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Why Pakistanis are taking the dangerous Libya route to Europe

First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana's coast

Kerala lottery: Women sanitation workers hit India lottery jackpot

Angus Cloud: HBO Euphoria actor who played 'Fez' pronounced dead

Unesco recommends adding Venice to endangered list

Paul Reubens: Pee-wee Herman actor dies age 70

Canada wildfires: Border blaze forces evacuations

No hope of survivors from MRH-90 helicopter crash in Australia

Madonna feels 'lucky to be alive' after health scare

Sudan conflict: Women tell BBC horror stories of rape

Denmark considers banning protests burning Quran and other religious texts

Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

The Texas town caught in the middle of America's border battle

Europe fires: How Canadair pilots battle the Mediterranean blazes

The Chilean band speaking out against police violence

Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China

WeChat: Why does Elon Musk want X to emulate China's everything-app?

Judge dismisses Donald Trump's 'Big Lie' lawsuit against CNN

Ukraine war: Missile strikes residential building in Dnipro

The other American women's team at World Cup

Watch: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through music by BBC Russia editor

Lee Meng-chu: Taiwan businessman accused of spying in China is freed

Sudha Murty: Why her comment over spoons divided Indians

Niger military coup: What you need to know

Africa's week in pictures: 21 - 27 July 2023

Women's World Cup: Steel Roses outkick men in Chinese football

India LGBTQ+ couples: 'My parents were ready to kill me for their honour'

Google alert failed to warn people of Turkey earthquake

Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile

The 'world's hottest month' explained... in 60 seconds

Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV

Joe Lewis: UK tycoon bailed in US fraud case but can't use superyacht

Elon Musk tweet boosts vaccine conspiracies targeting LeBron James' son

Sinéad O'Connor: Irish singer dies aged 56

Sinéad O'Connor obituary: A talent beyond compare

Ghana parliament votes to abolish death penalty

Travis King: How the US negotiates with North Korea

Italy weather: Summer storms sweep across northern regions

Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

Typhoon Doksuri: Taiwan cancels Han Kuang military drills

How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat

Ghana minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported a robbery. Why was she arrested?

Iraq and others condemn Quran-burning in Denmark

Rhodes fires: View from the airport

China: 11 die in gymnasium roof collapse, one arrested

Why is technology not making us more productive?

Ukraine war: Russia hits Odesa after killing grain deal

Sophia Duleep Singh: Indian princess who fought for women to vote in UK

Corfu latest Greek island to evacuate over wildfires

Ukraine war: At least one killed in new Russian strikes on Odesa

Spain faces stark left-right divide in hot summer vote

Greece fires: What's happening on the island of Rhodes?

Intel's deepfake detector tested on real and fake videos

Africa unmasked at the Tate: The continent through its own lens

Mexico: Arson attack at bar on US border leaves 11 dead

South Africa polyamory: When three's not a crowd in a relationship

Biden chooses Lisa Franchetti to head military branch

Ex-Canadian Mountie charged over alleged China interference

Gorilla thought to be male surprises zoo with birth

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US

Sudan conflict: Medics whipped in Khartoum after convoy attacked - MSF

Canadian serial killer to stay in lower-security jail

Cluster bombs: Ukraine using munitions 'effectively', says US

Hollywood strike: Actors accuse NBCUniversal of turning up heat with tree row

Tornado rips apart Pfizer manufacturing site in North Carolina

Manipur violence: What is happening and why

The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists

Deadly shooting in Auckland hours before Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup 2023: Tournament in Australia and New Zealand to get under way

Four arrested over €1.6m Celtic coin theft

Egypt president pardons rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer

Reported gas explosion cracks open Johannesburg street

What criminal charges might Trump face if indicted in January 6 investigation?

Tupac Shakur: Police search house over 1996 killing

Michigan attorney general files charges in fake elector scheme

US heatwave sees hospitals use body-bag ice treatment

What happened to US citizens like Otto Warmbier detained in North Korea

Ukraine war: Russia says Crimean bridge partially open to cars again

JFK nephew rebuked over Covid conspiracy theory

Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali

Lionel Messi: Inter Miami unveil Argentina forward to sold-out crowd

Russia seizes control of Danone and Carlsberg operations

Two dead following 'emergency' on Crimea bridge

Nigeria's so-called tax collectors: Menacing and mafia-like

Extreme heat intensifies across south-west US

Singer and actress Jane Birkin dead at 76

La Palma: Thousands evacuated as Canary Island wildfire burns

CPTPP: UK agrees to join Asia's trade club but what is it?

