Crimea bridge: Russia says three killed by explosion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63183404?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 8, 2022, 11:46 AM
Ukraine's defence ministry likens the explosion to the sinking of a Russian missile cruiser in April.
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Crimean bridge: Excitement and fear in Ukraine after bridge blast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63183409?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 8, 2022, 10:00 AM
The sight of the crippled bridge is a morale boost - but fear remains, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.
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Haiti asks world for military help to curb chaos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63181481?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 8, 2022, 4:08 AM
The US considers a humanitarian corridor to allow urgent supplies to enter the country.
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Uvalde suspends school police force after mass shooting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63180739?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 9:27 PM
The move comes after parents of the victims camped outside school offices in protest.
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Gambia cough syrup scandal: Mothers demand justice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63171982?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 8:16 PM
Sixty-six Gambian children are thought to have died because they were given unsafe medicine.
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New York City declares emergency over migrant 'crisis'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63177892?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 8, 2022, 12:20 AM
Mayor Eric Adams said the city is on track to spend $1bn this fiscal year to care for asylum seekers.
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Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin gets a tractor for his 70th birthday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63176124?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 7:23 PM
Gifts for Russia's embattled president include a tractor from Belarusian ally Alexander Lukashenko.
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Belarus, Ukraine, Russia activists win Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63175334?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 6:22 PM
The peace prize goes to Ales Bialiatsky, Russia's Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.
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Europe energy crisis: Italians told to turn thermostats down
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63173533?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 3:51 PM
Italy becomes the latest European country to impose energy-saving rules ahead of winter.
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In pictures: Easter Island statues damaged by fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63167941?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 1:59 PM
Many of the enigmatic stone-carved statues are "totally charred" according to local authorities.
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Complutense University: 'Macho, repugnant' - Spanish PM condemns students' chant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63171559?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 1:05 PM
Videos have circulated for days of male students chanting obscene misogynistic abuse in Madrid.
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Letter from Africa: The Afro-punk band taking on 'whitewashed' history
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63034861?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 11:39 PM
The anti-colonial Kenyan musicians with a cult following who are challenging the status quo.
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Why Russia but not China faces human rights action
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63177266?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 6:55 PM
The UN has examined allegations of repression and human rights violations in both countries.
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Will the Biden administration overhaul US cannabis policy?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63175193?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 8:56 PM
Marijuana stocks are ablaze after the president called for a rethink of US policy on the drug.
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Thailand attack: ‘I am full of pain and anger'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63168077?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 11:33 AM
An ex-policeman killed 37 people, 23 of them children, at a nursery before killing himself and his family.
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Zero-Covid: How Xi's flagship policy is spoiling his party
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63112996?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 11:17 PM
Three years into the crisis, China's pandemic response is exhausting its population.
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EU leaders consider how to cap gas prices
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63130645?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 7:42 PM
At a summit in Prague, 27 countries are asked to agree measures to protect consumers from soaring bills.
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Ukraine war: 'Mother, I'm scared' - Zaporizhzhia city devastated by rocket attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63154791?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 5:35 PM
Survivors recount horror of deadly attacks on city of Zaporizhzhia, being blamed on Russia.
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The LA kids who started behind and then flew ahead
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62618175?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 11:24 PM
A new scheme in Los Angeles is proving effective in helping teenagers with poor English.
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Afghanistan: 'More of us might be killed - but we will win'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/63158127?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 11:20 PM
Forty-five female students died in the most recent attack on an education centre in Afghanistan.
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US midterm elections: The country with the world's youngest politicians
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63068931?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 9:00 PM
As part of a new series, we explore whether Norway has a solution for the US and its ageing leaders.
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Crimea bridge: Fire breaks out after explosion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63183435?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 8, 2022, 5:49 AM
The bridge was opened by Russian President Putin in 2018 as the only land link to Crimea from Russia.
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Hans Zimmer: ‘I can adapt, but I don’t want to’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63178109?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 5:30 PM
Blockbuster composer Hans Zimmer on making music for the digital age.
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'Raw grief' at temple after Thailand nursery attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63175224?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 1:48 PM
The BBC's Jonathan Head witnesses distressing scenes as families arrive to collect the victims.
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The exiled Russian journalists challenging Kremlin censorship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62896828?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 6, 2022, 11:11 PM
A punitive law has led to the mass exodus of journalists from Russia.
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Nobel Peace Prize: Moment NGO told on the phone it has won award
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63170363?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 7, 2022, 12:58 PM
Oleksandra Romantsova, from the Center for Civil Liberties, responds emotionally upon learning of the award.
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