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Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced | https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fox-news-dominion-trial-04-18-23/index.html | No summary | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:44:51 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271814 | null | null | null |
Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell | https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fox-news-dominion-trial-04-18-23/h_8d51e3ae2714edaa0dace837305d03b8 | No summary | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271818 | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271821 | null | null | null |
Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory | https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/media/dominion-fox-news-allegations/index.html | • Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says
• Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:01:11 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271826 | null | null | null |
Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case' | https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/18/media/fox-dominion-settlement/index.html | The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:28:17 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271832 | null | null | null |
'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement | https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/04/18/jake-tapper-dominion-lawsuit-settlement-fox-news-statement-lead-vpx.cnn | A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:17:44 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:27:33.271838 | null | null | null |
Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced | https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fox-news-dominion-trial-04-18-23/index.html | No summary | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:44:51 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018968 | null | null | null |
Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell | https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fox-news-dominion-trial-04-18-23/h_8d51e3ae2714edaa0dace837305d03b8 | No summary | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018974 | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018976 | null | null | null |
Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory | https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/media/dominion-fox-news-allegations/index.html | • Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says
• Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:01:11 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018982 | null | null | null |
Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case' | https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/18/media/fox-dominion-settlement/index.html | The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:28:17 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018988 | null | null | null |
'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement | https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/04/18/jake-tapper-dominion-lawsuit-settlement-fox-news-statement-lead-vpx.cnn | A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. | politics | http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss | Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:17:44 GMT | 2025-12-23 14:31:55.018993 | null | null | null |
Three killed after Russia launches 'massive' attack across Ukraine | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4d99p63y4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:11:18 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.119660 | Several regions are without power after missile and drone strikes targeted several cities. | Three killed after Russia launches 'massive' attack across Ukraine
30 minutes ago Share Save Alex Smith and Mohamed Madi , Kyiv Share Save
Watch: BBC correspondent at the scene of Kyiv drone attack
Russia carried out a "massive" overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, a d... | en |
'A miracle': Officer shot in head during Bondi attack home from hospital | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0kxrr2jyko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:06:34 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.255092 | The Christmas homecoming of Jack Hibbert, who was shot in the head and shoulder, is a "miracle", his family say. | 'A miracle': Officer shot in head during Bondi attack home from hospital
9 hours ago Share Save Yang Tian Sydney Share Save
PA Media Jack Hibbert had been working as a police officer for just months before he was shot
A young police officer who was shot in the head during the Bondi Beach attack has been released fro... | en |
Trump says US will keep or sell oil seized from Venezuela | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87lnn09yj8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:51:47 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.387900 | The US president also says the US intends to keep the tankers it has intercepted off the coast of Venezuela. | Trump says US will keep or sell oil seized from Venezuela
5 hours ago Share Save Rachel Hagan Share Save
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Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained on tankers it has seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the vessels themselves. The US ... | en |
Israel extends order allowing closure of foreign broadcasters | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k47wg2j90o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:55:57 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.521126 | A bill passed by parliament expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a security threat. | Israel extends order allowing closure of foreign broadcasters
Al Jazeera was forced to close its office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, in September 2024
Originally dubbed the "Al Jazeera Law", the powers were used to shut down the Qatari-owned channel's offices and block its broadcasts in May 2024.
It allow... | en |
US regulator approves pill form of Wegovy weight-loss drug | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce86le5dyxyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:29:07 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.649999 | Wegovy becomes first pill of its kind to be approved, shifting weight-loss drugs beyond injections. | US regulator approves pill form of Wegovy weight-loss drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk.
It is the first pill of its kind to receive approval from the regulator, marking a new era for weight-loss dr... | en |
Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/freed-nigerian-schoolchildren-set-to-be-reunited-with-families | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:34 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:57.907347 | <p>Month-long ordeal ends but no details released on how they regained their freedom or who was behind abduction</p><p>A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/more-kidnapped-schoolchildren-freed-in-nigeria">freed by the government on Sunday</a> are e... | A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on Monday, ending a month-long ordeal that drew global concern.
Last month, unknown gunmen took hundreds of schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St Mary’s C... | en |
Another 130 kidnapped schoolchildren released in Nigeria | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/more-kidnapped-schoolchildren-freed-in-nigeria | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:05:09 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:58.007511 | <p>Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now free</p><p>Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/07/relea... | Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after 100 were freed earlier this month.
“Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity,” presidential spokesperson Sunday Dare said on X, in a post accompanie... | en |
Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/21/manchester-museum-uncover-hidden-histories-africa-hub | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:00:01 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:58.134892 | <p>New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects</p><p>It’s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn’t know. But unanswered questions and archival silences are at the heart of the new Africa Hub at Manchester Museum, north-west England, which is invit... | It’s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn’t know. But unanswered questions and archival silences are at the heart of the new Africa Hub at Manchester Museum, north-west England, which is inviting people around the world to help fill the gaps.
The museum holds more than 40,000 items from across Africa,... | en |
Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/21/sweden-and-germany-slash-aid-budgets-to-focus-on-ukraine-and-defence-spending | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:00:05 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:58.250661 | <p>Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out </p><p>The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat poverty and hunger is being replaced in Europe with geopolitical “games” as states redirect aid to Ukraine and to defen... | The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat poverty and hunger is being replaced in Europe with geopolitical “games” as states redirect aid to Ukraine and to defence spending, analysts warn after recent announcements by Sweden and Germany.
