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Muhammad Yunus: Leaders urge Bangladesh to end attacks on Nobel laureate

Diver ‘Merman Mike’ finds your treasures under water

Antique statue seized in US looting inquiry

Sarina Wiegman: England boss dedicates Uefa coach of the year award to Spain

Clarence Thomas: US Supreme Court judge acknowledges paid-for trips

Whaling to resume in Iceland but under strict rules

Is China's economy a 'ticking time bomb'?

Is India exporting food inflation to the world?

Meloni's partner Andrea Giambruno criticised for Italy rape remarks

Republican McConnell freezes at press event for second time

Rubiales' mother taken to hospital after hunger strike

Russia’s kamikaze drones raining down on Ukraine's east

Netflix: Streamers expansion into gaming is 'natural extension'

Rare footage of St Elmo's Fire as hurricane approaches

Ukraine war: 'Drone attack' hits airport in northwest Russia city of Pskov

Ukraine war: Hundreds bid farewell to fighter ace Juice

Watch: BBC gets as close as possible to Prigozhin grave

Salif Keïta: 'Golden Voice of Africa' supports Mali's coup leaders

India Club in London: Iconic restaurant to shut after 70 years

Bears encroach on evacuated Canadian town of Yellowknife

Luis Rubiales: Spanish prosecutors open preliminary investigation into kiss by federation president

A muddy reveal for mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s

Jenni Hermoso: Players and fans support Spain World Cup star in kiss row

Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming

How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco

France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools

Mancini named new Saudi Arabia football coach

Jacksonville shooter, 21, who killed three 'wrote racist manifestos'

The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires

Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'The Crocodile' wins second term as Zimbabwe president

Huge blasts at Romania fuel station kill one and injure dozens

Bob Barker, who hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years, dies aged 99

The Rubiales World Cup kiss row... in 75 seconds

Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso unleashes social tsunami in Spain

Gladstone family urged to pay slavery reparations to Jamaica

Wagner in Africa: Precarious future after Prigozhin's reported death

France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls

Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave

Kleenex is pulling out of Canada due to 'unique complexities'

Spain wants Rubiales kiss row to be 'MeToo moment'

Three reasons why Trump's arrest in Georgia is different

São Paulo's micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets

Quiz of the week: What had Indians over the Moon?

Africa's week in pictures: 18-24 August 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner challenged Putin and now its leader is dead

Key moments from Republican presidential debate so far

Gaslighting and shame: Uncovering the stories of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries

Nepal gay marriage 'victory' hits legal roadblock

How Russia reacted after Prigozhin plane crash

Ros Atkins on... Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin

Zimbabwe election: Voters head to the polls with inflation on their minds

Republican debate: Rivals seeking political oxygen in a Trump-less showdown

How South Africa's oldest Quran was saved by Cape Town Muslims

Ukraine war: Three elderly civilians killed in Russian strikes, say officials

Pakistan cable car: Children brought to safety along zip line

Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety

Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas

Pakistan cable car: student brought to safety in zip line rescue

Brics summit: How China's and Russia's clout is growing in Africa

What to know about the first Republican debate

Canada wildfires: Trudeau criticises Facebook over news ban amid crisis

X removes Holocaust denying post after Auschwitz Museum criticism

Hawaii wildfires: The red Lahaina house that survived Maui fires

China cuts key interest rate as recovery falters

Ecuador chooses president amid spike in violence

Baghdad advertising boards turned off over porn screening

Ukraine war: Russia says drone injures five at Kursk railway station

Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households told to evacuate as fires approach

Sudan conflict: Black market AK-47s flood Sudan's capital

Miyu Pranoto: Dance prodigy, 9, blazes trail for girls

New shooting mars election campaign in Ecuador

Made In Heaven: A show taking on all that's wrong with Indian weddings

US-Japan-SKorea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?

