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World News Sep 11
South African court rules that men can take wife's surname

The highest court rules that a law barring men from taking the surnames of their wives is discriminatory....

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Israeli strikes in Yemen kill 35 people, Houthis say

The Israeli military says it hit military targets, but the Houthis say only civilian sites were targeted....

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Nasa bans Chinese nationals from working on its space programmes

Earlier this month, Chinese nationals working with Nasa suddenly found themselves denied access. ...

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'Everyone hit the deck and scattered': Witnesses describe moment of Utah shooting

Witnesses describe screaming and running to flee the scene after hearing the fatal gunshot that killed Kirk....

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Bali's worst floods in a decade kill 14

Authorities say the flash floods on the popular island were caused by heavy rainfall. ...

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Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US

Fourteen deportees including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia have already arrived, President Mahama says....

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Killing of Trump ally lays bare America's bloody and broken politics

Charlie Kirk's killing is another episode of gun violence in America and the latest in a line of recent political violen...

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Firms will hesitate to invest in US after raid - S Korea president

More than 300 South Koreans who were arrested in the raid are due to return home on Friday....

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Fatal dam collapse: 'How do you restart from nothing?'

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support....

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Charlie Kirk: Conservative influencer who rallied a youth movement

Kirk, an influential Trump ally who at age 18 set up Turning Point USA, died in a shooting while speaking at a Utah camp...

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TV cooking shows are dying out - this cronut* holds the secret to why (*croissant-donut)

The curious case of why the UK has fallen out of love with once-beloved 'chop and chat' food shows....

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Mystery of dancing spiders' DNA could explain how they develop into new species

There are many more species of peacock spider than other animals, scientists think they may know why....

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Students flee as Charlie Kirk shot in front of crowd of hundreds

Video from the campus in Utah shows how the event turned to chaos after a single shot rang out....

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Putin and Netanyahu present twin challenges to Trump's diplomacy

Israel's strikes in Doha and the Russian drone incursion could present major affronts to his authority....

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'Netanyahu, we're not leaving': Defiance in Gaza City as Israel shows aid sites planned for evacuees

As Israel insists the whole population of Gaza City must leave, the BBC visits new aid sites the army claims will help t...

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Accidental or deliberate? Russia's drone incursion into Poland is a test for Nato

Whether the drone incursion was deliberate or accidental, Moscow will be watching Nato's response to it closely....

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Footage shows second claimed attack on Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla

BBC Verify analyses footage of the suspected drone attacks and images of a device found after the incident....

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Emma Heming Willis talks about husband Bruce's diagnosis and care

The actor, well known for his roles in the Die Hard franchise, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a condition h...

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Watch: Army patrols streets of Kathmandu after fierce protests

Charlotte Scarr reports from the Kathmandu where deadly protests against corruption and nepotism took place....

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