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Don't break up NewJeans and I'll forgo $18m payout, says ex-K-pop boss

45 min 37 sec ago
Min Hee-jin has said she "can no longer bear to watch" the group get "torn apart".
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BBC sees damage in Puerto Vallarta after Mexican cartel violence

2 hours 43 min ago
BBC's Will Grant visits Puerto Vallarta, a popular coastal resort town, to see the damage.
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Analysis: Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial elections

2 hours 44 min ago
The BBC's Anthony Zurcher says the US president appealed to his base and taunted his opponents in a marathon speech.
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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

2 hours 53 min ago
The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as "acts against nature".
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Chinese dance group's tour triggers bomb threat against Australian PM

3 hours 25 min ago
The group was told to cancel its performances or explosives would be set off at Anthony Albanese's house.
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Australia police make arrests over alleged murder of grandfather mistakenly kidnapped

3 hours 30 min ago
Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.
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Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan by 2031

5 hours 9 min ago
The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan's growing tensions with China.
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German chancellor lands in Beijing for inaugural China trip

5 hours 19 min ago
Friedrich Merz said it would be a mistake to "decouple" Germany from China shortly before boarding a plane to Beijing.
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Shein's elusive boss hails Chinese roots in rare public appearance

5 hours 22 min ago
His speech follows years of the firm focusing away from China as it moved its headquarters to Singapore.
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FBI director's private jet use delayed investigations, Democrat alleges

6 hours 29 min ago
The allegations came days after Patel was seen celebrating in Italy with the men's USA hockey team after their Olympics win.
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FBI director's private jet use delayed investigations, Democrat alleges

6 hours 29 min ago
The allegations came days after Patel was seen celebrating in Italy with the men's USA hockey team after their Olympics win.
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Drones hammer Sudan's gold and oil zone - the pivotal new front line

7 hours 57 min ago
Intensified attacks in the Kordofan region have led to mass casualties as peace remains elusive.
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Political outsiders are up against Thailand's powerful patronage system, defeated MP tells BBC

9 hours 10 min ago
The People's Party’s hopes were dashed on the rocks of the old-style patronage networks which dominate provincial politics.
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Political outsiders are up against Thailand's powerful patronage system, defeated MP tells BBC

9 hours 10 min ago
The People's Party’s hopes were dashed on the rocks of the old-style patronage networks which dominate provincial politics.
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Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 25

10 hours 14 min ago
Hundreds of people have been displaced and dozens are missing, with rescue operations still ongoing in Juiz de Fora.
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Threat of further violence looms after Mexican cartel rampage

11 hours 35 min ago
The BBC speaks to Guadalajara residents days after cartel members sought to avenge the killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera.
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US ambassador to France set for talks with foreign minister after row

12 hours 43 min ago
Charles Kushner has spoken to France's foreign minister after failing to respond to a summons on Monday.
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Louvre museum director resigns months after high-profile heist

13 hours 16 min ago
Laurence des Carrs submitted her resignation to President Emmanel Macron, who said it was "an act of responsibility".
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Nigeria denies report it paid 'huge' ransom to free pupils in mass abduction

14 hours 20 min ago
The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.
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Ukraine remembers its dead as war enters a fifth year

14 hours 26 min ago
Events were held across Ukraine to mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
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