Ukrainians told to 'charge everything' as power grid hit by Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63323263?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 8:53 AM
As Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy plants intensify, people are told to prepare for blackouts.
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Abolfazl Adinezadeh: Teenage protester shot dead by security forces - sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63328086?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 10:45 AM
Security forces fired a shotgun at point-blank range at Abolfazl Adinezadeh, 17, sources say.
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China anger over death of girl, 14, sent to Covid quarantine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63324655?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 12:02 PM
Footage of the teenager visibly ill have sparked anger online - relatives say pleas for help were ignored.
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Indonesia bans all syrup medicines after death of 99 children
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63324653?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 6:31 AM
It follows a cough syrup scandal in The Gambia which has been linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children.
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Argentina celebrates return of Maradona's World Cup final shirt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63327247?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 10:28 AM
It was donated by Germany's Lothar Matthäus, who swapped shirts with Maradona during the 1986 final.
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Eurovision: Bulgaria is latest country to pull out of Liverpool song contest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63328046?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 10:27 AM
Bulgaria is not on the list of 37 nations to be confirmed for next year's song contest in Liverpool.
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Giraffe kills toddler in South Africa game park
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63329134?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 11:05 AM
Giraffes are not usually aggressive except when females are protecting their calves.
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Six month jail threat over Delhi fireworks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-63324543?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 5:09 AM
People who burst firecrackers during the Hindu festival this year will face up to six months in jail.
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I was dragged into China consulate, protester Bob Chan says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63318285?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 11:01 AM
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester gives his account of violent scenes at Manchester's Chinese consulate.
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Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63316538?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 11:49 PM
Mutations that saved lives from the plague are causing auto-immune diseases today.
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Liam Hampson: Australian rugby league player found dead in Spanish club
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63309714?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 5:21 AM
Liam Hampson's family say they are "heartbroken" after he suffered an accident in Barcelona.
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Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63323825?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 20, 2022, 2:26 AM
Archaeologists in Mosul made the discovery while reconstructing a site destroyed by IS militants.
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Silvio Berlusconi boasts of closeness to Vladimir Putin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63315546?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 11:57 AM
A leaked audio recording of the former PM threatens to cause another headache for Italy's Giorgia Meloni.
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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Nasa shows how a war zone faded from space
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63315388?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 11:23 PM
Images of nights skies show power supplies disappearing in Ethiopia as a humanitarian crisis bites.
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Liz Truss: What the world is saying about UK turmoil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63293009?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 1:39 PM
BBC reporters around the globe explain how the political and economic upheaval is being viewed.
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Israel’s balancing act over Ukraine grows trickier after drone strikes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63318659?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 6:32 PM
Israel has refrained from providing Ukraine with weapons in a bid to maintain relations with Russia.
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Biden gas prices: What's driving Joe Biden's unusual focus on oil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63233077?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 6:54 PM
The US president has exerted himself over fuel prices, though they're largely outside his control.
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Ethiopia civil war: Hyenas scavenge on corpses as Tigray forces retreat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63291747?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 18, 2022, 11:18 PM
Horrific accounts from a brutal war in Ethiopia that has left tens of thousands dead.
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BBC 100: Sir Lenny Henry on Una Marson’s forgotten legacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63215113?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 17, 2022, 5:27 PM
Sir Lenny Henry reflects on the extraordinary life of the writer, BBC producer and presenter Una Marson.
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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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Netflix: How did the streaming service turn its fortunes around?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63240333?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 4:58 AM
The streamer has grown its subscriber base after two consecutive quarters of losses.
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Ukrainian troops under close gunfire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63318579?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 4:12 PM
War in eastern Ukraine involves not only artillery strikes, but close combat, as the BBC's Jonathan Beale finds.
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Doctor's funeral in Kyiv brings home pain of Russian missile attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63288127?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 8:41 AM
Dr Oksana Leontieva was going to work after leaving her son at nursery when she was killed in Kyiv.
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Russian general: Situation in Ukraine 'tense'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63311327?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 19, 2022, 6:44 AM
The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine appears to admit difficulties in occupied regions.
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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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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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