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World News Jan 28
Trump says government will 'de-escalate' in Minnesota following Pretti shooting

The killing of Alex Pretti over the weekend led MInnesota officials and locals to renew calls for Trump to end his immig...

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World News Jan 28
Neil Young offers Greenlanders free access to his archives

Young says he hopes the offer will "ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats" Greenlanders feel over Trump's thre...

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World News Jan 28
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacked with unknown liquid during town hall

Omar was uninjured and continued to speak at the event following the incident....

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World News Jan 28
Mexico president asks South Korea for more BTS concerts

About a million fans were vying for 150,000 concert tickets, which sold out in less than 40 minutes....

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World News Jan 28
Republicans criticise immigration force but steer clear of Trump attacks

Lawmakers are questioning the crackdown while anger grows over two citizens killed by federal agents....

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World News Jan 28
Trump says US will 'no longer help Iraq' if it picks Maliki as PM

The US president said Iraq would have "zero" chance of success without American support....

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World News Jan 28
Canadian PM Carney denies walking back Davos speech in phone call with Trump

The Canadian prime minister said "there's almost nothing normal in the US" when asked about trade talks with Washington....

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World News Jan 28
'We all know someone who was killed' - Iran protesters tell BBC of brutal crackdown

Young Iranians able tell the BBC how they saw friends and other people die as security forces crushed protests earlier t...

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World News Jan 28
'My prosthetic leg represents my love for this country'

Abena Christine Jon'el has made Ghana her home and aims to raise the profile of people with disabilities....

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World News Jan 28
Watch: Why Trump is hitting the road to rally Americans

The BBC's White House correspondent Bernd Debusmann explains why the president is refocusing his attention on the US eco...

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World News Jan 28
A string of scandals and luxury handbags: Who is South Korea's former first lady?

Kim Keon Hee, wife of disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing court on a raft of charges....

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World News Jan 28
Former French senator found guilty of drugging MP

Joel Guerriau received a four-year prison sentence, 18 months of which are to be served behind bars. ...

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World News Jan 28
Zelensky condemns deadly Russian drone strike on passenger train

At least four people were killed when drones targeted a packed train in north-eastern Ukraine, officials say....

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World News Jan 28
Who is Tom Homan, Trump's 'border tsar' deployed to Minneapolis?

The US border tsar has long been a ferocious defender of Donald Trump's immigration policies. ...

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World News Jan 28
TikTok US pushes back on claims it is censoring content

Thousands of people claim political content is being suppressed after the US operation was spun off....

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World News Jan 28
Families sue US over deadly boat strike off Venezuela coast

Relatives of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo - among six killed on 14 October - say the Trinidadian men were returning hom...

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World News Jan 28
US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger

The US federal agency says it will not play an immigration role at February's event in Milan-Cortina....

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World News Jan 28
TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin

Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google....

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World News Jan 28
Nipah virus outbreak in India triggers Asia airport screenings

Airports in Thailand and Nepal have begun screening passengers from West Bengal....

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World News Jan 28
Spain plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status

The process will be available to foreign nationals without a criminal record who can prove they lived in Spain for five ...

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World News Jan 28
Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking....

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World News Jan 27
Rwanda takes legal action against UK over axed migrant deal

The African nation argues it is owed payments but Downing Street says it will fight the case....

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World News Jan 27
Firefighters battle 'emergency level' blazes in Australia heatwave

Firefighters in Victoria are battling at least six major fires amid a record-breaking heatwave....

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World News Jan 27
'Crying horse' toys go viral in China ahead of Lunar New Year

Shop owners say the frowning toys - originally made in error - are resonating with young workers....

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World News Jan 27
Watch: Huge landslide in Sicily after Storm Harry

More than 1,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes on the Italian island....

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World News Jan 27
'It's 2C in our flat': Inside Kyiv apartment as Russia targets power and heating

Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure have left millions without power in freezing temperatures....

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World News Jan 27
Sweden aims to lower age of criminal responsibility to 13 as gangs recruit children

Critics say the proposal could see even younger children becoming offenders as well as breaching children's rights....

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World News Jan 27
India and EU announce 'mother of all trade deals'

The long-awaited deal comes as both Delhi and Brussels contend with economic and geopolitical pressure from the US....

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World News Jan 27
Trump raises US tariffs on South Korea imports to 25%

Trump has accused Seoul of "not living up" to a trade deal that was reached last year....

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World News Jan 27
Can India be a player in the computer chip industry?

India is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building up a computer chip industry....

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World News Jan 27
China has purged its highest-ranked military general. Why?

Zhang Youxia had been seen as a close ally of China's leader, Xi Jinping....

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World News Jan 27
New Iran videos show bodies piled in hospital and snipers on roofs

Footage from a hospital in Tehran shows at least 31 bodies piled inside and seven body bags outside....

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World News Jan 27
Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows

The White House has shifted how it talks about Alex Pretti's killing as more Republicans express concern over the deadly...

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World News Jan 26
'I spent £2,000 on one event': Why Gen Z is obsessed with Hyrox

How young millennials and Generation Z - people in their twenties to early forties - have become obsessed with this fitn...

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World News Jan 26
Murder and MI5: How an extraordinary battle erupted over what the state keeps secret

Can the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential...

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World News Jan 26
NRA and other US gun activists push back at Trump officials over Minneapolis shooting

The gun-lobby group, typically aligned with Trump, criticises a suggestion that those who carry guns risk being lawfully...

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World News Jan 25
What we know about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis

Trump officials says federal agents shot in self-defence, as Pretti's parents accuse them of "sickening lies"....

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World News Jan 25
What India's Republic Day red carpet means for its foreign policy

Who sits beside India’s president on Republic Day signals Delhi’s diplomatic priorities to the world....

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World News Jan 25
As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge

With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be...

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