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What the killing of drug lord 'El Mencho' means for Mexico

2 hours 35 min ago
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was killed during a security operation to arrest him, Mexico's defence ministry has said.
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Powerful winter storm slams US north-east as NYC issues travel ban

2 hours 53 min ago
The nor'easter storm already has left tens of thousands without power and led to thousands of cancelled flights.
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Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects

3 hours 45 min ago
Steve Rosenberg reports on the economic consequences of Russia's war, and how people are coping.
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Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killed

4 hours 16 min ago
The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico.
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Australian prosecutors consider reopening British girl's cold case disappearance

4 hours 39 min ago
Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found.
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Who was El Mencho, Mexico's most wanted man?

6 hours 30 min ago
The BBC's Will Grant examines the power wielded by the Jalisco drug cartel chief, who died after a clash with security forces assisted by US intelligence.
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Kim Jong Un re-appointed leader of North Korea's ruling party

7 hours 6 min ago
The announcement by the rubber-stamp party congress comes as little surprise.
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How budget fast fashion is taking small-town India by storm

9 hours 7 min ago
More Indians in small towns are now shopping for affordable brands instead of unlabelled goods in the bazaars.
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Are you cut out for living and working in Antarctica?

9 hours 45 min ago
Jobs are available on the icy continent for chefs, plumbers, carpenters and even hairdressers.
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Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped

11 hours 46 min ago
Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war.
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Mexico's most wanted drug lord 'El Mencho' killed in military operation

13 hours 56 min ago
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", is head of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.
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Trump curious why Iran has not 'capitulated', US envoy Witkoff says

15 hours 28 min ago
Steve Witkoff says the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major US military build-up nearby.
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Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy

15 hours 58 min ago
The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.
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Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy

15 hours 58 min ago
The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.
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Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump's residence, Secret Service says

16 hours 14 min ago
The suspect was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was killed, officers said. Trump was in Washington DC at the time.
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Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

16 hours 20 min ago
Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly "not being taken care of".
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Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

16 hours 20 min ago
Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly "not being taken care of".
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Trump curious why Iran has not 'capitulated', US envoy Witkoff says

18 hours 4 min ago
US envoy Steve Witkoff says the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major American military build-up nearby.
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Explosions kill police officer and injure 25 in western Ukraine

February 22, 2026 - 23:19
Twenty-five people were injured by explosions overnight in what officials are calling a terror attack.
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'Affront to humanity': Sudan slams Uganda for hosting RSF paramilitary boss

February 22, 2026 - 22:52
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
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