'My memory is fine' - Biden hits back at special counsel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68244352?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 3:23 AM
The president rejects findings he disclosed classified material and denies he forgot when his son died.
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68244813?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 7:14 PM
Ukraine's president fires the popular head of the country's armed forces, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
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Putin tells Tucker Carlson deal can be reached to free jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68247956?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 2:21 AM
The Russian leader spoke to Tucker Carlson in his first interview with a Western journalist since the Ukraine invasion.
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US Supreme Court sceptical of Colorado's move to bar Donald Trump from ballot
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68244607?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 8:22 PM
Justices intensely questioned attorneys who argued he should be removed from Colorado's primary ballot.
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Israel-Gaza war: US says it will not back unplanned Rafah offensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68247050?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 1:36 AM
Officials warn Israel over sending troops into Rafah without due consideration for refugees there.
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Lava flows over roads and bursts water pipe after Iceland eruption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68247428?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 8:38 PM
A key water pipe has been burst by the stream of lava, leaving 28,000 people without hot water.
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Brazil's ex-leader Bolsonaro surrenders passport over coup probe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68239341?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 9:08 PM
Jair Bolsonaro denies claims that he was involved in a plot to keep him in power.
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Pakistan elections 2024: Count under way after controversial election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68223977?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:19 AM
Election officials are calling for results to be speeded up, after delays in announcing vote tallies.
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Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68233330?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 2:30 PM
Nuclear fusion still remains a long way off but brings the world one step closer to endless clean energy.
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World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68110310?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 10:18 AM
The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark.
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Super Bowl: Uber Eats advert criticised for peanut allergy joke
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68239844?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 5:13 PM
The Super Bowl advert faces a backlash for appearing to make light of a man with a peanut allergy.
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State of emergency declared in Iceland after volcanic eruption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68237327?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 8:04 PM
Thousands of people are being urged to conserve hot water after key pipes were damaged.
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Azerbaijan election: President Ilham Aliyev wins vote criticised by monitors
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68237326?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 5:53 PM
Ilham Aliyev takes over 92% of the vote in an election boycotted by leading opposition parties.
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Putin challenger Boris Nadezhdin barred from Russia's election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68237791?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 8:04 PM
Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a presidential candidate.
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Mount Everest: Climbers will need to bring poo back to base camp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68237123?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 10:43 AM
As complaints of human waste pile up, new rules require climbers to properly dispose of their stools.
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Israel chooses Eurovision 2024 entrant amid calls for a boycott
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68238270?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 11:20 AM
Eden Golan will represent the country in May, but some artists have called for Israel to be excluded.
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Gaza ceasefire: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas's proposed terms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68232883?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 7, 2024, 10:30 PM
Israel's PM insists he will accept only "total victory", and calls Hamas's truce terms "delusional".
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Israel-Gaza war: Unknown fate of six-year-old Hind Rajab trapped under fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68180642?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 5, 2024, 5:07 PM
Six-year-old Hind was last heard from trapped in a car surrounded by bodies - then the line went dead.
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Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68177357?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 2, 2024, 12:56 PM
More than 800 officials in the US and Europe have penned a letter calling for more pressure on Israel.
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What are routes out of this 'dangerous moment' in Middle East?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68167920?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 3, 2024, 2:45 PM
BBC's Paul Adams asks whether US strikes on Iraq and Syria made a regional conflagration more likely.
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Macron leads ceremony for French victims of Hamas attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226506?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 7, 2024, 2:00 PM
The French president said the events of 7 October were the "largest antisemitic attack" of the 21st Century.
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McDonald's sales dented by Israel-Gaza boycotts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68209085?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 5, 2024, 5:38 PM
The chain said its fourth quarter sales failed to meet its target for the first time in four years.
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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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Boris Nadezhdin: 'People want a normal future for Russia'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68245470?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 5:05 PM
Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdi speaks to the BBC after he is rejected as a candidate in next month's presidential vote.
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Volcano spews lava and smoke in new Iceland eruption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68237775?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 9:07 AM
For the third time in recent weeks, Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula witnesses a spectacular eruption.
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Flooding rescues and mudslides after California storms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68209953?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 6, 2024, 9:14 PM
Officials say over 10in (25cm) of rain have fallen in Los Angeles since Sunday as storms hit the area.
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Orcas gasp for air whilst trapped in drift ice off the coast of Japan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68222247?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 6, 2024, 5:22 PM
In 2005 nine orcas died whilst stuck in ice in the same area, according to local media.
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Los Angeles: Helicopter crew rescues man from surging river
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68214577?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 6, 2024, 8:09 AM
The man entered the water to save his dog after it was swept away. The dog managed to swim to safety.
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Drone video shows graffiti covering luxury high-rise in LA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68209951?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 5, 2024, 9:22 PM
Police say 27 floors were painted after over a dozen people entered the abandoned complex last week.
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Drone footage shows Chile forest fire devastation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68205132?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 5, 2024, 1:17 PM
At least 112 people have been killed in Chile's Valparaiso region.
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Five things in the Biden classified documents report
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68244611?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 1:56 AM
Probe describes top secret files in a garage and "significant limitations" with the president's memory.
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Mehrauli: A mosque demolished, and orphans displaced in India
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68137664?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:21 AM
Authorities have demolished a 600-year-old mosque in Delhi, claiming it was illegally built on forest land.
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Your Fat Friend: Documentary examines the way fat people are seen on screen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68227820?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:29 AM
A new documentary Your Fat Friend takes an unflinching look at societal perceptions of fat people.
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Africa's week in pictures: 2-8 February 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68238112?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:27 AM
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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Why India’s law against exam cheating could be ineffective
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68225643?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 7:22 AM
A new federal law will impose heavy fines and long prison terms on people cheating in exams.
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Could the Houthis sabotage undersea cables?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68231945?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 7, 2024, 6:02 PM
Revenge takes many forms, but threats of a deep sea attack are easier said than done, writes Frank Gardner.
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Why the Supreme Court is deciding if Donald Trump can be on Colorado's primary ballot
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68231646?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 5:43 PM
The court's decision on whether Donald Trump can be on a primary ballot has national implications.
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North Koreans working in China 'exploited like slaves'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68226271?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 12:12 AM
An estimated 100,000 North Koreans are posted abroad, where they earn valuable foreign currency.
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Divya Deshmukh: India chess player's Instagram post sparks sexism discussion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68201529?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 12:14 AM
Divya Deshmukh's Instagram post received support from thousands, including stars like Susan Polgar.
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Super Bowl 58: How Las Vegas fell in love with big sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/68207543?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
The story of how a $500m gamble on an ice hockey team in a desert paved the way for Las Vegas' Super Bowl.
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