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Tuesday, September 29, 2026 2:51 AM ET

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Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test -- A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today.

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Watch: Luxury units uncovered inside an Indonesian prison

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Watch: RAF Fairford suspects are bailed, what happens now?

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Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death row

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Does Horner have a chance of Ferrari job? F1 Q&A -- BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. -- Formula 1

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LIVE - RAF Fairford incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state - Speaking to US media, Marco Rubio did not provide further details but thanked the UK for being "cooperative". Five men, arrested on Sunday, have been released on bail.

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Hurricane Polo unleashes threatening winds as it approaches Mexico -- The category-three storm is expected to make landfall of north of Cabo San Lucas, a popular tourist area, on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California Sur.

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The Frenemy: How Australia navigates superpower rivalry -- Australia is increasingly concerned about China's military might - but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.

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Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration

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UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban

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Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian and Norwegian activists

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French PM warns against escalation of school protests after 164 arrested

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US prosecutors reopen case of alleged gang rape at Cornell University

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What a US diesel export ban could mean for you -- The threatened proposal aims to protect US consumers from rising costs, but it could trigger major economic waves if it were to happen.

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Sign before praying: A new conversion law is affecting churchgoers in Indian state -- A new anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is raising questions about faith, choice and freedom.

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Twelve women have been killed in one part of South Africa since July. Here's what we know so far -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

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Journalist to be crowned king in Uganda after bitter succession dispute -- Kijanangoma is being crowned amid a dispute over a young heir whom the royal clan does not recognise.

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From Amazon retreats to clinical research: The rise of psychedelic therapy -- Could hallucinogenic drugs become part of mainstream NHS care to treat depression?

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What we know about military base counter-terror probe -- Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.

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Are Trump's US government funded ads illegal?

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Why an investigation into alleged frat house gang rape is reopening

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Watch: Starship splashdown ends in fireball

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Watch: People escape historic Kyiv building hit by Russian drone -- The BBC's Paul Adams reports from the scene of the strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences.

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Nigerian attempts to break world record by dancing non-stop for seven days -- Crowds have gathered in Lagos to watch Ben Dancer, who says he will carry on dancing until Tuesday morning.

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Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab -- Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert.

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Lost songs from iconic Australian rockstar found in garage -- Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett recorded the songs with Split Enz's Tim Finn in 1998.

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Family of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes say they don't know where he is

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OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

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New York Times executive fatally shot by elderly in-laws, police say

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Felled Sycamore Gap stump has 'encouraging' growth

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US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy comes into effect as trade war drags on

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Evicted Spanish pensioner can move back home, lawyer says

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'Gaming pays me double what I earned as a teacher'

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Man City CEO defiant over Premier League charges -- Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano issues a defiant message to the executives of other teams about the club being found guilty of a majority of Premier League charges, BBC Sport has been told.

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Infantino makes bigger cash pledge to Fifa members -- Fifa president Gianni Infantino indicates more money could be distributed to the governing body's members from its cash reserves.

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Northern Ireland top group despite Hungary stalemate - Northern Ireland are on four points from two games at the top of Uefa Nations League Group B2 after a 0-0 stalemate with Hungary in Belfast.

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Littler stunned by Woodhouse at World Grand Prix -- World champion Luke Littler's hopes of defending his World Grand Prix title are dashed as he falls to a shock shock first-round defeat by Luke Woodhouse in Leicester.

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Hart trusts Man City chair Al Mubarak over ruling -- Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart believes club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak's claims they are innocent of breaking the Premier League's financial rules. -- Man City

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Czech Republic ready for Wembley 30 years after Euro '96 -- The Czech Republic are returning to Wembley for a Nations League game with England, just over 30 years after their Euro '96 heartbreak there. -- Football

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