did not immediately confirm knowledge of the incident. The BBC has not yet been able to verify the incident.
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Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the prince has said.
In a statement, the prince's spokesperson said the "relentless pursuit" in New York lasted for over two hours.
They added it resulted in near collisions with other drivers on the road, pedestrians and police officers.
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The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before.
The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping.
It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the wayer has been drained.
The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the liner, which sank in 1912 - killing 1,500 people.
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The number of executions recorded globally in 2022 was the highest in five years, as several Middle Eastern states ramped up their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said.
A total of 883 people are known to have been put to death across 20 countries, marking a rise of 53% compared to 2021, according to the group's annual review.
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt alone carried out 90% of those executions.
The figures exclude China, which is thought to execute thousands each year.
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A BBC Newsnight investigation has uncovered an immigration scam where pregnant migrant women pay British men up to £10,000 to pose as the father and put their name on the child's birth certificate.
The child can then automatically get UK citizenship and the mother has a route to residency.
Scammers are using Facebook to tout for business and claim to have helped thousands of women in this way. Facebook says such content is banned by its rules.
A researcher went undercover, posing as a pregnant woman who was in the UK illegally, and spoke to people offering these services.
Divya Talwar reports.
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The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been targeted by further Russian air attacks, described by one official as "exceptional in density".
Ukraine said all 18 missiles were shot down and footage showed air defences destroying targets over the city
Moscow has stepped up its air campaign in recent weeks, ahead of an expected Ukrainian offensive.
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The chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman has faced questions on the safety of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from lawmakers in the US Senate.
The company created the app ChatGPT, which can write essays, scripts, poems, and solve computer coding in a human-like way, powered by AI technology.
US politicians are seeking to understand the potential threats the fast-developing technology may pose and whether it should be regulated by the government.
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Five men have been found guilty after a meticulously planned jewellery heist in Dresden, Germany.
The heist consisted of the gang visiting the Gruenes Gewoelbe - or Green Vault - on a number of occasions, scoping it out for their plan, as well as blowing up a distribution box to plunge the area into darkness.
But CCTV footage captured the thieves wearing masks and wielding axes as they entered the sumptuously decorated room before spraying the room with a foam fire extinguisher and making their exit.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of President Putin's most vocal critics, was convicted of treason and other alleged crimes and jailed for a quarter of a century.
His mother, Elena Gordon, stood beside beside the dock - a glass cage - in a Moscow courtroom as the verdict was given.
Speaking to the BBC, Elena said her son's spirit "remains unbroken" despite his sentence of 25 years, but says she is worried for his health.
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As Ukraine prepares for a much anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the challenges facing Russia’s military.
Since Russia's President Vladimir Putin began the invasion of Ukraine, thousands of civilians and combatants have been killed or injured, cities and towns have been destroyed in fighting, and nearly 8.2 million Ukrainians have been registered as refugees in Europe, with 2.8 million of them in Russia.
In the past few days, President Volodymyr Zelensky has been on a European tour, in which he has been promised several billion dollars' worth of military equipment by Western allies, including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron of France.
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Historically, surfing has had an image of a sport and lifestyle that is in tune with, and protects, oceans and the environment. But some surfers say the sport relies on boards and wetsuits mass-produced from petrochemicals that create tonnes of waste every year.
If you add in the international travel needed to enjoy the best waves, the average surfer's carbon footprint is said to be 50% greater than the average person's.
It has also been estimated that more than 8,000 tonnes of neoprene wetsuits end up in landfill every year
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The company behind the websites Vice and Motherboard has filed for bankruptcy in the US and is set to be sold to a group of its lenders.
Vice Media Group - which was valued at $5.7bn (£4.5bn) in 2017 - could be taken over for $225m.
The youth-focused digital publisher said it will continue to operate during the bankruptcy process.
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In Bangladesh the plight of Rohingya refugees living in the world’s largest camp for displaced people remains the focus of great concern.
Nearly a million people are living there in desperate conditions. Bangladesh is warning that it can no longer cope with the scale of the problem and is appealing to the international community for more help.
The Rohingya muslims are an ethnic minority group from neighbouring Myanmar which is predominantly Buddhist.
In 2017 hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled military operations by Myanmar’s army in which many people were killed.
At the time we reported on one family who had become refugees overnight. Anwar Sadiq was just hours old when a BBC first met him in a refugee camp. Five years on the life of the little boy remains fragile, one of half a million children growing up amid hunger and disease.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Rajini Vaidyanathan in Bangladesh.
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A Chinese court has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges.
John Shing-Wan Leung, who is a permanent resident in Hong Kong, was jailed on Monday.
The court in the south-eastern city of Suzhou gave no further details of the allegations against him.
Leung was arrested in the city two years ago by a local bureau of China's counterintelligence agency, a news release from the court said.
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In Bangladesh thousands of refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged by Cyclone Mocha.
The weather system hit land on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, in the south-west of the country.
Rohingya refugees were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters.
Aid agencies said a nightmare situation was averted.
Earlier this month, the BBC was given special access to the camp.
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A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm.
Cyclone Mocha did not make landfall at the sprawling refugee camp in Cox's Bazar as earlier feared, but still tore apart hundreds of makeshift shelters.
At least six people have been reported dead in Myanmar.
Up to 90 per cent of the western Rakhine state's capital city Sittwe has been destroyed, residents told the BBC.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
No 10 said Mr Sunak would reiterate the importance of providing a full package of support to Ukraine.
Mr Zelensky thanked the UK for the support shown to Ukraine since the invasion, during a short press conference ahead of the meeting.
"We are thankful from all our hearts, from Ukrainians, from our soldiers, we are thankful," he said.
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Turkey's battle for the presidency looks set to go to a run-off, with both contenders adamant they have victory in their grasp.
Turkey's Supreme Election Council says Erdogan is on 49.49% of the vote, with his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on 44.79%, with nearly all the votes counted.
If neither man secures 50%, there will be a second poll in two weeks' time.
This election comes at a crucial time for the country, which is struggling with high inflation and recently suffered devastating earthquakes.
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Turks are voting in the most pivotal elections in their modern history, to decide if Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains president after 20 years in power.
His main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, promises to scrap many of the powers acquired by President Erdogan after he survived a failed coup in 2016.
The BBC’s Anna Foster talks about how people in Turkey can cast their votes in an earthquake destruction zone.
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The hometown of Ukraine's Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in Liverpool, officials say.
The head of Ternopil regional state administration, Volodymyr Trush, confirmed two people had been injured.
Tvorchi held up a sign displaying the name of their hometown while participating in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
It is Mr Zelensky's first visit to Germany since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The trip comes a day after Germany announced it would supply weapons worth around three billion dollars to Ukraine.
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Residents of the tiny Swiss village of Brienz have all been evacuated because of the risk of an imminent rockslide.
The village has fewer than 100 residents, who were given just 48 hours to pack what they could and abandon their homes.
Even the dairy cows were loaded up for departure, after geologists warned that two million cubic metres of rock is coming loose from the mountain above, which could obliterate the village.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Rome, where he is meeting political leaders ahead of an audience with Pope Francis.
He met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella and will head for the Vatican later on Saturday.
A huge security operation has been launched, with more than 1,000 police deployed and a no-fly zone over Rome.
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Piers Morgan was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004.
In the trial brought against Mirror Group, the lawyer for Prince Harry and three other claimants has claimed they have new evidence linking Mr Morgan - who is now a TV presenter - to phone hacking at the Mirror.
In an exclusive interview recorded before the start of the trial, Mr Morgan has told the BBC's Amol Rajan he denies any knowledge of unlawful activity.
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Elon Musk has named a new chief executive of Twitter, just over six months after his controversial takeover of the social media platform.
The billionaire said Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, would oversee business operations at the site, which has been struggling to make money.
He said she would start in six weeks.
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As part of the Eurovision Festival ‘EuroFest’, Liverpool City council have funded 25 art projects as collaborations between the UK and Ukraine. One of the projects is the premiere of a new play called ‘Maria’ that charts the life of one Ukrainian woman from birth to death during the Holodomor, a soviet-caused famine in the 1930s.
The play is written by prominent Ukrainian director Yurii Radionov, and the cast are all Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in the UK in last year.
Newsnight follows the project over a month, from first rehearsal to opening night, documenting their story of overcoming the trauma of war and the power of art to bring them together.
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Ukraine says it has recaptured ground in Bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding Russian gains in the eastern city.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said Ukrainian forces advanced two kilometres (1.2 miles) in a week.
Moscow state military bloggers have also reported the Ukrainian advances.
Russia has denied reports of Ukrainian gains, after the claims from both sides.
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The US ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of supplying weapons to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the war in Ukraine.
Reuben Brigety claimed that a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and arms in Cape Town last December.
President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said it was disappointed by the claims and said no evidence has been provided to support them.
The country has maintained claims of neutrality in the invasion of Ukraine.
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Fentanyl is a potent and highly addictive synthetic opioid, approved for use in the US in the 1960s.
Today, Fentanyl is involved in more deaths in Americans under the age of 50 than any other cause of death, according to the country’s Drug Enforcement Agency.
And now child opioid deaths are also on the rise.
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Pakistan's ex-prime minister Imran Khan has been freed from custody, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal.
Judges released Mr Khan on protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested for at least two weeks.
Earlier, Mr Khan told the BBC he believed he would be detained again immediately after his release.
The 70-year-old's arrest escalated tensions between him and the military.
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Sudan's two warring factions have signed a deal to protect civilians and aid deliveries from violence, but could not agree on a ceasefire.
This is a first step to providing relief for Sudanese civilians trapped in the conflict, but there is still a long way to go.
The agreement that was reached in Saudi Arabia includes undertakings to let civilians flee the conflict zone and protect relief workers.
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Controversial immigration policy in the US has expired and officials are warning about a potential surge in migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Officials have said when Title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could could try to cross over.
The temporary law, introduced by Donald Trump when he was US president, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly using the Covid pandemic as justification.
The winding down of Covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification which prompted officials to pronounce it would end on 11 May.
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa says its energy crisis is an "existential threat" to South Africa's economy and social fabric.
He's promising to bring the daily power cuts "to an end", but already the country has experienced hours of blackouts almost every day this year.
So what's being done to actually fix South Africa's power issue?
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Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan's dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal.
The court ordered Mr Khan's immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful.
At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent protests have swept the country since he was held.
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Opposition figures in Belarus - a country that's a close ally of Russia - have been persecuted since the late 1990s - not only have they been jailed, but they've been allegedly killed - with their murders never solved.
Their families, though, were usually spared. Now that appears to be changing: BBC Russian’s Maria Jevstafjeva has spoken to two exiled Belarusian activists who believe their loved ones were arrested in retaliation for the anti-government actions of their fathers.
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The UK has confirmed it is supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles it requested for its fight against invading Russian forces.
The Storm Shadow cruise missile has a range of over 250km (155 miles), according to the manufacturer.
The weapons will give Ukraine the "best chance" of defending itself, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said.
The Storm Shadow missile has been operated by both British and French air forces and has been used previously in the Gulf, Iraq and Libya.
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Justice delayed is justice denied Prime minister WIlliam Gladstone once said. New figures revealed by Newsnight shed more light on the lengthy waits for some before cases finish. More than 300 crown court cases in England and Wales have been waiting four years or longer to reach a conclusion, and nearly 200 cases have been stuck in the system over six years.
For an alleged victim and for a defendant - it can mean their lives are essentially in limbo - although the government says in a statement that that the 'average prosecution is now completed within 10 months and falling'.
Why is it taking so long for a case to come to trial and what does it tell us about the way the government has managed the criminal justice system through austerity, the pandemic and a barristers' strike?
Newsnight's UK Editor Sima Kotecha reports.
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On the frontline of the Ukraine war, in the country’s southeastern Donbas region, the Ukrainian army is fighting back against months of heavy Russian bombardment.
BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville and camera journalist Darren Conway report from this dangerous battlefield.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as its military awaits the delivery of promised aid.
The expected attack could be decisive in the war, redrawing frontlines that, for months, have remained unchanged.
It will also be a crucial test for Ukraine, eager to prove that the weapons and equipment it has received from the West can result in significant battlefield gains.
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Donald Trump has faced questions from voters at a live town hall event, after a New York jury found the former US president sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.
Speaking at the 90-minute event on CNN, Trump repeatedly denied having any contact with the magazine writer who won the who the $5m defamation and sexual abuse civil lawsuit against him.
He also pledged to pardon "many" of those convicted of 6 January offences and repeated lines that if he returned to office, he would negotiate a settlement in Ukraine within 24 hours, but refused to say who he would like to prevail in the war.
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The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of this war so far.
Western officials estimate between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded here, while Ukraine's military has also paid a heavy price - and it still isn't over.
Russia has been trying to capture Bakhmut for months, and it's been a testament - so far - to Ukraine's determination not to give ground.
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A controversial Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 is set to expire on 11 May, after more than three years.
The policy allows authorities to expel would-be migrants attempting to cross the border using the pandemic as justification, and has long faced criticism from immigration advocates and some Democrats who believed it prevented many asylum seekers from coming into the country.
But with federally-mandated Covid measures ending, officials are bracing for an influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
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Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan has appeared before a judge, a day after his arrest on corruption charges sparked nationwide protests.
Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested, police say, since Mr Khan was held in Islamabad on charges which he denies.
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The US government could start to run out of money within weeks unless it allows itself to borrow more.
And, if US congress fails to agree on a deal, the US could default on its debt, potentially causing global financial chaos.
Domestically, the government would no longer be able to pay its employees, and national parks and other agencies would shut down.
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The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has defended the policing of the King Charles's Coronation after six anti-monarchy protesters were arrested, detained for hours and then released without charge.
A group were arrested under a controversial new law, the Public Order Act 2023.
They were held for almost 16 hours, later bailed and told on Monday that no further action would be taken against them.
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it was unfortunate those arrested could not protest, but he supported the officers' actions.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines the circumstances around the arrests.
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Donald Trump's lawyer said he plans to appeal after a jury in a civil case found the former US president sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s.
Mr Trump was found not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman.
The jury also found Mr Trump liable for defamation for calling the writer's accusations "a hoax and a lie".
The Manhattan jury ordered Mr Trump to pay her about $5m (£4m) in damages.
After the verdict, Mr Trump, 76, posted on his social media platform Truth Social in all capital letters: "I have absolutely no idea who this woman is."
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A New York jury has found that Donald Trump sexually abused the magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar.
The former President has been ordered to pay her $5 million in damages.
Carroll testified during the civil trial that Donald Trump had raped her in a department store dressing room in New York and then dismissed her claims as “a hoax” and “a lie”.
In a statement following the jury’s verdict Ms Carroll said: "Today the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed."
Mr Trump’s lawyer said he would appeal against the decision. In a post on his Truth Social platform Donald Trump called the verdict a "disgrace" and said "I have absolutely no idea who this woman is."
Because it was a civil lawsuit Mr Trump faces no criminal consequences.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nada Tawfik at the court in New York.
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A jury in a civil lawsuit has found former US President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s.
But Mr Trump was found not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman.
The jury also found Mr Trump liable for defamation for calling the writer's accusations "a Hoax and a lie”.
It is the first time Mr Trump has been found legally responsible for a sexual assault.
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At least 13 Palestinians, including three commanders of the militant group Islamic Jihad, have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian health officials said eight women and children were among the dead. Another 20 people were injured.
Islamic Jihad said “it will avenge its leaders and that it scorns all efforts of meditators”.
The strikes were the deadliest since three days of hostilities between Israel and Islamic Jihad last August in which 49 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin told Moscow's Victory Day parade that the world is at a "turning point", with a "real war" being waged against Russia.
Putin once again sought to link Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the struggle against Nazism during World War Two.
Hours before the Victory Day celebrations began, Russia launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Ukraine, with Kyiv saying 23 of the 25 cruise missiles fired were destroyed.
Most were aimed at the capital, which came under attack for the fifth time this month.
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested by paramilitary officers outside court in Islamabad.
Mr Khan was appearing in court on charges of corruption, which he says are politically motivated.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could make scams and misinformation harder to spot.
Mr Wozniak said he fears the technology will be harnessed by "bad actors".
He added that AI content should be clearly labelled, and regulation was needed for the sector.
The computing pioneer signed a letter in March alongside Elon Musk calling for a pause in the development of the most powerful AI models.
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Ukrainian officials said air defences downed 15 Russian cruise missiles which were launched overnight against the capital, Kyiv.
No casualties were reported from the attack, according to Serhiy Popko, a senior Kyiv military official.
He said he believed the missiles had been launched from four bombers flying from the Caspian sea region.
The new missile attacks came hours before Russia was due to celebrate Victory Day.
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Eight people have been killed in the US state of Texas after a car struck a group at a bus stop close to a shelter for the homeless and migrants.
The incident happened in the city of Brownsville near the Mexican border at about 08:30 local time (14:30 GMT).
At least five other people have been injured, some of them critically.
The driver has been arrested and charged.
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More than 400 bodies have been retrieved following floods and landslides that hit two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week.
The authorities had previously said 200 people had died following torrential rainfall on Thursday.
In several villages close to the shore of Lake Kivu, people have been digging through the mud with their hands in a desperate search for missing relatives.
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The prime minister of a Caribbean nation has said his country is "not totally free" as long as King Charles III remains head of state.
Dr Terrance Drew said that a public consultation on whether St Kitts and Nevis should become a republic would begin during his leadership.
He also said he would welcome an apology from the monarchy for its historic links to the slave trade.
Buckingham Palace said the King takes slavery "profoundly seriously".
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Air raid alerts have sounded across southern and central Ukraine in response to the latest missile attacks by Russia - the fourth in eight days.
Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were told to head to shelters shortly before midnight local time. The mayor said five people had been injured.
The southern city of Odesa has also been targeted. Russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by Ukraine.
The boss of private military group, Wagner, has said Moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition - days after he threatened to withdraw his men from Bakhmut.
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The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to his father, King Charles, the day after the Coronation, saying the late Queen Elizabeth II would be "a proud mother".
Addressing the crowds at Windsor Castle for the Coronation concert, William said his grandmother was "up there, fondly keeping an eye on us".
He said this weekend was "so important" because it was all about service.
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Seven people have been killed in the US state of Texas after a car struck a group at a bus stop close to a shelter for the homeless and migrants.
The incident happened in the city of Brownsville near the Mexican border at about 08:30 local time (14:30 GMT) on Sunday.
At least six other people were been injured, some of them critically.
The driver has been arrested and charged.
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Eurovision 2023 stars have been hitting the turquoise carpet ahead of next week's final in Liverpool.
Hosting it on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine, the stars posed for pictures at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery as they attended rehearsals.
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More than 25,000 lamplighters used to roam the streets of London, lighting up the streets of the capital, now there are just five.
Their job is a unique one and still very relevant today.
Ahead of the coronation of King Charles, the remaining lamplighters had a special task, to turn one lamp into a shining jewel in its own right.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, have surprised people participating in the Big Lunch in Windsor.
The Royals exited their car to greet crowds enjoying, tea, cakes and food near Windsor Castle. The surprise walkabout saw the couple shake hands, take photos and enjoy some of the food and drink on offer at the lunch.
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Festivities have kicked off with street parties across the UK to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Tables adorned with bunting, cakes, sandwiches and drinks have been set up on roads and in parks across the country as communities come together to celebrate the Coronation.
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A "severe nuclear accident" could occur at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fighting is expected to intensify between Russia and Ukraine.
Around 18 settlements near the power plant, which has been held by Russia since the early days of the invasion, have been evacuated.
Ukraine has said the evacuation orders have sparked "mass panic" as Russia claims the move was due to an anticipated offensive by Kyiv.
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has said the situation at the power plant is "becoming increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous".
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A British journalist has said her TikTok account has been tracked and accessed by staff at the Chinese owned social network.
Cristina Criddle from the Financial Times had been working on a story about the culture inside TikTok's UK operation, when staff used her data to try to identify her sources.
TikTok's parent company said the staff responsible have now been fired.
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Eight people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall north of Dallas, Texas, emergency services say.
Some of the victims are reported to be children. At least seven people are being treated in hospital, three of whom are critically ill.
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While King Charles's Coronation day was marked by celebrations around the UK, protesters also took to the streets.
During the Coronation ceremony, which was being broadcast in London's Trafalgar Square over loudspeakers, hundreds of protesters booed the declarations of "God Save the King".
Other protests were organised in the Welsh capital of Cardiff, as well as the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Charles III and Camilla have been crowned King and Queen in a ceremony full of music and symbolism inside Westminster Abbey.
Wearing his grandfather's crimson velvet robe, King Charles took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, before the St Edward's Crown was placed on his head.
About 2,200 people, including the Royal Family, celebrities, faith leaders and heads of state, were inside the Abbey to witness the event.
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A military flypast including a red, white and blue display from the Red Arrows greeted the newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
A scaled down event due to the weather saw helicopters from the Navy, Marines, Army and Royal Air Force fly above the Royal Family.
The spectacle of the Red Arrows went down a treat with the crowds outside the Palace, marking the end of a historic day of celebrations.
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The newly-crowned King Charles III and Queen Camilla have emerged onto Buckingham Palace balcony to wave to crowds gathered along The Mall in central London.
They were joined by members of the Royal Family, including Prince William, Kate and their children.
Some of Queen Camilla's grandchildren were also present on the balcony, but there was no sign of Prince Harry.
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Four thousand military personnel who played a key role today have lined up in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to perform the Royal Salute.
The King and Queen stepped out onto the West Terrace of the palace as the National Anthem plays.
They receive three cheers from the assembled troops.
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After King Charles was crowned, his son Prince William, the now heir to the throne, kissed him on the cheek.
It followed a pledge of loyalty by the Prince of Wales to his father and King.
William touched the crown before leaning in to kiss King Charles on the cheek.
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HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla have left Westminster Abbey following the Coronation ceremony.
They will now travel in the Coronation Procession through the streets of central London in the Gold State Coach.
The King and Queen will later greet crowds from Buckingham Palace balcony.
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Watch the moment HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla enter Westminster Abbey for the Coronation ceremony.
Around 2,200 people, including the Royal Family, celebrities, faith leaders and heads of state, are in attendance
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Queen Camilla has been anointed and crowned at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
The ceremony saw Queen Mary's Crown placed upon Camilla's head, shortly after Charles III was crowned King.
Music and symbolism rang out inside Westminster Abbey while gun salutes and cheers were heard around the country.
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Charles III has been formally crowned King at Westminster Abbey.
The St Edward’s Crown was placed on the King’s head by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the Coronation ceremony.
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The Duke of Sussex has arrived at Westminster Abbey for his father King Charles III's Coronation.
Prince Harry arrived at London's Heathrow Airport on Friday, reportedly on a commercial flight from Los Angeles.
It's thought it will be the first time he has seen his family since his controversial memoir, Spare, came out.
But he will reportedly return to the US just hours after the ceremony, as it's his son's fourth birthday.
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King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, have left Buckingham Palace in a procession to Westminster Abbey for their Coronation.
The Abbey is filling up with politicians, celebrities, faith leaders and Commonwealth leaders ahead of the ceremony.
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Around six people from the anti-monarchy group Republic have been arrested ahead of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
London’s Metropolitan Police have not confirmed the exact number of those detained.
Those arrested include the leader of Republic, Graham Smith, and Matt Turnbull, who the BBC team saw being led away in handcuffs.
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The BBC’s Huw Edwards joins the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey for a tour of the historic hall where HM King Charles III will be coronated.
On May 6 the Archbishop, Justin Welby will lead the Coronation service and crown the King.
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King Charles’s Coronation takes place at 11:00 on Saturday 6 May, with an elaborate procession and ceremony.
Find out what will happen on the day here.
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Life in Ukraine is unrecognisable since Russia invaded in February 2022. But how has life in Russia changed since the invasion?
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, who lives in Moscow, reports on the shift he has seen in the country from day-to-day life to how Russia portrays its history to its people.
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A manually operated turntable ferry in Scotland is the last surviving in the world.
The MV Glenachulish’s unique design allows it to navigate the challenging tidal conditions of the Kylerhea Narrows between the Scottish mainland and the Isle of Skye.
Up to six cars can be transported on its deck, which the crew rotate by hand when it reaches its slipway.
The vessel - which is more than 50 years old - was saved in 2007 when it was bought by the local community after its long-time skipper retired.
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Four members of the far-right extremist group, The Proud Boys - the men who led a violent attack on the US Capitol, and stormed the Senate on January 6th 2021 to try to overturn Joe Biden's victory for Donald Trump, have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
The group's former leader Enriq Tarrio is among those who now faces time for this rare charge which carries a sentence of up to twenty years in prison.
The jury weren’t able to agree on a fifth defendant, a former marine, and will continue deliberating on that and other charges. Despite all the evidence, much of it beamed live around the world, what happened on January 6 is still very much contested in the US.
Newsnight's David Grossman was there on the day of the riot and filmed the Proud Boys as they marched on the capitol. Two years later, he returns to the scene to reflect on the mark it’s left in America’s divided politics.
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The leader of Russia's Wagner Group says he will withdraw his troops from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut by Wednesday, in a row over ammunition.
His statement came after he posted a gruesome video of him walking among dead fighters' bodies, asking defence officials for more supplies.
Russia has been trying to capture the city for months, despite its questionable strategic value.
Yevgeny Prigozhin pinned his decision squarely on the defence ministry.
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King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales have greeted well-wishers during a walkabout outside Buckingham Palace.
Thousands - including those draped in the colours of the Union Jack - have lined the streets on the procession route ahead of Saturday's Coronation.
King Charles had earlier met with the leaders of the Commonwealth countries at the palace.
Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, earlier attended a rehearsal at Westminster Abbey.
The event took place under high security.
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Russia has said it is under an unprecedented wave of sabotage from Ukraine after an alleged drone assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow originally blamed Ukraine for the attacks which were denied by Kyiv before later claiming the US had pointed the targets for Ukraine - which was swiftly denied by Washington.
Russia editor Steve Rosenberg has looked at the competing narratives coming from both sides.
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Pregnancy and the early months of motherhood can be a time of great vulnerability for women. Almost one in five women experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year of their child’s life.
In 2016 the UK government pledged a revolution in mental health services, including almost £300 million to provide specialist care for expectant or new mothers.
But new data, shared exclusively with Newsnight shows that despite progress, services across the UK are still struggling to meet their targets.
And while the numbers of women who take their own lives when they are pregnant or in the first year after giving birth are small - the risk of the worst outcome appears to be rising.
Newsnight’s Science Correspondent Kate Lamble reports.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has estimated that $13 million to $14 million worth of food products destined to people in need in Sudan have been looted since fighting broke out last month.
"We've estimated that close to 17,000 metric tons have been looted, some in our warehouses, while others on wheels," Country director Eddie Rowe said.
"This would translate to about 13 or 14 million U.S. dollars - just the cost of the food. Almost every day we are receiving reports of additional looting."
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A suspect has been arrested after eight people were killed and at least 14 injured in Serbia's second mass shooting this week.
The gunman fired an automatic weapon from a moving vehicle near a village 60km (37 miles) south of Belgrade.
The interior ministry said the suspect was arrested after "an extensive search".
It comes after a boy killed nine people at a Belgrade school on Wednesday, Serbia's worst shooting in years.
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We could be entering the era of Alzheimer's treatments, after the second drug in under a year has been shown to slow the disease.
Experts said we were now "on the cusp" of drugs being available, something that had recently seemed "impossible".
The company Eli Lilly has reported its drug - donanemab - slows the pace of Alzheimer's by about a third.
However two volunteers, and possibly a third, died as a result of dangerous swelling in the brain.
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The final UK evacuation flight has now left Sudan.
The airlift - which began amid a tentative ceasefire last week - has seen more than 2,300 people rescued.
Those taken to safety included Britons, their dependents, Sudanese NHS staff and other eligible nationalities.
Among those who've made the journey is Mohamed Salman, who has documented his experience travelling from the frontline in Khartoum to Liverpool.
BBC's Africa correspondent, Andrew Harding, has been speaking to him.
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Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On when composing Thinking Out Loud, a US court has ruled.
The British singer-songwriter had denied stealing elements of the song for his 2014 worldwide hit.
Heirs of Gaye's co-writer argued that Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing owed them money for copyright infringement.
Sheeran had said he would give up his music career if found guilty at the trial in New York.
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The US has denied Russian claims it masterminded an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday aimed at assassinating President Vladimir Putin.
A day after accusing Ukraine of carrying out the alleged attack, Mr Putin's spokesman said it had been done with Washington's support.
US National Security spokesman John Kirby called it a "ludicrous claim".
Ukraine has said it had nothing to do with the alleged attack.
Unverified footage on social media showed smoke rising over the Kremlin - a large government complex in central Moscow - early on Wednesday. A second video showed a small explosion above the site's Senate building.
Mr Putin was not in the building at the time.
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Four members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy over the 2021 US Capitol riot.
Less serious than treason, seditious conspiracy is defined as a plot to overthrow the government or use force "to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States".
The seditious conspiracy charge alone carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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Millions of people across the UK and beyond are preparing to celebrate the coronation of King Charles.
It is being held at Westminster Abbey and the King, who will be crowned along with Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be the 40th reigning monarch crowned there since 1066.
The day of splendour and formality will feature customs dating back more than 1,000 years.
Members of the public and visitors to the UK have already started camping out waiting to be among the first to see the King's Procession.
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"We don't attack Putin or Moscow,” President Zelensky retorted yesterday to accusations by the Kremlin of "a planned terrorist attack and an assassination attempt on the President," overnight, in an alleged drone strike.
It's still unclear what actually happened, but it raises three questions – how closely is President Putin actually protected? How effective are Russian air defences? And what will be Russia's next move?
A Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told the BBC that the incident indicated Russia could be preparing "a large-scale terrorist provocation in Ukraine”.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban analyses the footage and the questions it raises.
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Russia's war on Ukraine goes "against everything we stand for", Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said.
Ukraine's President Zelensky has been speaking at The Hague and called for the establishment of a war tribunal to hold Russia to account for alleged war crimes.
The Dutch prime minister made the comments during a press conference with Zelensky and Belgian PM Alexander de Croo.
President Zelensky also called for a decision from Western allies on the provision of modern aircrafts to Ukraine.
He said there is "no rational reason" to postpone doing so.
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Russia has accused the United States of being behind an overnight drone attack on the Kremlin that it claims intended to kill Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that "decisions on such attacks are not made in Kyiv, but in Washington".
Peskov did not provide any evidence to back up the claims, but he said that an urgent investigation was under way.
Yesterday, US officials said the White House had no warning of a drone attack on the Kremlin.
Ukraine has also denied responsibility for the attack.
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Speaking at The Hague, Ukraine's President Zelensky called for the establishment of a war tribunal to hold Russia to account for alleged war crimes.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin should be sentenced for his "criminal actions", Volodymyr Zelensky has told the International Criminal Court.
Zelensky said more than the fate of one country is at stake in this war, adding that we "cannot stop wars of aggression, but can defeat aggression as a criminal idea that originates in the mindset of someone who is used to impunity."
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Explosions have been heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Kremlin.
Attacks were also reported in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa in the south.
The air strikes come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak at The Hague as part of an unexpected visit to the Netherlands.
He will also visit the International Criminal Court, which is investigating alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, but Mr Zelensky denied that his country carried out the attack.
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Russian ships able to perform underwater operations were present near to where explosions later took place on the Nord Stream pipelines, according to an investigative documentary.
The vessels were reportedly located using intercepted Russian navy communications.
Underwater explosions last September knocked the two Nord Stream pipelines - built to carry gas from Russia to Europe - out of action.
The cause of the blasts is unclear.
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Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by using drones to target his residence in the Kremlin in central Moscow.
Ukraine’s President Zelensky has denied his country is behind the attack.
Footage appears to show an explosion at the Kremlin.
But can we verify the footage? And what do we know about the attack so far?
The BBC’s Ros Atkins explains.
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Among those who put their lives into the hands of people smugglers are all manner of desperate migrants from those looking for political asylum to those driven by hunger.
But what if those smugglers are cooperating with security people in order to stay in business? That's a question that haunts Shima Babaei, whose father Ebrahim disappeared late in 2021 while trying to escape their native Iran.
He was an opponent of the regime who paid a gang to smuggle him to Turkey to seek asylum. BBC Persian's reporter Jiyar Gol has been trying to unravel the mystery of what happened to Ebrahim Babaei.
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Russia says it downed two drones that targeted the Kremlin in Moscow last night and accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin.
Unverified footage on social media appeared to show an object flying over the Kremlin before a small explosion.
Ukraine said it had nothing to do with the alleged drone strike.
President Volodymyr Zelensky's spokesman said Ukraine was focusing on liberating its own territory after Russia invaded last year.
Another official told the BBC the reported incident indicated Russia could be "preparing a large-scale terrorist provocation" in Ukraine.
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Sudan’s warring generals have agreed “in principle” to a week's ceasefire to start from Thursday.
While there is currently a three-day truce in place fighting has continued, with a major humanitarian crisis looming.
The violence between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is now in its third week - with each side accusing the other of breaching previous truces.
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In 1671, former Civil War soldier Colonel Thomas Blood managed to con his way into stealing the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
It became the first and only time anyone has attempted to steal the iconic jewels.
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Russia says two drones attacked the Kremlin in Moscow last night in what it alleges was a Ukrainian attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin claimed two drones had been used in the alleged attack but they were disabled by Russian defences.
Mr Putin was not in the Kremlin at the time and there was no material damage to buildings, Russian news agencies reported.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the allegation.
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Uganda's parliament has passed a watered down anti-homosexuality bill that originally criminalised people for simply identifying as LGBTQ+.
In the original proposed legislation, members of the public were going to have to report individuals in same-sex relationships to the authorities.
Human rights defenders were outraged, with some activists in Uganda claiming members of LGBTQ+ community were being blackmailed.
Even though the latest version of the bill was watered down, it is still one of the toughest pieces of anti-gay legislation on the continent.
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At least eight students and a security guard have died after a shooting at an elementary school in Serbia's capital Belgrade.
Another six pupils and a teacher were injured in the attack and have been taken to hospital, a government statement has said.
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the attack at the Vladislav Ribnikar school.
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A man has been arrested outside Buckingham Palace in London after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into Palace grounds, police have said.
A controlled explosion was carried out by authorities following the occurrence.
The incident is not currently being treated as terror-related.
Overnight rehearsals for the Coronation of King Charles III went ahead as planned.
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Warning: This film shows distressing scenes of children in Afghanistan in their final moments.
More than 1,000 children under the age of five are dying in Afghanistan from preventable diseases, according to charity Unicef.
Foreign funding to Afghanistan has been frozen since the country was retaken by the Taliban in 2021.
Delivering aid from charities has also been a struggle, with women banned from helping them.
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It’s more than two years since Covid vaccines were first rolled out. Throughout that time, conspiracy theories have swirled claiming that the jabs have killed large numbers of people.
Now a viral film has taken off, supercharging this theory and creating a new online trend of tracking down stories of individual tragedies and linking them without any evidence to Covid vaccines.
In a rare interview, the film’s creator told the BBC he was “happy” to hear about the harassment of bereaved families it had incited saying… “all we're doing is saving more lives”.
And exclusive research shared with BBC Newsnight has revealed how Twitter’s new policies might have played a role in the film’s spread.
Rachel Schraer reports.
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Popular US talk shows are expected to go off-air as Hollywood writers go on strike.
The move by members of the Writers Guild of America saw 11,000 writers choosing to walk out after last minute pay talks with studios such as Disney and Netflix failed.
A prolonged walkout could see new productions of comedy shows follow late night talk shows in being replaced by reruns.
The last writers strike 15 years ago cost the Californian economy $2bn and lasted 100 days.
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined Wrexham crowds for open-top bus parade celebrating club's return to English Football League.
Thousands of fans lined the streets of the city.
Wrexham won National League with record 111-point haul.
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A father whose son died of cancer - which a doctor said was likely caused by gas-flaring from BP's oil fields in Iraq - told the company that "cancer is so common it's like the flu".
Ali Hussein Julood documented his life for a BBC investigation which found high levels of cancer-linked pollutants in a BP oil field.
He died on 21 April of leukaemia with the oil giant BP saying it had offered condolences to the family.
Ali's father, Hussein Julood, told the BBC that his son's life was sacrificed for the company's record profits.
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With just a few days to go until the coronation of King Charles III, his sister, Princess Anne, has spoken about her brother and the role of the Royal Family in today's society.
The Princess Royal said the King was "committed" to public service and would “remain true”.
She also said the monarchy helps provide “long-term stability” and that a slimmed-down monarchy “doesn’t sound like a good idea”.
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More than 800,000 people could be forced to flee Sudan as the conflict between the Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group continues, the UN has warned.
It's believed 100,000 people have already fled to neighbouring countries with an estimated 330,000 already displaced within the country since fighting began.
The warning comes as air strikes pounded Sudan's capital of Khartoum, despite a truce aimed at allowing civilians to flee.
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Stars attending the 2023 Met Gala paid tribute to the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld with extravagant outfits.
For decades, Lagerfeld was at the helm of some of the biggest-name fashion houses in the world, including Chanel and Fendi.
When the theme of Karl Lagerfeld was announced, not everyone was happy, noting controversial comments he made in the past, particularly about women's bodies.
Lagerfeld died in 2019 at the age of 85 and was often pictured wearing dark sunglasses alongside Choupette, his famously pampered cat, who was also honoured at the gala.
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Geoffrey Hinton, the man widely considered the 'godfather' of Artificial Intelligence, has quit his role with Google amid fears that AI could soon be smarter than humans.
Dr Hinton's pioneering research on neural networks and deep learning has paved the way for current AI systems like Google's Bard chat bot and Microsoft's ChatGPT.
But in a statement to the New York Times, Dr Hinton said he now regretted his work as he resigned from Google.
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The US could face economic turmoil if more banks face collapse, some of the world's leading money managers have warned.
The caution followed the failure of First Republic, the second-largest banking failure in US history, and the third bank to collapse in the country since March.
JP Morgan Chase took over First Republic in a deal brokered by regulators - but there is a warning that the US could face a credit crunch and an economic slowdown, and at a crucial time, if another bank fails.
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Protests in France over controversial pension reforms have turned violent, with demonstrators clashing with police.
French President Emmanuel Macron signed into law the reforms, which raise the state pension age from 62 to 64, in April.
Unions had vowed to continue opposing the reforms, and had called on workers across France to return to the streets on 1 May.
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Rocket-powered and shrouded in secrecy, X-planes helped pave the way for the US space programme.
But in 1973, the US government banned commercial supersonic flights over land in the United States – and with it went the business case for supersonic flight.
But could a new generation of planes take the boom out of supersonic travel?
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Russia has launched a series of missiles at Ukrainian cities in the second pre-dawn attack in three days.
The Ukrainian army said it shot down 15 of the 18 cruise missiles that had been fired.
The most significant damage was in Pavlohrad, a city in Ukrainian-held territory around 70 miles (110km) from the front line. Pictures posted on social media showed a massive blaze.
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Air strikes have pounded Sudan's capital, Khartoum, despite a truce aimed at allowing civilians to flee.
The fighting is a result of a power struggle within the country's military leadership.
More than 500 deaths have been reported with the true number of casualties believed to be much higher.
Millions remain trapped in Khartoum.
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The first consignment of medical aid has reached Sudan since fighting broke out two weeks ago.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said a plane landed at Port Sudan with eight tonnes of relief supplies - including health kits for hospitals.
It hopes to get security guarantees to send humanitarian aid to the country's capital Khartoum and the Darfur region.
Despite a ceasefire being in place, the past few hours have seen intense clashes in Khartoum.
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An estimated 100,000 people have attended an open-air mass in a central Budapest square, on Pope Francis' third and final day in Hungary.
The Pope urged Hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who he said were "foreign or unlike us".
Among those at the service was the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who's repeatedly criticised migration.
39 per cent of the population in Hungary are Catholic and Pope Francis last visited the central European country briefly in 2021.
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Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, 45, spends millions of dollars a year trying to reduce his biological age.
The BBC’s Lara Lewington travels to California to meet Mr Johnson – and the scientists researching whether the ageing process can be stopped, or even reversed.
This documentary is from Click – the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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People watching the Coronation will be invited to join a "chorus of millions" to swear allegiance to King Charles and his heirs, organisers said.
The public pledge is one of several striking changes to the ancient ceremony revealed on Saturday.
In a coronation full of firsts, female clergy will play a prominent role, and the king himself will pray out loud.
The Christian service will also see religious leaders from other faiths have an active part for the first time.
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Fighting has intensified in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, shattering the latest ceasefire aimed at allowing people to flee to safety.
On Sunday the army said it was attacking the city from all directions, with air strikes and heavy artillery, to flush out its paramilitary rivals.
The latest truce was due to end late on Sunday. Millions remain trapped in the capital, where food is running short.
Foreign countries have been evacuating their nationals amid the chaos.
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Fighting has continued to rock Sudan, despite the extension of a ceasefire between the warring generals by another 72 hours.
There have been regular airstrikes, tank and artillery strikes in parts of the country’s capital Khartoum and the surrounding area.
Millions of people remain trapped in the city, where there are shortages of food, water and fuel.
The fighting began two weeks ago and was triggered by a bitter power struggle between separate Sudanese military factions.
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Canada's wild northern territory of Yukon is home to a famous but brutal 450-mile dog sled race.
The Travel Show's Eva Zu Beck travels to Canada's frozen north to experience the race herself.
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BBC chairman Richard Sharp has resigned after a report found he broke transparency rules over his dealings with former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The report found he failed to raise two potential perceived conflicts of interest while applying for the job.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examined the row that's led to the resignation.
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A drone strike has caused a massive fire at an oil depot in Russian-controlled Crimea, local officials say.
Video on social media shows smoke and flames billowing from the facility in Sevastopol, Crimea's main city.
Firefighters are at the scene. No-one was hurt in the strike, the Moscow-appointed regional governor said.
On Friday Russia launched a wave of air strikes in cities across Ukraine, killing at least 25 people. It was the first such attack in months.
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Pope Francis has begun a three-day pastoral visit in Hungary - his first full trip to the country since he became Pope 10 years ago.
What kept him away was the tough anti-migrant stance of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in contrast to the 86-year-old pontiff's compassion for all refugees.
What brings him here now, besides his support for Catholics, is the war in Ukraine.
During a speech in Budapest, the pope warned of the dangers of nationalism and called for a more welcoming attitude towards refugees.
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The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explains why fighting has broken out in Sudan, and how it connects back to the country’s tumultuous recent history.
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A Turkish evacuation plane coming into land at an airbase outside Sudan's capital, Khartoum, has been fired at, Turkey's defence ministry confirms.
No-one was injured and it landed safely at Wadi Seidna, where it was being checked.
Sudan's army blamed paramilitary fighters for firing at the aircraft and damaging its fuel system.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) denied the allegation, saying it was committed to the extended humanitarian truce.
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John McFall is the European Space Agency's first ever para-astronaut.
He was selected to study how feasible it is for someone with a physical disability to live and work in space.
John took up running after losing his leg and learning to walk again with a prosthesis. He went on to win a bronze medal in the 100m at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
Speaking of joining the space agency, he said: "I'm very much following my heart and I'm following my curiosity [...] and I'm following my passion for science and life."
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Rival factions of Sudan's military have agreed to renew a three-day ceasefire, shortly before it was due to expire.
The extension follows intensive diplomatic efforts by neighbouring countries, as well as the US, UK and UN.
But there are continuing reports of heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum.
The previous truce allowed thousands of people to attempt to flee to safety, while dozens of countries have tried to evacuate their citizens.
Almost two weeks of fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary group have left hundreds dead.
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Russia has launched a wave of air strikes against cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, leaving at least 12 people dead.
Ten people including a child were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of Uman, officials said.
And a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in the city of Dnipro, according to the local mayor.
Explosions were also reported in the cities of Kremenchuk and Poltava.
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Richard Sharp has announced his resignation as chairman of the BBC after a report found he breached the code on public appointments.
Mr Sharp said the report found he did not properly disclose his involvement in the facilitation of a £800,000 loan guarantee to former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Announcing his resignation, Mr Sharp said: "I have always maintained the breach was inadvertent and not material, which the facts he lays out substantiate."
He said he was resigning to “prioritise the interests of the BBC” and would remain in post until the end of June while the process to appoint his successor took place.
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US TV host Tucker Carlson has broken his silence after his departure from Fox News in a video posted two days after his exit.
Without sharing a reason for his exit or his future plans, he commented on how “unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are”.
Fox News has only said it and Carlson had agreed to "part ways”.
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Jerry Springer, best known for his raucous TV talk shows, has died aged 79.
The controversial presenter hosted The Jerry Springer Show for nearly three decades from 1991.
Springer died peacefully on Thursday at his home in Chicago, his publicists confirmed to BBC News.
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The Nazi Party was responsible for the organised looting of occupied European countries throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
Countless pieces of art were stolen, in what is now known as ‘Nazi plunder’.
But when the Allies started bombing Germany during World War Two, Hitler hid a vast collection of the looted masterpieces underground in an Austrian salt mine.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled scheduled appearances on his election campaign for the second day running after seeming to fall ill during a live TV show on Tuesday evening.
The president apologised after the programme went off-air for 20 minutes and said that he had an upset stomach.
The president tweeted yesterday morning saying that he had been advised by his doctors to take “a day’s rest”.
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Spain is bracing for a week of record-breaking weather, with temperatures expected to climb as high as 40C - levels usually seen during the height of summer.
The Spanish national weather service has warned of the risk of wildfires, with much of the country on high alert.
Government and local authorities have been providing advice on staying safe, telling people to stay out of the sun, drink water and allowing schools to hold classes outside.
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The US and South Korea have secured a landmark deal to counter the North Korean nuclear threat.
Washington has agreed to periodically deploy US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear planning operations.
In return, South Korea has agreed to not develop its own nuclear weapons.
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Thousands of US and Philippine troops have been taking part in one of the largest ever military exercises carried out by both countries.
The exercises follow a deal announced earlier this year for US forces to use an increased number of bases in the Philippines, including one near Taiwan.
The Philippines is looking for stronger defence ties with the US.
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The UN has renewed calls for both sides in Sudan to fully abide by a three-day ceasefire and to allow access to humanitarian workers.
Renewed fighting is threatening the 72-hour truce, with violence on the western outskirts of Omdurman – a city across the Nile from the capital Khartoum.
Thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky says he has had a "long and meaningful" telephone call with China’s President Xi Jinping.
It is the first contact between the two since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
China confirmed the call, adding that it "always stood on the side of peace".
Unlike the West, Beijing has sought to appear neutral on the Russian invasion and has never condemned it.
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The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has risen to 90.
The number of people who died has been steadily rising as authorities continue to carry out exhumations of mass graves found in an 800 acre area of forest near the coastal town of Malindi.
Fifteen members of the Good News International Church were rescued from the forest last week.
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Following multiple delays, the UK government’s new review on gambling is expected to be released later this week, amid mounting concerns about gambling's harm on people's finances and mental health.
The industry has dramatically changed since the Gambling Act was brought in, in 2005 - most significantly the booming online market, driven by the ubiquity of smartphones.
Clinicians and charities say users have been failed by the lack of regulation. One of those is 27-year-old Lewis who has lost £100,000 to gambling, relapsed 12 times, and at his lowest point contemplated suicide.
Newsnight’s Anna Collinson met with him.
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The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has told a court in Moscow he is now being investigated on terrorism charges.
He said he had been told by his investigators he would be tried by a military court.
Mr Navalny’s Anti-corruption Foundation has been accused of being behind the bombing of a café in St Petersburg in early April, which killed prominent pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
He’s serving a lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty of extremism, while his supporters say all the charges against him - past and present - are politically motivated.
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Ukraine says it is ramping up its own production of drones as it struggles to cope with demand for the technology on the front line.
The government has relaxed import laws and scrapped taxes for drone parts and equipment.
The expansion is being funded by a successful fundraising campaign called the Army of Drones.
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The Islamic State group mastermind thought to have planned the 2021 bombing at Kabul airport has been killed by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, US officials say.
The bombing killed 170 civilians and 13 US soldiers while people were trying to flee the country as the Taliban took control.
The IS figure was killed weeks ago but it took time to confirm his death, US officials told BBC news partner CBS. They did not reveal his name.
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A 72-hour ceasefire between the Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group appears to be holding in some parts of the country, the UN has said.
Thousands of foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country - with numerous governments organising evacuations of their citizens.
As thousands flee, residents in the capital Khartoum have spoken of their fears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low.
Nearly all the shops in the city have closed. And residents say prices of even the most basic goods have doubled.
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Singapore has executed a man for conspiring to traffic cannabis despite pleas for clemency from his family, activists and the United Nations.
Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis.
Activists said he had been convicted on weak evidence and received limited legal access during his prosecution.
But Singapore authorities said he had been given a fair trial and criticised those who questioned the courts.
