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China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war - will it work?

1 hour 53 min ago
It's a turnaround for Beijing, whose official response has been muted so far. Why is China stepping in now?
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'It's phenomenal!': Excitement in Florida ahead of Artemis launch

2 hours 32 min ago
BBC’s Leyla Khodabakhshi speaks to locals and visitors in Florida ahead of the Artemis II mission blast off.
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Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital during Moulin Rouge performance

3 hours 38 min ago
The rapper "started feeling very ill" mid-way through the show in New York, her representative told US media.
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'My six-year-old has nosebleeds': Chiang Mai air pollution sparks health fears

5 hours 50 min ago
Chiang Mai now ranks among the world's most polluted cities as fires engulf the surrounding countryside.
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India begins counting more than a billion people in massive census

8 hours 58 min ago
The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.
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'Moonshots' and merch - what it's like to be on Florida's Space Coast ahead of Artemis launch

9 hours 9 min ago
Huge crowds are gathering around the Kennedy Space Centre to see the launch of the historic moon mission.
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Woods to 'step away and seek treatment' after crash

9 hours 35 min ago
Tiger Woods says he is "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health" following an arrest after a car crash.
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'You're no longer my sister' - rows erupt as war divides Iranian families

9 hours 44 min ago
People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war.
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'A million things could go wrong' - why seizing Iran's uranium would be so risky for the US

9 hours 53 min ago
Seizing the stockpile would be one of the "most complicated special operations in history," a former defence official tells the BBC.
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Asia's migrant workers debate if Gulf jobs are worth deadly risk of Iran war

10 hours 21 min ago
Iran's strikes on Gulf states have been especially hard for migrants who have long supported these economies to lift their families back home from poverty.
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Hegseth ends suspension of US Army pilots who flew near Kid Rock's home

10 hours 33 min ago
President Donald Trump, when asked about the helicopters flying by his friend's house said: "They like Kid Rock. I like Kid Rock."
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US Army suspends crews who flew helicopters near Kid Rock's home

10 hours 33 min ago
President Donald Trump, when asked about the helicopters flying by his friend's house said: "They like Kid Rock. I like Kid Rock."
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Judge temporarily halts construction of Trump's White House ballroom

10 hours 53 min ago
The Republican-appointed judge ruled that Trump was the "steward" of the White House, but not the "owner".
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Peacekeepers killed by roadside explosion in Lebanon, initial report finds

11 hours 2 min ago
The deaths of the two Indonesian nationals came less than a day after another UN peacekeeper - also Indonesian - was killed in Lebanon.
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Tech giant Oracle makes 'significant' job cuts

11 hours 19 min ago
It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.
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US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad

12 hours 1 min ago
The US state department says a suspect in her abduction has ties to an Iran-backed militia group, Kataib Hezbollah.
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Judge temporarily halts construction of Trump's White House ballroom

13 hours 11 min ago
The Republican-appointed judge ruled that Trump was the "steward" of the White House, but not the "owner".
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Italian Christmas meal tragedy turns into murder inquiry

13 hours 17 min ago
Tests results suggest the two women may have been killed with ricin, according to Italian media, but police still do not have a suspect.
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Italian Christmas meal tragedy turns into murder inquiry

13 hours 17 min ago
Tests results suggest the two women may have been killed with ricin, according to Italian media, but police still do not have a suspect.
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Israel says it will keep control over part of southern Lebanon after war with Hezbollah ends

16 hours 56 min ago
Defence Minister Israel Katz also says houses in Lebanese villages near the Israeli border will be demolished.
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