Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders double down - Zelensky
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64864496?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 9:12 PM
The president says the embattled eastern city's defence goes on, and that senior generals back the move.
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Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Opposition picks 'Turkey's Gandhi' to challenge Erdogan in election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64867467?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 8:40 PM
Quiet-spoken centre-leftist Kemal Kilicdaroglu is chosen by the opposition to run for president.
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Iran: Suspected school poisonings unforgivable crime, Khamenei says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64862714?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 1:56 PM
Iran's supreme leaders says anyone found to have targeted schoolgirls must be punished severely.
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Israel's elite fighter pilots escalate judicial reform protest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64866873?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 4:18 PM
The reservists' vow to boycott training is seen as a significant challenge to the government.
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: South Africa gets new minister to tackle power crisis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64865978?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 10:10 PM
An "electricity minister" has been appointed to address the country's unprecedented energy shortages.
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US hunts missing Americans after Mexico kidnapping
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64842273?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 8:07 PM
The unidentified US citizens crossed the border to purchase medication, Mexico's president says.
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Spain $1.7m wine theft: Couple jailed for four years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64865977?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 8:18 PM
A former Mexican beauty queen and her partner stole 45 bottles of wine from a luxury Spanish hotel.
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Mexico: 103 unaccompanied minors abandoned in truck
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64870110?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 8:39 PM
A total of 343 migrants - including 103 children - have been found in an abandoned truck in Mexico.
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Atlanta ‘Cop City’: Arrests as protesters clash with police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64842272?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 2:02 PM
Protesters say they are against police militarisation and the development of a forest.
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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: Exiled Belarus opposition leader sentenced to 15 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64864490?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 3:26 PM
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled after elections she is widely thought to have won, gets 15 years.
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Balochistan: Nine security officers killed in suicide attack in Pakistan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64859397?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 1:53 PM
Police have confirmed it was a suicide attack but no group has claimed responsibility.
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China Square: The cheap Chinese shop at the centre of Kenya row
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64809423?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 1:44 PM
Kenyan traders accuse a Chinese-owned outlet of undercutting them and threatening their livelihoods.
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China's new human gene-editing rules worry experts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64857311?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 2:08 PM
Regulations were updated after an outcry over gene-edited babies but a leading expert says they don't go far enough.
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Turkey earthquake: Survivors living in fear on streets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64824516?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 9:04 AM
Train carriages, volleyball courts and public roads - families now find shelter wherever they can.
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Twitter insiders: We can't protect users from trolling under Musk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64804007?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 11:31 AM
Current and former employees of the company say there are serious ramifications from mass lay-offs.
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How Korean dramas took over Bollywood-mad India
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64048793?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 5, 2023, 10:47 PM
There are many similarities between the two industries, famed for their melodramatic, over-the-top romances.
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Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64785171?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 12:19 AM
The BBC goes inside a jail in the Seychelles - a nation where 10% of the population is addicted.
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Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64815782?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 5, 2023, 3:55 AM
Countries have reached a landmark agreement to put 30% of the world's oceans into protection.
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Georgia lawmakers brawl over 'foreign agents' law
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64866068?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 2:13 PM
Critics say a proposed law is modelled on Russian legislation and designed to curtail freedom of speech.
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Moment ceiling collapses, nearly hits commuter at Massachusetts subway station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64865242?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 6, 2023, 1:12 PM
The local transport authority in Massachusetts says it will now inspect panels in all of its stations.
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Bangladesh: Video shows fire engulfing part of refugee camp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64855076?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 5, 2023, 4:27 PM
The blaze is believed to have destroyed around 2,000 shelters at Cox's Bazar camp.
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Australia's 'biggest drug bust' nets $700m of cocaine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-64847242?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 4, 2023, 11:39 AM
Police reveal details of an undercover operation that began off the coast of South America.
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Police fire tear gas at Greece train crash protesters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64833807?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 3, 2023, 11:18 AM
Riot police can be seen at the protests in Athens, sparked by anger over Tuesday's disaster.
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Ros Atkins on... The creeping TikTok bans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64831583?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
March 3, 2023, 12:09 AM
The app is banned from employee phones by various governments amid security concerns.
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