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Fireworks, drums and light shows: How the world is welcoming 2026
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Countries around the world celebrated the new year with colourful shows and lon…
Watch: Underwater chess champions compete for world title
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Using weighted pieces and magnetic boards, players of the hybrid sport must com…
Trump hopes to reach phase two of Gaza ceasefire 'very quickly'
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The US president also warns Hamas will have "hell to pay" if it does …
'There are many challenges': Syrians in Turkey consider return after fall of Assad
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Syrians in Turkey are weighing up whether it is the right time to return to the…
China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'
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The drills come days after the US announced the sale of one of its largest weap…
Nine people, including five children, stabbed to death in Suriname
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Police detained the male suspect after shooting him in the leg, while two other…
Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoes medical treatment for hiccups
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The 70-year-old had suffered with the spasms for nine months, his wife says, an…
Spaniards hurl flour, eggs and fireworks in mock battle
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The annual food fight festival ''Els Enfarinats'' has left the …
Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers glide down slopes
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Scientists say volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had inte…
Her husband's kidnapping became Malaysia's biggest mystery. Then came a stunning confession
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Nine years after her husband disappeared, Susanna Liew had a stunning legal win…
Heavy rain storms in California leave three dead
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A state of emergency is declared in Los Angeles and other southern counties aft…
Sean 'Diddy' Combs files appeal asking for immediate prison release
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Combs argues his sentence was improperly decided and asked that his conviction …
Zelensky hails 'new ideas' on peace after talks with US envoys
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Ukraine's leader gives an upbeat assessment after discussing the plan with …
Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case
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The US Department of Justice says reviewing the material could delay the full r…
Two dead after Pennsylvania nursing home explosions
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Authorities are investigating whether a gas leak was to blame for the twin blas…
Israel extends order allowing closure of foreign broadcasters
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A bill passed by parliament expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza…
Thousands fleeing DR Congo violence face 'dire conditions' in Burundi - aid agencies
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Those particularly affected are children and pregnant women - some going withou…
Ros Atkins on… the oil tanker being pursued by the US
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The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what we know about the "acti…
Trump's appointment of Greenland envoy sparks fresh row with Denmark
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The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale explains how Trump's a…
Survivors 'nervous and sceptical' about release of remaining Epstein files
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US lawmakers who pushed for the documents to be made public have criticised the…
Australian state plans to ban intifada chants after Bondi shooting
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New South Wales will look at passing hate speech laws after Australia's dea…
Australia was seen as a world leader in gun control - Bondi has exposed a more complicated reality
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It introduced stricter gun laws after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, but some s…
Putin tells BBC Western leaders deceived Russia
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BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg had the opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin abo…
Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm in $6bn deal
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The company behind President Trump's Truth Social platform makes a surprisi…
'She's a superhero': The acts of bravery as Bondi horror unfolded
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A father tells the BBC he owes the life of his child to a stranger forced into …
Miss Finland's viral 'slanted-eyes' photo stirs racism firestorm
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Ex- Miss Universe contestant Sarah Dzafce has drawn backlash in East Asia and i…
Polar bear mother adopts cub in rarely documented case
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It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied fo…
Spain to open network of climate shelters
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the shelters will be in public buildings acro…
Ukraine struggling to keep lights on under Russian attack, says energy boss
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DTEK boss Maxim Timchenko says the intensity of Russian strikes is so frequent …
Rebels say they will withdraw from key DR Congo city at US request
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The US accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel advance in breach of a deal brokered…
Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested for murder after director and wife found dead
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The couple's son is in custody after the couple was found dead in their hom…
How the Bondi Beach shooting unfolded
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Eleven minutes of video capture the moment Bondi beach turns into a scene of ho…
Dozens killed in Morocco flash floods
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At least 70 homes have been inundated in Safi's old city centre, officials …
Eyewitness captures moment man tackles and disarms Bondi shooter
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New South Wales Police say that 11 people were killed, plus one gunman, in a sh…
He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia
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As some Somali migrants fear what might happen next, the BBC speaks to one depo…
Manhunt continues after two killed in shooting at Brown University
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The gunman is at large after opening fire in a building where exams were taking…
Cambodia shuts border crossings with Thailand as fighting continues
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It comes despite US President Donald Trump saying both sides had agreed to a ce…
BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisoners
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Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithua…
Inside the Colombian cathedral built 180m underground
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The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930…
From Iran to China to Venezuela - how tanker seized by US hid true location
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A seized tanker accused of smuggling sanctioned oil has long hidden its true lo…
Severe disruption hits Portugal in first general strike for 12 years
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PM LuÃs Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling …
Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars
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The former French president was jailed for taking part in an election campaign …
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
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The judge has ordered control of the the troops, which were deployed in June, t…
French First Lady’s Insult Against Feminist Protesters Prompts Outcry
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A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
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Trump Stands in the Middle as Netflix and Paramount Vie for a Megadeal
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You Put the Rum in the Cookie and You Eat It All Up
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North American leaders take stage together for the first time
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The World Cup draw marked the first time that Mexican President Claudia Sheinba…
My Somali Role Models in Minnesota
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Ciara Takes Center Stage At a Night of Dancing
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Israel says Palestinian groups returned body of Thai hostage held in Gaza
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The remains of agricultural worker Suthisak Rintalak were recovered by Hamas an…
Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine
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Finding the Magic, Just in Time (Encore)
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By Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Christina Djossa, Amy P…
What is Honduras ex-president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him?
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Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme…
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
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