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BBC News - World

'We came back from hell', say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied front-line city -- One evacuated couple says they crossed minefields in Oleshky in search of food.

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How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán -- Defeat for Serbia's Aleksandar Vučiċ in last weekend's vote was a carbon copy of Viktor Orbán's fall in Hungary.

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Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training -- The prime minister has previously emphasised military preparedness as central to his government's ambitions.

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Ukrainian evacuees reunite with family after years trapped in Russia-occupied city -- Oleshky residents had been without food, water and electricity, with many resorting to cooking garden weeds to survive.

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Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.

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India's opposition set to hold mega rally seeking election chief's resignation -- It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

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Thousands demonstrate in Paris as protests spread across Europe -- More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police.

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More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak -- Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

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Spain train disaster clouds Sánchez chances of re-election -- The Spanish PM is hit by a succession of crises just weeks before a snap general election.

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Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue -- Countries have been trying to get a global agreement to halt nature decline back on track.

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Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court -- The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

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Watch: Heidi Klum as giant severed hand for Halloween bash -- The supermodel and TV host provided a gory new shock at her New York event.

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Emotional reunions with loved ones for Oleshky evacuees -- The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

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CCTV and zip ties: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted -- BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.

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What's at stake for Trump in the US midterms? -- Anthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump's presidency.

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These firms you've never heard of are feeding fears the AI bubble could burst -- The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds.

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Responsible or panicked? Meet the people around the world already preparing for crisis -- Filter straws to a disposable toilet - people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what's in their emergency stashes.

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The Indian chef who brought curry to America - then vanished -- Indian chef Ranji Smile opened America's first Indian restaurant in 1901 - then became a fake prince.

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Why North Korea's 'elite' hackers are the prime suspect in major Binance hack -- If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.

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I've been stuck on a tiny Pacific island for years and can't get a transit visa to fly home -- Ruchira Ranasingha, 50, has been stranded in the Cook Islands since 2023 and wants to return to Sri Lanka.

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He questioned Thailand's monarchy dressed as Harry Potter. Now he's in jail for 34 years -- Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.

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Shops looted as German cost of living protests turn violent -- The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.

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Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide? -- The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.

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Alaska Senate candidate denies knowing about alleged plot to put two Dan Sullivans on ballot -- The incumbent Republican running for re-election and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to also stand in the race.

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Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book -- Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.

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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials -- The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.

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Why did this Korean content creator throw a divorce ceremony? -- Cho Seung-yeon marked the end of her marriage by having a divorce ceremony - however not everyone online was happy about it.

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