Israel Gaza: Hostages shot by IDF put out 'SOS' sign written with leftover food
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67745092?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 8:38 PM
The three hostages were mistakenly killed in Gaza on Friday by Israeli troops.
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Desperate crowds scramble to grab aid from moving lorries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67741610?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 2:03 PM
The vehicles carrying aid through the city of Rafah in Gaza were mobbed by crowds.
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Queensland sees flooding after near-record rainfall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67740978?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2023, 12:10 AM
Thousands of people in the Australia region have been evacuated but others remain stranded.
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Serbia's Vucic claims big election victory for party
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67742032?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 11:02 PM
The president's party is set to win, projections say, but the opposition has big hopes in Belgrade.
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South African hostage Gerco van Deventer freed by al-Qaeda militants
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67741525?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 3:34 PM
Paramedic Gerco van Deventer was seized in Libya in 2017, and later sold to the militants in Mali.
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Tunisia's historic Kairouan walls collapse, killing three
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67740976?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 8:34 AM
The stonemasons died while carrying out repairs on the Unesco World Heritage site in Tunisia.
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Moment landslide sweeps down mountainside into Lake Garda
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67744248?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 4:49 PM
The landslide created large waves and disrupted traffic on lakeside roads.
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Film director Otar Iosseliani dies aged 89
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67743328?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 2:56 PM
The Georgian-born director is known for films such as Pastorale and Favourites of the Moon.
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More than 60 migrants feared drowned off Libya, IOM says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67740331?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 5:52 AM
An overcrowded boat is believed to have been swamped by high waves after leaving the city of Zuwara.
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Samer Abudaqa: Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza drone strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67737038?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 8:19 PM
Samer Abudaqa died of wounds after a drone strike while working for Al Jazeera at a school.
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Cardinal Becciu: Vatican court convicts former Pope adviser of financial crimes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67738595?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 4:28 PM
Italian cardinal Angelo Becciu is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral spire gets new rooster weathervane ahead of 2024 reopening
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67740519?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 5:03 AM
The rooster - a French national symbol - replaces one damaged in the fire that ravaged the cathedral in 2019.
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More big shipping firms stop Red Sea routes after attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67738792?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 6:19 PM
MSC, the world's largest shipping group, becomes the fourth company to divert ships following attacks.
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Israel Gaza: The perils of hostage rescue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67740329?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 12:51 AM
The shooting of three Israelis by IDF troops shows the risks of armed intervention in hostage situations.
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Lucy Williamson: Hamas support soars in West Bank - but full uprising can still be avoided
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67708116?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 12:21 AM
Calls by Hamas for an uprising in the West Bank have come and gone, despite rising support for the group.
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Israel-Gaza war: UN aid worker describes nightmare journey to al-Ahli Hospital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67732347?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 9:11 PM
A British aid worker tells the BBC his humanitarian convoy was delayed for hours by the Israeli military.
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Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67053011?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 8:00 PM
It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.
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Israel-Gaza war: What is the price of peace?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67701700?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 14, 2023, 6:01 AM
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen asks Israeli and Palestinian activists about their hopes for resolving the conflict.
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Israeli soldiers' mosque behaviour condemned by IDF
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67719820?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 14, 2023, 5:09 PM
A Jewish festival song was filmed sung from the minaret of a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin.
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Joshua Mollel: Tanzania says student killed in Israel by Hamas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67713520?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 14, 2023, 8:56 AM
It was initially reported that Joshua Mollel had been taken hostage by Hamas, along with a colleague.
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Israel determined to finish Gaza operation despite civilian suffering
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67691219?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2023, 1:04 PM
A senior military adviser tells the BBC Israel will need more than a few more weeks to destroy Hamas.
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Eyal Waldman: Israeli tech billionaire hopes for peace despite daughter's killing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67679634?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2023, 6:00 AM
Eyal Waldman's youngest daughter was killed in the Supernova music festival massacre on 7 October.
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MK Strinda: Yemen's rebel Houthis hit Norwegian tanker with missile
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67691216?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2023, 11:39 AM
The Houthis have vowed to stop ships heading to Israel, but its owners say it was going to Italy.
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Gaza: UK MP says family trapped in church area amid sniper fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67742052?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 10:31 AM
Layla Moran tells the BBC her relatives are trapped in a church complex as Israeli forces operate nearby.
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Killed Gaza cameraman 'would bring joy to any place'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67736520?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 12:55 PM
Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman Samer Abudaqa was killed by an Israel drone while working in Khan Younis.
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Watch: Bear dodges skiers on California slopes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67722456?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 14, 2023, 7:01 PM
The bear escaped collision-free and is said to have reunited with its mother on the other side of the trail.
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Watch: Sun emits strongest solar flare in years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-67734790?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 4:31 AM
Space agency Nasa captured the burst that temporarily disrupted radio communication on Earth.
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Baby owl found living in family Christmas tree
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67733828?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 7:04 PM
The Kentucky family says the bird went undetected for four days because it blended into the tree's branches.
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King Charles laughs as Archbishop of Canterbury forgets words in Coronation rehearsal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67731988?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 12:03 AM
The Archbishop of Canterbury described the moment as a "glitch" in exclusive footage from an upcoming documentary.
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Watch: King Charles, Elton John pay tribute to Barry Humphries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67724680?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 5:38 AM
Humphries was celebrated for his comedic “genius” but also kindness, at a state memorial in Sydney.
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Timelapse shows Geminid meteor shower in full splendour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67722017?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 12:35 AM
At least 120 meteors could be seen per hour when the celestial event reached its peak earlier this week.
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Afghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67707715?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2023, 12:02 AM
Some Afghans are giving their children sedatives as they struggle to feed them following huge aid cuts.
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The secret sauce for Taiwan's chip superstardom
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67213293?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 12:13 AM
How an island that exported t-shirts and sugar turned into the world's largest silicon chip factory.
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Kenya's discreet church set up to welcome LGBT worshippers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67192464?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 2:25 AM
The church set up to welcome LGBT worshippers in a country that is growing more homophobic.
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Why US-Palestinian families are having 'the talk'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67693315?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 2:46 AM
American-Palestinian parents have been having difficult conversations with their children about racism.
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How a Dutch tragedy made people take loneliness seriously
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67714026?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2023, 2:38 AM
After a Dutch woman's body was found 10 years after she died, politicians pushed to tackle loneliness.
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The mountain wilderness where British teen Alex Batty lived for years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67734560?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 5:12 AM
Since disappearing in 2017, the 17-year-old has reportedly been living in a commune near the French town of Quillan.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban: Is one man blackmailing the EU?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67735680?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 3:35 AM
The nationalist Hungarian PM was the only leader blocking EU support for Ukraine at a Brussels summit.
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Biden risks Democrats' fury over deal on border and Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67632727?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 12:13 AM
To get a Ukraine aid deal, the president may have to reward political enemies while angering allies.
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DR Congo election: Why one star refuses to release election songs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67650407?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2023, 1:56 AM
As usual, DR Congo's election period has brought a burst of political music by huge stars.
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What has Hungary's Orban got against Ukraine?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67725570?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 5:25 PM
The Hungarian leader says his position is pragmatic as he argues Ukraine cannot win the war.
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Lockerbie bombing: The ultimate detective story?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67659046?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 11:00 PM
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 was the deadliest terror attack carried out in the UK.
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Tren Maya: Mexico's Yucatán mega train - world beating or environmental disaster?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67638183?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 15, 2023, 10:31 AM
Mexico's president says the Tren Maya will bring tourism and development to the jungle. But at what cost?
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