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Russia-Ukraine tensions: Powers clash at UN Security Council

Joe Rogan: Four claims from his Spotify podcast fact-checked

US east coast digs out from blizzard

Family wants no contact with accused US IS member

Former Miss USA dead at 30

Anne Frank's betrayal: Dutch publisher apologises for book

Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India

Tigray conflict: What do we know about drone strikes in Ethiopia?

Spotify: Streaming giant announces plans to clamp down on Covid misinformation

In Pictures: US cities clear-up after big-freeze

Freedom Convoy: Truckers cause chaos in Ottawa after second day of protests

Mason Greenwood: Man Utd player arrested over rape claim

The US shrine that claims to hold Gandhi's ashes

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are protesting in Ottawa

Tom Brady: NFL great retires after winning seven Super Bowls

Russia: Military drill moved further from Irish shore

DR Congo issues death sentences for murder of UN experts

Uganda's huge rolex sets Guinness world record

Peter Tatchell on his life-long fight for gay rights

Chris Brown accused of drugging and raping woman on yacht

Mike Lynch: Priti Patel approves extradition of Autonomy founder

'Tiger King' murder-for-hire plot sentence shortened

Winter Olympics: Global sponsors quiet ahead of Beijing Games

Former Nazi speaks in new BBC documentary

Novak Djokovic: Doubts over timing of Covid test

'He stole from me' - Stormy Daniels testifies at her ex-lawyers trial

US Navy officer 'bribed by cash and prostitutes'

Aldo Moro: Note announcing murdered Italy PM's abduction sold at auction

US Supreme Court: The women in the running to replace Stephen Breyer

Xiomara Castro: Honduras swears in its first female president

Xiomara Castro: Honduras' first female president sworn in

What is the quantum apocalypse and should we be scared?

Burkina Faso coup: Return of the military strongmen to West Africa

Life under the Taliban: Yalda Hakim's journey back to Afghanistan

Elon Musk SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon

California firearms: City rules gun owners must have liability cover

Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew demands jury trial in US

Russia Ukraine: US sends Moscow formal response over crisis

New Orleans Saints: Sean Payton leaves after 16 years as head coach

IS militants surrender as Kurdish-led forces surround Syria prison

Covid: Netherlands to ease restrictions despite rising case numbers

Ukraine: US could sanction Putin if Russia invades, Biden says

Turkey: Airport warehouse roof collapses in snowstorm

Ukraine: What is Nato and why doesn't Russia trust it?

Uttar Pradesh: Why deadly cow attacks are an issue in Indian state election

Ros Atkins On... Ukraine tensions

Luxury cruise ship changes course to dodge seizure

Africa Cup of Nations: Deadly crush reported at Cameroon stadium

George Floyd: Three ex-officers face civil rights trial

US woman finds $3m lottery ticket in junk email folder

Biden to video call European allies over Ukraine

Bob Dylan sells his master recordings to Sony Music

The people deciding to ditch their smartphones

German Covid protests turn nasty in row over rules and vaccinations

Beijing 2022 vs 2018: Two Olympics and two very different Chinas

Beach Boys star Brian Wilson looks back at his life in new film

Children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK

Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp

Covid: Clashes at Belgium protest against restrictions

Inflation: Seven reasons the cost of living is going up around the world

The aurora hunters who chase the Northern Lights

Sedef Kabas: Turkish journalist jailed for reciting proverb

Finding love as a trans woman

Fundraiser, 83, buys then delivers ambulances across Europe

German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments

Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally

'Surreal' January wildfire shuts California highway

Jean-Jacques Savin: French adventurer dies crossing Atlantic Ocean

Three Canadians shot and one killed at upscale Mexican resort

Week in pictures: 15 - 21 January 2022

Ros Atkins On... China's zero-Covid dilemma

Afghan women taken from their homes after speaking out

Mother sues Meta and Snap over daughter's suicide

Gabby Petito: Boyfriend of blogger 'responsible' for her murder

Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' brought into post office

US comic Louie Anderson dies aged 68

Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC

Ukraine tension: Minor incursion or invasion? Biden clarifies Russia comments

Teen becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world

Rare twin elephants born in Kenya

'Pastor' arrested after disabled people found locked in his basement

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton shows Virgil Abloh's last collection

Ukraine tension: Biden says he thinks Putin will 'move in'

Jozef Puska, 31, charged with murder of Ashling Murphy

Ten DR Congo prisoners sentenced for mass rapes in jail

Robert Anderson: University of Michigan reaches sex abuse settlement

Robinho: Brazilian footballer loses final appeal against rape conviction

Top Florida health official on leave over support for vaccination

Should bad science be taken off social media?