Earlier this year, humanitarian groups called for European donors to fi... | en |
Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting this month | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/gunmen-johannesburg-township-in-south-africas-second-mass-shooting-within-weeks | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:12:54 GMT | 2025-12-23T14:42:58.355180 | <p>Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at people in a bar and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police say</p><p>Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.</p><p>Ten more were wounded in the early morni... | Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.
Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at the tavern in the impoverished Bekkersdal township in a gold mining area about 25 miles (40km) south-west of Johannesburg.
It co... | en |
US economy grows at fastest pace in two years | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n9ynzrdpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:56:57 GMT | 2025-12-23T17:32:09.831119 | Strong consumer spending helps the US economy grow at a faster rate than expected. | US economy grows at fastest pace in two years
2 hours ago Share Save Natalie Sherman Business reporter Share Save
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The US economy picked up speed over the three months to September, as consumer spending jumped and exports increased. The world's largest economy expanded at an annual rate of ... | en |
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj0ll7ppewo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:10:19 GMT | 2025-12-23T17:54:00.587844 | The victims, including women and children, were ambushed on their way to a religious festival. | Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria
News of the abductions comes just a day after the Nigerian authorities announced the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and teachers from a separate mass kidnapping at a Catholic boarding school in Niger state last month.
Police spokesperson Alabo Alfred ... | en |
Trump travelled on Epstein's plane more than previously thought, prosecutor says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74xgp81pqgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:46:42 GMT | 2025-12-23T19:55:18.018097 | The US president has long denied any wrongdoing in relation to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. | Trump travelled on Epstein's plane more than previously thought, prosecutor says
8 minutes ago Share Save Alex Smith and Anthony Reuben , BBC Verify Share Save
Davidoff Studios/Getty Images A file photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, then a real estate developer, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Flor... | en |
Libya's army chief killed in air crash in Turkey | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvgzyepdqno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:18:23 GMT | 2025-12-23T20:29:24.155552 | Signal was earlier lost with a jet that took off from Ankara with Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others on board. | Libya's army chief killed in air crash in Turkey
Libya's Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad (left) died just hours after holding talks with Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler
The Libyan army chief has been killed in an air crash in Turkey.
Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others were on board a Falcon 50 ai... | en |
Libya’s army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/23/libyas-army-chief-dies-in-plane-crash-in-turkey | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:03:05 GMT | 2025-12-23T21:25:08.105123 | <p>Libyan PM says Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad died after aircraft lost radio contact above Ankara</p><p>The Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been killed in a plane crash after leaving Turkey’s capital, Ankara.</p><p>The prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised government conf... | The Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been killed in a plane crash after leaving Turkey’s capital, Ankara.
The prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised government confirmed on Tuesday evening that Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad had died and that four others were on the jet with ... | en |
UN experts urge Iran to stop execution of woman activist | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxz5jken3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:11:01 GMT | 2025-12-23T22:25:41.282436 | Zahra Tabari, 67, was sentenced to death after a trial that lasted less than 10 minutes, her family says. | UN experts urge Iran to stop execution of woman activist
Zahra Tabari was sentenced to death after a trial that lasted less than 10 minutes, her family says
Iranian authorities have not yet commented on the case.
In October, she was convicted of "armed rebellion" by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht after a trial via v... | en |
'Inappropriate friends' email from 'Balmoral' among Epstein release | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm28g5exx09o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:48:09 GMT | 2025-12-23T23:27:30.168568 | A newly released email sent to Ghislane Maxwell from "A" is among the latest set of Epstein files released by the US' House Committee on Oversight and Reform. | 'Inappropriate friends' email from 'Balmoral' among Epstein release
38 minutes ago Share Save Cachella Smith Share Save
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An email sent from an individual named "A", saying they are at Balmoral and asking Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", is among the latest tranche of Epstein files released on T... | en |
Trump trips, a fake video and 10 possible co-conspirators - Takeaways from new Epstein files | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj4yvx80do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:08:43 GMT | 2025-12-24T02:10:57.679496 | The largest release of Epstein-related documents yet from the justice department included some notable messages and several mentions of Trump. | Trump trips, a fake video and 10 possible co-conspirators - Takeaways from new Epstein files
1 hour ago Share Save Kayla Epstein Share Save
Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file release
The US Department of Justice released its latest - and largest - tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,00... | en |
Australia to deport British man charged with displaying Nazi symbols | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgke51rzpvro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:25:04 GMT | 2025-12-24T02:10:57.837829 | The immigration minister said the man is an unwelcome "guest" in Australia. | Australia to deport British man charged with displaying Nazi symbols
2 hours ago Share Save Lana Lam Sydney Share Save
Australian Federal Police Police arrested and charged the British man, 43, earlier this month
A British national in Australia has had his visa cancelled and faces deportation for allegedly displayin... | en |
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp39kngz008o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:45:28 GMT | 2025-12-24T03:42:18.202153 | Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a "witch hunt" is taking place. | US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, has clashed with Elon Musk in the past
Breton was described by the State Department as the "mastermind" of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes content moder... | en |
Latest peace plan offers possible Ukrainian withdrawal from east, Zelensky says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d9wg2pwl1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:52:14 GMT | 2025-12-24T09:54:26.760905 | On the key question of Ukraine's eastern Donbas, Zelensky says a "free economic zone" is a potential option. | Latest peace plan offers possible withdrawal from east Ukraine, Zelensky says
Zelensky said the 20 points agreed with the Americans offered Ukraine security guarantees that mirrored Nato membership
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withd... | en |
Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd749gqgg11o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:46:14 GMT | 2025-12-24T10:28:40.284022 | An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called to discuss the US seizure of two tankers. | Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers
President Trump has accused Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drugs cartel and said gangs had operated with impunity for too long.
