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At least one dead after car crashes into crowd in northern France
One suspect was arrested after the incident in Caen, police said, following a reported fight at a nearby bar.
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Nigeria's growing kidnapping crisis: 'If you started running, they shot you'
Many communities are living in fear of being kidnapped for ransom as the crisis spreads further south.
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Iceland holds knife-edge referendum on EU - and it could be decided on fish
On Saturday, Iceland will vote on EU membership talks, amid economic and geopolitical tensions.
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Rahul Gandhi questions India PM Narendra Modi's 'culture shock' comment over women swearing at CJP protest
Rahul Gandhi's comments renew the debate over gender disparity in reactions to insults hurled at PM Narendra Modi.
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FDA approves breakthrough drug daraxonrasib to treat pancreatic cancer
Experts have hailed the drug, daraxonrasib, as a game changer for one of the world's deadliest cancers.
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Parrot eggs hatch in South Africa after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at OR Tambo airport
A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a "homemade incubator" carried as hand luggage.
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Key moments from Lindsay Clancy's five-week trial over children's killings
Closing arguments are about to start in a trial which has drawn global attention to the rare condition postpartum psycho…
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What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
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Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations
The justice department has also asked for Trump's name to be put back on the building after it was removed in June follo…
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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya dismisses 173 soldiers for desertion
It is thought to be part of efforts to consolidate the former coup leader's control.
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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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Chinese-Eswatini relations: China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally over security risks
Eswatini is one of 12 countries, and the only one in Africa, that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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