Biden hails 'rock solid' Nato as Putin blames West for Russia's war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64715646?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 8:11 PM
In separate speeches, Russia's leader targets the West but the US president says his lust for land will fail.
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Ukraine war: President Putin speech fact-checked
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/64718139?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 6:03 PM
The Russian president gave a long address in Moscow - we've fact-checked of some his claims.
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Mexico's ex-security minister Genaro García Luna convicted of drug trafficking
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64726724?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 9:12 PM
Genaro García Luna, a key drugs war figure, is found guilty of taking bribes from a drug cartel.
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Kenya to investigate 'sex for work' exposed in BBC tea documentary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64724722?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 7:24 PM
Parliament orders an inquiry after dozens of women speak of abuse on British-operated tea farms.
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Brazil landslides: Dozens missing, feared buried in mud
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64724251?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 5:40 PM
Entire hillsides collapsed onto homes after record rainfall hit towns on the coast east of São Paulo.
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Ohio train derailment: Norfolk Southern ordered to pay for clean-up costs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64722765?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 7:08 PM
Norfolk Southern faces a slew of lawsuits and mounting pressure following the derailment.
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Iran sentences German-Iranian dissident to death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64718416?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 3:22 PM
Germany warns of a "strong reaction" if Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the US, is executed.
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South Korea court recognises same-sex couple rights for first time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64714625?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 8:07 AM
A court rules in favour of a couple who were denied health insurance, saying that was discrimination.
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Turkey earthquake: Deadly new tremor traps people under rubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64711228?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 7:44 PM
At least six people die in new tremors, weeks after massive quakes devastated the same region.
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Alligator kills 85-year-old woman in Florida
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64720198?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 1:36 PM
The woman was walking her dog when the alligator lunged at her and dragged her under water.
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Kamila Valieva: Wada appeals to Cas over 'wrong' Rusada ruling in figure skater doping case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/64722449?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 3:53 PM
The World Anti-Doping Agency refers the case of figure skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the teenager was cleared by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.
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Spain officials quit over trains that were too wide for tunnels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64717605?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 10:26 AM
The botched order was for commuter trains due to operate in two mountainous northern regions.
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Australia UN visit: Torture body cancels inspection over access issues
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-64716383?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 12:43 PM
Human rights experts have been barred from unhindered inspections in New South Wales and Queensland.
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Putin promotes Russian escalation in annual speech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64720695?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 4:53 PM
The president says he is taking Russia out of the last nuclear arms control treaty with America.
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Algeria jails journalist Ihsane el-Kadi as old guard asserts power
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64641077?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 2:41 AM
The "preventative detention" of a veteran journalist suggests not much has changed in Algeria.
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How ASML became Europe’s most valuable tech firm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64514573?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 1:04 AM
ASML machines make computer chips - with technology so advanced the firm is caught in geopolitical rivalry.
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Biden in Ukraine: How the president's surprise visit was kept a secret
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64710479?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 20, 2023, 4:41 PM
Our North America editor on how Joe Biden's audacious trip to Kyiv was kept a secret.
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Trinidad carnival revellers defy crime: 'If we unite, we can put up a fight'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64704969?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 12:59 AM
The annual party is back in Trinidad and Tobago post-Covid but it comes amid rising gang violence.
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SoftGrid: The Indian tech firm forcing staff to go home on time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64714492?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 11:35 AM
Employees at SoftGrid Computers get a notification to log off, 10 minutes before their shift ends.
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Aziz Abdullah: Uyghur asylum-seeker death heaps pressure on Thailand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64701784?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 20, 2023, 10:20 PM
Aziz Abdullah fled Xinjiang but got no further than Bangkok, where he died in an immigration centre.
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Ukraine war: Putin and Biden's speeches compared in under a minute
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64726390?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 21, 2023, 8:17 PM
The BBC's Richard Galpin looks at Joe Biden's and Vladimir Putin's speeches, addressing the Ukraine war.
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Bafta bits you may have missed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64699761?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 19, 2023, 10:35 PM
All Quiet On The Western Front wasn't the only winner in town at 2023's Bafta Awards.
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Turkey earthquake: Red balloons placed on rubble to honour child victims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64695482?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 19, 2023, 2:03 PM
A group of volunteers tie tributes to metal wires sticking out of destroyed buildings in Hatay.
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North Korean TV airs missile launch footage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64696247?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 19, 2023, 10:53 AM
State TV aired footage of the Hwasong-15, which landed off Japan's Hokkaido island.
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How MI5 caught UK embassy spy selling secrets to Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64684371?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 17, 2023, 7:47 PM
The BBC's Tom Symonds explains what David Smith did, and how he was stopped.
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Shape-shifting robot melts itself to escape lab jail
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64668021?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 18, 2023, 12:14 AM
Within minutes, the Lego-like figure is seen moving behind bars, then liquefying itself to freedom.
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