Israeli soldier videos from Gaza could breach international law, experts say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68249962?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 7:53 PM
Experts say videos posted by IDF soldiers showing Gaza detainees bound and blindfolded could breach international law.
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Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu orders military to plan evacuations from Rafah
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68256510?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 1:37 AM
The Israeli PM's order comes after the US warned against an unplanned invasion of the Gazan city.
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Pakistan election: Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif each claim advantage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68256017?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 12:25 AM
Independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan have most seats so far, but he has no party.
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Pakistan elections: Against the odds, Khan's PTI proves support is solid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68257232?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 9:45 PM
Pakistan's vote saw candidates aligned to the former PM spring a surprise, writes Caroline Davies.
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Democrats rally around Biden as report raises age concerns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68246569?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 10:22 PM
Capitol Hill allies say the US president is "sharp and effective", and has been "inappropriately" attacked.
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World record for matchstick Eiffel Tower after U-turn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68256029?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 10:02 PM
A French enthusiast who built the tower was previously told it had not qualified for the record.
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US Senator Chris Coons finds doppelganger in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68255354?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 4:08 PM
Olaf Scholz, in the US to rally Ukraine aid, could not miss a chance to take a photo with his "twin".
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Ex-US government informant gets life over Haiti president's murder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68256020?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 12:12 AM
Joseph Vincent is the fourth of 11 defendants in the case to be sentenced to life by a Miami court.
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Haldwani: Uttarakhand on alert after four dead in clashes over mosque demolition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68248362?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 6:07 AM
Violence broke out in Uttarakhand state after authorities demolished a mosque, alleging it was illegal.
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Tucker Carlson interview: Fact-checking Putin's 'nonsense' history
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68255302?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 3:36 PM
Historians say the litany of claims made by the Russian president are nothing more than a selective abuse of history to justify the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Switzerland: Police shoot dead axe-wielding hostage-taker on train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68249985?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 11:22 AM
The emergency lasted several hours and hostages were freed unharmed.
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Ukraine's missing children tracked down in Russia by digital sleuths
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68249102?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 4:42 PM
Investigators say they have found eight children, believed to have been abducted by Russia.
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Jowie Irungu convicted of murdering Monica Kimani, as Jacque Maribe acquitted by Kenyan court
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68256308?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 6:22 PM
The fiance of a popular news presenter is convicted of killing a businesswoman five years ago.
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From Poland to Spain, Europe's farmers ramp up protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68249099?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 6:54 PM
Europe's farmers block roads in several countries complaining about EU measures and rising prices.
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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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US orders 'assurances' from nations receiving American weapons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68253765?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 3:15 PM
The move comes after the US president said Israel's response in Gaza has been "over the top".
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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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Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68248740?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 10:42 AM
The Russian leader was given the opportunity to expound familiar grievances unchallenged.
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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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Chocolate: Cocoa price hits record high as El Niño hurts crops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68248145?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 5:16 AM
The cost of the key ingredient for making chocolate has roughly doubled since the start of last year.
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Australia rugby star not guilty of sexual assault
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68201478?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 4:47 AM
The Australian player was accused of groping a woman and forcing her to perform oral sex in a pub toilet.
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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, 1:59 PM
The White House says it won't support operations in the southern Gaza city without due consideration for refugees there.
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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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Israel-Gaza war: Palestinians who fled to Rafah fear Israeli assault
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68249363?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:40 PM
Forced to move time and time again, Palestinians insist that fleeing to Egypt is not an option.
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Biden: 'I'm elderly and know what the hell I'm doing'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68247983?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 1:42 AM
The president gives a feisty response to a special counsel's report, which raised concerns about his memory.
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BBC returns to ghost town flattened by Japan quake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68237510?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:48 AM
Wajima was one of the worst-hit towns when earthquakes struck Japan on New Year's Day.
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Escaped kangaroo bounces into trouble by Florida pool
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68250374?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 12:06 PM
The adventurous marsupial was captured after it was spotted hopping around near an apartment complex.
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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 in California
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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The Ukrainians 'disappearing' in Russia's prisons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67949942?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 1:26 AM
Finding Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity is hard - and there is no formal way to secure their release.
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Indonesia election: An 'impossible' country tests its hard-won democracy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68213679?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 12:40 AM
Indonesia has survived much since it ousted a dictator 26 years ago. But this election is a test.
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Joe Biden: Political grenade thrusts age into spotlight
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68248059?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 6:20 AM
The findings into Joe Biden's handling of classified files reignite debate over his age and competency.
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Is Iceland entering a new volcanic era?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68255375?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 1:52 AM
Scientists think eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula could continue for decades or even centuries.
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Ecowas in crisis: Why West Africa's united front is in tatters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68255833?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 2:08 AM
Coups and broken promises test the cohesion of West Africa's regional bloc to breaking point.
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Is a waning Canadian dream fuelling reverse migration in Punjab?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68124559?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 5:04 AM
Some immigrants from India are returning home, frustrated by Canada's cost of living and other factors.
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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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