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Central to Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is his claim to be transforming the US economy by brining new life to old manufacturing areas.
The US government is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars of public money into the green industries of the future, including electric vehicles, microchips, batteries and renewable energy.
The motivation is partly to counter China’s domination of these industries .
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by economics editor Faisal Islam in Kentucky.
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Climate change is driving up the number of malaria cases in Pakistan and Mozambique, according to a new report.
The study by the Global Fund said recent extreme weather led to a spike in cases of the mosquito-borne disease.
It cited last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan as fuelling a significant rise in cases. It also warned that warmer climates were enabling the spread of the mosquito population.
According to the latest World Health Organization data, Africa continues to shoulder the heaviest burden of the disease, accounting in 2021 for an estimated 95% of all malaria cases and 96% of all deaths, with most fatalities among children under the age of five.
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The people who run Sudan Animal Rescue Centre on the outskirts of Khartoum say they may be forced to put the animals down unless the situation there changes.
A 72-hour ceasefire between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces appears to be holding, although there have been reports of new gunfire and shelling.
There are more than 200 animals at the centre, which is close to a military base and has had its supplies of water and electricity cut off.
Osman Salih, from the centre, said some of the smaller animals had broken free after the shelling, and a bomb had fallen near the lions’ enclosure which created an opening.
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At age 80, Joe Biden is already the oldest US president.
If he was to win in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of his second term.
Some experts have already said his age could be a campaign issue, but others say an 80 year old now is not like an 80 year old in the past.
Watch to find out how Biden’s age compares with that of other leaders around the world.
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Join the BBC’s Huw Edwards for a 360° virtual tour of Westminster Abbey, following the route King Charles III will take on Coronation day.
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US President Joe Biden has announced he will run for re-election in 2024, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Donald Trump.
President Biden, 80, is already the oldest president in US history and is likely to face questions over his age throughout the campaign.
He would be 86 after finishing a second full term in 2029.
BBC News asked older Americans what they thought about the president’s age.
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US president Joe Biden has confirmed he is going to stand for re-election in 2024.
Now aged 80 and already the oldest president in US history, Biden had long signalled he would run for another four-year term.
He made the announcement in a promotional video.
In his video, Biden argues that abortion rights, the defence of democracy, voting rights and the social safety net will be among the most important issues on the ballot in 2024.
Former US President Donald Trump has already launched his bid to return to the White House, meaning the pair could be set for a rematch of the 2020 election in November next year.
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Friends actor Matthew Perry has pledged to remove "mean" references to Keanu Reeves from future copies of his autobiography.
The star, who played Chandler Bing in the US sitcom, made repeated references to the star in his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
On two occasions, he asked why Reeves "still walks among us" while "talented" actors like River Phoenix had died.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, he said: "I said a stupid thing. It was a mean thing to do.”
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A ceasefire in Sudan appears to be holding after taking effect at midnight (22:00 GMT on Monday).
It is the fourth attempt to stop the fighting which began on 15 April, with previous truces not observed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the 72-hour truce had been agreed between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after 48 hours of negotiations.
At least 400 people have been killed in the hostilities.
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The United Nations has warned that the conflict in Sudan risks “a catastrophic conflagration that could engulf the whole region and beyond”.
The warning was made by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaking to the the UN Security Council in New York.
He urged UN members to use their influence to stop the violence and restore the east African country to its democratic path.
Fighting has broken out in the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of the country in a power struggle within the country's military leadership. The clashes are between the regular army and a paramilitary force called the Rapid Support Forces.
Many countries are trying to withdraw their citizens from Sudan.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding in South Africa and Nick Beake in Brussels.
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It is 10 years since more than 1,000 people died when an illegally extended garment factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Rana Plaza collapse was the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh's history and prompted international outcry and promises to ensure workers’ safety.
Ten years on General-Secretary of the IndustriALL Global Union, Atle Høie, told the BBC that safety conditions “have come a long way”.
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One of the highest rated US TV hosts, Tucker Carlson, is leaving Fox News, the US media giant has announced.
In a statement, Fox said that the network and Mr Carlson have agreed to "part ways".
His last TV programme was Friday 21 April, the statement added. His primetime slot will now be hosted by a series of interim hosts until a permanent replacement is found.
The brief, two paragraph statement gave no reason for the decision.
The announcement comes just days after Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company Dominion over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
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Collapsed banking giant Credit Suisse has revealed the scale of the bank run that triggered its state-backed rescue in March.
Between January and March almost $69bn (£55bn) was withdrawn, with the bank making a pre-tax loss of nearly $1.5bn (£1.2bn) in the same three-month period.
Its forced sale to rival Swiss bank UBS is expected to be completed soon.
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Former Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has died at the age of 78, his manager has confirmed.
The entertainer starred on 14 seasons of Strictly Come Dancing in the UK until his departure in 2016 and was also known to US audiences as the head judge on Dancing with the Stars.
Co-host of Strictly Come Dancing, Claudia Winkleman, said: “He was a class act, there was nobody like him.”
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The coronation of King Charles takes place in less than two weeks, with Prince William, Catherine and Prince Harry among those attending while Meghan stays in the US.
To gauge the public mood ahead of the event, Panorama commissioned a YouGov opinion poll which has suggested public opinion about the British Royal Family is changing.
The results suggest broad support for keeping the monarchy, with 58% preferring it to an elected head of state - which was supported by 26%.
But the results found less than a third of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK want the monarchy to continue.
It also found that almost half of those asked who were from ethnic minority backgrounds believe the Royal Family has a problem with race and diversity.
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US President Joe Biden is expected to formally announce his bid for re-election on Tuesday. If he does, he would be the oldest president to do so in history.
Mr Biden is currently 80 years old and would be 86 at the end of a potential second term.
So far, he doesn’t face any major challenges for the Democratic nomination, but there are several Republican candidates officially vying to take him on - including former president Donald Trump and ambassador Nikki Haley.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is also expected to run.
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Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year to hit a record high in 2022, according to new data from a conflict research institute in Sweden.
A total of $2.24tn was invested in things like weapons, personnel, and research.
The US was the biggest spender globally with a military budget about three times that of the next largest, China. Russia was in third place.
Ukraine’s own military spending has risen more than 600% since the conflict began.
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Thousands of migrants in southern Mexico have started a march to the country’s capital.
They are calling for an end to the use of detention centres and want the US to speed up their asylum applications.
Last month, 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a facility in Ciudad Juárez, a city on the US border.
Those marching hope to reach the capital Mexico City in about 10 days.
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More than two dozen countries have been evacuating their citizens from Sudan’s capital Khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues.
Most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families.
France, Spain, Germany and Italy are among the countries still evacuating people. The US, UK and Canada have already flown diplomats out.
Meanwhile Sudan civilians remain trapped in the fighting.
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In January 2023, ElevenLabs released a trial version of its AI speech software intended for dubbing movies.
Given a minute of a person speaking, the software can quickly put together a ‘clone’ of that person’s voice.
It went viral, with the public using the technology to clone the voices of celebrities and politicians.
The BBC’s James Clayton investigates the impact voice cloning technology could have on society – from scams to the 2024 US election.
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What happens when your child was born from the worst thing that ever happened to you?
And how does it feel to discover you were conceived that way?
Rotherham grooming victim Sammy Woodhouse had her son after she was abused as a child.
Determined to break the taboo and confront the questions no-one dares ask, Sammy goes on a journey to meet other mothers and children born from rape.
Together, they are ready to throw off the shame and stigma, and finally be heard.
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Fighting is ongoing in Sudan's capital Khartoum as the US and other countries evacuate their citizens.
Heavy fighting broke out in the city on 15 April.
At the heart of it is a power struggle between forces loyal to Sudanese army chief Abdel Fatteh al-Burhan and the rival RSF.
The shooting and bombing in Khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population.
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Diplomats and nationals from the UK, US, France and China are to be evacuated from Sudan by air as fighting there continues, a statement from the Sudanese army said.
Army chief Fattah al-Burhan agreed to facilitate and secure their evacuation "in the coming hours", it said.
He is locked in a power struggle with the leader of a rival paramilitary faction, the Rapid Support Forces.
Previous plans to evacuate foreign nationals have not been implemented because of safety fears.
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Samsung is the leading mobile phone brand in South Korea – and with each new model comes a fresh version of its iconic ‘Over the Horizon’ ringtone.
BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly travels to Seoul to meet one of the composers behind the tune and learns about the art of mobile phone sound design.
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The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues.
In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo.
The future of the drug was called into question after a Texas judge sought to invalidate its long-standing approval.
The case could have wide-ranging implications for abortion access.
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Is artificial intelligence (AI) an opportunity, a threat, or even both?
Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science which develops machines and software which can perform tasks which normally require humans to do them, for example, decision-making or speech recognition.
Experts are divided on how this technology should be regulated, and who by.
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Nearly 60,000 people were killed when a series of earthquakes ripped through Turkey and Syria this year, and millions were left homeless.
Some of those in Syria who survived the quakes say they now feel abandoned, as they struggle to access aid several months on.
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A Russian fighter-jet has accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod, around 40km (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine.
The bomb left a 20m (60ft) crater and caused an explosion so large it blew a car on to the roof of a nearby shop.
Three people were injured and several buildings were damaged, according to authorities.
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The hours are ticking down in the United States towards another crucial decision amidst a row over access to an abortion drug. Mifepristone is used to terminate a pregnancy in more than half of abortions in the United States.
The Supreme Court’s order to pause a lower court ruling that would strip the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, expired at midnight on Friday. The US Supreme Court will now decide whether a Texas judge who suspended its use earlier this month questioning its safety, was right to do so.
Abortion rights in America have been at the centre of legal wrangling since the US Supreme Court controversially overturned Roe versus Wade last year - which suddenly meant the right to an abortion under the American constitution was no longer guaranteed - and it returned abortion decisions to individual states.
Right now abortion remains legal in about half the states across the USA. Anna Collinson reports.
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A three-day truce in Sudan called by the UN, US and others has failed, with residents of the capital Khartoum saying parts of the city feel like a ghost town.
The atmosphere in the city is in stark contrast to the joyful mood usually seen during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
After a week of fighting between two factions of the country's military leadership at least 400 people have been killed.
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UK-based carmaker Mini has responded to an internet uproar in China accusing it of racism at the Shanghai Auto Show.
A video from the event appeared to show Mini staff offering ice cream to foreigners while refusing to give it to Chinese visitors.
Mini China, which is owned by Germany's BMW, said the workers were distributing the treats to company employees, but said that it was "deeply sorry for the negative mood the incident brought on everyone".
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Dominic Raab has resigned as UK justice secretary and deputy prime minister after an inquiry into allegations of bullying.
The five-month probe, by a senior lawyer, was set up by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after complaints about Mr Raab's behaviour as a minister.
In a letter to Mr Sunak, Mr Raab said he would resign if the inquiry "made any finding of bullying whatsoever".
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Law enforcement agencies in Europe have told the BBC the continent is facing a cocaine crisis.
The United Nations has warned that production of the drug surged by a third in just one year after a slowdown during the pandemic.
In the UK, the National Crime Agency said it’s driving an increase in knife and gun crime among gangs.
International police forces are now on the lookout for more submarines packed with drugs bringing cocaine from South America.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX company's new rocket, Starship, exploded on its maiden flight.
No-one was hurt in the uncrewed test from Texas, US.
Minutes into the flight, the rocket - the biggest ever developed - started to tumble out of control and was soon destroyed by onboard charges.
Mr Musk has said his company will try again in a couple of months. SpaceX engineers still class Thursday's mission as a success.
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Criminal charges have been dropped against Alec Baldwin over a fatal on-set shooting, according to his lawyers.
The Emmy-award winning actor was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting during the filming of Rust in New Mexico.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a live bullet fired from a prop gun that was being used by Baldwin in October 2021.
The development comes less than two weeks before a trial was set to begin.
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Hong Kong’s civil society has been decimated by a Beijing-imposed security law that has all but silenced the political opposition.
47 of the city’s best-known critics are facing possible life in prison after being charged with conspiracy to subvert the State. They took part in an unofficial election, and they’ve faced more than two years in detention before their trial has even begun.
In 2019, the former British colony saw back-to-back street demonstrations in which thousands took to the streets to fight against greater control from Beijing.
Newsnight has been filming with one of the last groups in Hong Kong that dares to protest. Danny Vincent reports.
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17-year-old Ellie Gould was half way through her A levels when she was stabbed to death by her first boyfriend - a fellow student, in her family home in Wiltshire. Ellie had broken off the 'suffocating' 3 month relationship the night before.
24-year-old Poppy Devey-Waterhouse was a quantitative trading analyst living in a flat in Leeds with her boyfriend of 3 years. She had ended the relationship and was due to leave. Her bags were packed. Before she could, her boyfriend attacked and killed her - she was asleep in her bed. He inflicted 100 injuries upon her as she tried to escape.
If those men had taken a knife and killed the women in the street or in a park, their minimum jail term would have been 25 years. But because they killed them in their homes - it wasn't.
Ellie and Poppy's mums - Carole Gould and Julie Devey have forged a friendship over what they see as an injustice, and have come together to try and change what they call an 'immoral' disparity in sentencing.
As part of Newsnight’s focus this year on questions over the justice system, Victoria Derbyshire spoke to Carole and Julie in their first interview since meeting with the Victims Minister.
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People will need to show photo ID before being allowed to vote in England’s local elections on 4 May, and at any future UK general election.
The government says the new rules will help prevent voter fraud but critics claim the changes will make it harder for some to vote.
Ros Atkins explains.
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SpaceX's Starship – the most powerful rocket ever built - has exploded in mid air after launching in its second attempt
There were tense scenes as the launch at Boca Chica, Texas was halted with two seconds to go, before getting the final go-ahead minutes later.
SpaceX staff clapped and cheered as the rocket slowly blasted off in a giant plume of smoke.
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Controversial facial recognition firm, Clearview AI says it now has 30 billion images, scraped from platforms such as Facebook, taken without users' permissions.
It claims its technology is being used by hundreds of police forces in the US.
The company has repeatedly been fined millions of dollars in Europe and Australia for breaches of privacy.
Critics argue that the use of Clearview by law enforcement puts everyone into a "perpetual police line-up" – and that the technology doesn’t always work.
Clearview says it has never knowingly been involved in a case of mistaken identity.
The BBC’s James Clayton investigates.
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The sky over Exmouth in Western Australia turned dark for about 60 seconds on Thursday, when the Moon cast a 40km-wide shadow over the area.
The total solar eclipse was part of a rare hybrid eclipse, which occurs only a handful of times per century.
Some saw a total solar eclipse where the Moon is too small to completely block the whole of the Sun, whilst those on the Exmouth Peninsula saw the total solar eclipse.
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Russia has a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations.
The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
It says Russia has a fleet of vessels disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels in the North Sea.
They carry underwater surveillance equipment and are mapping key sites for possible sabotage.
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At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during a distribution of charity for Ramadan, officials said.
TV footage shows a crowd of people unable to move and many in distress in the Bab-al-Yemen area of the city.
Hundreds of people reportedly crowded into the school late on Wednesday to receive donations amounting to about $9 (£7; €8) per person.
Houthi rebels have run the city since they drove out the government in 2015.
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Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election.
The US network owned by Rupert Murdoch had falsely claimed that Dominion’s voting machines were used to rig the 2020 elect against Donald Trump.
In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay almost $800 million dollars to Dominion.
The deal means Fox executives including Rupert Murdoch will not have to testify in court.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by north America editor Sarah Smith.
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Russia has a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations.
The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
It says Russia has a fleet of vessels disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels in the North Sea.
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Excess fuel from one of Elon Musk’s Space X rockets, which had launched from California, is believed to have caused a ‘mysterious spiral’ in the sky over Alaska.
It left sky watchers baffled while they were on the lookout for the northern lights.
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A legal battle is raging over the future of a factory in Newport, Wales, which mass produces technological components called semiconductors.
The Government has ordered its Dutch owners, Nexperia, to sell it under national security laws because they're owned, in turn, by a Chinese company.
The Foreign Secretary's said that it's not in the UK's interests to pull the shutters down on the relationship with China. But the decision could mean the factory’s closure, at the cost of some 500 high paying jobs.
Meanwhile the Government has this week again postponed the publication of its long-promised and long awaited national semiconductor strategy.
That comes as the EU and the US are pushing ahead with their own subsidy schemes for this technology which will likely shape our everyday lives and economic fortunes in the decades to come. Is the UK at risk of being left behind? Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu reports.
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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has launched the company's first retail store in India, in its financial capital, Mumbai.
Videos showed Mr Cook waving to customers and opening the store's doors as employees clapped and cheered.
Mr Cook will also attend the opening of a second store in the country’s capital, Delhi, on Thursday.
But why has Apple chosen to launch in India now?
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Two teenage boys have been charged with murder after a shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama.
The pair, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on Tuesday, local police said.
The deadly gun attack killed four and injured 32 in the city of Dadeville, US on Saturday.
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In 1943, a few hundred Jewish fighters rose up against the German army as it began its final push to erase all traces of Jewish life in the Polish capital of Warsaw.
The 63-day rebellion was organised by the Polish resistance to liberate the city from Nazi occupation.
Presidents and Holocaust survivors and their descendants are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Wednesday.
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Twelve people have been detained by police for questioning after a Chinese hospital fire killed at least 29, most of them patients.
The fire broke out in Changfeng Hospital, Beijing at around 13:00 local time on Tuesday.
Officials say a preliminary investigation suggests renovation works had ignited paint stored on site.
Among those detained are the hospital’s director and the head of the firm overseeing the works.
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TVORCHI, the Nigerian-Ukrainian pop duo, are set to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2023, which is taking place in Liverpool.
They will perform their song Heart of Steel.
The pair tell the BBC that Russia's invasion "is always at the back of their minds" when they take to the stage.
TVORCHI's recent show in Lviv came with some political messaging - something that won't be allowed during their Eurovision performance.
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Heavy gunfire and the roar of warplanes have shattered plans for a ceasefire in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, which was due to start at 18:00 (16:00 GMT).
Fighting was reported around the army headquarters by the airport in the city centre, which is surrounded by residential areas.
Two rival generals at the heart of the conflict had agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian pause.
Nearly 200 people have been killed in the fighting which began on Saturday.
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US voting technology firm Dominion has settled with Fox News just before their defamation trial was due to begin.
Dominion had sought $1.6bn (£1.3bn) from Fox, whom it claimed spread falsehoods about its voting machines in the 2020 presidential election.
The final settlement agreed between both parties was for $787.5m.
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Fox News is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.6bn (£1.3bn), who claim its reputation was hurt after the network knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 US election.
Then-president Donald Trump attacked the voting company after the ballot, falsely claiming that it rigged the election to favour Joe Biden.
Fox is arguing that allegations against Dominion's machines were newsworthy, and should be protected by the First Amendment.
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A black bear came a little too close for comfort when it wandered up to a man relaxing on a sun lounger in North Carolina.
David Oppenheimer jumped in shock the moment he came face-to-face with the animal in his garden.
The comedic moment was caught on video by his doorbell camera.
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A Russian court has rejected the appeal of US journalist Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention.
He appeared in court in Moscow on Tuesday - the first time he had been seen in public for weeks.
He was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg while working for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper and charged with spying.
His lawyer called the charges "baseless".
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Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), said it is committing to a 24-hour ceasefire to allow safe passage of civilians and for humanitarian aid.
In a statement on Tuesday, the head of RSF said the deal had been reached following a conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and "other friendly nations".
Sudan's army has denied the claims by RSF rivals that an agreement had been reached, saying they were "not aware of any coordination with the mediators".
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US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood.
Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as agents for China and obstruction of justice.
China has previously denied operating the stations, calling them "service centres" for nationals overseas.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited occupied parts of the Ukrainian region of Kherson, according to the Kremlin.
He is said to have attended a military command meeting to hear reports from military commanders.
Mr Putin is also thought to have visited the Luhansk region. Russia annexed Kherson and Luhansk last year.
Such trips by the Russian leader are rare, although he made a surprise visit to the city of Mariupol in March.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to rival Sudanese generals about the urgent need for a ceasefire in the country.
At least 180 people have been killed and more than 1,800 injured in days of fighting between rival forces, according to the UN. The city has seen air strikes, shelling and heavy small-arms fire.
Both the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces claim to control key sites in Khartoum, where residents have been sheltering from explosions.
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A teenager who was among four people killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama died saving his sister's life, the family said.
Phil Dowdell, 18, pushed the birthday girl, Alexis Dowdell, to the ground as gunfire erupted during the celebration at a dance studio in the community of Dadeville.
Thirty-two other people were injured in Saturday night's attack.
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At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the US state of Alabama.
Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville.
Taniya Cox was at the party and spoke to BBC News about the events.
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Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.
He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation”, charges which he denied.
A Russian-British former journalist and politician, he is the latest of several of President Putin’s opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee Russia.
Mr Kara-Murza's 25-year sentence was the maximum sought by prosecutors and is the longest sentence an opposition figure has received since the war in Ukraine began.
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Elon Musk's company SpaceX has halted the debut launch of its Starship rocket.
Lift off was called off just minutes ahead of the scheduled launch time, due to a “pressurisation issue”.
In a tweet, Musk said: “A pressurant valve appears to be frozen”.
It will take least 48 hours to reset the rocket, SpaceX say.
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More than two years since the military seized power in Myanmar the country is still trapped in a civil war.
Its economy is collapsing and the army is increasingly reliant on the air force to attack rebel held areas.
The BBC's South East Asian correspondent Jonathan Head reports from inside Myanmar.
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The most powerful rocket ever developed is about to attempt a maiden launch.
Known as Starship, the rocket has been built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
It stands almost 120m (400ft) high and is designed to have almost double the thrust of any rocket in history.
Monday's uncrewed demonstration will lift off from Boca Chica in Texas, and plans to complete almost one full circuit of the globe.
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Explosions and gunfire have been reported this morning in Sudan's capital Khartoum, with fighting in the country in its third day.
Almost 100 civilians have died during the violence, according to the Sudanese doctors' union.
The fighting follows a rift between the leaders of Sudan's army and a rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
On Sunday, the two sides observed a temporary ceasefire to allow the wounded to be evacuated.
Regional leaders say they hope to travel to Sudan today to help end the violence - and there are calls for the resumption of talks aimed at restoring a civilian government.
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At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the US state of Alabama.
Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville on Saturday.
US President Joe Biden renewed his calls for tougher gun laws after the incident.
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A former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother.
Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head in Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad, in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state.
Shots were fired and three men who had been posing as journalists were detained by police. The state government is investigating.
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A power struggle between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead.
Residents dodged gunfire in the capital, Khartoum, as rival forces battled over the presidential palace, state TV, and army headquarters.
The clashes erupted after tensions over a proposed transition to civilian rule.
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Thousands of people in Ukraine have lost their limbs in the war against Russia, according to World Health Organisation estimates.
The Ukrainian charity Superhumans and the UK-based company Open Bionics have partnered to create bionic arms for the wounded.
The BBC visited the factory in Bristol, England, responsible for creating the prosthetics.
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Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force have battled with heavy weapons in the capital Khartoum amid tensions over a proposed transition to civilian rule.
At least three people have died after heavy fighting erupted between armed factions in Khartoum and other cities.
Both sides say they control the airport and other key sites. The army says jets are hitting bases of its opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
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Lab-grown meat has been suggested as solution to the greenhouse gas emissions, overfishing and animal welfare concerns associated with traditional meat consumption.
But is lab-grown meat ethical? And how does it taste?
Click’s Spencer Kelly travelled to Singapore to find out more.
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been evacuated unharmed from a public event after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him.
A man was detained at the scene in Wakayama, where Mr Kishida had been due to give a speech, local media reported.
He was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of business and later identified by the authorities as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura. His motivation is still unclear.
A witness said they saw a person throwing something, followed by smoke, while another said they heard a big bang. No injuries were reported.
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Meet the couple who had an unusual start to their love story.
Erin and Dave met while dumpster diving in the US 14 years ago.
Now, they continue the hobby as a couple. They sell, give away, and use what they find.
The couple say they are tackling a "throwaway" culture.
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The announcement last year of the closure of NHS England's only gender clinic for young people has caused a period of uncertainty for many young people seeking help.
The Gender Identity Development Service - known as gids - at London's Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is due to close this year after a report last year highlighted concerns about aspects of its approach to care and its capacity to cope with ever-growing demand.
In its place will be two new centres in London and the north west of England, where treatment is expected to be shaped to reflect issues raised by the review. But Newsnight has learned of concerns after the appointment of some senior members of staff from gids to key roles in training a new cohort of professionals to work in these new services.
Today the former health secretary Sajid Javid said he feared the reform of children's gender services was now 'under threat'. Newsnight’s investigations producer Hannah Barnes, who’s been reporting for several years on gender services, has this report.
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Jack Teixeira has appeared in a Boston court for allegedly leaking confidential US defence and intelligence documents.
The files included confidential information about the war in Ukraine and other national security issues.
The 21-year-old - who had top-secret clearance - faces 15 years in prison if he's found guilty on all counts.
According to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Mr Teixeira was arrested "without incident" in connection with "the investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defence information".
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France's top constitutional body has cleared the raising of the state pension age from 62 to 64.
The Constitutional Council has rejected calls for a referendum by political opponents, however it said some articles of the controversial reform have legal flaws.
Twelve days of protests have been held against the reforms since January.
In March, the government used a special constitutional power to force through the reforms without a vote.
President Emmanuel Macron's government argues the changes are essential to prevent the system collapsing.
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Jack Teixeira was arrested by the FBI at his family home in Dighton, rural Massachusetts, after being identified as the leader of an online chat group where the documents first emerged. Dozens of leaked documents revealed US assessments of the war in Ukraine as well as sensitive secrets about American allies. The BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner examines the implications of this leak of highly-classified military information. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Europe's Juice satellite mission to the icy moons of Jupiter has blasted away from Earth.
The Juice satellite was sent skyward on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
There was joy, applause, relief and lots of hugs in the Kourou station upon confirmation that it successfully completed its stage separation process.
It is second time lucky for the European Space Agency project after Thursday's launch attempt had to be stood down because of the weather.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
There was a large ceremony to greet Mr Lula as he arrived for the meeting, which was the finale of his official visit to China.
The two leaders are expected to sign trade deals and discuss the war in Ukraine.
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When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a second less visible battle got underway.
Armies of vigilante cyber hackers on both sides have caused chaos – taking down websites, stealing private data and hijacking broadcasts.
The BBC’s Cyber Correspondent, Joe Tidy travels to Ukraine to speak to those fighting in the cyberwar.
He discovers that the conflict has blurred the lines between cyber military and cyber criminal activity.
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Cyclone Ilsa has hit Western Australia as a category five storm, setting a wind speed record.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa struck the state close to Port Hedland, the world's largest iron ore export hub, just before midnight (17:00 BST).
However, it has so far spared populated areas from major damage.
The storm has been downgraded to category three, but a red alert remains in place for some inland communities.
The cyclone is the strongest to hit the region in some 14 years.
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North Korea has said it tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile - its "most powerful" missile to date.
State media hailed Thursday's launch, which led to a brief evacuation order in Japan, a "miraculous success".
Solid-fuel missiles can be fired more quickly than liquid-fuel ones, making them harder to intercept. But analysts say they are not without downsides.
South Korea maintains that the North will need more time to develop a fully operational solid-fuel ICBM.
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Security is on high alert across several French cities as more than 250 protests take place across the country.
Protesters are in opposition to President Macron's plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64.
Last month saw dozens of arrests as thousands went on strike and protested at the proposals.
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A 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard employee has been arrested over the leak of highly sensitive US defence and intelligence documents.
Jack Teixeira is reported to be the leader of an online gaming chat group where the files leaked in recent months.
At least 50 but perhaps more than 100 secret documents were posted on social media app Discord.
The documents included sensitive information about the war in Ukraine, as well as on US allies and adversaries across the globe.
US defence officials have described the leak as a “very serious risk” to national security.
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More than £4 billion was stolen by fraudsters and cyber criminals in the UK last year. The police say it’s the crime people are most likely to experience.
A year long BBC World Service investigation has been probing a $1.2 billion scam, centred on the Milton Group, and tracking down the businessmen thought to be behind it.
The Group is an international network of companies, recently raided by Europol on suspicion of defrauding investors across the continent.
From their first phone call, victims can be directed into regulated companies or sometimes unregulated, offshore entities. Some victims who signed up to regulated brands within the Milton group were directed by their broker to place high-risk trades likely to lose the customer money and make money for the broker.
Simona Weinglass and Joe Inwood report.
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US President Joe Biden said it is a "pleasure to be back" as he met Irish President Michael D Higgins in Dublin.
Biden is spending most of Thursday in the company of leading Irish politicians.
He started his working day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin, the home of the Irish president, where he inspected a military guard of honour, signed the visitors' book, planted an oak tree and rang the Bell of Peace.
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In the twenty five years since the Good Friday Agreement, a roll call of US Presidents has visited Northern Ireland, and yesterday Joe Biden, no stranger to the island, was in Belfast for just a few hours before heading south for three days.
He tried to tempt the DUP, who have boycotted the Assembly and the Executive for more than a year, to return to power sharing, with the promise of the tripling of US investment in Northern Ireland to six billion dollars.
The DUP say they will not return to Stormont until Rishi Sunak takes steps to remove the remaining Brexit trade barriers between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and yesterday in typically blunt fashion, Sammy Wilson the DUP whip, said "we will not be bought".
Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports from Belfast.
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Prince Harry will be present at King Charles' coronation, but his wife Meghan will not be attending, Buckingham Palace has said.
Harry will join more than 2,000 guests at London's Westminster Abbey on 6 May.
It will be the first time he has been seen with the Royal Family since his bombshell memoir Spare was published.
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A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was issued and then retracted within 30 minutes.
Sirens blared across Hokkaido and residents were told to "evacuate immediately" on Thursday morning.
Authorities said the missile did not land near the island and withdrew the alert.
Tensions have been growing in the region, as North Korea has already fired 27 missiles this year.
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A military helicopter donated to Ukraine by the UK government was used in the Falklands conflict more than 40 years ago, the BBC has learned.
Despite its age, the Ukrainian military says the aircraft will help in the war against Russia.
The government in Kyiv asked for modern fighter jets armed with long-range missiles to help in a much-anticipated new offensive against Russian forces.
But the UK has not given any of its Typhoon fighter jets to Ukraine - it does not have enough to spare, and it would take too long to train Ukrainian pilots to use them. There are also broader fears that giving warplanes could escalate the conflict.
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Lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency firm FTX say that $7bn of cash and liquid assets have been recovered.
Millions of customers of the crypto exchange giant have been unable to access their assets since the company filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2022.
Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to fraud charges in January.
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Elon Musk has said that owning Twitter has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster”, in an interview with the BBC.
The multi-billionaire entrepreneur said he would sell the company if the right person came along.
Mr Musk, who also runs car maker Tesla and rocket firm SpaceX, bought Twitter for $44bn (£35.4bn) in 2022.
He admitted he only went ahead with the takeover because he knew he would be forced to in legal proceedings.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Clayton in California.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on world leaders to respond after a video emerged apparently showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a Russian serviceman.
Ukraine's SBU security service said it was investigating the "war crime".
The Kremlin said the video was "awful" but its authenticity had to be checked as well as who was behind it.
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Dozens of classified US documents have been leaked and are now circulating on the internet.
Images of the classified files have appeared on messaging app Discord since early March.
Complete with timelines and dozens of military acronyms, the documents, some marked "top secret", offer information on the war in Ukraine and other topics.
Pentagon officials have been quoted as saying the documents are real.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have designed a robotic hand that can grasp and hold objects using only the movement of its wrist.
The 3D printed model was implanted with sensors that enabled it to "sense" what it was touching and more than 1,200 tests were carried out, using objects including a peach, computer mouse and bubble wrap.
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What can the visit of US President Joe Biden to Belfast do for peace in Northern Ireland and to help restore the government there?
Amist a huge security operation, the President arrived last night to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement.
For those born after the Agreement was signed, it was hoped their lives would be free of brutal sectarian conflict that scarred the generations before them.
Radio 1 Newsbeat’s politics reporter Jordan Kenny was born in 1998 after the agreement was signed. He has been talking to other young people like him about what it means to be a so-called ‘peace baby’ in a place still grappling with its past, and what the future of this still-divided nation could hold.
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US President Joe Biden addressed a small audience in Belfast to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. Biden's visit marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement - a peace deal which helped end 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland.
The president reflected on the Northern Ireland peace process and told the audience there were no guarantees that they'd be able to deliver the progress that we now see today.
He added that it took people coming together all across Northern Ireland to make it work.
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A pair of trainers once worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan has sold for $2.2m (£1.7m) at auction, becoming the priciest shoes ever sold.
The signed sneakers - which auction house Sotheby's had estimated would fetch $2m to $4m - are among the most expensive Jordan items auctioned.
The record price seals Jordan's position as the most valuable athlete at auctions for sportswear memorabilia, with a jersey he wore at the 1998 NBA Finals selling for $10.1m in 2022.
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A leak of classified US Defence Department documents is a "very serious" risk to national security, the Pentagon has said.
The documents, which have been circulated on social media, appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as on China and US allies.
Officials say the files are in a format similar to documents issued to senior leaders, and an investigation has been opened to determine the source of the leak.
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Elon Musk has said running Twitter has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster", in a last-minute interview with the BBC.
The multi-billionaire entrepreneur also said that he would sell the company if the right person came along.
The interview was broadcast live from Twitter HQ in San Francisco, attracting more than three million listeners.
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The US President Joe Biden has arrived on a visit to Northern Ireland.
He was greeted as he exited the plane at Belfast International Airport by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Mr Biden is in Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
The 1998 peace deal brought an end to the Troubles - the decades-long violent conflict in Northern Ireland in which thousands of people were killed.
A huge security operation was put in place, with many city centre streets closed ahead of the visit.
While Mr Biden has praised what politicians did to secure peace in 1998, his visit is overshadowed by the fact that Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is not functioning.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Ireland correspondent Emma Vardy and political editor Chris Mason.
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Tupperware, the US maker of food storage containers, has warned that it could go bust unless it can quickly raise new financing.
The 77-year-old firm said there was "substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern".
Tupperware has been attempting to reposition itself to a younger audience but has failed to stop a slide in its sales.
Its shares plunged nearly 50% on Monday before recovering slightly on Tuesday.
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In Ukraine an area of land that represents 174,000 square kilometres - around the size of England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined – has been contaminated by landmines.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been using these explosive devices - which can be triggered by tripwires or booby traps - during the war.
The devices are mostly concentrated in the Kharkiv region of the country and officials have said it will take decades to clear them all.
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The US and the Philippines are holding their largest-ever joint military drills, a day after China concluded large-scale exercises around Taiwan.
The drills will involve more than 17,600 troops.
Over the weekend, China's military rehearsed blockades around Taiwan in response to the country’s leader meeting with the US House Speaker last week.
Plans for the US-Philippines drills predated China’s activities.
At least eight Chinese war ships remain in Taiwanese water.
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China has carried out mass simulated missile strikes on Taiwan, in military exercises that included “sealing off” the island.
Taiwan considers itself a sovereign state. China sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually be brought under Beijing's control - by force, if necessary.
Beijing began the exercises after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met the US House Speaker in California, which China described as an act of “collusion” by the United States.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Shaimaa Khalil.
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A British-Israeli woman who was wounded in a suspected Palestinian gun attack on Friday in which two of her daughters were killed has died.
Lucy Dee, 45, had been in a coma since the attack in the occupied West Bank.
Her daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, were buried on Sunday in the settlement of Kfar Etzion, with their father and three surviving siblings present.
The family moved to Israel nine years ago from the UK, where Lucy's husband had served as a rabbi.
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Police in Louisville, Kentucky, have confirmed that at least five people have been killed in a shooting in the city.
An additional six people have been injured and taken to local hospitals, including a police officer.
Members of the public have been asked to stay away from a part of East Main.
Video from the area appears to show heavily armed police cordoning off a commercial property in the area.
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China said it was simulating "sealing off" Taiwan in a third day of drills as it appeared to use an aircraft carrier to launch jets towards the island.
Taiwan said it had detected jets to its east while China said its Shandong aircraft carrier had taken part.
Beijing began the exercises on Saturday after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met the US House Speaker in California.
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The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leaking of dozens of classified American Defence Department documents on social media.
It is the biggest leak of secret American information on the war in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion 14 months ago.
The maps, charts and photographs - some of them marked "top secret" - paint a detailed picture of the war in Ukraine.
The documents also reveal of details of Washington's other allies, from Israel to South Korea, including internal debates those countries are having about Ukraine and other sensitive issues.
Pentagon officials are quoted as saying the documents are real.
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Pope Francis has been leading a mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Easter Sunday.
The 86-year-old, recently discharged from hospital following bronchitis, expressed his "deep concern" about the escalating tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
The pontiff also called on the international community to end the war in Ukraine.
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Our lives are brief moments when compared to Earth's long timescales. That’s the central concept of the mind-bending work of artist Katie Paterson. Her projects include a library in Oslo housing books that won't be read until 2114, and a room in Scotland that holds 'all of time' – from pre-solar dust to Anthropocene debris.
This is the second episode of Deep Time, a series exploring long-term thinking.
Watch episode one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esqxYO5vsEI
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Two British-Israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank have been named as Maia and Rina Dee.
The sisters were killed on Friday afternoon as they drove from their home in the settlement of Efrat to Tiberias.
Their car was driven off the road after being shot at by gunmen while their father had been driving ahead in a separate vehicle.
Their mother, Leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital.
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Iranian authorities have begun installing cameras in public places to identify unveiled women, the police have announced.
Women seen not covering their hair would receive a "warning text messages as to the consequences", police said.
This would help prevent "resistance against the hijab law", police said.
Protests were sparked last year by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly violating the hijab rule.
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For decades, thousands of black high school gymnasts have been faced with a difficult decision: either join a historically black college or university (HBCU) or keep their gymnastics careers alive.
HBCUs are cherished among black Americans as a chance to join the legacy of the historical black leaders who once attended them, like Martin Luther King Jr.
Many black students say they also provide a safe environment, free of the racial hostility they can experience in spaces where they are in the minority.
But for those who have spent their childhood devoted to gymnastics, HBCUs were never an option if they wanted to compete at the university level.
Until now.
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China's military has begun rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan during three days of military drills.
Beijing - which views Taiwan as a breakaway province of China - called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government.
The exercises began hours after President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States.
The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said 42 Chinese military planes and eight ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
The line is an unofficial dividing line between Chinese and Taiwanese territory.
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The Tennessee statehouse has expelled two Democratic politicians who led a gun control protest that halted legislative proceedings last week.
In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 72-25 to expel Justin Jones and 69-26 to remove Justin Pearson.
But an expulsion vote failed against a third Democratic lawmaker, Gloria Johnson, who also joined the protest.
Crowds of protesters have flooded the State Capitol since a school shooting.
The 27 March attack at Nashville's Covenant School killed six people, including three children.
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A daughter who fled North Korea to be reunited with her mother has spoken about her treacherous, year-long journey to freedom.
Escaping North Korea is a dangerous and difficult feat and in recent years, Kim Jong Un has clamped down harder on those trying to flee.
At the outset of the pandemic, he sealed the country's borders, making Songmi Park, then 17, one of the last known people to make it out.
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Events are being held to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The deal ended 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles, which cost the lives of more than 3,500 people.
But police are warning of potential public disorder linked to dissident republicans with the terrorism threat level raised to severe.
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Huge numbers have taken to the streets of France in the eleventh day of mass protests against the change in pension age.
The controversial pension reform will raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years old.
Union leaders have been urging French President Emmanuel Macron to “hit pause” on the plans to raise the retirement age.
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Tens of thousands of possible war crimes have been carried out by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine in February last year, the country has said.
The volume of work facing prosecutors is so big, it could take them decades to bring the perpetrators to court.
There are thousands of videos of the alleged atrocities circulating on social media, including one of the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier.
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The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment, regarded as "the best of the best" in Russia's armed forces, has been at the forefront of the main battles in the Kremlin's campaign against Ukraine.
Often called the Kostroma Airborne Regiment, it has been the subject of investigations by Newsnight since shortly after last February's invasion. These have revealed the price paid by the regiment and its home community.
The programme had confirmed 39 fatalities by April last year, 62 by late July, and now the toll has reached 94.
So with a rising death toll, how is this so-called "elite" regiment of paratroopers - and their family and friends back home - coping with Vladimir Putin's long war?
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Buckingham Palace said that it is cooperating with an independent study exploring the relationship between the British monarchy and the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Palace said King Charles III takes the issue "profoundly seriously".
Buckingham Palace is granting researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK full access to the Royal Archives and the Royal Collection.
The study, a PhD project by historian Camilla de Koning, is expected to be completed in 2026.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to use his influence to help stop Russia's war in Ukraine.
The French leader is on a state visit to China, which has refused to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Macron told Xi he can count on him to “bring Russia to its senses” at the start of talks in Beijing.
Xi said their two countries had the "ability and responsibility" to safeguard world peace.
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One of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces used by online fraudsters to buy passwords has been closed down in a global law enforcement crackdown.
Genesis Market sold login details, IP addresses and other data that made up victims' "digital fingerprints".
Often costing less than $1, the personal information let fraudsters log into bank and shopping accounts.
Law enforcement agencies around the world were part of the co-ordinated raids, including the UK.
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Poland has pledged to send more fighter jets to Ukraine during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the country.
President Andrzej Duda said he would send Poland's remaining fleet of MiG-29 jets "if there is still such a need".
It came as Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western intelligence services of being involved in terror attacks on Russia.
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Lighthouse promises life coaching to help people realise their dreams. But an 18-month investigation by the BBC found it takes over people's lives, separates people from their loved ones and harasses its critics.
Life coaching is a booming UK industry. There are an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people working in the field.
Unlike many therapists or counsellors most coaches generally say they focus more on clients' futures. In theory at least, they try to help people work out what they really want and how to get there.
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Ai Weiwei is one of the most famous artists in the world, but infamous to the Chinese authorities. To them he is an outspoken, critical troublemaker.
Eight years ago, after a period of imprisonment and then house arrest in Shanghai, he left China and now lives in Portugal, but his work is always about China and often using ordinary objects and found materials to comment on his country's past and present.
When he was two, the family was banished at the start of the Cultural Revolution, to the Gobi desert in order to punish his father, then China's most famous poet, Ai Quing. For the first five years of that banishment they lived in an underground hole, with no light heat or water.
The entrance to the "hellhole" is the artist's screensaver and also features in his new exhibition at the design museum in London, in a giant lego brick depiction of his late father's favourite painting of Monet's Water Lilies.
Kirsty Wark met Ai Weiwei before his exhibition opened.
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Spanish TV actress Ana Obregón, 68, has revealed a baby she had by surrogacy in the US was fathered by her dead son.
"This girl isn't my daughter, she's my granddaughter," she told ¡Hola! magazine while staying in Miami.
Although having a woman give birth on your behalf is illegal in Spain, adopting a child born abroad is lawful.
Her son died of cancer at 27 and Ms Obregón says it was his final wish to "bring a child of his own into this world."
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The Ukrainian president, Vlodymyr Zelensky, is making his first official visit to Poland since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda welcomed Mr Zelensky and his wife to the presidential palace.
Poland has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Ukraine since the war started in February, 2022.
The country has taken in millions of Ukrainian refugees and has sent more than 300 tanks to the country.
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Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians at al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
Police said 350 people were arrested in a pre-dawn raid after what they called "agitators" with fireworks, sticks and stones shut themselves inside.
Palestinians said stun grenades and rubber bullets were used to clear out the group and that 14 people were hurt.
Militants in the Gaza Strip later fired nine rockets at Israel and its military carried out air strikes in response.
The latest violence comes just ahead of an overlap between the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday.
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Vladlen Tatarsky was a high profile champion of the war in Ukraine, a blogger who didn't appear to be afraid to criticise the Kremlin for their shortcomings in the war.
His murder happened in a cafe in St Petersburg once owned by Yevgeny Prigozin, the head of the Wagner Mercenary Group. Tatarsky was handed a statuette which exploded, killing him, and wounding as many as 30 of his supporters.
The Russians promptly arrested a young woman Darya Trepova, an anti-war protestor, who has now been charged with terrorism. Prigozin himself has opined he didn't think the blast was the work of the Ukranian Goverment. Another theory is that it could also be the work of Russian political infighting.
Newsnight’s international correspondent Joe Inwood reports.
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Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gave an emotional farewell to parliament on Wednesday.
She announced she was stepping down and retiring from politics earlier this year, after five and a half years in the role.
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Donald Trump has told supporters in Florida his indictment on business fraud charges was "an insult to our country", after appearing in court in New York.
The former US president is accused of falsifying business records to protect his 2016 election run.
Trump criticised the judge and prosecutors and claimed - without evidence - the case against him was politically-motivated.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg spoke at a press conference following Donald Trump's court hearing.
He said this case is about 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes.
He added that Mr Trump repeatedly made false statements on New York business records and caused others to make false statements.
“These are felony crimes in New York State no matter who you are. We can not and will not normalise serious criminal conduct," Bragg said.
Bragg was the attorney to bring the charges against the former US president.
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of felony criminal charges during the hearing in New York.
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Donald Trump's legal team spoke to reporters outside court in New York.
The former US President's attorney, Todd Blanche, said Mr Trump was "upset" and "frustrated".
Joe Tacopina, another one of Trump's lawyers, said the unsealing of the indictment showed "that the rule of law died in this country".
"While everyone is not above the law, no one is below it either. And if this man's name was not Donald J Trump, there is no scenario we'd all be here today," he added.
They declined to comment on whether Mr Trump was fingerprinted or had a mugshot taken when being processed.
Mr Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges during the court hearing.
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Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former US president to face a criminal trial.
Appearing in a Manhattan court, Mr Trump pleaded not guilty after his formal arrest earlier on Tuesday.
The charges stem from an alleged hush-money payment to a porn star in the days before the 2016 presidential election.
Mr Trump, 76, has denied any wrongdoing in the case.
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Former US President Donald Trump has arrived at a court in New York to face criminal charges.
The charges relate to money paid to buy the silence of former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 US election.
He is the first former US president to face criminal charges.
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When the Taliban swept in and seized control of Kabul in August 2021, it caused panic across the country, particularly for women who had challenged the Taliban's decades old restrictions on their rights and freedoms.
Plans were hastily drawn up to evacuate Afghanistan's high profile female footballers to Australia, Portugal, Albania and the UK. But BBC Newsnight has been told that around 13 women on the UK rescue flight didn't play for the teams or top tier level claimed.
BBC Newsnight has spoken to women footballers still in Afghanistan who say they are genuine players and need help to escape the country. Yasminara Khan reports on the plight of the women who were left behind.
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With Donald Trump set to become the first former US president to face criminal charges, the BBC explores the history of the first sitting US president to be arrested, Ulysses S. Grant.
General Grant, the 18th president of the United States, was known for his love of fast horses – and riding them around the streets of Washington DC, at speed.
And in 1872, that was exactly how he became the only sitting president in US history to be arrested while in office.
But who was the man who arrested him?
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Finland’s flag has been raised at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels after the country became the 31st member of the security alliance.
The length of Russia's border with Nato member states has now doubled as a result.
Finland shares a 1,340-km (832-mile) eastern frontier with Russia and formally applied to join Nato with Sweden last May because of Russia's war.
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Finland has become the 31st member of the Nato security alliance.
The Finnish foreign minister signed the accession document, and handed it to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Finland's accession is a setback for Russia's Vladimir Putin, who repeatedly complained of Nato's expansion before his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The length of Russia's border with Nato member states has now doubled.
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What’s life like in the trenches of Ukraine’s Donbas region?
“Very muddy and very dangerous”, says BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville.
Ukrainian soldiers face “relentless Russian fire” according to Quentin, who recently came under fire himself while reporting from the country’s battlefront.
Quentin speaks to the BBC’s Frank Gardner about his time in Ukraine.
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Spain’s Catalonia region is experiencing extreme drought.
The Sau reservoir, 100km (about 62 miles) inland from Barcelona, has in recent months become a visible symbol of the situation.
That is because of the sight of the 11th Century church of Sant Romà de Sau, which was submerged when the reservoir was created in 1962.
This part of Catalonia has not seen sustained rain in two-and-a-half years. In early March, the reservoir's water level had dropped to 8% of its capacity.
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Finland will become the 31st member of Nato on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced.
The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border.
Finland's membership is one of the most important moments in Nato's recent history.
Turkey had delayed the application, accusing Finland of embracing Kurdish militants and allowing them to demonstrate on the streets of Stockholm.
Any Nato expansion needs the support of all its members.
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The killing of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky is being investigated as a "high-profile murder", authorities have said.
Tatarsky, a vocal supporter of Russia's war in Ukraine, died in an explosion at a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday evening.
