Niger coup: Junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66424858?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 2:22 PM
West African states say they meet later in the week to discuss what to do next.
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All scouts leaving South Korea camp as storm looms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66425793?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 1:41 PM
UK Scouts chief executive says he feels let down by organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea.
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Central African Republic President Touadéra set to win referendum with Wagner help
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66428935?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 1:43 PM
A new constitution which scraps term limits is backed by 95% of voters, provisional results show.
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Pakistan passenger train derails killing 30
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66421481?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 3:04 AM
Several coaches of the Hazara Express overturned near the Sahara station in the south of the country.
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California: Three killed in firefighting helicopter crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66427441?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 1:40 PM
An investigation is under way into the deaths of two fire staff and a pilot in California.
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Matty Healy: The 1975 threatened with legal action after Malaysia festival cancellation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66429339?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 12:10 PM
The festival was cancelled after the band's singer launched an attack on Malaysia's LGBT laws.
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Italian man crushed to death under falling cheese wheels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66429342?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 3:02 PM
Giacomo Chiapparini was buried when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the Lombardy region on Sunday.
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Barbie film hits $1bn mark at global box office
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66424359?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 7:05 AM
Greta Gerwig becomes the first woman as a solo director of a film to reach the milestone.
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Mother and baby among 13 dead after migrant boats sink off Italian coast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66421693?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 2:50 PM
A mother and her one-year-old baby, from the Ivory Coast, are among the dead.
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinian militants in West Bank
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66422517?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 11:29 AM
Armed groups vow revenge for the deaths of the men, who Israel says were preparing an attack.
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Cambodia: PM's son Hun Manet appointed next ruler in royal formality
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66391334?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 5:44 AM
The Western-educated Hun Manet is appointed in a formality long signposted by his father Hun Sen.
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German police investigate death of Mexican student
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-66427929?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 11:56 AM
The body of María Fernanda Sánchez was found in a canal in Berlin two weeks after she disappeared.
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Huge fire at New Mexico recycling facility triggers health warning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66424830?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 4:36 AM
Firefighters are battling a large blaze at the plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Florida: Man rescued from partially sunken boat after 35 hours at sea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66424828?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 12:06 AM
The 25-year-old was reported missing after failing to return from a fishing trip in St Augustine, Florida.
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Syria says four soldiers killed in Israeli strike in Damascus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66425130?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 3:07 AM
Another four soldiers are wounded in the missile attack near the capital Damascus, Syria's state media say.
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Donald Trump says he will ask election judge to step aside
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66422516?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 6:02 PM
Former US President Trump says that his lawyers will ask for a recusal of the judge on his election fraud case.
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Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66419331?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 3:15 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a "war crime" and perpetrators as "beasts".
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Minibus plunges down Morocco ravine killing 24
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66423071?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 3:41 PM
It is reported to be one of deadliest accidents in the country, which has a poor road-safety record.
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Jamie Foxx apologises and deletes Instagram post
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66420841?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 8:57 AM
The actor says he never intended to cause offence after his post was accused of being antisemitic.
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BBC Africa Eye: Elderly caned at Kenya's PCEA Thogoto Care Home for the Aged
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66387940?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 11:10 PM
BBC Africa Eye uncovers evidence of mistreatment and neglect of elderly residents.
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Families in Turkey's quake cities battle dust and rubble six months on
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66378241?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 11:23 PM
Six months on from the deadly earthquakes, thousands are still living in tents and makeshift camps.
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Belarus isolates political prisoners to break their spirit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66384662?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 11:18 PM
Families of Belarusian political prisoners say loved ones are being denied any outside contact.
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The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66393949?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 5, 2023, 11:19 PM
Largely destroyed by Russian forces, Mariupol is now portrayed by Moscow as a desirable city.
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The remarkable recovery of Syria's earthquake baby
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66398976?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 5, 2023, 11:45 PM
Six months ago today, Afraa was pulled from rubble, still attached to her umbilical cord and barely alive.
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Elephant corridors: The busy trunk routes where locals take care to cross
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66317706?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 12:01 AM
The difficulties facing people living next to Botswana's growing African elephant population.
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Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-66400905?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 5, 2023, 11:28 PM
The volume of rain over the past week has broken a 140-year-old record in China.
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MrBeast: How the world's biggest YouTuber made his millions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66372679?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 12:08 AM
Jimmy Donaldson is the biggest YouTuber in the world with 172 million subscribers - what makes him so popular?
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Ahead of Ohio abortion vote, Republicans try to change the rules
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66375877?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 11:50 AM
Ohio looked ready to pass an abortion rights amendment. Then Republicans planned another vote.
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Niger coup: Is France to blame for instability in West Africa?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66406137?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 12:39 AM
The recent wave of military takeovers have all been in former French colonies - is this a coincidence?
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Chatbots: Why does White House want hackers to trick AI?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66404069?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 12:21 AM
Google and Meta are among big tech companies who are letting hackers try to find flaws in their chatbots.
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A Moscow summer with war on people's minds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66432068?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 2:58 PM
After the Russian capital was targeted by drones, Steve Rosenberg asks people how they feel about the future.
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Alaska: Moment house collapses into river during flood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66426385?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 7, 2023, 7:02 AM
Glacial floods in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, caused a house to collapse into the Mendenhall river.
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Slovenia floods 'worst-ever natural disaster'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66423977?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 6:35 PM
The extreme flooding in Slovenia has caused millions of dollars worth of damage and killed at least three people.
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Ukraine replaces Soviet emblem on Motherland statue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66423973?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 4:50 PM
The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms.
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Smuggled spider monkeys found in backpack in Texas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66420623?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 6, 2023, 7:09 AM
The US Border Patrol seized seven animals as a person was arrested in Fort Brown, Texas.
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German city hit by massive hail storm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66418007?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 5, 2023, 3:32 PM
Hail formed 30cm drifts in Reutlingen requiring snowploughs to be deployed, at the height of summer.
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Florida deputy jumps onto a speeding runaway boat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66411750?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
August 4, 2023, 5:57 PM
Dramatic bodycam footage captures a Florida deputy's daring leap onto an out-of-control vessel.
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