The US has also said it was pursuing a third Venezuelan oil tanker.
The emergency meeting of the Security ... | en |
Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz68z3wn1e3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:58:48 GMT | 2025-12-24T15:27:52.284999 | An explosion was detonated after police approached a 'suspicious' individual in Moscow, authorities said. | Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow
Police stand guard close to the scene of the explosion
Three people - including two police officers - have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian authorities have said.
Two traffic police officers saw a "suspicious individual" near a police car on the city's ... | en |
Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/algeria-passes-law-declaring-french-colonisation-crime | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:02:47 GMT | 2025-12-24T15:27:52.778652 | <p>France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportation</p><p>Algeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations.</p><p>Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the... | Algeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations.
Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted “long live Algeria” on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill,... | en |
Algerian law declares France's colonisation a crime | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14vdpyj1vjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:37:07 GMT | 2025-12-24T17:44:08.425057 | Lawmakers unanimously approve a law, which demands an apology and reparations from the former colonial power. | Algerian law declares France's colonisation a crime
France returned the remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters in 2020
France's colonialisation of Algeria between 1830 and 1962 was marked by mass killings, large-scale deportations and ended in a bloody war of independence. Algeria says the war killed 1.5 million ... | en |
Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0je3v3en01o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:44:30 GMT | 2025-12-24T18:58:47.222516 | Eyewitnesses say the blast happened as people were gathered for evening prayers. | Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria
Several people are feared to have been killed and injured in Nigeria after a suspected suicide bomber carried out an attack on a mosque in Borno state.
Eyewitnesses said the blast happened during evening prayers. One report suggests seven people were killed, but there has been ... | en |
Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdgz84dn35o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:32:22 GMT | 2025-12-24T19:40:47.915323 | The US Department of Justice says reviewing the material could delay release by a "few more weeks". | Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case
US authorities have discovered more than a million more documents potentially related to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein that they plan to release in the coming days and weeks, officials say.
The US Attorney for the Southern District ... | en |
Democratic board member muted during Kennedy Center vote sues to remove Trump's name | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79x0x7v70go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:11:10 GMT | 2025-12-24T22:26:08.958858 | US Representative Joyce Beatty claims the renaming of the venue is illegal because the change requires "an act of Congress". | Democratic board member muted during Kennedy Center vote sues to remove Trump's name
4 hours ago Share Save Madeline Halpert Share Save
Watch: President Trump's name added to facade of Kennedy Center
Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove President Donald Trump's name from th... | en |
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvgz1jn368o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:25:29 GMT | 2025-12-24T22:46:07.940016 | It is not clear if Asfura's opponents will accept the result after saying the vote count was manipulated. | Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election
Nasry Asfura promised not to let Hondurans down
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged all parties to respect the result "so that Honduran authorities may ensure a peaceful transition of authority".
In a post on X, Asfura said, "Honduras: I am ... | en |
Sean 'Diddy' Combs files appeal asking for immediate prison release | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqe4j15lzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:30:09 GMT | 2025-12-24T23:42:54.851037 | Combs argues his sentence was improperly decided and asked that his conviction also be thrown out. | Sean 'Diddy' Combs files appeal asking for immediate prison release
The request is the latest attempt by his team to reduce his sentence or throw out his conviction.
Attorney Alexandra Shapiro called Combs' 50-month prison sentence "unlawful, unconstitutional, and a perversion of justice". She asked an appeals court ... | en |
Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk733k1k1eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 06:44:21 GMT | 2025-12-25T07:02:11.926005 | Tarique Rahman, who has lived in London since 2008, arrives weeks before for pivotal elections are held. | Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile
Tarique Rahman, the front-runner to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has returned to the country after 17 years in exile ahead of landmark general elections.
The 60-year-old is the figurehead of the influential Zia family and the son of former ... | en |
Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/displaced-islamic-state-insurgency-mozambique | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:00:34 GMT | 2025-12-25T08:35:36.838970 | <p>Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindles</p><p>More than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.</p><p>With wars in Ukrain... | More than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.
With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largel... | en |
Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects 'planning New Year's attacks' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn98w93l8plo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:19:28 GMT | 2025-12-25T10:49:20.271454 | Turkish authorities say firearms were seized and efforts to trace further suspected members are continuing. | Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects 'planning New Year's attacks'
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Turkish authorities say they have disrupted planned attacks on Christmas and New Year's events... | en |
Pope Leo urges 'courage' to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21728nwxlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:41:39 GMT | 2025-12-25T11:55:03.054791 | The pope also laments the condition of Palestinians during his address to worshippers at the Vatican. | Pope Leo urges 'courage' to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address
His plea comes as US-led negotiations on a deal to end the fighting continues.