Twenty-four others were taken to hospital and six were in critical condition, the health ministry said.
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At least 26 people have been killed after a series of tornadoes tore through towns and cities in the South and Midwest of the United States.
Homes were destroyed and thousands left without power after huge storms caused devastation across several states.
There have been more than 80 reported tornadoes since 31 March, according to the National Weather Service.
States including Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama and Mississippi have all had fatalities.
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A series of avalanches in Norway's far north has claimed the lives of four people, police said.
In the most deadly incident, a house and barn were swept into the sea on the island of Reinøya.
Two people were confirmed killed and 140 goats were in the barn at the time, according to the authorities.
Two tourists were killed in two other avalanches. Both are believed to be foreigners, although their nationalities are not yet known.
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Three British nationals are currently being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a humanitarian organisation has told the BBC.
One of those being held is thought to have built an online following by visiting dangerous places while the two others are understood to have been arrested during a raid on accommodation used by foreign aid workers.
The UK Foreign Office has said it's "working hard" to get in touch with the three men.
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Pope Francis has joked that he is "still alive" as he left hospital in Rome after a three-day stay.
He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital mid-week with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis.
The Vatican had said he was responding to antibiotics and would be released on Saturday, depending on test results.
"I wasn't frightened, I'm still alive," the 86-year-old pontiff told reporters and tearful well wishers outside the hospital before being driven away.
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Former US President Donald Trump is facing impending arrest on charges stemming from an investigation into a $130,000 (£106,000) payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
After a grand jury in New York voted on Thursday to indict him, he will be the first former US president to face criminal charges.
Mr Trump is campaigning to become president again in the 2024 election.
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Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been moved from custody to house arrest following a ruling by a Romanian judge.
The ruling by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest replaces the latest period of custody, which was to end on 29 April.
The brothers have been detained since December and are being investigated on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group.
Both have denied wrongdoing.
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At least 24 injured people have been taken to hospital after a "devastating" tornado hit Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the city's mayor.
The twister churned through the US state's capital city on Friday, flipping cars, smashing roofs and toppling trees.
Several blocks have been heavily damaged, according to aerial footage posted by the Weather Channel.
Nearly 90 million people in 15 US states are under threat from an "explosive" storm system.
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Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon this summer.
It follows the All England Club lifting the ban it imposed last year on the players over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the support provided by Belarus.
The players will be able to feature this year "subject to competing as neutral athletes" and complying with certain conditions.
Wimbledon starts this year on 3 July at the All England Club.
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Are Premier League clubs avoiding millions of pounds of tax on agents' fees which ought to be paid?
That's what new research from the think tank Tax Policy Associates, obtained exclusively by Newsnight, suggests. Between 2019 and 2021 the suggestion is that top clubs avoided up to a quarter of a billion pounds in various forms of tax through a practice called 'dual representation' - that's where an agent represents and is paid for by both the player and a club.
Newsnight can reveal that HMRC is investigating “a number of clubs” in the top two leagues of English football over their use of the tax practice - which is widespread within the industry, and remains legal.
Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu investigates.
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Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey's parliament voted to approve its application.
Turkey had delayed Finland's bid to join the West's defensive alliance for months - complaining the Nordic nation was supporting "terrorists".
Sweden, which applied to join Nato at the same time last May, is still being blocked by Ankara over similar complaints.
Any Nato expansion needs the support of all its members.
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Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
The details of the charges he will face have not yet been released.
A grand jury voted to indict him on criminal charges, after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair. He denies wrongdoing.
Mr Trump is the first serving or former US president to face charges.
He is also being investigated in several other cases.
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Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has returned from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
The far-right former leader landed in the capital, Brasilia, on a commercial flight from Florida, where he spent the past three months.
Supporters draped in Brazil's flag shouted "legend", but the former leader was led out by a side exit.
It is the first time he is back in his home country since his supporters stormed Congress on 8 January.
He faces an investigation into whether he incited the rioters.
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US journalist Evan Gershkovich, of the Wall Street Journal, has been formally arrested in Russia and accused of spying.
Mr Gershkovich, an experienced Russia reporter, was working in Yekaterinburg at the time of his detention.
The Wall Street Journal said it was "deeply concerned" for his safety and vehemently denied the allegations against him.
The Kremlin claimed the reporter had been "caught red-handed".
The FSB said it had "halted illegal activities" and that the reporter had been "acting on US instructions" and "collecting state secrets".
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Four bankers who allowed a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss banks have been found guilty of lacking due diligence.
The former executives at the Zurich branch of Russia's Gazprombank were given seven-month suspended sentences for helping musician Sergei Roldugin, nicknamed "Putin's wallet".
Mr Roldugin reportedly paid in around $30m (£24m) between 2014 and 2016.
He gave no credible explanation of where the money had come from.
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Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection and is expected to remain there for a few days, the Vatican has said.
The 86-year-old has had breathing difficulties in recent days, but does not have Covid, its statement said.
Italian news agency Ansa reported nurses were optimistic he would be out of hospital in time for Palm Sunday this weekend.
It added tests had ruled out heart problems and pneumonia.
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There are claims that Russia is promoting the use of nuclear weapons, with state propaganda trying to make Russians think a nuclear war is not a bad thing.
Russian journalist and Nobel peace prize laureate, Dmitry Muratov, Russian said state TV channels have been talking about “a nuclear tsunami that would wash away America”.
Mr Muratov said he couldn't rule out President Vladimir Putin pressing the nuclear button.
However, state propaganda portrays Russia as a country of peace, and Ukraine and the West as the aggressors.
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A Newsnight investigation reveals for the first time how many rape and serious sexual assault cases collapse because the alleged victim drops out.
This is after a defendant has been charged and a date for the trial has been set. The trial can then be cancelled and rescheduled, which happens again and again, causing the victim to lose confidence in the system or be unable cope with the mental trauma of a life in limbo while waiting for the case to proceed - so they withdraw.
Newsnight’s figures show more than six cases are discontinued every week, and that it takes an average of almost 5 years for a rape case where a defendant is on bail to go from offence to completion.
UK Editor Sima Kotecha speaks to an alleged rape victim in this exclusive report.
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A digital discouragement campaign targeting young British men is being pushed out by the Dutch city's council.
It comes as part of efforts to clean up Amsterdam's raunchy reputation as Europe's most liberal party capital.
The online ads, highlighting the risks associated with the excessive use of drugs and booze, show young men staggering in the street handcuffed by police, finger-printed and having their mugshots taken.
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Everybody is talking about ChatGPT, the chatbot powered by artificial intelligence that can write songs, provide financial advice and define complex physics.
It’s part of a new generation of AI changing our perception of machine intelligence.
But are computers now smarter than their creators?
Not quite, as neuroscientist Ori Ossmy of Birkbeck, University of London explains.
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to a suggestion from US President Biden that he should abandon controversial plans for an overhaul of the judiciary.
Mr Netanyahu stressed that Israel would make its decisions "by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad".
President Biden said he hoped Mr Netanyahu would try to work out a genuine compromise.
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Police in the United States investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in Nashville, say the killer legally purchased 7 guns which she hid at her home.
Audrey Hale, 28, a former pupil at the school, shot six people dead including three children, all nine years old, along with the head teacher, before being shot dead by the police.
The police have released disturbing video footage of the attack.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nomia Iqbal in Nashville.
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A survivor of a mass shooting in Illinois has called for more action on US gun violence after three children and three adults were killed at a school in Nashville.
It comes after three children, all aged nine, and three adults were killed in the shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city in Tennessee.
The attack took place at The Covenant School, a private Christian school for students aged three to 11.
Ashbey Beasley told media outside the school "aren't you guys tired of covering this?"
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North Korea has revealed small nuclear warheads, which it said can be fitted on to short-range missiles.
Pyongyang has long claimed it has tactical nuclear weapons, capable of hitting targets in South Korea.
But the photos published in its state newspaper on Tuesday are the first time it has provided evidence.
However, it is impossible to verify whether they are the real deal. Until North Korea tests one of these devices, we are left guessing.
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A man suing the Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has given evidence in her trial over a skiing accident seven years ago.
The retired doctor, Terry Sanderson, is seeking $300,000 dollars in damages, claiming he suffered life-changing injuries when she crashed into him.
Ms Paltrow denies she caused the collision and is counter-suing the 76-year-old.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nomia Iqbal.
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Germany's transport network is at a near standstill as the country experiences one of the largest strikes in decades.
Staff at airports, ports, railways, buses and subways walked out shortly after midnight for a 24-hour stoppage.
Two of the Germany's largest unions are demanding higher wages to help their members cope with the rising cost of living.
There have recently been smaller walkouts by other public servants.
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The humble forklift has been the backbone of industry for more than 100 years – and now they’re getting a 21st Century makeover.
Fox Robotics have created the world’s first ‘intelligent’ forklift.
Beyond being self-driving, it can upload and offload packages completely autonomously.
What could this mean for the future of manufacturing?
This clip is from Click - the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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Donald Trump has opened up his campaign to win back the US presidency by railing against the “dark forces” which he says are lined up against him.
At the airfield rally in Waco, Texas, in front of thousands of supporters, the former US president called the New York City investigation into hush-money payments an expletive.
The campaign event marked Trump’s return to a traditionally conservative state, in which he remains very popular.
However, his decision to hold the rally in Waco - best known for an armed standoff 30 years ago - has also raised eyebrows.
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Shortlisted for the prestigious James Beard Award, New York restaurant Dept of Culture has been praised for introducing hyper-regional Central Nigerian cuisine to the American palette.
The Brooklyn-based eatery has only one communal table and is fully-booked months in advance.
We meet chef Ayo Balogun to find out more.
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The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece in a move that has been described as a "gesture of friendship".
The decision to return the 2,500-year-old marbles was announced by Pope Francis last year.
Greece hopes the move will spur other overseas institutions that hold Parthenon sculptures, including the British Museum, to return them.
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For four years Newsnight has been investigating problems with unregulated children’s homes. In 2019 we revealed how thousands of teenagers in care were being placed in unregulated homes, often where criminal gangs thrived and sexual exploitation was commonplace.
Teenagers at that time told us they had been exploited, abused and left to fend for themselves. In 2021, after Newsnight’s investigation, the government changed the law making it illegal for children in care under 16 to be placed in these homes in England.
Yesterday they went even further, announcing a ban for anyone under 18 in care from being housed in unsuitable adult settings too.
Despite these changes to the law, vulnerable teenagers who are not in care are still being put at risk.
A BBC investigation has found hundreds of teenagers at risk of homelessness have been put into adult accommodation like hostels. Charities say it's never appropriate to place 16 or 17 year olds in adult settings without specialist support because they could be exploited.
Correspondent Anna Collinson reports. If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in the film, you can call BBC Action line on 0800 066 066.
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Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age.
More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures from the interior ministry.
Police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital and 80 people were arrested across the country.
The demonstrations were sparked by legislation raising the retirement age by two years to 64.
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The world’s first 3D-printed rocket made it off the launch pad on Wednesday night, but failed to reach orbit.
In a test flight by a California-based aerospace start-up Relativity Space, Terran 1 lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
But several minutes into the flights, mission controllers reported that the rocket experienced what they said was “an anomaly”.
There was nothing on board except for the company’s first model 3D print made six years ago.
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In a 363-page report, Baroness Louise Casey has condemned London's Metropolitan Police as institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, referencing racist officers and staff, routine sexism and "deep-seated" homophobia.
Her year-long review found systemic failures, and painted a picture of a force where rape cases were dropped because a freezer containing key evidence broke.
It's a damning indictment of almost every aspect of policing in London, and Baroness Casey has a key to transforming it - with better recruitment, a healthy culture and a different approach to specialisms.
Among the 16 recommendations in her review was the call for an immediate overhaul of vetting. She called a lack of mandatory requirements for vetting and training underpinned by law a "disgrace”.
Newsnight’s Sima Kotecha takes a closer look at those findings.
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The head of social media app TikTok is expected to give evidence to the US Congress on Thursday over security concerns.
Shou Zi Chew is likely to face questions on TikTok's relationship with the Chinese state, what data it collects and what it does with it.
He'll also be quizzed on why several journalists were spied on by ByteDance employees - something TikTok has already admitted.
Mr Chew will say user data is safe - away from the reach of the Chinese government.
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People who identify as gay in Uganda risk life in prison after parliament passed a new bill to crack down on homosexual activities.
The bill, which includes the death penalty in certain cases, is one of the toughest pieces of anti-gay legislation in Africa.
Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda but this bill introduces many new criminal offences.
As well as making merely identifying as gay illegal for the first time, friends, family and members of the community would have a duty to report individuals in same-sex relationships to the authorities.
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If Vladimir Putin was in any doubt about the international community's commitment to call the Russian leader to account for war crimes in Ukraine, a meeting of the Justice Ministers from more than 40 countries, in London on Monday would disabuse him of that.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Putin on Friday, in part involving allegations of a war crime - for the forced transfer of children from Ukraine into Russia.
In this war children have faced unimaginable hardship and horror, seeing things no child should have to witness.
One such is 17-year-old Vladyslav Buryak, from Melitopol in southeastern Ukraine. He is safely in England now staying with a host family along with with his mother and 14-year-old sister, but on the 8 April last year he was seized at a Russian checkpoint, while trying to evacuate to Zaporizhzhia, and later put in prison.
He told Newsnight what happened. Warning: there are some graphic descriptions of torture in his account that you may find distressing.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymr Zelensky.
The visit is the first time a Japanese PM has visited a country with ongoing fighting since World War II.
It comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin begin a second day of talks as part of a state visit to Moscow.
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Seven British patients who travelled to Turkey for weight loss surgery died after operations there, a BBC investigation has found.
Others have returned home with serious health issues after having had gastric sleeve operations, during which more than 70% of the stomach is removed.
While the procedures are carried out in the UK, some people are looking abroad for treatment due to lengthy NHS waiting times.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has become the first serving head of a major state to be subject to an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes.
While his arrest does not seem likely imminently and the Kremlin dismissed the move, it means Putin could become a bargaining chip with a future Russian government, say experts.
The specific charges relate to the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children from territory seized by Russia.
The ICC said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe Putin was responsible for the "unlawful deportation of children" and the judges said they made the warrant decision public on Friday in the hope of preventing "the further commission of crimes".
Mike Thomson's report contains contains details you might find distressing.
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Twenty years ago, US forces with the UK and other allies invaded Iraq in order to oust dictator Saddam Hussein.
It was part of what the US called its “War on Terror”, begun by then President George W Bush after the 9/11 terror attack in 2001.
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen explains how the invasion sparked two decades of chaos and violence in the country.
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Troubled bank Credit Suisse has been rescued by its Swiss rival UBS in a government-backed deal.
The announcement came after a weekend of emergency talks in Switzerland between the two banks and the country's financial regulators.
The Swiss National Bank said the deal was the best way to restore the confidence of financial markets and to manage risks to the economy.
It comes as concerns grows over the stability of the global banking system.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by business editor Simon Jack.
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Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, and the former US president has urged his supporters to launch mass protests in response.
It comes as prosecutors have been investigating alleged hush money paid on Mr Trump's behalf by his lawyer to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election.
If he is indicted, it would be the first criminal case ever brought against a former US president.
But, his lawyer said there had been no communication from law enforcement and the former president's social media post was based on media reports.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, including the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine at least from 24 February 2022 - when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Moscow has denied allegations of war crimes during the invasion.
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Ali Abbas was just 12-years-old when the invasion of Iraq started in 2003.
Days later, a US missile hit his home and changed his life forever, as he lost both his arms along with most of his family.
Ali now lives in London, where Caroline Hawley, who was the BBC’s Baghdad correspondent, went to meet him.
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In Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, two Ukrainian army brigades defending the city’s southern flank gave the BBC access to their positions as fierce fighting continued in and around the city.
The men have spent months facing regular Russian army forces, and prisoners recruited by the Wagner private military group, who have swarmed their trenches in droves.
The troops said Russian casualties far outweigh theirs, but that their enemy is using new techniques to try to seize the city and surrounding countryside.
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Three people have been arrested by police in Japan over "sushi terror", the viral, unhygienic prank causing outrage in the country.
In videos posted online, customers have rubbed saliva on dishes, licked chopsticks and touched sushi as it glides past.
"Conveyor belt sushi is something we are proud of as part of Japanese culture," a spokesman from Kura Sushi, the restaurant targeted by those arrested on Wednesday, said.
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Five women who say they were denied abortions in Texas, US, despite facing life-threatening health risks, have sued the state over its abortion ban.
Texas bars abortions, except for medical emergencies, with doctors facing up to 99 years in jail for violations.
The lawsuit claims that many doctors are refusing the procedure even in extreme cases, for fear of prosecution.
One of the five women, Amanda Zurawski speaks to the BBC’s Christian Fraser about the emotional pain she faced when seeking an abortion following life-threatening complications with her pregnancy.
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The three SNP candidates in the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister of Scotland have taken part in their first of many broadcast debates.
The election itself could determine the SNP's approach to everything from achieving independence, to economic policy, to where it stands on issues of ethics and identity.
The SNP is a broad church of more than one hundred thousand, and traditionally an argumentative one, but Nicola Sturgeon powered on with a key purpose and iron discipline.
How will the character of the party change under a new leader?
David Grossman asks four party members who were at the SNP’s Dumfries hustings if they’ve made up their minds on who their new leader should be.
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Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law, the new "transparency of foreign influence" bill.
The draft legislation would require non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and independent media who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as foreign agents.
Critics of the bill said that it limits press freedom and suppresses civil society.
Riot police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowds gathered outside the parliament building.
Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, while others waved EU and Georgian flags.
Meanwhile, the government said several policemen were hurt and police gear was damaged.
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South Korea is to compensate Korean labourers who were forced to work for Japan during the Second World War.
The deal has been made to compensate victims and to try and ease tensions between Seoul and Tokyo over one of the most difficult issues in the history between the two neighbouring countries.
During Japanese colonial rule, workers were forced to enter coal mines and work in factories for no pay.
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Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are fighting on the streets of Bakhmut, but the city hasn't been taken by Russia just yet according to the city's deputy mayor, Oleksandr Marchenko.
He told the BBC that the city is almost destroyed, with not a single building untouched as a result of the conflict.
Russian troops - from Wagner and regular Russian forces - are believed to have the city surrounded, but thousands of its troops are reported to have died during the offensive.
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Over the past two years, energy prices have soared to record levels across Europe, leading to renewed efforts to harness renewable resources.
Portugal has turned its sights to solar power – and the country is now home to Europe’s largest floating solar farm.
Located on a reservoir in southern Portugal, the farm is the size of five football pitches and is made up of 12,000 photovoltaic panels.
It generates enough energy to power 15,000 homes in the local area.
This film is from Click – the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
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The origin of Covid-19 still eludes the scientific community, but the FBI's assertion that Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab has ramped up the debate. The FBI's position runs contrary to some other US government agencies, some of whom have said, with a low level of certainty, that the virus did not start in a lab but instead jumped from animals to humans, possibly in Wuhan's seafood and wildlife market. Now the World Health Organisation has responded saying that until they have conclusive evidence, all hypotheses are on the table.
What evidence do we have of how the pandemic spread so fast and so far? Newsnight's David Grossman reports. Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Ex-UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has accused a journalist of a "massive betrayal and breach of trust" after she leaked texts he sent during Covid.
Isabel Oakeshott defended releasing WhatsApps she obtained when working on Mr Hancock's book, arguing it was in the "overwhelming national interest".
However, Mr Hancock said the messages were released in a "biased account to suit an anti-lockdown agenda".
He also denied her claim he had sent her a "menacing" message over the leak.
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The head of the FBI in the United States has said that the coronavirus pandemic is "most likely" to have emerged from a “Chinese government-controlled lab”.
Speaking to Fox News, Christopher Wray said: "the FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident".
It is the first public confirmation of the FBI's classified judgement of how the pandemic virus emerged, but many scientists point out that there is no evidence that it leaked from a lab.
The White House has said there is no consensus across the US government on the origins.
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Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria's disputed presidential election.
Results from Nigeria's electoral commission show that the 70-year-old politician got 37% of the vote. Rivals had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, demanding a rerun.
Main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour's Peter Obi 25%.
Mr Tinubu is one of Nigeria's richest politicians, and while he was defeated in his home city Lagos, he won most other states in his home region of the south-west.
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At least 32 people have been killed and many others have been left injured after two trains collided in northern Greece.
The passenger service said to be carrying some 350 people hit a freight train head on.
One of the carriages is said to have been crushed completely and a fire broke out.
Rescuers worked through the night at the crash scene near the city of Larissa.
It is the deadliest rail crash to occur in Greece in recent years.
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A missing baby is now the focus of a police search after a couple, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were found and arrested in Brighton.
The newborn was thought to be days old when the couple disappeared in January.
Police are asking local people to search for signs of the baby, including in sheds and outhouses.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spoken in Belfast as he called for MPs to back his new deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.
The agreement removes most checks on goods destined only for Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK - and creates new powers for ministers at Stormont to fend off changes to EU regulations.
However, the Democratic Unionist Party has said it still has concerns, and will study the legal text before giving its support.
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Two sisters are stuck in the middle of the Ukrainian war and regularly say goodbye at Warsaw train station in Poland.
According to the UN, when the war began 9.6 million Ukrainians fled across the border to Poland. Roughly 2 million are still there.
That means one in seventeen people living in Poland is a Ukrainian refugee. Many are naturally reluctant to put down roots, but Poland has granted them the right to work, to attend school and to receive social benefits.
The schools are straining, with some children being remote schooled from Ukraine by choice. Speaking to refugees, most are keen to work if they can and have filled gaps in the workforce, but they long for home.
Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark reports from Warsaw.
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High-profile tech banker Bao Fan, who was reported missing 11 days ago, is cooperating with Chinese authorities, his bank has said.
The Chinese billionaire, who is the founder and chief executive of China Renaissance Holdings, is “cooperating in an investigation”, the bank said in a statement.
The announcement is the first time China Renaissance has given a reason for the disappearance of its founder - but it did not provide any details of Mr Bao’s whereabouts.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen have hailed a "decisive breakthrough" as they agree new post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.
The UK PM confirms there will be green and red lanes for goods into Northern Ireland and says "we have removed any sense of a border in the Irish Sea".
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The UK and the EU have reached a new deal over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, sources on both sides tell the BBC.
A senior UK government source says: "An agreement has been reached.
The deal is done”.
PM Rishi Sunak has been meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Windsor to sign off on the agreement.
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Opposition presidential candidate Peter Obi has won Lagos state in Nigeria’s election, provisional results show.
Obi’s win is a major upset to ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu, who has won three states in his south-western stronghold.
The race for the presidency is a tight contest between Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
The successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is stepping down after two terms, may not be known for days.
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Parts of Europe are currently experiencing severe drought, after record low levels of winter rainfall.
France has seen no significant rainfall for more than a month – its longest dry spell on record.
Large parts of Western Europe are currently affected, with weather experts saying that the conditions are putting vegetation and plants “under stress”.
Last year was France's hottest year on record, according to national weather agency Météo-France.
Now, the country is in a state of alert, with the next few months set to prove decisive.
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Over 60 migrants, including children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy.
The vessel broke apart while trying to land near Crotone on Sunday. Migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iran were on board.
A baby was among the dead, Italian officials said. The coastguard said 80 people had been found alive, "including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking".
The exact number of people who were on the boat, which had sailed from Turkey several days ago, is not clear.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, to strike a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.
Mr Sunak will meet Ms von der Leyen in Berkshire, UK later today, where they are expected to sign off a deal over trade arrangements.
The Northern Ireland Protocol has been a big sticking point between the two sides since the UK formally left the EU in 2020, and resulted in a political impasse which also caused a shutdown of the government in Northern Ireland.
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At least 59 migrants, including 12 children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy.
The overloaded vessel broke apart while trying to land with at least 150 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region.
Many bodies have been recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort.
Large numbers of people fleeing conflict and poverty make the crossing from Africa to Italy each year.
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, who visited the scene, said as many as 30 people may still be missing.
The coastguard said 80 people had been recovered alive, "including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking".
The boat, which sailed from Turkey several days ago, was carrying passengers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iran. President Sergio Mattarella said many were fleeing "very difficult conditions". One survivor was arrested on migrant trafficking charges, customs police said.
The vessel is reported to have sunk after hitting rocks during rough weather.
A large rescue operation was mounted.
Tina Daheley presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison.
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Votes are being counted in Nigeria’s tightest presidential election since the end of military rule in 1999.
The first results from the election are expected later.
However, following widespread delays and some attacks on polling stations on Saturday, voting has been postponed until Sunday in parts of the country.
In other areas, voting continued through the night.
Turnout appears to be high, especially among young people who make up about a third of the 87 million eligible voters.
This makes it the biggest democratic exercise in Africa.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once was lauded as one of 2022's most exciting films – with Oscar-nominated lead actress Michelle Yeoh taking viewers on a frenzied, heartfelt exploration of love, family and tax misery in the multiverse.
The film's trippy visual effects were the work of a small team of VFX artists and filmmakers, who had to swap editing suites for bedrooms during the Covid pandemic.
BBC Click spoke to the team about their eye-popping screen creations.
This film is from BBC Click – the BBC’s flagship weekly technology programme.
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More than 40 people have died, including a baby, and dozens more have survived after a migrant boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy.
The vessel reportedly broke apart while trying to land with more than 100 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region.
Many bodies have been recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort.
The Adnkronos news agency said the overloaded boat sank after it crashed against rocks during rough weather.
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The oldest known sentence in the ancient language of Canaanites has been decoded by at team of Israeli archaeologists.
The inscription was discovered on an ivory head-lice comb, unearthed at Tel Lachish, an ancient city in the Biblical Kingdom of Judah.
Experts translated the comb to read: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”
The landmark discovery provides evidence for the use of the alphabet 3,700 years ago.
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Mass power outages, flooding, and the closures of both motorways and beaches are reported in California as a rare winter storm sweeps the US state.
After days of high winds, more than 120,00 people, many of whom live in the Los Angeles area, are without power.
The storm, which is due to weaken, is one of the strongest to hit the state in decades.
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Helsinki might not be the first place that comes to mind when considering the world’s tech innovation hotspots.
However, Finland’s relatively quiet capital is home to some of the most ambitious and successful games makers in the world.
The first Angry Bird was flicked across the screen of an iPad in Helsinki, and now Netflix has chosen to set up its first ever internal gaming studio in the city.
As a result, Helsinki is considered by many to be the capital of mobile gaming, an industry currently worth an estimated £120bn to the global economy. But how did this happen?
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Snow has fallen in Los Angeles, including around its iconic Hollywood sign, as a winter storm hits southern California this weekend.
Tens of millions of residents in the Golden State are under blizzard, wind and flood warnings.
It is Los Angeles first blizzard warning in more than three decades.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China's leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine.
Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace.
The Chinese authorities have so far not publicly responded to Mr Zelensky's call for a summit with Mr Xi. Meanwhile, Russia hailed the Chinese peace proposals.
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An island in north Wales has been officially recognised for having one of the best night skies in the world.
Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), off the Llŷn Peninsula, has become the first site in Europe to be awarded International Dark Sky Sanctuary certification.
It joins 16 other sites worldwide recognised as the most remote and dark places on earth.
The trust which owns the island said it was a "huge achievement".
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Ern Malley's tragic life was filled with the stuff of poetic dreams. An English migrant to Australia in the early 20th Century, he was orphaned in his teens and met an untimely death at the age of 25.
His poetry was discovered after his death and he was praised as one of Australia's greatest poets, whose work is still inspiring creatives today.
But there’s one catch – Ern Malley never existed. He, and his work, were the product of an elaborate literary hoax.
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Russia is stepping up its offensive in the east of Ukraine, a year on from the start of the war.
Some of the fiercest fighting is around the city of Vuhledar in the Donbas region, as Russian troops advance into the city.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten frontline reporting by international correspondent Orla Guerin and cameraman Goktay Koraltan.
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The price of pasta in the UK has nearly doubled in two years, new research for the BBC suggests.
A standard 500g bag of pasta was 50p two years ago - now it's 95p.
The BBC has been tracking the cost of a small basket of 15 everyday essentials, from oven chips and strawberry jam to pasta sauce and potatoes. The total has gone up by £5.34 - from £15.79 in 2021 to £21.13 in 2023.
Official figures suggest overall UK inflation may have peaked at 11.1% in October. But the rate of food price rises is still running at 16.7%.
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Streaming giant Netflix has announced plans to cut its prices in more than 30 countries.
With an increase in streaming services from rivals including Amazon, HBO and Disney, it is thought that the company is trying to attract new subscribers to the platform.
It comes at a time when the rising cost of living is seeing households tightening their belts.
The cuts apply to certain price plans, with subscription charges falling by half in some cases.
Last year, Netflix cut hundreds of jobs and launched a less expensive streaming option with adverts as it fought to grow its share of the increasingly competitive streaming market.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed his nation's "year of invincibility", one year after Russia’s invasion.
In a television address, President Zelensky said Ukraine would "do everything to win this year".
He also took part in a ceremony honouring Ukrainian soldiers and families. Similar ceremonies are taking place in cities and towns across Ukraine.
In the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led a national minute’s silence in support of Ukraine.
The occasion has not been mentioned on Russian state television.
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James Waterhouse was six weeks into his first posting as a BBC foreign correspondent when war struck Kyiv, Ukraine.
He was on live television when air raid sirens sounded for the first time in the country's capital.
Now the BBC's Ukraine correspondent, James reflects on his time reporting at the heart of the conflict, on the first anniversary of the start of the war.
This film is part of Behind the Stories – a series that looks at how the BBC’s staff report the biggest stories.
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Ex-film mogul Harvey Weinstein begged for leniency in a Los Angeles court moments before he was given an additional 16 years in prison for rape.
He was convicted of attacking an actress in a hotel room during a film festival in the city in February 2013.
"Please don't sentence me to life in prison," the disgraced Hollywood star told the court. "I don't deserve it."
More than 80 people have made rape and misconduct claims about Weinstein dating back as far as the late 1970s.
The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for a separate conviction in New York.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed a vote of the United Nations General Assembly, which overwhelmingly backed a resolution condemning Russia's invasion his country.
The UN motion called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops, as well as reaffirming support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and rejecting any Russian claims to the parts of the country it occupies.
The motion was backed by 141 nations with 32 abstaining and seven, including Russia, voting against it.
The vote comes as Ukrainians mark one year since the Russian invasion.
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The United Nations General Assembly is to vote later today on a special resolution about the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
The motion calls for Russia to withdraw from all Ukrainian territory, and for hostilities to end.
Major powers like India and South Africa have abstained on similar votes previously, while Russia's allies oppose it.
The vote will take place at the UN General Assembly, and has no legal standing, but is considered to be an important measure of international opinion.
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Staff working at the European Commission have been ordered to remove the TikTok app from their phones and corporate devices.
The commission said it was implementing the measure to "protect data and increase cybersecurity".
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced allegations that it harvests users' data and hands it to the Chinese government.
TikTok insists it operates no differently from other social media.
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There's been heavy damage to buildings, along with power cuts and flooding in Madagascar as Cyclone Freddy struck the region, where it reportedly killed five people.
Now, Mozambican authorities are setting up shelters and preparing to evacuate people in high-risk areas as the southern Africa country braces for the storm.
Heavy rains have already caused flooding in some parts of the country and the authorities have said additional rain from the cyclone might affect up to 1.75 million people.
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As the first anniversary of the Ukraine war approaches, BBC News’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reflects on reporting the story from Moscow.
Steve says it’s “difficult and tiring” coping with the “parallel reality” created inside Russia by President Putin.
Western journalists are made to feel “like the enemy”, he says – although Steve still enjoys the company of Russian friends.
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The UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he will consider sending more British tanks to Ukraine if they are used effectively.
Mr Wallace was speaking after meeting Ukrainian troops training on the British Army’s Challenger 2 tanks for the first time in the UK.
The UK was the first to pledge 14 modern main battle tanks to Ukraine with several more countries now promising to send more.
Ukraine said it needs western weapons to retake its territory from Russia.
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Since Russia’s invasion a year ago, more than eight million Ukrainians have fled to other European countries.
Many of them are women, and in Denmark, local business groups backed by Google, have launched a programme to train female entrepreneurs.
The first programme saw more than 400 women apply for just 60 places, and now the scheme will be rolled out to more than a thousand.
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Israeli troops have killed at least 11 Palestinians and wounded dozens more during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.
Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops entered the old city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, sparking armed clashes with Palestinian gunmen.
The Israeli military said it killed three wanted militants holed up inside a house who refused to surrender.
Several of those killed outside were civilians, including two elderly men.
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President Putin has told a huge rally in Moscow that Russian soldiers are fighting a courageous battle in Ukraine to defend their historic lands.
The Russian President hinted also spoke about his country’s ties with China amid speculation it may supply weapons to Russia.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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US President Joe Biden has been meeting Nato leaders from Eastern Europe as part of a visit to Poland to mark the anniversary of the Ukraine war.
Biden told his allies that the US commitment to defend Nato members was "sacred" and covered "every inch" of the alliance's territory.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a brief appearance during a rally in Moscow to mark the anniversary of the invasion - saying Russia was fighting for its "historical" lands.
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Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
China and Russia are reaffirming their close relationship, promising further agreements between both countries, although they’ve not said what those agreement would be.
Wang Yi vowed that relations between China and Russia would not succumb to pressure from other countries. He added that the two countries are ready to deepen their strategic cooperation.
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At least four people have died after a tropical cyclone battered Madagascar's east coast.
Heavy rain and powerful winds have seen roofs teared off houses and triggering a storm surge.
Cyclone Freddy made landfall on Tuesday, weeks after another tropical storm killed 33 and left thousands without shelter.
Earlier, Freddy caused some damage in Mauritius, flooding beachside hotels.
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The daughter of black civil rights activist Malcolm X says she is suing New York City Police Department and other agencies over his 1965 murder.
Ilyasah Shabazz says US officials fraudulently concealed evidence that they "conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate" her father.
She announced the planned legal action at the site where he was fatally shot in New York exactly 58 years ago.
The FBI and CIA were also named in the legal filing, a lawyer said.
It's said Malcolm X's family intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit seeking damages in the range of $100m (£83m).
The NYPD told the BBC it would not comment on pending litigation. The FBI and CIA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The mystery of India’s lost port of Muziris has captivated archaeologists for decades.
Once at the heart of one of the world’s most influential trading routes, and hailed by Roman author Pliney the Elder as ‘the first emporium of India’, Muziris was known for its rich selection of spices, gems, ivory and silk.
However, in the 14th Century, the port disappeared without a trace – its location seemingly wiped from the map.
Today, there is still fierce debate over Muziris’ true location, but could new archaeological evidence finally provide an answer?
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Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship because she is a threat to national security.
Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismissed.
The decision means the 23-year-old remains barred from returning to the UK and stuck in a camp in northern Syria.
Ms Begum was 15 years old when she travelled to join the self-styled Islamic State group in 2015.
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A court in Iran has sentenced German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd to death on the charge of "corruption on Earth".
Sharmahd, 67, who lived in the US, is believed to have been kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai in 2020 and then forcibly taken to Iran via Oman.
Iran accused him of being the leader of a pro-monarchist terrorist group.
He denied the claim and a human rights group said he faced a grossly unfair trial based on forced "confessions".
Germany's Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, condemned the sentence as "absolutely unacceptable".
It comes just over a month after Iran executed British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari.
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US President Joe Biden has given a speech in Poland in which he vowed Ukraine would "never be a victory for Russia”.
President Biden also paid tribute to Ukraine and its people, ahead of the upcoming anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Speaking in front of a large crowd in the Polish capital, Warsaw, President Biden stressed that western support for Ukraine would never waver.
His comments come just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a lengthy address, in which he said he was taking Russia out of the last nuclear arms control treaty with the US.
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A six-month trial testing the costs and benefits of a four-day working week across a number of different businesses has ended in success.
Sixty-one employers across the UK took part in the trial, and were all keen to permanently implement the new work pattern upon its completion.
A report assessing the impact of the alternative working hours found it had "extensive benefits", particularly for employees' well-being.
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Scientists in the US say they have used new technology to restore movement in the arms of two people who had suffered strokes.
A team at the University of Pittsburgh created an electric spinal cord implant that stimulates the nerve endings damaged during a stroke, ultimately enabling people to move.
While more clinical trials are still needed, researchers say the results give a glimpse into the future, where such implants could make meaningful differences to people's lives.
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Following his surprise visit to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden is expected to try and shore up support for Kyiv during a speech in Poland later.
He will make his address in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, which has emerged as one of Ukraine's strongest allies.
His speech comes hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow was suspending participation in a key arms control treaty with the US in his state of the nation address.
The leaders' competing speeches come days before the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for provoking the war with Ukraine, in a State of the Nation address.
"Ukraine and Donbas have become a symbol of total lies," Putin said, accusing the West of withdrawing from "fundamental agreements" and giving "hypocritical statements" as well as expanding the Nato defence alliance and "covering us with an umbrella".
"I want to repeat: it is them who are culpable for the war, and we are using force to stop it," he said.
Putin’s speech came ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday.
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Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after another earthquake hit the country, killing at least six people.
It comes two weeks after massive earthquakes flattened much of the region and killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
On Monday a 6.4-magnitude tremor struck near the city of Antakya, near the border with Syria, where massive quakes devastated both countries on 6 February.
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On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine fierce fighting continues in the east of the country.
Russian forces have been stepping up their assault on the city of Bakhmut which they’ve been trying to capture for around six months.
President Putin appears to be seeking a significant victory to mark a year of fighting.
Clive Myrie in Kyiv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin on the outskirts of Bakhmut.
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The US President Joe Biden has made a surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He pledged his “unwavering support” for Ukraine and announced $500 in new military aid.
Air raids sounded in the capital Kyiv as President Biden met Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Clive Myrie in Kyiv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.
Turkey's disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20.04 local time (17.04 GMT).
Witnesses told the Reuters news agency there had been further damage to buildings in Antakya.
A 7.8-magnitude quake struck the region on 6 February, killing more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
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Police have confirmed a body found in Lancashire, England is that of missing woman Nicola Bulley.
A major search operation was mounted after the 45-year-old mother-of-two went missing during a riverside dog walk on 27 January.
Her disappearance has captivated amateur social media sleuths, with some people going as far as trying to climb fences and inspect buildings in the area.
Bulley's family said in a statement that the treatment online by members of the public and parts of the media has been "absolutely appalling", while once again asking for their privacy to be respected.
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A body found in a Lancashire river on Sunday was that of missing Nicola Bulley, police have said.
The mother-of-two, 45, disappeared during a riverside dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre, England more than three weeks ago, sparking a major search operation.
Her body was discovered about one mile (1.6km) away from where she was last seen on the morning of 27 January.
In a statement, Ms Bulley's family paid tribute to "the one who made our lives so special".
"We will never be able to comprehend what Nikki had gone through in her last moments and that will never leave us," the family said.
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A BBC investigation has uncovered sexual exploitation on tea farms that supply some of the UK’s biggest brands.
More than 70 women on Kenyan tea farms, owned for years by two British companies, said they had been sexually abused by their supervisors.
Secret filming showed local bosses, on plantations owned by Unilever and James Finlay & Co, pressuring an undercover reporter for sex.
Three managers have now been suspended.
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There's no doubt Russia's invasion of Ukraine, nearly one year ago, stirred up strong feelings in this country. But how many Britons felt so strongly that they actually went to fight there?
Thousands of foreign volunteers are fighting for Ukraine, evidently taking big risks, among them a UK contingent.
Eight British fighters and aid workers have been killed there since last February, and others badly injured.
The BBC’s Emma Vardy has been given exclusive access for Newsnight to a unit who've spent months filming their experiences on the frontlines, and to family members back in the UK.
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North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, which it said carries nuclear weapons.
It said it is trying to deter the US and Seoul from holding annual military exercises that are designed to help fend off North Korea's nuclear threats.
Kim Yo-Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said any hostile acts would be met with a "strong and overwhelming" response.
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Attempts to break the impasse over the Northern Ireland protocol - the deal covering trade with the EU and Great Britain - have been described by the Democratic Unionists as “hopeful” and by Sinn Fein as “very positive”.
There's a lot riding on it - not just the possibility of getting devolved government back up and running in Northern Ireland, but also changing the wider political atmosphere with the European Union.
Billions in science funding, for example, are being held back by the EU while the Northern Ireland protocol issue remains blocked. That's just one example how both the government and Labour’s aspirations to make Brexit work better depend on a solution.
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When Netflix's documentary, the Tinder Swindler, came out in February 2022, Simon Leviev's girlfriend stood by him.
Now she says she felt she had no choice, because she was under his emotional control.
The Tinder Swindler, which became Netflix's most-watched documentary in 90 countries when it was released, alleged that Simon Leviev had conned women he met on the Tinder dating app out of about $10m.
Simon Leviev has denied all the allegations made in the documentary.
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US President Joe Biden has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine - his first since Russia invaded almost a year ago.
Ahead of a joint press conference, Biden sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said he was "looking forward to discussing the world" with him.
Biden also praised Ukrainian citizens for their "heroic" fighting - despite a lack of military experience.
The US president is due to begin a three-day visit to Poland later today.
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In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.
Despite the huge risks, two Russian filmmakers spent the year filming the impact of the war inside their country. Hundreds of thousands have fled. Those that stayed have had to choose - to oppose, support or stay silent. A group of young graffiti artists begin a campaign of subversive art to mock the government’s pro-war propaganda. An actor mourns her brother who was killed in Mariupol fighting for the Russian Armed Forces. She is against the war; her father supports it.
Storyville Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes was produced by BBC World Service’s investigation unit, BBC Eye.
Directed by Anastasia Popova, produced by Misha Kozyrev and Stephanie Stafford, Edited by Anna Saridi & Baya Cat, Exec Producer Monica Garnsey.
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New Zealand has extended the country’s state of emergency for another seven days, after Cyclone Gabrielle hit the northern parts of the island last week.
On Monday, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins also announced an additional NZ$250m (£129.6m) to fix damaged roads and a NZ$50m (£25.9m)-support package to give immediate relief for businesses.
At least 11 people have died, and thousands of others are uncontactable.
About a quarter of a million people are without power, while falling trees have smashed houses, and landslides have carried others away and blocked roads.
This is only the third time in New Zealand's history that the country has issued a national emergency declaration to speed up rescue and relief efforts - the last time was in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake in 2011.
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Police searching for missing Nicola Bulley have found a body in the river.
The mother-of two disappeared during a riverside dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire three weeks ago, sparking a major search operation.
Lancashire Police said they "sadly recovered a body" after they were called to the River Wyre near Rawcliffe Road at 11:35 GMT on Sunday.
A statement said formal identification had not yet been carried out "so we are unable to say" if it was Ms Bulley.
The death was currently being treated as "unexplained", it added.
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Getting enough sleep is vital for good health and experts say adults under the age of 65 should sleep for seven to nine hours per night.
But 35% of people report sleeping for less than seven hours per night, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
BBC Click tests the latest innovations in sleep technology.
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Independent TV network Iran International has suspended its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists.
The Persian-language TV channel said that the decision was due to a "significant escalation in state-backed threats from Iran".
The station will continue to operate from its offices in Washington DC.
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In 1967, the residents of US-Mexico border town Rio Rico discovered they weren't Mexican citizens but were actually American.
For years it was assumed Rio Rico was part of Mexico, because it lay south of the river that forms the US-Mexico border.
During the Prohibition era, the town became known as a place US citizens could go to freely drink and gamble.
However, prior to 1906, Rio Rico actually lay to the north of the river and was therefore American territory.
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Survivors of the earthquakes which hit Turkey and Syria almost two weeks ago have been rescued from the rubble as recently as Friday.
However, rescue efforts are set to wind down.
The current number of people confirmed to have died having risen above 46,000, with millions left homeless.
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Aged 17, Liam Garner started his trip on the coast of the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and cycled the Pan-American highway.
Liam cycled 20,000 miles (32,186km), 14 countries and 527 days by himself and said he almost didn't make it.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged world leaders to send the most advanced weapons to Ukraine now in order to secure its long-term future.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mr Sunak said allies must give the country "advanced, Nato-standard capabilities".
He said that now was the time to "double down" on military support.
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From rein sensors to biometric jackets, a wave of new technology is hoping to make horse riding more accessible for beginners.
A team of equestrians at Scotland’s Rural College have embraced devices that measure everything from rein pressure to rider balance, with the aim of making the sport easier for horses and riders.
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When you think of theme park rides, you may not think of high-end dining.
But Eatrenalin, a new theme park ride which claims to combine fine dining with traditional amusement park technology.
BBC Click went to test the unique dining experience.
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Five former Memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of Tyre Nichols have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were involved in the arrest of Mr Nichols on 7 January.
They were fired after an internal investigation by the Memphis Police Department.
Mr Nichols' death sparked protests against police brutality in the US.
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Bulgarian police have made four arrests after 18 people, including a child, were found dead in an abandoned truck in Bulgaria, its government says.
The truck appeared to have been illegally transporting a group of migrants.
Thirty-four people, including five children, were rushed to hospitals and some were in a critical condition, the health minister said.
It is believed to be the deadliest incident involving migrants in Bulgaria.
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The US shot down what they believed to be a Chinese spy balloon at the start of February, sparking a global discussion on what the UFO could have been.
But in an age of drones, satellites and hi-tech spy planes, why would any world power still be using balloons for surveillance?
An expert explains the reasons a technology first used during the French Revolutionary Wars remains so in demand today.
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As the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, the majority of people in almost every European country are opposed to the war... with one notable exception. Serbia has long been an ally of Russia, with close political and economic links.
It is thought that more than 70% of Serbs support Moscow over Kyiv. In the capital, Belgrade, pro-Russian graffiti can be seen on walls, while souvenir shops sell President Putin merchandise and even pro-war symbols.
So, where does it come from? Is it historical links between two Slavic and Orthodox nations, is it realpolitik or is something more insidious at play?
Working with the World Service Investigations Unit, BBC Newsnight's international correspondent Joe Inwood travelled to Serbia to investigate.
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Bao Fan, a high-profile Chinese billionaire, has been reported missing.
Investment bank China Renaissance reported his disappearance, announcing it had been unable to contact its founder.
Shares in the company plunged on Friday after the announcement.
In recent years, a number of high profile executives have disappeared in China, and Mr Fan’s disappearance has renewed concerns of a potential crackdown by the Chinese government on finance and tech figures.
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Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family have announced.
The 67-year-old retired from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia last year, which causes difficulties with speech and cognitive abilities.
His family said it was a "relief to finally have a clear diagnosis".
According to the UK NHS website, frontotemporal dementia is an "uncommon" form of the disease, and affects behaviour and language.
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Families are calling for justice after safety concerns around a collapsed apartment block in Turkey were made before the deadly earthquake hit almost two weeks ago.
The families of people who died or are missing from the apartment block in Gaziantep say concerns surrounding the safety of the block were raised long before the earthquake on Monday, February 6.
More than 100 arrest warrants have been issued in connection with unsafe buildings across Turkey.
The Turkish government has been accused of turning a blind eye to building regulations, but denies negligence.
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British embassy worker David Smith has been sentenced to 13 years and two months after he pleaded guilty to eight offences under the Official Secrets Act for passing secret information to Russia.
His crimes have attracted strong condemnation from the National Crime Agency, MI5 and the British embassy at which Smith worked in Berlin.
Smith was caught following an undercover sting operation in which fake Russian agents offered him the chance to obtain "highly sensitive information".
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Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has blamed the West for the war in Ukraine, claiming further escalation will lead to nuclear weapons being used.
A close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko has previously defended the war.
His country has not sent any troops to fight in Ukraine, but military co-operation between Russia and Belarus has been on the increase.
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For many in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon's resignation as the country's longest standing first minister came as a shock, but for others in the SNP it’s less of a surprise.
After the gruelling years of the pandemic where she was generally judged to have been surefooted, she has faced criticism for both her style of leadership, and most recently her handling of the trans debate in Scotland - specifically the gender recognition reform bill which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has now attempted to block.
On the question of a second referendum she has always put legality first, and at the moment there is no route beyond the agreement of Westminster for a new vote.
But after eight years in the public eye as first minister, she’s indicated that she can no longer give the job everything she has. So, what next for the SNP and the campaign for Scottish independence?
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country's territory in a potential peace deal with Russia.
Almost one year on from the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky said in a BBC interview that conceding land would mean Russia could "keep coming back”.
Russian forces launched part of their full-scale invasion from Belarus 12 months ago. Zelensky still believes Ukraine's forces can continue resisting Russia's advance until they are able to launch a counter-offensive - although he repeated his calls for more military aid from the West.
"Today, our survival is our unity," said Zelensky on how he thought the war will eventually end.
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Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been greeted by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s capital Ankara on a visit to express support and offer help following the devastating earthquakes.
Mr Stoltenberg is also trying to convince Turkey to ratify Sweden and Finland as members of Nato.
