Kanye West postpones France gig until further notice -- It comes a week after the UK announced it would block the rapper from entering the country, where he was due to headline a music festival in summer.

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Australian pleads guilty to creating deepfake porn in landmark case -- The 19-year-old is the first person to be charged under a new national law.

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Watch: Vance heckled as he chides Pope -- The US Vice-President was speaking at a Turning Point USA event, where he said Pope Leo should "be careful when he talks about matters of theology."

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LIVE - Trump says talks could resume this week as Vance says US wants 'grand bargain' with Iran - "You should stay there," Trump told a reporter in Islamabad, where talks previously took place. "Something could be happening over the next two days."

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'Bit of pain' worth long-term security from Iran, Bessent tells BBC -- US Treasury Secretary said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.

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250 missing after migrant boat sinks in Indian Ocean -- The trawler "reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding", the United Nations said.

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Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks since 1993 -- A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be determined.

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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 -- As the conflict enters its fourth year, journalist Mohamed Suleiman shudders at what has been lost.

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Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle -- "How do I know this isn't a prank?" the winner asked when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris.

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South Korea jails American YouTuber for public nuisance -- Johnny Somali sparked outrage after kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves.

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Hamas rejects Gaza disarmament plan, Palestinian official says -- The official tells the BBC that the armed group will not move forward with talks until Israel fully complies with its commitments.

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Partner of US influencer who died in Zanzibar speaking to police as witness -- The police said Ashly Robinson, known online as Ashlee Jenae, had died after attempting to take her own life.

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Canada was once a dream destination for Indian students. Is that changing? -- Tighter rules, rising costs and visa risks are forcing Indian students to rethink studying in Canada.

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New search engine reveals if ancestors were in Nazi party -- Christian Rainer told the BBC he found his grandfather within seconds using the online tool, which also helped clear other members of his family.

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Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in undercover filming -- Footage shows staff in Pakistan injecting without gloves and reusing syringes, but the hospital boss refuses to acknowledge it is genuine.

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Greek police using masked migrants to forcibly push other migrants back across border -- Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant 'pushbacks' in Greece, BBC told

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Lebanon seeks peace, but Hezbollah needs to be convinced first -- The Lebanese government go into peace talks with limited influence over the group.

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US blockade of Iranian ports explained in two minutes -- The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.

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Celebrities and fans pay tributes to Asha Bhosle -- Asha Bhosle died in Mumbai on Sunday after being admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

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Hungarian voters celebrate 'much-needed' change -- Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by 45-year-old ex-party insider Péter Magyar.

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US drivers head to Native American lands for cheaper gas -- Some of the cheapest fuel in the country can be found on tribal land due to tax exemptions.

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'It's a special thing to be on Planet Earth': Artemis crew welcomed home in Houston -- The four astronauts flew around the Moon in a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.

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Ukraine's military to get biggest-ever shipment of UK drones -- With attention on the Middle East, Defence Secretary John Healey said 'Putin wants us to be distracted.'

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Harry says children should be an 'upgrade' of their parents -- The Duke of Sussex combines two of his passions, mental health campaigning and sport, on the second day of an Australia visit.

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Indian PM Modi's party gets first chief minister in Bihar state -- Veteran leader Nitish Kumar, who moved to the upper house of parliament, resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.

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Chris Mason: Iran war means government's vicious circles tighten and darken -- A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

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Australia's richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules -- The long-running legal dispute is over a lucrative iron ore project in the top west corner of Australia.

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US justice department seeks to throw out Capitol riot convictions -- The Trump administration is asking a court to throw out the convictions of Stewart Rhodes and other members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.

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