Speaking about Ukraine, the Pope said: "May the clamour of weapons cease, and may the parties involved, with the support and commitment of the international community, ... | en |
Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's surgery for hernia 'successful' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c898zxyznxpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:24:38 GMT | 2025-12-25T18:40:48.316947 | The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election. | Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's surgery for hernia 'successful'
Ahead of the surgery, Jair Bolsonaro endorsed the candidacy of his eldest son, Flávio, for the 2026 presidential race.
Brazil's Supreme Court granted permission for the 70-year-old to be transferred from the room in the federal police headquarters w... | en |
Zelensky hails 'new ideas' on peace after talks with US envoys | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g413yz9g5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:36:46 GMT | 2025-12-25T21:42:51.675810 | Ukraine's leader gives an upbeat assessment after discussing the plan with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. | Zelensky hails 'new ideas' on peace after talks with US envoys
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given a positive assessment of a conversation he had with US envoys on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Zelensky said Thursday's call with Steve Witkoff... | en |
Heavy rain storms in California leave three dead as of Christmas night | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lr3p7n87yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:39:57 GMT | 2025-12-25T22:57:57.366865 | The storms have brought flash flooding and mudslides during a time of busy holiday travel. | Heavy rain storms in California leave three dead as of Christmas night
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Atmospheric rivers dumped heavy rains on large parts of California, causing floods and mudslides and leaving three dead as of Christmas night, according to local officials. The storms ... | en |
US carries out strikes on Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, Trump says | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/us-carries-out-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-trump-says | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:41:22 GMT | 2025-12-26T02:20:46.646311 | <p>President claims strikes targeted militants in country’s north-west, accusing group of attacking Christian communities</p><p>Donald Trump has said the US carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria on Thursday, after spending weeks decrying the group for targeting Christians.</p><p>T... | Donald Trump has said the US carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria on Thursday, after spending weeks decrying the group for targeting Christians.
The president said in a post on his Truth Social platform: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched... | en |
US launches deadly strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj69j8l918do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:17:47 GMT | 2025-12-26T05:01:10.279227 | The US president accuses the group of killing Christians, as Nigeria’s foreign minister tells the BBC the strikes were a "joint operation" and "nothing to do" with religion. | US launches deadly strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump
The US defence department posted an unclassified short video that appears to show a missile being launched from a military vessel
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar told the BBC it was a "joint operation" targeting "terrorists", and i... | en |
Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzwqjpzp4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:09:41 GMT | 2025-12-26T05:01:10.478342 | Weeks after floods ravaged the island of Sumatra, many still do not have access to clean water and food. | Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid
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AFP via Getty Images People in Indonesia's Aceh province are raising white flags as a call for internation... | en |
Nigeria provided US with intelligence for strikes on Islamist militants, says foreign minister – US politics live | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/26/us-nigeria-strikes-militants-donald-trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-epstein-us-politics-latest-news-updates | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:00:50 GMT | 2025-12-26T11:24:02.307121 | <p>Strikes against group accused by Donald Trump of attacking Christian communities took place on Christmas Day in country’s north-west</p><p>Nigeria provided the US with intelligence on jihadists before the strikes that took place in the country on Christmas Day, its foreign ministry said on Friday.</p><p>On Thursday,... | Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature
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Two killed in suspected Palestinian ramming and knife attack in Israel | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d9znp22pyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:32:48 GMT | 2025-12-26T12:53:57.032356 | Police say the attacker, from the occupied West Bank, ran over at least one person before stabbing another victim several miles away. | Two killed in suspected Palestinian ramming and knife attack in Israel
The attacker drove into people and then carried out a stabbing several miles away, police say
Two people have been killed in what police say was a "rolling terror attack" in northern Israel.
Police said the attacker ran over a pedestrian in the e... | en |
Thailand bombs Cambodian border area as ceasefire talks continue | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gk15x85jlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:18:26 GMT | 2025-12-26T12:53:57.165597 | Cambodia accuses Thailand of "indiscriminate attacks", as negotiators meet for a third day to try to end weeks of renewed fighting. | Thailand bombs Cambodian border area as ceasefire talks continue
Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia broke out again earlier this month
Both countries have blamed each other for the breakdown of the truce.
At least 41 people have been killed and almost one million displaced since the hostilities resumed.
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Zelensky plans to meet Trump on Sunday for talks on ending Russian war | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8zg25p26zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:21:38 GMT | 2025-12-26T14:28:42.777382 | The Ukrainian leader says he will see the US president in Florida to discuss a US plan aimed at ending Russia's war. | Zelensky plans to meet Trump on Sunday for talks on ending Russian war
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EPA/Shutterstock Ukraine's president last met President Donald Trump at the White House in October
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will meet US President Donald Trump in Florida a... | en |
Ex-Malaysia PM Najib Razak given 15-year jail term over state funds scandal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk7y27vp1eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:15:36 GMT | 2025-12-26T14:28:42.917232 | Najib was convicted for his role in the billion-dollar scandal involving the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. | Ex-Malaysia PM Najib Razak given 15-year jail term over state funds scandal
Najib Razak is already serving a six-year jail sentence for a separate case of embezzlement related to 1MDB
The former PM is already in jail after he was convicted years ago in another case related to 1MDB.
On Friday afternoon a judge found ... | en |
Blast at Syrian mosque during Friday prayers leaves at least eight dead | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx25387dj8no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:01:16 GMT | 2025-12-26T15:27:37.501392 | The explosion in Homs targeted a predominantly Alawite area, a sect that has faced crackdowns and violence since the fall of former-President Bashar al-Assad. | Blast at Syrian mosque during Friday prayers leaves at least eight dead
The mosque is in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood, where most people are part of the Alawite ethnoreligious group.