Finland and Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Applications to join must be approved by all member countries – which include the US and UK - and Ankara isn't yet on board.
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The governor of the US state of Ohio, Mike DeWine, has warned residents living near the site of a toxic train derailment to drink bottled water.
It come as the authorities investigate environmental fallout from the accident.
The cargo train crashed earlier this month in the town of East Palestine, causing a major fire and triggering the release of toxic fumes.
Thousands of fish have been found dead in nearby streams, but the governor said the air has been deemed safe.
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British Gas owner Centrica has posted huge profits after oil and gas prices soared last year, sparking renewed calls for energy firms to pay more tax.
Its profits hit £3.3bn for 2022, more than triple the £948m it made in 2021.
Energy firms have seen record profits since oil and gas prices jumped following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
As many households struggle with the cost of living crisis, energy companies are facing huge pressure to pay more tax in the UK on their profits.
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Nicola Sturgeon, leader of Scotland’s largest political party the SNP, resigned as the country’s first minister after eight years.
Her entry into full-time politics came when she was elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 as a Glasgow regional MSP.
She has gone on to guide the SNP to wins in three general elections and two Scottish Parliament elections.
Ms Sturgeon will leave office as Scotland's longest-serving first minister.
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Thousands of refugees who fled the war in Syria to cross into Turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last week's earthquakes.
Turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is due to visit southern Turkey, offering support to the country.
The combined death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid.
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Ukraine and Russia have been cooperating with prisoner of war exchanges despite the continuing war.
Kyiv said this month it had secured the release of 1,762 men and women so far in prisoner swaps.
These are highly sensitive operations, often taking months to arrange. Under the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war must not be paraded or exposed to the public.
The BBC has been given rare access to one facility where captured Russian soldiers are held in the west of Ukraine.
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Nikki Haley's announcement that she will run for US president in 2024 makes her the first Republican to challenge Donald Trump for the party's nomination.
A former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, Haley is the third Indian American to seek a presidential nomination.
"Now is not the time to hold back. Now is the time for a strong and proud America," she tweeted, linking to a campaign video.
The former governor, 51, said in 2021 that she wouldn't challenge Mr Trump for the White House. But she changed her position in recent months, citing the need for "generational change".
Other Republicans who are tipped to launch their own White House campaigns include Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice-President Mike Pence.
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A gunman who killed 10 people in a racially-motivated shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year has been sentenced to life in prison at a dramatic hearing.
Payton Gendron, 19, pleaded guilty to 25 counts, including first-degree murder and terrorism motivated by hate.
Ahead of the sentencing on Wednesday, a family member rushed towards Gendron but was constrained by security.
Family members shared emotional impact statements.
Barbara Massey, whose sister Katherine was killed, said to the gunman: "You are going to come to our city and decide you don't like black people. Man, you don't know a [...] thing about black people. We're human."
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To reduce carbon emissions and meet climate goals, politicians in Oxford are attempting to restrict the number of times some vehicles can drive through the city each year while still allowing unlimited access via the City's ring road.
The city also has a long-term plan to be a 15-minute city, where food, medicine, education, and leisure facilities are all within a 15-minute walk or cycle from someone’s front door.
This plan has been conflated with its traffic-restriction trial by conspiracy theories that present the measures as a form of climate lockdown.
Newsnight’s Science Correspondent Kate Lamble reports on how a conspiracy theory about "15-minute cities" became tangled with some people's real concerns over the measures.
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Antarctic glaciers are possibly more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was thought, new research shows.
For the first time in history, scientists have drilled 600m (1,968ft) to the bottom of the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica, and taken measurements of where the ice is melting.
Footage taken in 2019 at the start of the study shows researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the US Antarctic programme discovering the bottom of the ice looking like “staircases”, suggesting the ice is melting at a faster rate in weak spots.
The study will enable scientists to make more accurate forecasts on how quickly sea levels will rise as global temperatures increase in the decades to come.
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Warning: this story and video contains disturbing adult themes
Alice (not her real name) was 11 years old when she logged onto video chat website Omegle.
She was randomly matched with a paedophile, who would go on to abuse her for years.
Nearly 10 years later, Alice is now suing the website in a landmark case - it may be the first time a tech platform is put on trial for the way it was built.
Omegle's legal team has argued in court that the website is not to blame for what happened to Alice. Its creator, Leif K Brookes, told the BBC users of the platform were "solely responsible for their behaviour".
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Among the defining images from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria - that of a young girl stretching her arm out to protect her younger brother, both lying trapped for 24 hours amidst the rubble of their wrecked home, will surely be one of the most affecting.
We now know that girl is five-year-old Jinan. She and her brother, two-year-old Abdullah, were the only survivors of their family of nine when the quake shook their home in the village of Harem in Syria's Idlib province.
BBC Arabic’s Emir Nader returned to the story of Jinan and Abdullah six days after they were finally pulled from the rubble, in a report filmed from the heart of the quake zone.
Newsnight met the first responder who found them and stayed with them until they were rescued, and their uncle - who thinks he’s lost 20 family members to the quakes.
Warning: the report contains upsetting scenes.
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is resigning as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role.
Ms Sturgeon said she had been “wrestling” with the decision for some weeks, but that she knew "in my head and in my heart" it was the right time to step down.
She made the announcement at a hastily-arranged news conference at her official residence in Edinburgh, UK.
Ms Sturgeon is Scotland's longest-serving first minister and the first woman to hold the position.
She confirmed she will remain in office until the Scottish National Party, which she leads, elect her successor.
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A non-hormonal male contraceptive pill may be a real possibility, say scientists who have found a switch that stops sperm from being able to swim.
In an early study in mice, the pill caused the sperm to stay stunned for about three hours.
Researchers think users could take the contraceptive pill an hour before sex, and keep an eye on the time for when it wears off.
Many more tests are planned and needed, moving to rabbits before people.
“The fact that it is able to act, and be reversed, so quickly is really quite exciting,” Prof Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, said.
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Repressive laws in Russia to punish dissent are continuing to be used against critics of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Olesya Krivtsova, 20, was arrested for anti-war posts on social media, and is now under house arrest.
The university student was charged with justifying terrorism and discrediting the Russian armed forces, and has now been added to the country’s official list of terrorists and extremists.
She faces up to 10 years in prison.
Russian authorities expect total support for the war in Ukraine - any public criticism carries the risk of a long prison sentence.
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Camilla, the Queen Consort, will not wear a crown holding the controversial diamond the Koh-i-Noor at King Charles III’s coronation.
It’s a diamond that has passed through the hands of Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers and Punjabi Maharajas.
The 105-carat gemstone came into British hands in the mid-19th Century, and forms part of the Crown Jewels on display at the Tower of London.
Ownership of the diamond has been disputed, and there were concerns about a diplomatic row with India if it had been used.
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Iranian chess player, Sara Khadem, who removed her headscarf at an international tournament is living in exile in southern Spain.
The 25-year-old said it was the least she could do, given the sacrifices protestors in Iran were making.
Women in Iran are required to wear headscarves in public, even when abroad.
But a few are choosing not to, in support of the women and girls who are protesting inside the country, following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September.
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In Syria, over a week on from the quake, aid is in some areas still completely non-existent.
In Idlib, the wreckage has meant humanitarian access has been severely constrained, but there are other reasons.
Few NGOs apart from Medecin sans Frontiers and The White Helmets, are operating there, the UN has accused the rebel leaders who control the province of actively hindering the delivery of aid, and in an area still engaged in bitter conflict with the Syrian regime under Assad, who gets what has become intensely political.
Newsnight spoke to Muhammed Bashir, a senior minister in Idlib's de facto government, who are backed by hardline Islamist groups deemed as terror organisations by some Western governments.
Referring to Assad-controlled Syria, he argues ‘the Syrian people all prefer to die rather than accept anything from this criminal regime’.
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Thousands of teams are working across Turkey following the earthquakes, the focus shifting largely to recovery rather than rescue.
It's a far cry from the picture in Northwest Syria, where there is still minimal activity, and where there are most likely many more dead and little help for the homeless, the hungry, and the wounded.
In Turkey, president Erdogan, who has ruled for 20 years, is under pressure three months from an election for his reaction to the disaster. He has already admitted that his government's response was wanting but appeared to put it down to fate, saying such things have always happened.
When asked if President Erdogan was heading for defeat, opposition MP Suzan Sahin of the Republican People’s Party said “absolutely… democracy has been curtailed here”.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports from Istanbul on Erdogan’s chances of reelection.
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Camilla, the Queen Consort, will not wear a crown featuring the controversial Koh-i-Noor, Buckingham Palace has said.
Instead, she will be crowned with Queen Mary's Crown, which has been taken out of the Tower of London to be resized for the 6 May coronation.
It is thought to be the first time in "recent history" that an existing crown will be "recycled" for a coronation.
Diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II's jewellery will also be added.
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Hundreds of grassroots referees have told the BBC they fear for their safety when refereeing and are dissatisfied with current measures to tackle abuse.
More than 900 referees in England responded to a Radio 5 Live questionnaire, with 293 saying they had been physically abused by spectators, players, coaches or managers.
Almost all the respondents had experienced some form of verbal abuse.
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In Japan, there has been a rise in 'separation marriages' or 'weekend marriages'.
The unusual arrangement sees couples living separately in their own homes – prioritising their own lifestyle and needs – whether that's their job, social life, hobbies or childcare.
But does it work? And is living together essential to marriage?
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An independent commission looking into the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church says it had documented cases pointing to at least 4,815 victims.
Set up by the Portuguese Episcopal Conference to examine abuse in recent decades, the commission added this was the tip of the iceberg.
Presenting the report, the commission's president, child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, described its objective as "giving voice to the silence" of victims.
He paid tribute to the hundreds who contacted its staff to provide testimony.
"They have a voice; they have a name," he said.
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Sensors from the first suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military has said.
Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified", said US Northern Command.
The FBI is examining the items, which the US says were used to spy on sensitive military sites.
The US has shot down three more objects since the first one on 4 February.
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Syria's government has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow aid into the country devastated by last week's deadly earthquakes, the UN says.
It said the crossings into rebel-held north-western Syria would initially be open for three months.
Almost 40,000 people are now known to have died in Turkey and Syria since last Monday. But the UN has warned the number of people killed could double in the coming days.
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The White House has insisted there is no evidence of aliens after a recent spate of UFOs being downed by the US military.
During a press briefing on Monday, press secretary Jean-Pierre said there was ‘no indication’ of any extra-terrestrial activity with the recent takedowns.
Also during the briefing, National Security Council member John Kirby said the three objects shot down over the US and Canada over the weekend were not necessarily spy balloons, like the surveillance balloon shot down nearly two weeks ago.
Kirby defended the decision to shoot down the three most recent objects, saying they potentially posed a threat to civilian air traffic as they were flying at a similar altitude to many planes.
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Turkey has passed another grim milestone as the death toll from the earthquakes climbs beyond 30,000. It now surpasses the toll from a previous quake there 23 years ago, making it the worst disaster of its kind for more than 8 decades.
When northern Syria is included the total is now more than 37,000. A tragedy on this scale is marked both by countless human losses and escapes.
Increasingly though, attention is switching to getting essential services to the survivors.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports from the Turkish city of Iskenderun where one refugee says there is no electricity or water.
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Residents across the north of New Zealand are bracing for a rough night as Cyclone Gabrielle lashes the country with torrential rains and winds.
At least 46,000 homes have lost power in the storm, while hundreds of flights have been cancelled.
A state of emergency has been declared in nine regions - affecting nearly a third of the 5.1 million population.
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As we approach the anniversary later this month of the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Newsnight examines the impact of the conflict on some of the countries which border Russia.
In ex-Soviet Georgia, former president Mikheil Saakashvili was convicted of committing abuses of power while in office and has been in jail since he returned from exile in October 2021.
Questions are being raised about the role President Putin is playing in the former president’s situation, and the role Georgia might play in Putin’s geo-political aims.
The BBC's Caucuses correspondent Rayhan Dimitqui looks at Russia's reach.
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Russia has stepped up its attacks in the east of Ukraine amid fears of a new offensive.
Some of the fiercest fighting is in and around the city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been trying to capture for more than six months.
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Authorities in Mexico have seized a cat linked to the Sinaloa Cartel following a riot in the Ciudad Juarez prison.
The animal is covered in tattoos linked to the gang, but was seemingly happy to be living in the prison with the cartel.
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The US military is 'still unsure' what the flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were - and how they were able to stay aloft.
President Joe Biden ordered another object - the fourth in total this month - to be downed on Sunday.
As it was traveling at 20,000ft (6,100m), it could have interfered with commercial air traffic, the US said.
A military commander said it could be a "gaseous type of balloon" or "some type of a propulsion system". He added he could not rule out that the objects were extra-terrestrials.
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Over 33,000 people are known to have been killed after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria one week ago.
The UN says it expects the number of dead to double as rescue efforts continue.
The war in Syria has made the relief operation highly complicated - and while some aid is now arriving there, the head of the UN's relief mission says many Syrians have a right to feel abandoned.
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Russia is stepping up its offensive in the east of Ukraine,
Some of the fiercest fighting is around the city of Bakhmut in the Donbas region, as Russian troops advance into the city.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten frontline reporting by international correspondent Orla Guerin and cameraman Goktay Koraltan.
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The United Nations has urged for an “immediate ceasefire” in Syria to facilitate aid to people impacted by Monday’s earthquake.
Martin Griffiths, the chief of the UN aid agency, said people in rebel-held parts of the country “rightly feel abandoned”.
Local agencies on the ground have said they haven’t received any foreign aid, as rescue missions shift to recovery and relief.
A White Helmets volunteer - Syria's Civil Defence agency - said a “catastrophe at this scale could have been avoided if we’d had help earlier on.”
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Digital cameras from the early 2000s are being revived by many young people because of a growing trend online.
TikTok videos with the hashtag #digitalcamera have amassed more than 220 million views on the platform over the past year.
Meanwhile, search traffic for old camera kit on online marketplaces like eBay and Etsy is on the rise.
Two TikTok users explain why they’re using digital cameras again.
This film is from Click – the BBC’s weekly technology show.
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Officials in Turkey say 113 arrest warrants have been issued in connection with the construction of buildings that collapsed in Monday’s earthquake.
Nearly 30,000 people are now known to have died following the quakes in Turkey and Syria.
Rescue missions continue in both countries, but the chances of finding survivors is fading each day.
Foreign aid continues to arrive, but rescuers and medics are being hampered by unrest in southern Turkey.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned he will use emergency powers to punish those breaking the law.
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Interpol is experimenting with metaverse technology to research threats and provide officers with remote training.
It also has plans to use it as an investigatory tool.
The force’s role is to connect police forces across international borders to fight threats such as organised crime, terrorism and cyber-crime.
Madam Oberi, executive director of technology and innovation at Interpol, said threats on the metaverse could be on “existing media” and some could be new to the technology.
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Poland's President Andrzej Duda, one of Ukraine’s closest allies, has said sending jets to Ukraine would be a "very serious decision" that was "not easy to take".
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Duda said sending F-16 jets would pose a “serious problem” for his country, adding "we have not enough”.
The Polish president said any decision to send air assistance should be a "joint decision" - rather than one for any single country to take.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenksy spent the week travelling around Europe requesting allies provide jets, which he says are needed to win the war.
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Relief supplies are struggling to get through to areas impacted by Monday’s earthquake in Syria.
Syrians affected by the quakes say they’ve received “next to nothing” in foreign aid.
Syrian state media reported the government approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to all parts of the country. A spokesman for the UN secretary-general said it is working "as quickly as possible" to get supplies to rebel-held areas.
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Northern Syria has been badly affected by the earthquake that’s also claimed thousands of lives in neighbouring Turkey.
Syria has been at war for 12 years and areas that have been worst-hit by the earthquake are not under the control of its government.
It means that getting help with rescue efforts and aid to communities in Syria is particularly challenging.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten analysis by diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams.
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An aftershock has been reported in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, following Monday’s deadly earthquakes.
The US Geological Survey reported the shock had a magnitude of 4.5.
More than 24,000 people are now known to have died in southern Turkey and northern Syria.
The Syrian government has allowed international aid to be delivered to rebel-held areas, as rescuers in both countries continue to try and find people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
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Voice-operated care robots are being marketed at older people who spend most of their time alone at home.
However, there are also concerns that technology pretending to be older people’s friends actually makes things worse.
CEO and co-founder of Intuition Robotics Dor Skuler said: “As humans we have a lot of social needs, we have a need for companionship, we have a need for social interaction and we felt that technology has reached a point where an artificially-enabled robot can do that.”
Retiree Beryl Voss explains why she uses care companion robot ElliQ at home and how it works.
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US fighter jets have shot down an unidentified object over Alaska.
The Pentagon says President Biden, gave the order, after the object was detected. It's unclear exactly what the object was, but officials say it was the size of a small car.
Recently a Chinese balloon was shot down, off the coast of South Carolina. The US said it was carrying out surveillance but China said it was a civilian device, for monitoring the weather.
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A "high-altitude object" was shot down over Alaska earlier on Friday, the White House has said.
Spokesman John Kirby said the unmanned object was "the size of a small car" and was over a sparsely populated area at the time.
President Joe Biden took the decision to shoot down the object, which was of unknown origin, Mr Kirby said.
It comes after the US shot down a Chinese balloon over its territorial waters last Saturday.
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China is home to more than 68 million cat and dog owners.
But with so many pets, many inevitably go missing, and it is up to the pet detectives to help find them.
A relatively new industry, these workers help reunite owners with their lost animals, and face a variety of ethical issues along the way.
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The new Neftlix adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front, based on Erich Maria Remarque's famous 1928 anti war novel, has taken the film awards season by storm.
The German language movie has garnered 14 Bafta and 5 Oscar nominations. The intensity of the film is only heightened for a new generation by the war in Ukraine.
The 18-year-old at the heart of the movie, the compassionate and sensitive Paul Baumer is played by the Austrian theatre actor Felix Kammerer, performing in his first film.
It portrays young German cadets in 1917 from their initial romanticised imaginings of heroic victory, to their most awful, barbaric, wasteful deaths.
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Disney is to let go of 7,000 employees in a “major shake-up” of the entertainment giant.
The job cuts amount to around 3.6% of Disney's workforce around the world, and are part of a plan to save $5.5bn (£4.5bn) and make its Disney+ streaming service profitable.
Disney chief executive Bob Iger said he did “not make this decision lightly”.
Iger, who returned to Disney in November, said the changes would "better position us to weather future disruption and global economic challenges".
Last year, Disney+ reported a $1.5bn loss, adding that its subscribers fell by around 2.4 million to 161.8 million.
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The search for missing mum Nicola Bulley has shifted from the river near to where she vanished "further downstream" and out towards the sea in Lancashire, UK.
Ms Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog on 27 January.
Lancashire Police said it had issued two dispersal notices, warned others about anti-social behaviour in the area, and officers were looking into "grossly offensive" comments made online.
A friend of Ms Bulley described the search as "almost like torture" two weeks on from her disappearance.
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The UN Secretary General has said the humanitarian response for earthquake-hit Syria needs an urgent injection of support. Four days after the earthquakes that have so far claimed at least 21,000 lives in Turkey and mainly rebel-held north west Syria, a convoy of six UN lorries, due before the disaster, has now crossed over the border from Turkey, carrying the first international UN help people have had since the quakes. The UK government has pledged at least £3 million to support the search, rescue and relief effort by volunteer rescuers, the White Helmets, but the UN special envoy for Syria said affected areas have received "nowhere near enough lifesaving aid" and warned that assistance must not be politicised. Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog — Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
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Vladimir Putin once said invading Ukraine would protect Russia - but now, many Russian residents are living in fear.
Yet despite the daily dangers of Ukrainian shelling, locals in Belgorod, a city that sits just 40km from the Ukraine border, won’t blame their leader.
The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from Belgorod, Russia.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX company has performed a key test on its huge new rocket system, Starship.
Engineers conducted a "static fire", simultaneously igniting 31 out of 33 of the engines at the base of the vehicle's lower-segment.
The firing lasted only a few seconds, with everything clamped in place to prevent any movement.
Starship will become the most powerful operational rocket system in history when it makes its maiden flight.
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More than 21,000 people are now known to have died in Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, which Turkey's president has called "the disaster of the century".
A major international relief effort is gathering pace.
On Thursday, the World Bank pledged $1.78bn (£1.38bn) in aid to Turkey including immediate finance for rebuilding basic infrastructure and to support those affected by the earthquakes.
Meanwhile, the efforts of 100,000 or more rescue personnel on the ground are being hampered by logistical hurdles including vehicle shortages and devastated roads.
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Nicaragua has released 222 of the 245 opposition prisoners the country was holding.
The freed prisoners, who are critics of President Daniel Ortega, were deported to the United States.
The US state department welcomed the move, which it said had been made "unilaterally" by the Nicaraguan government.
US President Joe Biden said he did not know whether this meant Nicaragua was ready to change its policies on human rights, but said: "We're happy to receive them and I'm glad they're out."
Among those freed are opposition politicians who had planned to run against Mr Ortega in the 2021 election but who were jailed in its run-up.
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Civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing their homes near the eastern city of Goma, amid fears that the M23 rebel group are advancing.
There are reports that the Congolese army has been fighting the militia near the town of Sake.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in recent months after the Tutsi-led rebels launched an offensive.
Ten years ago the same group was chased out of eastern DR Congo into Uganda and Rwanda.Rwanda's government has been accused of supporting the M23, but it denies it.
Rwanda has for many years criticised the Congolese authorities for failing to disarm Hutu rebels - some of whom were linked to the Rwandan genocide.
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US President Joe Biden and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Lula are set to meet at the White House.
From their right-wing challengers to climate concerns, some may say the two leaders have a lot in common.
But perhaps the most important issue facing the leaders of the world's two biggest presidential democracies will be convincing their own nations, and the world, that democracy is alive and well.
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Irish actor Paul Mescal, known for his role in Normal People, is nominated for Best Actor at this year's Oscars for his role in Aftersun.
Mescal explained in an interview with the Today programme about how "there's stuff going on at home that is difficult," in reference to his mother's current treatment for cancer.
The actor said his nomination "has given my family a very welcome respite, and we’re going to have a great time as a family."
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on EU leaders to provide fighter jets and arms for the war against Russia, on his second trip abroad since the war began.
"We have to enhance the dynamics of our co-operation, we have to do it faster than the aggressor," President Zelensky said.
He was earlier given a standing ovation at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Several EU leaders have already stressed that a decision on warplanes would be a collective move.
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As the consequences of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have become clear, attention has turned to why the impact has been so great. For example, a 2014 quake just off the coast of Chile - slightly larger at a magnitude of 8.2 - resulted in just 7 fatalities. Anger is growing in Turkey that poor enforcement of regulations contributed to the collapse of many buildings in the recent earthquakes. The BBC has verified examples of recently built blocks that collapsed in the latest disaster. One in Malatya was finished last year. Screenshots circulating on social media showed an advert saying it was "completed in compliance with the latest earthquake regulations." Newsnight’s Science and Technology Correspondent Kate Lamble looks at the country’s history of earthquake-resistant building and the lessons it has learnt from previous quakes. Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog
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A study of orcas in the North Pacific has revealed that mothers make a "lifelong sacrifice" for their sons.
Rearing a son significantly reduced a female killer whale's chance of reproducing in the future.
The energy they need to feed sons appears to compromise their health, leaving them less able to reproduce and raise other young.
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North Korea has shown its largest display ever of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in a military parade this week.
Leader Kim Jong-un was seen at the midnight parade with his young daughter elevated to his side.
Kim Ju-ae's appearance has fuelled speculation she's being positioned as the successor.
The number of long-range missiles shown in the parade has prompted concern.
Analysts say such a number of the missiles - which can in theory hit as far as the US mainland - could potentially overwhelm US nuclear defences if each missile carried multiple war heads.
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The first convoy of aid is reportedly making its way to Syria in the wake of two deadly earthquakes.
Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed in northern Syria, and at least 1,700 people have been killed.
However, sending help to the rebel-held parts of the country has proven to be difficult.
The aid routes that used to exist into Syria - which is almost 12 years into a civil war - have been gradually closed over the years.
The UN has said access through this crossing will be a "lifeline" for millions in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted that his government encountered problems in its response to two catastrophic earthquakes.
However, he also defended his government's response, saying it was “impossible” to prepare for the scale of the disaster.
Critics claimed the emergency services' response was too slow and the government was poorly prepared.
Erdogan said unity was required in the aftermath of the disaster, with him telling reporters: "In a period like this, I cannot stomach people conducting negative campaigns for political interest.”
Over 16,000 people are known to have died from the earthquakes, which struck near Gaziantep, in south-east Turkey, on Monday.
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The largest ever collection of Vermeer paintings is going on show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The exhibition will showcase 28 paintings by the 17th Century master Johannes Vermeer from all over the world and will include masterpieces such as The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid.
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Days after parts of Turkey and Syria were devastated by earthquakes many communities are still waiting for any outside help.
Many thousands of people are known to have died and many more are feared to be trapped under rubble awaiting rescue.
Other survivors are living without food, shelter and water in freezing temperatures.
The scale of the disaster means that aid and rescue teams have only reached some areas, with many small rural communities completely isolated and abandoned.
International teams have begun arriving to help with rescue efforts and to support survivors but the level of need and suffering is enormous.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Anna Foster, at the epicentre of the earthquake in southern Turkey and Quentin Sommerville with British rescue workers who are helping to find survivors under the rubble.
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Some of the numbers attached to the horrors of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are hard to comprehend. More than 11,000 people are now known to have died, a number that will rise dramatically.
According to the United Nations that death toll is likely to include several thousand children.
More than eight thousand people have been rescued from debris and more than 380,000 are seeking shelter in government facilities, community buildings or hotels.
Much of the focus has been on the remarkable rescue efforts in Turkey, a country facing a three month state of emergency, but much less can be known of the exact scale of the crisis in Syria - a place much harder to access, which is still suffering the painful scarring of more than a decade of war.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban looks at the situation in Syria and the volunteers who are trying to save lives there.
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Rescue dogs have been deployed in effort to locate people trapped under rubble following an earthquake which struck Turkey and northern Syria on Monday.
One organisation that scrambled to get help to locations in Turkey is REDOG in Switzerland.
It provides trained volunteer teams with dogs to find survivors, working with the Swiss government and GEA - a search and rescue organisation based in Turkey.
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President Joe Biden has delivered his annual State of the Union address.
He told the joint session of Congress that American democracy is bruised but unbroken following his predecessor Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
The president touted his administration's record on job creation and said the country had overcome the Covid pandemic and the assault on the US Capitol.
He urged Republicans, who now hold a majority in the House of Representatives, to work with Democrats to help bring the country together.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed a joint session of the UK Parliament shortly after making a surprise trip to the UK.
Hundreds of MPs and peers packed into Westminster Hall to hear him speak - he received a long and rapturous applause as he arrived.
It is Zelensky's first visit since Russia invaded his country last year and his second international trip since the war began.
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There are strong indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to supply the missile that downed flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators have said.
The aircraft was hit by a Russian-made missile over Ukraine, killing nearly 300 people.
Prosecutors said there is evidence that Mr Putin decided to provide the missile to Moscow-backed separatists.
There is no suggestion that Mr Putin was involved in ordering the aircraft be shot down.
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A British woman who says she was in a relationship with the controversial media influencer Andrew Tate has told the BBC how he encouraged her to work for his webcam company, before becoming controlling.
Andrew Tate - and his brother Tristan - are in custody in Romania while police investigate allegations of rape and trafficking.
Prosecutors allege the pair recruited victims by seducing them and falsely claiming they wanted to have a relationship.
The BBC has seen messages and listened to voice recordings sent to Sophie – not her real name - from Tate that appear to support her claims of controlling behaviour.
The BBC put these allegations to Tate through his lawyer, but Mateea Petrescu, who handles media requests for the Tate brothers, said they would not comment on the claims.
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More than 11,000 people are known to have died following a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.
Turkish officials have said 8,574 people have died in the country.
It is understood that the number of confirmed deaths so far in Syria is 2,662.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in the UK, in his first visit since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.
The UK government said he would meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and make a speech in Parliament later.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace said that President Zelensky will also meet King Charles III.
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Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, which incorporates the latest in artificial intelligence.
The overhaul deploys OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, which has taken the world by storm since its launch last year.
The move is by far the biggest threat Google has seen to its dominance in web search - and marks the beginning of an AI arms race between the companies.
The announcement comes a day after Google revealed details of its own new chatbot, Bard.
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Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in southern Turkey and northern Syria after two huge earthquakes on Monday.
More than 9,000 people are now known to have been killed, and there are warnings the death toll could continue to surge.
Rescuers have spent a second freezing-cold night searching for survivors under the rubble - but time is running out.
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Ukraine will receive more Western tanks to help defend itself against Russia.
Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark will supply Ukraine with at least 100 old-generation Leopard 1 tanks.
Germany produces the majority of modern heavy tanks in Europe
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said that between 20 and 25 of the tanks would arrive by summer about 80 by the end of the year and another 100 next year.
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Police have said they are "fully open" to new information about the disappearance of Nicola Bulley but remain convinced she fell in the river.
The 45-year-old was last seen walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire 11 days ago.
The force said officers were following about 500 lines of inquiry and were contacting some 700 motorists seen in the area on 27 January.
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The award-winning creator of the BBC One hit Happy Valley has told Newsnight she is overwhelmed by the reaction to the series’ finale on Sunday night.
In her first interview since the show’s end, Sally Wainwright admitted she was nervous before it went out and revealed that Sarah Lancashire, who played Catherine Cawood, helped shape the climax by pushing everything “a bit further”.
The episode had the biggest overnight TV viewing figures for a drama in the UK since May 2021, when the Line of Duty series six finale aired.
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The devastation in Turkey and Northern Syria from two earthquakes is on a scale unmatched in decades and it covers an area already ravaged by war, poverty and a refugee crisis.
Thousands are dead and the number of people who've lost their lives is likely to increase dramatically. This was a region where there hadn't been an earthquake for more than 100 years, and there was no indication one was coming, so the level of preparedness would be less than in areas used to tremors.
President Erdogan of Turkey said today this was the biggest disaster to hit the country since 1939.
Meanwhile in Northern Syria, the damage hit an area where the infrastructure and health systems have been wrecked by years of war, with doctors telling the BBC that they are deciding at the doors of the hospital which patients they have the capacity to try to save.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed in Turkey and northern Syria in yesterday’s huge earthquakes.
An international rescue effort is under way following the quakes that have killed more than 5,000 people across both countries.
More than 1,600 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria following the quake.
The region is home to millions of refugees displaced by the civil war.
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Serial rapist ex-London Metropolitan police officer David Carrick has been given 36 life sentences, and will serve more than 30 years in jail for offences against 12 women.
He pleaded guilty to 85 offences, including dozens of rapes, between 2003 and 2020 while he was a serving police officer.
Carrick was sacked by the Met in January for gross misconduct and the force apologised for failing to identify and remove him.
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The head teacher of UK private school Epsom College was shot dead by her husband, before he killed their daughter and took his own life with the same gun, police believe.
George Pattison, who had a gun licence, is believed to have killed Emma Pattison and seven-year-old Lettie at the family home in school grounds.
Mrs Pattison made a distressed call to a family member some time late on Saturday evening, the BBC understands.
By the time the relative arrived, all three were dead. Surrey Police, who are investigating, are due to give more information later today.
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Google is launching an Artificial Intelligence powered chatbot called Bard to rival ChatGPT.
Bard will be used by a group of testers before being rolled out to the public in the coming weeks, the firm said.
ChatGPT can answer questions and carry out requests in text form, based on information from the internet as it was in 2021.
But the ultimate aim of chatbots lies in internet search, experts believe - replacing pages of web links with one definitive answer.
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An international aid effort is being stepped up in southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has killed more than 4,800 people.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep. A 7.5-magnitude tremor then hit at around 13:30 local time (10:30 GMT), which officials said was "not an aftershock".
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed in both countries.
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There are warnings that tens of thousands of people have died in the earthquake that has devastated south-east Turkey and northern Syria.
Rescuers have been searching through the rubble of destroyed buildings with their hands in freezing conditions.
Thousands of people are already known to have died but the the World Health Organisation said the number may rise eight-fold over the coming days, with many thousands of people buried under rubble and unaccounted for.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Anna Foster in Adana in Turkey and Lyse Doucet on the devastation in neigbouring Syria.
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A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake.
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in the region.
More than 3,500 people have been killed in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near Gaziantep. But it is highly likely that the death toll will rise.
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A private diving team has joined the search for missing mum Nicola Bulley.
The 45-year-old was last seen on a riverside dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England 10 days ago.
Police believe Ms Bulley may have fallen into the River Wyre.
She was last seen by another dog walker at about 09:10 GMT, and, after logging into a work call, her dog and phone were found at a riverside bench about 25 minutes later.
Now, crews with specialist equipment, including sonar, are searching the area.
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A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has killed more than 2,300 people.
A 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep.
Hours later, a new 7.5-magnitude tremor hit at around 13:30 local time (10:30 GMT), which officials said was "not an aftershock".
World leaders have pledged to send aid after Turkey issued an international appeal for help.
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How much freedom governments give for people to end their own lives is a debate in the UK that won't go away. In December, the health and social care committee announced another review into euthanasia policy in England and Wales.
Many of those engaged in the debate have increasingly looked with interest at events in Canada, whose government has been moving towards introducing some of the least restrictive laws in the world, with plans to broaden the remit of those who can end their lives to those whose sole medical condition is mental illness.
Those plans have now been delayed for at least a year amid significant controversy. So what does Canada's faltering liberalisation on the issue tell us about the potential limits of assisted dying, and how might it inform the debate in Britain?
Newsnight’s Science and Technology Correspondent Kate Lamble reports.
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“Good evening, I'm Faisal Islam, and welcome to BBC Newsnight, where we take a look at the race for supremacy in AI among big tech firms and its impact on the world” - the opening script of Newsnight written by Artificial Intelligence chatbot chatGPT, created by OpenAI a few weeks ago.
The advancement of AI comes amidst a tumultuous time for the big tech firms - with the giants Apple, Microsoft and Google all posting declining profits and with more than 50,000 Silicon Valley lay offs amidst the global economic downturn.
What's going on at the top of some of the world's biggest companies? Could the AI arms race be their route to renewed success? The BBC's tech correspondent James Clayton reports from San Francisco.
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Another large earthquake has hit south-eastern Turkey, after a first 7.8-magnitude tremor killed more than 900 people in the country and hundreds more in Syria.
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries.
World leaders have pledged to send aid after Turkey issued an international appeal for help.
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More than 1,000 people have confirmed to have died after a huge earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, with that number expected to rise.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep and dozens of aftershocks have been felt since.
Turkey's President Erdogan said 912 people had been killed in Turkey alone, with more than 5,300 wounded.
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Beyoncé won a record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award at this year’s ceremony in Los Angeles.
She made history as she won best dance/electronic album for her Renaissance album.
In doing so, she overtook Hungarian-British conductor George Solti, whose record of 31 Grammys had stood for more than 20 years.
Despite her success, Beyoncé was once again locked out of the coveted album of the year award.
This year, Harry Styles took the crown, with Grammy voters recognising the slick, radio-friendly pop of his third record Harry's House. Please subscribe here.
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Hundreds of people are dead and several hundred more injured after a huge earthquake struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border.
Statements from officials in Turkey and Syria put the death toll at more than 500, but that is likely to rise.
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries.
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The first images of Nicola Bulley on the day she went missing while walking her dog have been shared by one of her friends.
The 45-year-old was last seen walking next to the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England.
The CCTV pictures show her loading her car outside her home on 27 January before driving her two children to school and going for a riverside walk.
Police believe she may have fallen into the river.
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If your home's kept warm by a gas boiler and radiators, would you consider switching them for some high-tech infrared wallpaper?
Radiators in a central heating system heat rooms by what is known as convection heating, warming up the air in rooms, which then circulates.
This infrared technique warms up solid objects in the room directly, including us humans.
It's something that many housing associations and councils are testing as they look for green and cost-effective alternatives.
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A UK family will publicly apologise to the people of the Caribbean island of Grenada, where its ancestors had more than 1,000 slaves in the 19th Century.
The aristocratic Trevelyan family, who owned six sugar plantations in Grenada, will also pay reparations.
BBC reporter Laura Trevelyan, a family member, visited Grenada in 2022.
She was shocked that her ancestors had been compensated by the UK government when slavery was abolished in 1833 - but freed African slaves got nothing.
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Newquay Airport is usually home to small aircraft, but now it’s also home to the UK’s first functioning spaceport.
Instead of launching vertical rockets from the site, Spaceport Cornwall uses converted aircraft to carry rockets up to 35,000ft before detaching and launching them into space.
After a successful take off, the company’s maiden mission failed in January 2023 after the rocket experienced an anomaly.
Two more conventional vertical rocket launch facilities are being built in Scotland, meaning the UK space race is now on.
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The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America.
The Department of Defence confirmed its fighter jets brought down the balloon over US territorial waters.
China's foreign ministry later expressed "strong dissatisfaction and protest against the US's use of force to attack civilian unmanned aircraft".
Footage on US TV networks showed the balloon falling to the sea after a small explosion.
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Pakistan's former President General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, has died aged 79.
The former leader - who was president between 2001 and 2008 - died after a long illness, a statement from the country's army said.
He had survived numerous assassination attempts and found himself on the front line of the struggle between militant Islamists and the West.
He supported the US "war on terror" after 9/11 despite domestic opposition.
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Pope Francis told a clergy in South Sudan to speak against injustice, on a historic trip to the war-torn country.
Travelling with the heads of the churches in England and Scotland, the group are on a three-day "pilgrimage of peace" to the world's newest nation.
South Sudan has been wracked by civil war since becoming independent in 2011.
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Several people have died in Chile after wildfires swept through 14,000 hectares.
The government has declared a state of emergency in two regions - Biobío and Ñuble.
The fires took hold amid high temperatures across the country and hundreds of homes have been damaged.
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China has urged "cool-headed" handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for the eastern US.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier called off a visit to Beijing, saying the "surveillance" balloon's presence was "an irresponsible act".
Later the US reported a second Chinese balloon floating over Latin America.
China expressed regret over the balloon over the US, saying it was a weather airship that had been blown astray. It was last spotted over Missouri.
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Tesla founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership.
Shareholders argued he misled them with his posts in August 2018, and they had lost billions of dollars because of them.
The proposed $72bn (£60bn) buyout never materialised.
If found liable, Musk, who also owns the social media platform Twitter, could have been ordered to pay out billions in damages.
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Devices which conserve and recycle water could become critical infrastructure in our homes in the future, as global temperatures rise and the population’s water usage changes.
The UN suggests the demand for the resource could increase by as much as 30% by 2030.
New technology can treat ‘grey water’, which comes from the bath, shower or washing machine, so it can be used again for other purposes.
So, how soon should we expect to see water recycling technology built into our homes?
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A diplomatic row has erupted between the US and China after a balloon was spotted at high altitude in the skies over America, which it says is being used for surveillance.
It's led to the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cancelling a planned trip to China.
The Chinese have apologised and declared the balloon is used for scientific research, and that it could have blown off course.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by security correspondent Gordon Corera and North America editor Sarah Smith in Washington.
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A convicted Italian mafia killer on the run since 2006 has been caught in France, having hidden in plain sight as a pizza chef for at least three years.
Edgardo Greco was part of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime mob who originate from the Calabria region in Italy's deep south.
Greco, 63, was wanted for the murder of two brothers during a "mafia war" between two gangs in the early 1990s.
He went on to take on a new identity, calling himself Paolo Dimitrio, settling in the French city of Saint-Étienne and taking the job of pizzaiolo in an Italian restaurant.
Since 2019, investigators had traced Greco's support network, which ultimately led them across the Alps to Saint-Étienne.
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A report by The Times Newspaper that British Gas has been sending debt collectors, incentivised by bonuses, into thousands of homes under warrant to sometimes forcibly install prepayment meters has brought a complete turnaround by the company.
British Gas immediately suspended the practice which is intended as a last resort for those unable to pay their bills and which hits the most vulnerable with higher bills. Ofgem told energy companies to stop the practice.
Newsnight Correspondent Anna Collinson spoke to a woman with mobility issues who woke up to men in her house who had forced entry to fit a pre-payment meter.
The number of requests for a warrant for forced entry coming before magistrates has rocketed in the past three years and stood at 367,000 last year.
Newsnight examines the role of the courts and concerns that guidance introduced in 2019 means magistrates are now very rarely scrutinising warrant requests before granting them.
The programme did ask to speak to the government but they declined. Representatives of the major energy companies and the energy regulator Ofgem said nobody was available to speak.
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Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury are making a historic joint foreign visit to South Sudan.
Their mission is to bring hope and to encourage leaders to find a lasting peace in the country, which is suffering from political instability and poverty.
The youngest nation of the world has been ravaged by a bloody civil war since its leaders disagreed over control of the oil-rich country in 2013, just two years after its independence from Sudan.
More than 400,000 people are thought to have died as a result of the conflict.
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Ukraine’s engineers have been in constant battle for heat and light, racing to restore electricity and end the energy war after Russia's attacks on the country's grid.
Since October, when temperatures began to plummet, Russia has been using strikes on Ukraine's power grid to force the civilian population into submission.
For two weeks, the BBC watched engineers and technicians who run the network racing to repair the damage and keep electricity flowing across the country.
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Paul Ansell, the partner of a missing mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, has said he is focusing on "staying as strong as I can" for their daughters, a week after her disappearance.
Nicola, 45, was last seen on a riverside dog walk in Lancashire, UK, on 27 January.
Police were alerted to her disappearance when her spaniel, Willow, was found running loose about 25 minutes after she was last seen by another dog walker.
Paul said he "cannot get his head around" his partner's disappearance, adding: "Every single scenario comes to a brick wall. Every single one of them."
A major search for Bulley continues, but no trace of her has been found.
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Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend but avoided a criminal conviction.
The 27-year-old's guilty plea in a Canberra court came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds.
Mr Kyrgios pushed Chiara Passari onto the pavement during a row in Canberra in 2021, the court heard.
The magistrate called the incident "a single act of stupidity or frustration" when sparing him a criminal record.
Mr Kyrgios released a statement after the ruling saying "I was not in good place when this happened and I reacted to a difficult situation in a way I deeply regret."
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Disgraced former pop star Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving half his 16-year jail term.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced in 2015 for attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13.
At the time, the judge said it was clear his victims "were all profoundly affected" by the abuse.
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An EU-Ukraine summit between top officials is due to take place today to discuss Ukraine's ambitions of joining the European Union.
Ahead of the meeting, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine had set what he called an "ambitious goal" of joining the EU in two years.
Ukraine's President Volodymy Zelensky said ahead of the summit that it would be a week of European integration, and Kyiv was expecting decisions from its EU partners.
However, few within Brussels see a two-year goal as a realistic aim, with concerns that the buoyant messaging from some senior figures within the EU could lead to disillusionment down the line.
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The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days.
Defence officials said they were confident the "high-altitude surveillance balloon" belonged to China.
The military decided against shooting it down in case debris falls.
China warned against speculation and "hype" until the facts are verified.
Canada said on Friday that it was monitoring "a potential second incident" involving a surveillance balloon, but did not say which country could be behind it.
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There are concerns that popular online artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT could help students plagiarise their essays.
The chatbot has already achieved good 'pass' grades in a medical licensing exam, and a Masters in business administration paper.
It has led a Princeton University student to create a programme that can spot when AI has been used in an essay or exam, called GPT0.
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An investigation by Newsnight has uncovered evidence of tragic failings in the North East of England Ambulance Service.
Whistleblowers told Newsnight that multiple deaths were not investigated properly, because information was not always passed to coroners and families.
Now, a damning report by the Care Quality Commission has found a deterioration in the service, and downgraded it from ‘Good’, to ‘Needs improvement’. It has also deemed the Trusts' Urgent Care inadequate.
In one example they stated that ambulance crews in the area frequently responded to emergencies without access to life saving drugs.
Newsnight’s UK Editor Sima Kotecha reports.
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Oil and gas giant Shell has reported its highest ever annual profits after energy prices surged last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Profits hit $39.9bn (£32.2bn) in 2022, double the total in 2021 and the highest in its 115-year history.
Energy firms have seen record earnings since oil and gas prices jumped following the invasion of Ukraine.
It has heaped pressure on these firms to pay more tax as households struggle with rising bills.
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Ballroom dancing is a popular pastime throughout the Asian America diaspora in Los Angeles.
A week after the shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park the city, which left 11 people dead, the BBC visited a studio in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn about the popularity and resilience of the dancing community.
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India's Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams, sat by young men and women who want to join the country’s vast civil service, are seen as one of the toughest tests in the world.
A million candidates apply to appear in the gruelling three-stage exam every year, with less than 1% making it to the second stage.
While preparing for the UPSC, Gamini Singla stayed away from friends, did not go on vacations and avoided family meetings and celebrations for nearly three years.
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King Charles III will not feature on Australia's new five dollar note following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the country's central bank has announced.
The new design will pay tribute to "the culture and history" of Indigenous Australians, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
A portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II, whose death last year reignited debates about Australia's future as a constitutional monarchy, appears on the current design of the five dollar note.
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The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
With this deal, Washington has stitched the gap in the arc of US alliances stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north to Australia in the south.
The new additions and expanded access, according to a statement from Washington, will "allow more rapid support for humanitarian and climate-related disasters in the Philippines, and respond to other shared challenges".
The US already had limited access to five sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
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It's been two years since the military seized power in Myanmar - overthrowing Aung San Suu Kyi's government - putting the country in social, economic and political crisis.
There is now a civil war in a country whose healthcare system has collapsed.
Doctors and nurses who stood up and said that they wouldn’t work for the military have been punished.
Many healthcare workers have been detained and others have fled.
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Allegations of brutal interrogations, where Ukrainian men were shot and threatened with rape, have been made by a former Russian military officer.
Konstantin Yefremov, the most senior officer to speak openly, told the BBC in an exclusive interview Russia now sees him as a traitor and defector, and he has now fled the country.
At one site in southern Ukraine, he said "the interrogations, the torture, continued for about a week".
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Thousands of people gathered in Memphis to mourn the death of 29-year-old father Tyre Nichols.
Mr Nichols died three days after he was beaten by police following a traffic stop.
Five officers have been charged with his murder.
Family and friends as well as national figures, including Vice President Kamala Harris, were at the funeral to pay their respects to Mr Nichols.
Graphic bodycam footage of Mr Nichols' encounter with police showed him being brutally punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck by police officers.
The assault sparked protests against police violence across the United States.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Memphis.
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A large social network that promotes anti-Western and pro-Kremlin ideas in French-speaking Africa has been discovered.
Called Russosphère (Russian Sphere), it posts typically accuse France of modern-day “colonialism”, praises President Vladimir Putin, and calls the Ukrainian army “Nazis" and "Satanists."
Experts have said that such misinformation drives mistrust between African nations and the West.
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Pope Francis has celebrated one of his biggest Masses, with about a million attendees in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, estimates say.
Huge crowds started to gather in Kinshasa well before dawn, including scores of schoolgirls dressed in white who danced along the Pope's route.
About half of DR Congo's population is Catholic - the largest Catholic community in Africa.
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The Hollywood star Alec Baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She was killed on a film set when Mr Baldwin fired a prop gun in 2021.
The actor had been rehearsing a scene for the Western film Rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near Sante Fe in New Mexico.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film's armourer, has also been charged.
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The number of executions in Saudi Arabia has almost doubled under the Kingdom’s current leadership, according to new research.
That’s despite promises of reform from the Crown Prince and de facto leader, Mohammed Bin Salman.
A report by the campaign group Reprieve – shared exclusively with the BBC ahead of publication – also found that the death penalty has been routinely used for non-lethal offenses, in defiance of international norms.
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More heavy rainfall has brought havoc to the New Zealand city of Auckland, downing trees, flooding homes and closing major roads.
Weather watchers said more than a month of rain had fallen in 24 hours, affecting roads and rail, as the region reels from deadly floods last week.
Four people were killed and thousands of homes were damaged by the heavy downpours on Friday. Residents in vulnerable areas had been told to prepare to evacuate if needed.
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Authorities in Western Australia have said they have found a tiny radioactive capsule which went missing last month.
A huge search was triggered when the object was lost while being transported along a 1,400km (870 mile) route across the state.
Authorities released a close-up picture of the pea-sized capsule - which could cause serious harm if handled - on the ground among tiny pebbles.
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It's been two years since the military seized power in Myanmar - overthrowing Aung San Suu Kyi's government - putting the country in social, economic and political crisis.
Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar are urging people to stay at home and businesses to close on the second anniversary of the military coup.
It's estimated that about 70,000 people have left the country with more than one million people having been displaced. The UN has accused the military leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris, civil rights campaigner Reverend Al Sharpton and members of George Floyd's family will be among those attending Tyre Nichols' funeral in Memphis.
