Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59713503?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 7:00 PM
Non-essential shops, schools, bars, restaurants and other public venues will be closed until at least mid-January.
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Explosion at Pakistan bank kills at least 14
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59712276?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 4:04 PM
Officials say the blast in the southern city of Karachi may have been caused by a gas leak.
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Super Typhoon Rai: Dozens feared dead in Philippines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59709452?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 10:50 AM
Some three million people are without power after a devastating typhoon swept over the Philippines.
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Russia Ukraine: Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59696450?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2021, 9:23 PM
Moscow says Nato should abandon hopes of Ukraine joining and Nato states should get rid of weapons.
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Ghislaine Maxwell: Key moments in the trial so far
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59527051?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 11:41 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell is accused of grooming girls for abuse by late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Sports Personality 2021: Simone Biles honoured with Lifetime Achievement award
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/59700067?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 6:00 PM
American gymnast Simone Biles has been honoured with BBC Sports Personality of the Year's Lifetime Achievement award.
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US court reinstates Covid vaccine mandate for large US businesses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59708304?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 4:32 AM
The national mandate, blocked last month, will cover more than two-thirds of the country's workers.
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Ethiopian civil war divides diaspora in the US
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59702496?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:16 AM
The conflict has deeply divided the Ethiopian community in Washington DC - the largest in the US.
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The Ashes: England collapse again as Australia take total control of second Test
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59708346?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:12 PM
England's Ashes hopes are in a sorry mess after another dismal batting collapse on day three of the second Test against Australia.
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India and Pakistan: The students in jail for praising the wrong cricket team
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59702427?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:06 AM
An Indian student's family calls for his release after he was arrested for celebrating Pakistan's victory.
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Theranos trial: Jury to decide fate of Elizabeth Holmes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59688405?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 2:13 AM
The prosecution says she ran a "house of cards"; the defence liken her to a brave captain of a sinking ship.
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Lagos party plans threatened by Nigeria Covid passports
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59689177?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:12 AM
Nigeria was briefly put on the UK's travel red list but most people are indifferent to coronavirus.
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Russia-Ukraine: Can a solution be found for war in Ukraine's east?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59674377?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:11 AM
The West fears a Russian invasion so hopes of a peaceful solution to the conflict look slim.
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Afghanistan to Wisconsin: Refugees dream of home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59691176?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:17 AM
Some of the 13,000 Afghan refugees living at a US military base in Wisconsin reflect on new lives.
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Caroline and Martine: Picture book heroines who fought for French hearts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59644739?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:10 AM
For nearly 70 years, Caroline and Martine have been rivals for the hearts of French schoolchildren.
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Week in pictures: 11-17 December 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-59697047?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:06 AM
A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week.
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Kim Jong-un: N Korean defectors reflect on last decade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59680957?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 16, 2021, 8:19 PM
It's a decade since an untested 27-year-old took power. But how has it been to live under Kim Jong-un?
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Super Typhoon Rai: Walking through the storm's trail of destruction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59709246?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 1:02 PM
Watch this video that shows the extent of the devastation in Cebu City in the Philippines.
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France travel ban: Time-lapse shows long Eurostar queue at St Pancras
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59710482?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 11:04 AM
Travellers in St Pancras station, London, line up to get to France before it closes its borders to the UK.
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Officer who shot Daunte Wright: 'I'm sorry it happened'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59707799?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 1:04 AM
Former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter sobs in court as she apologises for shooting Daunte Wright.
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Ros Atkins on… What 2021 taught us about Covid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59685203?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 18, 2021, 12:07 AM
A look back at how the pandemic evolved throughout 2021, and what we've learned from it.
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Two teens slide to safety from fourth floor New York apartment fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59696503?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 17, 2021, 1:47 PM
Watch this dramatic video of them escaping through a window and sliding down a pole to the ground.
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