Officials believe that an explosive was detonated inside the building, Sana reports, citing a security source. While authorities ar... | en |
US warns of more Nigeria strikes as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing operations’ | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/us-warns-of-more-nigeria-strikes-as-abuja-talks-of-joint-ongoing-operations | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:41:45 GMT | 2025-12-26T15:27:37.920127 | <p>Pete Hegseth says ‘more to come’ as Nigerian minister confirms his country provided intelligence for first wave</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/26/us-nigeria-strikes-militants-donald-trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-epstein-us-politics-latest-news-updates">US politics live: latest new... | The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has warned of new strikes against Islamic State targets in north-western Nigeria, hours after the US military took action against militant camps in what Donald Trump has characterised as efforts to stop the killing of Christians.
Hegseth wrote on X: “The president was clear last... | en |
Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as sovereign state | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/israel-first-country-to-recognise-somaliland-sovereign-state | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:34:20 GMT | 2025-12-26T17:43:13.946860 | <p>Diplomatic breakthrough comes more than three decades after declaration of independence from Somalia</p><p>Israel has become the first country in the world to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, a breakthrough in its quest for international recognition since it declared independence from Somalia 34 years ago.... | Israel has become the first country in the world to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, a breakthrough in its quest for international recognition since it declared independence from Somalia 34 years ago.
The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, announced on Friday that Israel and Somaliland had signed an agr... | en |
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/british-egyptian-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah-arrives-in-uk-after-travel-ban-lifted | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:57:22 GMT | 2025-12-26T18:37:41.382868 | <p>Family say campaigner, who has a son in Brighton, will be able to travel freely between UK and Cairo months after his release from Egyptian jail</p><p>The British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him despite <a href="... | The British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him despite releasing him from jail in September.
Abd el-Fattah had been held in jail nearly continuously for 10 years, mainly due to expressing his opposition to the treatme... | en |
Trump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’ | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/trump-supporters-nigeria-airstrikes | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:50:21 GMT | 2025-12-26T18:37:41.632250 | <p>Some even celebrated ‘mass killing’ and the president’s ‘resolve’ in attacking Islamic State targets </p><p>The US’s Christmas Day <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/us-warns-of-more-nigeria-strikes-as-abuja-talks-of-joint-ongoing-operations">strikes</a> against Islamic State targets in <a href="... | The US’s Christmas Day strikes against Islamic State targets in Nigeria have been met with praise by Donald Trump supporters who for months had been agitating for the president to respond forcefully to the killings of Christians in the country.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Christmas than by avenging the... | en |
Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire after weeks of deadly clashes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q5je8048xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:51:10 GMT | 2025-12-27T06:39:02.238840 | Almost one million people have been displaced since hostilities resumed earlier this month. | Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire after weeks of deadly clashes
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AP Almost one million people have been displaced since hostilities resumed earlier this month
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, the defence ministers of the two countries s... | en |
'We will vote but not with our hearts': Inside the election staged by Myanmar's military rulers | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxller1j5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:01:59 GMT | 2025-12-27T06:39:02.409289 | This is the first election since the army's coup in early 2021 - and it is being widely condemned as a sham. | 'We will vote but not with our hearts': Inside the election staged by Myanmar's military rulers
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Jonathan Head/ BBC A campaign rally in Mandalay ahead of a controversial election being held by Myanmar's military rulers on ... | en |
Thousands of US flights disrupted as winter storm looms | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0je0l55zq3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:36:28 GMT | 2025-12-27T06:39:02.543168 | Heavy snow is expected in New York and southern Connecticut during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. | Thousands of US flights disrupted as winter storm looms
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Getty Images Up to 9in (23cm) of snow could fall on New York City on Friday
Thousands of flights across the US have been cancelled or delayed as the north-east braces for a severe winter storm during the peak h... | en |
Opposition anger as Guinea’s junta leader is frontrunner to be elected president | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/guinea-junta-leader-mamady-doumbouya-frontrunner-president-election | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:00:33 GMT | 2025-12-27T08:34:44.488389 | <p>Mamady Doumbouya accused of betraying his promise to be the restorer of democracy after leading 2021 coup</p><p>In September 2021, a tall, young colonel in the Guinean army announced that he and his comrades had <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/06/guinea-president-held-in-military-detention-say-ar... | In September 2021, a tall, young colonel in the Guinean army announced that he and his comrades had forcibly seized power and toppled the longtime leader Alpha Condé.