The 29-year-old died after being beaten by several Memphis Police officers during a traffic stop in January.
Five policemen have been sacked and charged with murder, and two others have been suspended.
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Three years on from Brexit, how can UK firms be helped to fulfil their potential outside the EU's single market and customs union?
Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu visited two companies in Milton Keynes to help assess the economic impact that Brexit is having.
Robot grocery delivery company Starship Technologies operates in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge, and other areas where councils have regulated for it, but says the UK government has failed to use regulation to encourage cutting-edge tech firms like theirs to expand in the wake of Brexit.
British E-bike brand Volt Bikes has been trying to sell into Europe, but says it has “been much, much more complex than it was pre-Brexit”.
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Priscilla Presley, rock'n'roll legend Elvis Presley's ex-wife, has filed a legal challenge to the validity of their late daughter's will.
Lisa Marie Presley, the couple's only child, died two weeks ago at the age of 54 after a cardiac arrest.
The court petition disputes a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie's will that ousted Priscilla as the estate trustee, with lawyers claiming the document misspelled her mother's name and had a signature that appeared unusual.
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The Brexit referendum of 2016 divided the UK. For some Brexit was an exhilarating opportunity, for others a self-inflicted wound.
It led to the immediate downfall of former prime minister David Cameron, the tormenting and eventual toppling of his successor Theresa May, and along the way it raised questions about the durability of the United Kingdom.
So three years after the UK left the EU, how are people feeling in Westminster, and in Sunderland? - the place where results first indicated that Brexit was on the way.
Newsnight’s political editor Nick Watt has been assessing the political mood.
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A man who drove a JCB digger into the front of a house in Wales, UK has been given a 16-month suspended prison sentence.
Mark Holmes had been under the influence of alcohol when he caused £28,000 ($34,500) worth of damage to a house and "minor injuries" to the owner, who said she thought he was going to kill her.
Holmes' defence barrister said he is "full of remorse".
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A second wave of French protests and strikes is under way against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Eight big unions are taking part in the strike, which has disrupted schools, public transport and oil refineries.
Marches are taking place across France involving hundreds of thousands of people, after a first day of action attracted more than a million people.
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Cinema screenings, celebrities and scientists are promoting Catherine, Princess of Wales' campaign about the vital importance of early childhood.
The early years "fundamentally shape our whole lives", she said, launching her Shaping Us campaign in London.
The early-years campaign has been described by Buckingham Palace sources as the princess's "life's work".
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A young couple have reportedly been sentenced to 10 years in jail for dancing near Tehran's Freedom Tower.
The man and woman in their early twenties have reportedly been convicted of 'promoting corruption and prostitution, colluding against national security, and propaganda against the establishment'.
Iranian authorities are continuing to crack down on anti-government protests across the country.
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An urgent search is under way in Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing a radioactive substance went missing between a town and city roughly 1,400km (870 miles) apart.
The casing contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness if touched.
The public has been warned to stay away from the capsule if they see it.
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A precautionary state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's most northern region as parts of the country prepare for more extreme weather following "once in a century" flooding.
Emergency service personnel in Northland are warning the area could see unprecedented levels of rain over Tuesday into Wednesday.
The warnings come after the city of Auckland was hit hard by flooding on Friday, in which four people were killed and thousands of homes were damaged.
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Homosexuality is highly stigmatised in Egypt, and a BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt.
Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigated the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.
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Three Memphis emergency workers have now been fired as part of an investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, in addition to the five policemen already fired and charged with his murder.
Officials said two paramedics and a driver who responded to the scene did not provide him with adequate care.
He was punched, kicked and hit with a baton after being pulled over for an alleged traffic violation.
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At least 59 people have died and more than 150 have been injured in an explosion at a mosque in the city of Peshawar.
The attack is thought to have targeted members of the police force.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies in Peshawar.
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A growing number of celebrities, such as Paris Hilton, have talked publicly about having a child with a surrogate.
It can be rare to hear the surrogate's side of the story, but as Shanna, a surrogate from the US explains, it can either be a very positive or very negative experience.
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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as violence continues between the two nations.
He has urged both nations not to inflame tensions.
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At least 47 people have been killed by a bomb that the country's prime minister claims targeted policemen praying in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The mosque is within the tightly-guarded police headquarters area.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said "terrorists want to create fear by targeting those who perform the duty of defending Pakistan".
No group has said it carried out the attack, but it has been linked to the Pakistan Taliban.
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The annual German Championship of Deer-Calling has taken place in Dortmund, Germany.
The contest has been running for over 20 years and competitors must take turns either in groups or as solo entrants to create sounds as close to a deer as possible, using a variety of instruments.
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The funeral of Ukrainian body collector Denys Sosnenko has been held in northern Donbas, in Ukraine.
The 21-year-old former Ukrainian national kickboxing champion volunteered last year to work as a body collector, bringing back bodies of abandoned corpses of soldiers, both Ukrainian and Russian.
Denys Sosnenko was killed by an anti-tank mine while helping to recover the remains of soldiers.
"Because of your work so many soldiers, who died in places no one would ever have looked, have been reunited with their families,” said Alexey Yukov, the local head of Black Tulip, a charitable organisation where Sosnenko volunteered.
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A highly toxic chemical compound sold illegally in diet pills is to be reclassified as a poison, a UK government minister has said.
Pills containing DNP, or 2,4-dinitrophenol, were responsible for the deaths of 32 young vulnerable adults, said campaigner Doug Shipsey.
His daughter Bethany, from Worcester in England, died in 2017 after taking tablets containing the chemical.
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More than 50 people have been killed in two separate travel-related accidents in Pakistan on Sunday, as at least 41 people died when a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the south-west city of Bela, while in the north-west at least 10 children drowned in a boating accident on Tanda Dam.
All the dead recovered so far at the lake were aged between seven and 14.
At the bus crash site, a local official said the bodies were "beyond recognition".
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The Iranian defence ministry says it has foiled a drone attack on a military facility in the city of Isfahan, with one drone destroyed by air defence systems two were caught by "defence traps".
The devices caused minor damage to a building but there were no casualties, the ministry added.
The extent of damage to the site has not been confirmed by the BBC, and there has been no immediate claim of responsibility.
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The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols.
Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods".
The unit is a 50-person team tasked with bringing down crime levels in particular areas.
But now it is being abolished after its officers were seen beating Mr Nichols, 29, in the videos from 7 January.
In a statement, the department said "it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate" the unit.
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Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked from the UK government after an inquiry by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ethics adviser criticised how he handled his tax affairs.
Mr Sunak said an inquiry showed there had been a "serious breach of the ministerial code".
He had asked Sir Laurie Magnus to investigate after it emerged Mr Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC while he was chancellor, over previously unpaid tax.
Sir Laurie concluded the MP had failed to be open about his finances.
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During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Nevada, visitors could take advantage of a new transportation system under the Las Vegas strip.
Beneath the Las Vegas Convention Centre, Elon Musk has built a tunnel to transport people in Teslas.
Musk claims it is the future of transport - but did he reach his ambition?
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Israel's security cabinet has approved measures to make it easier for Israelis to carry guns after two separate attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem over the past two days.
The attacks took place after an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank killed nine people.
The new measures also include depriving an attacker's family members of residency and social security rights.
The full cabinet is due to consider the measures on Sunday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised a "strong" and "swift" response ahead of the security cabinet meeting.
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At least three people have died and one is missing after New Zealand's largest city experienced its "wettest day on record" on Friday.
Auckland is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall in just 15 hours.
A local state of emergency was declared as authorities managed evacuations and widespread flooding.
New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins thanked emergency services for their swift response to the disaster.
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Israeli police have arrested 42 people in connection with a deadly shooting at a synagogue in East Jerusalem on Friday.
Seven people were killed, and at least three more injured, in the deadliest attack of its kind in years.
Two people were also injured on Saturday in a separate attack outside the Old City.
Israeli police said the gunman in Saturday's attack was a 13-year-old boy.
They said he had been "neutralised", but did not give further details.
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Peaceful protests have taken place after Footage of a traffic stop that has seen five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder shows them kicking and punching a motorist for several minutes as he cries out for his mother.
Officers are seen beating Tyre Nichols, 29, in the videos from the 7 January arrest, with no signs of him resisting.
US President Joe Biden said he was "deeply pained" by the "horrific" clip.
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A pilot demonstrated the first flying vehicle of its kind ever to be flown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
It’s called the Ryse Recon and is essentially a giant piloted electric drone and is licensed by the US government to fly up to 700 feet.
So, how does the technology work and what does it mean for the future of flying cars?
This film is from Click – the BBC’s weekly technology show.
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Expletive-filled footage shows Memphis Police drag Tyre Nichols from his car, in the moments before the deadly beating in Tennessee.
Officials in the US city have released more than an hour of video of the encounter between Mr Nichols and five police officers. It shows the 29-year-old father as he is pulled over by police at a traffic stop - the authorities have since said they've been unable to substantiate the officers' claim he was driving recklessly.
Mr Nichols died in hospital three days later. The five officers were fired and charged with second degree murder and other charges.
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Seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem. The attack took place on Holocaust Memorial Day.
A 14 year old boy is among the dead, and a number of other people were wounded.
Israeli Ppolice said the attacker was killed by the security forces as he fled the scene.
Tensions have been high since 9 Palestinians, both militants and civilians, were killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. It was one of the deadliest raids in years, as tensions rise in the region.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Bateman in Jerusalem.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky is facing a fresh political battle, following claims of corruption within his government.
As the nation defends itself from the Russian invasion, 11 officials have either resigned or been sacked, following claims made by an investigative journalist for the news website Ukrayinska Pravda.
The timing has caused damage for Ukraine, with some politicians in the US calling for aid to be restricted.
Meanwhile, the US has sanctioned a Chinese company for allegedly providing satellite imagery of Ukraine to support the mercenary Wagner Group's combat operations for Russia.
Spacety China had provided a Russia-based technology firm with satellite images of locations in Ukraine, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement.
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The past 12 months have been the most lethal year for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in decades.
Nine more were killed today during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian presidency is describing it as a "massacre".
The Israel Defense Forces said its troops entered the city of Jenin to arrest a “terror squad" which was planning violent attacks.
Last year also saw a surge in Palestinian armed attacks against Israelis. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will head to the Middle East where he’s due to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders after many months of this intensifying violence and the recent election of the most right-wing, nationalist coalition in Israel’s history.
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Tom Bateman reports for Newsnight.
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New Zealand's largest city Auckland has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations.
The downpour in Auckland on Friday shifted houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses - with an Elton John concert, expected to be attended by 40,000 fans, cancelled minutes before it was due to start.
The New Zealand Herald reported that a body had been found in Wairau Valley on Auckland's north shore.
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US forces have killed Islamic State leader, Bilal al-Sudani, and 10 of his operatives in northern Somalia, American officials say.
A remote cave complex was raided by US special forces in a bid to capture Al-Sudani, who allegedly funded the group's activities globally.
Analysts say the fact that US troops were sent to kill or capture Sudani, rather than using a less risky drone strike, indicates his significance.
"Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa”, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
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Events have been taking place around the world to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day, held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
The day honours the millions of Jews and other minorities murdered in the Second World War.
This year, the German parliament will for the first time focus its commemorations on those killed and persecuted for their sexual or gender identity.
Joanna Lumley reports from an event in central London.
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Disability activists in South Korea are being sued by subway authorities for causing 'major disruption' during the Seoul morning rush hour.
Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination in South Korea say they want all stations to be wheelchair accessible and more funding given to disability provisions in the national budget.
The hard-line response by authorities has led to a bitter feud and clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
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Bodycam footage showing the arrest of Tyre Nichols in the US, which led to his death, is set to be released on Friday.
Lawyers for the 29-year-old’s family say the video will show him being severely beaten during a traffic stop on 7 January.
Days later, Mr Nichols died, and five now-fired police officers face murder charges.
Ahead of the release of the footage, US President Joe Biden has called for calm, amid rising tensions in the state of Tennessee, with increased police patrols in place.
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The Israeli military claims it has carried out air strikes against Palestinian militants in Gaza, after two rockets were fired into Israel.
Both rockets were intercepted by Israeli air defence systems, with the scale of the damage caused by the retaliation bombing in Gaza not yet clear.
Tensions in the region have been rising following an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, which killed nine people, including civilians.
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A sculptor from Devon, England, has swapped stone for snow to compete in the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Colorado, US.
Pippa Unwin is the captain of the Great Britain team. They are one of the few groups in the competition without regular snowfall to practice with.
The 12 teams competing have 94 hours to turn their 25-tonne block of snow into a sculpture.
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Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.
An elderly woman was reported among the dead, in the town of Jenin.
The Israeli military said its troops went in to arrest Islamic Jihad militants planning an attack.
The Palestinian presidency accused Israel of a "massacre" in Jenin, which has been the scene of repeated raids in recent months.
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Elon Musk has denied that his use of Twitter, the social media platform he owns, is damaging the electric vehicle maker Tesla.
Mr Musk is chief executive and product architect of the automotive firm, which announced sales and profits for the October-to-December period ahead of expectations.
On a call with investors, Mr Musk was asked if his activity on Twitter is hurting Tesla's brand.
"I think Twitter is actually an incredibly powerful tool for driving demand for Tesla," Mr Musk said.
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Canadian nurse John Dela Cruz joined TikTok during the Covid pandemic, when he saw a video on the platform asking people to post about undervalued professions.
He filmed a short video and went viral overnight. He now has 3.5 million followers.
As nurses strike in New York City and in the UK, he continues to channel humour as he highlights the challenges of the profession.
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The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising by a third last year, according to the United Nations.
It touched nearly 795 metric tonnes in 2022, nearly double the production in 2021 - 423 metric tonnes - the year of the military coup.
The UN believes this is driven by economic hardship and insecurity, along with higher global prices for the opium resin that is used to make heroin.
The coup plunged much of Myanmar into a continuing civil war.
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One month short of a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, it's testament to how far the Western allies have come in their engagement with the conflict that Germany has confirmed it will send its tanks into combat - so far 14 Leopard 2s.
Now other countries with Leopard 2s will follow suit. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in a hugely significant moment told the country, "Trust me ... the decision is the right one."
At the beginning of the conflict there was outrage when Germany sent just 5000 helmets and a field hospital.
Now, the country is in the top three donors of both military and humanitarian aid. President Biden said that Chancellor Scholz has been "a strong voice for unity, and a close friend," as he announced the US is sending 31 Abrams tanks, insisting the new deployments were "no offensive threat to Russia".
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Joe Inwood reports on the West’s commitments to Ukraine from London’s National Army Museum.
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Almost exactly two years since the military coup in Myanmar, Newsnight has exclusive evidence that women who speak up against the regime are especially in danger.
Research shared with the programme shows that pro-military social media accounts are systematically targeting women who speak up against the regime, flooding their accounts with hate speech and doxxing, meaning their private information is posted publicly alongside calls for violence.
Many women have now fled the country for their own safety. In light of Newsnight’s investigation, social media app Telegram has taken down hundreds of posts and removed some of the largest pro-military channels, but the threat continues.
BBC Trending's Reha Kansara reports.
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Donald Trump will be allowed back on to Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts.
The then-US president was indefinitely suspended from Meta’s platforms after the Capitol riots in 2021, as his posts were judged to pose a risk to public safety.
Republicans have been pressing for Mr Trump to be allowed back on Facebook as he prepares to run for the US presidency again next year.
But, the former president has an exclusivity agreement with social media platform Truth Social, and there is some suggestion that posting elsewhere could open him up to legal problems.
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Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Western leaders for sending tanks to support the fight against Russia, but said they needed to be delivered quickly.
In recent days, the US and Germany announced they would send Abrams and Leopard tanks to Ukraine, while Berlin also cleared the way for other European countries to donate German-made tanks from their own stocks.
Russia condemned the announcement as a "blatant provocation" and said any supplied tanks would be destroyed, while missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital have continued.
President Zelensky has also urged the West to send long-range missiles and fighter jets, to assist in the war effort.
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The US will send 31 powerful battle tanks to Ukraine, joining Germany in sending the vehicles to support the fight against Russia's invasion.
The decision to deliver the M1 Abrams tanks was announced just hours after Germany said it would send 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks to the battlefield.
Berlin also cleared the way for other European countries to send German-made tanks from their own stocks.
Ukraine has lobbied Western allies to send the military equipment for months. It welcomed the announcements as a turning point that would allow its military to regain momentum and take back occupied territory.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Katya Adler and Andrew Harding.
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Germany has made the decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion.
Berlin also cleared the way for other European countries to send German-made tanks from their own stocks.
Following Germany’s announcement, the US said it would deliver M1 Abrams tanks.
Ukraine has lobbied Western allies to send the military equipment for months.
BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines the background to Germany’s decision to send its tanks to Ukraine.
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Humans share common sign language with wild apes, a study has found.
The research revealed that humans are capable of understanding many of the gestures wild chimps and bonobos use to communicate with one another.
The video-based study was carried out by researchers at St Andrews University in Scotland, with volunteers translating ape gestures.
It suggests the last common ancestor humans shared with chimps used similar gestures, and that these may have been a "starting point" for language.
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US President Joe Biden has said his country will send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
Mr Biden said the number of tanks is the equivalent of one Ukrainian battalion, on the recommendation of US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.
He said these are "the most capable tanks in the world".
The president said that the aid is being used to help Ukraine defend and protect its land, adding "there is no offensive threat to Russia".
Russia's ambassador in Washington earlier warned that any deliveries of US tanks would amount to a “blatant provocation against the Russian Federation”.
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The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014.
All 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam were killed when it was shot down by a missile fired by Moscow-backed Ukrainian separatists.
The Dutch government argues that Russia's disinformation about Moscow's role in the incident is a violation of the relatives' human rights.
Russia denies the allegations.
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A woman who was born as a result of rape says she hopes her successful campaign to classify people like her as victims of crime will mean others won't feel alone.
'Daisy' - not her real name - was born after her birth mother, aged 13 at the time, was raped by a family friend.
As an adult Daisy tracked him down and tried to get him prosecuted for the rape but police said she wasn't recognised as a victim. In 2021, he was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in jail.
The government has now announced plans to extend the definition of 'victim' in the statutory Victims' Code to all those who believe they were born as a result of rape.
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Germany has agreed to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the decision to send 14 tanks - and allow other countries to send theirs too - at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden's administration is also expected to announce plans to send at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks.
A Kremlin spokesman earlier said the tanks would "burn like all the rest".
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Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister.
The 44-year-old was formally appointed to the role in Wellington, a week after Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation.
At the ruling Labour Party's caucus over the weekend, Hipkins received unanimous support to be promoted to lead the country, and now faces the challenge of retaining power in the upcoming general elections in October.
He has built a reputation as the minister who led New Zealand's Covid-19 strategy.
Hipkins’ predecessor Jacinda Ardern said she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead the country.
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Evidence of a considerable Covid death toll in China’s rural areas has been found by the BBC.
Some 80% of China’s population - more than a billion people - have been infected since the country scrapped restrictions in December, according to leading epidemiologist Wu Zunyou.
But in rural areas there are only sparse medical facilities and those who die at home are mostly not counted. There is not even an official estimate for the number of village deaths.
In the northern Shanxi province, workers in the funeral industry have attributed an increase in deaths to the coronavirus.
One villager, a customer, reported that at times the coffins have sold out in the area.
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After months of reluctance, Germany reportedly plans to send tanks to Ukraine.
Reports suggest German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send at least 14 Leopard 2 tanks. He is set to speak in parliament on Wednesday morning.
Ukrainian officials say they are urgently in need of heavier weapons, adding that they hope German tanks will be a game-changer on the battlefield.
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Gibraltar has been a source of friction between the UK and Spain ever since it was captured by Britain in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession.
The British Overseas Territory was left out of the permanent post-Brexit deal which now governs the UK’s relations with the EU.
Instead, it has been operating on ad hoc arrangements ever since, but at Davos Spain's Foreign minister said that London and Madrid were close to finding a definitive solution settling the post-Brexit status of Gibraltar.
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Joe Inwood reports.
Produced by Louis Harris-White. Filmed and edited by Liam Weir.
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Classified documents have been found at former US Vice-President Mike Pence's home in the latest secret paper discovery.
The documents, discovered by a lawyer last week for Mr Pence at his Indiana home, have been handed over to the FBI.
Special counsels are already looking at the handling of classified documents by President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump faces a criminal investigation for allegedly mishandling files.
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Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Germany to be "brave" and allow his country to export 14 Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
Mr Morawiecki accused Germany of 'procrastination,' adding that Germany played a key role in building up huge Russian funds for the war in Ukraine by buying Russian gas.
Germany has been hesitant to send its Leopard 2 tanks or allow other nations to do the same.
One of its concerns is that a sudden move could further escalate the conflict with Russia.
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At least 124 people have died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan in the past fortnight, Taliban officials say.
About 70,000 livestock had also perished in what is the coldest winter in a decade, a State Ministry for Disaster Management spokesman said.
Many aid agencies suspended operations in recent weeks after the Taliban banned Afghan women from working for non-governmental organisations.
A Taliban minister said despite the deaths, the edict would not be changed.
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One fifth of all households in the UK rent their homes in the private sector, but with rising rental prices and dilapidated properties, are renters getting value for money?
BBC Newsbeat's Sam Gruet visits the accommodation of Hayley Dawson in Bristol, who was hit by a 25% rent increase before being handed no-fault eviction known as a 'Section 21 notice.'
The government promised a white paper to increase renter's rights, however questions still remain over the number of homes being built.
Last year the English Housing Survey said nearly a quarter of private rented housing was below standard.
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In Afghanistan, girls over 12 years old are not going to school. In March last year, the Taliban had promised to re-open some high schools for girls but then cancelled the move on the day they were due to return.
The Taliban government says the ban is temporary. But despite the risk, a few secret schools are still open.
Meanwhile at least 124 people have died in freezing temperatures in the past fortnight.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into the disclosures made about the tax affairs of the Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi.
Mr Zahawi is facing calls to resign, after it emerged he paid a penalty over previously unpaid tax in the UK while he was chancellor, as part of a multi-million pound dispute.
He said he was "confident" he had "acted properly throughout".
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German defence minister Boris Pistorious has denied that his country is isolated within Nato as it continues to resist sending battle tanks to Ukraine.
Ukraine has called on the West to provide the German-made Leopard 2 tanks which they say will help them defeat Russia.
However, Germany is yet to agree and its export laws have stood in Poland's way.
Speaking during a press conference with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Pistorious said he expected a decision on the delivery of the tanks “soon”.
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The US state of California is reeling from hits second mass shooting in days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco.
The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. The victims were all Chinese-American farm workers. Suspect Zhao Chunli, 67, was arrested after driving to a police station.
It comes as the state mourns the death of 11 at Monterey Park - about six hours south east of Half Moon Bay - during Lunar New Year celebrations.
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A crackdown against the LGBT+ community in Russia has intensified after a new law was passed by the Russian Parliament.
The bill, which passed in December, places restrictions on almost any mention of LGBT people or culture.
Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is not only fighting Ukraine on the battlefield, but also "Western" values.
During a speech in the Kremlin to mark the illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, the president lashed out at the West and LGBT rights, calling them "pure Satanism".
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Germany's foreign minister Anna Baerbock has said she "would not stand in the way" of Poland if they were to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Ukraine has called on the West to provide the German-made tanks which they say will help them defeat Russia.
But Germany is yet to provide the armoured vehicles, and its export laws prevent other countries from sending theirs.
On Sunday, Ms Baerbock said Poland had not yet asked for export permission. Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday the government would request authorisation from Berlin.
But he said Poland would send the tanks to Ukraine, even if it was not granted.
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Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate.
Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never." Japan - a population of 125 million - is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 1970s, that figure was more than two million.
Birth rates are slowing in many countries, including Japan's neighbours.
But the issue is particularly acute in Japan as life expectancy has risen in recent decades, meaning there are a growing number of older people, and a declining numbers of workers to support them.
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Some civilians in Ukraine are returning to towns closes to the frontline, against the advice of local authorities.
In Lyman, devastated by Russian forces last year, some 13,000 residents are living, precariously, in gruelling winter conditions.
In recent months, the mayor and his team have managed to restore electricity to most of the town and the surrounding villages.
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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has visited South Africa for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Lavrov held talks with his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor, in Pretoria.
The countries said they want to work together more closely, and defended plans to hold joint military exercises with China next month.
South Africa has refused to condemn Russia’s war with Ukraine, saying it wants to remain neutral.
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What does the rise of TikTok and social media influencer Andrew Tate tells us about modern masculinity and the media?
The BBC’s Ros Atkins discusses with the VICE journalist who investigated him.
Guests: Matt Shea, the VICE journalist responsible for The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate; Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic and presenter of The New Gurus on BBC Sounds; and Professor Scott Galloway, host of the Prof G Pod and co-host of the Pivot podcast.
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Major cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad and Lahore, are without power following a breakdown in the country’s national electricity grid.
Power minister Khurrum Dastagir said electricity would be back on soon, insisting it was "not a major crisis".
Services have resumed in some parts of the country, and back-up generators have been used to power hospitals, businesses and private homes.
Pakistan often experiences power outages, which are blamed on mismanagement and a lack of investment in infrastructure.
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Police in California say a gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio has been found dead in a van.
Huu Can Tran, 72, had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was declared dead at the scene, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
Celebrations for Lunar New Year had been under way in Monterey Park at the time of the mass shooting, which has been declared as the deadliest in California’s history.
Another 10 people were wounded in the shooting, and seven are still in hospital - some in a critical condition.
Police do not yet know a motive for the attack.
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A man has shot dead 10 people near Los Angeles in one of California's deadliest mass shootings.
Another 10 people were wounded with some in a critical condition.
The shooting took place in Monterey Park as people celebrated the Chinese new year.
The man opened fire at a busy dance hall in the downtown area of the city.
Police said the suspect fled the scene in a van. The motive for the attack is unclear.
Mishal Husain presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Peter Bowes in Los Angeles.
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Robot home appliances like automatic vacuum cleaners need to build up a map of where they live in order to move.
Typically LiDAR spatial technology, which has a spinning laser to determine distance, is used – but it has it’s shortcomings too, like high-performance ability and cost.
New software, developed by Slamcore, is being used so robots use visual imaging, rather than LiDAR, to make up a map of their surroundings.
Slamcore CEO Owen Nicholson said the next level of spatial intelligence is knowing how the world around you is shaped “from a geometry point of view”.
This film is from Click – the BBC’s weekly technology show.
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An estimated 110,000 people have packed the streets of Tel Aviv, in one of Israel's biggest anti-government protests in the past decade.
The rallies spread across the city centre as banners were hoisted calling for an end to the ruling coalition, which is the most right-wing and religious-nationalist in Israel's history.
Organisers say they are trying to stop a "coup" taking place against the system of government.
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Climate change technology which removes CO2 from our atmosphere must be urgently ramped up, leading experts say in a new report.
Scientists say big cuts in CO2 emissions won't be enough to limit global warming – and nature alone will not remove enough of it from the air.
"To limit warming to 2C or lower, we need to accelerate emissions reductions. But the findings of this report are clear: we also need to increase carbon removal too," says lead author Dr Steve Smith, from Oxford University.
The report said that to reduce future global temperatures there needs to be investment in developing technological solutions now.
Until emissions and removals are balanced - so called "net-zero" - global temperatures are predicted to rise.
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More than a billion people have welcomed in the Lunar New Year - one of the world's biggest festivals.
Fireworks, music and lanterns filled streets across Asia as locals began celebrations that are expected to last for 15 days.
In China, it is the first time the festival is taking place without any travel restrictions since the pandemic began.
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From ordering off detailed menus to looking at complex images, people with low vision can come up against hurdles navigating the everyday.
The Rebokeh app has been designed for those with a visual impairment to differentiate images or read far away text better.
It uses customisable smartphone camera filters that users can change to suit their own visual impairment, that can make images brighter, or alter colour contrast.
Rebecca Rosenberg, CEO and founder of ReBokeh, who has albinism herself, said: "For a lot of people it is the difference between being able to read a menu at Starbucks or McDonalds when it is up in the back and needing to ask someone else for help".
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Diving into virtual reality through a headset isn’t anything new in gaming, but you may not expect to come across them in everyday life.
From the likes of Meta to consumer electronics company HTC, companies are trying to tempt customers into fitting virtual reality into other parts of life, like travelling in a car.
However, one challenge facing many of these devices currently is battery life - even the most expensive headsets need to be charged every two hours.
BBC Technology Editor has been trying out some of the latest developments in the market.
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Europe is about to undertake one of its grandest ever space missions, to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.
The Juice satellite is going through final testing in Toulouse, France, after which it will be shipped to the launch site in South America. It's due to depart Earth in April.
The six-tonne spacecraft will make a series of flybys of Callisto, Ganymede and Europa, using an advanced package of instruments to investigate whether any of these worlds are habitable.
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Ukraine's defence minister has said he had a "frank discussion" with his German counterpart about Germany’s Leopard 2 tanks, which Kyiv is urgently requesting to confront Russian armour.
Germany has not yet decided whether to send the tanks to Ukraine, or allow other countries to donate theirs, despite pressure on Berlin to act.
"We had a frank discussion on Leopards 2. To be continued," Oleksii Reznikov said after meeting Western allies.
Kyiv is to get many other Nato weapons.
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UK ministers have clashed with both opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit.
The government's Retained EU Law Bill will see thousands of laws expire automatically after December, unless they are specifically kept or replaced.
The BBC’s Ros Atkins looks at what the government’s plans could mean.
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A major meeting of Ukraine's allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to Kyiv.
Representatives of around fifty countries gathered at a US airbase in Germany to discuss co-ordinating military support.
Germany's new defence minister denied blocking the use of its Leopard tanks, which Kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered.
Ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. Russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an "extremely dangerous" escalation.
Tina Daheley presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jessica Parker, James Landale and Steve Rosenberg.
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Google's parent company, Alphabet, has announced it will cut 12,000 jobs across its teams worldwide.
It follows a trend by big tech firms, including Microsoft, who are citing pressures facing the global economic climate for a rise in the number of redundancies.
In a memo to staff Alphabet's chief executive said the mass hiring of staff across its network over the last two years was for a different economic reality.
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A top UN official believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in Afghanistan.
It comes as a delegation led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has ended a four-day visit, meeting with senior Taliban officials in Kabul to discuss aid programmes and the participation of women.
But the country is also facing an economic crisis. The death toll in Afghanistan from an unprecedented cold wave has risen to 78 as temperatures in many parts of the country fell to -30 °C.
Snowstorms have forced the closure of many key highways and roads, hampering the delivery of aid.
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Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will stay in custody until 27 February after a Romanian court extended their police detention.
The pair are being investigated over allegations of rape and exploitation and will remain in custody for another 30 days while police build their case.
Meanwhile, schools across Romania are talking to students about online safety, triggered by the Tate case.
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The number of stars visible with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade due to light pollution, scientists have said.
The cause is "Skyglow" from artificial lighting for city streets and buildings, and the brightness of that glow has increased every year since 2011 according to a study by the German Research Centre for Geosciences.
The affects of light pollution doesn't just reduce our view of the stars, it has been shown to impact human health and disrupt sleep patterns of nocturnal animals too.
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After abandoning its zero-Covid policy, China is hoping Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend will help reignite its economy.
Some retail brands and investors were said to be considering exiting China in 2022, as restrictions saw sales slumps and China's economic growth fall short of its own expectations.
However, since ditching the policies, the economy has seen an upturn, one the Centre for China and Globalisation says could see foreign investment in China double in 2023.
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The co-founder and CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, is stepping down as CEO of the company after 20 years in the role.
It follows a turbulent year for the streaming giant which saw a loss in subscribers for the first time in history and suffering a steep fall in its share price.
However, his announcement came as Netflix revealed a recovery in subscriber numbers at the end of last year, due to shows such as Harry & Meghan and Wednesday.
Latest Netflix subscriber numbers revealed the platform had 231 million customers signed up worldwide.
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President Volodymr Zelensky has appealed to Germany to supply Ukraine with tanks, as leaders meet to discuss further aid.
Defence leaders from a number of Nato members are meeting at the US air base in Ramstein, Germany to discuss sending further aid ahead of an anticipated Spring offensive by Russia.
Germany is under increasing pressure from other countries to supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as the UK prepares to send a dozen Challenger 2 tanks.
"If you have Leopard [tanks], then give them to us, these leopards won't go through Russia. We're defending ourselves.", he told public TV in Germany.
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As thousands of nurses go on strike over pay and with over 50,000 vacancies, what does the younger generation think?
Clapped during the Covid pandemic, nurses in England and members of the Royal College of Nursing are calling for a 19% pay rise.
Kirsty Wark spoke to seven students at the University of Surrey who are in their second and third years.
They speak about their own personal journeys and why they want to be a nurse.
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For the first time in history, more than half of the world's richest football clubs by revenue are from the Premier League, according to a report.
Eleven Premier League clubs make up the top 20 in the Deloitte Money League for the 2021-22 season.
Champions Manchester City retained top spot, making €731m (£619.1m), ahead of Real Madrid €713.8m (£604.5m).
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Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has warned the country could face an economic collapse if there isn’t a general election early this year.
The cricketer-turned-politician was ousted in a vote of no confidence last April. Mr Khan has tried to push the government to bring the elections forward.
His critics say his efforts are adding to the country’s economic issues.
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A mental health blogger who took her own life by swallowing a poisonous substance was failed by the psychiatric hospital caring for her, a jury has found.
Beth Matthews, 26, died a short time after taking the substance, which she had ordered online and told staff was protein powder in March last year.
She was being treated at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport, UK.
An inquest jury concluded she died from suicide contributed to by neglect.
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Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun.
Baldwin had been rehearsing a scene for the Western film Rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near Sante Fe, New Mexico in October 2021.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film's armorer, will also be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Neither have commented on the charges.
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European defence ministers are meeting in Estonia, one of a few NATO member states that borders Russia, to discuss further military aid to Ukraine.
Estonia's military aid to Ukraine will rise to more than 1% of GDP.
The country, which shares a 183-mile border with Russia and has a population of 1.3 million people, hosts the largest number of Ukrainian refugees in the EU. The country has accepted over 62,000 Ukrainian refugees.
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas talks about her expectations of today's defence ministers meeting and how the country is helping war refugees.
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The father of Constance Marten, a British woman who went missing with her newborn baby and partner, a registered sex offender, has urged her to turn herself in to police.
Constance "Toots" Marten, 35, Mark Gordon and their baby have been missing since their car broke down and caught fire near Bolton, in the north of England, on 5 January.
Ms Marten comes from an affluent family and has inherited wealth. Officers say the couple are likely to have built up a "considerable slush fund" that could allow them to live off-grid for some time.
Her estranged father, Napier Marten, said he was "deeply concerned" for her and her baby's welfare.
Mr Gordon served 20 years in prison on rape charges in the United States.
Since their car broke down earlier this month, the pair have been spotted in Liverpool, Harwich, Colchester and London.
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This year marks a decade since the largest ever outbreak of Ebola, which killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa from December 2013 to 2016.
The three main countries affected were Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, where the outbreak started. It has left around 20,000 children without one or both of their parents.
Ebola is a deadly virus with initial symptoms that can include a sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, and a sore throat.
The BBC met with two teenagers in Western Guinea to find out how they have managed since the loss of their parents.
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President Macron's pension reform programme faces a make-or-break moment as French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests on Thursday.
Protests are being held against plans to raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64.
A series of nation-wide strikes forced the cancellation of most train services, many flights, and ferries. Many schools and other public services are shut.
Large demonstrations drawing tens of thousands are expected in Paris and other cities, where police will be out in force in case of violence from ultra-left "black bloc" infiltrators.
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UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammad, the UN’s most senior woman, is in Afghanistan to meet with the Taliban over the recent ban on female aid workers in the country.
Mohammad is leading a delegation of other senior women, including the head of UN Women, Sima Bahous.
The team are tasked with speaking to senior Taliban leaders at the highest-possible level about reversing restrictions.
The ban on female aid workers is the latest in a raft of rules in recent months which also banned women from attending university, socialising in public parks, or even going to women-only gyms.
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Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
In an emotional speech, Ardern detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a toll.
New Zealand Labour Party MPs will vote to find her replacement on Sunday.
The shock announcement comes as polling indicates the party faces a difficult path to re-election on 14 October.
Ardern, 42, said she had taken time to consider her future over the summer break, hoping to find the heart and energy to go on in the role.
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Ukraine’s interior minister has been killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of the capital Kyiv.
Denys Monastyrsky, who was 42, was a close ally of Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Fourteen people died when the helicopter came down at around 8.30am local time near a children’s nursery. One child was killed and 11 injured.
There is no indication the crash was anything other than an accident although the state security service said it was investigating a number of possible causes including sabotage, a technical malfunction or pilot error.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse in Kyiv.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
President Zelensky appeared via video link, and spoke about the loss of life in Ukraine since Russia's invasion, specifically mentioning Saturday's missile strike in Dnipro .
The Ukrainian president also said that three years ago the world was fighting Covid-19 and won, and now the world is fighting against Putin.
"History repeats itself. The world either fails to notice or underestimates a threat, then it unites to resist it and then the world wins, every time," he said.
President Zelensky thanked countries for their help since the conflict began, but added that Ukraine still needs help to fight against Russia.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has paid tribute after a deadly helicopter crash near a nursery.
Ukraine's interior minister, his deputy, and another official are among 14 people known to have died in the crash.
Ukraine has launched an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash in the town of Brovary, east of Kyiv, but it could take weeks before there are answers.
Mr Zelensky called it a "black morning" and said the ministers who died were "true patriots".
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The Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion charges by a court in Manila.
Her news site Rappler, which earned a reputation for its in-depth reporting and tough scrutiny of former President Rodrigo Duterte, was also cleared of tax evasion.
The Philippines' National Union of Journalists said the tax evasion case reflected an increasing use of law for reprisal and intimidation against journalists and civil society.
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Schools have reopened in Malawi's two major cities following a cholera outbreak that killed hundreds of people.
Schools in the capital, Lilongwe, and the commercial hub, Blantyre, had remained closed for at least two weeks after the Christmas holidays.
The cholera outbreak began in March last year and has so far killed more than 750 people.
The widespread cases of cholera in the country are as a result of the aftermath of tropical storm Ana and cyclone Gombe that caused extensive flooding last year and destroyed the country's water and sanitation systems.
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Elon Musk is being sued by Tesla shareholders arguing he manipulated the firm's share price.
The case centres on tweets from 2018, saying that he would take Tesla private. US regulators removed Mr Musk as Tesla chairman because of the posts.
However, the Tesla CEO argued he believed that he had secured funding from Saudi Arabia's Investment Fund, and did not commit securities fraud.
Mr Musk said he cannot get a fair trial in San Francisco.
He wanted the trial to take place in Texas - where he has moved Tesla's headquarters - but that was rejected and a jury has been selected.
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Ukraine’s interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy and his deputy are among those killed in a helicopter crash near a nursery on the outskirts of Kyiv, according to police.
At least 16 people have been killed in total, including two children, police said. Nine of them were on board the helicopter.
22 people are in hospital, including ten children.
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The Sri Lankan cabinet has decided to delay paying the salaries of certain state sector employees by up to a week due to the worsening financial situation.
Last week, the government said the economic crisis would be worse than expected, with all ministries ordered to make a five per cent reduction in spending.
The economic turmoil in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests last year, which resulted in the former president fleeing the country in July.
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One of Britain's worst sex offenders turns out to have been a serving Metropolitan police officer. David Carrick was an armed constable, and guarded government buildings and the houses of parliament.
He admitted 49 offences, including 24 rapes - the first right at the start of his policing career twenty years ago. He was in coercive and controlling relationships with 3 of the women. He regularly locked one woman in a small downstairs cupboard at his home.
Yesterday, Scotland Yard said it is investigating around 1,000 allegations of sexual and domestic abuse offences involving around 800 of its own officers. The police knew about Carrick’s predatory behaviour, even nicknaming him ‘Bastard Dave’. So how was he not stopped? What is it about the toxic culture in areas of the police that contributed to him getting away with it for so long?
Sima Kotecha reports
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The massive volcanic blast in the Pacific last year was felt 18,000km away on the other side of the world, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
The eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai on 15 January 2022 sent pressure waves through Earth's atmosphere that connected with the sea surface and triggered 50 highly sensitive seismometers placed 5,000m below on the seabed.
Hunga-Tonga produced the highest ash cloud ever recorded, sending rocky particles more than halfway to space.
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In Afghanistan, some international aid organisations have partially restored work in the country after receiving assurances from the Taliban that women can work in some sectors.
The International Rescue Committee and CARE are two of those that have resumed programmes in health and nutrition.
The Taliban had banned women from working for non-governmental organisations and said female staff had broken dress codes by not wearing hijabs.
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Authorities in Somalia say 26 people have been killed and scores injured in an Islamist attack at a military base north of the capital Mogadishu.
Senior army commander Col Abshir Shataqey and a number of other soldiers died when al-Shabab stormed the facility, which was seized from the militants in October.
The latest fighting comes a day after the government announced it had recaptured the key port of Haradhere in central Somalia, which had been under jihadist control for years.
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Troops on the frontline in Ukraine's Bakhmut have told the BBC they welcome news they are to receive around a dozen Challenger tanks from the UK, a move they hope will turn the tide in the war.
Russian authorities claimed they have taken control of the city of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donestk region.
But this has been denied by a Ukranian army spokesperson, who said fighting there is continuing.
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Brazil's attorney general has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in the storming of the Senate building on 8 January.
The riot saw thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro attack government buildings following his election loss last year.
The indictment said the individuals - who are not named - used violence and threats to try to abolish democracy.
Mr Bolsonaro has voiced "regret" for the unrest, but has denied he caused it.
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Key members of the Belarus opposition are on trial in absentia on charges of conspiracy to seize power and forming an extremist organisation.
The five accused have all been living abroad since fleeing after mass protests in 2020 failed to topple president Alexander Lukashenko.
The opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, one of those facing charges, told the BBC the trial was a "farce".
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A former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit.
Andrey Medvedev, 26, is currently being held in the Oslo area where he faces charges of illegal entry to Norway, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes has told the BBC.
Mr Risnes said his client left Wagner after witnessing war crimes in Ukraine.
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China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people.
The population in 2022 - 1.4118 billion - fell by 850,000 from 2021.
China's birth rate has been declining for years, prompting policies to slow the trend.
But seven years after scrapping the one-child policy, it has entered what one official described as an "era of negative population growth".
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The military government in Burkina Faso has said it is searching for around 50 women who have been abducted by suspected Islamist militants in the north of the country.
It is the first time the government has acknowledged the kidnappings.
The women were seized on Thursday and Friday while they were gathering leaves and fruit because of a severe food shortage.
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The 'Ndrangheta has grown to become Italy's most powerful mafia - and one of the world's most dangerous organised crime groups.
For decades, one man - the Calabrian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri - has risked his life fighting them and is now overseeing the country's biggest anti-mafia trial since the 1980s.
The BBC has been to meet him and some of those caught in the grip of the 'Ndrangheta mobsters.
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Belarus said that joint air force drills with Russia have begun.
The exercises, which will last for two weeks, come as concerns grow that Moscow is pressuring Minsk to join the war in Ukraine.
The Belarusian defence ministry has insisted the drills will be defensive in nature.
But there are fears in Ukraine that they are in preparation for a new ground offensive.
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A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul, Afghan police have said.
Mursal Nabizada, 32, was one of the few female MPs who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021.
Her brother and a second security guard were wounded in the attack on Sunday.
Former colleagues praised Ms Nabizada as a "fearless champion for Afghanistan" who turned down a chance to leave the country.
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Nearly a metre of snow has fallen in California, as the US state endured its ninth successive storm in three weeks.
At least 19 people have been killed in the bad weather since the start of December.
President Biden has declared a state of emergency - and promised federal funds for those who need help.
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Italy's most-wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, has been arrested in Sicily.
Messina Denaro, known as "Diabolik" or "U Siccu" (Skinny) was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily's capital Palermo.
He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia, and was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in 2002 over numerous murders.
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Belarus has begun carrying out joint air force drills with Russia.
The exercises will last two weeks - and come following concerns that Moscow may be pressuring Minsk to join the war in Ukraine.
The Belarusian defence ministry has said it is preparing for possible combat missions.
It comes after 35 people have been confirmed dead in Dnipro, Ukraine, following a Russian missile strike on a residential apartment block.
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There are unlikely to be any survivors of a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal, officials have said.
There were 72 passengers and crew aboard the flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara which crashed on Sunday.
The pilot of the flight did not report "anything untoward" as the plane approached the airport, a spokesman said.
Anup Joshi said that the "mountains were clear and visibility was good", adding there was a light wind and "no issue with weather".
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Romanian police have expanded their investigation into influencer Andrew Tate.
Police have seized a fleet of luxury cars from his Bucharest compound and raided seven more properties.
Mr Tate was detained alongside his brother Tristan last month as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape, which they deny.
Investigators have confirmed that six women have been identified as potential victims.
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Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to deliver a Sunday sermon at Martin Luther King Junior's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, US.
His speech marked the national holiday that celebrates the life and legacy of the civil rights activist.
Dr King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Sunday would've been his 94th birthday.
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At least 25 people have died and more are missing after a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Ukrainian city Dnipro.
A number of other cities across Ukraine were also targeted by Russian missiles on Saturday, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa.
Moscow said the missiles were aimed at Ukraine's military and energy infrastructure, but the strike in Dnipro hit the entrance of a nine-storey residential building, turning several floors into smouldering rubble.
Russia's missile barrage came on the same day that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government would give Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine’s armed forces in a bid to help "push Russian troops back".
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ChatGPT is a viral sensation which is taking the internet by storm.
From writing essays to composing poetry and limericks, the artificial intelligence is the most accessible tool of its kind to date – and anyone can start up a conversation with the chatbot.
But while its popularity is soaring amid reports that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is closing in on a $10bn investment from Microsoft, there are fears the technology could cause more harm than good.
Schools in New York City have already banned ChatGPT amid fears pupils could use the technology to do their homework, while the way that the AI learns means that it has absorbed harmful material which exists on the web.
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Dozens of people have been killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashed near an airport in Nepal.
The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed on landing before catching fire.
Officials have said that at least 68 people are confirmed to have died.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called an emergency meeting of his cabinet and urged state agencies to work on rescue operations, while a panel to investigate the cause of the crash has been set up.
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Ranjit Singh loves driving buses and singing – and in combining his work with his hobby, he created a viral hit.
The 59-year-old wanted to show his family in India what he did for a living so he made a film with some of his colleagues at National Express in the UK.
But since the video was released, it has gone viral, attracting thousands of views and positive comments on social media.
Mr Singh, who has worked with the transport firm for 13 years, said: "There's a real team spirit and I wanted to do something that celebrated the many different communities we have at our depot."
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The UK is to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine to bolster the country's war efforts against Russia.
In a call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed he would send the equipment and additional artillery systems, No 10 said.
While the Challenger tank is more than 20 years old, it will be the most modern tank at Ukraine's disposal, providing better protection and more accurate firepower.
President Zelensky thanked the UK, saying that the decision to send the tanks "will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners".
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The execution of British-Iranian man Alireza Akbari, who had been sentenced to death, has sparked international condemnation.
Mr Akbari, the ex-deputy Iranian defence minister, was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the UK, which he denied.
After Iran’s state media reported the execution, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it a "callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime".
Meanwhile, France has summoned Iran's top diplomat in Paris, warning that Tehran's repeated violations of international law could not go unanswered.
Iran posted a video of Mr Akbari earlier this week, showing what appeared to be forced confessions, while BBC Persian broadcast an audio message from him on Wednesday in which he said he had been tortured and forced to confess on camera to crimes he did not commit.
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Thousands of UK workers went on strike for better pay in 1979 as soaring inflation hit the country, known as the Winter of Discontent.
While schools and airports were forced to close, the most infamous incident took place in Liverpool, as striking council gravediggers led to dead bodies piling up.
During the 10-day strike, bodies were stored in a factory hired by the local council, with as many as 150 bodies lined up at one stage.
This caused national outrage, and many of the workers involved were vilified for their actions by the media, politicians, and even their own families.
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After months of intense fighting, Russia says it's captured the eastern Ukrainian town, of Soledar.
The area's been pounded for weeks by Russian fire. It's seen some of the most intense battles of the war.
Ukraine denies Russia has full control, saying it's forces continue to resist. It's the first town in Ukraine that Russia has claimed to have captured since July 2022. It’s seen months of military setbacks.
The next target of the Russian offensive could be nearby Bakhmut, in preparation for an assault, on the key city of Kramatorsk.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse in Kyiv and International Editor Jeremy Bowen.
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The family of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national sentenced to death in Iran, have said authorities are preparing to execute him.
