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Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.
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18 hours ago
Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars
The former French president was jailed for taking part in an election campaign funding conspiracy.
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19 hours ago
Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner misses ceremony but vows to continue struggle
Daughter delivers speech, with Nobel Institute saying María Corina Machado still expected in Oslo after journey of ‘extreme danger’Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and “despair” as she was awarded the Nobel peace prize at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo.The 58-year-old conservative has lived in hiding in Venezuela since its authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, was accused of stealing the 2024 presidential election from her political movement. Despite fevered speculation that she would make a dramatic appearance at Wednesday’s event, having somehow slipped out of Venezuela, Machado was not present, although she was expected to arrive in Oslo in the coming hours. Continue reading...
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19 hours ago
Judge rules Epstein grand jury records from 2019 case can be released
A federal judge says materials from the investigation can be unsealed because of a new law passed by Congress last month.
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20 hours ago
Benin coup plot leader hiding in Togo, official tells BBC
The coup was thwarted after Nigeria sent warplanes to dislodge the mutineers from the offices of state TV.
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20 hours ago
Rebels reportedly enter key DR Congo city despite Trump peace deal
Terrified residents say heavy artillery and gunfire has hit Uvira, the gateway to Burundi.
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‘It’s a breach of trust’: fear and frustration over countries’ push to return Syrians home
Syrians who have rebuilt their lives abroad face uncertainty over their futures amid hardening of attitudesTears of joy streamed down Abdulhkeem Alshater’s face as he joined thousands of other Syrian nationals in central Vienna last year. The moment they were marking felt like a miracle: after more than five decades of brutality and repression, the Assad regime had fallen.A day later, however, the ripple effects of what had happened 2,000 miles away in Syria were laid bare. A dozen European states announced plans to suspend asylum applications from Syrians, in a show of how western states are increasingly treating refugees as transients. As the fall of Bashar al-Assad collided with politicians’ quest to be seen as taking a hard line on migration, the lives of Syrians around the globe were plunged into uncertainty. Continue reading...
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21 hours ago
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
The judge has ordered control of the the troops, which were deployed in June, to be returned to California's governor.
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‘The bullying can’t go on’: the film-maker following Filipino fishers under siege by China
Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary Food Delivery depicts those struggling with the superpower to retain their trade. The director describes capturing their boats getting rammed by the Chinese coast guardDuring a televised debate in 2016, populist presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte made a typically belligerent statement that he himself would jetski to Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and plant a Philippine flag there. Duterte claimed that he was ready to die a hero to keep the Chinese out of the bitterly contested maritime territory.“That made millions of Filipino workers and fishers vote for him because of that one promise,” says film-maker Baby Ruth Villarama. As her new Oscar and Bafta-contending documentary Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea reveals, it wasn’t a promise Duterte kept. “He would make excuses that the jetski has broken down. Eventually there was an official pronouncement that it had just been a campaign joke. From then on, the fisherfolk were really enraged.” Continue reading...
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23 hours ago
Taliban warn Afghans who wore 'un-Islamic' Peaky Blinders outfits
The friends were warned their clothing was "in conflict with Afghan and Islamic values", a Taliban spokesman told the BBC.
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1 day ago
At least 22 killed in building collapse in Morocco
The two four-storey buildings that came down in Fez contained eight families, state media report.
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Burkina Faso releases 11 Nigerian troops after ‘unauthorised’ plane landing
Military personnel told they can return to Nigeria after actions described as ‘unfriendly act’Authorities in Burkina Faso have released 11 Nigerian military personnel held after a cargo plane from Lagos made an “unauthorised” emergency landing in its second largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso.The breakaway regional Association of Sahel States (AES) said on Monday that the C-130 aircraft had entered Burkina Faso’s airspace without clearance, calling it an “unfriendly act”. Continue reading...
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US jets tracked circling Gulf of Venezuela as tensions mount
The F/A-18 Super Hornets appear on flight tracking sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela's second-largest city.
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'It's insulting they think we can't handle it': The Australian teens banned from social media
Millions of Australian teens will no longer be allowed to use social media. Who wins and who loses out?
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Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children
Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.
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Watch Australian teens test out social media on first day of ban
Teenagers affected by Australia's under-16 social media ban showed the BBC what happened when they tried to access their accounts.
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Trump says he will make a call to end hostilities as Thailand and Cambodia ‘at it again’
After a ceasefire deal he brokered collapsed, Trump told a rally in Pennsylvania that he would ‘make a call’ to ‘stop a war’ between Thailand and Cambodia US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will make a call regarding reignited hostilities on the Thai-Cambodia border, where fighting has resumed less than two months after a ceasefire he brokered between the two nations collapsed.Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, the US president reiterated his global peacemaking skills, proclaiming that “in ten months I ended eight wars”, before listing hostilities between Kosovo and Serbia, Pakistan and India, and Israel and Iran. Continue reading...
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1 day ago
Two teenagers went to seek gold. They were buried alive in a mine collapse
Poverty in Sierra Leone is pushing more students into risky work, which proved deadly for two boys.
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1 day ago
Indian couple trolled over skin colour after wedding video goes viral
Rishabh Rajput and Sonali Chouksey received congratulatory messages peppered with "jokes and memes".
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How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow
In the event of a war, one expert suggests the British Army could be incapable of fighting effectively on land within weeks, once committed - though 'much depends on the form of the conflict'.
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Watch: Ozzy the dog sets Guinness World record for longest canine tongue
The mastiff mix from Oklahoma City broke the previous record with his tongue measuring in at 7.83in (19.89cm).
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'What's your name?' - Moment police confront Luigi Mangione at McDonald's
Prosecutors have released bodycam footage showing the initial interaction between officers and the suspected CEO killer.
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DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels clash with Congolese army and other groups as they march on strategic eastern townAbout 200,000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic eastern town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace.The UN said at least 74 people had been killed, mostly civilians, and 83 admitted to hospital with wounds from escalating clashes in the area in recent days. Continue reading...
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