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BBC News - World

What do we know about the Epstein files? -- The clamour is growing for the Trump administration to put documents related to the Epstein investigations before the public.

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Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC -- New evidence raises doubts about the longest US war crimes investigation of the Iraq war and how US forces are held to account.

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Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat -- Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

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South African man seen at neo-Nazi rally has Australian visa revoked -- The civil engineer was seen in the front row of a protest organised by the National Socialist Network.

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LIVE - Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over brutal protests crackdown - The former prime minister, who is living in exile in India, was tried in her absence over a deadly crackdown on protests last year.

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Jury in high-profile Australian trial visit beach where murder victim found -- Rajwinder Singh denies stabbing the 24-year-old to death in October 2019.

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Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at premiere jailed in Singapore -- "Serial intruder" Johnson Wen was given nine days in jail for being a public nuisance.

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Communist and far-right candidates head to Chile presidential run-off -- The Communist Party's Jeanette Jara will face far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in the second round of voting in December.

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Dozens of Indian pilgrims killed in bus accident in Saudi Arabia -- Forty-five people were killed in the accident, while one survivor is in hospital, an Indian official said.

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Hackers steal maternity ward CCTV videos in India cybercrime racket -- Police say that dozens of videos of pregnant women undergoing medical check-ups were sold on the internet.

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Ecuador votes against allowing foreign military bases in country -- Voters have rejected a referendum proposal, dealing a blow to President Daniel Noboa and US ambitions in the region.

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Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in city of Charlotte -- Operation "Charlotte's Web" is part of Donald Trump's attempt to deliver "the largest deportation programme" in US history.

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Sheikh Hasina: The pro-democracy icon who became an autocrat -- Sheikh Hasina is credited for the country's economic progress but also accused of authoritarianism.

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Mysterious drones have been spotted at night at airports across Europe. How worried should we be? -- Drones have been found across Western Europe near airports, military bases and power plants, as part of a suspected programme of 'hybrid warfare'

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The oil pipeline feud testing Canada's global ambitions -- The rift between two provinces at odds over a proposed pipeline is straining Canada's unity as it seeks to become an energy superpower.

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How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force -- The UN says hundreds of people were killed in the protests. Verified clips show the violent actions of police as they attempted to crush protests.

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The US will help South Korea build nuclear 'attack' submarines - here's what that means -- The agreement comes amid a period of growing geopolitical tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Moment Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina's sentence is announced -- Hasina has called the court's decision "biased and politically motivated" in a statement released after the verdict.

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Watch: Three 'Nestflix' peregrine falcons each take flight for the first time -- Three peregrine falcon chicks, stars of the "Nestflix" livestream, have finally taken their first flights above the Melbourne city skyline.

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'Astonishingly lethal': BBC reports from site of Russian strike in Kyiv -- The BBC's James Landale reports from the east of the capital where a drone struck a multi-storey residential building.

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Watch: Mud volcano erupts in southern Taiwan -- The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.

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Watch: Bear runs onto airport tarmac, halting flights -- An airport in Japan temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.

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Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death -- The former prime minister was tried by a special tribunal after 1,400 died during a crackdown on unrest in 2024.

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Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files -- "We have nothing to hide," the US president writes after previously resisting publishing the documents.

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Ukraine to import US liquefied natural gas via Greece -- Vital supplies are due to start flowing into the war-ravaged country this winter via a Balkan pipeline.

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Delhi's alleged car bomb attacker named by investigators -- The BBC spoke to the family of the man police allege was driving the car that exploded near Red Fort.

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'To think we're going to school today and she won't be there' -- The principal of the school where one of the young people who died in a road crash in County Louth taught says she was a "master of her craft".

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