Mr Akbari, an ex-deputy Iranian defence minister, was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the UK.
He has denied these claims, and said he was tortured and forced to confess on camera to crimes he did not commit.
The UK has urged Iran to halt the planned execution and immediately release Mr Akbari, however Iran's government does not recognise dual nationality for Iranians.
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At least seven people have been killed by tornadoes in Georgia and Alabama in the US, with officials saying they are still searching for bodies.
Over 35 tornadoes were reported by the National Weather Services across southern states on Thursday, putting more than 30 million people at risk.
The storms have destroyed buildings and caused blackouts for thousands across four states.
The governors of Alabama and Georgia have each signed state of emergency declarations.
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Members of Italy’s most powerful mafia are facing charges including murder, extortion and drug-trafficking, in a trial that began two years ago.
In the biggest trial of its kind since the 1980s, more than 330 suspects in the 'Ndrangheta mafia group have been testifying and 70 of them have been convicted.
The group, based in the southern region of Calabria, dominates the global cocaine market and has an estimated annual turnover of around $60bn (£49bn).
Nicola Gratteri, the prosecutor leading the country's fight against organised crime, said convicting the group would create “breathing space” for the community.
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A report into a deadly crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, has only referred low level officials for prosecution over the incident.
The investigation concluded 23 officials, mainly those from local municipal and emergency services, should be charged with “death by professional negligence”.
The report held them responsible for weak planning and a poor emergency response, sparing higher ranking officials.
The crush in October last year killed 159 mostly young people who were out celebrating Halloween in Seoul’s Itaewon nightlife district.
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Researchers have claimed one of the world’s largest oil companies accurately forecast how burning fossil fuels would warm the planet decades ago.
Scientists claim ExxonMobil - which has made billions from selling fossil fuels - publicly denied the link.
The oil giant denied the allegations, telling the BBC: “Those who talk about how 'Exxon Knew' are wrong in their conclusions.”
The study, by Harvard University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change, analysed data in ExxonMobil’s internal documents and found predictions made in the 1970s were often more accurate than Nasa scientists.
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Congressional Republicans have called for US President Joe Biden’s home visitor logs to be released, following the discovery of classified documents in his garage.
Mr Biden confirmed sensitive government records were found at his home in Delaware during a press conference on Thursday.
It follows a first batch of documents found at a think tank in Washington DC in an office Mr Biden used after his vice presidency.
The White House said the president is fully cooperating with the investigation being led by Robert Hur, a former senior justice department official.
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Ukraine’s defence minister said his country is a “de facto member” of the Nato alliance, as Western allies will continue to supply the country with weapons.
Oleksii Reznikov said "things were changing" in allied countries, and that he didn’t believe his comments would trigger a Russian response.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has framed his invasion of Ukraine as a battle of western countries and Nato, despite the military alliance taking steps to not be seen as a party to the conflict.
Ukraine is not an official member of Nato, but the President Volodymyr Zelenksy has pushed membership. Under Article 5 of the Nato Treaty, an armed attack against any member should be considered an attack against all.
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Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock'n'roll legend Elvis, has died aged 54, her mother has said.
"It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Priscilla Presley said.
Lisa Marie, also a singer, was rushed to hospital earlier on Thursday. US media have said she suffered cardiac arrest.
She was found unresponsive at her home in Calabasas, California, sources told US outlet TMZ.
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
Robert Hur, a former senior justice department official during the Trump presidency, will lead the investigation.
Classified files were recently found in Mr Biden's home and at an office he used after his term as vice-president.
The White House said Mr Biden will fully cooperate with the investigation.
The discovery of the documents have been called a political embarrassment for Mr Biden, as it comes during an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump's own alleged mishandling of classified files.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Last year, Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy and reached an agreement in principle with the IMF that was supposed to be finalised by the end of 2022.
The $3 billion bailout has been delayed and Sri Lanka's major creditors, China and India, have to agree to write down the debts before any money is released.
Sri Lanka is seemingly trapped between two superpowers with neither one wanting to blink first.
Economics Editor Ben Chu examines how India and China are vying for influence in Sri Lanka from the island nation's politics to its infrastructure.
This film was produced by Scarlett Barter and Zaufaran Mohamed and filmed by Jack Garland.
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It’s almost four months since Mahsa Amini died after being detained by Iran’s morality police, sparking unprecedented demonstrations.
BBC Persian has been key in covering this story, but its journalists, and many others, have faced harassment and persecution by Iran’s authorities.
Staff in BBC Persian’s newsroom in London have revealed how the team has worked to cover news of the unrest.
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The head of one of the world's biggest oil companies has been named to lead the COP28 global climate talks in Dubai, later this year.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is currently the chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
He is also the minister for industry and advanced technology for the COP28 hosts, the United Arab Emirates.
Campaigners say he must stand down from his oil business role while president as it is a clear conflict of interest.
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US President Joe Biden said he takes "classified material seriously" after government documents were found in his home garage.
Mr Biden confirmed the files were found at his Delaware home at a press conference on Thursday, adding they weren’t “sitting out in the street".
The documents reportedly include US intelligence memos during his time as vice president under Barack Obama.
They are the second batch of classified files to be found relating to Mr Biden - the first were discovered at a private office in Washington DC that Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency.
The US president said he's cooperating fully with the investigation.
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A Lego artist has spent about £4,000 constructing a replica of England's Lake District.
Jon Tordoff, who made the structure at his cottage, started building during the Covid pandemic with the aim of recreating Buttermere, his favourite spot in the region.
However, he continued adding to the landscape because he said he found it relaxing.
Hundreds of people have been to see the model after it was put on display in Derbyshire, England.
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A cyclone in California which has caused floods, rockslides and left neighbourhoods underwater is now moving to the north of the state.
More than 4.5 million Californians were under flood watches early on Wednesday, with thousands still displaced. The threat of flooding is to remain in place until Friday.
At least 18 flood-related deaths have been reported in the state since storms began in late December.
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A new batch of classified US government records from Joe Biden’s time as vice-president have been found at a second location. The discovery comes two days after it was revealed another dossier was found at a think tank in Washington DC, in a private office Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency. The White House has declined to comment, but the matter is under review by the US Department of Justice. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Jeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78.
The British musician rose to fame as part of the Yardbirds, where he replaced Eric Clapton, before forming the Jeff Beck group with Rod Stewart.
His tone, presence and, above all, volume redefined guitar music in the 1960s, and influenced movements like heavy metal, jazz-rock and even punk.
Beck's death was confirmed on his official Twitter page.
The co-founder of the rock band Kiss Gene Simmons spoke to the BBC.
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In Ukraine, Russian soldiers haven't taken a town or city for months; but in the last 24 hours a private army - pro Russian mercenaries - claim they have, right next to the Donbass region in the east, in some of the bloodiest, heaviest battles of the war so far.
These men are not formal troops trained and led by the Russian military, but ones who make up a notoriously brutal collection of fighters called the Wagner Group, led by a rich Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin who used to be known as President Putin's chef.
So who are this shadowy army and what exactly is their relationship with the Kremlin?
Newsnight’s International Correspondent Joe Inwood investigates.
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The Elgin Marbles "belong here in the UK" and should not be given back to Greece, the UK’s culture secretary has said.
Michelle Donalan said the removal of the artworks - otherwise known as the Parthenon Sculptures or Parthenon Marbles - would “open the gateway to the question of the entire contents of our museums".
Her comments follow reports the British Museum, where the marbles are currently displayed, is close to a deal to return the ancient artworks to Greece.
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Russia's defence ministry has said fighting is continuing in Soledar in eastern Ukraine, despite earlier claims by the head of the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, that his forces had taken the town.
The town is seen as strategically significant, as it could be used by Russian forces as a place from which to launch a fresh assault on the city of Bakhmut, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks.
Ukraine's President Zelensky said the fight is continuing and Kyiv is adamant the Russians are not succeeding in their push to capture the town.
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In December, the Taliban banned women from working for aid agencies, and claimed they had broken dress codes by not wearing hijabs.
The move prompted many organisations to stop all operations in Afghanistan.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has been meeting Taliban officials, in an effort to restart aid operations and allow female staff to work.
24 million people in Afghanistan are in need of vital humanitarian relief - with more than half the population now reliant on humanitarian aid to survive
Three quarters of people’s incomes is now spent on food.
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Controversial British-American online influencer Andrew Tate has lost a bid to end his detention in Romania.
Tate was detained alongside his brother Tristan last month as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape, which they deny.
But who is the self-proclaimed "misogynist" influencer?
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6 months ago, amid an unprecedented economic disaster in the country, Sri Lankan crowds sensationally stormed the presidential palace and its widely reviled leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled.
Have the lives of ordinary Sri Lankans improved since the revolution? Despite some improvements in urban areas as a result of greater political stability and an agreement in principle with the IMF on a national bailout, Newsnight finds that there remains intense economic suffering in the country.
Food insecurity is affecting a fifth of the population and the poverty rate has doubled.
Economics editor Ben Chu speaks to fishermen who say they sometimes do not go to sea because fuel prices are too high, and to tea farmers reeling from a collapse in agriculture due to a 2021 ban on fertiliser imports as well as rocketing fuel bills pushed up by the Ukraine war.
Produced by Scarlett Barter and filmed by Jack Garland.
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Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually in the US after hours of delays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says.
It follows a problem with the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes.
The FAA had said flights would take off again from 0900 ET (1400 GMT). It said it was continuing to look into the cause of the problem.
Flights already in the air were allowed to continue to their destinations.
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The Sri Lankan government has announced spending cuts, warning that it has barely enough revenue to pay salaries and pension of public servants.
A spokesman said the economic crisis this year was going to be worse than expected.
Last year, Sri Lankans faced shortages of food, fuel and other basic supplies after a government policies and the pandemic had depleted foreign reserves and left the country on the edge of bankruptcy.
Lengthy fuel queues and power outages sparked months of mass unrest, culminating in the storming and occupation of then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official workplace and residence in July, forcing him to flee the country.
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Six people have been injured with one in a critical condition after a stabbing at Paris's international Gare du Nord station.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the man was stopped by two off-duty police officers who were returning home from a shift.
He said the suspected attacker was shot three times and taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau and Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had strengthened a regional partnership after a summit in Mexico City.
They discussed economic co-operation, climate change, and the movement of people and drugs across the southern US border.
President Biden recently announced a plan to accept up to 30,000 migrants each month, while also expanding a policy to make it easier to send many back to Mexico.
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Russia's mercenary Wagner Group has claimed control over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - but Kyiv says its soldiers are holding out.
Russia's media carried a statement purported to be by the Wagner head, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who said Ukrainians were encircled in the city centre.
Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar earlier said that "heavy fighting is continuing".
The claims by both sides have not been independently verified.
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Peru's top prosecutor has launched an inquiry into President Dina Boluarte and key ministers over weeks of clashes that have left dozens of people dead.
The officials are being investigated on charges of "genocide, qualified homicide and serious injuries".
Violence erupted after ex-President Pedro Castillo was arrested in December for trying to dissolve Congress.
On Monday, 17 people died in clashes between Castillo supporters and security forces in south-eastern Peru.
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Life-threatening storms have brought heavy rain and flooding to large parts of California.
More than 22 million people are currently under flood watch, according to the National Weather Service - almost as many as the population of Australia - and thousands have had to evacuate.
At least seventeen people are now known to have died, with officials warning the conditions could lead to further, dangerous landslides.
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The polar regions and Europe were hit hardest by global warming in 2022, new analysis has found.
The data from Copernicus, the EU's climate monitoring service, said last year was the fifth warmest year globally.
Europe experienced its warmest summer, with temperatures increasing by more than twice the global average over the past three decades, faster than any other continent.
The last eight years are now also the warmest eight yet recorded.
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Russia is "likely" to now be in control most of the salt-mining town of Soledar in Ukraine's east after a months-long battle with Ukrainian forces, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said.
Russian troops and the mercenary Wagner Group have made advances in the past four days, the UK has said.
Soledar is near Bakhmut, where Ukraine is also locked in battle.
President Zelensky said there was "almost no life" in Soledar, with "no whole walls left".
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A bitter presidential election, a close result, and social media conspiracies about the Brazilian general election being rigged all appear to be factors behind the riots in Brazil's capital.
Many have compared the attempt to overthrow the government of recently-elected President Lula Da Silva in Brasilia with what happened in Washington on January 6 2021 - when followers of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building.
One question for the Brazilian government - why didn't military police try to stop the rioters?
Newsnight’s Joe Inwood looks at the reasons behind this.
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The US justice department is reviewing documents marked classified found in President Joe Biden's former office at a think tank, the White House has said.
About 10 of the files were discovered in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center in Washington in November by Mr Biden's legal team, his lawyer has said.
The batch has been handed over to the National Archives.
Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, is facing a probe for taking classified files to Florida after his presidency.
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China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers.
Visas for South Koreans entering China have been suspended, Beijing's embassy in Seoul said, with Japanese media reporting China had imposed similar measures there.
Beijing says the rule will remain in place until "discriminatory" entry restrictions against China are lifted.
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Two British nationals have gone missing in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, Ukrainian police have said.
Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, were doing voluntary work, police said, and were last seen on Friday heading to the town of Soledar - where fighting has been intense.
The UK Foreign Office said it was "supporting the families".
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Armenians living inside the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region say they have been cut off from the outside world and are running out of essential supplies, as the only road in has been blockaded for nearly a month.
Azerbaijan has long complained that the road is being used by Armenia to bring in military equipment.
The two countries fought a war in 2020 over Nagorno-Karabakh. Since then, a Russian peacekeeping force has been deployed there.
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People in the Californian town of Montecito have been ordered to evacuate as a major storm has put most of the state under flood watch.
Heavy rain hit the community near Santa Barbara, home to celebrities such as Harry and Meghan, Ellen DeGeneres, and Oprah Winfrey.
Forecasters are warning residents to brace for a "relentless parade of cyclones" over the next week.
The storm has already claimed 12 lives and left thousands without power.
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Prince Harry's memoir has officially been released, with some shops opening at midnight to meet demand.
The memoir is already top of the best sellers in the UK for online retailer Amazon, after days of headline-grabbing claims from leaks - ranging from how Prince Harry lost his virginity to claims that he was attacked by his brother, Prince William.
So far Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have not responded.
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Human action to save the ozone layer has worked, and it may recover in just decades, the UN has said.
An international agreement in 1987 to stop using the harmful chemicals that were damaging the layer has been successful.
The ozone layer is a thin part of the Earth's atmosphere that absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
When it is depleted, this radiation can reach the surface - causing potential harm to humans and other living things.
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Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies in response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters.
In the city of São Paulo, crowds chanted that Mr Bolsonaro must go to prison.
About 1,500 people have been held over Sunday's riots in the capital Brasília.
They came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in after October's election that divided Brazil.
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Cosmic Girl has touched back down onto UK soil.
It is still unclear what exactly has happened to the LauncherOne rocket the plane was carrying and if the mission was a success.
Virgin Orbit tweeted: "We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information."
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Security forces in Brazil have detained at least 1,500 people after supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the Brasília.
Thousands of demonstrators ransacked the Congress building, presidential palace and Supreme Court.
Bolsonaro lost the presidential election to left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October 2022. Many of his supporters have refused to accept the result and some have been camping outside army buildings around the country calling for a military intervention to overthrow the government.
Bolsonaro has denied encouraging Sunday's attack.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nomia Iqbal in Brazil.
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About 1,500 people have been arrested in Brazil after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.
The rioting came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in. He condemned the "terrorist acts" and vowed to punish the perpetrators.
Mr Bolsonaro has not admitted defeat and flew to the US before the handover. On Monday, he was admitted to hospital in Florida with abdominal pain.
Here's a look at the events which have led up to the riots in Brazil.
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The Indian government wants to transform the country into a global drone hub by 2030.
It's hoped that embracing the technology could have a wide range of benefits, from helping farmers to cut costs to strengthening the country's security and health infrastructure.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for massive investment to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods in 2022.
Addressing the fundraising conference for the country in Geneva, Guterres said the country was "doubly victimised" by climate change and a "morally bankrupt global financial system".
Two million home were destroyed in last year's floods.
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A treasure hunt is under way across the Netherlands to find valuables worth millions hidden by Nazis in World War Two.
The search was sparked by the publication of an old map by the Dutch National Archive, which is believed to show the spot where diamonds, rubies, gold and silver were taken from a damaged bank.
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Western Australia has been experiencing heavy rain, causing communities to be stranded and leaving hundreds of people in need of evacuation.
An emergency services minister said it was "the worst flooding Western Australia has had in its history".
The crisis in the Kimberley region started last week after the severe weather system Ellie, a former tropical cyclone, brought heavy rain.
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Ukraine has labelled as "propaganda" a Russian claim that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an attack.
Moscow claimed, without providing any evidence, that a "mass missile strike" in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had killed more than 600 Ukrainian forces.
It said it was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian base that killed dozens of Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.
But the Ukrainian military says this is untrue.
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China has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed Covid travel restrictions in March 2020, despite a recent surge in cases.
Incoming travellers will no longer need to quarantine - marking a significant change in the country's Covid policy and allowing many families to reunite after years apart.
They will still require proof of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of travelling.
In Hong Kong, 400,000 people are expected to travel into mainland China in the coming weeks with long queues for flights into cities including Beijing and Xiamen.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to punish supporters of the country's ex-leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed Congress.
Supporters of the ousted far-right leader also stormed the Supreme Court and surrounded the presidential palace.
But police regained control of the buildings in the capital Brasilia on Sunday evening after hours of clashes.
Brasilia's Civil Police said that 300 people have been arrested.
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Shellfire and attacks have taken place in the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut on Orthodox Christmas, despite ceasefire claims.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours.
But Ukrainian authorities say three people were killed on 6 January.
Russia insisted its forces had been observing the ceasefire while repelling Ukrainian attacks.
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Two men have been hanged in Iran for killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests against the government last year.
Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini had appealed against their sentences, saying they had been tortured into making false confessions.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the executions were "abhorrent".
The total number of protesters known to have been executed in the aftermath of the unrest is now four.
Demonstrations against the clerical establishment erupted in September following the death in custody of a woman detained by morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab, or headscarf, "improperly".
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China has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed travel restrictions in March 2020.
Incoming travellers will no longer need to quarantine - marking a significant change in the country's Covid policy as it battles a surge in cases.
They will still require proof of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of travelling.
The move has been welcomed by many eager to reunite with family.
In Hong Kong, 400,000 people are expected to travel into mainland China in the coming weeks with long queues for flights into cities including Beijing and Xiamen.
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An ancient sarcophagus which was looted from Egypt by an art trafficking network has been returned to its homeland.
The 2.9m (9.5ft) long "Green Coffin" pre-dates Christ, and belonged to a priest called Ankhenmaat.
It was smuggled through Germany into the US in 2008, before a collector loaned it to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2013.
But now, after an investigation which spanned several years, the sarcophagus has been repatriated, with US diplomats handing over the artefact at a ceremony in Cairo.
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The Transformers’ leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, has become a reality in technology today.
The Robosen Optimus Prime Auto-Converting Robot is a fully-automatic transforming piece of kit – which may have seemed the stuff of fiction years ago.
The voice-controlled interactive robot is reviewed by Click – the BBC’s weekly technology show.
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In London, DRAG has a long history, and this weekend, stars from RuPaul's Drag Race have gathered to perform and meet their fans.
RuPaul’s DragCon UK 2023 will see over 150 queens from the TV show in the same room.
The BBC's Wendy Hurrell reports from the pink carpet at the Excel Center.
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At least 29 people were killed during the bloody operation to arrest of the son of Mexican drugs kingpin 'El Chapo', the Mexican authorities say.
Ovidio Guzmán-López, 32, alleged to be a leader of his father's former cartel, was captured in Culiacán and flown to Mexico City on Thursday.
But during and after the arrest, 10 soldiers and 19 suspects were killed.
Furious gang members set up road blocks, set fire to dozens of vehicles and attacked planes at a local airport.
A further 35 military personnel were injured and 21 gunmen were arrested, Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the decision by the US to supply Ukraine with armed fighting vehicles for the first time.
He said they were exactly what the country needed after Germany and the US have agreed to join France in sending armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
The move is seen as a significant boost to its military's capability on the battlefield.
For months, Ukraine has been asking Western allies to supply tanks, and although these vehicles are less powerful, the decision to send them sets a new precedent.
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A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say.
The shooting happened shortly after 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, Chief Steve Drew said.
It is unclear how the child obtained the gun, but Mr Drew said the incident was not "an accidental shooting".
The teacher - who has not been named and is said to be in her 30s - was left with life-threatening injuries.
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Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows.
It took 15 rounds of voting for Mr McCarthy to win the job, despite his party having a majority in the chamber.
It came after a dramatic pressure campaign played out live on the House floor as party rebel Matt Gaetz was urged to vote for Mr McCarthy.
The Florida Congressman was among six holdouts who relented late on Friday.
Earlier, amid heated scenes in the chamber, Mr Gaetz had almost come to blows with Rep Mike Rogers - a supporter of Mr McCarthy. The Alabama congressman had to be physically restrained by colleagues as he bellowed and jabbed his finger at Mr Gaetz.
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A flying car could be tested by the public in America as early as next year.
Jet-ski champion and over-water hoverboard inventor Franky Zapata’s latest innovation is the JetRacer, a single-seat car that can fly.
The vehicle, which has 10 rocket-fuel powered jet engines, can theoretically reach 260km/h (161mph) and fly for 50 minutes.
The so-called “flying race car” is still in the test-flight stage and unavailable to buy any time soon, but some members of the public in the US are expected to be able to take it for a spin in 2023.
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Days of failed votes for Speaker have offered a unique glimpse of moments not usually captured by cameras in the US House of Representatives.
The BBC's Holly Honderich dives into the most dramatic parts of the week-long saga.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer laid out his vision for the future promising to deliver a "decade of national renewal" if elected.
But what type of leader will he be? And does the public know what he stands for?
Our Political Editor Nick Watt examines the past three years of Sir Keir's Labour leadership and the clues it offers to his management style.
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Police in Kenya are investigating the death of young fashion designer and LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba after his body was found dumped in a metal box by the roadside near the town of Eldoret.
The motive for the killing is unknown, a police spokesperson is quoted as saying in a Kenyan newspaper.
But rights organisations in Kenya, where gay sex is outlawed, are linking it to his sexuality.
One group estimates that more than half of LGBTQ Kenyans have been assaulted.
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It is estimated that about 90% of the Sierra Madre rainforest, which protects the Philippines from the worst of climate change, is gone due to mining, quarrying and illegal logging.
It's regularly hit by powerful storms, landslides, and flooding.
Replanting the trees in the Sierra Madre is said to be long, difficult, and even a dangerous job.
It has become a home to a conflict between people needing to make a living and people wanting to preserve the rainforest.
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Prince Harry has made a string of accusations against his family - the British Royal Family - in a new memoir.
In one claim, he says his brother, Prince William, physically attacked him in a row over his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
The book officially goes on sale in the UK and the US next week, but media outlets have obtained copies in Spain where it has gone on sale by mistake.
The memoir is Harry's account and Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace have both said they will not comment.
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Train drivers brought the rail system to a standstill in England on Thursday, and also affected services in Wales and Scotland.
On Friday the RMT union started a new 48 hour strike with bosses advising the public only to travel if "absolutely necessary".
The UK government has now proposed anti-strike laws requiring fire, ambulance, and rail services to have minimum service levels.
Reporting from commuter town Sevenoaks, Newsnight Correspondent Anna Collinson looks at what the legacy could be of the current strikes on the railway. Do they risk permanently putting the public off trains, or will the impact of the strikes prove inconsequential compared to broader challenges facing the network?
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Three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo".
Ovidio Guzmán-López - himself alleged to be a leader of his father's former cartel - was captured in Culiacán and transferred to Mexico City.
Furious gang members set up roadblocks, set fire to vehicles and attacked a local airport.
Two planes were hit by gunfire - one while preparing to take off.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian frontline, beginning on Friday.
The ceasefire, scheduled to start at 12:00 Moscow time (09:00 GMT), will coincide with the Russian Orthodox Christmas.
Mr Putin asked Ukraine to accept it, but Kyiv quickly rejected the request.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the truce was an attempt to stop his country's military advances.
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About 100,000 attendees and more than 3,000 exhibitors from around the world are expected to attend.
They’re hoping to showcase what could be the next big thing in the tech space.
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A Ukrainian missile attack has killed dozens of Russian conscripts in Makiivka.
Ukraine confirmed it carried out the strike in the occupied region of Donetsk, which it earlier claimed killed 400 Russian troops.
Russia's defence ministry has so far conceded that 89 people were killed in the attack.
It is the highest number of deaths acknowledged by Russia since it invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
However, there is no way of verifying how many soldiers were killed.
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Children are now among some of those worst affected by Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, according to the United Nations.
With more than six million people struggling to feed themselves, a growing number of families are having to sacrifice education in a bid to keep costs down.
While school is free in the country, meals are not provided. Families must also consider the cost of uniforms and transport for their children.
This has left parents facing the choice of which of their children to send to school.
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A historic drama is playing out in the US House of Representatives as they attempt to choose a new speaker.
Republican Kevin McCarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him.
Without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adapt rules for passing legislation.
President Biden said having a Congress that can't function is embarrassing for the country.
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Amazon plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs, the largest number in the firm's history, as it battles to save costs.
The online giant which employs 1.5 million people globally, did not say which country the job cuts would be, but said they would include Europe.
Most of the job losses will come from its shops including Amazon Fresh and Go and its human resources division.
Amazon has seen sales slow after business boomed during the pandemic when customers bored at home spent a lot online.
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Thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects at the funeral mass of former Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis will preside over the mass, making it the first time a sitting Pope has led his predecessor's funeral in over 220 years, according to the Vatican.
The former pope died on New Year's Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after standing down because of ill-health.
The funeral is being held in St Peter's Square, in front of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
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For months the city of Bakhmut has been the epicentre of the war in Ukraine.
Almost all of the city’s 70,000 residents have fled.
Russia is conducting an onslaught on the city in an attempt to capture it but so far its Ukrainian defenders have held firm.
Bakhmut is strategically important and its fall would advance Russia’s hopes of capturing Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, key cities in Ukraine’s Donbass region.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten special report from Yogita Limaye on the frontline in Bakhmut.
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A number of nations across Europe have experienced record temperature highs in what meteorologists have called an “extreme weather event”.
National records have fallen in eight countries - and regional records in another three.
Warsaw, Poland, saw highs of 18.9C (66F) on Sunday while Bilbao, Spain, experienced 25.1C - more than 10C above average.
Temperatures in the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark and Belarus also broke national records.
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American football star Damar Hamlin remains in a critical condition after suffering from a cardiac arrest during a primetime NFL game.
Hamlin fell to the ground following a collision with an opponent during the match on Monday.
The Buffalo Bills player spent the night in a hospital intensive care unit, according to his team.
They later confirmed he had suffered a cardiac arrest, saying that his heartbeat was restored on the field on Monday.
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The Chinese government has suggested that travel restrictions imposed by several countries on Chinese arrivals are politically motivated, warning that it may retaliate.
The US, India and the UK are among the nations that have introduced mandatory testing for arrivals from China.
The country has recently seen a surge in Covid cases following the easing of its strict controls.
Spokeswoman Mao Ning said the government was "firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the epidemic prevention and control measures for political purposes, and will take corresponding measures."
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A Ukrainian rocket strike which killed at least 89 Russian soldiers happened because troops were using their mobile phones, Russia has said.
Use of banned phones enabled Ukraine’s military to locate the troops in Makiivka, in the occupied Donetsk region, officials said.
It is the largest number of deaths Russia has acknowledged in the war.
But Ukraine disputes the death toll, claiming 400 soldiers were killed in the New Year's Day attack, with another 300 wounded.
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The US House of Representatives has been left in disarray after failing to vote for an elected Speaker.
A small group of Republicans refused to back front runner Kevin McCarthy, who fell short of the 218 votes needed to succeed Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
The Republican Party narrowly won control of the House in November. It is the first time in a century a Speaker has not been elected in the opening round of voting.
The House will return on Wednesday, and will keep voting until someone has a majority.
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The pandemic caused a decline in guide dog partnerships, after puppy breeding and training were paused.
Lisa's household is one of more than 2,000 trying to help, in the hope of providing a blind person with independence.
One of her dogs, Fergall, is now ready for advanced training, so Lisa has to say a difficult goodbye.
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China has suggested that travel restrictions imposed by several countries on Chinese arrivals are politically motivated - and has warned that it may retaliate.
The US, India and the UK are among the nations that have introduced mandatory testing for arrivals from China.
The country has recently seen a surge in Covid cases following the easing of its strict controls.
And there are fears that cases and deaths there are being vastly underreported.
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Thousands of people have lined the streets of Santos in Brazil to pay their final respects to Pele, ahead of a private burial.
His coffin, draped in the Brazilian flag, was carried from the ground of his former club, where he had been lying-in- state, through the streets in a final public procession.
Pele died last week at the age of 82, and is considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time.
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A British couple killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters on Australia's Gold Coast have been named.
Diane Hughes, 57, and her husband Ron, 65, from Neston, England, were on holiday, Queensland Police said.
In a statement, their family said they were "heartbroken".
The pilot and another passenger also died in the crash, which happened as one helicopter was taking off and another was landing.
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Thousands of mourners queued through the night to pay respects to Brazil legend Pele, who is lying in state at the stadium of his former club Santos.
Pele's coffin is in the centre of the pitch at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Sao Paulo, and fans have lined the streets to get into the ground.
There will be a procession through the streets of Santos later today, as well as a private family burial.
Pele, a three-time World Cup winner, died on December 29 at the age of 82 after a battle with cancer.
After his death, Brazil's government declared three days of national mourning.
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Ukraine's president says Russia is planning a protracted campaign of drone attacks in a bid to demoralise Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky said he had received intelligence reports suggesting that Moscow would launch the attacks using Iranian-made Shahed drones.
It comes after Ukraine carried out a strike that it said killed 400 Russian soldiers in the Donbas region.
In an extremely rare admission of battlefield losses, Russia said the attack killed 63 of its troops.
Russian drone strikes on Ukraine appear to have increased in recent days.
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American football star Damar Hamlin is in a critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime US National Football League game.
The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills player fell to the ground after colliding with an opponent during the first quarter of a match against the Cincinnati Bengals.
He received on-field medical attention for more than 30 minutes before being taken to a local hospital. While Hamlin was given CPR and oxygen, players from both teams gathered around him.
The NFL suspended the game for the night about an hour after the incident.
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Ukrainian officials have said as many as 400 Russian soldiers were killed in a missile strike on a temporary barracks.
Russia has admitted that more than 60 soldiers had died in the Ukrainian attack in Makiivka in the Russian-occupied region of Donetsk in east Ukraine. It said the building was struck by four missiles.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Hugo Bachega in Kyiv.
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Ukraine says about 400 Russian soldiers have died in a missile attack on the occupied Donetsk region.
Russian officials contested the figure, admitting only to 63 of their troops being killed. Neither claim has been verified.
The attack hit a building in the city of Makiivka, where Russian forces were stationed.
Hours after the strike, capital city Kyiv came under fire. A drone and missile attack targeted critical infrastructure, governor Oleksiy Kuleba said.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil - the third time he has held the country's highest office.
The veteran left-wing politician, known widely as Lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010. He defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October's election.
In his first speech, Lula vowed to rebuild a country in "terrible ruins".
He denounced the policies of his predecessor, who went to the US on Friday to avoid the handover ceremony.
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his lying in state in the Vatican.
He died on New Year's Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after he became the first Pope to resign in 600 years, citing ill health.
His body will be displayed for three days in an open casket at St Peter's Basilica, with people allowed to pay their respects until 7pm each evening.
Pope Francis will preside over his funeral on Thursday - the first time a Pope will be buried by his successor.
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Crowds of people are gathering in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president.
The veteran left-wing politician, known widely as Lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010 - and defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October's poll.
There is tight security for Sunday's ceremony amid fears that Bolsonaro supporters may try to disrupt it.
Mr Bolsonaro himself will not attend, having left Brazil on Friday.
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Pope Francis has led tributes to his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who has died, aged 95.
Benedict had been "noble" and "kind" - and "gifted" to the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope said.
US President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Lula are among dozens of leaders to praise the former pontiff.
Benedict resigned in 2013 because of poor health - the first pope to do so.
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Countries around the world have celebrated New Year, after two years of muted or cancelled events due to the Covid pandemic.
Celebrations have taken place on the east coast of the United States, and in Brazil, Argentina and the Caribbean.
Cities across Europe, Africa and Asia have also held firework-filled festivities marking the start of 2023.
In China, huge crowds gathered to take advantage of recently-lifted restrictions.
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Croatia has become the latest country to adopt the euro as its currency, formally joining the eurozone as well as the Schengen area of free movement.
"This is a great achievement for Croatia," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "A symbol of its deep-rooted attachment to the EU, and a symbolic moment for the euro area as a whole."
People in Croatia will be able to continue to use the Croatian Kuna as well as the euro, for a short transitional period over the next two weeks.
Croatia is the first country to join the Schengen zone in 11 years.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russians that their leader is destroying their country.
He spoke after Vladimir Putin delivered a New Year address flanked by people in military uniform.
The Russian leader tried to rally people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine, saying the country's future was at stake.
Mr Zelensky said the Russian president was hiding behind his troops, not leading them.
Saturday saw a day of deadly strikes across Ukraine, and Mr Zelensky said Ukrainians would not forgive Russia.
At least one person died and dozens were injured in the attacks.
Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians, but Mr Putin has recently admitted hitting critical energy facilities.
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Novak Djokovic’s deportation from Australia, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars... here’s a selection of some of the most momentous stories covered by BBC News in 2022.
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Fans are listening to more music today than ever before, averaging 20.1 hours of listening each week.
69% of people said music is important to their mental health, and almost as many said that music is important when they exercise.
The increase has mostly been driven by subscription services, with 46% of people paying for premium platforms with uninterrupted access to millions of tracks.
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England has joined the likes of France, Spain, South Korea, Israel and the US in requiring Covid testing for passengers travelling from China.
It follows calls from the World Health Organization for China to provide more accurate data on Covid infections and deaths.
China has seen a sharp rise in cases after Beijing abandoned its zero-Covid policy.
The Chinese government is reporting about 5,000 cases a day, but analysts say such numbers are vastly undercounted - and the daily caseload may be closer to one million.
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US TV broadcaster Barbara Walters has died aged 93, after a career spanning half a century.
She became the first US female network news anchor when she joined ABC News in 1976, and is widely regarded as a trailblazer for women in television and journalism.
During her career she interviewed a long list of world leaders including Margaret Thatcher, Vladimir Putin, Fidel Castro and every US President from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
"I have been blessed with a life I never expected," Walters said back in 2000 as she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down.
He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign due to ailing health since Gregory XII in 1415.
For much of his papacy, the Catholic Church faced allegations, legal claims and official reports into decades of child abuse by priests.
Earlier this year the former Pope acknowledged that errors had been made in the handling of abuse cases while he was archbishop of Munich between 1977 and 1982.
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As Russia prepares for the New Year holidays, the BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg takes to the streets of Moscow to see how the invasion of Ukraine has changed Russia in 2022 and to consider where the world’s biggest country is heading.
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Former US President Donald Trump's tax returns have been released, ending a bitter six-year long battle to gain greater insights into his finances.
The returns stretch from 2015 through 2020, covering Mr Trump's candidacy and time in the White House.
They give details of various entities through which he would have paid tax, including holdings companies and personal income.
Responding to the release, Mr Trump's camp warned that the disclosure would lead to the US political divide becoming "far worse".
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Online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.
Tate was detained alongside his brother Tristan following a police raid on his house the Romanian capital, Bucharest.
A spokesperson for the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) told the BBC that prosecutors had applied to hold the influencer at a "detention centre" for an additional 30 days.
Tate rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman.
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A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years.
The country's former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest since a military ousted her government in a coup in February 2021.
Since then, she's faced 18 months of trials on 19 charges - which rights groups have said are a sham.
The UN Security Council called for her release last week.
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Pelé, widely regarded as the greatest football player of all time, has died.
He was 82 and had been suffering from cancer.
He scored a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for his country.
He’s the only player to win the World Cup three times, lifting the trophy in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Roan, Joe Wilson and Katy Watson in Brazil.
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The most religious and hard-line government in Israel's history has been sworn in.
Benjamin Netanyahu returns as prime minister, after his Likud party formed a coalition with ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies.
There is domestic and international concern that it will inflame the conflict with the Palestinians, damage the judiciary, and restrict minority rights.
Addressing a special session of the Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem Mr Netanyahu has promised to pursue peace and safeguard civil rights.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Knesset ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.
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From the outside, Lincoln Park, a high school on the Texas border, looks like any other US school.
But inside, alongside the sounds of teens going to class are the cries and babbles of babies.
The school in Brownsville, is one of the last providers of a specific educational service - to teach teenage mothers.
Motherhood and abortion rights have been at the heart of cultural and political conversations in the US this year.
After the reversal of Roe v Wade in America, which overturned the federal protection to abortion, experts have speculated the country will see an increase in teen pregnancies.
Teen birth rates in the US have declined in the last three decades, but among young Hispanic women, it remains much more common than for the rest of the population.
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Ukraine has been struck by a fresh wave of Russian missiles, targeting several major cities.
Ukrainian officials said more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure.
The air raid alert was issued across Ukraine early on Thursday morning after explosions hit the capital Kyiv and the cities of Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr.
At least three people, including a 14-year-old girl, were taken to a hospital, Kyiv's Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.
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The US and the Philippines have said they are considering new Covid restrictions on travellers from China after Beijing announced it will reopen its borders in January.
Japan, India and Malaysia have already said they will tighten restrictions on arrivals from China amid concerns about a surge in cases and lack of transparency from the Chinese government.
On Wednesday, Italy also announced plans to enforce mandatory testing on travellers from China.
Beijing said coronavirus rules should be brought in on a "scientific" basis.
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Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims at the Vatican to pray for him.
Benedict, 95, became the first leader of the Catholic Church to stand down in 600 years in 2013, citing advanced age.
At the end of the Pope's final audience of the year, he asked people to "pray a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict".
The Vatican then said the ex-Pope's health had worsened in recent hours.
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Dealing with the menopause wasn't how Emma, Soe-Myat and Elspeth had imagined their 20s.
The three women have been diagnosed with a condition called Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) - which refers to any form of menopause under the age of 40.
Most of the time there is no known cause and women with POI can experience menopausal symptoms until they're in their 50s.
Around one in 100 women in the UK are affected by the condition and experts believe it could be more common than that. But it's an issue that remains under-discussed.
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Many Ukraine civilians are leaving Kherson as it comes under increasing bombardment from Russian forces.
The city was one of the first places taken by Russian forces at the start of the war.
It was liberated last month in a significant gain for Ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of Russian shelling.
On Tuesday, the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled in the city.
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The mullet hairstyle rose in prominence in the '70s and '80s to become a symbol of Australian culture and identity.
Now it has seen a global resurgence - and Australia has been particularly enthusiastic about its return.
Fashion expert Ailsa Weaver said Australians love mullets because they consider themselves to be larrikins.
A larrikin nowadays is thought of as a cheeky rule breaker, but in the 1800s larrikins were urban, working class youth gangs who used fashion as a form of rebellion.
"The mullet really can be seen in Australia to be a descendant from the extreme, self-made hairstyles of the larrikins," said Ms Weaver.
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The Serbian army has said it's at its "highest level of combat readiness" following weeks of escalating tension between Serbia and Kosovo.
Belgrade has accused Kosovo of plotting “terrorism against Serbs" in areas where some 50,000 ethnic Serbs live.
In return, Pristina says Belgrade is behind "paramilitary formations" that set up roadblocks in majority Serb areas of north Kosovo on 10 December.
In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, however many countries, including Russia and China, do not recognise it.
The European Union has been attempting to mediate, calling for "maximum restraint and immediate action".
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has announced all men will be required to serve one year’s military service.
The decision to extend the compulsory military service from four to 12 months comes amid growing tensions with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its territory.
"Peace will not drop from the sky... Taiwan is on the front line of authoritarian expansion," President Tsai said.
The new rule, which affects all men over the age of 18, takes effect in January 2024.
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At least 27 people have died in Buffalo, a city in upstate New York, as a monster storm continues to batter the US.
US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for the state, which has been the worst affected area.
Some people have been trapped in their cars for more than two days, a state official said.
At least 60 people are known to have been killed in the storm, which has stretched from Canada to Mexico.
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The festive season is upon us, and in the theatre world that means one thing – time for the humble pantomime to take centre stage.
While it may not be the most highbrow form of entertainment, it is for many the gateway into theatre – and what’s more, it is a big business.
Pre-pandemic, three million panto tickets were sold each year in the UK, and Glasgow has a special affection for it.
Historically, if a crowd in the Scottish city did not enjoy a performance, they would be the first to let the act know about it, as the BBC’s The Travel Show has been finding out.
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A severe Arctic freeze which continues to hit the US and Canada has been linked to least 38 deaths.
The scope of the winter storm has been unprecedented, stretching from Canada as far south as the Rio Grande.
Forecasters have said the storm will ease off in the next few days, but the advice remains to avoid travelling unless essential.
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, Veronica (Nika) Ahafonova played piano to drown out the sound of the explosions.
Ten months on, Nika is living in the UK and says she's finally able to sleep soundly again.
"I want my home back, my previous life back, but I know it's not possible. So maybe I want stability and calmness," Nika said.
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In the central state of Madhya Pradesh, in India, scientists have unearthed some of Asia’s oldest dinosaur fossils.
The discoveries range from fossilised sharks and trees to the eggs of extinct species.
Experts are pushing for the area to be recognised by Unesco and given World Heritage status.
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Pope Francis has said the world is suffering from a "famine of peace", in his annual Christmas Day message from the Vatican.
He called for a end to the "senseless war" in Ukraine, condemning what he said was the use of "food as a weapon" of war.
Ukraine shipped about 30% of the world's wheat and prices have jumped since the Russian invasion in February.
It was Pope Francis' 10th Christmas Day address since he assumed the papacy.
While the war in Ukraine occupied much of his 10-minute speech, he spoke of "a grave famine of peace also in other regions and other theatres of this Third World War".
He singled out conflicts and humanitarian crises in the Middle East, Myanmar, Haiti, and the Sahel region of Africa.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged his people to persevere in the face of Russian attacks as the country celebrates Christmas.
In a defiant speech on Saturday, he said: "Freedom comes at a high price. But slavery has an even higher price."
Russia's missile and drone attacks have left millions of Ukrainians without power, heating and running water.
Earlier on Saturday, Russian air strikes killed 10 people in Ukraine's southern Kherson city, officials said.
The regional authorities said another 68 people were injured and called on local residents to urgently donate blood.
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More than one million Americans and Canadians are facing Christmas Day without power as a massive winter storm continues to pummel North America.
A bomb cyclone, when atmospheric pressure plummets, has brought snow, strong winds and freezing temperatures.
Nearly 250 million are affected, and at least 19 deaths have been linked to the storm that extends more than 2,000 miles (3,200km) from Quebec to Texas.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled during the festive period.
The western US state of Montana is the worst hit by the cold, with temperatures dropping to -50F (-45C).
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King Charles has used his first Christmas message to reflect on the cost-of-living crisis.
He spoke of the "great anxiety and hardship" for those struggling to "pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm".
There were images of food banks and help for the homeless alongside the speech, recorded by the King in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
He paid tribute to his mother Queen Elizabeth, who is buried in the chapel.
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In Tuscany, Italy, the pinnacle of a local food festival is a cheese race known as Palio dei Caci.
The event, inspired by a medieval tradition, involves navigating a wheel of cheese down a sharp slope.
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Egypt is celebrating the centenary year of the discovery of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber.
When the archaeological dig began on 4 November 1922 it led to the discovery of the famous tomb, which is over 3,000 years old.
The tomb has helped archaeologists who study ancient objects, materials and buildings, understand more about Ancient Egypt and it has also become a famous symbol for Egypt's identity and influence around the world.
A 12-year-old local boy is said to have played a crucial role in the excavations, but who was he?
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Technology is shaking up the art world, with the rise of images being made by artificial intelligence (AI).
Computer systems are creating pieces of art from scratch with people simply needing to type in a few words.
But how exactly does the technology work?
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Violence has broken out in central Paris after Friday's deadly attack on the city's Kurdish community.
Protesters overturned cars, setting some on fire, and hurled objects at police. Officers responded by firing tear gas.
Three people were killed in Friday's attack, which took place at a Kurdish cultural centre and a restaurant.
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A new chatbot which generates convincing human-like answers in response to users' prompts has passed one million users in less than a week, the project behind it has said.
ChatGPT was publicly released by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research firm whose founders included Elon Musk.
But the company has warned it can produce problematic answers and exhibit biased behaviour.
Open AI said it's "eager to collect user feedback to aid our ongoing work to improve this system".
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King Charles is set to include a tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his first Christmas message as monarch.
He will also reflect on his views about the importance of faith.
An image of Charles delivering his speech, which is due to be broadcast on Christmas Day at 15:00 GMT, shows the King in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
The broadcast continues a tradition going back 90 years.
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Some 200 million Americans are feeling the icy grip of a massive winter storm that has been linked to at least 19 deaths ahead of the holiday weekend.
More than 1.5 million people lost power and thousands of flights were cancelled on Friday.
The vast storm extends more than 2,000 miles (3,200km) from Texas to Quebec.
A bomb cyclone, when atmospheric pressure plummets, has brought blizzard conditions to the Great Lakes on the US-Canada border.
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In March, Lesya and Valeriy, two volunteers in Ukraine’s civil defence forces, got married in a military-style ceremony at a checkpoint, days after Russia invaded Ukraine. Footage of their wedding went viral.
Nine months later, Lesya has left the army although Valeriy continues to serve.
The couple have reunited in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv after Valeriy returned from duty to celebrate Christmas.
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Hundreds of thousands of travellers arriving in the UK have been told to expect disruption as passport control workers begin strikes.
Border Force staff are the latest UK workers to take action as rises in the cost of living outpace pay.
The military and civil servants have been drafted in at six major airports and at Newhaven port.
About 1,000 Border Force workers, many of whom check people's passports as they arrive in the UK, will strike from 23 to 26 December, and 28 to 31 December.
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Activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has said she is “devastated” but “not shocked” at the Taliban's ban of female students from attending university in Afghanistan.
She urged world leaders to respond and take the move “seriously” and added women in the country are being “erased”.
The Taliban have arrested five women taking part in a protest against the ban, in the capital Kabul, and three journalists were also reportedly arrested.
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Myanmar's civil war is pitting a father against his sons.
Bo Kyar Yine is fighting in the armed resistance after the country’s military coup, against his own sons who serve in the army.
Last year’s military coup in February ousted Myanmar's democratically elected government. Now the father, who leads a civilian militia unit, is fighting against a military junta his two sons defend.
Speaking to one of his sons, who is serving in the Myanmar military, Bo Kyar Yine warns him: “I'm sure I will kill you - if I get to fire first.”
Four of his sons fight alongside their father, whilst two other sons in the military are stationed just 50km (30 miles) away from their rebel base.
All names in this report and details of locations have been withheld to protect people's identity.
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A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding four others.
Witnesses said the attacker targeted a Kurdish community centre and restaurant and prosecutors said they would look into a possible racist motive.
A suspect, aged 69, was quickly detained by police. Prosecutors said he was known to authorities.
Authorities appealed for people to avoid the area in Strasbourg-Saint Denis in the 10th district of Paris.
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Sydney-based Chinese comedian He Huang has divided social media after her audition on Australia’s Got Talent went viral recently.
Despite some arguing her jokes unhelpfully reinforce stereotypes, she said she is simply telling jokes that speak to her own experience living abroad.
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An Artic winter storm, which forecasters say could become a "bomb cyclone", is wreaking travel havoc across the US and Canada ahead of Christmas.
It has placed more than 135 million people under weekend weather alerts ahead of the busiest travel days of the year.
The alerts stretch from coast to coast and reach as far south as the US-Mexico border and Florida.
Major airports have cancelled thousands of flights as the storm intensifies.
The cold snap could bring the iciest Christmas in decades, forecasters have said.
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After 10 months of conflict, Ukraine is approaching its first Christmas at war.
Families across the country are without power because of Russian attacks, and some are missing family members who were killed in the conflict.
Since the war began, the BBC has been following one soldier - Lt Eugene Gromadskyi - as he fights to defend his country at great personal cost.
BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville and camera-journalist Darren Conway joined him at an undisclosed location, near Kupyiansk in the country’s east, where fighting continues amid appalling winter conditions.
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A powerful Arctic winter storm is making its way through the US and parts of Canada, bringing with it frigid temperatures and flight delays ahead of the busiest travel days of the year.
More than 100 million people across the US are under winter weather alerts, and snowy conditions are expected to wreak travel chaos this weekend.
