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Friday, December 12, 2025 4:47 PM ET

BBC News - Top Stories

LIVE - Democrats release second batch of Epstein photos within hours - The new group of about 80 photos come after an earlier release this morning - both are separate to the "Epstein files" held by the justice department.

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Taylor Swift shown breaking down in tears after she met Southport attack families -- Backstage footage shows the singer in tears after meeting survivors of the attack during her world tour.

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'A monster with tentacles' - basketball star reveals brain cancer diagnosis

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to halt fighting, Trump says

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'Anger and disappointment' as fans priced out of World Cup

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Trump says he will pardon jailed elections clerk, but state officials say he cannot

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Lululemon boss to step down early next year

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Venezuela says Trump wants its oil. But is that the case? -- The South American nation's output has plummeted and restoring its former glory would be a heavy lift. -- Business

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Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China's schools for 'rebellious' teens -- Young people tell the BBC that military-style schools deceive and abuse students they claim to help.

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Weekly quiz: Which countries said they would boycott Eurovision? -- How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

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'Entertaining' or 'irresponsible'? The rise of bare-knuckle boxing -- As Derby's Vaillant Live arena prepares to host a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) event, BBC Sport looks at the debate around the controversial combat sport.

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Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods -- A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.

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Disguises, freezing waves, and a special forces veteran: Inside mission to sneak Nobel winner out of Venezuela -- The man who led the operation says María Corina Machado crossed "very rough seas" in "pitch-black darkness".

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How I proved hair loss and dizziness aren't just symptoms of 'being a mum' -- Iron deficiency is a relatively common problem, especially in women. Here's how to spot the symptoms.

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Watch: A Niagara Falls wreck and the rescue that saved two Americans

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Interpreter in tears as Ukrainian boy recalls losing mother in Russian strike

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Cameras on killer whales record first evidence of joint hunt with dolphins

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Watch: Canadians and Americans on a social media ban for everyone under 16

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Moment skydiver's parachute wraps around plane tail

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Ghanaian influencer charged over $8m scam targeting elderly Americans -- He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the profits flaunted on Instagram.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from US immigration detention -- After his release, he was ordered to check in with immigration authorities on Friday morning but a judge blocked them from re-detaining him.

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Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 -- The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.

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Vonn, 41, becomes oldest downhill World Cup winner -- American Lindsey Vonn becomes the oldest skiing downhill World Cup winner at St Moritz on Friday.

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Prada to launch $930 'Made in India' Kolhapuri sandals after backlash -- The deal comes months after Prada faced backlash for allegedly appropriating a sandal design made by Indian artisans.

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More photos from Epstein estate show Trump, Clinton and former Prince Andrew

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EU backs indefinite freeze on Russia's frozen cash ahead of loan plan for Ukraine

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King says he can 'share the good news' his cancer treatment will be reduced

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Canada's Conservatives on shaky ground as MP defects to Carney's Liberals

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White House sued by historic preservation group over ballroom plans

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Adult content creator Bonnie Blue to be deported from Bali

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say

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Russia could attack Nato within five years, says alliance chief in stark new warning

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Teaching assistant lied to pupils about killing 250 people as a sniper

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Salah in Liverpool squad for Brighton match -- Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is in the squad for Saturday's Premier League match against Brighton after talks with head coach Arne Slot on Friday.

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FA to pass fans' World Cup ticket concerns to Fifa -- Fifa is coming under increasing pressure from supporters' groups to revisit its "scandalous" pricing structure for the World Cup.

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From first-class cricketer to relationship expert on reality TV -- How a former first-class cricketer from New Zealand became one of television's most recognisable personalities.

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Dopers are beating system – athletics integrity chief -- Anti-doping authorities are losing the battle against cheats in elite sport according to a top official.

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