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Argentina gives UK two weeks to halt Falkland Islands oil project

President Javier Milei has given a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped, as Argentina threatens legal action against the...

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Hurricane Polo expected to make landfall north of Cabo San Lucas

Category-three Hurricane Polo is approaching Mexico and is expected to bring threatening winds as it makes landfall north of Cabo San Lucas on the Baj...

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Egyptian officials convicted over kidnapping of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni

Egyptian officials have been convicted over the kidnapping of Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found days after he disappeared during a research...

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Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab

An Iranian court has upheld a sentence of lashes against singer Parastoo Ahmadi after she was convicted of offending public decency over a livestreame...

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Hundreds of women protest in Delhi after sexual assaults

Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Delhi to protest following a string of sexual assaults, according to a report from the city.

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Judge sets £100,000 bail condition for Rwanda genocide accused

A judge has imposed a £100,000 bail condition on Brown, who is accused of killing, directing or encouraging the deaths of members of Rwanda’s Tutsi et...

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Trump-Xi summit leaves key questions unanswered

The Washington summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has drawn attention to the issues the two leaders did not address publicly, as well as the d...

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BBC gains rare access to Yemen conflict front line

A BBC team has travelled to Yemen’s front line with pro-government soldiers amid an escalating conflict, offering rare access to the country’s war zon...

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Front-line access offers glimpse of Yemen conflict as Houthis fight for control

Rare access to a conflict zone in Yemen has provided an account from the front line alongside pro-government soldiers as Houthi forces contest control...

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Switzerland rejects proposal for stricter neutrality rules

Switzerland has rejected an initiative that would have limited its ability to impose sanctions unless they had approval from the United Nations.

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Venezuela releases dozens of political prisoners amid calls for elections

Dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners have been released from long-term detention as pressure for elections increases, shortly after the country’s...

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Ten climbers missing after avalanche strikes Himlung Himal base camp

Ten climbers are missing after an avalanche hit a base camp on Himlung Himal, where a Nepali team had been preparing to lead overseas climbers up the...

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Pope Leo says abuse must be eradicated during Lourdes visit

Pope Leo has called for abuse to be rooted out during a visit to Lourdes in France, where he addressed bishops before leading a service attended by th...

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Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 people dead

Two mass shootings in South Africa, carried out hours apart, have left 27 people dead as the country continues to face high levels of gang-related arm...

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Four people killed in helicopter crash near Montreal

Four people have died in a helicopter crash near Montreal, Quebec provincial police have said. The victims have not yet been identified, and no furthe...

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Iran says it is awaiting official US response on Strait of Hormuz proposal

Iran says it will wait for a formal response from the United States after President Donald Trump rejected a proposal concerning the opening of the Str...

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Thousands gather for Pope Leo’s visit to Lourdes and Paris

Thousands of people have turned out during Pope Leo’s visit to Lourdes and Paris, with the trip’s significance for France examined in a report by a re...

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