Major airports have already cancelled flights in anticipation of the storm and the cold snap could bring the coldest Christmas in decades, forecasters have said.
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Many Spaniards have crossed their fingers in hope for a prize in what is believed to be the world’s biggest lottery.
It is called “El Gordo”, meaning the fat one, and has been running for over two centuries.
This year the prize pot runs to $2.5bn euros ($2.7bn dollars) - but how does the process work and why is the tradition important for families across the country?
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Rather than buying a Christmas tree, could renting one help make festive celebrations better for the environment?
One small business in Scotland, run by a dad and his 14-year-old son, hires out trees to local customers and then replants them in early January.
The trees have their own unique names, with families welcoming the same one back every Christmas - albeit a little taller each year.
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Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in an address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion.
US military aid to Ukraine was not charity, but an investment in global security for the future, Mr Zelensky said.
His appeal comes amid signs US support is likely to face greater scrutiny by Republican lawmakers in Congress.
But President Joe Biden vowed to stick by Ukraine "for as long as it takes", pledging a new $2bn (£1.7bn) aid package and promising a further $45bn (£37bn).
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In his first foreign visit since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, President Zelensky travelled to the US to meet President Joe Biden.
In a historic meeting at the White House in Washington DC, the two spoke about extra support being pledged by the US to help the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
President Zelensky also presented President Biden with a Ukrainian captain's medal on behalf of those fighting in Ukraine.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to return as Israel's prime minister, is thought to be close to announcing the formation of Israel's most right-wing government of all time.
Netanyahu has been locked in weeks of negotiations with ultra-religious and ultra-nationalist parties, in the hope of forming a coalition between them and his Likud party.
Last month he signed a deal to give an Israeli government post to an openly homophobic ultra-nationalist party leader. Avi Maoz, the head of Noam - a religious-nationalist, anti-Arab and anti-LGBTQ party - will be a deputy minister and run a "Jewish identity" authority.
Maoz heads Noam, a religious-nationalist, anti-Arab and anti-LGBTQ party that argues for a strict interpretation of Jewish religious laws in Israel.
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China is dealing with a new wave of coronavirus infections, following the country’s removal of its strict zero-Covid rules.
Omicron is spreading rapidly and the health service is under strain, with reports of overcrowding in hospitals and retired medical staff returning to work.
But establishing how big the outbreak is not easy, and there is scepticism about figures released by the authorities. Mass testing in the country has stopped, and only 16 Covid deaths have been recorded in China in the past month.
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A record number of people have made the perilous trek through the Darién Gap jungle to try and reach the US this year.
Driven by economic and political crises in their country, more than 100,000 Venezuelans have made the passage, compared with fewer than 3,000 in 2021.
The Darién Gap jungle sits between Panama and Colombia. It has no roads, and is known for being patrolled by criminal gangs.
There are fears more people will be encouraged to make the journey, as the US looks set to repeal an emergency order that allows it to expel migrants from its southern border.
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Twitter boss Elon Musk has said he will quit as chief executive of the company when he can find someone “foolish enough to take the job”.
Mr Musk said he’d abide by the results of a poll he tweeted asking Twitter users whether he should resign - 57.5% of people voted “yes” to him quitting the role.
The SpaceX and Tesla boss said he will still run the software and servers teams.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s former chief operating officer, and Jared Kushner, US former presidential adviser and son-in-law of Donald Trump, are just some of the names mentioned as possible replacements.
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A committee in the US House of Representatives has voted to release six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns.
The former president’s filings from 2015-2021 - when he was running for president and serving in the White House - will be made public.
Mr Trump fought to keep the documents a secret. US presidents are not required by law to release their tax returns, but for decades they have done so voluntarily.
It is unclear when the public will be able to view the documents, with one committee member estimating it would be “a few days”.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has signed extradition papers in the Bahamas and will now be flown to the US to face criminal charges.
The crypto-exchange boss was arrested in the Bahamas last week after federal prosecutors in New York filed an eight-count indictment, including allegations of fraud and conspiracy.
Mr Bankman-Fried initially said he would contest extradition from the Bahamas - where he lives and where FTX is based - but reportedly reversed his decision on the weekend.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to the United States on his first foreign trip since Russia’s invasion.
Mr Zelenksy will meet with US President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday, and give a speech at Congress.
The White House confirmed a new package of nearly $2bn (£1.6bn) of security assistance for Ukraine, ahead of Mr Zelensky’s visit.
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The Taliban have banned women from attending universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect.
The ban further excludes women’s access to education in the country - girls have been excluded from secondary school education since the Taliban returned last year.
Some women protested against the decision on Wednesday, but demonstrations were quickly shut down by government officials.
Last month, women were also barred from parks, gyms and swimming pools in the capital Kabul.
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Lionel Messi and Argentina’s World Cup winning team have received a heroes welcome on their return home.
Huge crows greeted the champions in the centre of Buenos Aires, following their victory over France in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.
The players they waved and cheered from an open-top bus as showed off football’s most prestigious trophy.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Katy Watson in Buenos Aires.
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When war broke out, millions of Ukrainians had to make a life-changing decision to flee their country - with many hoping to return as soon as possible.
But for some disabled refugees, fleeing Ukraine, has given them a better quality of life, provoking a dilemma over whether to ever go home.
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Instead of traditional Christmas decorations, this year soldiers carved from ice line the streets of one city in Siberia.
At -33C in Chita, the Russian soldiers, armed with Kalashnikovs draw crowds, some taking selfies with what some call "a sign of the times" as the war in Ukraine continues.
Chita lies 3,000 miles (4,830km) east of Moscow, with local authorities saying the decorations for this festive season are a way of encouraging a patriotic new year.
But how are residents feeling about them and the ongoing war?
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Crowds have gathered in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires to celebrate the country’s World Cup win.
Lionel Messi and the team are parading through the city on a open top bus and heading to the Obelisk where tens of thousands of fans will be there to greet them.
Meanwhile Morocco fans are celebrating their team becoming the first African and Arab nation to reach the tournament's semi-finals.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to the frontline city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought a fierce, months-long battle.
He met troops and handed out awards to soldiers, the presidency said.
For months, Bakhmut has been a key target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region, and has been extremely badly damaged.
However, Ukrainian forces have been able to hold back the advance.
The visit is a demonstration of support for Ukrainian forces engaged in some of the fiercest battles in recent weeks.
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Two survivors have been rescued after a Thai warship sank off the country’s south-east coast, but rescuers have also recovered the bodies of four crew members.
HTMS Sukhothai was carrying 105 crew went down after losing power in a storm.
A search is continuing for 24 sailors still missing. The navy says 77 others have been rescued.
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A former secretary who worked for the commander of a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted of complicity in the murders of more than 10,505 people.
Irmgard Furchner, 97, was taken on as a teenaged typist at Stutthof and worked there from 1943 to 1945.
Furchner, one of the few women to be tried for Nazi crimes in decades, was given a two-year suspended jail term.
Although she was a civilian worker, the judge agreed she was fully aware of what was going on at the camp.
Some 65,000 people are thought to have died in horrendous conditions at Stutthof, including Jewish prisoners, non-Jewish Poles and captured Soviet soldiers.
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Former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman.
The two-month trial heard how Weinstein used his influence to lure women into private meetings before attacking them.
The 70-year-old Oscar winner is facing up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced.
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World Cup winners Argentina have been greeted by jubilant crowds at Buenos Aires airport and a bank holiday has been declared in the country.
After beating France in Sunday's final, the team landed home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
They travelled on an open-top bus to Argentine Football headquarters.
Fans lined the streets en route, with the main celebration taking place at Buenos Aires' Obelisk monument at midday (15:00 GMT) on Tuesday.
The Argentine government said Tuesday would be a bank holiday so fans "can express their deepest joy for the national team".
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Donald Trump should face criminal charges over the assault on the US Capitol in January 2021 - that’s the conclusion of the US congressional committee that’s been investigating the attack.
The House Committee found that the former President instigated the attack by his supporters and provided “aid and comfort” to the rioters in violation of federal laws.
Members of the Committe said there is evidence to prosecute Mr Trump on charges including inciting, assisting and aiding and insurrection.
Their unanimous vote was a dramatic end to the 18 month inquiry into the events of 6 January 2021 and the chaotic final days of the Trump presidency.
The US Justice Department must now decide whether to pursue formal charges against Mr Trump
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by John Sudworth in Washington.
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The congressional committee investigating last year's riot at the US Capitol has referred former US President Donald Trump to the justice department for prosecution.
It said he should be charged with four crimes, including insurrection, at its final public meeting.
It's up to the justice department to officially press criminal charges and they are not obliged to follow the recommendation.
The attack on 6 January 2021 started shortly after Trump spoke nearby falsely claiming Joe Biden had stolen the 2020 election.
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi has an impressive number of awards and trophies to his name.
The 35-year-old has won seven Ballons d'Or, four Champions Leagues, one Copa America, 10 La Liga titles with Barcelona and a Ligue 1 crown in France with Paris St-Germain.
But now, after playing in five tournaments - the first in 2005 - the Argentina captain has added the World Cup to his collection.
So, does this mean Messi is football’s greatest?
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologised for The Netherlands’ colonial past and role in slavery.
Speaking at The Hague, Mr Rutte called the Netherlands' history “painful, ugly and downright embarrassing”.
More than 600,000 people from Asia and Africa were trafficked by Dutch merchants in the 17th-19th centuries, creating a huge amount of wealth for The Netherlands.
The timing of the apology has been criticised by campaigners, who instead wanted it to take place next year on the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Act.
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Millions of Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down from his role as chief executive of the social media platform. Mr Musk tweeted a poll, asking: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” More than 17 million people took part, with 57.5% voting “yes” to him stepping down. The Tesla and SpaceX boss, who is yet to respond to the poll results, has faced heavy criticism since taking over the company. He sacked around half of Twitter’s staff, and was recently condemned by the United Nations and European Union for suspending journalists who cover the platform. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Hundreds of bodies are waiting to be identified in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, but the process is being slowed because of difficulties with DNA testing.
Many of the bodies exhumed have been found in mass graves, left with no name, coffin or body bag, making identification difficult.
Others have been so badly burned in shelling and missile strikes that there is little genetic material left to test.
Authorities have been collecting swabs from people who remained living in the region with the hope of finding a match, but forensics teams admit some bodies are so damaged that they will never be named.
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A new deal to protect nature has been agreed at the UN biodiversity summit COP15.
The "historic" plan will put 30% of the planet under protection by the end of the decade.
There will also be targets for safeguarding vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands.
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Plans to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda are lawful, the country's High Court has ruled.
In April, the Home Office announced plans to send some asylum seekers to the African country on a one-way ticket, to claim asylum there.
The government says the measures would reduce numbers crossing the English Channel, but critics question Rwanda's human rights record.
A decision on whether to allow an appeal on the ruling has been adjourned until next year.
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC).
He defeated his former health minister Zweli Mkhize by 2,476 votes to 1,897.
The lead up to the vote at the party conference was not without scandal. The president has faced accusations of money laundering, and his rival was accused of corruption. Both deny the allegations.
Mr Ramaphosa’s victory puts him in pole position to lead the ANC in the 2024 election.
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An estimated two million people gathered in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires to celebrate the country's World Cup win over France.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi will end his World Cup career as a tournament champion, following what some are calling ‘the best final ever’.
Argentina won 4-2 on penalties, following the match ending 3-3 after extra time.
The South American team have now won the prestigious tournament three times, the last in 1986.
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The United Nations biodiversity summit in Montreal is seeking a new agreement to protect endangered plants and animals.
It comes as researchers warn of the threat to polar bears in the Canadian arctic, where dwindling sea ice is putting their survival at risk.
The bears hunt and fish in Hudson Bay around the town of Churchill.
Mishal Husain presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Victoria Gill.
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Argentina beat France on penalties to win the 2022 World Cup after a dramatic game finished 3-3 after extra time.
In what many have described as the best World Cup final ever, Lionel Messi led Argentina to their first World Cup victory since 1986.
France superstar Kylian Mbappe scored a superb hat-trick but ended up on the losing side.
During the penalty shootout, France's Kingsley Coman had his kick saved by Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, and Aurelien Tchouameni then missed the target, allowing Gonzalo Montiel to fire home the winner.
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German police say they have recovered a number of 18th-Century treasures stolen from a museum during a heist in 2019.
Authorities returned 31 objects to the Green Vault museum after securing them overnight in Berlin.
The items were reportedly found after talks with the lawyers of six men currently on trial for the theft.
The thieves stole €113m (£98m; $119m) worth of treasures from part of a collection created in 1723 by Saxony's ruler, Augustus the Strong.
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Iranian authorities have arrested one of the country's best known actresses, after she expressed solidarity with anti-government demonstrators.
Taraneh Alidoosti was detained on charges of "spreading falsehoods" about the protest movement that has gripped the country, state media said.
In a social media post last week, Alidoosti condemned the execution of a man over his involvement with the protests.
She is best known for her role in the Oscar-winning film The Salesman.
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Surgeons using robot technology to conduct operations is being streamed to help trainee doctors follow live.
At London’s St Thomas’ hospital, more than 2,000 surgeries have been conducted using a cloud-based platform developed by a company called Proximie.
A live feed comes from an operating room where a patient is undergoing robot-assisted surgery, showing viewers four cameras displaying different parts of the operation.
“Being able to watch things either in my own time or remotely is really helpful, it helps to give a bit more one-to-one interaction with the consultant,” said Dr Roisin Johnson, a surgical trainee at hospital in London.
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US grand slam-winning tennis icon Billie Jean King has said tech generating analytics in real-time of players’ performance is the future of the sport.
“It is already here,” she said. “It is going to get better and better.”
The technology has been used at the Billie Jean King cup finals held in Glasgow in collaboration with Microsoft, which is the largest international annual team competition in women’s sport.
Analytics are generated from ball-tracking cameras and 3D radar systems around the court, which are then accessible to professionals and coaches in real-time during their play.
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About 41% of start-up founders at Paris’ Station F campus are female – higher than that of the wider international tech scene.
But getting a spot at the biggest start up firm campus in the world is tough, where founders are generally expected to be working on their product full-time and have a prototype.
For Dora Sabino, founder of Blazar, said being a founder of a start up in med tech in an environment typically has more men as CEOs can be “daunting” for some.
Roxanne Varza, the director of Station F, said 10 years ago people were not even “conscious there was a gender issue in tech”, but today they are very engaged.
“Every single partner programme that we have at Station F need to do its best effort to get females in the applicant pool,” she said.
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The port of Antwerp in Belgium is largely seen as the capital of cocaine trafficking in Europe.
Corruption and violence are now on the rise and the drug is widely available on the streets.
Europe correspondent Nick Beake visited the city to find out how the problem has developed.
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Work is continuing in Ukraine to restore electricity in homes, hospitals and critical infrastructure following the ninth wave of Russian missile strikes on Friday.
The attacks have targeted civilian infrastructure, as temperatures drop below freezing in many regions.
Kyiv has accused Moscow of using winter as a weapon.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia has enough missiles to carry out yet more heavy strikes, but added that Ukrainians will resist.
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Russian forces have launched a huge wave of missile attacks on Ukraine, the second heavy barrage in days.
The multiple targets across the country were mainly civilian infrastructure, including energy plants. It led to power cuts and blackouts in freezing temperatures.
The capital, Kyiv, was hit, and also President Zelensky's home town. In his nightly address to Ukrainians, he warned that Russia was capable of further “massive strikes”.
The Mayor of Kharkiv, the country's second largest city, says there was "colossal" damage there, leaving thousands without heating, in freezing temperatures.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Sarah Rainsford in Kyiv.
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The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth.
The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales.
It should improve flood and drought forecasts, and help researchers better understand how the climate is changing.
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A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.
The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 tropical fish - is 14m high (46 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.
Two people were reportedly injured by glass and local police said there had been "incredible" damage.
Guests have been moved out of the hotel following the incident at 05:50 (04:50 GMT).
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Russia’s foreign ministry has issued a not so veiled threat to the government of Moldova – accusing them of fostering an “off-the-scale degree of Russophobia” – encouraged by their Western allies.
Moldova has been in a “frozen conflict” for the last 30 years with a breakaway region called Transnistria, which is backed by the Russians who have 1,500 troops there.
Like many countries of the former soviet union, the tiny Eastern European nation has come under intense pressure from Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Our international correspondent Joe Inwood travelled to the country to see if this cold war could turn hot once more.
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Australian Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton repeatedly called the deputy Speaker Sharon Claydon "Mr Speaker" in parliament on Thursday.
Although Claydon reminded him that she is “not Mr Speaker”, Mr Dutton continued referring to her in that way throughout the speech.
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At least 19 people including children have been killed after a landslide hit a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor state.
Families were sleeping in their tents when the landslide happened around 03:00 Friday (19:00 GMT Thursday) at a farm stay in Batang Kali township.
Hundreds of rescuers spent Friday digging through mud to find survivors.
The farm's managers said at least 30 children and 51 adults were registered for an overnight stay.
Local media reported that Malaysian authorities said 14 people were still missing, and that about 700 officials are involved in the search and rescue.
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Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the local government has said.
Officials released a statement saying a "sizeable fire" broke out in a seven-storey block of flats in the suburb of Vaulx-en-Velin.
Four people are in a critical condition and 10 others reported minor injuries, including two firefighters.
The fire has now been put out and the cause of the blaze is still unknown.
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Russian forces fired 60 missiles and carried out drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, striking the capital Kyiv and cities in the north, south, west and centre.
Two people were killed when a residential building was hit in Kryvyi Rih and a third died in Kherson.
Attacks have intensified this week as Russia targets Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Power was completely down in Kharkiv in the north and several other regions.
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Twitter accounts belonging to several prominent journalists covering the company's owner, Elon Musk, have been abruptly suspended.
Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post are among those who found themselves locked out of their accounts on Thursday evening.
A Twitter spokeswoman told tech website The Verge that the ban was related to the live sharing of location data.
It comes after Mr Musk vowed to sue the owner of a profile that tracks his jet.
A spokesman for the New York Times called the suspensions "questionable and unfortunate" and CNN added it was “concerning but not surprising".
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US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in support and investment for Africa at a summit with the continent's heads of state.
Mr Biden spoke to 49 African leaders who attended the Washington DC meeting.
It is the first such gathering hosted by Washington for eight years.
The summit is seen as a US attempt to re-assert its influence in Africa to counter Chinese involvement.
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A migrant dinghy sunk off the coast of Kent, UK this week, killing four people, as those on board crossed the English Channel in freezing temperatures.
Newsnight's UK Editor Sima Kotecha speaks to a Syrian man who made the journey across the Channel into the UK and tells of his experiences.
But should there be a new asylum route to make the journey safer? And do we need tighter legislation?
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Conservative Peer Michelle Mone has taken a leave of absence from the UK’s House of Lords "to clear her name", amid allegations she benefitted from a company she recommended for a Covid contract.
Her spokesman said the allegations had been "unjustly levelled against her".
Michelle Mone is an Scottish businesswoman who founded the lingerie firm Ultimo and appointed to the House of Lords in 2015.
The BBC’s Ros Atkins examines the allegations and investigations concerning Baroness Mone.
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Two young brothers and their cousin were three of the four boys who died when they plunged into an icy lake in the UK.
Finlay Butler, eight, and his younger brother Samuel, six. died, as did their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, and Jack Johnson, 10.
The families of the three young cousins have paid tribute to their "beautiful boys".
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A court in California has sentenced a former Twitter manager to three-and-a-half years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad Abouammo handed over the personal details of critics of the Saudi government, including email addresses and phone numbers. In return, he received hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Newsnight is following a community in Knowsley on Merseyside over the next five months to see how people are affected by the cost-of-living crisis. The area is one of the most deprived in the country, with over 25% of children living in low-income households.
Victoria Derbyshire meets Steph Cargill, a single mother of two who works part time and struggles to pay her bills. Some months she gets down to her last pound. She'd like to work full time but wouldn't be able to afford the childcare required. 36-year-old Gary See runs the local community centre which serves hot meals for free to those who need them and runs a heavily discounted ‘social supermarket’ providing kitchen staples at discounted prices. He drives his van to deliver essentials to those in need – from food parcels to electric blankets.
He tells Newsnight that one mother, whose child had attended activities at the centre, told him she was happy because her children were able to get washed there.
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The Thai King's eldest daughter collapsed from a heart condition on Wednesday evening, Thailand's royal palace has said.
Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest daughter of King Vajiralongkorn, collapsed while training her dogs north-east of Bangkok, the palace said.
The 44-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital, then taken by helicopter to Bangkok, where she is being treated.
The palace described her condition last night as "stable to a certain extent".
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Gabon has begun making an effort to be one of the main destinations in Africa to observe gorillas in their natural habitat.
Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo are the main locations for gorilla observation.
Gorillas could give the Gabonese tourism industry a much-needed boost. But, there are challenges along the way.
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South Korea’s rapid transformation into one of the richest countries in the world, has left women trailing behind.
They are paid on average a third less than men, giving South Korea the worst gender pay gap of any rich country in the world.
Upon entering office, South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol scrapped government gender quotas, declaring people would be hired on merit, not sex.
He is now trying to abolish the government's Gender Equality Ministry, which supports women and victims of sexual assault, claiming it is obsolete.
More than 800 organisations have come together to protest against the closure, arguing it could have a damaging impact on women's lives.
Warning: this contains distressing content and discusses sexual assault and attempted suicide.
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Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have started a nationwide strike in the largest action of its kind in NHS history.
Staff will continue to provide "life-preserving" and some urgent care but routine surgery and other planned treatment is likely to be disrupted.
The Royal College of Nursing said staff had been given no choice after ministers refused to reopen pay talks.
The UK government said the RCN's 19% pay rise demand was unaffordable.
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France will face Argentina in the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after victory over Morocco.
A strike by Theo Hernández and a first senior international goal for Randal Kolo Muani was enough to secure the reigning champions’ place in Sunday’s final at the Lusail Stadium.
Morocco will play Croatia in the third-place play-off on Saturday.
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Four people have died and dozens were rescued after a small boat filled with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel.
Lifeboats, helicopters and rescue teams working with the French and British navies responded to the emergency.
Attempts to stop the arrival of thousands of migrants in small boats have become a priority for the UK government.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Mark Easton.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new five-point plan to stop illegal immigration into Britain.
The plans include doubling the number of Home Office caseworkers, a new deal with Albania, a Small Boats Command Centre, doubling National Crime Agency funding, and to move up to 10,000 asylum seekers out of hotel accommodation.
Newsnight's UK Editor Sima Kotecha investigates whether this new plan will reduce the number of small boat crossings.
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More than 120 people have been killed following the worst floods in years in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, the authorities said.
Major roads in the city centre were submerged as heavy rains continued for hours and several homes collapsed.
Many of those who died were in hillside areas which suffered landslides.
The government has announced a three-day period of national mourning.
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A "spineless, deeply violent" man who murdered and sexually assaulted a woman as she walked home from a night out in London has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years in a televised sentencing in the UK.
35-year-old law graduate Zara Aleena was killed by 29-year-old Jordan McSweeney.
McSweeney had only recently been released from prison prior to the attack last June and refused to enter the courtroom for the sentencing.
The judge's sentencing remarks were broadcast on TV in the UK.
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China has removed six officials from Britain, including one of its most senior UK diplomat – two months after violence outside its Manchester consulate.
The UK had requested the officials waive their right to diplomatic immunity to allow detectives to question them about October's incident.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment that none of the six would now face justice.
The group included consul-general Zheng Xiyuan, who denied beating a protester.
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Pupils are being challenged to put their codebreaking skills to the test in a festive brainteaser set by the UK's intelligence agency GCHQ.
The puzzle features on a Christmas card sent by Sir Jeremy Fleming, director of the Cheltenham-based spy agency.
It was designed to test problem-solving skills and secondary schools across the country are trying to crack the code.
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Morocco are aiming to be the first African or Arab nation to reach the World Cup final when they take on France in Qatar.
Their team already made history to get to the semi-finals by beating Portugal.
Whoever wins will face Argentina in the final after they beat Croatia 3-0.
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China’s hospital systems have come under increasing pressure following a rise in Covid cases.
It comes after the government’s decision to abandon its zero-Covid strategy following widespread protests in several cities.
The situation has become so bad that doctors and nurses who have contracted the virus are being told to turn-up for work because of staff shortages.
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People are feared to have died after a small migrant boat ran into difficulties in the English Channel.
The major search and rescue operation was launched in UK waters in freezing conditions after reports of an incident at about 03:40 GMT.
The coastguard, the French Navy and an air ambulance were sent to help.
A fishing boat, which was also in the area, helped with the rescue.
The Ministry of Defence said it was aware of the incident and agencies were supporting the coordinated response.
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Russia has launched a new wave of airstrikes on Ukraine, targeting the capital Kyiv.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said Ukrainian air defence forces shot down 11 Iranian made drones.
An emergency services spokesperson told Ukrainian media that no victims had been reported in the strike.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been charged with defrauding investors of billions of dollars by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The SEC said Mr Bankman-Fried, who was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday, had “built a house of cards on a foundation of deception”.
It is alleged Mr Bankman-Fried used FTX customers’ funds for his privately-held crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research LLC.
A court filing shows FTX owed its 50 largest creditors almost $3.1bn.
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A breakthrough in nuclear fusion has been announced by US scientists, bringing us a step closer to a potential source of near-limitless clean energy.
Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy.
On Tuesday researchers confirmed they have overcome a major barrier - producing more energy from a fusion experiment than was put in.
But experts say there is still some way to go before fusion powers homes.
Nuclear fusion is described as the "holy grail" of energy production.
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A recent Newsnight investigation uncovered what whistleblowers described as a 'mafia-like' leadership at one of England’s biggest and worst performing hospital trusts, University Hospitals Birmingham.
We were told by current and former clinicians there of a 'punitive culture' which allegedly frightens staff from raising concerns about patient safety.
In the wake of our reports, three separate reviews have now been announced by the NHS trust, which serves two million patients across four Birmingham hospitals. Politicians are now calling for an independent inquiry similar to that of the Mid-Staffs scandal.
A spokesperson for University Hospitals Birmingham said: “We welcome the support that is being put in place and we look forward to working positively and constructively with our NHS colleagues.
“This will build upon the work already underway across UHB to understand the issues that have been highlighted. It is very clear that there is a strength of feeling in a number of areas and we are committed to addressing these."
Our chief correspondent David Grossman has more.
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Russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of south-eastern Ukraine, which are seeing some of the heaviest fighting of the war.
With the port city of Mariupol almost entirely under Russian control, their forces have been pushing north and west towards the city of Zaporizhzhia, where many civilians have sought refuge.
Clive Myrie in Kyiv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker and camera journalist Julie Ritson, who were at the frontline just as the Russians launched an attack.
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Mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger, were hit by Israeli police.
Her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.
Police said they acted after being pelted with stones and officers "were forced to use riot dispersal means".
Abu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances on Wednesday, with Israel and Palestinians trading blame. The killing has been widely condemned.
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Lebanon, a country in crisis with about 80% of its people living in poverty, according to the UN, will go to the polls on Sunday.
The capital, Beirut, still bears the scars of the devastating port explosion that killed more than 200 people in August 2020.
The mood is fragile, hurting, and desperate. Many Lebanese people accuse the country's political leaders of failing to tackle its deep problems and many more leaving the country.
But can this election deliver the change they need?
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A Russian battalion has lost almost all of its armoured vehicles in a failed attempt to cross a river in eastern Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
Images from the scene show dozens of burnt-out tanks after Ukrainian forces shelled pontoon bridges across the Siversky Donets river in the Luhansk region.
It’s thought almost an entire battalion of vehicles was lost - it’s not known how many men were killed.
However, Russian forces appear to be making gains elsewhere in the area, with reports that they have taken the nearby town of Rubizhne.
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As cycling’s world governing body continues to mull eligibility of British rider Emily Bridges in women’s events, we explore the transgender issue confronting sport. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Transgender women should compete in an "open category" in order to "protect women's sport", two current elite female runners tell the BBC.
The British athletes, one of whom is an Olympian, believe athletes should only be allowed to compete in the category of their biological sex.
As governing bodies struggle to find a way forward, trans athletes have faced criticism for competing at high levels in sport - even though they’ve met competition standards set by the discipline.
Is there an unfair advantage? Should transgender women be banned from competing in female categories? Should there be a separate category established? Or should sport be more inclusive?
BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan has been investigating the issue following several high profile recent cases that led to controversy and division.
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The United Nations' aid chief has urged the international community not to ignore the devastating drought and hunger crisis facing east Africa.
Martin Griffiths of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the world has not been paying enough attention to crises beyond the war in Ukraine.
Twenty million people in the region are at risk of severe hunger, according to the UN.
Ethiopia is facing the country's worst drought in half a century, while 40 per cent of Somalia's population is facing food insecurity.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues and accusations of war crimes mount.
The UN Human Rights Council has ordered an investigation into possible atrocities north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Images, numbers and facts can over time blur into one and often, it's artists and writers who manage to find long-lasting words that speak to tragedy.
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Last month Afghanistan saw more attacks carried out by the Islamic State group targeting civilians than at any time since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
Around 100 civilians, largely from religious minorities, were killed in a series of bombings on mosques, minibuses and a school.
15-year-old Milad was in class when an explosion struck his school in Kabul last month. Milad escaped injury, but his father was killed by a second explosion as he rushed to the scene of the initial blast.
The school reopened shortly after the explosion, but some pupils are yet to return, their families too scared of possible future attacks.
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This weekend, Europe’s glitziest celebration of pop music, the Eurovision Song Contest, will celebrate its 66th year in Turin, Italy.
But with Ukraine’s entry, Kalush Orchestra, billed as favourites to win, and both Belarus and Russia banned, will we see voters unite against President Vladimir Putin?
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Cambodia is calling on the UK government to help it recover antiquities it says were stolen from its temples.
The country's culture minister says the Victoria & Albert and British Museums both have looted objects.
The museums said they were transparent about items' origins.
Cambodians believe that ancient statues hold the souls of their ancestors.
Many of the stolen items are thought to have moved via the hands of Douglas Latchford, a rogue British art dealer who died in 2020.
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A supermassive black hole that lives at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has been pictured for the very first time.
Known as Sagittarius A*, the object is a staggering four-million times the mass of our Sun.
For scale, the ring is roughly the size of Mercury's orbit around our star.
Fortunately, this monster is a long, long way away - some 26,000 light-years in the distance - so there's no possibility of us ever coming to any danger.
The BBC's Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh reports.
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Tyshawn Sorey is a musician, performer, and composer who won a "MacArthur Genius" Fellowship in 2017 for his work.
His style straddles the world of jazz, improvisation, and classical music.
He received a commission from Sarah Rothenberg and DACAMERA, along with Rothko Chapel, to create a piece of music for the 50th anniversary of the Chapel.
The music that Sorey composed is a meditative work, a reflection of the non-denominational chapel and the 14 paintings on the octagonal walls by the artist, Mark Rothko.
The chapel is located in Houston, Texas, and is a popular public art space.
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When Leonid Pliats and his boss were shot in the back by Russian soldiers, the killing was captured on CCTV cameras in clear and terrible detail.
The footage, which was obtained by the BBC, is now being investigated by Ukrainian prosecutors as a suspected war crime.
"My dad was not a military man... he was a pensioner," Leonid's daughter said.
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The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House.
President Joe Biden said the country was marking "a tragic milestone" and each death was "an irreplaceable loss".
It's the highest official total in the world - although the World Health Organization believes the true death toll may be much higher elsewhere.
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Newsnight’s diplomatic and defence editor Mark Urban investigates what lessons we can learn the battlefield in the Ukrainian war. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
In just two and a half months, the war in Ukraine has claimed tens of thousands of lives and flattened countless communities.
The intensity of this struggle has shocked many, even those military professionals across the world who now find themselves watching, trying to understand what lessons to draw about war and its future conduct.
How long could this conflict continue? Could we see a WWI stalemate? Are we witnessing the death of the tank?
Newsnight’s diplomatic and defence editor Mark Urban has been scouring Russian and Ukrainian accounts online and speaking to expert observers to discover more about what those early lessons might be.
This film was produced by Louis Harris-White.
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Finland's president and prime minister have called for the country to apply for Nato membership "without delay".
The move comes amid a surge in public support for Nato membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Finland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.
Finland will formally announce its decision on Sunday after it has been considered by parliament and other senior political figures.
Sweden has said it will announce a similar decision on the same day.
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A mystery passenger landed a plane solo after his pilot passed out.
The unidentified man's voice was heard in public flight recordings telling the airport tower that he had "no idea how to stop the airplane".
An air traffic controller who teaches new pilots helped guide the man down to Palm Beach International Airport just after noon on Tuesday.
The two met on the tarmac for a hug, but reportedly did not exchange names.
"I've got a serious situation here. My pilot has gone incoherent," the man was heard saying over the radio from around 9,000ft (2,750 meters) in the air. "He is out," he added.
Asked for his position, he responded: "I have no idea." He said only that he could see the Florida coast ahead of him.
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Ukrainian forces have successfully counterattacked against Russian troops, north of the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv.
They’ve retaken towns and villages, pushing Russian infantry and artillery back towards the border.
The fighting has been slow and costly but Ukrainian forces say they have gained the upper hand.
Kharkiv is just 35 miles from the Russian border. The Ukrainian military success could threaten the Russian aim of capturing large areas of territory in the east of the country.
Clive Myrie in Kyiv presents a BBC News at Ten special report from Quentin Sommerville and Darren Conway on the frontline north of Kharkiv.
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The UK has agreed mutual security pacts with Sweden and Finland, agreeing to come to their aid should either nation come under attack.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited both countries to sign the deals, amid debate about them joining Nato.
The pacts also state that Finland and Sweden would assist the UK in a crisis.
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Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was elected four years ago, with major support specifically from black evangelical Christian women.
"He is not the type of politician who should govern a country... because he's disrespectful," said Tatiana Gonzaga, one young evangelical Brazilian who is leading a movement against Bolsonaro on TikTok.
This October Bolsonaro will run for re-election against the left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In 2018, nearly 70% of evangelical Christians voted for Bolsonaro, nicknamed "the Trump of the Tropics" - but this year that support looks like it might be waning.
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A Palestinian-American correspondent for Al Jazeera has been killed while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Shireen Abu Aqla was wearing a flak jacket with the word "press" when she was shot "in cold blood" by Israeli troops in Jenin, according to the Qatar-based network. Her producer was also wounded.
It comes amid a surge in violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
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More than 90% of the coral reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef have experienced bleaching damage.
This is the fourth mass bleaching event to happen in the Australian reef since 2016 and the sixth since 1998. However, it's the first time a bleaching event has occurred in a La Niña year, a period of lower temperatures.
Bleaching happens when corals experience stress from above-average water temperatures. This causes them to expel the algae, their main source of food, from their skin. Algae is what gives corals their colour, which is why they turn white during these incidents.
Researchers have labelled this mass bleaching event "devastating news", arguing it was "yet more evidence" that governments need to tackle climate change.
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US scientists say they have discovered what caused thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War to fall sick with mysterious symptoms.
They have pinned the blame on the nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of Iraqi chemical weapons were bombed.
Many veterans have complained of a range of debilitating symptoms which developed after their service.
But for decades the cause of Gulf War Syndrome has remained elusive.
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Apple has announced it will no longer be producing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing an end to a device widely praised for revolutionising how people listen to music.
When the first iPod was launched in 2001, it could store 1,000 tracks. Today there are more than 90 million songs on Apple's streaming service.
There have been various iPod models over the years - including the Nano and Shuffle - but the iPod Touch, which was released in 2007 is the last model to be discontinued.
Apple says it will remain available to buy "while stocks last".
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Security forces in Sri Lanka have been instructed to shoot on sight anybody caught looting or damaging public property.
The country witnessed a second night of arson attacks on Tuesday, with properties damaged near the capital city Colombo.
One mob torched a luxury holiday resort owned by the son of former Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka had already seen weeks of protests over its dire financial situation, which has caused the rupee to plunge, provoking severe food and fuel shortages.
On Monday night, frustration at the country's economic crisis spilled over and mobs burned more than 50 houses belonging to politicians, reports say.
So far eight people have died and more than 200 are believed to have been injured in the clashes.
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A man who once fought alongside the Soviet Army against the Nazis has said he has now fled his home in Ukraine to escape Russian troops.
When Arkady Perchenko was 11 years old he fought alongside the Soviets, as part of the local resistance against the Nazis in World War Two.
But now at the age of 92, he was forced to leave his home in Ukraine to escape from Russian forces.
From safety in Israel, Arkady has been talking to the BBC about his view of both wars.
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Rebekah Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie, is being sued for libel after alleging Wayne Rooney's wife shared her private information.
The "Wagatha Christie" also described as "Wags at war" trial has started in the High Court and is set to last for seven days.
Rebekah Vardy testified in her libel action against Coleen Rooney, denying providing material to the press.
Ros Atkins explains.
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Prince Charles stood in for the Queen for the first time to open a new session of Parliament, after she had to pull out because of mobility problems.
The Queen was absent from the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years.
In the House of Lords, Prince Charles gave her speech outlining her government's priorities, listing the bills it plans to bring before MPs and peers.
Here's how ancient traditions were adapted this year for the historic moment.
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It is widely expected that Finland will begin the process of joining Nato this week. The move will redraw Europe's security map dramatically and will be seen in Moscow as a hostile act.
For many Finnish people, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reawakened memories of the country's own wars against the Soviet Union.
Only the strong military tradition saved the country from being forcibly incorporated into the communist state.
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The long-awaited and so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial involving the wives of two England footballers has kicked-off at the High Court in London.
Coleen Rooney, who is married to Wayne Rooney, accused Rebekah Vardy, the wife of Jamie Vardy, of leaking private information about her to the media.
Rebekah denies being behind that leak and is suing Coleen for libel.
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Yoon Suk-yeol has been sworn in as the 13th president of South Korea.
Mr Yoon, a political novice, edged out a victory over the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung based on promises to tackle class inequality.
But the result was one of the closest in the country's history - with the final count separated by less than 1%.
He has pledged a tougher "reset" on relations with China and North Korea and intends to bolster the security alliance South Korea has with the United States.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will quit if given a fine by Durham police for breaking Covid rules. Is this move about principle or is he playing politics? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Keir Starmer has been under pressure after police announced a probe into an event in April 2021, when he had curry and beer at an MP's office during an election campaign visit.
He has insisted rules were not broken and Labour says it has evidence showing it was a work event.
But his career is now in the hands of the police in County Durham.
The other gamble, presumably, is that he would be sacrificing himself in order to the shame the prime minister, who has already been issued with a fine.
But will the gamble pay off?
Newsnight’s political editor Nick Watt reports.
Kirsty Wark is joined by shadow cabinet minister Baroness Smith, former adviser to Tony Blair John McTernan and former adviser to Boris Johnson, Jo Tanner.
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Authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa have said aircraft fired missiles at a shopping centre and a warehouse.
One person is believed to have died and five others who were injured were taken to hospital.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia's blockade of his country's Black Sea ports threatens food supplies around the world.
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Pro and anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in Sri Lanka, amid the country's deepening economic crisis.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following criticism of the government's handling of the situation.
Authorities have used tear gas and physical force to disperse protesters.
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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, son of a former Philippines' dictator, is headed for a landslide win in the country's presidential race, according to partial and preliminary results.
The 64-year-old senator has so far won 56% of the vote, compared to 28% for rival Leni Robredo.
Mr Marcos' victory would return his family to power 36 years after they were ousted by a popular revolution.
Critics allege his campaign was fuelled by misinformation, which he denies.
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Much of the fighting in Ukraine is taking place in the east of the country, in the Donbas region.
This part of Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and might have been expected to fall easily to the Russian army’s advance.
But that seems to have stalled and there are reports of heavy Russian losses.
The death and destruction brought by the invading army is provoking burning defiance, anger and resistance.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News reporting by Andrew Harding in the Donbas region.
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The Queen will not preside over this year's State Opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's Speech, Buckingham Palace has announced.
It will be the first time since 1963 that the Queen will have missed the constitutional ceremony which sets out the government's legislative plans.
Prince Charles and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, have jointly been given the authority to open Parliament on her behalf.
The 96-year-old monarch has mobility problems and had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.
Buckingham Palace had been saying the Queen hoped to attend, but has now confirmed she will not go to the ceremony in Westminster, because of "episodic mobility problems".
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a massive military parade in Moscow that Russian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine are “defending the motherland”.
Tanks, missiles and thousands of troops took to Red Square in the country's capital for the annual 9 May event, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
In a separate video message marking 9 May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country will win its war with Russia.
He accused Russia of imitating tactics used by the Nazis by deporting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and flattening cities with aerial bombardments.
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Raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England nearly 375,000 times by water companies last year, according to the Environment Agency.
The UK government has said that this is unacceptable and is promising a 40% reduction by 2040.
‘Citizen scientists' have been taking samples from waterways near their homes to find out just how much sewage and other chemicals are in the water.
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Pakistan's climate minister has said that a summer heatwave, which has come months earlier than usual, has been melting glaciers in the Himalayas.
The melting has caused flooding which swept away a large bridge in the town of Hasanabad after what's known as a glacial lake outburst.
Though heatwaves are a common occurrence in Pakistan, they have come earlier than usual this year across South Asia and reached record levels.
Some regions hit temperatures above 40C (104F), causing power and water shortages.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed a Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square, saying that his forces in eastern Ukraine are “defending the motherland”.
He told crowds that the invasion of Ukraine – what he called a “special military operation” – was necessary and had been provoked by the West.
But Mr Putin did not make any major announcement relating to the war, including declaring victory or a full-scale mobilisation.
The annual Victory Day is one of the most important holidays in the Russian calendar and commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Parades have been taking place in 28 cities across Russia, involving 65,000 people and 2,400 items of military hardware.
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"You're an observer, it's not your town, because I'm hiding behind a drawing board."
Artist George Butler, who has recently returned to the UK after a month in Ukraine, says that drawings "stay with you" as he thinks back about the people from his sketches.
The award-winning artist travelled across the country, sketching events as they unfolded. In the past, he has documented life in war zones like Syria and Afghanistan.
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More than 60 people are now feared dead after a Russian bomb hit a school in eastern Ukraine.
Around 90 people were taking shelter in the building’s basement when it came under attack.
Meanwhile in Russia final preparations have been taken place in Moscow for the celebration of Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Clive Myrie in Lviv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in eastern Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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When Australia's election happens on 21 May, voters in Durack will cast ballots across a whopping 1.3m sq km area.
Here are the challenges of polling in such a vast, diverse electorate.
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Victory Day in Russia is its biggest public holiday, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two in 1945.
This year on the 9 May occasion, Russia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as "nonsense".
Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, said there was no truth to the rumours "at all".
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Australian singer Sheldon Riley has described how being autistic has informed his song for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.
Best known for appearing on The X Factor: Australia and America's Got Talent, Sheldon will perform Not The Same in the second semi-final on Thursday 12 May.
The Eurovision Grand Final will be held on Saturday 14 May
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An Andover city hall surveillance camera captured a tornado forming and sweeping through the Kansas city on April 29.
No fatalities were reported and over a thousand buildings were destroyed.
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German self-funded pilots are volunteering to fly to Ukraine's border with Poland to deliver medical supplies.
Ukraine Air Rescue have also been helping to evacuate vulnerable refugees on their return journey.
Anton, who has arthritis and would otherwise struggle to flee Ukraine, is one of the many evacuees they have helped.
The group of 260 pilots who are signed up often pay up to €3,000 per flight for the fuel themselves.
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Japan's number of children has been reported to be at its lowest since 1950.
There are just 14.6 million children in the nation under the age of 14, according to figures from Japan's internal affairs ministry.
Japan's falling birth rate and high life expectancy is putting pressure on public spending and resulting in labour shortages.
The BBC's population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty reports.
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Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has urged world leaders to do more to prevent future pandemics, following Covid-19.
He has called for greater sharing of information and a faster response to stop such a large scale of disease outbreak again.
In the wide-ranging interview, the billionaire also said that meeting Jeffrey Epstein was a "mistake".
Meanwhile, Mr Gates revealed that his personal life is "very different" since he and his wife Melinda Gates announced they were getting a divorce last year.
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Amber Heard took the stand this week in her defamation trial against Johnny Depp, giving jurors a wildly different account of the pair's relationship to the one presented by her ex-husband's team.
Mr Depp, 58, has sued his former partner for $50m (£40m) over an article she wrote in 2018 in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Giving evidence during the first three weeks of the trial, Mr Depp told jurors he suffered under Ms Heard's volatile moods and her tendency to bully and abuse him.
But this week, Ms Heard, 36, told a different story, describing instead a controlling and violent Mr Depp, prone to jealous rages and drug binges. She has sued Mr Depp in turn, with a $100m counterclaim.
Both have denied any abuse.
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The United Nations and the International Red Cross are trying to rescue more civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol. But Ukrainian forces have accused Russia of breaching the latest ceasefire. Around 200 civilians are still trapped in a huge steel factory complex, along with city's last Ukrainian defenders. Relatives of those soldiers are pleading for them to also be brought out alive. Our correspondent Laura Bicker, has sent this report from Dnipro.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Dnipro.
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Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony as part of opening celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
The monarch will be joined on 2 June only by "members of the Royal Family who are currently undertaking official public duties", Buckingham Palace said.
Despite not appearing on the balcony, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will travel to the UK for the Jubilee.
The Queen, 96, plans to attend some Jubilee events, the palace said.
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Makariv is a small settlement just outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and like many surrounding towns, felt the full force of the Russian offensive during the early stages of the war.
Now President Vladimir Putin's soldiers have moved out to focus their efforts in the east of Ukraine, residents returning to the area are facing the reality of rebuilding from the wreckage left behind.
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Karine Jean-Pierre has made history after being chosen by President Joe Biden to become his new White House press secretary, becoming the first black and openly gay person to hold the role.
Jean-Pierre will take over next week from outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki.
At a press briefing announcing the change, Jean-Pierre said: "This is a historic moment and it's not lost on me. I understand how important it is for so many people out there."
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A manhunt is under way for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe and knife attack in central Israel.
It happened in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Elad on Thursday night. Seven others were wounded, two seriously.
The attackers struck in a park in Elad where families had gathered to celebrate Independence Day, and on a main street.
It is the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Israel by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since late March.
Israel has carried out raids in the occupied West Bank in response.
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A UK general who served in Afghanistan says the government should "feel deeply ashamed" after Afghans who worked with Nato were left in the country. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Gen Sir John McColl said the UK was "not delivering" on a pledge to help Afghans under threat from the Taliban after working with the British.
The ex-Army boss said hundreds eligible to come to the UK were still in hiding.
The Ministry of Defence said more than 9,000 Afghans and their dependants had been relocated so far.
Gen Sir John McColl speaks to Newsnight's UK Editor, Sima Kotecha.
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The Philippines is holding presidential elections on 9 May and they are set to be highly controversial.
Among the main candidates are the daughter of the country's notorious outgoing president, the son of a former dictator and a world-famous boxer.
The presidential election will take place on Monday alongside elections for Congress and regional governments.
The key election issues are how to revive the country's economy from a sharp recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, and how to stamp out corruption in public office.
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Officials in Ukraine have said a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians trapped with Ukrainian fighters in a steelworks bombarded by Russian forces is under way.
Buses have been sent to the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, in a rescue operation run jointly by the United Nations and the Red Cross.
There are thought to be about 200 civilians - including at least 20 children - still stuck in bunkers and maze-like tunnels under the Azovstal steel plant.
Russia has been bombing other cities in the Donbas region as the country tries to take more territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Energy giant Shell has reported its highest ever quarterly profits as oil and gas prices surge around the world.
Shell made $9.13bn (£7.3bn) in the first three months of the year, nearly triple its $3.2bn profit it announced for the same period last year.
But the firm said pulling out of Russian oil and gas due to the Ukraine conflict had cost it $3.9bn (£3.1bn).
On Tuesday, rival BP also reported a sharp rise in profit, but the UK has so far ruled out a windfall tax.
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North Korea is testing its weapons with renewed urgency.
Earlier this week, the country fired its 14th known round of missiles so far this year.
It comes days before South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, takes office, who is promising to take a hard line on North Korea.
The outgoing president, Moon Jae-in staked his legacy on achieving a breakthrough with the North using diplomacy, but his attempts failed.
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About 2,000 civilians are reportedly trapped by fighting in the front line town of Popasna in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, the main focus of Russia's attempt to gain territory.
Local officials have said food supplies in Popasna are expected to run out within a week - but all rescue efforts have been halted after three evacuation buses entered the region - but only one returned.
Five volunteer drivers and staff are either missing or captured by Russian troops, authorities have said.
Across the Donbas region, small groups of civilian volunteers in cars and buses are playing a key role in helping to evacuate those - particularly the elderly and infirm - who have struggled to leave towns and villages in the path of the Kremlin's new offensive.
