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Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti assaulted three times in a month, family says

2 hours 8 min ago
The Israeli Prison Service says the allegation that Barghouti was subjected to physical violence by prison guards are "false and baseless".
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Chinese national given one year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya

2 hours 31 min ago
Zhang Kequn was arrested in March while trying to travel to China with more than 2,000 live ants.
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Israel and Hezbollah continue attacks after Israel-Lebanon talks in US

April 15, 2026 - 23:15
Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.
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Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn't leave in May

April 15, 2026 - 23:14
Donald Trump's threat marks the latest escalation in his ongoing spat with Jerome Powell.
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Four killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days

April 15, 2026 - 21:29
There has been no official confirmation of who has been killed or what has happened to the attacker.
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South Africa names apartheid-era politician as new ambassador to the US

April 15, 2026 - 21:02
Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.
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Starmer 'not going to yield' to pressure from Trump on Iran war

April 15, 2026 - 20:58
It follows a warning from the US president that America's trade deal with the UK "can always be changed".
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Trump's rift with Pope is playing out in public - it's costing him valuable support

April 15, 2026 - 20:25
Leading conservative Catholics tell the BBC why they back the American pontiff in his spat with Trump.
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Trump warns that UK trade deal 'can always be changed'

April 15, 2026 - 19:46
The US president says he gave the UK a "better" deal than he had to in an interview on Wednesday.
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Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

April 15, 2026 - 19:04
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia - their first since 2018.
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Sri Lanka repatriates 238 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack

April 15, 2026 - 19:00
The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those sent home.
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More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home

April 15, 2026 - 19:00
The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those repatriated.
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Three years of messages at once - a chronicle of Sudan's war pours in as trapped reporter's phone turns on

April 15, 2026 - 18:19
As the conflict enters its fourth year, journalist Mohamed Suleiman shudders at what has been lost.
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Kenya fuel prices rise sharply despite reduction in tax due to Iran war

April 15, 2026 - 18:06
Diesel prices rise by a record margin despite a reduction in value added tax.
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Moment gunman tackled by school principal

April 15, 2026 - 18:03
CCTV footage shows a high school principal charging towards a former student who was armed in Oklahoma.
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The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on

April 15, 2026 - 17:38
The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.
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Kanye West postpones France gig following UK ban

April 15, 2026 - 17:29
It comes a week after the UK government announced it would block the rapper from entering the country.
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South Africa names apartheid-era politician as new ambassador to the US

April 15, 2026 - 17:21
Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.
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Magyar meets Hungarian president as Trump says next PM 'a good man'

April 15, 2026 - 17:05
The man who ended Viktor Orbán's 16 years of continuous rule, Péter Magyar, is calling for a speedy transfer of power.
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Magyar meets Hungarian president as Trump says next PM 'a good man'

April 15, 2026 - 17:05
The man who ended Viktor Orbán's 16 years of continuous rule, Péter Magyar, is calling for a speedy transfer of power.
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