“The will of the strongest has always supplanted the law,” Mamady Doumbouya said in a speech, stressing that the soldiers were acting to restore the wil... | en |
Poland scrambles jets as Russia strikes Kyiv before US-Ukraine peace talks | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dzvpg1341o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:52:05 GMT | 2025-12-27T10:26:40.572784 | Poland's military says its air force took a "preventative" response to secure its airspace. | Poland scrambles jets as Russia strikes Kyiv before US-Ukraine peace talks
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Reuters A multi-storey building in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, was one of several damaged overnight
Polish fighter jets have been scrambled on its border with Ukraine, af... | en |
Nine arrested in Italy for allegedly raising millions for Hamas | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxq59np394o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:25:18 GMT | 2025-12-27T15:42:56.668480 | Police say the suspects raised around €7m (£6m) for the militant group over more than two years. | Nine arrested in Italy for allegedly raising millions for Hamas
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Italian police have arrested nine people accused of raising around €7m (£6m) for Hamas over more than two years. The money was ostensibly collected as humanitarian aid for Palest... | en |
Central African Republic goes to polls as president seeks third term | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/central-african-republic-goes-to-polls-as-president-seeks-third-term | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT | 2025-12-28T05:30:45.412106 | <p>Opposition hopes to tap into frustrations of people living in country where conflict remains a daily reality</p><p>Central African Republic goes to the polls on Sunday with the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, seeking a third term.</p><p>As many as 2.3 million registered voters will cast ballots for what observ... | Central African Republic goes to the polls on Sunday with the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, seeking a third term.
As many as 2.3 million registered voters will cast ballots for what observers are calling a quadruple election: votes for the presidency and parliament as well as local and municipal offices.
Seve... | en |
War-torn Myanmar voting in widely criticised 'sham' election | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7vly6gm76o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:00:19 GMT | 2025-12-28T06:39:13.904654 | Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power. | War-torn Myanmar voting in widely criticised 'sham' election
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EPA Myanmar's military is holding a phased election over the next month
Myanmar is voting in an election widely dismissed as a sham, with major political parties dissolved, many of their... | en |
BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cwyv4gwyxxwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:23:42 GMT | 2025-12-28T06:39:14.064852 | Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the
BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports. | BBC News South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head visited a polling station in Myanmar as the country votes in what has widely been called a "sham" election.
Major political parties have been dissolved and many of their leaders jailed almost five years after the military seized power in a coup.
This sparked widesp... | en |
Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers glide down slopes | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cz7n4px7e41o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:40:21 GMT | 2025-12-28T06:59:49.469941 | Scientists say volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had intensified this week, with craters continuously emitting ash. | Huge plumes of ash and smoke were filmed erupting from Mount Etna, Sicily on 27 December as skiers used the slopes below.
Scientists at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia said volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had intensified, with craters continuously emitting ash.
In response, ... | en |
Cruise ship hits reef on first trip since leaving passenger on island | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9z1k4g40jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:35:10 GMT | 2025-12-28T06:59:49.608949 | The Coral Adventurer is under investigation for the death of Suzanne Rees, who was found dead on a remote island after being left behind by the ship. | Cruise ship hits reef on first trip since leaving passenger on island
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A cruise ship has run aground in Papua New Guinea (PNG), on its first trip following the death of an elderly passenger in late October. The Coral Adventurer is currently under... | en |
Two killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj817m37rgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:55:35 GMT | 2025-12-28T09:29:38.682768 | Thousands of homes in parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway have been left without power. | Two killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries
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Getty Images The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued alerts for strong winds across large parts of northern Sweden as Storm Johannes hit
Two people have died in Sweden after ... | en |
Brigitte Bardot: The blonde bombshell who revolutionised cinema in the 1950s | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c888rzkd0dzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:18:57 GMT | 2025-12-28T10:27:02.614782 | The cocktail of kittenish charm and continental sensuality who swept away the cinematic cobwebs of the 1950s. | Brigitte Bardot: The blonde bombshell who revolutionised cinema in the 1950s
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Hulton Archive/Getty Images Ruthlessly marketed as a sex symbol, Brigitte Bardot put French cinema on the map
Brigitte Bardot, who has died at the age of 91, swept away cinema's staid 1950s'... | en |
Executions in Iran more than double in 2025, report says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v1g227p4xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:02:13 GMT | 2025-12-28T12:52:09.830868 | The Iran Human Rights (IHR) group says it has verified at least 1,500 executions up until the start of December. | Executions in Iran more than double in 2025, report says
The number of executions in Iran in 2025 has more than doubled compared to the amount which took place across the country in 2024.
Norwegian-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group told the BBC it had verified at least 1,500 executions up until the start of Decembe... | en |
French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly92pr8qryo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:34:26 GMT | 2025-12-28T14:24:54.688115 | The actress was a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s but became increasingly controversial after making homophobic and racist slurs. | French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91
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Thomas Samson via Getty Images Brigitte Bardot - pictured here in 2006 - gave up acting to concentrate on animal welfare at the age of 39
French actress Brigitte Bardot, who revolutionised 1950s F... | en |
Spaniards hurl flour, eggs and fireworks in mock battle | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c05834pp6jno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:10:19 GMT | 2025-12-28T18:40:35.773204 | The annual food fight festival ''Els Enfarinats'' has left the Spanish town of Ibi covered in flour and egg shells. | The annual food fight festival ''Els Enfarinats'' has left the Spanish town of Ibi covered in flour and egg shells.
Every year participants wear military-style costumes and stage a fake coup using eggs, flour and firecrackers.
The eggers go around asking for "taxes" - donations to charity - from local people and if y... | en |
Kosovo's ruling party wins election after months of political deadlock | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3z3w4wy0go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:27:02 GMT | 2025-12-29T02:22:43.143033 | The decisive victory for the Albanian nationalist Vetevendosje party means a third term for leader Albin Kurti. | Kosovo's ruling party wins election after months of political deadlock
Vetevendosje won elections in February, but without a majority, and Kosovo has been without a functioning government since then.
