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Scores killed and thousands evacuated from record rainfall
Watch: People cling to floating debris during catastrophic floods in Thailand Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have…
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Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered that right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro begin serving his prison sentence of 27 years and…
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Nollywood actor Odira Nwobu dies in South Africa aged 43
Nigerian actor, content creator and influencer Odira Nwobu has died in South Africa aged 43, his lawyer and the Actors’…
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US and Russian officials to hold talks in Abu Dhabi after overnight strikes
Watch: Explosions rock Kyiv after overnight Russian strikes Russia and Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes against each other as the…
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Australia senator suspended after burka stunt in parliament
An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban…
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Morgan Geyser, ‘Slender Man’ stabber, captured after fleeing custody
Watch: ‘Slenderman’ stabber Morgan Geyser captured after fleeing Illinois police captured Morgan Geyser, who was convicted in the 2014 stabbing…
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Volodymyr Zelensky warns against giving away territory to Russia, as latest Ukraine talks end
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed “important steps” made during peace talks with the US in Geneva – but warned…
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Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger State on Friday have escaped.…
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Hunting down those who kill for human body parts
Tyson ContehBBC Africa Eye, Sierra Leone BBC Papayo’s mother Sally Kalokoh has not come to terms with her son’s death…
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Rubio hails ‘tremendous progress’ at Ukraine peace talks
A “tremendous amount of progress” has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine…
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