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The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.
The WHO believes many countries undercounted the numbers who died from Covid - only 5.4 million were reported.
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Manchester City suffered one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid came back from defeat at the 90th minute.
Real Madrid is now to face Liverpool in Champions League final in Paris in 28th of May.
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More people died of drug overdoses than of Covid in San Francisco over a one year period. Why has one of the richest cities in the world been devastated by drugs? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Fentanyl is 100 times stronger than morphine and even a tiny quantity can kill. But its low cost has made it a popular recreational drug.
Parts of the city were placed into a state of emergency in December to crackdown on overdose deaths.
And after defunding the police, the city’s mayor has now refunded the police to tackle the issue.
But the democratic mayor and democratic District Attorney are divided on how to fix the problem.
James Clayton reports for Our World and Newsnight.
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A massive clean-up operation is under way in the Spanish city of Valencia after record-breaking rainfall.
Dozens of cars were submerged as floodwater surged through neighbourhoods of the city, leaving homes and businesses waterlogged.
The severe weather forced authorities to close the city's metro system and several roads, and a team of ambulance workers had to be rescued from their vehicles.
The nearby regions of Alicante and Castellón were also badly affected.
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Ukrainian officials have said Russian forces have launched an all-out assault on the Azovstal steelworks, the last Ukrainian holdout in the besieged port city of Mariupol.
Ukrainian forces inside the plant have been fighting "difficult bloody battles" for a second day, the commander of the Azov regiment said.
Russian forces are reported to have entered "the territory of the plant" after days of sustained attacks.
About 200 civilians are believed to be sheltering inside, including children.
The BBC has not been able to verify the reports of the Russian attack on the steel plant.
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The actress Amber Heard has told a court she was slapped "again and again" by Johnny Depp, as she tearfully described alleged assaults that had “changed her life”.
Ms Heard has taken the stand to give evidence in the defamation trial with her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Mr Depp sued Ms Heard for 50 million dollars for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post, which his lawyers say falsely implies he physically and sexually abused her while they were together.
He told the court he has never hit a woman.
Amber Heard is counter-suing Mr Depp for 100 million dollars.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by David Sillito.
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There is evidence that thousands of disabled Ukrainian children have been forgotten and abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them.
The human rights organisation, Disability Rights International, has carried out an investigation and found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in overrun children’s homes unable to cope.
The BBC has been given exclusive access to an institution in western Ukraine, where disabled children from the east have been left by their carers who fled to neighbouring countries.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson in Ukraine.
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Overturning the legal right of all Americans to abortion would be an attack on freedoms, the US Vice President Kamala Harris has said.
Ms Harris made the remarks after a document was leaked suggesting the Supreme Court may be about to reverse the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling.
She accused Republican leaders of "weaponising the use of the law against women".
The leaked document - labelled "1st Draft" - is not a final ruling, and the opinions of judges could change. But if Roe v Wade is overturned, around half of US states could ban abortions.
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The situation in Ukraine's neighbour Moldova, where the Russian-backed separatist territory of Transnistria is located, is under increased scrutiny after a series of explosions.
According to Emma Ashford of the Atlantic Council, the region of Transnistria, where the explosions occurred, is one of the frozen wars of the post-Soviet zone.
''There's always the possibility of things heating up again in a frozen conflict," she added.
The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at why there’s concern that Moldova could be drawn into the war.
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In the east of Ukraine, where fighting is intensifying, the armed forces are increasing their efforts to train volunteers to reinforce those on the frontline.
Many of them have no military experience, but are being told: “Even if you have never picked up a gun in your life, your country needs you.'
The BBC's Ben Brown reports from Kyiv.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including a total ban on oil imports from Russia by the end of 2022.
"[Vladimir] Putin must pay a high price for his brutal aggression," von der Leyen told members of the European Parliament on Wednesday.
The plans, which need the approval of member states, also include sanctions on individuals, including those suspected of war crimes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, responded calling the sanctions a "double-edged" weapon, adding that “the cost of these sanctions to the citizens of Europe will grow by the day”.
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After more than a month of strict lockdown in the Chinese city of Shanghai, authorities have begun gradually easing Covid restrictions.
The number of new cases is falling, but thousands of people remain in government-run quarantine facilities.
Shanghai's leaders believe the outbreak has been contained. A mass clean-up operation is under way, with an army of workers disinfecting the city's streets.
Enforcement of Covid restrictions in China has been harsh at times, with some communities fenced off and barricaded inside their homes to reduce the spread of the virus.
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Russia has launched fresh attacks on the Ukrainian city of Lviv, striking three power stations and causing electrical blackouts, the mayor said.
Six railway stations were also hit, in the first strikes in the west of the country in more than a week.
Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said some medical facilities were without power and there were interruptions to water supplies in parts of the city.
Meanwhile, Russia’s bombardment of a steelworks in the besieged port city of Mariupol has intensified after the first civilians were able to be evacuated to safety.
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Millions of women in the United States could soon lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document.
The document, published by Politico, suggests the country's top court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, the 1973 court decision that legalised abortion nationwide.
If the court strikes down the ruling, individual states would be allowed to ban abortion. It’s predicted that could happen in almost half of US states.
The Supreme Court's justices are expected to issue a ruling in late June or early July. They are considering the 1973 decision after the state of Mississippi asked for it to be overturned.
Some 36 million women could lose access to abortion in the US, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation which provides abortions.
President Joe Biden said that if the court does overturn the national right to abortion then: “it will fall on our nation's elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman's right to choose”.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith.
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A new test that can detect unborn babies for a rare form of eye cancer is set to be rolled out across the health service in the UK.
It can identify genetic mutations linked to retinoblastoma, a type of cancer which usually affects children under five and if left untreated can lead to sight loss and death.
The tests will be offered to pregnant women with a family history of the disease and are able to predict with almost 100% accuracy whether the baby would develop this cancer - and even whether the disease might develop in their siblings.
NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said the test had the potential to save hundreds of lives.
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Billions of dollars of Chinese money are boosting some European economies - but some of the deals being struck have a catch. Critics say they are "debt traps", where China gets to choose what happens if loans aren't repaid.
China insists it is a reliable investment partner - but it is also facing allegations of worker exploitation and environmental damage.
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About 101 people have been successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, a UN humanitarian official has confirmed.
They said most of the evacuees are now in Zaporizhzhia, after spending more than 60 days underneath Azovstal steelworks plant in Mariupol.
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The south of Ukraine has seen heavy fighting as Russia seeks to take key port areas around the Black Sea.
Ukrainian troops are digging in around the city of Mykolaiv, while civilians there endure daily Russian attacks.
Smaller than Russia's forces, the Ukrainian army hopes to hold back the invasion for as long as possible.
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Russian troops have launched new attacks on the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, after a group of about 100 civilians were evacuated.
On Sunday, these women and children who have spent more than 60 days in maze-like tunnels under the steel plant, were evacuated to nearby Zaporizhzhia.
The site was built to withstand a nuclear blast and when war broke out, many civilians used the vast underground chambers of the plant as a refuge.
Hundreds of Ukrainian women and children remain trapped beneath Mariupol's huge Azovstal steel plant, the city's mayor has said.
The BBC's Laura Bicker reports from Zaporizhzhia.
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Abortion rights for millions of women across the US could soon be overturned, according to a leaked Supreme Court document.
The document, published by Politico, suggests the top US court is in favour of overturning the Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide.
If the Supreme Court strikes down the 1973 ruling, then abortion could be banned in almost half of US states.
Its justices are expected to issue a ruling in late June or early July.
The BBC's Richard Galpin reports.
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The Met Gala - one of fashion's biggest events - has rolled out its red carpet in New York for some of the globe's best-known stars, including Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, Gigi Hadid and Hilary Clinton.
This year's dress code - "gilded glamour", evoking America's late 19th Century age of economic boom - sparked some debate on social media, as some American working families are struggling to make ends meet.
Tickets for the famously over-the-top do cost $35,000 (£24,000) and tables go for up to $300,000 (£239,000).
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Dozens of civilians have been evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory after weeks under siege.
Some have left the Azovstal steelworks, the last hold-out of Ukrainian troops in the strategically significant city.
Russia said dozens of civilians have arrived in a village it controls.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a large group is also on its way to Zaporizhzhia, which Ukraine maintains control of.
The United Nations confirmed that a "safe passage operation" had begun to evacuate the citizens on Saturday, and that it was involved alongside the Red Cross.
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In many parts of the world most Covid restrictions are gone, but in China zero Covid remains the strategy.
Health officials in the country believe if they give up now, their efforts would have amounted to nothing, but attempts to become zero Covid keep cities such as Shanghai in lockdown.
The BBC's Ros Atkins takes an in-depth look into why China is doubling down on it's zero Covid policy.
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Ukrainian and Belgian war crimes investigators are searching the ruins of Bucha, near the capital of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, prosecutors in Ukraine continue their hunt for a Russian brigade dubbed 'The Despicable 10'.
The group of Russian soldiers is accused of carrying war crimes against the civilians of the town when Russia occupied it during their advancement on Kyiv.
It is believed Vladimir Putin has since honoured the same men believed to have carried out the attacks in Bucha for their duties.
Moscow has denied any crimes were committed in Bucha.
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Police and prosecutors in Ukraine are hunting a group of Russian soldiers known as 'The Despicable 10' for "alleged war crimes" against civilians in the town of Bucha, near the capital of Kiyv.
Ukrainian officials confirmed that three more bodies of men were found in a pit just outside the town, which was previously occupied by Russian forces.
Prosecutors have said they have identified 10 Russian soldiers they believe could be responsible for the deaths and others like it in the area, calling them 'The Despicable 10'.
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A new war against the Taliban is being prepared to be launched by former Afghan soldiers and politicians, a former Afghan army general has said.
Lt Gen Sami Sadat said that eight months of Taliban rule has convinced many Afghans that military action is the only way forward.
He said operations could begin next month after the Islamic Eid festival, when he plans to return to Afghanistan.
The Taliban took control of the country in a rapid offensive last August.
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Residents have been banging pans and shouting from windows of their homes in protest against the government-enforced lockdown in Shanghai, China.
The Chinese government has been pursuing a zero-Covid strategy since the beginning of the pandemic, with the aim of keeping the country entirely Covid free.
Criticism of the government is rare in China, but some residents living in strict lockdown have said they have struggled to access food supplies.
Others have been temporarily evacuated from their homes so they can be disinfected.
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Denmark has been accused of discriminating against refugees by human rights groups, following its welcome of Ukrainian refugees compared to others.
It has passed a law allowing refugees feeling the war in Ukraine to stay in the nation for up to two years and plans to host up to 100,000 and grant work permits.
However, the Danish government has also been working on plans to reduce the number of non-EU asylum seekers.
Last year, it began controversially revoking the residence permits of hundreds of Syrians from the Damascus area, arguing it was now safe for them to return.
The BBC's Hanan Razek reports from Denmark.
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Millions of Ukraine’s children have fled their homes since Russia invaded their country.
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF estimates two thirds of the country's children are now displaced.
For some, it’s an even harder journey, because they don’t have their parents with them.
One children’s home on the eastern frontline in the city of Luhansk had to relocate hundreds of miles across the country to the western city of Lviv.
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Sri Lanka's finance minister has told the BBC he has no choice but to hike the country's sales tax as it faces its worst ever economic crisis.
In an exclusive interview, Ali Sabry conceded the government made a mistake when it almost halved the rate of value added tax (VAT) to 8% in 2019.
Mr Sabry says the nation needs $4bn (£3.2bn) over the next eight months to pay for imports of daily essentials.
His comments come amid mass protests over government economic policies.
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Rockets hit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, during the UN Secretary General's visit to the city, in which he criticised his own organisation's Security Council.
Antonio Guterres said the council had failed to prevent or end the war in Ukraine.
This was "a source of great disappointment, frustration and anger," he said.
"Let me be very clear: [it] failed to do everything in its power to prevent and end this war," he added.
The 15-member UN Security Council is specifically tasked with ensuring global peace and security.
But it has faced criticism, including from Ukraine's government, for failing to act since the invasion began in February.
Russia is one of five permanent members of the body and it has vetoed more than one resolution on the conflict.
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Covid lockdowns in China remain the strategy to deal with outbreaks of cases, whereas the majority of other countries have scrapped most restrictions.
Beijing authorities are trying to stamp out an outbreak with mass testing and avoid a repeat of the city-wide restrictions that have kept Shanghai in lockdown for a month.
Despite the measures, on top of tightly-controlled Chinese social media, videos have emerged of protests against lockdowns, such as in Shanghai.
Meanwhile, long queues outside supermarkets and shops were seen despite government assurances there is sufficient food.
The BBC's Ros Atkins explains how the country decided on its approach.
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Finland and Sweden are said to be considering a joint bid to join Nato despite fears of retaliation from Russia.
Stockholm and Helsinki have long pursued policies of military neutrality to avoid conflict with regional powers.
But, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said "everything had changed" when Russia attacked Ukraine and told reporters that Helsinki must to be "prepared for all kinds of actions from Russia".
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed that Moscow would have to "rebalance the situation" with its own measures if the Nato bid went ahead.
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has said it would be "useful" for Sweden and Finland to launch joint Nato membership bids, but added that no fixed date had been set for any potential application.
The BBC's Ros Atkins explains the latest developments.
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Police in the US city of Minneapolis have engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least the past decade, a state inquiry has found.
The investigation was launched following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.
Minnesota's civil rights enforcement agency looked into how officers used force, stopped, searched and arrested minorities compared to white residents.
Their analysis found wide disparities in the treatment of different races.
Its conclusions could be used to force the police department to change its practices and policies.
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Millions of Indians are experiencing a brutal heatwave that is throwing lives and livelihoods out of gear.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told state chief ministers: "Temperatures are rising rapidly in the country, and rising much earlier than usual."
This week, the mercury in the capital, Delhi, is expected to cross 44C (111.2 F).
The India Meteorological Department has forecast a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4C (35.6- 39.2F) over most parts of north-western and central India this week, with "no large change thereafter".
While heatwaves are common in India, summer began early this year in March, with the highest average temperatures in 122 years. Heatwaves also began setting in during the month.
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Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a "lightning-fast" response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned.
"We have all the tools no-one can boast of... we will use them if necessary," he said, in what is seen as a reference to ballistic missiles and nuclear arms.
Ukraine's allies have stepped up the supply of weapons, with the US vowing to make sure Ukraine defeats Russia.
Western officials say Russia is being hampered in its efforts in the east.
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Millions of refugees have fled Ukraine with countries such as Poland taking on more than half.
Polish schools are holding language lessons for Ukrainian children while local communities continue to organise clothing and food for refugees.
However, for many Ukrainians the trauma from Europe's worst conflict in a generation is something they’re still living with.
Newsnight's Policy Editor Lewis Goodall has been in Warsaw in Poland to meet the Ukrainian refugees trying to rebuild their lives.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said war in the 21st century is an "absurdity" as he visited sites on the outskirts of Kyiv that had been occupied by Russian troops.
Mr Guterres spoke to reporters in the town of Borodyanka, north west of the capital city, calling the war "unacceptable" and "evil".
He is due to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks on the situation. Earlier this week he travelled to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The rouble has sunk to a record low, the Russian central bank has doubled its key interest rates and there have been queues at cash points as people try to get their money out.
Russia says that it was expecting and was prepared for Western sanctions and it is standing by its position that these sanctions are a form of Western aggression against Russia.
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Satellite images appear to show a three-mile long convoy of tanks and military hardware positioned north of Kyiv. They are almost certainly preparing for a ground assault.
The Ukrainian military has posted footage of drone strikes on Russian convoys and Ukrainian fighters continue to engage Russian troops.
Talks are planned today in Belarus between Ukraine and Russia, but Ukraine’s President Zelensky says he has little hope of a breakthrough.
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As the Russian invasion continues, thousands of ordinary Ukrainians are volunteering to fight to defend their neighbourhoods, despite many having no previous military experience.
Men between the ages of 18 and 60 are banned from leaving the country and have been urged to fight.
The Ukrainian defence minister says that 25,000 guns have been handed over to territorial defence members in the Kyiv region alone.
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The European Union says it will begin shipping arms to Ukraine - the first time in its history it has supplied arms in a conflict.
Outside Source’s Ros Atkins looks at how Western military aid for Ukraine has escalated, including a historic policy shift from Germany.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country’s strategic nuclear forces to high alert, as the Ukraine crisis escalates.
He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West, amid widespread condemnation of his invasion of Ukraine. The announcement does not mean Russia intends to use the weapons.
The US immediately condemned his decision calling it an "unacceptable escalation".
Recently Mr Putin had warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" in Ukraine would see consequences "you have never seen in your history". Those words were widely interpreted as signalling a threat to use nuclear weapons if the West stood in his way.
The Russian President ordered his defence minister and the chief of the military's general staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces on a "special regime of combat duty".
Clive Myrie in Kyiv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Sarah Smith in Washington.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he is moving Russia's nuclear deterrent to "special alert”. He says it's a response to Nato "aggression”.
Speaking to top military officials, including Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin said Western nations had taken "unfriendly actions" towards Russia and imposed "illegitimate sanctions".
The move makes it easier to launch weapons - but the BBC’s security correspondent Gordon Corera said it was a way for Russia to send a warning to Nato, rather than signalling an intent to use them.
The US has condemned the move as "unacceptable”.
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Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich says he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich will remain the club's owner.
"I have always taken decisions with the club's best interest at heart" Abramovich said in a statement.
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Ukraine’s President Zelensky says his country will “fight as long as it takes” to be liberated from Russia’s invasion.
Zelensky has rejected Moscow's offer to meet for talks in Belarus - Kyiv says it is ready to negotiate with Russia elsewhere, but not in Belarus as the country is being used by Russia to launch its invasion into Ukraine.
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Russian troops have entered Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, say local officials.
A loud explosion was also heard in the city, where a gas pipeline is said to have been hit.
Air raid sirens have gone off in Kyiv, but the centre is relatively calm. However, an oil depot in Vasylkiv to the south of the capital was hit.
The fire prompted fears of toxic fumes and residents were warned to close their windows and stay indoors.
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Refugee agencies are warning that millions of Ukrainians could be on the move, fleeing to neighbouring countries to escape the Russian invasion.
Many thousands have already reached the border, with chaotic scenes as people try to cross to safety.
Most are heading for Poland where reception centres have been set up at the border.
Martine Croxall presents News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane in west Ukraine, Mark Lowen on the Polish border and Lucy Williamson in Moldova.
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There has been heavy gunfire and explosions in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv as the Russian assault intensifies.
Russian forces appear to be meeting stiff resistance. Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky has vowed that his country will resist the invasion.
Germany has said it will send weapons to Ukraine to help its defence, ending a ban on military intervention abroad that has existed since the Second World War.
Martine Croxall presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin in Kiev and Europe Editor Katya Adler.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is standing firm following the invasion of his country by Russia.
Ros Atkins takes a look at the response of the comedy actor turned country leader.
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Refugee agencies fear up to five million Ukrainians could try to flee across the border as Russia's war intensifies and casualties mount.
Tens of thousands of people have already crossed into five countries bordering western Ukraine.
Poland alone has reported more than 50,000 arrivals in two days, while thousands more have streamed further south into Moldova, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
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Video has emerged of the apartment building near Kyiv's Zhuliany airport that was struck earlier on Saturday.
The pictures show a hole covering at least five floors that were blasted into the side.
Authorities say the number of casualties is "being specified" while an evacuation is under way.
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This is how Friday unfolded in Ukraine as Russia invaded - from early morning explosions over the capital to a defiant message from Ukraine's president.
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The Ukrainian capital Kyiv have come under Russian attack. The country's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has urged his army to stand firm in the face of the assault.
He said the international community has left his nation to fight alone and urged civilians to help defend their country.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to abandon its own government.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nick Beake and Lyse Doucet in Kyiv.
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This is the moment a woman confronted an armed Russian solider in the city of Henichesk in Ukraine.
The woman approached the soldier on Thursday, who can be seen holding a large machine gun, before asking him, "Who are you... Why did you come here with weapons?"
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There have been more explosions heard in the Ukrainian capital.
Reuters news agency say blasts caused by artillery rounds have been heard, along with intense gunfire in western districts of the capital.
Kyiv's mayor has said five blasts have been reported across the capital, with some explosions heard near a power station in the north of the city.
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Who is the Russian President, and what does he want with Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, and has been the country's leader for more than 22 years.
He grew up in an area which is now St Petersburg. His political career began when he and his family moved to Moscow in 1996, and he quickly became an important political figure.
The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at Putin's life and his world view - and how they influence the decision he took this week.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to seize power from their own government.
He said "I am addressing Ukrainian armed forces servicemen once again: do not allow neo-Nazis and Banderites to use your children, your wives and the elderly as a human shield.
"Take power into your own hands. It looks like you and us will find it easier to reach an agreement than with that gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis in Kyiv."
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During an interview on BBC News, a BBC Ukrainian journalist viewed pictures of her family home, which was devastated overnight in Kyiv.
"This building is my home," Olga Malchevska told presenter Karin Giannone on set in London.
"I can't believe what I am seeing is where I used to live," she added.
While on air, she heard from her mother, who along with other family members, is safe.
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A large explosion in the sky above Ukraine's capital of Kyiv has been captured on camera.
The BBC has confirmed it is in the Poznyaky neighbourhood.
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The sound of gunfire has echoed through Ukraine's capital Kyiv as Russian tanks were filmed entering the city for the first time.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence called on those living in the northern outskirts, where the tanks were seen, to make fire bombs "to neutralise the enemy".
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Head of the BBC Ukrainian Service, Marta Shokalo, describes her decision to leave the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for safety in the countryside.
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The Russian forces who have reportedly entered the Ukrainian capital are seemingly centred around the northern district of Obolon.
The heavily residential area is just 9km north of Kyiv’s parliament and the city centre. Just before 10am local time, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry tweeted that enemy Russian operatives were in the area.
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The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after Russia was stripped of the match following the nation's invasion of Ukraine.
Following a meeting on Friday, Uefa confirmed the match would not be held at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg.
Instead the European football governing body has decided it will be staged at the Stade de France in Paris.
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When the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s Ukraine was one of the largest new nations to emerge. It held its first elections in 1991.
Bordered by Russia on the east and by Hungary, Poland and Slovakia on the west, politics in Ukraine have always been divided along those looking east towards Russia and those looking to the West.
Putin has said that Ukraine is “ancient Russian soil” but the majority of Ukrainians don’t feel this way, with 68% of Ukrainians in favour of joining the EU.
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Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd on a Minneapolis street but he was only one of four police officers charged in connection with Floyd's death.
Who are the other three and what did they do that day?
Footage from the officers' bodycameras and bystander video captures what each officer did - and did not do - during the deadly encounter.
On Thursday, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J Alexander Keung were convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights.
In June, the trio of defendants will be back in court, this time in state court, to face criminal charges for aiding and abetting Chauvin's actions.
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Twelve hours after Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine, the US responded by implementing additional sanctions.
"Putin chose this war, and now he and his country will bear the consequences,'' US President Joe Biden says, describing the invasion as a premeditated attack without provocation, justification and necessity.
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Oil prices have surged past $100 (£74) a barrel to hit their highest level for more than seven years after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine.
Global shares fell and the price of gold rose as investors worried about the possible impact of the conflict.
Russia is the second biggest exporter of crude oil, and is also the world's largest natural gas exporter.
The price of oil topped $105 a barrel, and UK motoring groups said petrol prices had hit another record high.
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Western nations are planning to impose severe sanctions on Russia, after it launched an invasion of Ukraine.
The measures are designed to cripple Russia's economy and force President Vladimir Putin to halt military action.
However, sanctions may also affect Western economies, and Russia has threatened to retaliate with measures of its own.
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Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities.
A missile sparked a fireball as it hit Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport in western Ukraine.
Russia's military breached the border in a number of places, in the north, south and east, including from Belarus, a long-time Russian ally. There are reports of fighting in some parts of eastern Ukraine.
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Russia has invaded Ukraine, advancing on the country from several directions. CCTV footage shows military vehicles crossing from Crimea and cities around Ukraine have been shelled.
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Russian forces have launched a major military assault in Ukraine, with reports of explosions near major cities across the country.
In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine, but said Moscow's response would be "instant" if anyone tries to stop this.
Shortly afterwards, reports began of attacks on Ukraine's military targets. Ukraine said that "Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine".
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Many black Americans are embracing the natural curls and coils in their hair. But there’s been a backlash against black hairstyles in classrooms and companies across America.
Toddlers and teens have been kicked out of school because of their hair, while many adults face losing their jobs. We get to the root of why this kind of discrimination is so common - and legal - in the US and find out what it will take to stop it.
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One of the Russia’s top spy chiefs was pressed by President Vladimir Putin to clarify what he was saying and to speak clearly, in a meeting on the recognition of rebel-held Ukraine states.
It came as the head of Russia's foreign intelligence service Sergei Naryshkin shared his views on the situation.
The West has widely condemned Mr Putin’s recognition of the independence of the so-called people's republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, tearing up a peace accord with Ukraine.
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A state of emergency across the whole country is set to be declared, following a recommendation from Ukraine's security council.
This will last 30 days, but is subject to approval by the Ukrainian parliament.
Ukraine is also conscripting reservists into the regular military as it braces for a possible invasion by its neighbour.
Meanwhile in Russia, today is a public holiday dedicated to the armed forces. Ukraine has urged citizens living in the country to leave immediately.
EU leaders will hold an emergency summit in Brussels tomorrow to discuss the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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After nearly two years of education being interrupted by Covid, volunteers in the Philippines are helping to transport mobile libraries to children who need it most.
While many schools have reopened, some remain shut, and the resources from the libraries are helping children to stay up to date with their learning.
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China has stopped buying beef, dairy products and beer from Lithuania, authorities say, as a row deepens over the Baltic state's ties with Taiwan.
China-Lithuania relations soured after Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open an embassy in its capital of Vilnius in November.
The embassy in Lithuania bears the name Taiwan rather than "Chinese Taipei", the name used by many foreign nations to avoid offending China. However, China downgraded its diplomatic relations with Lithuania days after.
The EU has launched a challenge on behalf of Lithuania at the World Trade Organisation.
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Some apps in the virtual-reality metaverse are "dangerous by design", the NSPCC has warned in response to a BBC News investigation.
A researcher posing as a 13-year-old girl witnessed grooming, sexual material, racist insults and a rape threat in the virtual-reality world.
The children's charity said it was "shocked and angry" at the findings.
The metaverse, owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, is the name given to games and experiences accessed by people wearing virtual reality headsets.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops into eastern Ukraine, after recognising two rebel-held regions as independent states.
Military units heading into Ukraine will be drawn from up to 190,000 personnel gathered close to Ukraine's borders in recent months.
Analysts agree that Russia has a range of options, should it decide to launch a bigger invasion, to take over the whole country.
Ros Atkins explores the key moments of Russia's military build-up in the crisis so far.
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The US, UK and some of their allies have imposed sanctions on Russia, after it recognised two separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine as independent and ordered troops there.
The US has banned Americans from doing business in the rebel-held areas of Luhansk and Donetsk.
The UK announced sanctions against five Russian banks (Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank) and three wealthy Russian businessmen (Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg, and Igor Rotenberg).
German chancellor Olaf Scholz said he would put on hold permission for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to open.
Uefa is almost certain to move this season's Champions League final away from St Petersburg amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis.
A sanction is an action taken by one country against another, often in order to stop it acting aggressively or breaking international law.
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The world's largest Jurassic pterosaur - a 170-million-year-old winged reptile - has been found protruding from the rocks of the Isle of Skye in Scotland
In 2017 PhD student Amelia Penny spotted its sharp-toothed jaw in a layer of ancient limestone on the coast.
That initial discovery has now been followed up with detailed examination of the fossil skeleton, showing the flying lizard had a 2.5m (8ft) wingspan.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Footage released overnight appeared to show Russian military vehicles heading towards the Ukrainian border.
Russia said the troops would be "peacekeeping" in the breakaway regions, which it has backed since 2014.
But the US said calling them peacekeepers was "nonsense" and accused Russia of creating a pretext for war.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports and is joined by Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Andrey Kortunov, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko and Chair of the US House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith.
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Abortions have been allowed in Colombia in cases of rape, when the woman's life is at risk, or if the pregnancy is not viable since 2006
But new laws mean that no one will be prosecuted for having an abortion in the first 24 weeks.
Reaction to the decision has been mixed in the mostly Catholic country. Pro-choice activists are celebrating the change in law but the Catholic Church has spoken out against the decision.
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The US and UK have threatened Russia with immediate sanctions after the country sent troops into eastern Ukraine.
It followed Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that Russia recognises two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would unveil a "first barrage" of economic sanctions against Russia later today.
Mr Johnson said there was "a lot more we are going to do" if a full-scale invasion of the country takes place.
Meanwhile, the European Union is also considering sanctions against Russia.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin says he is recognising breakaway rebel regions in Ukraine's east as independent states.
The self-declared people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are home to Russia-backed rebels who have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014.
Russia's move is likely to end peace talks in the region, which has been under a tenuous ceasefire for years.
Western powers also fear it could pave the way for Russian military forces to enter Ukraine's eastern regions.
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In a meeting with the Russian security council, Vladimir Putin has asked for the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics" to be recognised as independent states.
Russia-backed rebels in those areas - located in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region - have been fighting the Ukrainian military since 2014 but Moscow has not officially recognised their self-declared republics.
Ukraine and the West fear that if this happens, it could lead Moscow to openly send military forces into the area.
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More than 50 people were tricked into working for a glamorous UK design company that turned out to be fake.
People from the UK and all over the world were hired to work at a company called Madbird during lockdown.
They were convinced it was a successful business through an online universe of fake profiles, stolen work and lies.
The employees were “Jobfished” and having spent as long as six months working for no pay, they were devastated.
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The Covid pandemic has made the world's wealthiest far richer but has led to more people living in poverty, according to the charity Oxfam.
Forbes found that the 25 biggest billionaire givers in the US have over their lifetimes given away $169 billion to charitable causes, which has risen by about $20 billion since the end of 2020.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are among those named as the world’s richest men according to Forbes figures cited by Oxfam.
At the same time those at the other end of the scale have been hit hard. A recent Oxfam report found that the pandemic led to 160 million more people living on less than $5.50 a day.
So what’s the most effective way for those at the top to help those at the bottom?
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Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism.
The country imposed some of the world's strictest travel bans after shutting itself off in March 2020 due to Covid.
Australians and some others were allowed to return from late last year, but most foreigners have had to wait.
There were tearful reunions at Sydney Airport on Monday as hundreds of people began arriving on flights.
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British entrepreneur and YouTube star Jamal Edwards has died at the age of 31.
He was the founder of SBTV, an online urban music platform which helped launch the careers of artists like Dave, Ed Sheeran and Skepta.
Born in Luton, England, Edwards was appointed an MBE for services to music in 2014.
Chart-topper AJ Tracey was one of the first to pay tribute, tweeting:"RIP Jamal Edwards, west London legend status".
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US President Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis over Ukraine.
The talks proposed by France will only take place if Russia does not invade its neighbour, the White House said.
The meeting could offer a possible diplomatic solution to one of the worst security crises in Europe in decades.
US officials say intelligence suggests Russia is ready to launch a military operation, which Moscow denies.
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Few cities can rival Bangkok’s chaotic and colourful mix of modernity and tradition. Largely unplanned, the Thai capital dazzles visitors with its fast and furious pace, and its dizzying variety of architectural styles.
But the city’s galloping development has left some ugly eyesores in the form of abandoned buildings, some of which are in prime locations.
One derelict department store, though, has attracted the interest of a group of artists and architects, who have turned it into an art and light exhibit.
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The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said.
The monarch is experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week, the palace confirmed.
"She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines," it added in a statement.
The Queen, 95, had been in contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, who tested positive last week.
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Evidence suggests Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
He told the BBC's Sophie Raworth in an interview: "All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun."
Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Mr Johnson said.
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Evidence suggests Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
He told the BBC's Sophie Raworth in an interview: "All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun."
Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Mr Johnson said.
"People need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail," he said.
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The shock of any invasion of Ukraine by Russia would "echo around the world", Boris Johnson has told world leaders.
He said we must be "unflinchingly honest" about the situation in Ukraine and should not "underestimate the gravity of this moment".
Western nations have warned Russia could invade Ukraine imminently, with over 130,000 of its troops near the border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw major drills of Russia's strategic nuclear missile forces from Moscow on Saturday.
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A live YouTube stream of planes trying to land at Heathrow during Storm Eunice has become an unexpected online hit.
Aviation enthusiast Jerry Dyer has been streaming aircraft's attempts to land at the London airport in winds of up to 70mph on his Big Jet TV channel.
His lively commentary plus the footage as planes approach, sometimes having to abort, have been attracting more than 200,000 live viewers at times.
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Ukraine's Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid a deadly escalation in fighting.
Men of fighting age in the self-declared people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are being put on stand-by.
Monitors report a "dramatic increase" in attacks along the line dividing rebel and government forces.
US President Joe Biden says he is convinced Russia will invade Ukraine, an allegation Moscow denies.
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Visiting Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will take part in major Russian drills on Saturday alongside President Vladimir Putin.
Russian state TV has shown an exchange between the two, in which Putin was seen saying: “There is an active phase of combat exercises. Tomorrow we will even take part in one of the serious events in this military co-operation complex.”
Lukashenko responded: “We will take part, yes, in these events. It is also a part of our lives, the lives of our Belarusians and Russians.”
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said it was "chilling" to see the "cold" way Kamila Valieva was treated by her Russian coach after falls in her figure skating routine at at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Valieva, weighed down by a doping scandal and questions over the wisdom of allowing her to compete, came fourth on Thursday after several mistakes.
There was no hug and no comfort for the 15-year-old from coach Eteri Tutberidze when she immediately came off the ice, instead she was asked "why did you stop fighting?"
Tutberidze, whose training methods were already under the spotlight, did put her arm around the young Russian while she waited for her score. But moments before that had demanded to know: "Why did you let it go? Explain it to me, why?"
Valieva is the subject of an anti-doping investigation after testing positive for angina drug trimetazidine. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has also said it will be investigating Valieva's entourage, including coaches, doctors and other adults surrounding her.
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Police in Ottawa have detained two leaders of the trucker convoy in the Canadian capital as they move to break up the last stronghold of the protests against the nation's Covid rules.
The arrests come days after Canada invoked an emergency law for the first time.The Emergencies Act invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday imposes bans on public assembly in some areas, among other measures.
The Ottawa demonstrators - many parked in some 400 heavy trucks and other vehicles on city streets around Parliament - have been warned they face arrest as well as having their trucks seized, their insurance suspended and bank accounts frozen.
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The first person in the UK has been convicted and jailed for domestic abuse after being sprayed with SmartWater - a forensic liquid which shows up under ultraviolet light. The technology is being trialled by police forces in the hope of keeping women safe.
The substance stays on skin for up to six weeks and on clothing for much longer and categorically links the perpetrator to the specific batch of water that was sprayed.
Over 200 women across England now have the forensic deterrent packages in their homes. The packages include a hand-held canister for spraying, a gel for door handles and gates, and an automatic trap that sprays the liquid if someone approaches the house.
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Russia has positioned some 150,000 troops close to Ukraine's borders, according to US President Joe Biden and now the Ukraine defence ministry. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Russia has positioned some 150,000 troops close to Ukraine's borders, according to US President Joe Biden and now the Ukraine defence ministry.
They include about 30,000 troops taking part in military exercises in Belarus, and are equipped with everything from tanks and artillery to air power and naval support.
US officials say Russia has the troops in place to invade Ukraine "at any time".
But Russia denies it is planning an attack and accuses the West of hysteria.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports from Kyiv.
He’s joined by the US Ambassador to Nato Julianne Smith.
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Following the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan women’s rights are being rolled back with education being denied to girls, and women forced out of the work place.
At the same time the country is hit by shortages caused by sanctions imposed by Western nations. People are starving and many, mostly women, stand in lines to wait for aid.
One woman told the BBC that “the issue of [women’s] education and literacy is meaningless when you’re dying from hunger.”
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Diplomatic efforts continue over Russian escalation on the Ukrainian border as Joe Biden hosts a call with leaders of Western nations to discuss the crisis on Ukraine’s border.
Experts say they are not optimistic that Russia is willing to de-escalate activity on the Ukrainian border and there have been reports that pro-Russian forces have shelled a village in Ukraine, adding to fears of a Russian invasion.
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The Scottish government has committed to make it easier for trans people to have their gender legally recognised.
It has been a hotly-contested issue, with critics voicing concerns about the potential implications for women of allowing people to self-identify their gender.
A survey conducted for the BBC suggests a general sympathy towards trans people accompanied by uncertainty and hesitation around the details of the changes.
On almost all the questions there was a clear age divide, with the under-35s much more inclined to take a position more sympathetic to reform.
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France and its allies in a European force will withdraw their troops from Mali, President Emmanuel Macron has announced.
The troops have been involved in the fight against Islamist militants in the country since 2013.
Mr Macron said the decision to leave followed a breakdown in diplomatic relations, amid growing hostility from Mali's governing military junta. The forces will be re-deployed elsewhere in Africa's Sahel region.
The planned withdrawal, which is expected to happen over a four- to six-month period, was agreed at a meeting of European and African leaders at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday night.
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A recent video posted by songwriter Yazzy Chamberlain on the social media platform had 4.4 million views.
The duo began singing together during lockdown when Mr Tucker's choir practice was cancelled. Yazzy Chamberlain said: "In the last couple of years I discovered grandad could sing, which has been lovely to share with him."
John Tucker said singing with his granddaughter made him "feel very young" and he could not believe how well the videos had done.
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There are calls for clarity over how Prince Andrew will fund the financial settlement of a US civil sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The Duke of York agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as part of the settlement, and accepted Ms Giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse.
He made no admission of liability and has always denied the allegations.
How will the Duke of York afford the payout? And might there be any contribution from the taxpayer?
Newsnight's UK Editor Sima Kotecha reports.
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The BBC has uncovered how a culture of complicity and denial conceals the true scale of sex abuse by Catholic priests in Italy.
Despite having the highest number of priests of any country, and the seat of the Catholic Church in its backyard, Italy keeps no official statistics on clerical sex abuse and there's been no public inquiry.
The BBC has seen documents that lay out the extent of abuse and cover up by the Catholic Church and the Italian state.
This video contains descriptions which viewers may find upsetting.
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In the last two days, Russia has made two statements saying that they are withdrawing troops, but satellite imagery appears to show a build up of troops on the border.
White House officials say “we are in the window where we believe an attack could come at any time.”
Diplomacy continues as western nations attempt de-escalate the situation by talking to Russia.
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Almost 100 people have died in landslides and flash flooding in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis, officials say.
The city, which is located in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, was hit by torrential rainfall.
Houses in hillside neighbourhoods were destroyed and cars swept away as floodwaters raced through the city's streets.
Search and rescue teams are combing the mud for survivors.
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Ukraine's government has been holding what it calls a "Day of Unity" in response to fears of a Russian invasion.
The US and Nato have disputed Russia’s claims that it’s been withdrawing some of its forces.
Western intelligence estimates, suggest Russia, still has well over a hundred thousand troops encircling the country.
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has been travelling the country to inspect defences and rally Ukrainian forces.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Rainsford, who has been travelling with President Zelensky.
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A tanker truck crash spilled 13,000 gallons (50,000 litres) of petrol in Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, causing a massive fire.
The fire department spent over 10 hours putting out the blaze.
The vehicle's driver and two firefighters were taken to hospital.
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There is no sign that Russian forces are de-escalating near Ukraine, Nato's secretary-general says, despite claims from Moscow that it is pulling some troops back from the border.
It’s estimated that 100,000 Russian troops have massed near the border. Russia has always denied it is planning an attack.
The BBC explores whether we could see a de-escalation in the military build-up.
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Russia has made two statements in the last two days that it is withdrawing some forces from the Ukraine border. However Nato leaders however say that they have not seen any deescalation on the ground.
Both Russia and the West say that the diplomatic door is still open but there are still concerns about the future in Ukraine.
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Hong Kong's healthcare system has been overwhelmed by a huge surge in Covid-19 cases, with infected patients being treated outside crowded hospitals.
The government has admitted it is struggling to contain the fifth wave of infections, fuelled by Omicron.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the local leaders to take "all necessary measures", in a rare intervention.
The comments may signal tighter controls in China's special administrative region, which pursues a zero Covid policy - but without the strict mass testing and lockdowns seen in mainland China.
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On 3 April Hungary will hold elections. After 12 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is asking for eight more, but his right-wing Fidesz government is facing a strong challenge from an alliance of six opposition parties.
Led by independent conservative Peter Marki-Zay, this alliance ranging from left to right aims to topple the Orban government on 3 April and opinion polls suggest a close race.
But the playing field slopes steeply in favour of Mr Orban. The government dominates the media and enjoys massive financial resources.
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Storms have hit the UK hard this winter, with forest managers warning that already "catastrophic" damage will be made worse by Storms Dudley and Eunice which are due to hit soon.
There are warnings that the heating climate is making our weather more severe and unpredictable, and that management and planting strategies must adapt more quickly.
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In the eastern Ukraine city of Mariupol just 30 miles from the Russian border there are no empty shelves or panic buying.
But Mariupol lies just outside territory that is controlled by Russian backed separatists. There are still 1.5 million internally displaced people who were forced to flee after the war started in 2014 and they fear that they may be forced to flee again.
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As protests spread across India after rows over the wearing of hijabs in schools Muskaan Khan has inadvertently become the face of resistance for young Indian Muslim women amid an escalating row over hijabs, or headscarves.
In a video that has gone viral, the 19-year-old student can be seen entering her college as a mob of men approach her wearing saffron shawls - a colour associated with Hinduism and Hindu nationalist groups
Protests started when a pre-university college in Karnataka's Udupi district implemented a ban on headscarves - the college said students could wear the hijab on campus but not in the classroom. The protests have since spread across the country.
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The BBC’s Global Disinformation Unit has discovered intimate pictures of women are being shared and viewed, without their consent, by tens of thousands of people on the social media app Telegram.
The women believe their pictures were stolen, taken illicitly, or leaked as an act of ‘revenge porn’. Sometimes they’re shared for financial gain, but in some countries they’re being used as a political tool to silence women.
Telegram currently has 500 million active users - more than Twitter. In this film we hear from four women - from Cuba, Kenya, Azerbaijan and Malaysia - who have had their intimate pictures leaked, with devastating consequences.
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A Russian attack on Ukraine is "still very much a possibility", but the human cost would be "immense", US President Joe Biden has said.
In remarks televised nationally, he said the US was ready to respond decisively to such a move.
The US president said Russia had now massed some 150,000 troops on the border with Ukraine.
Russia's defence minister has said some forces have withdrawn. Mr Biden said that this had not been verified.
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Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre.
Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied.
A letter filed to the US district court on Tuesday said the duke and Ms Giuffre had reached an out-of-court settlement.
It said the duke would pay an undisclosed sum to Ms Giuffre.
His representatives said he had no comment beyond what was said in the document filed to the court.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the settlement.
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Vladimir Putin has said that "of course" Russia does not want war in Europe, but that his security concerns must be addressed and taken seriously.
The Russian president's comments came as the military said that some troops were withdrawing from the border near Ukraine - the first sign from Moscow of a possible de-escalation of tensions.
However Western leaders say there is no evidence of the withdrawal yet.
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Five people from Chagos travelling on a boat chartered by the Mauritian government, have made history as the first people to step foot on their archipelago without a British military escort, or sought British authorisation.
The trip is the culmination of years of tug-of-war legal battles with Britain over ownership of the Chagos Islands.
The United Nations' highest court has ruled that Britain's occupation of the islands is illegal, but Britain has refused to hand control to Mauritius.
As the boat landed, Chagossian Suzelle Baptiste said: "It means so much to me."
The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports from the archipelago.
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Roblox is a huge sprawling world of games. It's one of the most popular children's games in the world.
In 2020, Roblox said that two-thirds of all US children between the ages of nine and 12, use the game.
But Roblox has a sex problem. Roblox allows users to create and play games together which has led to players creating sex games which children can stumble into.
It is particularly worrying that children and adults could potentially socialise together in these spaces. Part of the game includes an instant messenger where users can talk to each other - and to everyone else playing the game.
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Russia says it is pulling back some of its troops from near Ukraine after a build-up raised fears of an invasion.
There has been no independent confirmation of the withdrawal and international powers have reacted cautiously to the announcement.
More than 100,000 Russian troops have massed at Ukraine's border. Russia has always denied it is planning an attack.
The announcement comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Moscow to talk with President Putin.
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Many men whose partners have suffered a miscarriage feel there is not enough support for them as they cope with losing their babies.
Liam and Matt have started a podcast for fathers who have lost babies. They came up with the idea at FC Vilomah, a football club for bereaved dads.
They say that the podcast helped them to get through their grief and they hope it can help other partners who have lost children.
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Diplomacy gets one more chance as eastern Europe braces itself for conflict. Newsnight reports from Kyiv. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The German leader, Olaf Scholz, will fly to Moscow to meet President Putin today.
It comes as Russia says it’s pulling back some of its troops from near Ukraine after a build-up prompted fears of an invasion.
Whether the Russian move will be enough to calm Western fears is not yet known. The US had warned a Russian invasion could happen at any time.
So what's the scope for successful negotiation at this eleventh hour?
Should Ukraine concede in the interest of peace?
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports from Kyiv.
This was produced by Maria Polachowska and filmed by Jack Garland.
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Almost 1.5 million people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since the start of the war in 2014.
Valentyna and her family fled their home in Donetsk in 2014. As tensions rise over a potential escalation with Russia, they, and other families who have fled once before are worried they will have to run again.
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, he said he should not be associated with the anti-vax movement, but supported an individual's right to choose.
The Serbian was asked if he would sacrifice taking part in competitions such as Wimbledon and the French Open over his stance on the vaccine.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given a defiant speech to his nation, declaring that 16th February, the date on which US said Russia could launch an attack, would be a "day of unity”.
Russia denies it plans to invade Ukraine, despite massing more than 100,000 troops on the border.
The Kremlin says it cannot accept that Ukraine - a former Soviet republic with deep social and cultural ties with Russia - could one day join Nato, and has demanded that this is ruled out.
More than a dozen nations have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine, and the United States has said an attack could begin "at any time". However the US has said not all hope is over of a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Rainsford in Kyiv, Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Sarah Smith in Washington.
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French authorities say more than 105,000 people have taken part in protests across the country against the introduction of a new coronavirus pass. A new draft law would in effect ban unvaccinated people from public life. Demonstrators in the capital, Paris, held placards emblazoned with phrases like "no to vaccine passes".
Some have formed into a convoy with the intention of travelling to Brussels to protest at the EU capital.
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The Rainbow Hotel, described as Cuba's first LGBTQ hotel, reopened in December following Covid restrictions.
While guests enjoyed the five-star service by the pool or a walk along the pristine sands, Cuba has not always been so welcoming to the gay community.
In the early part of communist leader Fidel Castro's rule, homosexual men and women were sent to work camps for supposed "re-education".
Attitudes on the island have markedly improved since then but outside of tourist hotels the Cuban government has clamped down on recent protests and some LGBTQ activists say that the hotel is an attempt by the state to mask its poor human rights record.
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Ukraine’s eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk counts more veterans of the fighting with Russian-backed forces than any other outside Kyiv, even though most people locally are Russian-speakers.
The region has also treated most of the casualties caused by a war that’s already lasted for eight years.
As Ukraine’s Western allies continue to warn that Russia may be planning to escalate the conflict to all-out war, Ukrainians in the city of Dnipro explain how they are coping with the scars of Russian fighting so far and the threat of more to come.
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Afghanistan's economy has collapsed and up to eight million people are facing starvation, in what is being described as the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet.
Since the Taliban took power six months ago, they face international isolation for links to terrorism and years of human rights abuses.
However there are growing questions over whether the West needs to change its approach to Afghanistan’s leaders to allow aid to reach its people.
There is food in the markets, but families are being driven to the edge because they simply don’t have the money to buy it.
The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reports on how people in Afghanistan are coping.
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In an attempt to disperse protesters from outside New Zealand’s parliament, authorities have taken to playing music.
After Barry Manilow's greatest hits on a loop failed to dislodge the anti-vaccine mandate demonstration, which has been sat outside for almost a week, they turned to a song which strikes fear into the hearts of parents around the world: Baby Shark (doo doo doo).
They even joined a sing-along to James Blunt's 2005 hit, You're Beautiful.
As of Monday however, protesters have not been moved, with hundreds still remaining outside parliament.
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Zechariah and Shama’a have been married for 91 years.
As Jewish orphans in Yemen, they married young to avoid being wed outside of their faith and culture.
They survived extreme poverty and persecution, and were some of the first Yemeni Jews to move to Israel when the state was founded.
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