The two main opposition parties, the centre-right Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo... | en |
China to hold military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87l7xjp235o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:33:51 GMT | 2025-12-29T04:01:43.098359 | The drills come days after the US announced the sale of one of its largest weapons packages to Taiwan. | China to hold military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'
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Reuters Since 2022 Beijing has ramped up military drills in the Taiwan Strait
China has announced it will hold military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's k... | en |
John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:03:56 GMT | 2025-12-29T04:01:43.308732 | 2025 has been a year of multiple major conflicts and it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance. | John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'
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Sensitive content: This article contains a graphic description of death that some readers may find upsetting I've reported on more than 40 wars around the world... | en |
Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2328e70y7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:15:36 GMT | 2025-12-29T04:01:43.451758 | An investigation is under way after the train derailed as it rounded a bend near the town of Nizanda. | Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100
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AFP via Getty Images The train derailed while rounding a bend near the town of Nizanda, Oaxaca.
At least 13 people died and almost 100 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico's south-western Oaxaca region, the M... | en |
Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks but 'thorny issues' remain | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36z615y443o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:06:51 GMT | 2025-12-29T06:50:56.089553 | Both the US president and Zelensky describe talks in Florida as "great" and "terrific" but the issue of territory remains "unresolved". | Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks but 'thorny issues' remain
5 hours ago Share Save Bernd Debusmann Jr , Washington DC and Harry Sekulich Share Save
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky said progress had been made to end the Ukraine war during Florida talks but the US leader added "one or two very tho... | en |
'There are many challenges': Syrians in Turkey consider return after fall of Assad | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd74pxvrp10o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:05:53 GMT | 2025-12-29T06:50:56.249882 | Syrians in Turkey are weighing up whether it is the right time to return to their homeland. | 'There are many challenges': Syrians in Turkey consider return after fall of Assad
42 minutes ago Share Save Orla Guerin Senior International Correspondent in Gaziantep, Turkey Share Save
BBC Aya Mustafa wants to return home but not yet
The pull of home can be strong – even when it is a place you can't remember. Tha... | en |
Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking newly signed ceasefire deal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w7wgrk01do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:38:29 GMT | 2025-12-29T10:57:21.442494 | The ceasefire took effect at noon local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday. | Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking newly signed ceasefire deal
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Getty Images The Thai army said than more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side
Thailand's army has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly-signed ceasefire ... | en |
Trump to meet Netanyahu in Florida as focus turns to Middle East issues | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwypyq9dvggo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:52:16 GMT | 2025-12-29T13:03:28.384765 | They are set to discuss Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, where the Trump administration wants to see the ceasefire enter its second stage in January. | Trump to meet Netanyahu in Florida as focus turns to Middle East issues
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US President Donald Trump will turn his focus to the Middle East on Monday, as he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida for talks that are expected to cover Gaza ... | en |
Anthony Joshua injured in car crash in Nigeria that killed two people | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/29/anthony-joshua-injured-car-crash-nigeria | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:52:41 GMT | 2025-12-29T14:28:03.008948 | <ul><li><p>British former boxing champion sustained minor injuries</p></li><li><p>Two people killed in collision, say police in Ogun State</p></li></ul><p>The British former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car accident in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed two people, local police said o... | The British former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car accident in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed two people, local police said on Monday.
Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries when his vehicle collided with another car, Ogun State Police Command said.
They are investigating the cau... | en |
More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain, but the figure is sharply down | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/more-than-3000-migrants-died-spain-figure-down | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:31:31 GMT | 2025-12-29T17:46:35.663951 | <p>Campaigners say tighter border controls have reduced arrivals but are pushing people on to increasingly dangerous routes</p><p>More than 3,000 people died trying to reach Spain by sea over the past year, a sharp fall from the previous 12 months.</p><p>However, activists cautioned that the drop reflected tighter bord... | More than 3,000 people died trying to reach Spain by sea over the past year, a sharp fall from the previous 12 months.
However, activists cautioned that the drop reflected tighter border controls that have forced migrants to take increasingly dangerous routes.
According to a new report by the NGO Caminando Fronteras,... | en |
Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4g5lgngvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:00:39 GMT | 2025-12-29T18:38:17.537216 | Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting a presidential residence, which President Zelensky called "typical Russian lies". | Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia's Foreign... | en |
US pledges $2bn for humanitarian aid, but tells UN 'adapt or die' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj8jr37y98o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:51:21 GMT | 2025-12-29T18:38:17.726372 | The pledge was welcomed by the UN, but comes after previous major cuts to US funding for humanitarian operations. | US pledges $2bn for humanitarian aid, but tells UN 'adapt or die'
Mr Fletcher welcomed the new funds, saying they would save "millions of lives". But $2 billion is just a fraction of what the US has traditionally spent on aid. In 2022 its contribution to the UN's humanitarian work was estimated at $17 billion (£12.6bn... | en |
Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:46:24 GMT | 2025-12-29T20:31:02.374055 | Under the scheme, climbers paid a $4,000 deposit that was returned if they brought 8kg of waste down the mountain. | Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme
43 minutes ago Share Save Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service Share Save
David Liano Officials say the problem of waste piling up is more evident on higher camps of Everest
A scheme to encourage climbers to bring their waste down ... | en |
Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2v256vdkyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:51:07 GMT | 2025-12-30T02:22:03.677031 | Zia became the country's first female leader in 1991 after its first democratic election in 20 years. | Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80
Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness.
