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BBC News - World

Rohingya refugees face fierce new wave of hostility in Malaysia -- A community that has long felt beleagured is looking over its shoulder again.

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Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life? -- Sir Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic epic explores the feeling of hope in a pandemic-riddled world.

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LIVE - Fears of second Nepal-Tibet flood put rescuers 'on edge' as search for survivors continues - Hundreds of people are missing on both sides of the Himalayan border after Wednesday's flooding, which the US Geological Survey says was triggered by a "glacial collapse".

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Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say -- Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.

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Norwegians lay flowers at palace as King Harald's condition worsens -- The 89-year-old's condition is described as "extremely serious" and members of his family have visited him in hospital.

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Board of Peace's Gaza envoy criticises Israeli strikes and Hamas actions -- Nickolay Mladenov warns that a collapse of last October's ceasefire would be "a point of no return" for the region.

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84 -- He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95. -- Europe

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Two killed in 'domestic violence incident' at school near Berlin -- Police have arrested a 19-year-old male suspect after an incident in which two people were killed near the German capital.

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Man who attacked nun on CCTV in Jerusalem acquitted on grounds of mental health -- A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.

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Thieves steal Bronze Age artefacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist -- The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.

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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America -- Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.

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Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies -- Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.

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Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war -- BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.

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'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away -- One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.

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What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow -- There is nothing routine about John Ratcliffe making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to Moscow, writes Frank Gardner.

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Key moments in trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of murdering her three children -- A jury is deliberating in the trial of the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three small children

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Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood -- BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.

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What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? -- At least 270 people have died in the massive flash floods, while more than 800 others are missing.

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People pulled from mud in Nepal after deadly flash floods -- At least 160 people have been killed along the Nepal-Tibet border as rescuers struggle to reach the disaster zone.

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Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border -- This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.

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Why India wants Bangladesh's Tarique Rahman in Delhi -- India is keen to reset ties with Bangladesh, but old tensions and new regional alliances complicate its efforts.

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What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods -- Hundreds have died or are missing in Wednesday's flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

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King 'heartbroken' by deadly Nepal flash floods -- Some 33 people from the UK are missing, including a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

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Jury deliberating in trial of Lindsay Clancy, US woman accused of killing her children -- Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

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France relaxes strict cheese-making rules after prolonged drought -- Makers of some of France's most famous cheeses get waivers on where herds graze due to the lack of grass.

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