How Guinness World Record mania has gripped Nigeria

Your pictures on the theme of 'my hometown'

The 'QAnon Shaman' and other Capitol rioters who regret pleading guilty

John Kerry in Beijing: Can US and China set aside rivalry for climate action?

Turkey's deepening economic crisis prompts Erdogan to look West

Week in pictures: 8-14 July 2023

Can Barbie be the new Iron Man in a Mattel universe?

Stare at smokers to stop them, Hong Kong health chief urges public

Comfort women: Last of Japan's WW2 sex slaves sing 'forget us not'

SAG strike: Actors join writers on Hollywood picket lines

Italy bear attacks: Animals behind Alpine attacks spared slaughter

Heartstopper: Hungarian retailer selling graphic novel fined under LGBT law

Otter attempts to steal surfboard

White House cocaine: US Secret Service ends investigation

Drone shows great white sharks swimming under surfers

Which movies and TV shows are impacted by the Hollywood strike?

Hundreds evacuated in Delhi as water levels rise

Danish vlogger: 'My guilt over being traded in Iranian prisoner swap'

Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe

Ukraine war: Wagner-linked senior general Sergei Surovikin 'resting'

Canada to recall Prime Energy over caffeine levels

Nato: Warm words but a diplomatic reality check for Ukraine

How African migrants survived racial attacks in Tunisia

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics: How ripped ears are preserving a rare culture in Alaska

The mega-strike that could take down Hollywood

Is Bollywood a man’s world?

Wimbledon 2023: Elina Svitolina says war has made her stronger after reaching semis

Jury rules document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is valid will

Gabriela Anelli: Brazilian football mourns Palmeiras fan who died after being hit by bottle

Lil Nas X reportedly stopped by Norwegian police after e-scooter error

Oklahoma floods: Aerial footage shows vast scale of storm damage

Jenin: Palestinian boy killed during Israeli assault was unarmed - family

Six dead in China kindergarten stabbing

Zelensky honours Poles killed by Ukrainians in WW2 Volhynia massacre

Prime: Top US senator calls for probe into KSI and Logan Paul energy drink

Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands

The rush for nickel: 'They are destroying our future'

'The night they came for our children'

Ghana's batmen hunting for pandemic clues

How warming oceans are driving the climate juggernaut

Syrian government cancels BBC press accreditation

US football star Rapinoe to retire at end of season

Banshees of Inisherin: Film set pub is saved and opens for business

Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance

Alexander De Croo video threat leads to arrest of Belgium ex-soldier

Is Taylor Swift snubbing Canada?

The Wire creator seeks leniency for drug dealer in Michael K Williams' death

Ukraine war: What are cluster bombs and why is US sending them to Ukraine?

Netherlands migration: Dutch coalition government collapses - reports

Are wildfires in the US getting worse?

Coco Lee: Death of pop icon sparks mental health discussion in China

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app

'I want you dead': Survivors of El Paso shooting address gunman in court

Wagner Group: Russian state media takes aim at Prigozhin

Can 'good cop' Janet Yellen help fix US-China relations?

Canada stops advertising with Facebook and Instagram in news row

Belarus jails Eduard Babaryko son of jailed rival to Lukashenko

Fukushima: Anxiety and anger over Japan's nuclear waste water plan

Celebrating Pride in the midst of a culture war

Crippling fuel crisis turns Cuba to old friend Russia

France riots: 'For the politicians we are nothing'

Senegal's Macky Sall bows to pressure from Sonko's supporters over third term

Jenin: UN agencies voice alarm as major Israeli operation continues

Watch: BBC editor ducks as gunfire interrupts report

Senegal President Macky Sall says he won't run for third term

Why Europe's 'lonely' tech entrepreneurs need help

Why has Twitter restricted its own tweets?

Legacy admissions: Harvard accused of favouring mostly white students

Buck Moon: July supermoon to appear brighter than usual in the sky this week

Watch: Explosions and gunfire as BBC reports from Jenin

Benodebehari Mukherjee: Blind Indian painter's forgotten scroll found after 100 years

Israeli strikes on Palestinian Jenin camp in West Bank

Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years

The false French riot posts spreading online

California reparations: How do you put a price on racism?

France protests: Police throw tear gas in Marseille

Ukraine war corrosive for Vladimir Putin - CIA boss

New Jersey: Dramatic rescue as helicopter pulls firefighters from river