Ukraine war: Energy situation 'critical' after Russian attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63297239?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 1:56 PM
The capital, Kyiv, and other cities are targeted, and officials say rolling power cuts are possible.
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Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63297085?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 10:27 AM
Danish police say explosions damaged two pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany.
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Chinese diplomat involved in protester attack, says UK MP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63296107?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 2:05 PM
It follows speculation that a man who fought UK protesters was China's consul-general.
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Paris shocked by murder of Lola, 12, found in box
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63291444?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 5:55 AM
The schoolgirl's body was found in a container in the courtyard of her apartment building.
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Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian climber 'says hijab fell off accidentally' at competition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63297219?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 11:59 AM
A post on Elnaz Rekabi's Instagram tries to account for her breaking Iranian rules while competing.
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Colombia drugs: Kingpin Don Mario sentenced to 35 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63299153?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 11:11 AM
Daniel Rendón Herrera led a paramilitary army and smuggled 80 tonnes of cocaine to the US.
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China's 'Bridge Man' inspires Xi Jinping protest signs around the world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63295749?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 6:41 AM
A rare one-man demonstration in Beijing has inspired protest signs and graffiti elsewhere.
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Australia reverses decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israeli capital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63280855?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 6:52 AM
Canberra will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital, four years after changing its stance.
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Ethiopia civil war: Federal army seizes strategic city of Shire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63300722?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 12:32 PM
The fighting over Shire comes as concerns rise about the civilian impact of the 23-month civil war.
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Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63293582?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 1:14 PM
Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's Army.
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Greta Thunberg: I don't want to go into politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63130705?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 11:41 PM
The teenage activist says the world of politics is toxic and she never intended being the face of a global movement.
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China-Taiwan: Beijing speeding up plans for unification, Blinken says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63296105?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 4:58 AM
The US Secretary of State said China could employ 'forceful means' to achieve its objective.
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China congress: Beijing delays key economic figures as leaders meet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63295495?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 4:29 AM
Closely-watched growth data for the world's second largest economy was due to be released on Tuesday.
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Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63292589?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 9:10 PM
The prestigious book prize is won by Shehan Karunatilaka, for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali.
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Bilkis Bano: India PM Modi's government okayed rapists' release
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-62574247?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 5:40 AM
The 11 men were convicted for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members in Gujarat riots.
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East Africa hit by drought, yet Kenya's Lake Turkana is flooding
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63278497?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 11:53 PM
Kenya's Lake Turkana is expanding rapidly despite four failed rainy seasons, devastating livelihoods.
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How are 'kamikaze' drones being used by Russia and Ukraine?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62225830?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 5:19 PM
Russia is using Iranian-made drones to fly explosives directly into targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
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Emiliano Sala: 'A tragic plane crash; a stain on football's reputation'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63172547?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 11:01 PM
Emiliano Sala's plane crash death shocked the football world. We've since learned the extent to which that world shaped his path.
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Venezuela crisis: 7.1m leave country since 2015
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63279800?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 12:18 PM
Venezuelans leave their homeland in droves - even though many struggle to feed themselves abroad.
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Ukraine prisoner of war: 'I ask God that he doesn't get tortured'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63233894?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 10:42 PM
The family of Leonid Yevseyev, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, still hope for his safe return.
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Fuel protests gripping more than 90 countries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63185186?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 3:42 PM
People are protesting around the world against food and petrol price rises, BBC research finds.
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How Iran state TV tries to control story of protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63258084?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 10:42 PM
Iran's state-run media puts forward a very different narrative of the protests from what is being shared on social media.
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Watch: Hong Kong protester beaten up in China consulate grounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63282230?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 6:34 AM
The man was pulled into the Chinese consulate grounds in Manchester and beaten up.
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Families reunite on the Mexico-US border
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63274785?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 16, 2022, 9:14 PM
More than 200 people gathered at the Rio Grand River on the Mexico-US border to reunite with their family members.
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Ukraine war: Russian's exhausting ordeal to escape conscription
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63237327?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:09 PM
This young man calls the Ukraine invasion a 'war against our own people'.
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Chants, shooting and sirens as Iran prison burns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63273749?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 9:34 PM
In some videos people could be heard outside the prison chanting "death to the dictator".
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Iran rock climber Elnaz Rekabi competes without hijab
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63299800?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 9:29 AM
Elnaz Rekabi broke Iranian law by not wearing a hijab when she took part in an event in South Korea.
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