"Our favourite leader is no longer with us. She left us at 6am this morning," Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced on... | en |
Trump hopes to reach phase two of Gaza ceasefire 'very quickly' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj8jmxyzneo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:08:58 GMT | 2025-12-30T02:22:03.818284 | The US president also warns Hamas will have "hell to pay" if it does not disarm, after talks with Netanyahu. | Trump hopes to reach phase two of Gaza ceasefire 'very quickly'
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Watch: 'Hell to pay' if Hamas doesn't disarm, Trump says
Donald Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan "very quickly", as he warned Hamas would have "hell to pay" if it did not disarm q... | en |
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever, as US pushes for peace deal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n922dnw7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:12:41 GMT | 2025-12-30T02:22:03.981332 | A steep rise in soldiers' obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war losses. | Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever, as US pushes for peace deal
2 hours ago Share Save Olga Ivshina BBC News Russian Share Save
BBC Murat Mukashev (inset) signed up for the army after he was given a 10-year jail term
Over the past 10 months, Russian losses in the war with Ukraine have been growing fast... | en |
K-pop band NewJeans breaks up after bitter feud with record label | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwxqrde29o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:03:18 GMT | 2025-12-30T02:22:04.129464 | Ador says it has dropped NewJeans member Danielle Marsh while the return of Minji remains uncertain. | K-pop band NewJeans breaks up after bitter feud with record label
3 hours ago Share Save Kelly Ng and Jake Kwon , Seoul correspondent Share Save
Watch: 'Trusting time' - NewJeans discusses court ruling in record label dispute
Chart-topping K-pop band NewJeans is losing one of its members in what is yet another twist... | en |
Trump says US hit 'big facility' linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8484p7ggmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:06:08 GMT | 2025-12-30T06:44:35.031593 | The US president would not confirm US media reports that the explosion was caused by a CIA drone strike. | Trump says US hit 'big facility' linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats
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Reuters
Donald Trump has said the US has carried out a strike on a "dock area" linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats. The US president said there had been a "major explosion" where "they load the bo... | en |
Turkey detains 357 suspected IS members in nationwide raids | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5gq19n9zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:38:53 GMT | 2025-12-30T11:26:59.602948 | The arrests come just a day after three police officers were killed during a siege in the town of Yalova. | Turkey detains 357 suspected IS members in nationwide raids
46 minutes ago Share Save Sofia Ferreira Santos Share Save
X/Ali Yerlikaya A video shared on social media by Turkey's interior minister appears to show several people being detained
More than 350 suspected Islamic State group (IS) members have been detained... | en |
French right pushes for national tribute to film star Brigitte Bardot | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp848g51zd3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:20:27 GMT | 2025-12-30T13:02:02.232773 | A petition for a national homage to Brigitte Bardot - who died on Sunday - attracts more than 23,000 signatures. | French right pushes for national tribute to film star Brigitte Bardot
2 hours ago Share Save Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Share Save
Charly Hel/Prestige/Getty Images Brigitte Bardot died on Sunday aged 91 and had long shunned the limelight, preferring the company of animals
French right-wing figure Éric Ciotti h... | en |
Eurostar cancels all trains out of London as power outage hits Channel Tunnel | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w7wg93yeeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:32:39 GMT | 2025-12-30T13:49:26.067293 | Le Shuttle has also had to suspend services between Folkestone and Calais over a "power supply issue". | Eurostar cancels all trains out of London as power outage hits Channel Tunnel
15 minutes ago Share Save Thomas Mackintosh and Nicky Schiller , at St Pancras station Share Save
Kelly North and Bethany Massey-Chase tell the BBC how they've had to re-book their Eurostar service to Paris
Eurostar has cancelled all train... | en |
Saudi Arabia backs call for UAE to leave Yemen after strike on separatist-held port | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xdxz48l7yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:08:40 GMT | 2025-12-30T14:27:45.635838 | The UAE denies Saudi claims it sent a shipment of weapons to separatists and pushed them to launch offensives against the Yemeni government. | Saudi Arabia backs call for UAE to leave Yemen after strike on separatist-held port
18 minutes ago Share Save David Gritten Share Save
EPA The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) seeks independence for southern Yemen
Saudi Arabia has backed a demand from Yemen's presidential council for the United Arab Em... | en |
Protests spread across Iran for third day after currency hits record low | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj2llkjv8vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:31:18 GMT | 2025-12-30T16:35:18.653127 | The protests began on Sunday after shopkeepers in Tehran staged a strike when the Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar. | Protests spread across Iran for third day after currency hits record low
The Iranian government said it "recognises the protests" and would listen "with patience, even if it is confronted with harsh voices".
Since then, videos verified by BBC Persian have shown demonstrations in the cities of Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, M... | en |
The 'thorny' issues that threaten to derail a Russia-Ukraine peace deal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78v5dj3x39o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:33:40 GMT | 2025-12-30T17:37:48.641121 | Two of the main sticking points involve territory and the fate of Europe's biggest nuclear plant, which is currently occupied by Russia. | The 'thorny' issues that threaten to derail a Russia-Ukraine peace deal
Just now Share Save Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Share Save
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Unlike Trump, Zelensky says he does not trust Russia's Putin on peace talks
Russia, the US and Ukraine agree that a deal on ending almost four years of full-... | en |
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