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Nashville fans lay flowers and light candles in tribute to Dolly Parton
The BBC's Helena Humphrey is outside the Country Music Hall of Fame where fans gathered to mourn Dolly Parton.
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Sugar prices: India’s sugar squeeze threatens its biggest season for sweets
Domestic sugar prices have jumped nearly 40%, forcing India to import 1 million tonnes of the sweetener.
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Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced the death of Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah and expressed the company's condolence…
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Why Tesla has been caught up in a massive car recall in China
The country's biggest ever car recall affects more than four million vehicles made by Tesla, XPeng, Xiaomi and other fir…
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Musk's SpaceX to build $100bn launch facility in Louisiana
It will be the firm's biggest site yet and aims to send rockets to space in 2029.
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As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumps
Fuel companies are urging customers not to linger at the pumps after a wave of deadly attacks.
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Chinese teens are turning to mind-numbing drugs to 'run away from reality'
Students are seeking prescription drugs because they fear failure, a teen tells the BBC.
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West African cyber-crime networks: Mass arrests follow Interpol crackdown
The operation included the arrest of 39 people in South Africa for romance and investment scams.
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Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50%
The latest escalation in an ongoing trade war between the US and Canada will see new levies on goods from steel to furni…
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Germany's Merz warns attackers will 'pay price' after drone incident
A drone attack on Leipzig Airport highlights the "very real threat" faced by the country, the German chancellor says.
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Nigeria kidnappings: President Bola Tinubu orders manhunt after victim video uploaded
The footage shows dozens of men, women and children sitting in a forest.
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European Court of Human Rights orders Turkey to free Osman Kavala
Philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala has spent almost a decade in jail over charges rights groups say are politicall…
BBC News World · 31 days ago