US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68171280?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 12:06 AM
The strikes in Syria and Iraq will take place over a number of days, American officials tell CBS News.
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US sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68173904?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 10:48 PM
The US president sanctions four Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians.
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Nairobi fire: At least 29 injured in Kenya gas plant explosion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68176857?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 1:48 AM
Witnesses described feeling tremors immediately after the blast in south-east Nairobi.
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Hostages freed after being held for nine hours at P&G plant in Turkey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68171878?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 12:30 AM
A man apparently protesting over Gaza is detained after the incident at a Proctor & Gamble's factory.
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Joshua Schulte: Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68176390?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 11:21 PM
Joshua Schulte, 35, was convicted in 2022 for the largest data breach in the history of the CIA.
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Michigan school shooter's mother blames her husband in trial testimony
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68176170?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 11:15 PM
Jennifer Crumbley is the first US parent to face a manslaughter trial for a child's mass shooting.
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Watch: Tesla Norway fjord crash passengers saved by floating sauna users
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68177125?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 1:05 AM
The users of a sauna boat came to the rescue of two people who crashed into a fjord in Oslo.
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Ukraine support package worth €50bn agreed by EU leaders
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68165971?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 6:41 PM
The agreement came earlier than expected, overcoming previous opposition from Hungary's Viktor Orban.
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Zuckerberg wins on Wall Street after Washington hit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68175778?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 11:11 PM
The company's shares surge as it reports a jump in users, ad sales and profits, despite Washington concerns.
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Pressure grows on Kosovo's Serbs with currency curb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68165972?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 11:11 PM
The country's decision to drop the currency used by its Serb minority sparks fears of renewed tensions.
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Baltimore Ravens player helps in mid-flight emergency
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68177137?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 1:41 AM
Mark Andrews, a tight end for the football team, jumped in to aid a fellow passenger who became ill.
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Sea of foam floods Houston airport hangar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68176255?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 10:56 PM
The fire suppression foam was released by accident, filling the building and spilling out onto the surrounding road.
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Ukraine 'hits Russian missile boat Ivanovets in Black Sea'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68165523?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 1:26 PM
Military intelligence says the Ivanovets, a small warship, was destroyed in a special operation off Crimea.
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Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin apologises for secretive hospital stay
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68171107?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 8:53 PM
"I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis," says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Christopher Steele: Orbis welcomes High Court victory over Trump
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68166050?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 9:19 PM
A UK High Court judge says Mr Trump did not bring the lawsuit against Orbis within the six-year time limit.
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Fireworks and egg throwing at EU farmer protest in Brussels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68168498?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 12:43 PM
Farmers from across the EU are demanding fewer regulations as European leaders meet.
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Injured, hungry and alone - the Gazan children orphaned by war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68141039?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 31, 2024, 6:00 AM
Some 19,000 children have been orphaned by the war, or have no adults to look after them, says the UN.
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At least half of Gaza's buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68006607?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 5:23 PM
Satellite data reveals at least 144,000 hit since Israeli strikes began, and how south is now bearing the brunt.
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Hamas says it is studying proposal for new pause in Gaza fighting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68138853?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 11:15 PM
A framework reportedly sets out a six-week pause in the fighting to allow more hostages to be freed.
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinian fighters in West Bank hospital raid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68137050?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 5:35 PM
CCTV captures undercover forces disguised as medics and nurses in the hospital with weapons raised.
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UNRWA: Gaza aid agency says it is 'extremely desperate' after funding halted
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68127544?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
More countries halt aid to UNRWA over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks.
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Israel-Gaza war: Counting the destruction of religious sites
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67983018?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 2:09 AM
Some of the world’s oldest churches and mosques have been completely destroyed in the conflict.
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Disguised Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital, killing three Palestinian fighters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68138209?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 10:55 AM
Dressed as medics and civilians, an Israeli undercover unit shoots three men in West Bank hospital.
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UNRWA: Key UN Gaza aid agency runs into diplomatic storm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68123222?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 28, 2024, 2:45 PM
UNRWA is a lifeline in Gaza, but several countries have paused aid over claims staff helped attack Israel.
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UNRWA claims: UN chief in aid plea after staff accused of helping Hamas in Israel attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68119268?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 28, 2024, 7:51 AM
Countries pause funding for UNRWA over Israeli allegations its staff were involved in the Hamas attacks.
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Huge push for Gaza aid - but little hope for those suffering
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68097993?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 27, 2024, 11:29 AM
There's a chasm between what Gaza needs and what it's receiving, writes Quentin Sommerville.
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Black Sea: Video appears to show Ukrainian sea drones sink Russian warship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68166227?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 1:28 PM
Ukraine's military intelligence agency was the destroyed vessel was the Ivanovets.
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Watch: Footage shows last residents' struggle to leave Ukraine town
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68139178?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 31, 2024, 5:55 AM
Footage from Avdiivka, a town on Ukraine's front line, shows the pain of leaving home as it is bombed.
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Biden tells press he has decided on response to drone attack in Jordan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68146855?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 4:55 PM
The US president spoke to press on Tuesday, adding he does not want a "wider war" in the Middle East.
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Joinville: Acid spill covers Brazil river in thick white foam
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68138208?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 4:50 PM
A state of emergency is declared after a truck crash releases sulfonic acid into the Rio Seco.
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Texas: Massive fire engulfs chicken farm in Bryan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68138920?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 8:50 AM
Huge flames and clouds of smoke are seen as firefighters tackle a blaze at a farm in Bryan.
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Parents of US soldiers killed in drone attack: 'I'm still in shock'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68145410?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 30, 2024, 3:35 PM
Kennedy Ladon Sanders was one of the three reservists killed in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
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Record snowfall blankets Anchorage after storm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68137079?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 31, 2024, 12:43 AM
The Alaskan city has seen more than 100in (245cm) of snowfall this season, the earliest accumulation ever of that amount.
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Quiz of the week: Who led the Vikings in Shetland’s Up Helly Aa fire festival?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68168938?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 12:24 AM
How closely have you been paying attention to what has been going on over the past seven days?
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US and UK strikes fail to slow Houthi attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68159939?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 6:16 PM
BBC Verify analysis shows how Houthi tactics have changed, as commercial shipping traffic in the Red Sea halves.
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Vladimir Putin: Many Russians see no alternative candidate as election looms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68155986?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 31, 2024, 4:16 PM
Many Russians say they can't imagine anyone in charge of Russia but incumbent Vladimir Putin.
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Could AI 'trading bots' transform the world of investing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68092814?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 12:13 AM
Artificial intelligence is increasing being used to guide investments but risks remain.
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How surfing is challenging tradition in a Ghanaian town
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/surfing/68127778?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 1, 2024, 12:01 AM
One man convinced parents to let their daughters surf. Now they are challenging and changing social stereotypes in rural Ghana.
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