Hurricane Hilary: Major storm approaches Mexico and California

Canada wildfires: 'It started raining pine cones and tree bark'

Albania: Italy pays bill for tourists' dine and dash

Canada wildfires: Residents scramble to flee fires in Kelowna and Yellowknife

Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

Sebastian Kurz: Ex-Austria leader charged with misleading parliament

Blind Side family feud reignites a cultural debate

Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh: More rain, less snow are turning Himalayas dangerous

Abused and stalked, US election workers are bracing for 2024

Transgender women banned from women's chess events

Channel migrants: France arrests four people over fatal sinking

Syria doubles public-sector pay and cuts subsidies as economy sinks

Mob attacks churches in Pakistan blasphemy row

Wagner cements Belarus presence as 'educational organisation'

Pakistan: Mob burns churches over blasphemy claims

The Killers booed at Georgia concert after bringing Russian fan on stage

Afghan women escape for a chance at education

Army airlifts hundreds to safety from Canadian fires

Texas woman awarded $1.2bn in revenge porn case

Rudy Giuliani jailed mobsters with a charge he now faces

Why fashion brands are putting celebrities in charge

Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights

When a 'fire hurricane' hit, Maui's warning sirens never sounded

Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo

Maui fires: Frustration mounts over relief effort

Talking to the Taliban: Right or wrong?

Egypt Rabaa killings pain lingers 10 years on

Cambodia: Thousands of war-era explosives found buried at high school

Mutanjan: The meat-and-rice dessert loved by Indian royals

Maui fire: Search for victims intensifies after 80 deaths

How did Netflix know I was gay before I did?

E-bikes: Can this battery-swapping tech unchoke cities? We took a ride

Operation Lone Star: Girl, 3, dies on Texas migrant bus

Harry Kane's move from Tottenham to Bayern Munich... in 68 seconds

Hawaii fires: How Pinky's famous truck saved lives in Lahaina

Hawaii fires deadliest natural disaster in state history

Judge Chuktan warns Trump against 'inflammatory' remarks before trial

Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force

China floods: The families torn apart by 'huge, furious waves'

Yemen: Oil salvaged from abandoned 'time bomb' tanker in Red Sea

Italy could host Musk v Zuckerberg cage fight

Africa's week in pictures: 4 - 10 August 2023

Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India

Ecuador politician murder suspects are Colombian, police say

Virgin Galactic: First space tourism mission after decades of promises

Jon Goodwin: I thought Parkinson's was end of space dream

Georgia doctor decapitated baby using 'excessive force' in delivery

Famous tree and centuries-old church hit by Hawaii fires

Rajasthan: India's gig workers see hope in new state law

Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band, dies aged 80

US concerned for ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum's health

US to bar and screen some tech investments in China

Search warrant was issued for Donald Trump's Twitter account

Lizzo: Lawyers reviewing at least six new allegations against singer

Nuh violence: Is bulldozer punishment trampling justice in India?

Niger coup: Fact-checking misinformation spreading online

Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Colombian drug kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga sentenced to 45 years

Five people killed in Cape Town taxi strike violence

Watch: Fiery ‘meteor’ over Australia likely Russian rocket

Carbon credits - land grab or the Amazon’s future?

Tory Lanez: Sentencing for shooting of Megan Thee Stallion delayed

Climate change: The record summer that scorched Asia

Will electric flying taxis live up to their promise?

Simon & Schuster: Publisher to be sold for $1.6bn

Ukraine war: Several killed in Russian missile strike eastern Ukraine, officials say

Four soldiers killed in Israeli strike in Damascus, says Syria

Florida: Man rescued from partially sunken boat after 35 hours at sea

Belarus isolates political prisoners to break their spirit

Ukraine counter-offensive against Russia yields only small gains in first 2 months

Israeli security forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank

Barbie film hits $1bn mark at global box office

Slovenia floods 'worst-ever natural disaster'

Chatbots: Why does White House want hackers to trick AI?

The remarkable recovery of Syria's earthquake baby

Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines

Italian fugitive caught in Corfu thanks to photo celebrating football win

Hun Sen: Cambodia election result confirms expected win for PM

Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe

UK scouts pulled out of camp after S Korea heatwave

Armed experts re-enact Parkland school shooting for lawsuit evidence

Florida deputy jumps onto a speeding runaway boat

Blackpink: Jisoo’s new relationship with Ahn Bo-hyun rocks K-pop world

'This is messed up': Las Vegas sphere displays massive eyeball

Freddie Mercury: Contents of former home being sold at auction

Fremantle Highway: Disaster averted as burnt car carrier reaches port

Razzlekhan and husband guilty of $4.5bn Bitcoin launder

Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone: When Bollywood A-listers turn into start-up stars

This 93-year-old went to all 63 US national parks

Timelapse shows rain drenching Las Vegas

Beyoncé pays tribute to dancer fatally stabbed while dancing to her music

Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to target boats

'It's like playing with death' - Ukraine's female front line soldiers

The fury in Pakistan sparked by a misogynist minister

National Party: Irish far-right party's stolen gold bars spark funding query

Driver captures lightning over a rainbow in Iowa