The women put on sale on Clubhouse for their views

Winter Olympics: Snowboard company Burton defends working in Xinjiang

Tonga tsunami: Race for vital supplies to reach volcano-hit islands

Backlash as US billionaire dismisses Uyghur abuse

Nigeria shoot-to-kill order issued over jail breaks

Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK released without charge

AT&T agrees another 5G delay at US airports

Anti-vax protests: ‘Sovereign citizens’ fight UK Covid vaccine rollout

Collarwali: Remembering India’s ‘super mum’ tigress

How Nigeria succeeded in clipping Twitter's wings

Purges and piranhas: Why we love a crazy North Korea story

Mexico missing: 'If I find a body, I recover a piece of my son'

Russia-Ukraine crisis: UK sending weapons to defend Ukraine, says defence secretary

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Why Brussels fears Europe is 'closest to war' in decades

Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says

How delivery apps created 'the Netflix of food ordering'

Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave?

Nigeria's economy: Why people are buying sanitary pads in packs of two

What next for Djokovic after deportation?

Covid vaccine: Your concerns answered

Tsunami hits coasts after Tonga eruption

Millions under weather alerts as major winter storm hits US and Canada

How an ancient sea dragon was dug up

Kenyan vigilantes taking on avocado gangs

Key moments: Dr Anthony Fauci and the pandemic

The inventor inspired by a near-death experience

Nino Cerruti: Italian fashion great dies aged 91

Texas police respond to synagogue 'hostage' situation

Novak Djokovic: Court to decide player's Australian Open fate

Jovenel Moïse murder: Ex-senator arrested in Jamaica

Remi Wolf is casually rewriting the rules of pop music

Novak Djokovic: Tennis star detained ahead of deportation appeal

Kazakhstan: Who sparked deadly violence?

The woman who rowed solo across the Atlantic

Lisbon council fined for sharing protester details with foreign embassies

Jailed 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli ordered to repay $64m

Danish spy scandal: Ex-minister accused of state secrets leak

Franco Mulakkal: Kerala court clears bishop in nun's rape

Secret audio sheds light on dictator’s last hours

Biden plans dealt crushing blow by fellow Democrat

Ukraine crisis: Risks remain as Russia and West talk

'As a black woman in STEM I'm used for photo opportunities'

Discrimination and harassment haunt Sri Lanka's Muslims

Dutch King Willem-Alexander retires coach amid slavery row

Capitol riot: Oath Keepers leader charged with seditious conspiracy

US Supreme Court blocks Biden's workplace vaccine mandate

London 'hitman' on trial over plot to kill Pakistani activist in Netherlands

South Africa minister tells schoolgirls to 'open books and close legs'

Afghanistan: 'Terrified' British Council teachers still in hiding

Syrian torture: German verdict on crimes against humanity

Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after seven months

A really simple guide to China-Taiwan relations

Nigerian NFT artist Osinachi: The work created by using a word processor

The people using YouTube to pay for their French chateau

Ronnie Spector: Be My Baby singer of The Ronettes dies at 78

Republican McConnell slams Biden voting rights speech as 'unpresidential'

Hoda Muthana: Alabama IS bride loses appeal for return to US

Virginia Giuffre: What we know about Prince Andrew's accuser

Escaped Dutch youth offender shot dead in Belgium

Ukraine tensions: US says Russia faces stark choice

Ukrainians wait as Russia faces off with the West

A year on, could Trump social media ban backfire?

Seychelles: The island nation hunting for a missing $50m

How the soaring cost of living is hitting Sri Lankans hard

The 52-year-search for a missing girl

North Korea claims new hypersonic missile launch under watch of Kim Jong-un

Biden calls for 'turning point' on election laws

Novak Djokovic: Up to tennis star to explain PCR grey area, says Serbia PM

Covid: Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated Canadians

Saudi court orders first naming of man guilty of sexual harassment

How Magawa the rat was trained to detect mines

Sacked belly-dancing teacher sparks Egypt debate over women's rights

Pig heart transplant an absolute miracle, says patient's son

Children were 'fighting for their lives' in Bronx fire

David Sassoli: European Parliament president dies aged 65

Evergrande: Real estate giant moves from Shenzhen head office to cut costs

Antarctica: Invasive species 'hitchhiking' on ships

Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant

Ros Atkins on… Novak Djokovic’s Australia visa victory

Near-miss for pilot saved from downed plane hit by train

Millionaire murderer Robert Durst dies in prison

New York fire: Officials pledge support after 17 die in 'unspeakable tragedy'

