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BBC News - World

Watch: Americans remember what they were doing on 9/11 -- The BBC asks people in Washington what they were doing on that day and how 11 September 2001 changed the country.

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Yemen's Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha - Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route. 13 hrs ago - Middle East

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Five killed and 67 injured in Russian strike on shopping centre, Ukraine says -- The attack in Pavlohrad city centre was the third Russian strike on a mall within days, local media report.

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Coach crash kills several people in Swiss Alps -- The tourist coach was carrying dozens of Dutch passengers when it overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps.

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More than 20 children killed in DR Congo school fire -- Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.

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Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows -- One pilot told the other about the aircraft's "excessive speed" but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded. -- US & Canada

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Israel's Netanyahu to sue newspaper over claim UAE warned him of 7 October attack -- The paper said it stood by its reporting, after publishing extracts from a book where the claim appears. -- Middle East

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Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for auction -- Auction house Sotheby's expects the dress to sell for up to $300,000 (£220,000) when it goes under the hammer on 9 December.

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Can Trump really pay $5,000 to every American adult? -- Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.

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Royal family rift after popular TV news presenter chosen to succeed Ugandan king -- King Oyo's family say he left a will naming his young son as heir to the Tooro kingdom.

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Apple's new boss starts with big gamble on £1,999 first folding iPhone -- Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years.

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Twenty-five dead after fire on cargo ship in eastern China -- Of the 42 people on board, 17 were were evacuated, CCTV reports.

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Ukraine's fortress cities under fire as Russia bids to seize rest of Donbas -- Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are now the main focus of Russian ground assaults, and residents are being told to leave.

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'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues -- Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.

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Four key takeaways from Republican midterms convention -- The US president covered many of the subjects he has returned to time and again - with a few surprises thrown in.

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Russia's new jet-powered drones outpacing Ukraine's air defences with daily launches -- The new models can travel at speeds of up to 300mph, faster than Ukraine's air defence interceptors.

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Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over -- AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

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'Islam is being hijacked': Brother of Muslim first responder killed in 9/11 -- Zeshan Hamdani, who lost his older brother in the North Tower, is speaking out after push back against New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attending the 25-year memorial.

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Drone display recreates the Twin Towers over New York City -- Organisers say each of the 2,977 drones in the display represents a victim of the 9/11 attacks.

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Bernie Sanders speaks to the BBC about proposal to ban AI superintelligence -- The senator has also proposed a sort of sovereign wealth fund in which the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies.

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Watch: Is Trump's $5,000 election pledge legal? -- The US president has said every American will get $5,000 (£3,700) if the Republican Party wins November's midterms.

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Philippine rescuers board ferry 40 hours after blaze began -- Thick, toxic fumes and extreme temperatures pose a challenge to rescuers who have boarded the ship.

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Man jailed after threatening to kill son's teacher in French village -- The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.

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Has Trump won over voters with his midterm convention? -- The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith breaks down the main takeaways from the first-ever Republican convention held in the middle of a US presidential term.

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As Trump dominates convention, some Republicans quietly ask who comes next -- The convention offered a stark reminder that the Trump era is heading toward its final chapter, the BBC's Washington correspondent Daniel Bush writes.

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Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison -- Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown.

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Anthropic blocks 'malicious use' of AI that could develop biological weapons -- The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.

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Is Trump's $5,000 pledge a sign of panic? -- Even by Trump's own unconventional standards, his promise to voters was bizarre, writes North America editor Sarah Smith.

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