Architect of modern EU Jacques Delors dies aged 98
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67830106?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 6:52 PM
Delors helped create the single market, but his dreams of integration faced stiff UK opposition.
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US approves $250m in military aid to Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67830918?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 11:47 PM
The funds are the final tranche of aid the White House can allocate without fresh approval from Congress.
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Israel expanding ground offensive into central Gaza refugee camps
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67825465?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 5:16 PM
The Palestinian president condemns the war, as Israel says it will last "many more months".
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Czech mass shooting: Gunman confessed to shooting baby in woods
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67830858?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 28, 2023, 12:28 AM
A suicide note written by the Prague university attacker confirms the number of his victims as 17.
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China is ramping up the pressure for Taiwan's election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67770782?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 11:00 PM
Beijing is using aggression and propaganda to sway what could be a pivotal race for cross-strait ties.
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Ex-manager admits killing Venezuelan rapper
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67826938?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 12:10 PM
The death in 2015 of the Venezuelan rapper had originally been ruled a suicide.
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Russian celebs at 'almost naked' party stung by backlash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67827443?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 6:39 PM
Some of Russia's best-known celebrities apologise as criticism of their behaviour spreads on social media.
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Wolfgang Schäuble: Merkel's no-nonsense finance minister dies aged 81
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67826484?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 4:01 PM
Although never chancellor, Wolfgang Schäuble was one of Germany's most influential politicians.
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Huge Shakira statue unveiled in her hometown of Barranquilla
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67826941?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 1:19 PM
The statue measures 6.5m (21.3ft) and shows Shakira dancing in her characteristic hip-swivelling style.
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Polish state TV and radio to go into liquidation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67828421?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 8:17 PM
The government says it will help restore impartiality to state media, but critics have raised concerns.
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Police identify man found shot in Arizona desert in 1976
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67829688?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 7:31 PM
The decades-old case resurfaced on Tuesday after police identified the body as that of an El Salvador man.
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Antony Blinken leads officials to Mexico as US seeks to stem migration
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67829682?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 11:15 PM
The top US diplomat meets with Mexico's president amid a surge in migration across the shared border.
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DR Congo elections: Fayulu's supporters clash with police in Kinshasa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67826862?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 6:17 PM
Police have cracked down on an opposition protest to demand that the presidential poll be annulled.
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Japan: Takashimaya apologises for 807 collapsed Christmas cakes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67825694?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 12:46 PM
Luxury retailer Takashimaya has apologised, but how the hundreds of cakes collapsed remains unknown.
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Israel-Gaza war will continue for months, IDF chief warns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67824421?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 8:32 PM
There are no shortcuts in the fight against Hamas, the army chief insists as Israel pounds Gaza.
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Israel Gaza: Drone shots show Palestinians buried in Rafah mass grave
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67825385?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 11:06 PM
Some 80 unidentified bodies handed over by Israel are lowered into a grave in southern Gaza.
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Israel issues alert after blast near embassy in India
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67825697?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 6:01 AM
Authorities say nobody was injured in the low-intensity explosion in Delhi on Tuesday evening.
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'Bethlehem is empty of joy - no Santa, no celebration'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67815370?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 24, 2023, 2:04 PM
The West Bank city of Bethlehem, usually bustling at this time of year, is subdued as war goes on in Gaza.
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Gadi Haggai: White House says US-Israeli hostage dead in Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67805819?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 10:09 PM
His wife Judi is believed to still be in Hamas captivity after both were taken on 7 October.
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False claims of staged deaths surge in Israel-Gaza war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67760523?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 1:20 AM
People on both sides have wrongly claimed deaths were faked, as experts warn it harms hopes for peace.
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Gaza facing famine if fighting continues, UN says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67799527?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 5:42 PM
The whole of Gaza is suffering acute shortages, a report says, as the UN looks to get more aid in.
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Our friendship was not damaged: Israeli-Palestinian rap duo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67770514?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 1:46 AM
Uriyah and Sameh's rap about peace between Palestinians and Israelis went viral in 2021, since then a lot has changed.
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Russia warship: Explosion as ship hit by missile
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67822919?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 12:28 PM
The airstrike happened in Russian-occupied Crimea early on Tuesday morning.
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What’s next for Taylor Swift in 2024?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808305?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 7:38 PM
She had a record-shattering and money-making 2023. Will the pop-cultural juggernaut dominate again next year?
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Serbia protests: Demonstrators throw rocks at Belgrade City Hall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67819176?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 25, 2023, 7:27 AM
Riot police used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting at alleged fraud in last week's general election.
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Watch: Kate surprises young footballer and his coach at party
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67815280?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 24, 2023, 2:24 PM
Rico's coach Russell Gray was also at the event and joked he was 'hoodwinked' into meeting the princess.
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Alabama mother: Joy as babies born to mum with rare double womb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67815276?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 24, 2023, 8:32 AM
Kelsey Hatcher has given birth in Alabama twice in two days - after a 'one in a million' pregnancy.
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Rare video shows killer whale teaching its baby to hunt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808509?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 7:46 PM
An orca is seen singling out and subduing a dolphin so its calf can practice hunting techniques.
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Shocking video shows officer pull woman from burning car
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67807373?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 22, 2023, 5:02 PM
Dashcam footage captured the rescue and the woman was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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Ukraine war: Does attack on Russian ship make a difference?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67826487?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 10:23 PM
The destruction of the Novocherkassk landing ship was certainly spectacular, but was it significant?
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Jacques Delors: EU heavyweight whose ideas faced stiff opposition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13360806?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 5:29 PM
He passionately believed in an ever-closer European Union but his dreams were not universally shared.
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Angst grows among US youth over Biden's Israel policy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808808?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 12:14 AM
Young US voters say the situation in the Gaza Strip makes it hard to back Joe Biden for re-election.
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Sudan war: Heavy hearts for the artists painting the pain of conflict
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67781705?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 27, 2023, 12:16 AM
Exiled artist Galal Yousif says his work Man With a Heavy Heart embodies Sudan's loss since April.
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Woman paraded naked: A familiar headline in India
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67769453?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 11:31 PM
A woman was stripped and paraded in Karnataka state recently as punishment after her son eloped with a girl.
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Spanish-Moroccan letters of forbidden love that were never received
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67630044?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 1:16 AM
Confiscated messages written to Moroccan men by Spanish women reveal a history of taboo affairs.
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Amazon drought: 'We've never seen anything like this'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67751685?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 1:07 AM
This year's heat and drought in the Amazon intensify worries that it is approaching a tipping point.
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Harmanpreet Kaur: India's power-hitting global women's cricket star
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67757630?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 26, 2023, 1:19 AM
India women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has taken women's cricket to the next level.
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Ukraine war: The frontline city Russia could seize again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67801203?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 25, 2023, 12:58 PM
People in Kupiansk say they "live in fear of death" as Ukrainian troops run low on ammunition.
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