Russia downplays threat to Ukraine in Geneva talks

Covid pass protesters attack French MP Stéphane Claireaux with seaweed

Bob Saget: US actor and comedian found dead aged 65

Air pollution: Delhi's smog problem is rooted in India's water crisis

Bronx fire: 'A horrific, painful moment ' says New York City Mayor Eric Adams

New York apartment block fire kills 19

Scala dei Turchi: Sicily's famed cliffs streaked red by vandals

Afcon 2021: Cameroon beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in opening game

Afghanistan: Baby lost in Kabul evacuation is reunited with family

Pakistan snow: Hundreds rescued from vehicles in deadly blizzard

Novak Djokovic: Australia loses bid to delay tennis star's visa appeal

The Ashes: England cling on for draw on tense final day in Sydney

Afcon Cameroon 2022: Playing football in the shadow of a rebellion

Novak Djokovic: Serbians give their reaction to Australia vaccine exemption row

Covid: Thousands protest in France against proposed new vaccine pass

Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years

At least five dead after Brazil cliff collapses on boats

Marilyn Bergman: Oscar-winning lyricist dies at 93

Denmark frees suspected pirates in dinghy in Gulf of Guinea

Families seek justice for Iran plane crash victims

How KFC in Kenya got fried over its chip shortage

Week in pictures: 1 - 7 January 2022

Ros Atkins on... the US Capitol riot anniversary

Canada party plane influencer 'idiots' fly home to face music

Berlin cannibal jailed for murdering engineer

Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack

Omicron: Huge number of Covid cases on second Italy-India flight say Indian officials

Sidney Poitier: Remembering the Oscar winner and Hollywood trailblazer

Sidney Poitier was a ground-breaking black man - Bonnie Greer

Novak Djokovic saga: Australia investigates visas of other tennis players

How the US Capitol marked anniversary of riot

Kashmir's pashminas: bringing women back to lead a beautiful craft

Ros Atkins on... Djokovic in immigration detention

Omicron should not be called mild, warns WHO

President's residence gutted as Kazakhstan clashes continue

Italy Covid: Bullet forces immunologist to get protection

Peter Bogdanovich: The Last Picture Show director dies aged 82

Ashers 'gay cake' case: European court rules case inadmissible

'A nation in decline' - how the world saw Capitol riot

‘Is this America?’ On duty during the Capitol riot

Ros Atkins On... Novak Djokovic and Australia

Novak Djokovic: Australia cancels top tennis player's visa

Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers call for retrial over juror comments

Grammy Awards 2022: Omicron postpones music's biggest night

Kazakhstan unrest: Staff flee as protesters enter airport

Philadelphia fire: Seven children among 13 dead in apartment blaze

Covid: President Macron warns he will 'hassle' France's unvaccinated

Omicron: Curfew in Delhi as India Covid cases surge

North Korea launches 'unidentified projectile' into sea

Snowbound in Virginia traffic for over 10 hours

Iconic Bangkok station Hua Lamphong reaches the end of the line

Gandikota: The stunning Indian gorge that resembles the Grand Canyon

Jovenel Moïse murder: US charges Colombian man over assassination

Kazakhstan unrest: State of emergency declared after fuel protests

Canada reaches $31bn deal in indigenous child welfare case

Paraguayan soldier killed by deer at presidential palace

Europe's tattoo artists fear for future after EU ink ban

Sudan coup: Sudan forces fire tear gas at protesters

Prosecutor drops Andrew Cuomo groping charge

Winter Olympics: Behind the bubble in Beijing

Africa's lost 'Motown' years rediscovered

The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes

Canadian families win compensation over jet downed by Iran

Haiti PM Ariel Henry survived assassination attempt - officials

South Africa's parliament building on fire again

David Bowie: Singer's estate sells rights to his entire body of work to WCM

Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid mass protests

Covid: Israel Omicron spike could bring herd immunity but with risks - health boss

Aoife Beary: Berkeley balcony collapse survivor dies, aged 27

France and England impose mask guidance for children.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Twitter bans congresswoman over Covid misinformation

Goldman Sachs follows its Wall Street rivals in asking staff to work from home.

Americans are bracing for the return to school and work.

Off-Duty N.Y.P.D. Officer Shot Outside East Harlem Police Station

New Year’s Day charity swims are being canceled around the world.

US flight cancellations hit new holiday peak amid Covid and bad weather

Map drawn from memory helps reunite kidnapped Chinese man with family

2022 Is Full of First Steps to the Moon

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong

New Year's Eve fireworks kill and injure in Europe despite bans