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BBC News - World

US wants Iran to pledge to stop shooting at ships in Strait of Hormuz - Vice-President JD Vance is among US officials expected to take part in negotiations resuming on Saturday in Oman. 52 mins ago - World

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Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote -- They think democracy has run its course - so they're setting up their own nations instead. -- Technology

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South Africa World Cup midfielder Adams dies aged 25 -- South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25, just weeks after featuring for his country at the World Cup. -- South Africa

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Indian tourists among 15 killed as speedboat capsizes in Vietnam -- Local media say 21 people were saved after the boat overturned in rough seas near an island in south Vietnam.

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China braced for second typhoon in a week as Bavi approaches landfall -- Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated from eastern Zhejiang province, with the city of Wenzhou close to the path of the storm.

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US pays out $3m to victims of mystery Havana Syndrome condition reported by spies -- US officials and diplomats and their families began reporting a mysterious illness a decade ago.

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Landmark US housing bill becomes law despite Trump protest -- The president had wanted voter ID legislation passed before the housing law, which aims to reduce costs and increase supply.

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New dinosaur species as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand -- The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.

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Australian killer's final police interview footage released -- Bradley Murdoch, 67, died in jail without disclosing where Peter Falconio's remains might be.

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Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash -- Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.

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Small plane crash in Bahamas kills 10 people -- The country's prime minister called the crash, on the country's independence day, a tragedy.

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The photo that shows who's really on top in Le Pen's party -- Thirty-year-old Jordan Bardella had been groomed for success as France's next hard-right leader. He will now have to wait longer.

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Russia trains sights on schools, offices and buses in busy Ukrainian city -- In Zaporizhzhia, the densely populated city close to the front line, the security situation is deteriorating.

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Dating can be hard in South Korea - so the monks stepped in -- Dating can be hard in South Korea. A group of monks hope a 30-hour rural retreat can help.

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At Canada's biggest rodeo, the starting gun is fired in the fight over Alberta separation -- Canadian unity takes centre stage at the Calgary Stampede as fears of a Brexit-style upset looms over the October vote on Alberta's future.

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How a fake presidential council ended up with a budget of almost $1m in Nigeria -- The government says it was set up with a forged letter of appointment but others say there is more to it.

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'We escaped Spanish wildfire, but our friends lost their lives' -- Hundreds of firefighters in Spain have been battling a deadly wildfire in the south of the country.

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Newly-released video shows Peter Falconio's killer questioned -- Australian police have released bodycam footage showing one of the last attempts to get Bradley Murdoch to reveal the location of Peter Falconio's body, on the 25th anniversary of his murder.

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Watch: Inside the 30-hour dating retreat run by monks -- Forget coffee or drinks, the latest dating trend in South Korea takes place somewhere very different, a Buddhist temple.

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Boxy forms and odd lights: US declassifies more UFO files -- The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.

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Watch: What links a bomb in Monaco and a shooting in Ukraine? -- A Ukrainian intelligence agent who confessed to killing the woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire in Monaco, has now claimed he did not pull the trigger.

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Thousands attending Orange Order parade in Rossnowlagh -- The Rossnowlagh demonstration takes place each year on the Saturday before the main Twelfth of July.

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'You're left soulless': Spain continues to battle deadly wildfire -- Spanish emergency responders released videos of the blaze in Almería province, while locals spoke of their distress.

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Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed -- At least four Britons are believed to be among the victims of the blaze, which left another 23 people missing.

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